Unexpected
Chapter 14
“Hello, love,” Harry greeted me as Tess and I entered our room. Aleanbh had gone back to her room to return Liam’s credit card and unpack her stuff.
“How was your band stuff?” I asked, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
“It would have been fun if Niall and Louis would have been able to stop arguing for two seconds,” he responded.
I tossed my bags over by the suitcases and flopped down on the bed.
“What did you buy?” Harry asked, snooping through my purchases.
“Just stuff,” I answered.
“I like this,” he said, holding up a black bikini.
“I don’t think it’s your size,” I told him sarcastically.
He dropped it back in the bag and sat down next to me.
“When are we going to the arena?” Tess asked from the couch.
“In just a few minutes, actually. The concert starts in a few hours but Paul wants us to get some more rehearsal time in.”
“Weren’t you rehearsing earlier?” I asked.
“We were supposed to be,” Harry replied, looking at Zayn, who began giggling like a little girl.
“What happened?” Tess asked.
“Louis took Niall’s food again,” Zayn answered.
I laughed and thought back to the first time we’d met the boys and Niall and Louis were mad at each other.
“Really?”
Harry nodded. “Louis stormed off after Niall yelled at him and we planned a little revenge on Louis.”
“What kind of revenge?” I asked intrigued.
“You’ll see. And so will the thousands of girls in the arena,” Zayn answered.
There was a knock on the door and Liam walked in with Aleanbh behind him.
“Is everyone ready? We’re going to head down to the arena.”
We all nodded and Tess and I grabbed our bags.
“Would you go get Louis?” Liam asked me. “I’ll get Niall.”
I headed off down the hall and knocked on Louis’ door. When he didn’t answer, I opened it and peeked inside.
“Do these underwear look good on me?”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. Louis was standing in front of me in nothing but his underwear, completely okay with the fact that I was seeing him.
“Well?”
I shrugged and nodded. “We need to go, everyone’s going to the arena.”
Louis huffed and pulled on some pants and a shirt and followed me out the door to the elevators.
The ride over to the arena was quite silent since Niall and Louis weren’t talking but there was a glint in Niall’s eye, most likely because of the prank Louis was about to endure.
The limo stopped a few minutes after we left the hotel and we all got out and went into the arena. Paul stood in the hallway waiting for us and led us to the same dressing room we had met the boys in.
“This time, there is no food. Period.” Paul glanced at Louis and Niall before continuing. “Aleanbh, Chloe, Tess, could you girls wait here while we get the boys ready for the show?”
We all agreed and sat down on the couch. I watched the boys walk out of the room, Niall shoving Louis once before Paul asked him to stop.
“So, you and Zayn,” I started.
“Shut up,” Tess said.
“It’s cute,” I argued.
“I know,” she smiled. “But we’re not dating. Not yet, anyway.”
I looked at the picture of the boys hanging on the wall. Just a month ago I was staring at the same picture on my own wall. I had never met them, never even thought I had a chance. Tess would come over nearly every day and we would catch ourselves up on the drama and rumors going around about them. If you had told us a month ago that we would win a contest to meet them – let alone that Harry would ask me out – we would have called you completely and utterly insane.
I glanced at Tess who was still wearing a bright smile.
Chloe Styles. Doesn’t sound too bad, I thought. What will it be like to be on a bus with them? Will I get tired of touring with them?
Many thoughts flooded my mind before Tess brought me out of it.
“You hungry?”
I shook my head.
“Really? Because your stomach just did a pretty good imitation of the devil,” she said.
I thought for a moment and realized I hadn’t eaten all day. Maybe there was still food in the small kitchen left over from the other day that I could eat.
I stood up and followed Tess into the kitchen and looked in the fridge. There were fruits, vegetables, leftover pizza, fixings for sandwiches, sodas, water, and a bunch of other things filling the shelves.
“Whoa,” Tess muttered from behind me. I pulled out strawberries, cherries, apples, bananas, and watermelon and set them on the counter. I’m usually a pretty healthy eater and, since Paul told us we were going to be eating a lot of fast food while we’re on the bus, I figured I’d get some more healthy food in before we left.
I cut everything up and threw it in a bowl and grabbed myself a bottle of water. I sat down at the table and was joined seconds later by Tess who had a plate of leftover pizza in front of her.
“We are such opposites,” I commented, pointing to our food.
She nodded and took a bite of her pizza. “That’s why we’re so good together,” she said with her mouth full. I rolled my eyes and ate my fruit.
Aleanbh walked in just as we were finishing and told us it was time to go backstage. The boys were about to go on.
We threw our dishes in the sink and followed her out of the room and down the hall backstage.
“Yay!” Louis cheered as we walked through the door.
“Hi, Louis,” Aleanbh greeted him.
“Hi, Aleanbh,” he answered.
I walked over to Harry and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “Have fun out there.”
“I will,” he replied.
Paul was already out on stage introducing the boys.
“I know you didn’t come here to hear me talk, so I’ll make this quick. Right backstage we have Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall, and Zayn ready to perform for you tonight!” As he finished saying that, he was met with thousands of screams and claps. “So, without further adieu, here is One Direction!” He gestured toward backstage where we all were and the boys grabbed their microphones. Paul ran backstage as the boys appeared in front of the audience.
Screams and cheers filled the stadium as the first few beats of their famous What Makes You Beautiful pumped through the speakers.
I felt myself begin to smile as I watched my boyfriend jump around the stage and sing his parts. Before I knew what was happening, Liam ran back to where we were and pulled me out on stage just as Harry’s solo began. Harry turned to me and looked me in the eyes, just as he did the girl in the music video.
“Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain’t hard to tell
(You don’t know-oh oh!)
You don’t know you’re beautiful!”
When he finished his solo he gave me a quick kiss on the lips and turned away, dancing with the rest of the boys. There was a huge applause from the crowd as I rushed off stage and back to where Tess, Paul, and Aleanbh were waiting.
“Did any of you know he was going to do that?” I asked, instantly feeling my face turn red.
Paul raised his hand. “I did.”
I looked at him questioningly.
“I thought it’d be cute,” he admitted. “And, now the whole crowd knows Harry has a girlfriend and it’ll be everywhere before the next song even starts.”
I nodded in understanding and sat down in a chair to watch the boys continue their performance. I anxiously waited for the prank the boys were going to pull on Louis, and had to keep a close eye on them since I had no idea what it was going to be. But apparently Paul did.
When they began singing Live While We’re Young, Paul nudged me with his elbow. “It’s this song,” he said, and I instantly knew what he was talking about.
The boys had choreographed dances, so they knew where they were supposed to be at all times (except for when they were answering questions). When Louis’ solo came, everything felt as if it was moving in slow motion. All the boys except Louis rushed to the back of the stage and Niall pulled on a rope hanging from the ceiling.
As Louis finished his solo and looked as if he was going to walk away from his spot, meat, cheese, bread, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and mayonnaise spilled down on him from above.
“That’ll teach you to steal my food!” Niall screamed into his microphone as the crowd erupted in laughter.
Louis looked hurt for a second before picking up some of the food from the floor and flinging it at Niall.
None of the boys had planned on this happening, but they also picked up food and flung it at Louis.
Paul quickly rushed out onto the stage and took a microphone from Liam.
“We’re going to have to take a short break,” he said to the audience as the curtain closed in front of him. He got the boys to stop throwing food at each other and finally got Louis and Niall to stop arguing.
“Hug and make up,” he ordered.
Louis and Niall looked disgusted at his command but, after a few seconds, gave in. Louis pulled Niall in for a hug and apologized.
“I’m sorry I stole your sandwich,” he said.
“I’m sorry I dumped sandwiches on you,” Niall replied.
“I love you,” Louis said as he pulled away from Niall.
“I love you, too,” Niall answered.
“That was awesome!” Harry yelled, running backstage covered in sandwich fixings.
“Go get cleaned up,” Paul told them.
After everyone was free of sandwiches, the boys continued their concert and did 2 encore songs.
I have to say, I think I’m going to love being on tour with them.
“How was your band stuff?” I asked, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
“It would have been fun if Niall and Louis would have been able to stop arguing for two seconds,” he responded.
I tossed my bags over by the suitcases and flopped down on the bed.
“What did you buy?” Harry asked, snooping through my purchases.
“Just stuff,” I answered.
“I like this,” he said, holding up a black bikini.
“I don’t think it’s your size,” I told him sarcastically.
He dropped it back in the bag and sat down next to me.
“When are we going to the arena?” Tess asked from the couch.
“In just a few minutes, actually. The concert starts in a few hours but Paul wants us to get some more rehearsal time in.”
“Weren’t you rehearsing earlier?” I asked.
“We were supposed to be,” Harry replied, looking at Zayn, who began giggling like a little girl.
“What happened?” Tess asked.
“Louis took Niall’s food again,” Zayn answered.
I laughed and thought back to the first time we’d met the boys and Niall and Louis were mad at each other.
“Really?”
Harry nodded. “Louis stormed off after Niall yelled at him and we planned a little revenge on Louis.”
“What kind of revenge?” I asked intrigued.
“You’ll see. And so will the thousands of girls in the arena,” Zayn answered.
There was a knock on the door and Liam walked in with Aleanbh behind him.
“Is everyone ready? We’re going to head down to the arena.”
We all nodded and Tess and I grabbed our bags.
“Would you go get Louis?” Liam asked me. “I’ll get Niall.”
I headed off down the hall and knocked on Louis’ door. When he didn’t answer, I opened it and peeked inside.
“Do these underwear look good on me?”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. Louis was standing in front of me in nothing but his underwear, completely okay with the fact that I was seeing him.
“Well?”
I shrugged and nodded. “We need to go, everyone’s going to the arena.”
Louis huffed and pulled on some pants and a shirt and followed me out the door to the elevators.
The ride over to the arena was quite silent since Niall and Louis weren’t talking but there was a glint in Niall’s eye, most likely because of the prank Louis was about to endure.
The limo stopped a few minutes after we left the hotel and we all got out and went into the arena. Paul stood in the hallway waiting for us and led us to the same dressing room we had met the boys in.
“This time, there is no food. Period.” Paul glanced at Louis and Niall before continuing. “Aleanbh, Chloe, Tess, could you girls wait here while we get the boys ready for the show?”
We all agreed and sat down on the couch. I watched the boys walk out of the room, Niall shoving Louis once before Paul asked him to stop.
“So, you and Zayn,” I started.
“Shut up,” Tess said.
“It’s cute,” I argued.
“I know,” she smiled. “But we’re not dating. Not yet, anyway.”
I looked at the picture of the boys hanging on the wall. Just a month ago I was staring at the same picture on my own wall. I had never met them, never even thought I had a chance. Tess would come over nearly every day and we would catch ourselves up on the drama and rumors going around about them. If you had told us a month ago that we would win a contest to meet them – let alone that Harry would ask me out – we would have called you completely and utterly insane.
I glanced at Tess who was still wearing a bright smile.
Chloe Styles. Doesn’t sound too bad, I thought. What will it be like to be on a bus with them? Will I get tired of touring with them?
Many thoughts flooded my mind before Tess brought me out of it.
“You hungry?”
I shook my head.
“Really? Because your stomach just did a pretty good imitation of the devil,” she said.
I thought for a moment and realized I hadn’t eaten all day. Maybe there was still food in the small kitchen left over from the other day that I could eat.
I stood up and followed Tess into the kitchen and looked in the fridge. There were fruits, vegetables, leftover pizza, fixings for sandwiches, sodas, water, and a bunch of other things filling the shelves.
“Whoa,” Tess muttered from behind me. I pulled out strawberries, cherries, apples, bananas, and watermelon and set them on the counter. I’m usually a pretty healthy eater and, since Paul told us we were going to be eating a lot of fast food while we’re on the bus, I figured I’d get some more healthy food in before we left.
I cut everything up and threw it in a bowl and grabbed myself a bottle of water. I sat down at the table and was joined seconds later by Tess who had a plate of leftover pizza in front of her.
“We are such opposites,” I commented, pointing to our food.
She nodded and took a bite of her pizza. “That’s why we’re so good together,” she said with her mouth full. I rolled my eyes and ate my fruit.
Aleanbh walked in just as we were finishing and told us it was time to go backstage. The boys were about to go on.
We threw our dishes in the sink and followed her out of the room and down the hall backstage.
“Yay!” Louis cheered as we walked through the door.
“Hi, Louis,” Aleanbh greeted him.
“Hi, Aleanbh,” he answered.
I walked over to Harry and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “Have fun out there.”
“I will,” he replied.
Paul was already out on stage introducing the boys.
“I know you didn’t come here to hear me talk, so I’ll make this quick. Right backstage we have Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall, and Zayn ready to perform for you tonight!” As he finished saying that, he was met with thousands of screams and claps. “So, without further adieu, here is One Direction!” He gestured toward backstage where we all were and the boys grabbed their microphones. Paul ran backstage as the boys appeared in front of the audience.
Screams and cheers filled the stadium as the first few beats of their famous What Makes You Beautiful pumped through the speakers.
I felt myself begin to smile as I watched my boyfriend jump around the stage and sing his parts. Before I knew what was happening, Liam ran back to where we were and pulled me out on stage just as Harry’s solo began. Harry turned to me and looked me in the eyes, just as he did the girl in the music video.
“Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain’t hard to tell
(You don’t know-oh oh!)
You don’t know you’re beautiful!”
When he finished his solo he gave me a quick kiss on the lips and turned away, dancing with the rest of the boys. There was a huge applause from the crowd as I rushed off stage and back to where Tess, Paul, and Aleanbh were waiting.
“Did any of you know he was going to do that?” I asked, instantly feeling my face turn red.
Paul raised his hand. “I did.”
I looked at him questioningly.
“I thought it’d be cute,” he admitted. “And, now the whole crowd knows Harry has a girlfriend and it’ll be everywhere before the next song even starts.”
I nodded in understanding and sat down in a chair to watch the boys continue their performance. I anxiously waited for the prank the boys were going to pull on Louis, and had to keep a close eye on them since I had no idea what it was going to be. But apparently Paul did.
When they began singing Live While We’re Young, Paul nudged me with his elbow. “It’s this song,” he said, and I instantly knew what he was talking about.
The boys had choreographed dances, so they knew where they were supposed to be at all times (except for when they were answering questions). When Louis’ solo came, everything felt as if it was moving in slow motion. All the boys except Louis rushed to the back of the stage and Niall pulled on a rope hanging from the ceiling.
As Louis finished his solo and looked as if he was going to walk away from his spot, meat, cheese, bread, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and mayonnaise spilled down on him from above.
“That’ll teach you to steal my food!” Niall screamed into his microphone as the crowd erupted in laughter.
Louis looked hurt for a second before picking up some of the food from the floor and flinging it at Niall.
None of the boys had planned on this happening, but they also picked up food and flung it at Louis.
Paul quickly rushed out onto the stage and took a microphone from Liam.
“We’re going to have to take a short break,” he said to the audience as the curtain closed in front of him. He got the boys to stop throwing food at each other and finally got Louis and Niall to stop arguing.
“Hug and make up,” he ordered.
Louis and Niall looked disgusted at his command but, after a few seconds, gave in. Louis pulled Niall in for a hug and apologized.
“I’m sorry I stole your sandwich,” he said.
“I’m sorry I dumped sandwiches on you,” Niall replied.
“I love you,” Louis said as he pulled away from Niall.
“I love you, too,” Niall answered.
“That was awesome!” Harry yelled, running backstage covered in sandwich fixings.
“Go get cleaned up,” Paul told them.
After everyone was free of sandwiches, the boys continued their concert and did 2 encore songs.
I have to say, I think I’m going to love being on tour with them.
6/16/13