Louis’ POV
“So guys, be careful because we did it there-” Codie pointed to the couch, “-and there-” she pointed to the ground the other side of the lounge room. “Not to mention, in the kitchen upstairs and downstairs and in the lounge room downstairs and on the ground over there and there and there and there.” She was being ‘serious’. Really she was acting it out to be serious, we only did it once. On my bed. Last night.
“Oh, sorry Niall, we couldn’t make it upstairs so we did it on your bed.” She added on the end. His face turned into one of complete shock.
“What?” he said simply.
“Do I need to spell it out for you? W-E, space, D-I-D, space, I-T, space, O-N, space, Y-O-” She started spelling it out.
“LALALALALALALALALALALALALALA” Niall cut her off while running out of the room, towards the kitchen. I tried to hold back my laughter.
“Well, either you’re joking, being serious or you did it once, because that is, like, too much for one night.” Zayn said like he spoke from experience.
“Well, that is between me and Louis.” She said back to him.
“Alright then.” He replied before leaving the room. We were still getting weird looks from the other two, well mostly from Liam, Harry was giving me thumbs up and smiling.
“You got a problem with that?” Codie threatened Liam, pointing her finger in a scary way.
“Nope, not at all.” He said side-stepping towards his rooms door, slowly, very slowly. Then he sprinted.
“Hmm, last one.” She was trying to scare them all off. Harry’s face dropped from a massive smile towards me, to a scared as all shit face. “BAH!” Codie shouted at him, resulting in someone (not me or Codie) to run out of the room.
“Don’t get them too scared, we have a concert tonight.” I reminded her.
“Meh, they’ll get over it, hopefully.” She wrapped her arms around my neck, and I put my hands on her hips. We had a quick kiss before she went for a shower and I sat on the couch. Well, that was interesting. Very interesting. I didn’t know what to do for the half hour it would take for her to have a shower and get dressed. Hmm, sit around doing nothing. That sounds good. Maybe watch the start of a movie. Yes. That last idea works. I go to grab a movie out of the cupboard and put in the DVD player before sitting back on the couch.
I think I fell asleep because when I knew what was happening Codie was sitting next to me, saying something about watching an animated movie. “What?” I asked, having no idea what she just said.
“I said ‘why are you watching an animated movie?’ You diss me when I do, so yeah.” She had her hair up in a French braid.
“Well, I didn’t even know what I put in until right-” man, why did I always get cut off.
“GUYS OUR OPENING ACT DROPPED OUT ON US! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!” Liam shouted after running into the lounge room.
“We can’t call someone and get them ready for tonight!” Harry complained, falling to the ground and fake crying.
“We’ll never be able to get someone in time.” Niall looked like he was about to cry.
“Why can’t you just go without an opening act?” Codie asked innocently.
“Because a concert without an opening act is like a hot-dog without the bread!” Zayn said in response.
“Calm your shit, look, I’m sorry I can’t help you guys. I can’t call anyone to perform for you guys. There’s nothing I can do for you guys, I mean, I am not performing either.” She said, closing her eyes and resting on my shoulder. All of the boys stood still and looked at Codie. “I don’t think I like that silence.” Codie said, opening her eyes again.
“No, I don’t think you should.” I agreed with her.
“Codie, you can sing, right?” Liam said. I think we all had the same idea.
“Apparently.” I don’t think she understood yet.
“You can now be our opening act. No excuses, it is happening.” I said before jumping off the couch.
“I what?” she asked, blinking her eyes in the way of take that back, or I will kill you.
“You. Opening act. Get practicing.”
Codie’s POV
I drove to Jamie’s house, I kept telling Zayn that she wouldn’t go tonight. I also kept telling them that I wasn’t opening for them. They were pretty determined to get me to sing. Guys, it ain’t happening. Now the guys were inside of Jamie and Amelie’s house, Amelie was ready but Jamie was still in trackies and an oversized jumper that looked suspiciously like Zayn’s.
“Jamie, you cannot wear that to our concert!” Zayn shouted again. This had been going on for about half an hour.
“I ain’t going!” She shouted back.
“Why not?!” he shout asked.
“One, I’m sick and two, I don’t like your music!” she answered.
“Well, I’ll break up with you if you don’t go!” Zayn tried to threaten her. Her answer was confusing for everyone, but me.
“Have fun with that one!” she shouted before walking out of the room.
“What?” Zayn asked no one in particular. “What?” he asked facing me. He was really confused with her last statement, I put my hands up.
“She’s your girlfriend. Interpret that however you want to.” I said before turning to go back to my car. I was wearing a pair of deep blue skinny jeans to match the sapphire on my necklace, a black, tight shirt and my silver and black DC’s. We then drove to the rest of the houses to pick everyone else up, including Elysse. She looked prettier than usual, maybe it was because she didn’t have her purple kind of tinge today, but Niall was awestruck when he saw her.
“Wow, you look really pretty.” Was all he could manage to say. Elysse tried to give a sweet smile, but it didn’t work and ended up looking really creepy. Niall didn’t look like he cared though. Please don’t Niall, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. She’ll ruin your innocence Niall, not to mention that she eats nothing. What’s the bet that their first argument will be about food? I’m willing to put down $1000.
“Thanks. You look nice too.” Elysse replied, kind of trying to flirt. Yeah, it didn’t work. Niall looked like a five year old kid, maybe this was like the first time he ate chocolate cake. He just shook his head.
“Nowhere near as pretty as you.” He replied, kind of.
“What? I just said you looked ni-” she started, yeah, I had nothing to do with cutting her off (sarcasm right there).
“Okay, now let’s go. We’re gonna be late guys. That’s right, late to your own concert.” I said in a weird tone and walking to my car. As soon as I started the engine all of the people that were supposed to be in my car were, and I was driving.
“Now, Codie, what will you be singing.” My eye started involuntarily twitching at that question. Why do people have to do that too me? Especially when Louis asks the question.
“I don’t know yet.” I answered.
“You’re singing tonight?” Amelie asked me, while she sat next to Harry on the back seat.
“According to the boys I am.” I said in a harsh tone.
“I’ll be back-up singer if you want.” Amelie said, not really giving me a choice. Now I was screwed. I was not going to look at Louis because he was going to have that ‘I told you so’ face on. That stupid look.
“Don’t.” I said the one word, putting my hand over Louis’ mouth, making sure he wouldn’t say anything that I didn’t want him to. “Don’t say a word.”
***
Here I was, waiting, in the dark behind the front curtain. A lot of people are out there, and I’ll be singing in front of them all. More than one song. I had most of my girls backing me up, apart from Jamie who’s sick. We planned everything in the last hour, the last hour to practice and get everything right. I was really hoping I wouldn’t stuff up. I took a deep breath as the music started and I waited for my lines to start. I knew the lights would stay off until I started singing.
“Ladies and Gentlemen we’ve got a special treat for tonight
I’m gonna call my friend Codie up here to sing for you ladies
Codie!
Let’s go girl”
Elysse did the introduction bit for me.
“My name is Codie nice to meet you can I tell you baby
Look around there’s a whole lot of pretty boys
But none like you, you shine so bright, yeah
I was wondering if you and me could spend a minute
On the floor up and close getting lost in it
I won’t give up without a fight
I just wanna, oh baby
I just want you to dance with me tonight
So come on, oh baby
I just want you to dance with me tonight
We’re getting sweaty, hot and heavy in the crowd now
Loosen up and let you hands go down, down
Go with it boy, yeah just close your eyes, yeah
I feel the music moving through your body
Looking at you I can tell you want me
Don’t stop keep going till the morning light, yeah
When I saw you there, sitting all alone in the dark acting like you didn’t have a care
I knew right then, that you’d be mine, and we’d be dancing the whole damn night right
Oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight
So come on, oh baby
I just want you to dance with me tonight”
I reckon you get the gist right there with that song. When that finally finished we moved onto the next one.
“Used to be your baby, used to be your lady
Thought you were the perfect lover
All the harmony went fallin' out of key, so
Now you gotta find another
Now you're talkin' crazy, sayin' that you made me
Like I was your Cinderella
You and me are through though, watch me hit it solo
I'mma do it acapella, yeah
I’mma do it acapella
Once upon a time, I met the perfect guy
He had that Colgate smile, he had that suit & tie
Mama always said "get a rich boyfriend,
You don't gotta love 'em, girl, you can pretend"
You bet I totes believed her, yeah, every word she said
Thought he was gluten-free, but all that I got was bread
Mama always said "nice guys finish last,
Beat him at his own game, honey, take the cash
Ooh, and what a lucky girl you will be”
But no, he didn't do jack for me
I want a bean with the beanstalk
And if the magic ain't right, time to walk
Used to be your baby, used to be your lady
Thought you were the perfect lover
All the harmony went fallin' out of key, so
Now you gotta find another
Now you're talkin' crazy sayin' that you made me
Like I was your Cinderella
You and me are through though, watch me hit it solo
I'mma do it acapella, yeah
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I'mma do it acapella, yeah”
That finished and we moved onto the next one.
“You're stuck in the playground and I'm a grown woman now
Considering you hate me, you're stalking like you made me
So why you acting like you're tough
But now I thought you'd had enough
Don't you get tired of being rude
Awww, Come and give me a hug dude
Let's go!
It's my party, I do, do what I want
So while you sit and watch me
I keep dancing alone, da-dancing alone
So put this record on and keep it going 'til I say, ‘Stop!’
If you were wondering if I give a damn, well, I do not
'Cause it's my party, I do, do what I want
I think it's time you realize
You're only wasting your time
Addicted to attention, you need an intervention
So while you acting like you're sick
Sitting around and talking sh-
Don't you get tired of being alone
Awww, your only friend is your phone
OWWWW!
It's my party, I do, do what I want
So while you sit and watch me
I keep dancing alone, da-dancing alone
So put this record on and keep it going 'til I say, ‘Stop!’
If you were wondering if I give a damn, well, I do not
'Cause it's my party, I do, do what I want”
We sang for another half an hour, with random songs. When we finished we all sat down and had a lot of water. A lot. Then we watched the boys and guessed we’d be on the news later tonight and on YouTube and shit like that.
***
Before I knew it, the weekend had come and the boys left. Back to the way my life was before, boring and fairly lonely. All about my racing. I just had to wait until I would see Louis next, but we promised to talk three times a week. I was going to miss him, a lot. A lot a lot a lot. Well, Louis’ birthday would be coming in the next two months. We would see each other soon, hopefully…

Notes

Alright guys. The first song they sang was ‘Dance With me Tonight’ by Olly Murs, the second was ‘Acapella’ by Karmin and the last was ‘It’s My Party’ by Jessie J. So, the two months finally finished and yeah. Please vote for this book because this is like, the best one I’ve written! Well, in my opinion anyway…
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