My Guitar

Tess wasn't at her seat, or in the bathrooms, or anywhere else I could think of. I didn't have a phone, so I couldn't call her, but I wasn't about to just go out to the car if she was still here... Could she be in Hallway U? I'd better check... Well, the hallway itself was empty, but... there were voices coming from behind that door...
"What do you mean she isn't here?!?!?!?! Didn't she get a slip of paper, like the others? Why didn't she come back to her seat?" That was definitely Tess...
"Ahem... That would be Lover Boy over there. He'd already had to find her in a sea of girls once, he wasn't about to try it again, right Niall?" Niall? Who's Niall? After a long pause, I heard Blondie's voice reply.
"Doesn't matter now, does it lads? She didn't feel the same, told me so right on stage after I sang to her. Now she's gone from my life, probably for good." Blondie... Blondie felt that way about me, about what happened on the stage? Oh, no.
"Um... Mr Horan, if I may, did she actually say that out loud?"
"No, but she shook her head at me... What more evidence is there?"
"You mean they haven't told you?" That was a distinctly female voice...
"Tell me what? Lads, do you know something about all this?" No reply. Those bastards!
"I'll tell you, then! We all heard it! She... Piper said, 'Oi', and the boys turned around. Then she said, 'Tell Blondie that's not what I meant. And my name's Piper." Then they nodded, so she said thank you and walked away. She... The shaking of the head didn't mean what you thought it meant-"
"Mr Horan... Is it alright if I call you Niall? Niall, that's what I meant. She... She often gets lost picking out chords, listening to the instrumental. She definitely registered that you sang to her, I could see it in her eyes, but for a moment after that, she got lost in the music, and was just shaking herself out of it. In fact," Tess continued slyly. Did she know I was listening? Probably. "She cared enough to try to send a message to you through your supposed friends, cared enough to sing and play for you. If you hadn't been you, there's no way she'd've sang for you, played, or even gotten on the stage. She wouldn't've taught you to play her guitar, or smiled at you. She wouldn't've relaxed into your chest on stage. She... She really cares about you, and she doesn't even know your name. And I can tell you're the same." Tess finished speaking, and it fell silent. I hope those bastards were rethinking their decision to not tell him what I'd said. But what was Blondie thinking?
"I... I had no idea... God, P-Piper, I-I hope I can be forgiven. I-I... I need to be forgiven. I won't let you go. I can't." He mumbled the last part, but it was getting louder... He was coming towards the door!
By the time the door opened, I'd just barely rounded the corner. I sat there hugging my knees for a good while before I heard footsteps approaching. Somebody gasped, then I was pulled into the largest, warmest, most loving hug I'd ever been given. "Piper... I..." I just hugged him tighter. It was Blondie. My Blondie.

Notes

Okay, I had to rewrite the beginning of this chapter, like, five times. It's finally finished! Yay! I hope you like it! Thanks for reading!
xoxo
~Stormy