The One in the Crowd

It was right after the show in Melbourne. The boys just ran offstage to change and load the van and go to the hotel. After they all got in the van and sped off, Niall looked around at the other guys. Every last one of them was on their phone.

“Hey Louis whatcha up to?” he asked.

“Texting El. I miss her so much.”

“Oh...what about you Zayn?”

“I’m DM-ing with Perrie. Trying to figure out some wedding stuff even though we’re apart.” he answers.

“That’s cool...and you Liam?”

“I’m chatting with Sophia, arranging a Skype date for later.” he says with a slight smile.

“Awesome...god I wish I had a girl back home to miss.” Niall says slumping down in his seat.

“You know you always have me for company, Nialler. Any time you feel lonely.” Harry says holding his shoulder.

“Yeah I know...but it’s not the same. You guys have a girl that you’ll eventually get to go back to. I don’t have a special someone to even text or tweet or have a Skype date with.”

“Aw bud it’s okay. You’ll find someone special soon, we know it.” Zayn says comfortingly.

“Like you say, you look for your future wife in a crowd. At one of our shows on the next tour, she could be in that crowd!” Liam said enthusiastically.

“I don’t know, fellas. Maybe that’s overrated. What are the chances I would actually find my wife in a random crowd of our fans?” Niall asked. The boys all chipped in comments like, “it could happen,” “you never know,” and “keep your head up, mate.”

A few minutes later, they all arrived at their hotel and ran inside before they could get mobbed. The boys got situated in their rooms and Louis commenced to calling Eleanor, Zayn and Perrie sent each other goofy pictures on Snapchat, and Liam logged onto Skype to have his virtual date with Sophia. Harry and Niall were in a room together and Harry could tell Niall still felt down. He grabbed Niall’s guitar from its corner in the room and handed it to him.

“Play it. Doing a little strumming always makes you feel better.” Niall grabbed it and positioned his hand to play the first chord. He started playing the intro to Little Things. It was his favorite song to play on guitar. After a little bit, he started singing his solo.

As he was singing, he couldn’t help but feel like someone, somewhere in the world was listening to him. That someone somewhere in the world was his future wife; he knew it in his gut. And it gave him a new found hope that he would find his princess...soon.

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