Chapter 44
Harry's Pov
"That’s what makes you beautiful!"
We always tried to end a concert with What Makes You Beautiful, seeing as how that was our first single. It's a special moment that will always be in our hearts and our fan's. We left a stage filled with thousands of fans with a triumphant smile. Tonight was a night to celebrate my ability to do 6 concerts in two weeks and not break at her absence.
"Good job boys!" Paul our body guard gave us all pats in the back and a group hug. The cheers from the crowd could still be heard, even as we all made our ways down the hall and into the dressing room. Our stylist and makeup artists all gave us a congratulations and huge smiles. Everyone else's didn't seem to be forced.
I didn't have a choice but to mumble thank you and return the smiles. I sat down on my assigned chair and snagged up my phone. I stated at the blank screen before turning it on and eyed my home screen. I sighed and sank back into the chair, shutting the screen off.
No new messages and no new phone calls.
I take full responsibility for this one; I was torturing myself with false hope. I guess that after Kate had called, I started to hope that maybe she'd ring me up with info. Or maybe, just maybe it could have been her.
A sudden pair on hands over my eyes, are what snapped me out of my inside thoughts. I placed my phone on my lap and removed the hands that were taking away my vision. I didn't need look up or turn around because the owner of the hands belonged to Hayley, an overly obsessed girl who also happens to be one of my stylists.
"You are grumpier than you look." that screech confirmed her presence. I quickly removed her hands that were now placed on my neck.
"Hayley can you please remove your hands from me." I growled. My hair was fine anyway so it wasn’t in need of touch ups.
To be honest, her intentions had been made clear since the day she was assigned to me and Louis. And I there was no way I was going to let her cling her way to me. I was also currently in a not so humble mood which then added to the fact that she annoyed me. I couldn't have removed her from me but she was a girl and it wasn’t in my nature to be rough of women, unless provoked to an extent. Besides we all agreed that she was most likely the most obnoxious woman of the planet.
"You silly goose how am I supposed to style you're gorgeous locks if I can't touch you." she purred, closing in the distance between our faces. I tried to keep as much of a distance by moving my face away but the more I moved the closer she got. All the lads were as supported as ever, laughing and creating those obnoxious noises. My head was just as its limit and could explode any moment.
"Harry!" Louis pulled my arm and body away from Hayley, leaving her with a shocked face and a relieved one on me. "There's a phone call for you, out in the hallway. Close that mouth Hay-ley Niall needs a few touch ups more than Harry does."
"No I don't." Niall said quickly with a face that shouted 'you fucken bastard' but Louis gave him a 'shut up and cooperate' smile. He sighed and quickly took my spot in the chair as I was pulled out of the room and into the hallway. It was strangely quiet seeing as how we just finished a concert. I looked over at Louis; we haven’t exactly had a proper conversation without ne of walking away irritated or the other getting angry.
“Uhm.” I cleared my throat, “Where's the phone call?”
“Yeah, it was a lie.” He shifted his weight and licked his lips, “You can thank me later, I’m going back.”
“Wait Lou.” I grabbed his shoulder, holding him back before he went back inside the room. He turned halfway around and raised an eyebrow.
“Thanks.” I smiled weakly at him, “You’re a good friend for putting up with me.” It was time for me to make up with him and clear out my thick headed head.
“If this is your idea of an apology, I don’t accept.” He said, with a straight face. If he had left that straight face a little longer than I would of probably bought it but the smile and laugh he let out differed.
“Oh Harold.” His hand wrapped around my shoulder, “You are too easy to read and so innocent.”
“Oh shut up.” I slapped his arm off and was about to say something back when the door in front of us suddenly banged open.
“Harry!” Niall called, phone clutched in hand. It resembled my phone only my cell phone is in my pocket. I patted my back pocket to find it empty.
“Hey isn’t that my…”
“You got a text message from an unknown number.” He said with stern eyes as if he already knew who it was from or what was written on it. I reached for it and just as I had suspected the message had already been read but I didn’t really care because what I read in those few seconds was much more important.
“Go.” Niall said with a serious face that held a little sense of pain.
Ever’s Pov
“Are you sure about this?” Kate’s eyes looked scanned my face.
“Positive.” I said, clutching my bag closer to me and made sure my suitcase was still next to my feet.
“Alright then.” She sighed heavily and handed me my plane ticket. I took it and looked up at her face. She seemed bothered by something and I could tell because she kept scanning the airport as is she was looking for someone.
“What are you looking for?” I looked in back of me at where she was starring.
“No one.” she said, “Let’s go sit down, I think we still have like 35 minutes before the plane leaves.”
I took note of how she quickly changed the subject which was quite suspicious but then again I had been doing a lot of thinking last night, so maybe this was one more thing I was over thinking. I was lucky to have slept at least enough hours to still keep me standing.
We walked over to the waiting area where other people like us waited for their plane. Half of the people were anxiously waiting and others looked bored to death. We found seats in the second row of chairs and sat down.
“You’re dad looked pretty calm when you told him you came here without telling your mom.” Kate said turning to look at me.
“Yeah, I was surprised but I think he already knew” I said, looking down at my phone. It was currently 10:20 and I wasn’t tired at all and right now I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep at all with my nerves.
“That or he really trusts you.” she said with a laugh, “Hey can ask you something?”
“Sure.” I said a little caught off guard by her sudden change of voice. It lost its joking factor to a more serious tone.
“If he was here, what would you do?”
“Kate, there’s no way he’d be here.”
“I know, I know but what if he was.” she stared at me, “Would you confess?”
Harry was miles away and those miles were about to increase even more in a couple of hours. There really wouldn’t be anything for me to do but if there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself this past month, it would be that love and stubbornness can make you do lots of things. Most of those things are out of your character but some are actions that change you completely whether they were good or bad.
“I don’t know.” I couldn’t honestly say what I would do because I don’t think I can picture that scenario.
“If I was you I’d go to the guy and touch his luscious hair. I would sneak my hand inside his…”
“Okay I don’t need to know your dirty thoughts!”
“I was going to say pocket.” She frowned at me, “to record my number into his phone. You’re the one with the dirty thoughts.”
I starred at her with an ‘are you serious’ face but we both ended up laughing. Even after talking about a heavy topic like that, she can always find a way to make me laugh.
“Flight number 132 for Chicago O’Hare Airport will depart in 15 minutes.” the incoming voice informed.
“Fifteen more minutes.” Kate growled, resting her blond head on my shoulder.
“At least it’s not thirty minutes.” I told her.
“God, you’re no help.” She mourned with a giggle. I smiled and turned to look outside the glass walls and at the airplanes resting out in the lane. I wasn’t expecting Kate to show up with money for plane tickets so I was really grateful that my dad helps us out. I only planned out how to get here; I didn’t really go over how I was going to go back. I was going to let the wind take me from there.
“Are you serious? Both of them are here?”
My thoughts were interrupted by a girl my age screaming on her phone. I looked up at her and the first thing I noticed was her One Direction phone case. It was white with all five of their faces. Couldn’t help but stare at his face.
“I wonder what you’re doing.” I murmured.
“What did you say?” Kate’s head lifted its self-up.
“Nothing.” I said. I was sure my voice was only a soft faint whisper. She suddenly stood up and placed her bag on the seat.
“You weirdo.” She said, “I am hungry so I’m gonna go buy something at the snack store. Do you want something?”
“No I’m good.” I said sitting back on my chair. I watched her as she walked out of view. My stomach had butterflies and that was what stopped my hunger for the moment.
A couple of minutes had passed and there was still no sign of Kate returning back. The plane would probably leave soon so I decided to go and look for her. As I got up and tagged along my suitcase and her bag, the sound of creaming girls started to become clear the more I got closer to the main room.
I wasn’t wearing heels but my shoes clanked on the solid ground. I was getting even more curious as to why there would be screams at an international airport. I walked a little further before slowing my pace to a halt. There were a lot more girls crowded around than I had seen. I looked around for the reason but I couldn’t find any until my eyes spotted brown curls on someone’s head.
Then it hit me, who else would they be screaming for. It hit me so hard that my arms became unresponsive and let go of everything I was carrying. At that moment my heart and breathing had stopped as the curls bounced around looking over the crown. It was only seconds before they found their way to me. His green eyes looked over the head of screaming fans and gazed at my eyes. After looking at them, there was no doubt that it was him.
It was him, the one person that turned my world upside down. The one that freed my ins and outs, the one who showed me a side of me that I didn’t even know existed. He tore me down and built me up and the same time.
But he isn’t supposed to be here, I’m not supposed to have fallen for him. I’m supposed to be on a plane back home and facing all the things I left behind. But according to him, the place where I belong is with him.
When I saw him trying to walk through the screaming girls, I began to panic. I wasn’t exactly sure on how I was going to deal with him because I never was expecting this. I quickly recollected my things when I heard the airports security trying to calm down the girls. I’m positive that they realized who was standing in front of them because they created a circle around him. That same circle that was supposed to be protecting him blocked his path over to me.
“Ever!” the depth in his voice caused my body to flip. I had almost forgotten the sound of his voice. I didn’t know what to do but stand there like an idiot. He on the other hand, went furious pushing his way out of the people who were blocking his path. He screamed my name again, as if the sound of his voice alone could keep me from running away again.
He pushed his way out of the few remaining people and jogged up to me. The security made sure to keep the group of girls from getting any closer. Up close you could see his chest rise up in pants as if he had been running earlier and is barely regaining his energy. I had forgotten how he toward me in length. His black buttoned up shirt matched his black shoes and jeans.
“Hey.” was all my mouth managed to say. I had become more attracted to him know that I had realized my feelings for him.
“Did you really plan of leaving without telling me?” his voice was rough, leading on that he was a bit angered by my actions.
“I left the note” I said, shifting my weight to my left leg. I couldn’t stop myself from staring at his emerald eyes and face features any longer. The way his chest still rose and muscles tensed up were about to make my legs feel even weaker.
“No you left Niall the note” he furrowed his eyebrows, “I wasn’t told about this”
“I-1.” My voice quivered, “I’m sorry.” He was about to say something but was interrupted by the intercom announcing that my flight would leave in five minutes.
“I have to go.” I said, "But there’s something I have to do first”
I let go of my bags once more and embraced my arms around his warm torso. He was definitely caught off guard because after a while he relaxed his muscles and hugged me back. I pulled away and looked up at him.
“There’s something you should know.” I began, “Harry I-“
“You can tell me when I finish my tour and go see you.” he smiled, brushing his lips on my forehead and leaving a faint kiss on it.
“Now go.” He said releasing me and gathering my bags for me, "Don’t miss me too much.” His comment made me really happy and I couldn’t help but blush.
“Ever!” I looked over to my right to see Kate, “C’mon! We gotta go!”
I looked back at Harry once more before walking away towards Kate and those things I needed to face.