"See You Later"

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Em's POV:

"Let me kiss you!" Harry finished the song as thousands of fans cheered around them. They were halfway through their set that evening and the crowd was loving them.

"Thank you thank you," Louis said with a grin. The boys chatted with the fans before moving on to the next song, jumping around the stage and grinning from ear to ear. I smiled to myself. I loved watching them perform, the way they put everything into it and the reaction they got in return made me feel so proud of them. I remember me and Harry putting on performances in the living room when we were younger for Mum, Dad and Gemma. They would give us standing ovations and cheer loudly every time. I smiled at the memory. Now Harry was doing that all the time, only the cheering was on a much larger scale. I don't think I'd ever stop being proud of him. He glanced my way at one point and I sent him a grin and a thumbs up. He returned my smile before running down the stage with the other boys. Niall had picked up his guitar and was settling himself down to play.

"Okay this next song we're going to slow things down a bit," Niall said. I smiled, knowing that it was Little Things next in the set list. After watching this show over and over again for the past few weeks I have the set list memorised. Niall started playing the opening chords before Zayn started singing. The fans had all turned on their phone torches and were waving them in the air. Thousands of little white lights filled the stadium, it looked magical. I snuck my phone out of my pocket and snapped a picture from where I was standing, making sure to get the boys in it as well. I opened my Instagram and uploaded it alongside the caption 'I'll never get tired of this view'. Give the fans something to scream about. By now the bridge was coming up and I bit my lip in anticipation for Niall's part. It made my stomach do flips every time I heard his voice sing. 

"You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you," Niall started, still playing his guitar. The cheers grew louder as he started. Evidently I'm not the only one with a soft spot for Niall's voice. "And you'll never treat yourself right darlin' but I want you to." My smile was quickly growing across my face as I watched him. "If I let you know I'm here, for you. Maybe you'll love yourself like I, love you," Niall sung with a smile. He is so freaking gorgeous. I shook my head, trying to pull myself together. He's Harry's friend, you can't. I gave myself a stern talking to. And what happened to not trusting anyone? Everyone always leaves, don't fall for his shit. I took a deep breath. My smart ass head was right, it wasn't worth the heartache. And I hadn't known him long, there's no way I can trust him. Still, admiring from afar never hurt anyone. 

I cheered along with all the fans as the boys finished. They dived straight into the next song and I spent the rest of the concert gazing at Niall, snapping myself out of it and telling myself to stop being so stupid, before ignoring my head's advice and finding myself smiling at the Irishman all over again. I needed to pull myself together. Niall was just a friend, nothing more. I can do this, I just need to act a bit distant and then he might not want to hang out as much. If he's not around me all the time then maybe I'll stop falling for him. Perfect, plan sorted. The boys were finishing up the encore and saying goodnight to the fans. They came running off the stage towards me, all laughing and clapping each other on the back.

"So, how did we do?" Harry asked with a grin. I clocked Niall looking over at me with a big smile on his face. Act distant, must act distant.

"Eh, it was alright I guess," I shrugged, even fake yawning to give the impression I was bored. Harry rolled his eyes, assuming I was just in a mood but I noticed Niall frown. Go on, be mad at me and walk away.

"Okay well we're gonna go and get changed then we'll meet you back here," Harry said, smiling at me. I knew he could see right through my act but I just nodded in response. The boys all traipsed off to change but Niall hung back. Oh god this has backfired.

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