A Moment Like This - Harry Styles Love Story.*ON PERMANENT HIATUS*

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*Allison Edwards*

        My mouth fell open as I looked at One Direction. They seemed a little off today, something was missing. I would have asked, but I was to busy inwardly fangirling, as was Tyra, both of our jaws hitting the floor. However, Tyra recovered first.

"OHMYGOD! Is that actually One Direction?" she looked at me. "I mean, you see them too, right? I didnt crash the car, and we arent sitting in the hospital in a two year coma, right?" she freaked out. The boys laughed.

"This is real, love. we promise!" my mouth was still gaping. Louis smirked, and walked over to me, gently closing my mouth.

"You'll catch flies, love." I was still in shock, so I didnt respond. He waved his hand in front of my face.

"earth to girl!" he shot a look at the others."Is she okay?"

"Sorry, she's in shock." Tyra laughed, easily over coming her fangirling. "This will help." She walked up to me, and slapped me accross the face. I did snap out of it then, as she doubled over laughing, and I placed my hand on my burning cheek.

"Find that funny, do you?" I seethed. She wiped her eye, and nodded. "Hm, Erik might find out that you like him at school tomorrow." she head snapped up, and she looked at me, her eyes deadly and serious. Erik was her serious crush; they were practically dating. The look on her face changed so that she looked very timid and scared. Then she over came it, and hurled herself into my arms.

"IMSORRYIMSORRYIMSORRY! FORGIVE ME!" I patted her on the back. as she fake cried into my t shirt.

"Forgiven." I heard a throat clear, and I saw the adults and the boys looking at us with amused faces.

"Sorry to interrupt your hug fest, but why exactly are you here? Not to be rude or anything." said Niall, smiling."Not that its wrong to have two talented-"

"-And gorgeous." Zayn interrupted. Niall glared at him playfully.

"And gorgeous, girls with us, but why?"

"Allison is taking Harry's place tonight." the boys heads snapped to my face, then to Tyra's. I barley noticed what Mauve said about Harry.

"Which one's which?" Zayn asked, looking confused. I laughed.

"I'm Allison Edwards, and my goofy Bff over there is Tyra Cellars. What were you saying, Mauve?"

"You're taking Harry's place tonight." my eyes widened.

"What?" I gasped, my head spinning. No wonder I noticed something was wrong; Harry was missing! "Wheres Harry?"

"You didnt tell her?" Zayn said, looking at Paul and Mauve. They shook their heads.

"We had to test her vocals before she met you boys. She has no idea whats going on."

"No, I really dont!" I said, my voice chipper. "But as i'm curious, why am I standing here with 4/5 of the hottest boyband in the universe? I mean, not that I'm not THRILLED, but why?"

"Harry's sick." Liam said, and Zayn jumped in with a follow up.

"H1N1. not life threatening, but it took his voice. He cant sing, and we can't cancel the performance. Its too expensive and dissapointing to cancel the show, so we've been running around all day looking for a replacement." the boys all gave zayn a funny look, but nodded.

"I've found her!" Mauve chirped. "You should hear her on more emotional songs. A love ballad like The Only Exception doesnt do her justice." she gushed. Iwas seriously shocked by the change in her demeanor, but I blushed anyway. She grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the piano again. I set down the guitar, which had still been around my shoulder. I heard the chords, and I was lost in the song again.

"And you can try to tear me down, but I will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper. Like a sky scraper! like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper! Like a skyscraper..." I opened my eyes again, only to be tackled by the boys.

"MY GOD, WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO SING LIKE THAT?" yelled Liam.

"EARGASM!" Zayn cried, squeezing me like there was no tommorow.

"SHES GOING TO SAVE THE DAY!" Niall's accent danced around the room, making me smile.

"SHES AN ANGEL COME TO SAVE US!" Louis yelled, pulling me out of the dog pile and into a huge bear hug, spinning me around. they all piled on me angain.

"Boys... Cant....Breathe!" they all quickly got off of me, and Liam helped me up from the floor. I took a deep breath of sweet oxegyn. I panted for a minute, then straightened up and grinned, arms crossed over my chest.

"Okay, now that I can breathe, I will answer you all. Liam, I have no idea where I 'learned to sing like that'. Maybe it was ten years of choir. Zayn, thats awkward. Niall, Louis, I am in no way shape or form an angel, and I sure as hell didnt come to save you."

"Well, you at least saved Harry's ass." Louis snickered. "Then again, he's practically on his deathbed. He'll be happy we found someone amazing."

"And hot." Niall piped in. I blushed deep red before coming up with a witty come back, wanting to make sure that this wasnt some cruel sick joke. Well that, and being extraordinarily self-concesious.

"Who says I'm doing the show?" Louis stepped forward, looking at me pleadingly.

"Please help us Allison, we need you to sing Harry's parts. Please, you're our only hope!" I giggled.

"Starwars quote!" I ran over to Tyra, who knew exactly what I was thinking.

"Master Tyra." I bowed to her.

"Padawan Allison." she nodded. The boys burst into guffaws as Trya and I had a huge fake lightsaber battle. I won when I had my 'lightsaber' at her throat.

"Fine, you win this time, Master Allison."

"And you shall be defeated again, Padawan Tyra." I chuckled. The boys laughed as They noticed that Tyra was now the Padawan and I was now the Master.

"Okay, lets get serious." Mauve said, looking at us seriously. "Allison, are you in or out?" my insecurities automatically stepped in as I seriously considered her question.

"I dont know... I'm no superstar, and the concert starts in six hours. I can't pull that off." Paul shrugged.

"We're going to have to wing a lot of it. There's no way you'll be able to learn all of the choreography in an hour."

"Please Allison, we're begging you. I'll pay you." Liam piped up. "And I'm sure the boys will chip in." he batted his eyelashes at me. "Handsomly."

"I still dont know..." I didnt want to sound like an absolute gold digger, but hey, I'm a broke teenager. I need my money.

"We'll be your slaves for the day, and Harry is included in both paying you and serving you. When he's better, of course." I nodded, considering his proposal but wanting one or two more things in it.

"I accept your offer on a few conditions."

"Such as?" Zayn raised an (incredibly hot, damn!) eyebrow.

"You will give me your phone numbers, follow me on twitter, and I would love to stay in touch. OH!" i glanced at my bff. "and Tyra gets a front row seat." Liam smiled.

"how about BACKSTAGE seats?" Tyra squealed.

"ALLISON, IF YOU DON'T SAY YES I AM GOING TO FREAKING KILL YOU!!!!!" she screeched. I rolled my eyes.

"Done." Liam shook my hand as well as the rest of the boys and Paul. Well, I take that back; Louis practically tackled me.

"Congradulations, you are now an unoffical/official member of One Direction. " Louis said, giving me another bear hug. The rest cheered, and I grinned.

"OK! Boys, Allison, time to focus!" I snickered as the boy's faces fell.

"Okay, so we need to have you sing through everything and learn Harry's notes. Your lucky; Harry sings the melody almost all of the time. It would be a lot harder if Niall was gone, or Louis and Zayn. Although, I think it would be awesome to give Zayn's solo in Up All Night to Allison, as well as Harrys parts, I just think it'll sound good. First, I want to hear all of your voices blend. Sing the chorus of Moments, please." she said, and immediatly I fell into Harry's farmilliar opening.

"If we could only have this life for one more day. If we could only turn back time." the boys joined.

"You know I'll be your life, your voice, your reason to be, my love, my heart, is beating for this, moment in time, I'll find the words to say, before you leave me today." I smiled softly. Our voices had blended well, but not like if Harry was singing it.

"I'm not as good for this role as Harry." I said, my eyes downcast.

"I dont know what the hell you're talking about. Harry's going to be right jealous." Louis said, no evidence of a joke on his face.

"He's right, dear. Okay, back to Up All Night. So, give that solo to Allison, and-"

"Mauve, did it ever occur to you she doesnt know all of the songs by heart?" Louis asked, rolling his eyes.

"Don't worry, I do!" I said. "I just need to seriously focus. Can we all just start from the beginning of Up All Night?"

"Yeah, sure." she sat at the piano, and we went through the song. I hit everything right, and I smiled in pronounced satisfaction. After the last note was played, found myself up in the air, on Louis' shoulder.

"Now we must initiate you into One Direction."

"Louis, PUT ME DOWN!"

"Nope!" I looked to Niall for help.

"Niall James Horan, helllllppp meeee!" I whined.

"Sorry, part of being One Direction!" Louis yelled, then he passed me to Zayn, who passed me to Liam, and then back to Louis. Niall chuckled, and gently picked me up out of Louis' arms and put me down on the ground.

"Niall, you are officially my favorite." I said, grabbing my purse, where I'd stowed a tube of Oreos for when I would be standing in line at the box office for hours. Niall loked at me with wide eyes.

"Marry me?" he asked, offering me an Oreo and going down on one knee. I started jumping up and down, well aware that he was kidding.

"Yes Niall, yes!" he picked me up and spun me around as I laughed.

"Niall, how could you? I thought we had something special!" Liam cried. I chuckled. The door flew open again.

"Did you find someone to take Harry's- Why hellooooo." a Boy grinned, looking at my dark skinned freind who was standing against the wall, arms crossed over her chest, smirking. "Now, what is an amazingly hot girl like you not doing in my room?" she giggled. "So, whats your name, cutie?" she giggled AGAIN. That was really unlike her.

"Shatyra, but you can call me Tyra or Ty."

"Josh Devine, drummer extrordinaire." he flirted. She giggled. Mauve took a deep breath.

"PEOPLE FOCUS! WE HAVE A CONCERT TO DO IN FIVE HOURS, PEOPLE!" she screeched, and we all snapped to attention, now completely focused. We worked for a long time learning everything and re assigning stuff. While we worked on vocals, people bustled in and out, measuring and working pretty much non stop on me. And still, I learned songs. The only things I really didnt know was the stuff from the X Factor (with the exception of Torn), but the boys assured me in everything and I learned everything suprisingly quickly, even for me. I would just drop out if I forgot something. I was confident in my vocals.

"What about choreography? I cant learn everything now."

"She's right, it took us weeks. it just cant be done." Mauve cleared her throat.

"CHARLIE!" she called, and a younger woman came in in yoga pants and a t-shirt reading "Dance is life." came in, looking utterly bored.

"What, Mauve?"

"Harry's sick." she stiffened, apparently the only one not informed.

"Are you canceling?"

"Nope. Meet the unofficial new member of One Direction, Allison Edwards." the dancer looked at me with semi cold eyes.

"Have you danced before?"

"I have two left feet so, nope." Zayn laughed, bumping fists with me.

"Left feet buddies!"

"This isnt good, Zayn! Not only did you get someone unattractive, she cant dance!" she groaned. Hurt washed over me; I didnt even know her.

"Hey now, thats mean, Charlie." Liam said, being Daddy Direction.

"Allison is gorgeous." Niall said, and Lou slung his arm over my shoulder. She glared at me (and especially as Lou's arm).

"Whatever. Forget the choreography for today, we dont have time to run everything, especially with an untrained dancer. And as for you-" she adressed me with cruel, calculating eyes. "Make sure you stay close to the guys. Let me tell you, it will be very benificial to your career if you come through tonight." and with that she sashayed out of the room.

"Well THAT isnt nerve wracking." I murmured. Mauve looked at the clock.

"BOYS! TAKE HER TO CAROLINE AND LOU NOW! WE NEED HER DOLLED UP, AND WHILE SHES GETTING DRESSED, HEAD TO YOUR OWN DRESSING ROOMS AND GET DRESSED! NOW!" she barked.

"Gosh, your more of a manager that Paul is-"

"NOW!" the boys grabbed my arms and dragged me out of the vocal room.