Presence

Chapter 4

Hi!! I havent updated in a while so here is just a brief summary of what happened in the last chapter :

Harry took Carli over to the lads table and introduced her to everyone. Just as they got into conversation Carli remembered that she had left her best friend Hannah in the car alone She then finished the conversation and ran out panicking that her best friend wouldnt be mad at her for taking so long. Little did Hannah know that Carli was just talking to both of the girls idols.

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Carli’s POV

I cannot believe it.

I was just stood in front of the One Direction and their girlfriends. How did that even happen?

My body is literally shaking from excitement. I am sat in the car with my bag on my knees to try and stop them from shaking, this is so bad.

“I’m guessing Martha was talking to you?” Hannah asked as she focused on the road.

“What?” I replied confused.

“Who else would you be talking to that made you take so long? I thought that she was maybe trying to talk you into taking the money?” She said and you could hear the confusion in her voice.

Shit. I really didn’t want to tell Hannah who I had been talking to in there. If I did I fear that she would get angry that I met the lads and she didn’t. Hannah too is a big fan along with me, I just don’t want to hurt her feelings.

"Can we talk about it when we get home, Han?” I asked her with a frown on my face.

She then turned her head to look at me to check if I was ok then focused on the road again.

“Sure, love. Everything ok?” She asked.

“Yeah, let’s just get home and then we will talk.” I said as I rested my head against the window, leaving my best friend in confusion.

Niall’s POV

I wish that we had got more time.

Those two minutes of her here with us was not long enough.

I didn’t even get the chance to introduce myself. Yeah, Harry introduced us all but I’d like to introduce myself to her properly.

Perhaps I could come back here one day and see her singing. Maybe, just maybe I could get some song writing done here, if I come back.

Carli’s POV

We just arrived back to our flat and I feel really nervous about this talk with Hannah. Maybe she will just forget about it and she will never know? I really want to let it out that I met my favourite singers but I don’t want to brag about it. That would be so unfair towards Hannah.

I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard Hannah calling my name.

This is it I thought as I walked into the lounge.

I then saw Hannah sitting on the couch holding a box of tissues.

"Why the tissues?” I asked as I sat down beside her.

“I thought that we may need them?” She shrugged.

“Hannah, don’t be so dramatic” I said laughing whilst I placed the tissues on the coffee table.

I sat back on the couch thinking about how I could start this.

“So basically… when I went back into the pub to collect my phone I got…” I was then cut off my Hannah talking really loudly.

“Did you get a call to say class is cancelled tomorrow?!?!” She yelled in excitement.

“I wish, but no. Just sit back down, I need to tell you.” I said as she then sat down.

“Well basically, I kind of met one direction!” I said really fast.

“You what?” Hannah said with her mouth wide open.

“I met the lads, Han! Im also really sorry that I didn’t come out and get you but they were all there – The lads, Perrie and Sophia too. I didn’t want to intrude anymore!!” I said as I looked at my bestfriend apologetically.

“C, don’t stress about it! I am really happy that you got to meet them!! I want the gossip, what did they say??” She said as she looked at me with excitement.

“Well both Harry and Niall told me that they liked my voice” I said with a big grin on my face.

“Well today has been a bloody good day for you. I don’t have to push you out onto stage and then you meet the lads. Im proud of you!” she said as she embraced me in a hug.

“Well I am gonna go to bed now. See you in the morning.” I said and soon got a ‘goodnight’ in reply.

"Well that went pretty good’ I thought to myself as I made my way to my bedroom.

The next morning….

Today was the day that we returned to classes.

I could not be bothered with uni today. It’s not that I don’t enjoy classes, I really love the classes that I have took this year. However, my energy is always drained, and today is a Monday which makes things even worse.

I quickly showered and got dressed so that we had enough time to stop at the café down the road for breakfast. Every morning we would always go to this café before classes started, simply because they make the best pancakes ever.

Today I was just going for a causal look: A pair of light blue denim jeans with a baggy white top and black converse, then I threw a jumper in my bag just in case it got cold.

I walked into the lounge to see Hannah sat on the sofa with her eyes glued to the television.

“Something good on telly this morning for a change?” I asked my bestfriend.

“One Direction. Telly. Too early for this.” Were the words that left Hannah’s mouth.

“What?” I screamed running over to the tv.

Hannah was right. The lads were on the morning news talking about their new album that had just came out. The interviewer was asking the lads questions that fans had tweeted for the boys to answer. They will never understand how much their answer will mean to the fan that they answer. Never.

The next question was the one that everyone was the one that would either have people congragulating the lads or complaining of heatbreak.

“So who out of you lads is single?”

The question that no one liked. The question that ruined millions of teenage girls dreams. Millions of those girls would dream of their chances with one of the lads and then when they see that their favourite has a girlfriend their whole world is torn apart. My favourite in the band is Niall. However, if it was to come out that Niall had a girlfriend I would obviously try my best to be happy for him. There is always that one bit of hope though that your favourite would choose you.

And that was when it was time to try my best and be happy for him.

The only one out of the boys who had put his hand up to the question was Harry. What is going on? I thought to myself.

“Niall, why didn’t you put up your hand?” The interviewer asked him.

Niall looked into the camera and smiled. The camera then turned to the rest of the boys who were sat with confusion written all over their faces. Did they know what was happening?

“Well…” Niall started off. “No.. i was just in a bit of a daydream, sorry." He said apologising.  He then looked at the camera and you could see a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Inside, part of me was relived at Niall’s answer. However, my heart  broke for him... I just hope that one day he will find the girl of his dreams that he can grow old with

And I secretly hoped that girl could be me.