One Thing ➳ n.h

Chapter 30

Emma's POV

The crowd of fans thunder and roar as I prepare to go onstage.

"Oh. My. God. I'm so nervous!" I say and play with my perfectly braided hair.

"Don't be! You'll do fine!" Zayn comforts me.

"Thanks."

"Don't worry! It's not as scary as it looks!" Louis pipes in.

"Easy for you to say! I've never done this before!" I say nervously and bite my lip.

"Emma you'll do fine ok...." Niall says gripping my hand.

"Emma! You're on in 5!" The director shouts.

"Oh god.... I don't know if-" I say and Niall cuts me off.

"You can! We've rehearsed these songs a million times! You can do this, I believe in you." Niall says shaking my shoulders lightly.

I nod my head and take a deep breath. He kisses me quickly and then pushes me towards the curtains, separating me from hundreds of fans. The director counts down...

"9... 8... 7... 6...5... 4... 3... 2... You're on!" He points to me and I jog onstage.

"Hey how's everyone doing tonight?!" I yell into my microphone and the arena rumbles with screams. "Alright! Good, good. You guys wanna know something?" I pause and a hush comes over the crowd. "I wasn't sure if I wasn't even sure if I was going to do this tonight... I was so nervous backstage, I was literally shaking." The crowd laughs softly as I continued.

The arena thunders again as the intro to Firework starts. My heart pounds, like it's going to leap out of my chest as the screams elevate. I suck in a deep breath and lift the microphone to my mouth.

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag 

Drifting through the wind wanting to start again? 

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin 

Like a house of cards one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under? 

Scream but no one seems to hear a thing 

Do you know that there's still a chance for you 

'Cause there's a spark in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine 

Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause, baby, you're a firework 

Come on, show 'em what you're worth 

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" 

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework 

Come on, let your colours burst 

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" 

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

You don't have to feel like a wasted space 

You're original, cannot be replaced 

If you only knew what the future holds 

After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you reason why all the doors are closed