Chapter 50

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Hope Whitlock

I wore a pair of plaid paper bag shorts with a tie in front along with a short-sleeved black t-shirt, pairing it with my regular white shoes and my normal accessories.

We did the rehearsals, we did the soundcheck, both of which went well

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We did the rehearsals, we did the soundcheck, both of which went well. Harry was... distant, compared to this morning. I'm not sure if he was doing this on purpose or if I did something to upset him. He was not particularly angry or being mean, we did exchange a few words but I had this scared feeling in my gut that something was wrong or something was going to happen.

I learned the new song they picked, it consisted of a lot of work from my side and I stayed back another hour to practice just so I get it right so now, as the song is about to start, my nervousness is off the charts, my palms are sweaty and I think I want to throw up.

*play song*

"This is just for you guys!" Niall speaks into his mic which is my cue to start.

I tune out the crowd's cheers to focus on how I play, this feeling intense and stressful, I am probably doing my focused look right now, which isn't the cutest but I have to make sure not to mess it up.

The pre-chorus comes on and I glance around to look at the guys, seeing Louis and Liam having yet another water fight, Niall with his electric guitar near the edge of the stage and Harry, for some reason was walking towards me with a small crease between his brows. His green eyes piercing into mine. Did I mess up?

I look away, shaking my head to ignore the hike in my heart rate but Harry reaches out to hook a finger under my chin and pull my head up to meet his eyes as he sang. If this was his way of trying to piss me off then it was stupid.

Call me in the morning to apologize

Every little lie gives me butterflies

He holds my jaw, thumb swiping against my bottom lip and then pushing it down before he lets go, all while holding intimidating eye contact with me. Why was he doing this?

Something in the way you're looking through my eyes

Don't know if I'm gonna make it out alive

He takes a step back, smirking devilishly while backing up as the chorus comes on.

Fight so dirty, but your love's so sweet

Talk so pretty, but your heart got teeth

He winks at me before turning around and joining the guys for the rest of the chorus.

As soon as the song was over, we all went to our respective dressing rooms to get our things. We were all going to a club nearby with Kiara who was going to be escorted backstage and will probably be waiting for us by now.

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