Pieces of Us| h.s.

Chapter Twenty Six.

Sydney Archer

We spent the whole day in the studio, and god I missed it.

There's something that is just so exciting about being in there, recording music that opens the next chapter for us. It's truly enthralling and all of us were so filled with excitement, full of new ideas and spirits were really high in there.

Harry played them the song he's decided to call Matilda and it brought everybody to tears. Jamie listened to it with his arm around me as even now after hearing it before, it still went straight to my heart. It was a very special moment, the song meant just as much to them as it did to me and I'm so glad.

It was emotional hearing it again, Harry playing it to the people who got me through the hardest times of my life. I can't even begin to describe the way it made me feel. We all hugged after it, wiped our tears and had a moment of appreciation for one another. There was so much love surrounding us and it made us all feel grateful for everything we've been through together.

We ended up recording a very raw version of it, Harry sang the whole song and I added backing vocals that harmonised just beautifully. Maybe we'll do a version which has more than just our vocals and a guitar, but we decided to record that version just so we had something. 

Harry and I slept together last night, maybe it was wrong but it didn't feel that way. It didn't feel like just sex to me, it felt like a lot more and the feelings I had in the moment frightened me a little. Everything felt so mentally intense, and I don't think I've felt that way before. It wasn't just sex, it couldn't have been.

The best thing is that today, nothing felt awkward. It didn't feel like there was something in the atmosphere we needed to address. We shared stolen glances throughout the day, little smiles from across the room and small gestures that didn't make it obvious. Nothing felt intimidating on nerve wracking.

All of us decided we earned a night out, we haven't been out in a while and we have a lot to celebrate. We're back making new music, we're nominated for awards, we've finished our tour, and we spent a long hard working day in the studio.

There was a fun little bar round the corner from the studio, neon lights and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. That's where we ended up, straight onto the doubles and shots of tequila as per Myles request. We sure as hell we're making up for the lack of nights out we've had recently.

'Sydney still can't handle her drink.' Jamie laughed.

'Not true, tequila is just disgusting.' I shot back, taking a minute to let it go down, cringing at the taste and feeling of alcohol in my stomach. 'You guys are bigger than me.'

'We should go to the house and have a house warming.' Harry suggested, to which Myles just laughed.

'What, with just the four of us?' He scoffed.

'Yeah.' Harry replied, 'why not?'

'I think we should. Gives me a ten minute break, by the time we get there I will be revived.' I said.

'We got heaps of records there too, I say we go.' Jamie agreed.

It was settled, we'd leave the bar and continue the party at the house. I needed a break, I couldn't do another shot or take another sip of drink right now. They all drink much faster than me, with a much higher tolerance and I wouldn't say I'm a lightweight, but when I'm out with these guys I really am.

Harry asked if I was okay before we climbed into the car, he was just looking out for me and it was sweet. I was okay though, I just needed a second here I couldn't smell the alcohol. I'd be fine when we got to the house, and I was.