Complicated

Chapter 3

Niall wakes me up when we arrive and we all get out of the car and head into the building. I follow the boys down a corridor and into a dressing room.

"Hello boys!" A lady says walking in. She smiles and introduces herself as Lou. "I'm the boys' hair dresser. And you must be Gabriella." She smiles at me. "I've heard a lot about you." She says glancing at all the boys. I look around the room and see that all of the boys are blushing.

"Yeah. Call me Gabby." I say returning her smile. I reach out to shake her hand, but she pulls me into a hug instead. She smiles and shows me to a chair near the back of the room, but I can see everything that's happening from there. She proceeds to do the boys' hair and makeup while I watch in fascination.

She passes the boys their outfits to change into and they walk into a separate room to change. "So..." Lou says sitting next to me. "Who do you like?" She smiles and leans in closer, making me blush. Normally I don't tell people I don't know personal stuff, but I feel like I can trust Lou. "Well... I love all of the boys... But I really like Harry." Lou's eyes soften. "Well, I can tell you that for a fact that he likes you back." I laugh. "Yeah, he's pretty open about it." Lou chuckles and the boys all walk back in.

They all look really nice, but damn! My eyes go straight to Harry. He's wearing black skinny jeans, a white t-shirt and a brown leather jacket. "All right boys." Lou says. "You're on in ten."

The boys make their way out of the room and Lou leads me back stage. I play with the ruffles on my shirt as we wait. Finally the boys come onto the stage. They introduce themselves and start to sing.

" I've tried playing it cool! But when

I'm lookin' at you! I can't ever be

bra-ave, 'cause you make my heart

race!" During Harry's solo I nearly

melt. "Shot me out of the sky! You're

my kryptonite! You keep makin' me

we-eak, yeah frozen and can't breath!"

After that song is over they start the next one. I creep closer to the side of the stage to see the boys better and brace myself, leaning my weight on a pole for support. My favorite solo of all time is about to be sung.

"You'll never love yourself half as

much as I love you!"

Niall sings into the microphone. He glances in my direction and when we lock eyes he sings directly to me.

"And you'll never treat yourself right

darlin', but I want you to! If I let you

know I'm here for you, then maybe

you'll love yourself like I love you!"

Goosebumps rise on my arms and I sigh dreamily. He knows it's my favorite part because I make him sing it for me all the time. When their last song comes on I sing along quietly with the boys and laugh at their dorkyness.

"And I'm like OW! Never thought it'd

hurt so bad! Gettin' over you!

And OW! You're givin' me a heart attack!

Lookin' like you doooo! Cause you're

all I ever wanted! Thought you would

be the one and OW! You're givin' me a

heart attack! Gettin' over you!"

The boys say their 'Thank you's' and run back stage, out of breath. "How'd we do?" Louis asks, smiling and slinging his arm around my shoulder. "You did great!" I say beaming. I meet Niall's eyes and quickly look away, blushing.

We all walk back into their dressing room and they all leave to change, but I catch Niall and smile at him, looking into his sweet baby blue eyes. "You guys did really good today" I beam. He blushes and I lean forward and wrap my arms around him.

He wraps his arms around me too and we sit there for a long time, rocking back and forth. He's so warm and cuddly and sweet and- We hear someone clear their throat and we pull apart.

Standing next to us is Louis. His arms are crossed and he has a weird look on his face. Standing behind him are all of the other boys. My cheeks burn red and I stare at the ground. Awkward...