Story of My Life- Niall Horan Love Story

Chapter 8: Meet and Greet

     After getting back to the hotel from breakfast, we each went to our rooms as the boys had to go to the stadium. They began to get ready for rehearsals and to hang around the arena until the next show tonight. I stayed in the clothing I wore to breakfast but decided to touch up my makeup and throw my hair up into a ponytail. I then grabbed my sunglasses from my purse and put my phone into my back pocket. "Hey Liam?" I yelled as he was in the bathroom. "Yeah?" he shouted back. "Does Paul have my pass?" I asked. "Yes! He should be in the hall waiting for us if you want to go out there and get it from him." Liam shouted. I grabbed my wallet with one of the room keys and went out into the hallway where I saw Paul by the elevators. "Hey Paul." I smiled. Paul looked up from his phone and smiled, "Hey Skylar." He smiled back. "Liam said you had my pass?" I asked. Paul nodded and pulled out a pass on a lanyard and gave it to me. "We will get you another one that's specifically for this stadium as well. Not that you will be walking around alone. But, just in case." Paul said smiling. I nodded, "Thanks." I said. "Hey, can you go tell the boys to hurry up? We need to be at the arena in like 30 minutes and it takes about 15 minutes to get there." Paul said looking at his phone constantly. I smile and nod. First, I went to Louis and Harry's room and banged on their door. "Boys! Hurry up!" I said. The door swung open to reveal Harry in a little bun. "Damn Skylar. We are ready!" Harry said smirking. "Paul's waiting." I said softly smiling. Louis came up behind them with their bags that they take to the stadiums. "Go, Paul's by the elevators." I said walking to the next door. I used my room key to open me and Liam's door. "Liam? Are you ready yet? We need to leave." I said with my door propping the door still open. All the sudden, I saw Liam getting the back on his shoulder and nodding. "Paul's by the elevator with Louis and Harry. I'm about to go get Niall." I said. Liam nodded as he kissed the top of my head and went to meet the others. Then I went across to Niall's door and knocked. His door flew open and there stood Niall still in his glasses smiling. "Hey Skylar. What's up?" Niall asked smiling. "Paul wants to know if you're ready to go?" I asked smiling. Niall nodded and went to grab his bag from the spare bed. We walked together to meet everyone by the elevators. "Skylar come here." Liam said. I walked over to Liam as he wanted me to walk out with him to keep me safe from any fans or paparazzi that was outside the hotel. As we quickly walked from the back door of our hotel to a black SUV, I heard screaming coming from all around us, but Liam kept his arm around me until we got into the SUV safe from the outside. Liam, Niall, and I were in the back row. Louis and Harry were in the seats in front of us with Paul in the front with the driver. 

     We finally arrived at the arena and the boys went to put their things in the green room. Liam kept his arm around me until we got into the arena. I went and sat on one of the sofas that was in the green room as the boys got their stuff situated. They then put their earpieces in and walked to the stage. I followed behind them as I walked along side Paul who gave me another pass to wear. I smiled from ear to ear as I just watched my brother walk with these 3 other strangers that he had gotten so close with, like brothers, and was just smiling. He looked back behind me and smiled and somehow, I smiled even bigger. I was just so proud of him. As the boys went to the stage, me and Paul were below the stage as they practiced making sure they sounded good, which they did, and to make sure they knew the line up for the songs. Since it was a practice, they were goofing around more than they usually do during their shows which made me laugh. After about 30 minutes of them practicing some songs, they went back to their green room to relax. "Okay boys, you will have a Meet and Greet with some fans in about 2 hours, so you can relax now but then you need to get ready in like 30 minutes to an hour, okay?" Paul asked. The boys nodded their heads as Paul walked off. Liam was to my left and Harry was to my right. Niall was on the chair to my left and Louis was to my right in another chair. "Will you be joining us tonight Skylar?" Harry asked as he took a sip of water. I shook my head, "Not tonight boys. I'm not ready at all." I giggled softly. I looked at Niall who rolled his eyes. He is the only one that I have been practicing with for a bit since joining my brother and the boys. "It's okay. We won't pressure you. We just think it would be fun for you to join us sometime." Liam said as he rubbed my back. I looked at him and smiled, "I promise one of the nights, I will join you." I said. The boys cheered. I looked over at Niall who was smiling and blushing at me which made me blush back. We just began to talk amongst ourselves until there was a knock on the green room door. We all looked to see it was Paul. "Time to get ready for the Meet and Greet boys." Paul said as he closed the door. The boys got up from their seats and went to their racks to get their outfits for the night on. Liam kissed my head as he went to his rack. I got up and decided to leave to let the boys have their privacy. So, I just stood outside their dressing room. Paul came up to me and I smiled. "If you want Skylar, you can stand to the side with me while the boys do their Meet and Greet. Otherwise, you can stay in their green room." Paul said. I nodded, "I'd like to watch them if that's okay?" I smiled. Paul nodded. Before Paul could say anything else, Liam opened the door just peaking his head out the door. When he saw me, he took a deep breath, "There you are Skylar." Liam said. I looked at him and smiled. "What's up Li?" I asked. "You going to come watch us do the Meet and Greet?" Liam asked smiling. I nodded my head which made him smile bigger and then closed the door again. I giggled. I was excited to watch the boys meet some of their fans. It made me happy knowing they did this to get some one-on-one time with their fans. Harry was the first one to get done getting dressed, so he came out of the green room and came up to me smiling. I giggled, "What?" I asked. He smiled and took my hand, "Come with me." he said as he lead me through some of the backstage area. He lead me onto the stage and let me go in front of him. I looked all around at all of the seats right in front of the stage, all the way up in the nose bleeds. "Sold out." Harry smiled. I looked at him and came back up to him as I hugged him. "I'm so proud of all of you Haz." I said hugging him tight. After we broke from the hug, we went off stage as I continued to look around. Harry came back up behind me and nudged me. I turned around and he tilted his head back where the others were. I smiled and followed him, his hand holding mine again as we went back outside of the green room to meet up with the others. Paul then led us to another room where there was a Where We Are back drop. I stood on the side with Paul as they slowly let fans in one or two at a time. There was screaming, there was crying, and there was a lot of smiles. I gave me goosebumps watching not only my brother, but the other boys meeting their fans and seeing the impact that they have on them. As the boys were meeting with their fans, Paul leaned in and started to talk to me. "I'm sorry I haven't really checked in on you. You doing okay? Boys treating you okay?" Paul asked looking at me. I smiled and nodded my head, "They are all sweethearts and gentleman. They all protect me. And to be back with my brother is just amazing." I said as I began to feel tears filling into my eyes as I continued to watch my brother meet his fans. After one of the fans left, Liam looked over at me and smiled and I smiled back. "Wait, before the next fan. Skylar come here." Liam said I looked confused as I made my way over. "We want a picture with you." Harry said smiling. I looked at the boys as they all nodded. "Ya'll are adorable." I said as I got in between the boys. We took a few good pictures, then of course took some goofy pictures. I then went back to standing by Paul as they finished their Meet and Greet. As I got to watch the boys from the side, the last girls were finishing up when they came up to me. I looked at them and smiled. "Are you Skylar? Liam's sister?" one of the girl asked smiling so big. I giggled and nodded as I kind of kneeled down to get to their height. They both squealed. "Can we get a picture with you?" the other girl asked. I nodded as I took their little camera they had and took a selfie. "Thank you Skylar!" they both said. I blushed and smiled, "You're welcome girls! Hope you enjoy the show." I said as I stood back up.  After they finished their Meet and Greet, we went back into their green room to relax before it was time for them to go onto stage. They began to touch up their hair and put on more deodorant and cologne. I just sat on the couch watching them when all of the sudden my phone dinged. I looked down to see it was a message from mom. I smiled as I opened the message. 

"Hope everything is going good! Hope you are happy to be back with Liam and he is taking care of you. Home is very quiet without you here." Mom said. I smiled as I began to text back. Before I could finish the text, Liam came and sat down beside me and put his head onto my shoulder. "Who you texting?" Liam said. I showed him the screen to show him what mom said. He looked at me. "How rude of her to think I wouldn't take care of you!" Liam said smiling as he wrapped his arm around me. I giggled as I began to text mom back as Liam watched with me still under his arm. "Everything is amazing! Liam and the boys are taking the best care of me and it's just great to be back with my brother. While I do miss being at home, I'm loving being on the road and seeing new places and watching the boys sing and meet their fans." I sent the text and looked at Liam as he kissed my head. The door opened and there stood Paul. "We have about 25 minutes until you boys go on." Paul said. The boys all nodded their heads as they got their equipment and stuff ready. Niall came up behind me and spoke into my ear where the other's couldn't hear. "Hope you enjoy the show tonight." Niall said smiling. I looked back at him and smiled. "I always do. You boys are so fun to watch." I said. "Let's go!" Paul yelled. I walked along side Liam and as we got closer to the stage, the screaming go louder. About 5 minutes before they went onto stage, their opening video played and all their fans began to go crazy. I didn't know the screaming could get louder, but it did. Before the boys went onto stage, Liam came up to me and kissed me on the head. We gave each other a look and a nod with smiles on our faces, then he and the others ran out onto the stage. 

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm slowly starting to get more ideas and stuff for the story so please be patient with me as I get everything going! I love and miss writing! Thanks for reading x