I'm with the band

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Harry and I walk back downstairs yet again, actually ready to rehearse this time around.

The second I make it down all the steps, the rest of the boys were looking at me with all smiles.

"There she is." Niall exclaims, grinning.
"That is quite a dress Lizzy."

"Oh, come on now." I say, shaking my head and blushing.

"No really love, you do look rather smashing." Louis adds.

"Well, thanks." I say shyly, curtsying.

"How come you guys took so long to come down anyway?" Niall asks.
"What were you guys doing up there?"

"Nothing!" Harry and I both exclaim in unison.

"Based off that response, I think it's more of a question of who they were doing up there." Zayn jokes, as all the other guys laugh.

"You cheeky bastards." Louis laughs.

"Okay! So are we rehearsing or did I wear my black dress for nothing?" I ask, quickly changing the topic.

"It's a miracle that the dress is still intact." Niall mumbles sarcastically, as the rest of the guys laugh.

I scrunch my nose, squint my eyes and purse my lips into a line, letting him know that his joke was so funny.

"Okay guys seriously, we have to start rehearsing." Liam finally says.
"For real this time."

I walk to the end of the room, acting as if I'm off stage, as that's how it's going to be at the actual concert.

Niall starts off the song with playing the first few strums of his guitar, and after he finishes, that's how I know it's my cue.

I strut my way to the boys, feeling ridiculous and trying not too laugh.

"Little black dress just walked into the room, makin' heads turn, can't stop looking at you." Harry and Louis begin to sing, as I waltz over to Harry as he spins me and his hand moves to my waist.

This doesn't normally happen in our usual practicing, however I'm not complaining.

Then, Louis takes me by the hand as I continue to dance.

"It's so right, it's so right, it's so right, you know." We all sing.

"Little black dress, did you come here alone?" Louis and Harry sing.
"It's too late, it's too late, it's too late to go home."

"It's so right, it's so right, it's so right, you know." The guys continue to sing, as I wait for my cue once again, as Louis lets go of my hand and I orange around some more.
"It's so right, it's so right, it's so right, you know."

"I wanna see the way you move for me baby." We all sing three times, and then Harry does his famous screech at the end of that verse, which always made me blush.

I think it's rather hot.

"Little black dress, who you doin' it for?" Harry and Louis sing.

"Little black dress, I can't take anymore." Harry sings, taking me by the hand and spinning me, his eyes admiring me up and down.

"It's not right, it's not right, it's not right you know?" We all sing as I continue to do a little shimmy, making me laugh in my little black dress, and the guys chuckle too as they sang.

"Little black dress, what's your favourite song, little black dress I won't do you no harm." Harry continues to sing, his hand letting go of mine, as it makes its way down to my waist again, bringing me closer to his body.

I didn't care if we were caught up in the moment, this was purely apart of the act.
It wasn't like we were gonna kiss or anything.
Especially not with the guys watching.

"It's so right, it's so right, it's so right you know."
"It's so right, it's so right cause I'll take you home." Harry sings, his face coming closer and closer to mine, as he leans in but I lean away, nearly falling backwards, as he catches me.

"I wanna see the way you move for me baby, I wanna see the way you move for me baby, I wanna see the way you move for me." The other guys sing.

It was almost as if those lyrics were muffled out, along with the sounds coming from Niall's guitar.
All I was thinking about in that moment was Harry.
His piercing green eyes and the fact that all I could hear was his heartbeat, rather than the music.

"I wanna see the way you move for me baby, I wanna see the way you move for me baby.." The song continues with those same lyrics, as I'm still in his arms.
Well, his hand was on my waist.
But I was basically in his arms.

I take it as the song finished a little while ago because Harry and I got startled when we heard-

"Earth to the lovebirds!" Niall calls out, making us both jump, Harry lifting me back up again.
"The song finished two minutes ago.."

Oops.

"I'm surprised you haven't kissed already." Louis jokes, as Harry and I shakes our heads and our faces turn red in embarrassment.
"Had plenty of time within that two minute time interval too."

"Guys, come on." Liam says, trying to peace-keep yet again.
"Be cool."

"Wait, hold on guys." Zayn says, interrupting, as he's staring directly at his phone.
"You might wanna see this."

We all huddle around Zayn, who was sitting on one of the barstool's in the studio.
We read the article he was just looking at on his phone.

"Rise and Shine! One Direction Star, Lizzy Walker is out and about with Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys, on a pretty romantic breakfast date! Fans speculate the two are dating, here's what we know."

A pretty detailed headline, if you ask me.

The article featured pictures of me and Alex walking to his car, while we were walking in the breakfast place and even while we were sitting down at our table.

These fans are lethal.

"Well, at least you know you did your job well." Niall exclaims as I raise my eyebrows and Harry rolls his eyes.

Somehow, each day I start to hate this fake dating thing a little more.

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!!

Next few chapters will be a little bit different than what we're normally used to heheh

Thank you so much for 700 reads?? omg??
Always so so grateful.

All the love, 🤍

- Sab
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