Walking in the Wind One Direction

27. Breaking free

After lunch Liam and I have to start off the challenge of the day. I stand on the stage next to Liam, and see the others have snuck into the back of the arena again.

Must be because we were so mysterious about our song.

Louis, Harry, Jade, Daisy... Laelynn even took Zayn to watch. They all give us the thumbs up, which results in me and Liam both feeling a little more confident on the stage.

"Okay guys good luck." Simon says and the track starts.

"We're soaring." Liam starts of looking at me, he looks a little scared. "Flying."

Is he actually nervous? Or is he just embodying Troy Bolton?

"There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach." He points to the ceiling and I watch his hand.

No he's definitely nervous for real.

I look Liam in the eyes, trying to let him know that he doesn't have to be nervous without using my words. "If we're trying, so were breaking free." As soon as my hand touches his, a spark.

"You know the world can see us." He takes my hand and we turn to the judges. "In a way that's different then who we are."

"Creating space between us." I let go of his hand. "Till we're separate hearts." I touch my heart and smile at him, but he still seems a little off.

I look into his big brown sparkling eyes. "But your faith, it gives me strength." I smile at him and he smiles back. I think he's ready. "Strength to believe."

"We're breaking free!" Liam hits the first high note perfect. His energy enters the room and I immediately light up.

"We're soaring." I proudly look at him perform with his whole body.

"Flying!" Liam turns to the judges with a big smile on his face.

"There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach." We harmonize.

"If we're trying!" Another perfect note from Liam, "yeah we're breaking free!" Liam throws one hand in the air and walks around me.

"We're Soaring!" I start to move too, so that we move in a circle. "Flying." Liam smiles at me and I make a twirl.

"Running!" I run around the stage. "Climbing!" Liam follows me.

"More than hope! More than faith." He sings to me. "This is true, this is fate." I sing back. "And together we see it coming"

"More than you," Liam points at me, "more than me." He points at himself.

"Not a want," I take Liams hand and pull him across the stage. "But a need."

"Soaring!" I let go and twirl out over the stage. "Flying!" Liam sings.

"Theres not a star in heaven that we can't reach." We come together centre stage.
"If we're trying" We face each other, "So we're breaking free" and spin around each other.

"Yeah we're breaking free" I take Liams hand and we face the judges. Nicole looks very proud, and Simon even looks slightly amused. "You know the world can see us. In a way that's different from who we are." We take a bow.

"Thank you." Simons sign to back off the stage.

As we walk down the arena hall to get to our secret watching spot, we see Louis running towards us. "Hey Louis!" Liam says. "Can't talk! You were great! I'll be back!" He yells as he runs past us. "Hurry Louis! Cant be late to your performance!" I chuckle. "I know!" He yells back in a high pitched nervous voice.

"Were you nervous?" I ask Liam as we walk the hall together, "at the beginning I mean?"

"Just a little." Liam shrugs, "I just didn't want to let you down." He looks down at his feet.

"No way silly." I bump into his side on purpose. "You could never let me down."

He smirks at me, "You're confidence got me back in the right headspace though."

"Good." I laugh, "Would've been a disaster if we'd worked our asses off all day for you to go all 'we're brEAaaKiIIng free' on me."

"Hahaha" He burst into laughter. "I would never mess up that bad." He says, "I mean I would hope not."

"You never know!" I skip in front of him, and shrugg while raising up my hands. Liam chuckles at me.

"But it didn't happen so thats good." I walk up the stairs to the first ring arena seating and Liam follows me.

"Hey you." Harry says coming down the stairs, as the others follow. "You guys made a great grand opening act." He opens his arms and welcomes both of us in for a hug. Everyone comes to a stop in the middle of the staircase, as all of them chatter about how they loved our performance.

"Oh man, you guys have some stage chemistry." Zayn states in awe.

"Not only on stage." Harry nudges Liam, who begins to blush at the comment.

"You guys going back already?" I pretend I didn't hear Harry and change the subject.

"Can't stay for a chat, you guys we're awesome." Daisy says coming down the stairs, "Gotta get back to Niall, he's probably wondering where I am." She passes us and walks away.

"We just came up here to watch you." Jade shrugs.

"You were a delight to watch, but now we gotta go get ready ourselves." Laelynn smiles.

"We'll be up here to watch all of you for sure." I smile back at her.

"Before today I didn't even know you could get up here." Zayn says.

"I don't think we're supposed to." Liam laughs.

"Let's go guys." Harry takes the lead by hurrying down the stairs, taking two steps at the time.

"See you!" Jade, Laelynn and Zayn follow.

"Good luck!" Liam and I say in unison.