Through The Dark

Gravity

"Niall! They're here!" My mom yells from downstairs. She's been here for almost a week now. It doesn't bother either one of us. It's actually a big help. She takes care of Olivia during the night for us and we've finally got more than four hours a sleep a night. "Niall! Hurry up!" I grumble to myself and pull a pair of jeans up my legs.

"Sam? What are you wearing?!" I peak my head into our closet. She steps out and spins around in a red sun dress. "Cute? Is this shirt good?" I ask and stand behind her in the mirror. "We're running a little behind I guess."

"You look so handsome, but..." She spins around and starts to unbutton my shirt. "It was too high." She leaves four buttons undone. "A little slutty, but it works." She walks off, pulling me by the arm.

"Niall! We start in five!" My mom yells again.

For the first time, we are introducing Olivia to the world. Apparently she's a much bigger deal than I thought. Yeah, she's a great deal. I just didn't think people still cared that much for us anymore. I have to admit, I have been doing a lot of publicity for my new album that is released in a week. Now we've got Good Morning Britian here to interview us; which is also airing in America and Australia. Again, I didn't think anyone cared that much.

It's Sam's first time on national television. Of course, when she first started getting her youtube fame, she was on some New Jersey news channel. This interview has her anxious all over again.

I follow her down the steps and I'm quickly swept away by a makeup artist powdering my face. She holds me still as a director babbles random numbers and words to me. Something about how many people were watching or what not. I look over at Sam, who's being handed Olivia by my mum. The room is buzzing and Olivia's little eyes are trying to take it all in at once. She locks eyes with me and I smile, waving my fingers at her. She stretches put her tiny arms and I chuckle. The director gestures me over the couch and I sit next to Sam. "Hi Olive! Is this morning exciting?" I baby talk to her and she takes my finger, wrapping it as tight as she can.

"Ready in 60." The director says and the room gets quiet. "and wave to the camera." He points over to us. A lady with a sparkly pen shakes it around behind the camera, diverting Olivia's attention to the camera. "Live in five, four, three...."

"I'm here with Niall and Samantha Horan. How are you two?" The anchor asks and Sam nudges me. We never really discussed if I was answering most of the questions.I guess that's the case. I answer and she starts again. "Of course, the world is aware that over the last month you two have welcomed a baby into your life. Can we get some details?"

"Well, first of all, we kept everything a secret until now. Samantha delivered our daughter, a month a go next week, here at home. I would say it went smoothly, but I didn't give birth." I look over at Sam who just sighs and shakes her head.

"And can we get her name?" She questions.

"Of course, Olivia Renee." I answer. She questions me about a few more details of the last month, before she smoothly transitions into my album. "It's titled 'Gravity'. Sam actually picked it. It's her favorite song on the album and I'd say it fits the whole album."

"And your tour starts when and where?" The anchor continues. "Are there still tickets available?"

"It's just a short promotional tour. I'm doing a few shows here in England, one in London, Manchester, and Liverpool. The one in Liverpool is the smallest one with just a few thousand people. I'm trying to my make the show as intimate as possible since most of the music has a chill, acoustic vibe. This is finally my chance to be close and meet a lot of the fans that have been with me for the past decade really. I do believe there are a few tickets left at each show in America, but England is sold out." I smile and pick up the album they set down in front of me. "Wow, this honestly the first time I've really touched this album! Is this the actual thing?!"

"Yes sir!" She says. I open the jewel case and flip through the booklet.

"Oh, my... This is fantastic. I mean, I know what it was going to look like but it's just in print now. This is unbelievable. This whole album took me over a year to write. The songs are written by me and a friend of mine. As life happened, I'd just write songs. They're on that album in that order as well. I'm just so pumped for everyone to hear it." I hand the little book over to Sam and she flips through it.

"Well, we're out of time! Thank you so much for your time and I hope to talk to you soon!" She says and we wave goodbye. Just as soon as the interview began, it was done and the crew was packing up their equipment. Not to be blunt, but I wanted them out. They're all fantastic people, they're just in my space.

"Can you believe it Sammie?" I walk up to her as she scrolls through the little book. "This is crazy..." I look at all the black and white pictures, covered in my lyrics. "I'm so excited for this tour Sam. I'm so excited you two are going with me. I'm so excited I get to travel with you. I'm so excited I get to sing my songs. I'm just so excited." I kiss her and take Olivia. "And I'm so excited to take you along with me and you can listen to Daddy sing even more."