Chapter 52

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The lights in the stadium go dark and all the crazy fangirls screech around us, but I can't deny that the adrenaline is kicking in. Eliana grips my hand, squeezing it with a big grin on her face, bringing her lower lip between her teeth. We both turn as the beginning song begins and we both scream, a feeling that I've never experienced before.

I shut my mouth as a hurtful thought occurs in my head, knowing I've just ruptured my heart. Thinking for a moment Harry and I were still one, thinking that he was mine and I was lucky enough to have him, but he's not... He's not mine and he'll never will be. The thought aches, but I smile through the pain as I see the boys near closer to our area. We're right in the front near the runway and I'm sure they know exactly where we are, knowing Eliana most likely didn't get these tickets for us.

After a few songs, they go on a short break, leaving the crowd excited for what's to come. They've preformed Clouds as their opening song, Steal My Girl, Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Midnight Memories, Kiss You, Stockholm Syndrome, Ready To Run, Better Than Words, and more. So far I'm in love with all their songs and I could never pick a favorite if I were to choose.

"So what do you think?" Eliana asks, a large smirk plastered on her face.

"They're awesome!" I squeal.

"Now are you still mad at me for dragging you here?" She snickers.

"No," I blush.

"That's what I thought," she chuckles.

"So you and Liam," I wink or try to.

"What about us?" She tries to act it off.

"Oh shut the fuck up! You know exactly what I mean!" I smack her arm.

"Ow! You know it would be a lot nicer if you didn't whack me!" She holds the part I hit with my hand.

"Stop stalling!"

"Ok! We've been talking recently," she shrugs.

"How recent?"

"A month ago," she smiles.

"A whole month! And you never told me?" I yell.

"Well I knew you were still upset with Harry and didn't want to talk about the boys so I was afraid to bring it up," she states.

"Oh come on, it's Liam, he's like one of my best friends," I laugh.

"Still, when you're angry it's not pleasant or something I want to be around," she raises her eyebrows.

"True, but how are you guys doing?" I ask.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean how close have you guys gotten?" I whack her again.

"We've gotten a lot closer, we haven't really told each other how we feel, but I'm sure we both feel the same," she responds.

"Ooo! My best friend has a got game!" I smirk.

"Oh shut up," she shakes her head while blushing.

Suddenly everyone starts screaming, Eliana and I turn to the stage to see Harry, Niall, Liam, and Zayn back on stage. I look around for Louis, but can't find him, a frown forms on my face.

"Hello guys!" Harry yells, "as you may know we've released a new song called Perfect and guess what?"

"We're going to play it for you people!" Niall yells in his microphone.

"Wait, we're missing one! Tommo, where are you?" Liam says.

"I'm having a wee!" Louis yells into his mic from the toilets.

I shake my head can't help but giggle at them. They're still the same silly boys I remember, and I'm glad fame hasn't changed them. They're perfect the way they always are.

"I'm coming!" Louis yells and runs out while pulling his zipper up, "sorry lads!"

Niall laughs out loud and tried to speak, "ok this is Perfect."

His bright smile is plastered on the big screens and it makes me happy to see these bright smiles of theirs again. Missing them is just an understatement, nothing can describe the heartwarming feeling I got as I first saw them earlier. Liam walks his way towards us, the same large smile Eliana has on, he waves down at us, blowing a secret kiss to her. She blushes more than usual and I can see the sweat beginning to form on her forehead. I've never seen her get nervous about anything.

Within the song Perfect, Louis and Liam's verse have danced around the stadium, but then his guttural voice endures around my ears. So foreign to tune into his hoarse voice in a stadium with over a hundred thousand people screaming that they love them, even when they know they'll never get the chance to be in my shoes, to actually meet them, to see them up front, hold them, and steal the heart of one of them.

Harry's lyrics, give me a questioning thought, how similar could they be to our past relationship? No...I'm just being crazy, there's no way.

"But if you like causing trouble up in hotel rooms
And if you like having secret little rendezvous
If you like to do the things you know that we shouldn't do
Baby, I'm perfect
Baby, I'm perfect for you
And if you like midnight driving with the windows down"

They could be talking about anyone, it isn't me defiantly because we never did anything in a hotel room. Probably Louis had wrote this song, he does a lot of girls.

"Baby, I'm perfect
Baby, I'm perfect for you"

Harry comes up to our side, staring down with those dark green eyes of his, flipping my insides out. He smiles, blowing a kiss, my heart flutters, but my gaze falls forward to a girl. She stands in between the stage and fence of the crowd, her hand reaches out, catching the kiss in her hand with a large smirk. And with that Harry mouths the words that he hasn't dared speaking of to anyone else but me, "I love you."

That flutter of my heart wasn't for a warning feeling, it was the sound of it splitting into pieces with three words forgotten what it felt like to be heard from that loving raspy boy.

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