Identity

Chapter 4

The bus pulls up and we get off and walk into the airport. Screaming girls are all around us. "That would've been you," I think to myself as we keep walking. Niall slips his arm around my shoulder, "it's ok, none of them are going to hurt you," Niall whispers into my ear. I smile back at him and keep walking. "Niall! Is she your girlfriend?!" someone with a camera yells. "No she's just a really really close friend," Niall yells back. "Hey dollface give us a picture of you and Niall!" the pap says. "Niall I don't want to be in all those magazines," I say, knowing that the real Stephanie would see me somehow if I did end up on a magazine. "Oh sorry, here take my hoodie, keep your head down," Niall says. "At least give us your name," another pap says. "Not today boys!" Niall yells. We both begin to laugh at the frustrated men. Swarms of teenage girls are still dying to get a simple hello from the boys as we walk toward the gate. "Harry it's my birthday!" one yells. "Liam will you sign my shirt?" another one screams as we entered the plane. The plane is empty except for us and some of the boys crew. "Finally, that was one of the craziest group of girls I've seen in awhile," Louis says leaning his chair back. We all mumble in agreement. In a matter of five minutes Harry is passed out from his hangover, Louis is listening to music, Zayn and Liam are playing hangman, and Niall and I are cuddling. "So what happens after London?" Niall says. "I guess I go home, and you go to America," I say back to him realizing that I only have about a week left with him. "Why can't you come to America with us? I need someone new to talk to," Niall says puffing out his lower lip afterwards. "Because believe it or not I have a life!" I say back hitting him playfully in the chest. "Well when do you go to uni?" he asks. "In about four months why?" I say while playing with his hair. A grin spreads across his face. "We're only in America for three months, you can stay with us and still be back to uni in time! Please Stephanie, you can hang backstage, we can make memories, I don't want to lose you again!" he says. My heart pains as he calls me Stephanie. His blue eyes are filled with such hope and it hurt that he didn't know I wasn't the girl who actually made him happy. I swallowed and choked back the feelings. "You're right, I can go! of course we'll need to get all my stuff from back home," I say. Niall grabs me and hugs me tightly. "Don't worry about it, I'll get somebody to buy you all new stuff, on me, I'm just so happy that you're coming with us," Niall says a tear in his eyes. We hug once more then begin talking about the schedule and everything that'll happen. Before we knew it the plane landed and we were back on a bus on the way to the venue. "Hey Stephanie you wanna see something cool?" Zayn says taking my hand. "Sure, what is it?" I ask as Zayn leads me up some stairs. "Ok so outside there are thousands of girls waiting for the concert. There's a balcony right outside this door, want a taste of fame?" he says grabbing the handle on the door. "Why not, let's do it." I say back. He grins and opens the doors. We walk out and screams erupt through the crowd. Zayn puts a finger to his lips and they all quiet down. "Ok everybody this is Stephanie, she's Niall's really good friend and she's here to talk to you guys! Have fun!" Zayn says running back inside. I try to open the door but he's put something there to block me from entering. I laugh and turn back to the girls. "So how is everybody? Excited for the concert?" I ask to be cut off with squeals of excitement after I said the word concert. "I love your Irish accent!" someone yells. "Thank you!" I yell back blowing kisses. "I know you're here to see the boys, and I would go get Niall but Zayn locked me out." I say. The girls begin to scream at Zayn for locking me out and the door opens with Zayn peeking his head out. The whole crowd begins to go wild. "I'll be right back!" I yell running inside before Zayn locks me out again. "I say we lock all the other boys out there and see what happens," I say and Zayn agrees. We yell for the other boys and they run upstairs. "What's wrong?" Louis asks. "Go look outside! There are police and everything, some girl got trampled!" Zayn says trying not to show that he was lying. Liam, Louis, Harry and Niall quickly go outside. "There's no poli-" Harry begins to say before we slam the door. Zayn and I erupt in laughter as the boys bang on the door. The girls are screaming in excitement. "Stephanie I'm going to kill you!" Niall yells while laughing. "Do you really think we're strong enough to hold all of th-" I begin to say being cut off by the door flinging open. "Run!" Zayn yells. Before I can move Niall scoops me up over his shoulder and runs downstairs. "Niall stop!" I yell trying to get off of him. "Nope!" he yells back. We get to his dressing room and he puts me on the couch and climbs on top of me. He begins to tickle me. "Niall quit it!" I say in between laughs. "Never!" he says. He finally stops and our faces are close. He brings his lips closer to mine and we begin to kiss. "Niall it's time for soundcheck," someone says while knocking on the door. Niall groaned in frustration as he got off of me. "Wanna come see us practice?" he asks. "I would love to," I say smiling. He grabs my hand and we walk down the hallway and into the stage area. He gives me a quick kiss on the cheek as he goes on stage. The girls with VIP passes for the show begin to file in, some of them frozen with excitement when they see the boys. I sit down in the back of the arena. The boys start with a question and answer. "Niall are you still single?" one girl asks. He looks up at me and blushed. "It's complicated," he answers never breaking eye contact with me. I blush and the question and answer continues. As it goes on I realize what a mess I've gotten myself into.