Chapter 26
Harry’s POV
“Do you really like it?” Layla looked at me with unshed tears in her eyes.
“Yes I really do! It’s brilliant! One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard! Are you planning on preforming it?” I asked, hoping she would say yes.
“I think I’m going to preform it at Saturday’s concert. Do you think people will like it?” Layla asked with a worried expression.
“If people don’t love it then they are crazy!” I said hugging her.
“You should show the rest of the boys!” I said, walking to my bed.
“I think I’m going to make it a surprise, so don’t say anything, ok.” Layla said, looking over the song again.
”don’t worry I won’t.” I smiled, she had come really far from the beginning of tour, and now her songs were becoming brilliant.
Saturday
“How is everyone doing tonight?” Layla screamed into the microphone. The crowd cheered and she began singing “Bulletproof” by La Roux and the crowd went wild. Layla was wearing a crop top shirt that said Stay W3ird and high waisted shirts and she looked really pretty. Niall came and stood next to me, patting me on the back. I hope he realizes one day that Layla really likes him, and that she’s a good girl for him. I still had some feelings for her, but we were better off friends.
“Alright everyone, are you ready for the final song of the night?!” The crowd cheered as Layla stood in the middle of the stage and took a deep breath. The rest of the boys came and stood with me and Niall. Layla looked at us and I gave her a thumb up.
“This song is for anyone having a tough time, anyone that has just been having terrible days lately. Someone is always here for you. This song is called People like us.
The music started and Layla began singing,
“We come into this world unknown
But know that we are not alone
They try and knock us down
But change is coming, it's our time now
Hey… everybody loses it,
Everybody wants to throw it all away sometimes
And hey… yeah I know what you're going through
Don't let it get the best of you, you'll make it out alive
Ohh
People like us we've gotta stick together
Keep your head up, nothing lasts forever
Here's to the damned, to the lost and forgotten
It's hard to get high when you're living on the bottom”
Layla began moving on stage and touching people’s hands and the crowd went wild. People were jumping up and down and dancing to the beat. Layla held so much emotion in her voice. There were people crying because this song related to them so much.
“Oh woah oh oh woah oh
We are all misfits living in a world on fire
Oh woah oh oh woah oh
Sing it for the people like us, the people like us
Hey, this is not a funeral
It's a revolution, after all your tears have turned to rage
Just wait, everything will be okay
Even when you're feeling like it's going down in flames
Ohh”
Layla went back to the center of the stage as she sang the final verses,
“Oh woah oh oh woah oh
We're all misfits living in a world on fire
Oh woah oh oh woah oh
Sing it for the people like us, the people like us
Oh woah oh oh woah oh
You've just got to turn it up loud when the flames get higher
Oh woah oh oh woah oh
Sing it for the people like us, the people like us”
Layla waved and walked off stage, she had done a great job pumping up the crowd, everyone was cheering and screaming.
“Layla that was great!” Zayn said pulling her into a hug. We all joined and ended up having a group hug.
“Break a leg out there!” She said smiling. We walked out and gave one of the best performances that we have done in a long time.
Layla’s POV:
I watched the boys preform for a while before I went back to my dressing room to freshen up for the meet and greets. I was so happy, that song meant a lot to fans and it meant a lot to me. I picked up my phone to see if I had any missed calls or any text messages. I had one text message,
From: Unknown
When darkness falls, all will crumble. The clock strikes 9 and tick tock, your time is up. Good luck. – Mr.B
I stared at my phone, confused as ever. What did this mean? I didn’t realize my hands were shaking until Niall came and grabbed the phone from my hands.
“Layla are you ok?” Niall asked me. He took my hands and tilted my chin so that I was looking at him.
“What’s going on?” Niall looked me straight in the eye.
“I wish I knew.” I whispered. He unlocked my phone and looked at me.
“Oh god. Not another one of these things.” Niall said.
“What?” I asked. Had Mr.B come for them before?
“When we played at MSG there was this whole Mr.X thing, it freaked us out, but nothing ever happened. Try not to take it too sceriously. I’ll tell Paul to tighten up security.” He kissed my forehead and told me not to worry. We went to the meet and greets and all went well, but I was still on edge.
“Everything alright?” Liam asked, “You seem a bit distant.”
“I’m fine.” I lied.
We finally got back to the hotel and I went to Niall’s room and pulled him to the side.
“Niall I am freaking out!” I whispered screamed.
“Why what happened?” I showed him the link the unknown number sent me. It was to a twitter page, the person’s name was Mr.B and their user name was @Anti.Layla.
The thing that freaked me out the most was their Bio. It read, “The end is almost near.” Another thing that freaked me out was that they had 6 followers, and followed 6. The six that they followed were Niall, Liam, Louis, Zayn, Harry, and me. Their 6 followers were me, Niall, Liam Louis, Zayn, and Harry. I never followed anyone by the name of Mr.B, and by the look on Niall’s face, he hadn’t followed a Mr.B either. How are they going to be followed by all 5 boys, including myself, and we have no idea who this person is. Their last tweet read,
@Layla_Montgomery Tonight’s show might have been special, but Mondays will knock your socks off. Xx –Mr.B
Nialls draw dropped when he read all the riddles that this person was tweeting.
“Holy crap.”
A/N: AH! I finally updated! I’m sorry for the long wait, I didn’t really have the motivation to type and yea I’m sorry. I will be updating again tomorrow! This book is almost done, less than 10 chapters, maybe. I have to see what my brain comes up with lol! Once the book is over I am going to go through and revise it! Please tell me what you think of this chapter, when you guys comment is really motivates me! xxx
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