The Unexpected

Ch15 - First Show

Chapter 15 - First Show

It was the night of the first concert and I was terrified. We were going to be on in 10 minutes and I was standing at the side of the stage staring out into the audience. I'd never seen that many people in one place in my life and we were about to perform in front of them. My hands started to shake slightly as I fidgeted with my microphone.

A hand grabbed mine to still it and I looked back to find Liam.

"Don't be worried, they're going to love you guys." Liam reassured, already knowing what was wrong and I nodded weakly. "Seriously, you guys are talented, and how could they not? Just go out there and show 'em tiger!"

Liam gave me a shove and a small smile broke out on my face.

"There it is!" He said smiling back. He gave me a hug and patted my shoulder and we both turned back to look at the audience.

"How are you not nervous?" I blurted out without moving my eyes from the arena.

"I am nervous." He replied easily.

"It doesn't sound like you're nervous." I said, my eyebrows furrowing together.

"That's because I'm good at concealing it. I'm not as nervous as you, I've done this before, but I don't think the feeling ever goes away." Liam said honestly. That was something I loved about Liam, he was one of the most honest and truly unselfish people. Liam's eyes were always warm, and he spoke with emotion, you could never doubt he truly meant what he said. Sometimes Liam would get in trouble for speaking out against things that bothered him, especially when it involved his family or anyone he cared about. He was worried that people wouldn't like him because of it, but always remained true to what he believed in which I admired him for. I always saw him going out of his way to help other out or meet fans, he was so inspiring.

"Ready to go on?" Harry's hands clasped on my shoulders from behind startling me from my thoughts. I looked up to see his face smiling down at me.

"She's just a bit nervous." Liam supplied for me.

"Why? You guys are brilliant!" Harry said spinning me around so I was facing him.

"Thanks but, they might not think so." I said gesturing to the audience.

"They're going to love you, stop thinking about it because you're on in 2." Harry said before patting my head and walking on stage.

I stood there confused as Liam gave me a hug before following him. The screams of the audience intensified as the two boys walked on stage.

Derek and Alex came to stand next to me and looked after them.

"I thought we were the opening act?" Derek asked watching the boys greet the audience.

"Me too." Said Alex twirling his drumsticks. We fell silent as the boys started talking.

"Okay everyone! As you all know we have a new opening act for the American leg of the tour." Harry said which prompted a louder scream from the crowd.

"Oh my god what is he doing." I groaned covering my face with my hands in embarrassment.

"They are a bit nervous so I expect you all to be very nice." Liam continued on stage, pretending to chastise the audience.

"Please welcome three of our close friends: Emily, Alex and Derek!"

Liam and Harry ran over. Liam grabbed my hand and quite literally pulled me off the side on the stage. Once we were in view of the audience I stopped trying to pull back, Liam was much stronger then me anyway. i concentrated on not tripping as we walked to the middle of the stage.

"Let's hear it for them!" Harry shouted and the crowd went nuts.

I was pulled into a group hug with the four boys before two fifths of One Direction left the stage.

I took a deep breath to settle my stomach before bringing the microphone to my lips,

"Are you guys ready?!"

The show went incredibly, our songs went on without a hitch an the audience seemed to love it. After the first set I relaxed and joke around with Alex and Derek. I was sad when we finished off our last song - we were having so much fun.

"Thank you so much everyone!" I shouted while Derek, Alex and I were taking a bow at the end. "It really means a lot - I hope you guys liked it!"

I would have continued but I was engulfed in a hug. The hug soon grew bigger as five more people joined it.

"You guys were great!" I could hear Louis voice over the crowd in the hug.

"See nothing to be nervous about!" Harry shouted before poking me in the ribs. There were shouted agreements from the rest of the boys.

I thanked the audience once more before poking Harry back in the ribs. Harry tried to reach for me but I jumped out of the way and bolted off stage.

"I'll get you back for that! You watch you back!" I just laughed as I handed my microphone to the stage crew and went to find my seat for the rest I the show.

Derek, Alex and I got seats in the private section with a great view, the boys were great performers. For the rest of the show we were all still buzzing from the performance. The excitement didn't die down when the concert ended, during the packing up, during the loading and prep of the busses or as we drove away to our next destination. That was the biggest audience we had ever played for and we were going to get to do it so many times over during the summer.

A/N: Thanks for reading, sorry for the long :) Who do you ship Emily with?