Hey, Angel. (Ashton's missing twin)

Chapter Twenty Four. (edited!)

//Harry//

When the lads and I entered the dressing room, I noticed Angel off on her own in a corner. She was on her laptop looking very concentrated, which naturally made me curious as to what she was up to. I take the chair from the desk adjacent the wall and pull it over to her, surprising her a little when I steal her left earbud and laptop. I scoot pretty close so that we can both use the earbuds and when I look at the screen I feel my eyes widen. I was about to ask what she was watching but the video had made me pause, making my mouth stay open sightly.

The next thing I know, Calum is lifting the laptop from my grip. He sits on top of Angel and steals her other earbud, leaning towards me since the space between the headphones is short.

"Gee, thanks." Angel mutters, squirming a little under Calum's weight. Louis starts laughing when he sees us.

"What are you doing?" He asks through his laughter.

"Well Harry looked like he liked what she was listening to so I wanted to hear it, it's damn good." Calum explains.

"Well, let us be the judge of that." Louis walks over and has the headphones unplugged and laptop in hand within seconds, plugging a small speaker in instead and restarting the video. Seconds after he hits play, Angel jumps up and rushes to his side to take the laptop into her hands. Louis shrugs and stands behind her to watch the video over her right shoulder while the rest of the lads listen, Angel seems almost jittery so I stand behind her other shoulder and rest my hand on her lower back, running my thumb back and forth to the slow beat of the song. So far it's just music, and I hadn't gotten much of a chance to listen to all of it but I knew it was a slower version of our song and it sounded amazing.

"Wait," Niall stands up as if he's had an epiphany, "Is this ours? It almost sounds like an acoustic cover of-" The singing on the video begins, causing him to stop in his tracks.

"Maybe it's the way she walked-" Everyone is silent, as a delicate ballad of our originally very energetic song "Best Song Ever" fills the room. Some parts of the Chorus's are mixed in or left out in places, I'm assuming so that it's less repetitive and more like it was made to be an acoustic ballad. The only music behind the girls voice is a light piano and acoustic guitar which she occasionally taps for the beat, I'm assuming she plays at least one by how on time she is in the song. Though I suppose she rewrote the music to make it a ballad, so she should be on time with her own rendition of it.

"This is incredible." Niall sighs. "I've never even considered what it would sound like as a ballad, it's beautiful."

"The way she did the high notes too is kind of amazin'. She didn't yell or get louder like in ours but she still made them sound more powerful than the rest of the song." Zayn adds.

"She's pretty good, I watch her videos every week." Angel says quietly, shrugging.

"Pretty good? That was so cool, I mean not exactly my taste but it was really cool to hear it that way." Ashton inputs.

I nod. "Yeah, it's just... Pretty."

"Maybe we should find out who she is?" Liam suggests.

"Nothing stopping you guys, you are One Direction." Michael laughs a bit.

"Yeah, yeah." Louis sticks his tongue out. "But we really could try and meet her lads."

I look to the other members of my band, seeing them all nodding. Then glance to Angel, her eyes are wide and she looks to be sure I'm the only one paying attention before giving me a short shake of her head. She mouths 'no', then puts her laptop away.

Rather than reading each others lips and making a scene, I take my phone out to text her. Seeing as we'd all managed to get her phone number from each other, I may as well use it for something.

H: Do you not want to find out who she is? I thought you were a fan.

Angel glances up at me and I nod.

A: Doesn't knowing who she is, kind of ruin the mystery?

H: I'd rather think of it as uncovering it.

A: What if she doesn't want her identity uncovered?

H: I don't see why she wouldn't, surely she wants recognition for her hard work and talent. Wouldn't you?

A: Not if it meant I was constantly referred to as a talent someone else discovered. I would want to be known for myself, not as someone's little gem. And if you guys uncover who Autumn is, it wont be her that gets the credit for her hard work. It'll be One Direction.

I read her message over and over, I'd never thought about it like that. But why has she? Why does she think someone she doesn't know would feel this way?

H: You know who she is, don't you?

A: Why do you say that?

H: How else would you know how she feels unless you know her. Is it Alex?

A: No, definitely not. Al doesn't even know she exists.

I bite my lip in thought, who could she be then if Angel knows her and her best friend doesn't? I glance up to look at Angel, she's staring at her phone but looks as if she's about to be sick. That's it, isn't it?

H: She's you then?

I wait a few moments, looking up again to see Angel staring at her phone. She swallows and then begins typing back, the three "typing" dots showing up on our conversation.

A: That's ridiculous Harry. My voice sounds like a beached whale.

H: I doubt it, but I'll be glad to put you on the spot in front of everyone to prove it.

A: You wouldn't.

Angel meets my eyes and glares, I smirk and act as if I'm about to talk to the lads.

A: Okay fine, I'll tell you who she is!

A: Just don't make me sing in front of everyone, and I have to tell you in person. In private.

H: It's really that big of a secret?

A: Absolutely.