Washed up & Broken (One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 8

We're seated in the front row towards the stage. Perfect view of everything.

"We're going to be performing tonight," Louis tells me, since he is seated next to me. "We're going to be singing "Best Song Ever," it's a covered single."

"I bet it'll be lovely!" I exclaim. "I can't wait to see it,"

"I hope you do like it we've worked quite some time with it," He says. I rest my hand on his knee and he gives me a small smile. The announcer walks on to stage. I'm surprised to see Rita Ora hosting this show. I've met her once, she's a nice girl.

"Welcome! To the 2013 V-M-A's!!!" Rita booms. The crowd cheers and I clap my hands together like everyone else. "Now, opening for us, we're going to have a great friend of mine. Olly Murs! And Flo-Rida with "Trouble Maker! WOO!" We all cheer again and then the room goes dark. I turn when I hear someone talking to the boys next to us. It's stage producer. The boys are listening, nodding, and then they get up.

"Where are you going?" I ask Louis in a hushed tone.

"Dress," Louis says. "See you later babe." He pecks me on the cheek and then walks away.

"SWEET LORD ABOVE HAVE YOU SEEN THAT MAN AND HIS FREAKING TUX AND STUFF," Krysta suddenly blurts. I turn and look at her, along with some other people and I'm pretty sure I see Rita looking down at her. Krysta turns a million red colors, even in the darkness, and sinks down in her seat. I turn towards the stage and begin singing along to the music. Did you know it's very hard to twerk in a chair? It is. Let me tell you.

After Olly Murs Rita comes back out with a man I've never seen before at her side.

"We're going to be giving out awards now! This first category is Best Female Artist," Rita says. The crowd cheers and claps. "Tragically, I'm not in that category, I know it sucks," She says in a sad tone. But Rita is an actress. She suddenly perks back up, mischievous grin on her face. "Let's look at the nominees!" We all cheer and clap again. I turn and see the boys coming back, dressed in funky outfits. I snicker and Louis rolls his eyes.

"Nice shoes," I tell him, prodding at his stick stiff slicked back hair. Louis looks down at his black Converse with diamonds on them. He rolls his eyes again and in the pale light I can see him blushing.

"Something cool happens," He giggles. He nudges me. "Look at Zayn." I peek down the row of seats and look at Zayn. I burst out laughing. He's in a diamond encrusted tuxedo jacket. I turn my attention back to the stage and see the intro for the nominees begin. There's Adele, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kelly Clarkson, Lady GaGa, and Carrie Underwood. The crowd cheering at each woman.

"And the winner is," Rita says. She opens the envelope. "Kelly Clarkson!" The crowd cheers and I look to the TV screens as Kelly, dressed gorgeously, comes up on stage. She gives her speech, accepts her award and sits back down.

There's a few more categories announced before One Direction gets up and leaves. They're on in five minutes. In the time between now and then, there's another host on stage working up the crowd. He finally announces the boys, and the room falls dark. Krysta and I grab each other's hands in excitement. I can already tell this is going to be cool. The crowd screams as green laser beams shoot out across the crowd, scanning the people. The lasers break of into single beams and land on four people. Me, Krysta, and two random people.

"Target sighted," This weird robotic voice says. I look over at Krysta and then this loud, deep drum roll bursts out. I look to the stage, and the lights go on. But One Direction isn't there. There's confusion across the room, and then there's a voice.

"ATTACK!" It was no one other than Louis. We all turn and look to the back. Louis is on the ceiling some how. He flutters down to one of the lasered people and then Liam comes out of the floor right in front of us. I gasp in surprise. The crowd screams as the other boys show up randomly. They all dash to the stage and then the music starts. Microphones come out of the stage and Liam grabs his, belting out the lyrics.

"Dressed in your Friday best And ready to impress, whoa-oh. I like the show, oh oh. And can I say that you're the prettiest girl that I know, Or will ever know."

He sings to the fans and they all scream as he does so. In that moment, I'm proud of him.

"So give me your hand. Got a record on the table and I think it's gonna, gonna make you wanna let go. An opportunity to get a little wild, baby, can I get a smile, smile, damn, I hope so. Now we're turning up the heat, turn the shuffle to repeat, to repeat, to repeat, to repeat." Harry sings. Wow. Kid can rap.

"She said, "I love this song. I've heard it before, and it stole my heart. I know every word." She's gonna dance all night, night 'til it hurts Singing the best song ever, best song ever!

Give me your hand! Give me your hand! She said, "This is the best song ever, best song ever." The boys all sing. I stand up and start dancing. The crowd joins me and soon we're all standing and dancing to the BEST SONG EVER. This song is really freaking awesome!

Towards the end of the song, this weird thing happens. These lights go off reflecting off of the boys diamonds. Making them look like their shooting out lasers again.

"Give me your hand! O-whoa-o-o-o-oh-oh Give me your hand! She said, "This is the best song ever, best song ever." They all sing. Then the lights go on full blast, making them shoot out lights.

"Target eliminated," The robotic voice says. There's a big burst of light, the boys jump up, and just like that, they're gone. Krysta and I look at each other with surprised faces. We begin clapping loudly and cheering and jumping. A man approaches us with a grin, he's wearing a headset too.

"Come with me ladies," He says. Krysta and I gather our purses and hems of our dresses and follow the man. He leads us backstage and to the boys. When I see Liam, I go right to him. He did so good. I'm so proud of him just like I was three years ago. I turn and see Louis. Our eyes meet and it's like a magnet, us pulling towards each other. I pull him into a hug and he holds me back equally tight. I grin up at him, and next thing I know Louis' lips are on mine, and I'm kissing him back. I'm even more shocked when camera flashes explode on the back stage.