Chapter 2

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Vanessa's POV:

Anne and I make our way to the back of the stage, gathering in a group of about 30 girls who also have the Meet and Greet tickets. My stomach feels hollow and my heart is beating a mile a minute. I adjust my dress making sure it is falling just right on my body. The guide leads us through a black door shuffling all of us in.

I look up and see a white room with black and red furniture, and low and behold sitting behind a black table are the five beautiful members of One Direction. Some girls scream, some cry, but I just stand there stunned and shocked. My eyes scan all the boys, landing on Liam's perfect features. I gasp quietly as I notice his gaze is locked on me. I blush and look away, staring at Anne who is look directly at Niall, who is looking staring straight at her.

The guide tells us to make a line, starting at the left of the table. All the girls push to be first and Anne and I fall to the back of the line, but I don't care, I will get to meet the either way. I try not to look at Liam, but every time I feel my eyes slip over to him he is staring at me with a deep intensity. My heart beat picks up and I feel my knees start to shake.

I let Anne pass me, because Niall is first. They flirt with each other and share a million bright smiles between one another. After a minute of them just talking, the guide moves her along. I chat with Niall a little, and he signs my CD looking at Anne in the corner of his eye. I thank him and move to Zayn who is next in the line. He smiles at me and signs his name on the Take Me Home album. Harry is next, and then my admirer, Liam, is.

He is not your admirer, I say to myself. Harry signs my CD and looks up at me with sad eyes, as if saying "I am so sorry." Why is he doing that? Harry gives one last look at me with sadness and secrets in his eyes. I walk one step over, standing directly in front of Liam who looks up at me with a big smile. My heart stops as he smiles at me, he looks down at the CD and signs his name in a big letters.

"Hello, Lovely. Did you like the concert?" he says in his cute accent.

"I loved it, Rock Me was my favorite," I say with a grin.

"Well, I know you know my name, but may I be so bold as to ask for yours?" I looks at me with a deep gaze and a light smile.

"M-my name is Vanessa," I say with a slight stutter, nervous under his gaze. He breaks his gaze and grabs a notepad next to him. He writes something quickly down on it and hands it to me. Just then the guide moves me along, and I shove the note in my jacket pocket.

Louis is last and he signs my CD and looks up at me, his mouth hanging open a little bit. I blush at this gesture and smile at him.

"Hi there," he says in his very own personal accent.

"Hello, my name is Vanessa," I reach out to shake his hand. He holds on to my grip looking into my eyes. He is very handsome, but I much prefer Liam's looks.

"You are very beautiful," he says with a beautiful smile. I blush and look down at my black shoes. I feel Louis hand jerk and it rips it out of my hand. I look up at him and see he is looking at Liam with a deep glare. Liam is looking back at him with a death look. I shuffle along and see everyone but Anne and the guide have left. The boys stand up and Harry and Zayn quickly leave the room through the back door, Harry giving me one last long, sad look.

Niall walks over to Anne and they sit on a black loveseat and start a conversation with smiles on their faces. I sit down on the red couch, hoping the guide with escort us out because Liam and Louis are still glaring at each other over their seats.

"Are these two girls bothering you?" the guide asks. Louis and Liam shake their heads no, not removing their glare on each other.

"Not at all," Niall says sweetly, looking at Anne as he does so. They scoot closer together on the loveseat, their knees barely touching now. They smile at each other and continue their chat. I look over at the two boys and see they have not moved since they stood up. As if agreeing to something without speaking a word they snap their heads out of the intense eye contact and look over at me. I blush at look at Anne.

They both walk over to the couch I am sitting on, Liam sits on my right and Louis sits on my left. They each sit fairly close, leaving only a couple inches between or bodies. Anne looks over at me with a little confusion in her eyes and I raise my eyebrow too silently say to her, I am confused too. Liam has his arm on the back of the couch behind my head, and I just stare at Anne thinking, What in the world is going on?

Liam's POV:

When it was time for the Meet and Greet I couldn't slow down my heart. I was so excited to meet this beautiful mystery girl. Once the group filled in, I immediately spotted her. I stare at her as she doesn't scream or cry, but her eyes scan the members of my group. When she comes to me I stare right back at her. She blushes, her white cheeks turning a bright pink, she looks at the ground. She is shy, that's adorable.

The line starts and she is in the back of the group. I sign everything the girls give me and make quick conversation with them. My eyes constantly look at The Girl though, I can't help it, I am just drawn to her. Every time she catches me looking at her, she blushes and looks away. I could get addicted to that blush. She comes up to Niall, who was obviously flirting with her blond friend. She makes it to Harry and he rudely signs her CD and tosses it to me, why is he acting like that?

She walks in front of me and I give her a huge smile, I sign the CD quickly in a huge font. I ask her the first question that comes to mind, "Did you like the concert?"

"I loved it," she says in an angel like voice with a small smile, " Rock Me was my favorite." I can't help but love her voice, I need to know her name.

"Well I know you know my name, but my I be so bold as to ask for yours?" I say looking at her with passion. She seems to melt under my gaze, and up close I see her eyes are an amazing caramel color. They are warm and inviting, I wish I could stare into them all day.

"My name is Vanessa," she says with her beautiful voice. I see Robbie coming our way to move her along so I write my number on a notepad and hand it to her. She takes it and puts it in her pocket when Robbie comes and moves her down the line to Louis. She is the last one, so people start to leave. I try not to pay attention to her conversation with Louis, but when he says the word beautiful I look at her. She is blushing her adorable blush and my jealousy gets the best of me. I kick Louis under the table and he removes his hand from hers.

We stare at each other as Vanessa walks away. How could Louis do that to me? He saw how interested I was in her, why did he have to make his moves on her? We have never fought before, but this girl makes me

want to protect her. She is mine.

What? She isn't mine. Louis and I snap out of our death glare and look at Vanessa, she is sitting in the middle of the couch alone. We both walk over there and sit on either side of her.

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