What Are You So Afraid Of? [Harry Styles]

Chapter 9

The next day, Jez, Alex and Haz were being led into a huge recording building by the five members of One Direction.

“So, what exactly are we doing here?” Jez asked as they walked into the studio.

“Well, you really should start working on your album,” Zayn said as he sat down in a chair in front of a desk filled with equipment.

Jez sighed and sat down at one of the couches against the wall, “Guys, I don’t mean to burst your bubble, but I don’t want an album without my friends.”

“Or maybe,” Louis said dramatically and Jez turned to look at him, “we just brought you here for fun.”

“Damn, I sure hope you did, Toms, because we drove a long ass way to get here,” Haz said and flopped down next to Jez.

Louis scowled, “Wait, you can’t nickname me after a brand of shoes!”

“Hey!” Haz pointed a finger at him, “You know we don’t have the best history with nicknames. Take what you can get.”

Louis was about to reply when Harry interrupted, “Why don’t you guys go perform something? As a band?”

Jez looked over at Haz, who shrugged. “Lexi? You up for it?” she asked Alex who was looking at some of the frames on the wall.

“Sure,” Alex replied with a smirk.

“Oh yeah,” Haz said as she got up and started walking towards the door of the recording booth, “The Flying Dutchmen are always ready to perform.”

Alex sighed and followed her into the booth and Jez rolled her eyes.

“Is that your band name?” Liam asked curiously.

“No, that’s not our band name.” Jez said as she walked into the booth.

“That is totally our band name!” Haz argued into the mic. She picked up a bass guitar that she saw leaning against one of the walls and stood behind one of the mics.

Alex went to sit behind the drums in the middle of the room and Jez picked up an electric before replying, “That is not our band name. By the way,” she continued before Haz could argue, “these instruments are pretty sick. They just lie around here all day waiting to be played?”

“Nah, we called in earlier and asked them to set it up,” Niall pressed a button and said.

“Are we gonna sing or what?” Haz asked nervously.

“Go for it,” Zayn replied and gave an encouraging smile.

“Pick a song, Alex,” Jez said and turned to look at him. He smirked and started playing the opening beat of a familiar song. Jez smirked back and started to play the chords on guitar as Haz started singing.

“I’m back and punching the air, sneak attack,” Haz sang out and Jez swore she could hear the smile in her friend’s voice. It was one of their favourite songs to perform as a band because of how involved they all had to be.

When it was Jez’s turn to sing, she completely forgot where they were and just imagined that they were back at the bar. Somehow performing at that place was so familiar that she no longer felt nervous when she did it. Once the song was over, she let out a giddy laugh and turned to her friends. She gave Haz and Alex high-fives and pulled the guitar strap over her shoulder.

“Nice song choice, Lexi,” Haz said approvingly.

“Yeah, I remember when we played it for the first time, there was a full house that night-“ Alex started saying but was cut off by Zayn’s voice coming through.

“That was sick, guys!” he said excitedly.

“Yeah, seriously!” Louis agreed.

Jez forgot they were even there, “Oh, thanks,” she replied, a little embarrassed.

“You should sing a song solo,” Haz said and pulled the guitar over her head and set it down against one of them amps.

“What?” Jez asked in surprise.

“Sing a song solo,” Haz said blankly. “Come on, we go through this every time we perform, when are you gonna get used to it?” Haz said and put her hand on her hip.

“But why?” Jez whined.

“Because you’re the best singer. Deal with it.” Haz said and started walking towards the door, grinning.

“You know she’s right, Jez,” Alex said and stood up from the drums.

“You guys aren’t fair,” Jez grumbled.

“Oh, come on, will you just sing something?” Harry asked into the intercom.

Jez fought the urge to throw a tantrum and looked around the recording booth. She walked over to the piano in the far corner and sighed, “You guys owe me for this.”

“We owe you nothing,” Haz replied through the intercom.

Jez ignored her and played the first tune that came to her mind.

“This is gonna be good,” Haz mumbled to everyone as she recognized the song.

A/N: Hey guys :) (Well, whoever is reading this...) so, I guess the fun is about to start? Yeah, the boys should be in most of the chapters from now on...

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