Across the Road (Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Chapter 21

"Everything is going to be absolutely fine, just breathe." Lucy calmed me, clutching onto my shoulders.


I followed her instructions. I had changed into Tyler's black dress and was about to get my hair and make up done. The show was starting in half an hour and I was due on in an hour.

I sat down in front of an illuminated mirror whist a couple of mousy girls curled my hair into loose waves and brushed various foundations, bronzers and blushes over me. My "smoky" eye make up was approved by Tyler and I was ready.


I went to get a bottle of water and stepped outside for some air. I noticed crowds of people arriving and it made me undeniably nervous. But as I took a deep breath in and exhaled I became a whole new level of nervous. I noticed something which made my stomach turn. Five males in suits. Unmistakeable. I ran back inside before they could notice me.


"What the hell are they doing here!" I screamed when I found Lucy.


"Woah, woah chill. If you're talking about the boys, I told Zayn about it and he said he'd like to come and watch, I had no idea the others would be coming."


"This is a nightmare." I said slumping down on a sofa. "I'd rather have a thousand extra people in the audience than them."


"Look." she said sitting beside me. "Either you pull out now and let not only yourself down, but everyone down, especially Tyler, or you go out there and show them what you're made of. Show Niall how lucky he is. Show Harry what he's missing." she added in a hushed tone.

 
"You're right." I sighed. Dabbing my moist eyes with my dress sleeve and making sure my mascara hadn't run.


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The show had started and the music was blaring. Lucy was about to go up and I would be soon after.


"Ok Lucy babe, you're up" Tyler whisper shouted.


She was only gone around a minute before returned and all the awaiting models gently clapped as not to disturb the next model. She gave me the thumbs up.


As time went on the queue of awaiting models diminished down to a couple of other girls and me.

Finn came off the catwalk and gave me the thumbs up. He looked incredibly handsome in a tuxedo and I couldn't help but smile and stare.

"Ok Ella, you're on, be confident and make me proud."  Tyler smiled, calm for once.


I took one deep breath and stepped out from behind the screen. I was a little taken aback by flashing cameras. No one said anything about that. But I knew despite my nerves there was now going back. I heard Tyler's voice in my head. Be confident, make me proud. I put my right foot forward, then my left and swivelled my hips as I graced the catwalk. I also remembered what Tyler had said about eye contact so raised my head in front on me. He also said no smiling, my outfit was dark and sexy not cute. Not smiling wasn't a problem though. This was far from enjoyable. As I reached the end of the catwalk I posed and as I turned to the left with my hand on my hip, I just about fell over. The boys were in the front row all with mouths wide. Did they think I looked stupid? Probably, I was making a complete fool of myself. They can't possibly have thought I looked sexy.., could they?


I brushed my thoughts aside realising my time in the limelight needed to draw to a close. I turned on my heel and walked to the beat back to the beginning if the catwalk.


"Hun you were amazing!" Tyler whisper shouting hugging me tight.


Lucy skipped over to me. "You were unbelievable El!" She gushed.


"Thanks." I smiled hugging her.


As I made my way over to the massive clothing rack ready to get into my sparkly gold dress to match Lucy's I kept getting compliments from other models and crew about how great I was and that I looked incredible. It was strange but I couldn't help but beam. I obviously wasn't as bad as I thought!


The final set was fast approaching. Lucy and I sat on a small leather couch. I nervously sipped on my water bottle. We were the last models to grace the catwalk of the whole show. Lucy reached out and held my hand in an attempt to calm me down. It kinda worked.


Tyler soon approached us to give us a pep talk.


"Ok girls I will be on the catwalk strutting my stuff and then once I'm back it's time for you girlies to shine. I'm talking confident strides, killer smiles. Linked arms. You two are absolutely stunning so show it!" He commanded.


Lucy and I nodded obediently. 


"Alright let's go!" He clapped excitedly.


A few minutes had passed and Tyler had just graced the catwalk and now it was our turn. Tyler gave us a quick thumbs up and Lucy and I exchanged a smile.


Once we stepped out onto the runway the crowd started clapping and cheering, something they hadn't done until now. I felt like a superstar! My natural smile shone through and out of my peripheral vision I saw hers did too. Our arms were linked, I was smiling like crazy, I was wearing a gorgeous dress and for once I felt beautiful. Once we reached the end of the catwalk we posed together and I saw the boys all beaming at us. Especially Harry. We turned around and walked back closing the whole show.


Once we got backstage and Lucy embraced me into a tight hug.


"That was absolutely amazing!" She gushed tears forming in her eyes.


"Tell me about it!" I laughed pulling her into another hug. We got changed back into our regular clothes when Lucy got a text.


"It's from Zayn, the boys are waiting for us outside."


"Alright" I responded, grabbing my things. I'm not sure why but I felt kind of nervous seeing the boys. We turned to leave through the backstage exit when Tyler stopped us.


"Now ladies, I hope you're not thinking about skipping the after party are you?" He frowned.


"Of course not! We need to go home and change!" Lucy gestured to her trackies and hoodie.


"Alright babes I'll see you later." He waved.


Lucy and I left with a smile. As we walked down the path I saw five moonlit figures in the distance. Zayn seemed to hear us approaching and whipped around. Lucy and Zayn sharing a long hug.
Niall approached me with a smile and gave me a long hug and peck on the lips. "You were perfect." he sweetly whispered into my ear, making me melt.


Lucy an I hugged the rest of the boys each telling me how great it was. I reached harry and his gaze met mine. He had his hands in the pockets of his jeans and was shuffling his feet ask if he was asking if it was okay to hug me. I just nodded. He step forward and pulled me into a warm embrace.

"You looked stunning tonight. Absolutely breath-taking." he whispered, and for some reason that made my heart skip a beat. We pulled back and he smiled nervously whilst I felt my cheeks heat up.


"Right we better go back and get ready." Lucy said clapping her hands together, easing the tension and Harry and I's awkwardness.

Authors Note

Ok, first things first, I was going though the story reading some of the earlier chapters when I realised that I had named Ella's younger brother Finn. While he isn't a major character in the story at all and obviously there is more than one Finn in the world I still thought, to avoid any confusion I would change Ella's brothers name, so it is now Luke as you will see if you look at the first few chapters.

Anyway. the fashion show chapter finally arrived, I hoped you enjoyed it. I'm really worried I'm not providing enough drama in the story. I promise there will be drama but not just yet.

Also as far as updating goes I have really important exams coming up so I have no idea when I will be able to update. I have 4 exams next week so I can't make any promises, but I will try my hardest to update before the end of next week.

Ella's second outfit for the fashion show is at the side.

So that's all from me, please vote and leave a comment.

Gemma x