Love and Fame (Harry Styles)

Chapter 30

Being at the American Music Awards was surreal.

Not only were we performing in front of celebrities from all over the world, but we were nominated in two categories. That had been news to me.

When I had talked to Niall on the phone in my heartbroken daze months back, I had heard him mention a nomination, but I hadn't heard him mention two.

We were nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Group/Duo/Band and Single of the Year. The boys had won Favorite Group before, but that was without me.

I wore a light pink chiffon dress to the award show. It was quite simple, but the material kind of made me look like a fairy princess if I had to say so myself.

And Harry apparently agreed because it was the first thing he said when he saw me.

"Hey, fairy princess, you look stunning," he said as we approached each other backstage, and when we had closed the gap between us he placed his hands on my hips. "I love you."

"I love you too, handsome," I said and smiled as I straightened his bow tie and ran my hands across his chest.

Harry was truly handsome in his black suit and with his hair pulled back from his stunning face.

I was still amazed by how lucky I was to have him. It had been months since we had gotten back together after our short and devastating breakup, and life was still perfect. We had toured Australia and New Zealand, and we had visited his family in England and my family in America when we were on another short break.

We had never officially moved in together, but we had always stayed at either his place or my place when we weren't working. Our families approved of our relationship and it really felt as if Harry was the One. And I couldn't have been happier.

"Ready?" Niall said from behind me and I turned to see my best friend put his hands in his pockets.

"Yeah, you?"

Niall nodded and examined me. "You look beautiful, love."

"Thank you."

"Harry's lucky to have you," he continued and looked to his friend with a playful smile. "I would have made a move if you hadn't, mate."

"Yeah, yeah," Harry said and lazily waved his hand to dismiss the thought.

Harry wasn't a jealous guy. Or, he was, but not with the other boys. He had occasionally snapped at random guys who had been inappropriate around me and he didn't like Luke at all, but Niall could pretty much say and do whatever he pleased without Harry even caring. I mean, Niall and I were even allowed to kiss.

"Come on, let's go find the others," I said and took Harry's hand in my right and Niall's in my left.

We walked around backstage looking for Liam, Louis and Zayn. They were nowhere to to be found, but we met all kinds of other people.

Harry and Niall seemed to know every single celebrity backstage on a first name basis, and they introduced me to everyone from Katy Perry to Jay-Z.

I was a bit starstruck, but what awed me the most was that some of them knew my name even before the introduction. Katy Perry was one of them.

"Talia!" she exclaimed after having hugged the boys and I blinked. I had no idea what to say or do as she embraced me in a friendly hug. "It's so nice to finally meet you!"

"It's nice to meet you too," I stated as she let me go and gave me a bright smile.

"I've heard so much about you," she continued and laughed when she saw my dazzled face expression.

"Really?"

"Yeah, everyone's heard about One Direction's very first and only collaboration," she said and it kind of made sense, but I still found it weird that people knew who I was.

"I'm still not used to people recognizing me," I said when I didn't know what else to say, and Katy giggled.

"You'll never really get used to it," Niall said and I nodded because he had told me that many times before.

"You're so adorable," Katy added before she winked at Harry. "You're a lucky man, my friend."

"I know," Harry said and put a hand on my waist to pull me close. He kissed the top of my head and I smiled happily.

"You're performing soon, where's the rest of your band?"

"We've lost them," I admitted and craned my neck to look around as Katy laughed again.

"You better find them. I'll look with you, I want to say hello to the rest of the boys."

So Niall, Harry, Katy and I continued our searched for the rest of the boys. In the end we found them in the very back, sleeping.

"What the fuck?" I said as I poked Liam with my foot. "Are they high?"

"I don't think so, just tired," Harry said and poked Louis in the ribs to wake him up. "They were out last night."

"Partying?" I said exasperated and Harry and Niall nodded. "Why? They knew that we have a big show today. And there'll be an after party tonight, no need to exhaust themselves before that."

"They're not that smart," Niall said dryly as Liam, Louis and Zayn slowly came to it on the floor in front of us.

"What?" Zayn said and stretched like a cat, messing up his hair and suit.

"We're performing soon," Niall said.

"And you better pay Lou a visit first, because you look like scarecrows," I added and Harry, Niall and Katy laughed as Liam scrambled to his feet.

"Shit!" he exclaimed and then he walked off without another word.

I arched my eyebrows as Louis and Zayn did the same. I looked at Harry and he shrugged.

"You better be going to Lou's!" I called after them when no one else said or did anything.

We followed our sleepy band mates and sure enough they were going to see Lou. She wasn't pleased with their messed up hair, but she managed to fix them in time for our performance.

"You guys are unbelievable," Lou muttered as she brushed some dust off of Liam's shoulder. "Why would you go out yesterday when you know what day today is?"

"We were invited to a party," Louis mumbled as he rubbed his eyes like a sleepy child.

"Harry and Niall were too, but you don't see them running off like irresponsible teenagers," Lou scolded and I giggled.

"Don't be so hard on them, Lou, they're probably hungover as fuck," I said and heard the boys groan as I reminded them of how terrible they felt. "As long as you guys get your shit together on stage, I don't really care."