She's Not Afraid

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: MIDNIGHT MEMORIES

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: MIDNIGHT MEMORIES

*CHER'S POV*

I walked into a not so crowded bar that night right after my concert ended for I could surely use a drink.

"A shot of Baileys', please." I called out to the bartender the minute I approached the counter.

"Cher?" I heard someone say as the person gave me a light tap on the shoulder.

When I turned around, I saw Drew smiling brightly.

"Hey, wasn't expecting to see you here..." I managed to say as I sat down on a high stool.

"Yeah, me too. No, actually I just came from your concert... you were great!" He chuckled nervously.

"Oh, thanks!" I returned him a smile of my own.

"I was trying to get in touch with you since you left your house... how's Africa?" He asked.

"Uh... why don't you drink up?" I was at loss for words so I just passed him my drink instead.

We did a lot of catching up and I didn't even notice the time go by...

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'Midnight memories...'

The band started playing when the clock struck 12.

Wait a minute, I know this song!

And true enough, the five of them stood on the mini stage with Niall holding an electric guitar at the center.

They followed me all the way out here?!

They sure have a lot of free time on their hands...

"That one's for Cher Lloyd." Niall dedicated at the end of the song.

"What do you say we get the hell out of here and head to the streets?" Harry winked directly at me through the microphone.

I eyed Drew a bit awkwardly for they clearly wanted me to ditch the guy.

I didn't really want to but Louis came marching straight towards me and then he grabs me by the hand.

"Let's go." He said seriously.

Drew was about to protest when Louis dragged me away from him but Zayn blocked his way.

"Where do you think you're going, pal? Let's have a little chat, shall we?" He threatened the poor guy.

*ON THE STREETS OF BERLIN*

The five of us, excluding Zayn who decided to stay behind at the bar, roamed the quiet and peaceful streets of Berlin half past midnight.

"Whooooooo!" Louis and Niall childishly chased each other around while Harry and Liam stayed on either side of me with the three of us walking in silence.

Another awkward situation...

I began to wrap my hands around myself for the cold breeze of the night air was chilling...

"Here..." Harry took off his jacket like a real gentleman would then carefully wrapped it around my shoulders.

I saw Liam roll his eyes at the sight of Harry acting all sweet.

Out of nowhere, Louis tackled Harry down on the ground right before my very eyes.

"TAG! YOU'RE IT!" And then he ran away after that.

Harry looked really furious when he got up and chased Louis.

"COME HERE, YOU!" Harry looked murderous by now...

I couldn't help but burst out into laughter as I watched them run around, chasing each other like a bunch of aggressive kids.

"Ahem..." Liam faked coughed beside me.

I then turned to face him, trying to control myself from laughing too hard.

"About earlier at the airport..." He started off.

I stopped laughing completely at this.

"Uh, I only did that because... your hair looked like shit." He stated seriously which made my cheeks burn with embarrassment.

"Jerk." And to think that I even thought for a second how sweet he was... I was wrong, I take that back.

He just gave me a 'What?' look.

"TAG!" Niall suddenly kissed me on the cheek while I was busy giving Liam the 'Unbelievable" look.

What the?

"You're it." He whispered seductively on my ear.

Double what the f***!

He quickly ran off before I could get my hands on him so I chased him like a mad dog up until we reached the dock and then he hurriedly got on in one of the boats.

I realized that Louis and Harry were already on it the minute my foot landed on the deck of the boat.

"ALL ABOARD!" Louis shrieked before he started the engine.

"What you're doing is illegal." I tried to warn them but they wouldn't listen and so we sailed off to the sea.

"Here's a booze for the lady..." Harry handed me a bottle of liquor that he randomly picked up on the boat.

"No thanks, I'd rather not." I pushed him away for he was starting to get real comfortable with me.

"Barrier, please." Niall got in between the two of us.

"Hey, what's your problem, man?" Harry sounded drunk.

This was not good.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa... let's not fight, fellas." Louis got in between them.

Wait, if Louis is here, trying to interfere with Harry and Niall's affairs then...

"Who's driving the boat?" I said out loud.

"Uh..." All four of us turned our heads where the driving wheel was... only to find it empty.

*LIAM'S POV*

"Your hair looked like shit? Who am I kidding?! Her hair's perfect... I'm the one who looks like shit now for saying those words without even intending to." I mumbled to myself out of regret from what I just did.

That was pretty stupid of me.

Well, I panicked okay?

"Why are you talking to yourself at the side of the street? You look like a crazy person from my view. Anyway, where are they?" Zayn appeared behind me.

"I don't know. Why don't we split up and find them?" I suggested.