From The Crowd - Nathan Sykes Fanfic

Chapter 13 - I'll Be Your Strength

Chapter 13 – I’ll Be Your Strength

 Somehow, I’m not sure how it happened, time flew by and Mollie had to leave to go to some family thing she couldn’t get out of. You could tell she was upset because she went really quiet and the smile that was usually on her face wasn’t there.

 “I’ll see you when I get back Lucy! Watch my curly haired boy for me” she said whispering the last part in my ear as we hugged goodbye.

 “Of course, have fun” I said as she pulled away and turned to the boys. They all hugged her saying they’d miss her. Finally she reached Jay and he pulled her into a hug wrapping his pale arms around her, he pulled away and bent down to kiss her on the lips, it was short but cute. They were adorable together.

 “I’ll ring you later” Jay said as she picked up her bag.

 “I can’t believe I’m going to miss you guys before you go to America” Mollie said pouting. Mollie was staying at her aunts for four days and the boys had to leave for America the same day so they would miss each other. Jayne had called the boys this morning and told them they got a call from the producers of Saturday Night Live (also known as SNL) a successful American show and they wanted the boys to be the musical guest stars. They’d done so well in America recently, I was so proud that they were the highest charting UK boy band. They were planning to stay over there for a week to do some promotion and touring, I already I knew I would miss Nathan and of course the others.

 “Don’t worry I’ll text everyday” Jay said picking up her suitcase and helping her to the car where her mum was waiting for her.

 Ten minutes later he returned and slumped on the sofa we had all sat on. My head was on Nathan’s lap and my legs were across Max and Siva, none of them seemed to mind I was basically lying on top of the. I bet some girls would kill to be in this position right now – not that I was complaining at all! Tom started humming Wonderwall by Oasis; it was really nice just lying there in silence listening to his voice. Once he’d finished Nathan gave me a sheepish grin and looked at me.

 “What’s your favourite song of ours?” he asked, the others turned to look at me waiting for an answer. This was a really hard question.

 “Umm, Do I really have to pick? I love all your songs?” I asked glancing up at Nathan who was looking down at me; I quite liked the look of him from this angle…

 “Yes, c’mon there has to be one you really like” Nathan said brushing a piece of hair off my face.

 “Bear with me a minute while I decide then” I said my head running through all their songs off both their albums. It took me a few minutes but I finally chose two that stuck out in  my mind at that moment in time.

 “My favourite from Battleground is probably I’ll Be Your Strength and Personal Soldier is one of my favourites from your first album” I said looking at Nathan who eyed all the boys and gave a single nod. I wasn’t too sure what to think until they started singing. Acoustically. Every girl’s dream. Literally. I had to do my best not to suddenly fangirl.

 ”“This is not gonna last forever,  it’s a time where you must hold on,  and I won’t let you surrender,     and I’ll heal you if you’re broken"

 Jay’s distinct Nottingham accent sang out, I didn’t say anything just listened and looked up at Nathan who was smiling at me, his pearly whites on show. Damn.

 “We can stand so tall together,  we can make it through the stormy weather,  we can go through it all together, do it all,  I’ll be your strength , I will, I will, I will,  I’ll be your strength, yes I will, yes I will”

  I think I melted in his arms. His voice, I couldn’t even have words for it. It was breathe taking. He sang looking at me and often closed his eyes to hit the right notes, but all I could think about was just how amazing his voice was. He smirked, the corners of his lips turning up and I felt so happy that somehow he had picked me, and we were together. Tom turned in my direction and began to sing.

“I won’t sleep till the sky is calmer,  keep on searching till I find you,  and your love will be my armour,  in this battlefield around you”

 Toms sang as he smiled. I really couldn’t comprehend just how good they were.

 “Hand in hand we walk together,  we can make it through the stormy weather, we can break down walls together, do it all,  I’ll be your strength, I will, I will, I will,  I’ll be your strength, yes I will, yes I will”

 Nathans hand took hold of mine and I could see the glint in his eye as he sang, singing was his passion and it certainly showed. He gave me Goosebumps.

 “Hold on, hold on, I’ll be there soon,  so hold on, hold on, I’ll be there soon,  so hold on, hold on, I’ll be there soon, so hold on, hold on, I’ll be there soon”

 Siva and Max said so there voiced harmonised together perfectly.

“I’ll be your strength, I’ll be, I will be, I’ll be your strength, I’ll be, I’ll be,  I’ll be your strength, I’ll be, I’ll be,  I’ll be your strength, I’ll be, I’ll be”

 Nathan sang getting into the song, his eye closed and the hand that wasn’t holding mine was pointing up at nothing in particular. I’d noticed that he did this a lot when he sang, I loved how his eyes creased and nose scrunched up when he sang just like when he laughed, it was too cute!

“I’ll be your strength,  I’ll be strong for you,  I’ll be your strength, and I’ll keep strong for you”

 Max’s voice sang out finishing the song; I smiled and looked at each of them grinning like an idiot.

 “Guys! That was amazing, your voices were… I can’t even!” I said speechless as they all looked at each other smirking. If Mollie would have been here I’m pretty sure she should have been squealing through the whole song, she found it harder to contain her excitement more than I did.  I’d heard that song so many times before but nothing has ever come close to how amazing it was to hear them sing like that, no music, just their soul in the song.

 “That was for you” Nathan said leaning down to kiss me on the lips, I happily agreed and let his soft lips brush mine, a perfect end to a prefect song. He broke away from the kiss but his mouth was still inches from mine, hovering over me so his sweet breathe tickled my lips. It was hard not to kiss him again when he was like that, but I managed to stay under control and just grin like an idiot instead.

 “Lucy, I’ll be here for you, I’ll be your strength” Nathan whispered in my ear sending a shiver over me. “I promise” he finished and lifted his head up. That boy’s cuteness would be the death of me I swear. I wanted to believe him, and I did up to a point. But everyone who had made a promise with me before had broken it; I found it hard to believe people keeping their promises around me. But I grinned back at him, ignoring that fact, because right now, with him, I trusted him with everything I had and I could feel my heart trusting him too.

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