We drove up to the People's Choice Awards and I felt as if I was going to explode, I was so nervous. Everyone in the limo was making conversation nicely, laughing every once in a while, I just felt so out of place. I smiled when everyone else did, I laughed when everyone else did, and I stayed quiet when everyone else did.
"Babe." I heard, looking up at Harry.
"Are you okay?" He whispered in my ear. I nodded and mouthed 'I'm fine'. Harry nodded in agreement and everyone got quiet again as we pulled up.
"Here we go, another crazy one ladies and gentleman." Liam said, nudging me just before we were due to get out of the car. I smiled at him, he'd been trying to get me to feel better the whole car ride, I could tell. He was a good guy.
"Let's go hun, your turn." Louis said to me. I stretched one foot onto the ground, swallowed, and sucked it up. I stepped out onto my two feet and took a deep breath. There was a huge crowd, scratch that...a gigantic crowd in front of us. I couldn't feel my legs, I had never been so insecure in my entire life. I tried smiling against my feelings but I couldn't do that either, I couldn't move. I felt two hands on my shoulders, that's when I realized that I had been holding my breath.
"Keep walking, smile." Harry instructed from behind into my right ear. I forced myself to smile and take a step forward.
"I don't think I can do this." I shook my head.
"Keep walking." Harry put his hand on my shoulders, still standing in back of me and talking into my ear. I put my arm through his as he came to my side and steadied myself.
'I am confident. I am fearless. I am Annie.' I said over and over in my head.
"Annie! Harry! Over here!" Everyone called at us, reaching across ropes with their hands and Iphones. We walked down a red carpet and I managed to keep my head up as if I had even a smidge of confidence.
After a few minutes the sound of screaming fans drowned out, I didn't concentrate on it. I felt a lot better, most of the fans we walked by wanted a picture with me and Harry and were so nice.
"You look so beautiful!" A girl to my right yelled out to me. She had long blonde hair, brown eyes, and she wore glasses. I walked over to her and gave her a hug, she was a very pretty girl, probably 16 or 17.
"Thank you, Harry picked it out." I smiled.
"Can I?" She asked while holding her phone up. Harry and the boys started walking forward.
"Really quick." I said and waited as she have her friend the phone and I posed with her.
"Thank you so much!" She said, on the brink of tears.
"Annie!" I heard Harry call, but I didn't turn, I stayed looking at the girl.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Caroline." She said and I smiled.
I wrapped my arm around Harry's as he approached me and began walking again. All of the boys and their beautiful dates would pause occasionally for pictures, which was the only thing I was confident about. Lou made me look like a whole new person, posing was by far the least stressful portion of my night.
"We'll stop for a couple interviews and then head inside, okay?" Harry said. I nodded, my confidence was slowly moving back up to my head. I took a deep breathe and we, as a group, began walking toward reporters and photographers.
"Harry it's so good to see you! Can we have an interview?" I recognized the woman from E! News, she was Giuliana Rancic.
"Yes, of course." Harry smiled. It was a good, genuine smile and it made me giggle, I don't know why.
"Hi, I'm Giuliana, we'd like to include you, is that alright?" she asked. She really surprised me. I mean, why would she want to interview me? I politely nodded and said, "I watch E! News all the time, I'm a big fan by the way." I smiled.
"Oh thank you!" She turned to Harry and glanced back at me, "Ready?" she asked. Harry intertwined our fingers. "Yes, we're ready."
"Hi it's Giuliana here on the red carpet with America's hottest new couple, Harry Styles and Annie Peters." She turned to us again and I smiled, my cheeks were starting to hurt from all of this smiling.
"So everyone is wondering, since Annie wasn't necessarily a celebrity, how and when did you two meet?" Harry and I looked at each other, and back at her again.
"It was at an X-Factor show almost 2 months ago I think." Harry said, not missing a beat. He was a natural.
"So now that you're dating a fan, what-"
"Oh she wasn't a fan." Harry giggled to himself, I laughed a little too, it was funny how it all turned out.
"Oh?" Gulianna said.
"She barely knew who I was." he laughed some more.
"I'm glad I ran into him though, and trust me, I'm a big fan now." I spoke up and smiled brightly.
"Aw, isn't that sweet! So we know your relationship was only confirmed a few hours ago, but can you tell us how long have you guys have actually been dating?" Gulianna asked.
"A month."
"A few weeks."
We both said at the same time. My smile faded and I looked up at Harry. A month was exaggerating, I thought I still loved Connor a month ago. But Harry stayed smiling like he didn't hear me at all, so I stood tall and smiled too.
"Okay, thank you so much. Hopefully we see you guys inside." She waved us off and started walking towards Louis and Eleanour. I guessed she was interviewing all of the boys and their girlfriends.
I figured the whole "month" thing wasn't that big of a deal but it still bugged me in the back of my mind. What would Connor think? Was he here? We were almost to the entrance of the awards show and I started looking for him.
"Looking for someone?" I turned and Zayn stood next to me with an expectant look.
"Excuse me?"
"It looks like you're looking for someone. Anyone I can help you look for?" Zayn asked me.
"Oh, no, I'm not looking for anyone. Just...taking it all in." I swallowed. I'm not sure exactly why I lied to Zayn.
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All At Once
Fiksi Penggemar" I swear, I don't see what they find so special about some pop singer who was a normal boy in a band with a just okay voice." Annie was a simple girl from Sacramento who was attending an X-Factor show of her boyfriend, Connor, who was in the top...
