Always Yours {n.h} COMPLETED

Chapter Twenty One

"Thank you for coming to visit the show!  Come one everyone, give them a hand."  Everyone started cheering, and they all waved.  The buzzer signaling they were off air buzzed, and they walked off stage towards me.  Louis crouched down in front of me, and I hopped on his back.  "How did I do?"  "Awesome, as always."  He started jumping, which resulted in me bouncing with him.  "Lo-ou-ui-is!"  He stopped jumping.  "Oops, sorry.  I forgot you were up there."  I laughed, and jumped off.  "I bet I can beat all of you to the van!"  I took off sprinting.  Just as I thought, they gained on me in no time.  I heard someone right behind me, before I was literally swooped up off of my feet.  I looked up to the person now running while carrying me, and was shocked to see Niall smiling down at me.  "Touch it!"  He put me down, and I ran over to the van.  "I win!"  Everyone was out of breath except for me.  "No fair."  I smirked, and got in the van.  I got my phone out, and started playing on it while I waited for Louis.  The door opened, then slammed, but I didn't bother looking up.  "You ready?"  Ok, I know two things for sure.  That was NOT Louis, and I'm going to kill him when we get home.  "Why are you driving Louis' car, Niall?"  He shrugged.  "Because I want to talk to you."  "Here we go."  He sighed.  "Just tell me why you suddenly hate me?"  "Oh, maybe it's because you broke the guy code, and you crushed Zayn...or maybe it's because you wouldn't let me talk to my friend."  He started the car, and followed the limo.  "I didn't mean to hurt Zayn, I just wanted you, Ash.  I was, and still am in love with you."  Did he really just say he was still in love with me? "Niall, I don't think it's going to work.  I'm really sorry.  I wish it would, too."  he nodded, and bit his lip.  A tear escaped his eye as we pulled up to the apartment.  I reached over, and wiped it away.  "Niall, you're a great guy.  Some girl is going to be lucky to have you."  He smiled sadly, and we got out.  "Hey, guys!  How's it going?"  Louis said innocently.  I gave him a 'you know what you did.'  look, and he looked away from me.  "I'm so tired."  I hung on Louis' arm and we walked up the stairs.  "You can't go to sleep!  It's not even noon."  I stuck my tongue out.  He slowed dow a little bit, and grabbed my arm.  "What happened between you and Niall?"  "Nothing.  I just told him that we couldn't be together, and he started crying."  He closed his eyes, and ran his hand through his hair.  "Ashley, Niall is...emotional,  so you should probably go easy on him."  I nodded.  "Ok, but it's not my fault we're in this mess."  "I didn't say it was."  We caught back up to the group when we got to the apartment door.  

Ok, sorry for the shortness of this chapter, but I had to get this info out.  For those of you who didnt know, here is some of the info for the 1D U.S. summer tour! :)

One Direction is conquering the U.S. and Canadian sales charts with its debut album, "Up All Night," which was released in the U.S. and Canada on March 13, 2012. And the group's pattern of selling out its tours within minutes is sure to be repeated with One Direction's first headlining tour of North America. The tour is expected to be officially announced on March 21, 2012.

As I previously reported, the tour will take place in the summer of 2012, and will visit major metropolitan areas where One Direction has not performed concerts yet (including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, Houston, Denver, Montreal, Vancouver and Miami), as well as revisit some of the areas (including New York City, Toronto, Nashville and Chicago) where One Direction performed when the group did its first North American tour in late February/early March 2012 as the opening act for Big Time Rush. Additional One Direction tour dates in North America could be added after the initial announcement, as is usually the case for tours with a huge demand for tickets.