Not So Normal

Chapter 39

~Elissa's POV~

   The next night is the first show of the guys' tour. The next 8 months are going to be torture for me. I'm not going to get a whole lot of time with Niall. After all the shows at the O2 are over, I'm going back to the States and I won't see Niall until a couple days before my birthday. After the LA shows, the guys have a three week break before going to South America and Australia. If I'm able to, I'm going to go visit him and surprise him at the last South America show. They've got three days off after that before Australia, so hopefully I'll be able to be there for that.

   I'm at Perrie and Zayn's place right now with Perrie, Eleanor, and Elizabeth. All the guys left this morning to get ready for the first show, so we've been hanging out since then. We're getting each other ready for the show tonight, and it's really fun. We're doing everyone's hair and makeup and picking out outfits for each other. It's nice to be able to do this since I can't really do this with Lindsey anymore.

   When it's time  to leave to meet the guys at the O2, we all pile into Perrie's car and head over. We get fast food on the way for us and the guys because even though their dressing rooms are filled with food, they're always hungry. Boys...

   When we walk into the guys' dressing room, unannounced, we laugh and cover our eyes when we see that all five guys are practically naked. I don't see anything, luckily, so I don't know if anyone was... exposed. How awkward am I?..

   "Hey princess!" Niall says happily, coming over and giving me a hug once he's got pants and a shirt on. The other guys (except Harry of course) go and greet their girls and I can't help but feel bad when I see Harry awkwardly standing by himself.

   "Come on, Harry. Groups hug!" I yell. We all run to Harry and crush him with our hugs. He laughs and playfully shoves us all off of him.

   "Thanks Elissa," he says shyly.

   "Psh, no problem. You just need to get a girlfriend, man!" I say, lightly punching his arm. He blushes and looks down at his feet. "Care to explain?" I ask, wondering why he's blushing. He's never really been like this before.

   "There's a girl I like-"

   "Well then ask her out already!" I exclaim, not bothering to let him finish his sentence. He shakes his curly-haired head and looks down at his feet again.

   "I can't."

   "Well why not?" I ask. Why can't Harry Styles of all people ask a girl on a date?

   "It's complicated," he mumbles.

   "Well uncomplicate it!"

   "It's not that easy. I can't."

   "Well what the hell is so complicated about it that you can't ask her on a date?" I ask.

   "I said I just can't, Elissa," Harry snaps, walking away. What the hell was that? I shrug it off and go join Niall in his conversation with Zayn and Perrie on the other side of the big room. As I walk over, I hear a snippet of the conversation.

   "Well just ask her friend, the one that moved. She'd be helpful. She knows her better than any of us do," Zayn says.

   "But what if she accidentally says something about it?" Niall asks, sounding a little stressed out. That's when I walk up and sit down on the couch next to Niall, wrapping my arm around his waist. They all stop talking and look at me. Okay, well they obviously don't want me to hear whatever they were talking about. I'll have to ask Niall about it later.

   "What did I do?" I ask when they don't keep talking.

   "Um, nothing. We were just talking about, uh, one of Eleanor's friends that moved and if she'd be able to help us pick a birthday present for El. Niall's the one putting it all together, and he's kind of in a rut trying to figure it out," Perrie says. She sounds awkward about it, so I doubt that's really what they were talking about, but it sounds convincing enough, so I let it slide.