Before She Falls

Chapter 46

"Well don't you all look dapper?" I eye Niall and Louis from the kitchen as they appear from one of the bedrooms.

Niall is wearing a white undershirt with a black suit-jacket over it, slacks, and his blonde hair is brushed upwards. Louis is wearing a dark grey undershirt with a black jacket layered over it, black slacks, and he must have just trimmed the facial hair around his mouth because his small goatee is looking a little bare.

"You girls look stunning" Niall marvels at Vanessa and I, but I can see his eyes only focusing on Vanessa.

She looks amazing tonight, wearing a strapless, silvery metallic, lace cocktail dress. Her hair is loosely curled and her makeup resembles a smokey eye-look. There's no question as to why Niall looks so hypnotized by her.

"Where's El?" I ask Louis.

"She's downstairs in the lobby with Danielle, Liam, Zayn, and Perrie" Louis responds. "We're just waiting on Harry now."

I roll my eyes, "Why is he taking so long?"

"Go tell him to hurry up" Vanessa nudges me.

"We'll meet you two in the lobby, yeah?" Niall half tells me and half asks me.

"Tell him he looks handsome and I'm sure he'll come right out" Louis cackles and closes the door behind him, Niall, and Vanessa.

I step into the bedroom that Harry is currently in. It looks the same as the one Vanessa and I got ready in. Harry's standing by the dresser and instantly turns around when I enter the room.

"Well look at you" his eyes rake up and down me and I smirk. "Red has never looked so good."

"Stop it" I wave away his compliments, but they keep coming.

"Seriously, you look fantastic Katrina" He runs his fingers through his hair and pushes all of it upwards then points toward my red laced dress. It hugs tightly around my body and I'm a little more conscious about standing up straight and trying to suck in as much as possible, especially if any paparazzi spot us tonight.

"You don't look too bad yourself" I flash my smile at him and he approaches me.

His legs look a mile long in his black slacks and his torso is covered with a white dress shirt and a black suit jacket layered on top. He looks amazing as always, but I think every girl can agree that a guy in a nice suit is very much a turn on.

"Well thank you" he wraps his arms around my waist and I breathe in whatever cologne he had just sprayed on. "But you're making us late with all these compliments."

I laugh at his remark, "Well if someone didn't take so long staring at themselves in the mirror.."

"Sh" Harry shushes me as he always does. Even in my nude pumps, Harry towers over me as we make our way downstairs. Harry coughs loudly into his elbow and it doesn't sound good to say the least. I start to wonder if he's even feeling well enough to be going out.

"I mean, it's really okay. I'd probably stare at myself for a while to if I looked that good" I smile up at him and his green eyes shut as his mouth opens and a laugh comes out.

"Any particular reason you're being a kiss-ass tonight?" Harry asks with a grin.

"I'm not!" I giggle as the elevator door opens into the main lobby. "You just look so handsome."

"There it is again" he leans down to peck my lips. "Katrina, the kiss-ass."

"I'm just complimenting you! But you know kiss-asses usually get what they want" I raise my one eyebrow and Harry looks amused to say the least.

"And what is it that you want?" Harry asks with a flirtatious tone.

"Nothing. I have you already" I loop my arm around his as we meet up with everyone in the lobby.

"So romantic" he laughs and squeezes his forearm tightly against mine.

"Finally the two love birds are ready" Zayn says as we approach the group.

After a few drinks are consumed by the ten of us, the night gets a little more fun while we sit at one of the classiest restaurants in New York City. The boys had reserved a table in the back, in a separate room away from everyone else. And surprisingly there were no paparazzi outside of the place when we arrived. Niall had apparently tipped them off by tweeting about staying in at the hotel.

"Hey everyone! Everyone.." Liam shouts to the rest of us as he stands from the table and clicks a spoon lightly against his margarita glass. He waits for the table to quiet down for him before continuing his announcement. "I just want to make a toast."

"This isn't a wedding rehearsal!" Harry yells jokingly at Liam who automatically flips him off.

"Yeah Payno!" Louis screams from his seat down the table, with his arm resting around Eleanor's chair.

"Ow!" Niall adds on to the cheering.

"This dinner was planned to just take a step back from everything and appreciate what we have and what we're accomplishing. So...to my boys" Liam raises his glass and Lou, Zayn, Niall, and Harry all cheer and clumsily clap their hands together. "To our beautiful girlfriends."

I look around and every single one of the boys looks to their girlfriend or touches them in some way. Niall slips his hand into Vanessa's lap to intertwine their fingers together. Zayn's arm wraps behind Perrie and he strokes her forearm with his fingers. Louis's arm reaches and pulls Eleanor to slightly lean into his chest. Liam's eyes stare right into Danielle's after he's done speaking and his lips curl into a smile when she stares back. And Harry places one of his massive hands right in the middle of my thigh, stretching his fingers out and rubbing my skin with his thumb lovingly.

"To our incredible families that we are able to see tomorrow. To one of our most anticipated shows. And to the rest of this tour. I love you all and I hope this journey continues for us until forever" Liam's speech starts to finally slur together, Danielle notices this as well and puts her hand behind him cautiously, in case he leans backwards and falls. "Cheers!"

"Cheers!" we all holler simultaneously and clank our glasses together, taking big sips.