She's Not Afraid

EPILOGUE: ALONE WITH ME

EPILOGUE: ALONE WITH ME

~ONE YEAR LATER~

*ALARM CLOCK RINGS*

"Turn that damn thing off..." I mumbled with my eyes still closed.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Somebody... just..." Ugh.

"It's off." I heard Niall say.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"I don't think so." I rubbed my eyes open.

"That's not the alarm clock... it's Louis." Niall said.

He's the one making all the noise?!

"Rise and shine, sleeping beauties!" Louis rocked the bed.

He's annoying alright and sometimes I wonder why I'm attracted to this guy... but I like him anyway.

"Here's your good morning kiss!" The two of them kissed either side of my cheeks while I was yawning.

Whoa, that caught me off guard.

I hid under the covers to hide my flushed cheeks.

"Baby, you need to get up already. You don't want to miss your very own concert now, do you?" I heard Louis say.

"Perhaps this will make you get out of bed..." Niall started tickling me out of nowhere.

Jeez, how I hate to be tickled! Clearly, the thin sheets wasn't enough to protect me from Nialler.

"Okay... okay... I'm up!... so stop it already!" I said in between laughs as I emerged out of the covers.

"Remember, we'll be in the front row cheering for you!" Louis pinched my cheek.

"Do you want to take a bath with me?" Niall asked and I just shot him an 'Are you serious?' look in return.

"I don't think so, Horan." I only call them by their surnames when I mean serious business.

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"Cher, there are some people outside who wants to see you. Should I let them in?" My stylist asked.

"Who?"

"SURPRISE!" Zayn kicked the door to my dressing room open.

A smiling Harry and Liam followed him inside.

"Hello! What brings you lovely people here?" I gave each one of them a quick squeeze.

"We're here to kidnap you, love." Harry beamed at me.

"Yeah, because we still haven't moved on ever since you dumped us." Zayn said with a straight face.

"Seriously, guys..." I could tell that they were just joking.

"Okay, you got us. We're actually here to give you a good luck kiss before you go on stage. Alright, I'll go first... no need to beg." Harry said and this made me glare at him.

"Don't listen to him. The real reason why we came here is to thank you for giving us the VIP tickets." Zayn smiled.

"You're welcome. Why so silent, Liam?" I turned to face him.

"Oh, um, long time no see, Cher." He finally broke free from spacing out.

"We just hanged out the other day..." I squinted my eyes at him.

"Really?" He tilted his head to the side.

You see, all of us remained good friends even after I chose to be with Louis and Niall which seems to work out just fine for all of us... after some time.