A Prankster's Love ~ Book #1 of 1D series

Chapter Two

Around Noon the next day, Marla met up with Shyla at a Starbucks to talk over the plans for the day.

 "--and then, after the concert, we can go somewhere and get food or go shopping or something! How's that sound? Marla?” 

Marla blinked a couple times and snapped back into reality as she turned her head away from the window, "Huh? Oh. Yeah. Sounds great. When does the concert start?” 

Shyla glanced down at her watch and jumped up out of her seat, "in an hour!! We have to get over there now! Come on!”

Once they got to the place where the concert was being held, Shyla happily held up two tickets for the middle of the third row, "I can't believe I'm gonna be that close to them!!!!! I hope one of them manages to touch my hand!”

Marla sighed heavily and glanced around at all the booths selling merchandise, "Just give them the tickets already so we can get in there…” 

Shyla did as told, then roughly grabbed Marla's arm, pulling her through the crowds and into the stadium.

 "Only twenty minutes left!!" She cried when they got to their seats. "… whoohoo….”

Meanwhile, Louis rushed around backstage, “LIAAAAMMMM,” He called frantically.

Liam stopped conversing with the manager and looked over his shoulder, "What now, Louis??”

“Zayn hid my other shoe,” Louis whined.

Zayn smirked as he looked around, "I don't know what you're talking about…” 

"Zayn, give Louis his shoe back.” 

"…" Zayn looked down at his watch, "Oh, look at that. Ten minutes left…”

“Zayn, if you don’t give me back my shoe I’m gonna take Niall’s pudding tonight and say it was you,” Louis threatened, “Then I’m gonna put all your hair products in the toilet.”

His eyes widened, "Why would you do that to me??” 

"Give him his shoe back, Zayn." Liam demanded. 

"… Only if he doesn't touch my precious hair products.”

“Fine, I won’t touch your hair products,” Louis smirked as he added, “….for now.”

Zayn glared at Louis for a moment, "It's under the couch cushion.”

Louis smiled as he ran over to the couch and tore the cushions off and retrieved his shoe, “Thank you.”

"You're on in five!" One of the people backstage shouted at the five boys. 

Liam nodded slightly, then turned to face them, "We ready?”

"MARLA IT'S ALMOST TIME!!!!" Shyla screamed. 

Marla put her hand over her cousin's face, "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” 

She wished she could do that to all the girls here. The screams and chattering were getting louder every minute.

“Ye-“ Louis started but was interrupted by Niall barging in, a sad pout on his face as he plopped onto one of the chairs with his arms folded over his chest.

"What's wrong Niall?”

“They won’t let me have my pre-show snack until after the show,” Niall pouted, “That doesn’t even make any sense, it’s called a PRE-show snack…which is completely different then my AFTER-show snack.”

"Just grab something quick and eat it onstage." Zayn said as he stood still, letting the people put one of the mics on him.

Niall brightened as he jumped up and hugged Zayn, “You are a fantastic chap, you know that?”

"Of course I do.” 

"TWO MINUTES.”

All the boys got their mic’s put on and Niall grabbed a bag of cookies before they headed out on stage, all protests from the workers became halted as Niall ran out on stage.

“They tried to keep me from eating my pre-show snack,” Niall pouted as he talked into his mic.

The crowd burst out in screams and laughs. "He was throwing a fit backstage," Zayn said as he reached over to take a cookie from the bag. 

Marla cocked her head to the side, her arms crossed as she examined one of the boys. He looked an awful lot like that guy from yesterday.

"HARRY I LOVE YOU!!" Shyla screamed at the top of her lungs.

Niall smacked Zayn’s hand away and glared at him, “I take what I said about you backstage back, you are no longer fantastic. You are a meanie for trying to take my cookies,” Niall said as he quickly hid behind Liam.

Liam stood protectively in front of Niall, "Anyway… how about we actually sing a song for these people?”

"Actually," Harry spoke for the first time, a cheeky grin on his face, "I think they like just looking at us…."

"You mean me." Zayn said as he smiled out at the crowd. 

"OH MY WORD THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE! LIKE, REALLY HERE.” 

"Shyla, they're just people." Marla mumbled as she tore her eyes away from the one boy.

“Please,” Harry scuffed as he ran his fingers through his naturally perfect curls, “We all know that I’m the ‘hottest’ one of the group,” He looked to the crowd with a wink.

They all screamed with delight. Some girl shouted, "LARRY STYLINSON RULES.” 

Liam laghed lightly as he looked in the direction of the voice. "…" Marla crossed her arms and smiled slightly. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad…

They seemed funny enough…

Harry looked over and wiggled his eyebrows at Louis.

“Let’s sing,” Louis squeaked.

Liam nodded as the music came on.

((SONG TO THE SIDE))

After about an hour more of singing and talking to the fans the concert was finally coming to an end, “But before we go we have a little surprise,” Louis said as he tried to catch his breath, “We will be giving two lovely fans backstage tickets for after this concert.”

“Drum roll please,” Harry requested and their drummer gave them a drumroll.

“Would the lovely fans who are sitting in seats….” Niall thought for a moment cause he finally got to make the choice which ones get to come backstage, looking around he pointed to Shyla, “What seat are you in, love? And which one of the lovely ladies next to you is your friend?"

Shyla's cheeks flushed red, and Marla braced herself to catch her when she fainted. "Th-THREE HUNDRED AND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE.”

"THIS GIRL!" She practically cried as she wrapped Marla in a tight hug.

“Lovely,” Niall smiled, “These two please!”

Louis’s eyes widened and a smile broke out on his face, “Marla?” He said without thinking.

Liam looked over at him, raising an eyebrow as he covered his mic, "You know that girl?”

Marla's jaw went slack as she finally realized who it was. So the guy was telling the truth… Paul helped Shyla and Marla make their way backstage.

Louis quickly walked over to Liam and covered his own mic, “I met her yesterday while trying to escape the fans, she let me hid in the prank shop she works at….she didn’t believe I was actually famous.”

"Well, she sure will now." He stated before turning to the crowd, "You've all been fantastic!!” 

Marla looked around, ignoring the squealing coming from her cousin.