Better Together - (One Direction fanfic by Kaitlynn)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

"Okay everyone," Lisa, the boys' manager, was yelling, "Time Check! Show starts in an hour!" Jackie felt the butterflies flutter spastically in her stomach. One hour. Before they performed in front of thousands and thousands of fans. And only the best boy band in the world. And Simon freaking Cowell. And who knows what kind of other people. Oh right, and maybe the love of her life. Hot damn, she was nervous. Kaitlynn and Jackie their makeup only touched up for the stage by the some stylists, and they hadn't even been expecting the stylists to work on them! But they didn't let the professionals completely make them over, they wanted to look like regular fans. The famous Lou Teasdale gave them a once over, "You girls are good to go," she smoothed their hair and smiled, "and you're both gorgeous!" They synchronized a "Thank You!" and hugged her tightly. "Fifteen minutes!" someone shouted. Kaitlynn's eyes almost bugged out of her head, "Okay I need to actually pee this time," she giggled nervously and hurried to the bathroom. Jackie was about to go after her when someone stepped in front of her. Someone wearing a tight fitting black Tshirt and carrying drum sticks..."Oh hi," Josh ran a hand through his hair, "Just wanted to wish you good luck." Jackie smiled like her insides weren't doing somersaults, "Tanks love, but I'm really nervous..." her inner Directioner was showing through. He smiled, "Don't be, you do grea--" he cocked his head slightly, "is that glitter?" Jackie laughed, "Blame my best friend..." she winked flirtatiously, "Is it that bad?" Josh reddened slightly, "No not at all it's great. And uh," he blushed even more, "sorry if this is weird, but you smell really good." It was Jackie's turn to blush, "Ha um, thank you I guess." Josh grinned, "Yeah I--" The boys were coming over, "GOOD LUCK JACKIE AND KAITLYNN!" they chorused like schoolboys, "WE CAN'T WAIT!" Kaitlynn had just gotten back from the bathroom, "AWW ARENT YOU THE CUTEST?!" she screamed and ran over to them, hugging and laughing. "Don't make me cry before this even starts!" Jackie ran in and there was this hugging, laughing, and squealing mass of people for like five minutes. "OKAY EVERYONE SETTLE DOWN," Paul was yelling, but also smiling, "SHOW STARTS IN THREE. LOUIS, C'MHERE." Louis broke away from the huddle and Paul handed him a mic connecting to the stadium intercom. Everyone quieted down and Jackie could now hear the thunderous noise of fans outside. She gripped her guitar nervously as Louis spoke into the mic, "Well 'Ello there ladies and gents," the screams were deafening, "The lads and I can't exactly come out just yet, but we just wanted to specially introduce our opening act," Louis grinned, "We want to show you fans how much we appreciate you, you're all ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!" his trademark phrase gathered even more cheering, "So we found these two lovely ladies, Jackie and Kaitlynn, they're fans like you," he continued, "Enjoy them loves!" The applause was so loud Jackie swore the ground shook. Liam grabbed the mic and shouted, "POWER TO THE DIRECTIONERS!" which got the crowd even MORE pumped. The screams, the cheering, the clapping, it was all so loud. "All right you're up," Paul pushed them to the stage door, "Good luck." Jackie and Kaitlynn stepped through the door, shielding their eyes from the blinding spotlights and the enormous crowd.