Sing With Me

Prologue

            “NIALL!” Louis Tomlinson shouted into his cell phone.

            “What…?” Niall replied, yawning.

            “Turn on the T.V…NOW,” Louis insisted.

            “Why, I just wanna sleep,” Niall sighed, rolling over in his bed.

            “I made a long distance call to you all the way from Doncaster; obviously this is super important! I wouldn’t have wasted my minutes otherwise!” Louis snapped.

            “Fine, fine,” Niall replied, swinging his legs over the side of his bed and running a hand through his already tousled hair.

            “HURRY!” Louis screamed.

            “Okay!” Niall said, rushing downstairs in only his boxers. He hopped over the back of the couch, landing on the plump cushions with a light thump. He grabbed the remote from a nearby table and flicked on the T.V.

            “What channel?” Niall asked.

            “Just about any news channel in existence will do,” Louis said in a rush.

            Whatever it is must be really incredible…Niall thought to himself as he flipped through channels, searching for the news.

            Finally he found a news channel and leaned back as he watched the screen. “It’s just commercials, Lou…” Niall sighed.

            “Just give it a minute!” Louis snapped.

            “Okay,” Niall replied, closing his eyes while he waited.

            “Alright, here it comes!” Louis squealed as the news came back on.

            Niall leaned forward in anticipation and he saw a familiar brown haired, American lad singing his heart out on the screen, Liam Payne. Niall was a huge fan of him.

            “Oh, it’s Liam!” Niall said in surprise, scooting closer to the T.V. “Oh, and he’s singing my favorite song!” Niall added with a smile.

            “It gets better!” Louis said. Niall could tell from the tone of his voice that his friend was grinning.

            Niall tsked in impatience as he waited for it to ‘get better’. Niall couldn’t possibly imagine how things could get any ‘better’; his idol from America was on his T.V. in Ireland!

            Why is he on the T.V. in the U.K. anyway…? Niall wondered to himself.

            It didn’t take long for his question to be answered. Suddenly, the news switched over to a live interview with Liam.

            “Welcome, Liam, wonderful performance earlier today. It’s nice to have you over in the U.K,” the reporter said with a grin.

            “It’s great to be here. I’d like to say a massive thank you to all my fans that made this possible. Big love to you all!” Liam grinned, waving at the camera.

            “So, Liam, it’s been rumored that you had a big announcement to give today…?” The reporter said, raising his brows at Liam expectantly.

            “Well, there are two things I’d like to say,” Liam replied.

            “Wonderful, well the floor is yours,” the reporter grinned.

            “Next week I kick off my first ever U.K. summer tour…” Liam began.

            Niall shrieked and nearly fell on the ground in excitement. “Louis, did you hear that?!?!” Niall shouted, clinging to his mobile for dear life.

            “Yeah, the same interview has been playing all morning long,” Louis replied.

            “We’ve got to get tickets!” Niall screamed.

            “Niall, shut up and listen!” Louis snapped.

 Niall pressed his lips together to prevent any more squeals of excitement from escaping his lips. He turned his attention back to the screen and he swears that his heart stopped when Liam said the second part of his announcement.

“…and in the fall I will be attending the London Fine Arts Academy for my senior year of high school,” Liam grinned.

“The London Fine Arts Academy? As in our London Fine Arts Academy?” Niall gasped.

“Yeah, mate, we’ll be going to school with American pop sensation: Liam Payne,” Louis said, grinning into his phone.