One Direction- Cant Love You More Than This

Chpater 21- Shes In The Crowd

It was hours before the show!! Everybody was just about as pumped as pumped gets. Especially Niall. "I would find lots of things clothes, shoes, chicken wings!" he screamed while running through the empty aisles, quoting a part of "I Want". We just watched him with our "Yup, Thats Niall." faces. Paul had just ordered Niall's pre-show Nandos, so thats all he could really think about. EVerything was so overwhelming! The lights, cameras, fans that were already outside. While the rest of the boysd joined in on some press-ups, Louis and I sat down on the edge of the stage. Letting our legs hang off the side. "Your going to love it." Louis interwined his fingers with mine. "Love what?" I asked. "Preforming. All the lights shining down on you. Fans screaming your name. Its an amazing feeling." he smiled turning to me. "I have no doubt that I will. I already do." I replied. "Im so nervous though! What if I mess up?" I added starting to yell. "Just look over at me. Im going to be up there with you the whole time!" Lou said laughing a bit. He lifted our connected hand up and kissed the top of mine. "Hmmmm, okay. How many people are going to be here anyways?" I asked smiling at his sweetness. "Oh you know, 'bout 10-12,000." he winked, coming to his feet and bringing me with him. "12,000?!" I squealed. He nodded and walked us over to the rest of the group. And Niall... eating his chicken.

I stared at myself in the mirror. All of us were fully in hair and makeup. You couldnt consantrate on anything but the screaming girls behind that black drape that seperated us. There were only 15 minutes until stage time. This moment was completely and utterly different than I had expected it to be. Looking in that mirror with the large golden lightbulbs around the edges was way more intense than looking in a mirror that I had back at home. And believe me, I was proud to be looking in it. I had a passion for singing and thats what I needed to show all those people tonight. My thoughts were interupted by a text message from Autumn: In the arena, great seats! Excited out of this world! Good luck:) Xxx. I smiled putting my phone down and looking at Lindsey and Sam on both sides of me. "This is it!" Sammie stood from her chair with confidence. We spun our chairs around to look at her. "This is what we've always wanted. We need to give our everything out there, just like the boys do everyday." she explained. We all smiled from ear to ear at the thought of what we were about to accomplish. I took one last look at my reflection, noticing the pink of my cheeks and the blue of my eyes. I had pretty much been gaurenteed that that was the last time I was going to look at myself the same way. I was going to come off that stage changed. Seconds pasted, I jumped up from the chair "I love you guys." I said to them. "We love you too." they replied. We three came into a close hug and then walked out the doorof our dressing room. I dont see how I could ever have more amazing people in my life.

We met the boys about 50 feet down the hallway at the entrance to backstage. "Well dont you ladies just look more amazing then ever!" Liam grinned, mainly at Sam. She automatically snuggled up to him, as we all walked to the door hiding the crowd. Everything from then on was complete chaos. Mics were handed out in every direction. A man with a head set yelled that we had 60 seconds. They opened the door exposing what seemed like millions of fans. Millions of lights. Opening the door trigered a louder roar of screams. I couldnt believe my eyes. I quickly turned around to Louiswho was close behind me, "I cant do this." I said shaking my head. "Your going to be amazing! Remember Im right there beside you. I love you Alli." he said making our foreheads touch. "I love you too." I said back. I couldnt stand when he was so close to me but didnt kiss me. So I kissed him. Problem solved. It was a sweet yet quick kiss. After pulling away I turned to Harry and said "Remember, preform like shes out there watching you." I smiled. He nodded, already holding his mic up to his mouth. Right at that moment, I barely noticed that Liam had already ran out on stage with Zayn and Niall folllowing shortly afterwards. It felt like my ears had fallen off due to the ocean of high pitched cries. It sounds like a thousand Lindseys' squealing all at once. Soon enough I was being shoved on stage along with the others. For a while I thought I was being blinded from how close the lights seemed to us. I glanced at Linds and Sam who were already halfway through the first verse, with the boys. I was singing too but consentrating on what was in front of me. I couldnt see anything past the strand of lights shinning down so it made me less nervous. It wasnt as bad as I thought, singing in before 12,000 people. I looked over at Louis but not out of fear. To let him know that I really did love being up there, like he promised I would. I stopped thinking so much and just had fun. Jumping around with Niall, to making wierd faces with Harry, to rocking out with Louis just made me love all of them more as a family. As the songs came and past there were times when all the fans brought out their phones and swayed the brightened screen in the air. And then there were times when the stage shook because all the jumping in the arena. After the first set the boys had their Twitter segment while the girls and I went backstage to get some water. "I cant believe that just happened." Lindsey said breathless but smiling. "Dude! We just sang with One Direction!" Sammie, Lindsey, and I totally had a fangirling moments there. When calm, I mentioned, "So how exactly are we going to get Harry to see Autumn?". "Well Paul was talking about how the guys were going to start bringing up a girl on stage and have the them sing to her." I said. We nodded in agreement walking back onto stage. The more slow songs started so I knew it was about time to search for Autumn and finally caught her out of the corner of my eye, then gestured to Liam where she was. I really didnt know if I was going to able to make it through More Than This, which was the next song. More Than This was the song Lindsey, Sam, and I would always sing. It was that song that gave us that special feeling, like one day we would actually be something someday. It was our song to the boys way before we even met them. Only God knew one day we would be preforming it with them by our sides. I had to give this one my all. The music started. Liam's voice took over as the first verse began. As he walked across the stage I looked at each and everyone of the boys and then my girls. I realzed that I learned more about them on stage than just talking to them. The way the boys sang to their fans just blew me away. Eventually Liam extended his arm down where I clued him where Autumn was, and pulled her up on stage. At this point it was my time to sing, trying to make it as soulful as possible for when Harry noticed Autumn actually was there. That she was in the crowd. Autumn walked with Liam over to the stool in the middle of the platform, and sat her down. Soon enough Harry turned around to find his beautiful Autumn staring back at him. My job was complete. I couldnt imagine a more affectionate moment than this. All the lights were tinted purple and were surfung over the audience. The chorsu rolled around with One Direction surrounding our bestfriend, serenading her. But the only one she looked at was Harry. He was the only one. I walked over to Lindsey and Sammie, giving them a sweet smile, and standing close beside them. I closed my eyes, trying to hit every note. It was overwhelming how much all of us put into this song. After all, I was the first song we all sang together, when were at the the Gotta Be You set. More Than This ended with a couple tears. I caught Louis giving me a loving stare when the last note was played. He mouthed those three words, "I love you." I didnt have to say it back, he already knew I did. Second set, done. Autumn was led off stage. She shot me a "I think it worked" kind of look as she slipped off the black platform. I think that was a happy moment for everyone. That song brought us all closer. We ended the concert with a bang! I looked at the now golden crowd for senonds more then walked off stage, ahnd in hand with my 7 bestfriends. "Is it just me or is the room spinning?" I questioned plopping down on the couch. Everyone chuckled and hugged eachother. It felt good to grab hold of Louis the second his arms were avalible. "I told you she was out there!" I peeked out of the nook in Lou's neck that I had my head burried in, and looked at Harry. He appeared like he was about to cry, when Autumn ran in the room screaming about how amazing the show was. Harry did not allow that for one second. He jumped off the couch and crashed his lips into hers putting his hands on both sides of her face. In front of everybody. I didnt know about the others but I enjoyed seeing them together. For about 5 seconds... then it got kinda gross. No affence, Harry or Autumn. Once they pulled apart he stared straight into her eyes. "Autumn, the past few days Ive gone crazy without you. I have never felt this way about anyone and I just wont settle for anything but you being mine. Will you be my girlfriend?" he poured his heart out to her. She muttered a cute "yes" into the hug he had already pulled her into. I squeezed. Lou's hand, wondering what he thought about Larry Stylinson coming to an end. Everyone watched with smiled of releaf. "Well it took ya long enough." Lindsey shouted. What did I tell ya Harry. She was in the crowd.