Just Imagine (Niall Horan)

Prolouge-

I looked over to my right, "Ready?" I asked, hoping he wouldn't hear the shakiness in my voice. He wore a worried expression, "Don't be nervous Zoe...We'll get through this together." He reassured me.

I exhaled and smiled weakly at him. I looked away from him and looked ahead, where an upperclassman was impressively playing her guitar to a song that she wrote herself. It was a beautiful melody and the song was mere perfection.

I glanced at the guitar that was slung over my shoulder. God, I'm no where near as good as her.

"I can't do this Niall!" I panicked. He squeezed my hand, "C'mon, you can't think like that."

He was interrupted by the massive applause when the song was over. The roar of the crowd was massive, indicating that this wasn't your average crowd. I panicked even more.

"Zoe! Listen to me!" He raised his voice, demanding my full attention. "Niall, I can't-" "Zoe, when we get on stage, imagine that it's just the two of us. Just me and you, no one else. Not the audience, the other performers. No one, just us two."

I stared at him. Was he mad?! How could I imagine something like that, when there's obviously people all around us? Hell, we're surrounded by people right now!

He squeezed my hand once more, "When you get up there, just look at me. You're not singing to the crowd, but you're singing to me. Got it?" He practically lectured me. I nodded without thinking.

"Next act is a duet from Zoey Murray and Niall Horan."

I gulped and looked over to Niall. He wore a confident smile, that seemed contagious. I smiled back at him and followed him on stage.

Two microphones were set up for us in the front. I looked at Niall for reassurance and he winked at me. I smirked and plugged in my guitar. I ran my fingers through the strings as a warm up.

I inhaled and exhaled deeply with my eyes closed before strumming the notes to the beginning of the song. I opened my eyes and looked over at Niall.

I took a deep breath before starting off the song. 

♪There's always that one person that will always have your heart.  

You never see it coming 'cos you're blinded from the start.  

Know that you're that one for me, it's clear for everyone to see.  

Ooh baby, ohh. You will always be my boo ♪