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Brad

"So you where in the hotel?" James asks, raising his eyebrows at me over the head of the fan he was hugging.

"Yes, James, I was in the hotel." I roll my eyes, opening my arms for the fan.

"Alone?" Tristan piped up, laughing at something Connor had said.

"Yes."

"He's lying." Connor states, wrapping his arms around the fan for the photo.

"I'm not!" I shout, causing the photographer to give me a strange look.

I sigh and smile for the photo and then grab my water bottle and take a sip, before throwing it at Connor.

"I didn't want to talk about it here, idiot." I snap, folding my arms.

"So you weren't alone then?" James asks, embracing the next fan.

"No." I smile down at the girl and hug her tightly and she continues along the line of us to Tristan.

"I knew it!" Tristan and Connor both shout, high fiving each other.

"Ugh, just shut up about it for now, I'll explain later on." I mumble, smiling for the photo.

***

As the meet and greet queue began to get smaller, my nerves began to get bigger. Autumn would be one of the last few people in the queue and I didn't want her to mention the whole hotel scenario, not until I'd told the boys, anyway.

Her two friends got their photos and then she walked over, smiling shyly up at James.

"Hey." She smiles, wrapping her arms around James' torso and he said something in her ear.

"That's for me to know and you to wonder." She moved along to me, leaving James standing behind her with a shocked expression on his face.

"Hey." I look down at her through my glasses and she wraps her arms around my chest immediately.

"Hey, curls." She mumbles into my chest and I chuckle.

She then continues down the line, hugging Tris and Connor in turn and then returns back to me.

"Can I get a group hug photo, please?" She asks politely, her eyes never leaving mine.

"Of course." I open my arms and she hugs me tightly, the others hugging us from behind.

"Thank you guys so much!" She gushes before walking off to catch up with her friends.

"Brad, mate, you've gone red." Connor chuckles and I whack him on the arm.

"Shut up, Connor!"

***

After the show, I packed all of my things away quickly and walked over to the hotel alone, sticking to the shadows of Liverpool's buildings.

Once I reached the lobby I ran for the stairs and jogged up them two at a time.

As I reached the sixth flight, I heard someone calling me from the flight below.