e v e r y t i m e (hs)

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Author's Note: Ughh! It's the first chapter! I waited till Spring Break to post it! Please spam me with messages if you like it. I'm actually so excited to write this one compared to my other fics. Anyways, love M.

June 22, 2018. NYC.

Just stop your crying.
It's a sign of the times
Welcome to the final show
Hope you're wearing your best clothes

I looked down, watching him sing into the microphone. I watched as everyone slowly waved their phones along to the song, with their flashlights shining in the dark of the arena. The lights looked liked stars in the night sky. It wasn't the night sky. If it was, there wouldn't be thousands of stars sparkling so close to each other.

You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky
You look pretty good down here
But you ain't really good

"You sure you don't want to try to go see him backstage?" Ali asked me. "You're probably on the guest list anyways"

I turned to her. The flashlight on her phone was on.

"You think he wants to see me?" I asked her. "After me shutting him out without any warning?"

"Of course. I'm sure he would understand" Ali said. "It's not like it's the first time you did it to him"

I looked back down to Harry as he began to sing the chorus.

Just stop your crying
It's a sign of the times
We gotta get away from here
We gotta get away from here

I smiled to myself, remembering the first time I heard him play the song. The Greek Theater in the fall. I remember his blue suit with little gold prints on it and my bleached blonde hair. Now, he was in a blue suit with pink details embroidered on his hand sleeves. As for my hair, it was back to brunette.

I looked to Ali again. She was slowly waving her phone. I doubted anyone saw her phone's flashlight. We were in the highest section. I purposely chose it to stray from unwanted attention.

"Let's go" I told Ali. "I want to beat the traffic"

She raised her eyebrows at me, surprised.

"Really?" She asked me. "This could be the last time you see him in a while"

I looked down to Harry once more.

Remember everything will be alright
We can meet again somewhere
Somewhere far away from here

This might be the last time I saw him but I knew that I was bound to cross paths with him again. I always had. The first time I ever met him was right here in this arena seven years ago. I continued to cross paths with him ever since then. I had a feeling I was going to again. Just not tonight.

"Come on" I said to Ali. "Let's go"

"I'll come out when the song ends" Ali said.

I turned around and walked through the exit. I entered the hallway, noticing it was completely empty. No one was at the merch or food stands. I stood against the wall and took out my phone. I pressed on the home button with several of notifications appearing on my lockscreen.

Adrain:
Pick up your damn phone. It's important.

Adrain:
2 missed calls.

Lisa:
Call Adrain! We have big news

Let's move to Fort Lauderdale:
4 new attachments.

I stopped scrolling through the messages. I swiped right on Adrain's text.

"What?" I replied to him.

I stared at my phone expecting Adrain to text back. Instead, he called. I answered him.

"Yes?" I spoke into my phone.

"Finally you pick up!" Adrain shouted at me. "Anna Wintour emailed us"

"Anna Wintour?" I asked him, being confused as to why he is telling me this. "Is this about doing a Vogue cover because we only do that for album promos"

"No idiot," Adrain insulted me. "It's about the Met Gala. She wants you to co-host"

I opened my mouth to say something but I was stunned. I was speechless.

"M-me?" I asked. "She wants me?"

"I couldn't believe it too" Adrain said. "But do you want to? She wants an answer in a week and I don't want her to change her mind last-"

"Yes" I said, cutting him off. "Tell her I say yes"

"You're sure?" Adrain asked me. "Like 100% sure cause I'm not telling her that you are going to back out if you do"

"Adrain, I'm more than fucking sure" I told him. "Tell her"

I hung up the phone on him the exact moment Ali walked out.

"Who was that?" Ali asked me.

"Adrain" I answered, smiling at her. "He has some designs for me" I lied.

"Okay?" Ali said. "Should we go?"

"Yeah" I said.

I walked in front of her, smirking as I tried to contain my excitement. I had a feeling things were starting to get better.