Put Your Heart On Your Sleeve

Chapter 16

Cristina smiled, walking down the hall with Harry. They reached the elevator. The boys and Cristina smushed together into the elevator. Cristina leaned against the wall and Harry was in front of her trying not to fall on top of her. He placed his forearms against the wall, leaning close to Cristina. 

“This isn’t so bad,” he said in a whisper.

She laughed a little, nodding. “Shhh,” she said. She lifted her finger up, indicating him to lean closer. He got the hint and leaned in and closed his eyes, and placed his lips on hers. Cristina closed her eyes just as his lips touched hers. She kissed him gently and quietly, trying not to make too much noise. She pulled away and rubbed her nose against his. 

He smiled, leaning away. “You are unpredictable sometimes, Cris.” he whispered.

She shrugged and blushed. 

“Quit snogging back there. We heard the whole thing.” Zayn yelled. 

“Hey, that’s my girlfriend you’re talking to.” he said, laughing. They finally reached to the lobby and walked out of the elevator. 

“Finally, I can breathe!” Louis yelled.

“I thought I was going to die in there.” Niall said.

“You guys are such drama queens.” Liam said.

Cristina laughed at them and followed them to their bus. 

“Cris, we only have 5 beds so you can either share with me or I’ll just sleep on the couch. I don’t mind.” he said.

Cristina shook her head. “No, no, no. I want this to be like I’m not even here. I don’t want to intrude on anything or distract you. I’ll just be following like shadows do.” she said, smiling. “I can just follow you with a car and I’ll stay at a hotel each night.” she added.

“No,” he said sternly. They reached their RV and the door opened. Harry walked in, grabbing onto Cristina’s hand to help her up. She looked into the RV in awe. 

“Wow, this RV is like a home.” she said, looking at all the exquisite furnishes. 

“Yeah, it’s pretty cool.” he said, nodding in agreement.

He placed his suitcase in the back with all the other boys luggage’s. Cristina sat down on the couch and waited for Harry to come back.

“Now,” he said, sliding onto the couch. “We’ll be driving straight to the venue so while we’re practicing, setting up and warming up you can go to the mall and shop for clothes. Management allowed me to give you $1,000 for this little shopping you need to do. Just buy any clothes you want. We’re going to be on tour for 2 months so I suggest you buy clothes that will last for two to three weeks and we’re able to get all our clothes washed mostly every two weeks. Unless you want to buy an outfit for each day.” he said, winking at her. “Surprise me.” he said and laughed. “And Stacey will come along to help you. It seems like she likes you.”

Cristina nodded. “Yeah, she’s amazing. She’s wonderful,” she said.

Cristina laid her head down on Harry’s shoulder, and closed her eyes. Harry ran his hands through her hair and looked at her fall asleep. He kissed her cheek once and stayed in the same position till they reached their destination. The boys sat across from Harry and Cristina. They whispered, trying not to laugh when one said something funny. They finally reached the Rosemont theater. Harry turned his head to face Cristina.

“Cristina…” he whispered into her ear. “Cris,” he said. He kissed her ear gently and then her cheek. “Wake up, love.” he said. Cristina opened her eyes to see that they had reached the venue. She sat up straight and stretched.

“How long was I out,” she asked.

“Just an hour or so.” he said. He stood up, lending his hand out for Cristina to grab. She grabbed his hand and got up. 

“So does Stacey have a car to drive me to the mall,” she asked.

Harry nodded and walked out of the RV. “Yeah, she’ll be here soon. She was a little behind with backstage crew. They messed up a whole lot from the way our clothes were supposed to be lined up for our show. And some other stuff. I don’t know. She was talking too fast.” 

Cristina nodded, and followed Harry into the venue and saw the theater empty. She caught her breath, looking at the stage. How she longed to be on a stage like that and have people chanting her name. Screaming for an encore. Singing along to her songs. She teared up, smiling. “Please Harry, promise me one thing.” she said, looking up to him.

“What is that,” he said, turning to her. 

“Don’t ever forget how lucky you are to be living this dream.” she said.

Harry smiled and leaned in to kiss her. “Never,” he whispered and kissed her again. 

They both walked down the stairs and walked towards the stage. Harry held her hand and let her walk up the stairs to the stage first. 

“C’mere.” he said, leading her to center stage. He stood behind her, and leaned down, wrapping his arms around her waist. “One day, you will be standing here with people shouting your name and holding posters up that have your lyrics and saying they love you.” 

Cristina smiled, looking out to the empty auditorium. “I sure hope so,” she said. 

Harry heard his phone ring and saw it was Stacey. He answered the phone and within seconds he hung up. “Stacey is out in the front. Enjoy your shopping, dear.” he gave her a quick peck on the lips and walked back stage to his room where all the boys were. Cristina smiled. She ran down the stairs, through the auditorium and through the doors to see Stacey in the car. 

“Stacey!” she yelled. She got in the car and put her seat belt on. “I’m so excited!”