Put Your Heart On Your Sleeve

Chapter 22

It was 7 o’ clock and the boys were about to go up to perform. They were standing off stage waiting to be called out. Carlos was the last to leave the stage and introduced One Direction out on stage. The boys ran out doing flips and cart wheels and hand stands. The audience screamed, cried, and yelled out inappropriate comments. The boys laughed at the inappropriate comments. 

“Hey, let’s keep it PG in here.” Louis said with a smirk. The audience screamed louder. The boys covered their ears. 

“you all are shouting a little too loud for us and you won’t be able to hear us.” Niall said in his Irish voice. The girls screamed again. 

“We should just start singing,” Harry said to the boys. They all nodded and the band started playing their instruments. The boys started singing “What Makes You Beautiful” and the fans screaming ceased. They started singing along. The boys let out a sigh of relief. They kept going on with their show. 

An hour had passed and they were dripping from sweat. They finished their show and got off. They grabbed towels from the rack that was backstage and wiped their faces. 

“Hey, Cris,” Harry said. Cristina was laying on the couch, not feeling well. 

“Harry,” she said with a smile.

“It was really hot outside.” he said.

She nodded. “I can see that,” she laughed a little. “Maybe you should take a shower.”

“I’ll take a shower soon.” He laid down on the couch next to Cristina, holding her in his arms. “Tonight’s concert was crazy. At least tomorrow we have the day to ourselves.” 

As they laid one the couch, the boys came into the room.

“Hey, mate, we have a meet and greet tonight. Then we can call it a night.” Liam said. Harry sat up, and looking at Cristina. “You going to be okay,” he asked, looking at her. Cristina nodded. She closed her eyes, and curled up. Harry leaned down and kissed her cheek. 

Harry and the boys walked out to the room where the meet and greets where happening. After the boys left the room, Cristina sat up and walked around, looking for someone in crew. She bumped into Paul, their security guard, and asked if there was someone who can get her some tea. He said he would look for someone to bring her some tea while the boys were still meeting their fans. Fifteen minutes later, a woman came in with tea bags, honey, and sugar packets. 

“This is all we have,” she said.

Cristina nodded, “That’s perfect.” She grabbed her mug that she had bought when she went shopping. She saw it in Claire’s and fell in love with it. It had a picture of a mustache on it. It was the only thing she had that made her feel hipster. She filled her mug with water and then put it in the microwave that was in the room. After the water was bubbling, she put the tea bag in the mug. Once the color of the water had changed to a dark purplish, brown she threw the tea bag. She squirted some honey and used a couple of the sugar packets that was given to her. She sat down on the couch and drank her tea. She leaned her head back, and closed her eyes. Within minutes her cramps had disappeared. Thirty minutes later, all the boys came back in. They were covered with lipstick stains. Cristina saw them and laughed. 

“Aren’t you the ladies men,” she said, still laughing. 

“I’d prefer if you gave me one,” Harry said, smiling. 

“I don’t wear lipstick,” she responded.

“Good,” he said, “because it’s a pain to take off this stuff.”

“Awh, babe,” she said, standing up and walking towards him. She rubbed off the lipstick stains off his cheek. “That’s a little better,” she said, cupping his face in her hands. She got on the tips of her toes and leaned towards his lips, placing a gentle kiss on his lips.