From the Beginning (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Erica's P.O.V. 

Niall did awesome. I was so proud of him. We were backstage watching the rest of the auditions when one boy caught my eye. Liam Payne. His voice was so powerful, and those eyes could stop anybody in their tracks. He sang Cry Me a River by Michael Buble. 

Beth shot me a smirk and wiggled her eyebrows. I just shot her a dirty look back and kicked her in the knee. We started a knee-buckling war but Niall was quick to put an end to it while he laughed and questioned his friendship with us. 

While he was walking by me after getting off stage, Liam looked me straight in the eyes and winked.  I swear I was on cloud nine. I smiled and blushed, my blue eyes looking towards the ground in embarrassment. I looked up and realized I was standing there alone like an idiot. I looked around only to spot Niall, Beth and Niall's family walking away. 

"ERICA! LET'S GO! NANDOS!" Beth said walking beside Niall. I quickly ran to catch up with them, upset that I had to leave Liam.

Niall's P.O.V. 

We were walking towards the car when we realized Erica wasn't with us. 

Beth shook her head, laughing. "ERICA! LET'S GO! NANDOS!" She yelled.

"I saw you and that Liam guy back there. Not only were you eyeing him on stage but I saw the little connection between you guys as he walked off stage," Beth said, winking and nudging Erica. she turned a bright shade of red and turned to look out the window.

I laughed and started singing, "ERICA AND LIAM SITTING IN A TREE!"

"Shut up, Niall!" she hit me. Clearly I was doing awesome at embarrassing her. 

"She hit me!" I yelled. 

"Erica, don't hit him, Niall, suck it up," Beth stepped in to stop the fighting between us two. Partially because she was in the middle of us in the car and she was taking some of the blow, having hands swing across her face. We all started laughing.

It felt like a century before we got to Nando's and my stomach was growling. I could see Beth was starting to get hungry too. We developed a sixth sense for eachother's hunger. I thought it was pretty cute. We finally pulled up in front of the car and Beth basically jumped over me to get out of the car and into the restaurant. I laughed and shoved her back into the car, trying to shut the door on her but she overpowered me and got out of my head-lock. 

"Table for six please," Erica said. At least she was calm. Beth and I were still elbowing eachother when we got in the restaurant and Erica just walked behind us, slapped both of us upside the head and told us to walk. We sat down beside eachother and continued to beat on each other there. Erica threatened to stab us with a knife if we didn't stop. 

We looked at the menu and decided what we wanted to eat. It took about 20 minutes before our food came to the table. 

"This Nandos is AMAZING!" Beth yelled, digging into her chicken. She was definetely my best friend. I loved the fact that she didn't try to be all girly around me and she wasn't afraid to get a little bit of dirt on her hands. I just stared at her for a second and admired her. She had her mouth full of chicken as she turned to me and smiled with her mouth closed so she didn't reveal any food she was chewing. I just chuckled and went back to eating my chicken.

On the way back to the hotel, we blasted music. Erica, Beth Greg and I to all start fist pumping. We sang at the top of our lungs causing us to laugh more than we sang. 

"That was awesome!" Erica exclaimed as we walked to our rooms. I was in a room with my family and Beth and Erica were in another room. Beth hugged me while telling me that I did an awesome job and she couldn't wait to hear me sing again. I smiled and hugged her back. She smelled so good, I didn't want to let her go. I turned to hug Erica but it was just a quick hug. Nothing like mine and my best friend's. 

"Goodnight, Ni," Beth smiled at me and I smiled back. 

"Night, B. Goodnight Erica."

"Goodnight, Niall," she smiled. We seperated as they opened up their room door and I walked back to mine where my family was already crawling into their beds.