From the Beginning (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Niall's P.O.V.

I had already been through so many auditions and I had spent forever preparing my next performance. I asked Beth and Erica to come with me again since they seemed to be my good luck charms. I was shaking again, which seemed to become a routine every time I was getting ready to preform. I looked over to Beth who was standing next to me and she just assured me that I was going to kill it out there. 

I ran onto stage and did the best I could. I sang until I was out of breath. I was shaking before I started performing but as soon as I started, I got lost in the song and all my worries went away. All I had to do was pretend that I was singing alone in a recording studio. 

Beth's P.O.V. 

I watched Niall for the billionth time and his voice only got better from the last time I saw him perform, which I didn't even think it was possible. We watched all of the performances again and I saw those four other boys there again. Louis, Liam, Harry and Zayn I went over their names in my head. I was surprised I remembered their names. I guess they had made it as far as Niall had. Speaking of Niall, he was watching all the performances but then turned and looked at me nervously. I hugged him closer to me and I felt him relax a little bit.

 "Can we have Niall Horan to the stage please?" his head shot up. They were doing call backs to tell them if he made it or not. He sprinted on stage and came to a screeching hault at the end of the line where he saw many other people who got called back too. 

I stood there with my fingers crossed. I didn't hear his name get called to advance to the next performance and my heart shattered into a million pieces. I wanted to cry. He walked off stage bawling his eyes out and I lost it. There was nothing I hated more than seeing my best friend crying. He ran into my arms and buried his head into my neck where he sobbed. I consoled him as we walked to the car. 

I asked him if he wanted to sleep in my hotel room tonight. Maybe being around me would help him lighten up about the situation a little bit and he agreed. He packed up his stuff and dragged it to my room. We lay together on my bed for a bit where we both ended up falling asleep.

We jolted up to the sound of someone knocking on the door. It was Niall's family telling us that it was time to go. I looked at my phone and we had 2 hours until our flight took off. Erica and I quickly threw everything we could into our suitcase and ran downstairs with Niall. 

About a week after we got home, Niall was hanging out with me at my house when he got a phone call on his cell. 

"Hello?" he answered. I couldn't hear anything going on. "Okay. Yes. Yeah, I'll be there. Thank you so much!" He turned to me. "I GOT CALLED BACK TO THE X-FACTOR!" he shouted. 

I sprung up from my bed and attacked him with a hug. "That's awesome Ni! See! I knew there was hope! You're not that bad," I winked. He chuckled and went on to tell me what the plan was. 

"So I have to go to Simon Cowell's house and apparently four other boys around my age are going to be there too." 

4 boys... I thought. Could it be the four I was constantly watching on the stage?

"Liam, Harry, Louis and Zayn," he continued. 

"NO WAY!" I shouted. 

"What?" he looked at me. 

"I was watching those guys when they performed! Liam's the one that Erica was starting to get a little excited about!" I said with excitement. "I have to text her." 

Niall just laughed. "Invite her to come back. I want to bring you two again. I'm going to tell my parents the news. Hang on," he said as he pulled out his phone. 

I shot Erica a text. 

'Hey, Erica, guess what ;)' I said. She replied almost instantly.

'What?'

'Niall got called back to the X-Factor. They're meeting at Simon Cowell's place!' I was too excited to even type. 

'No way! Wait. Who's "they're"?' 

'Well, uh... Liam, Louis, Harry and Zayn...' I was excited to see her reaction. 

'LIAM PAYNE?! OMG OMG OMG! HOLY I WANT TO MEET THIS GUY SO BAD OMG OMG OMG!'  I was laughing so hard at her reaction. 

'Well lucky for you, cause Niall wants to bring us again. He says we're his good luck charms.'

'Uh, I'm pretty sure he's my good luck charm ;)' she hinted.

'Keep it in your pants, E' 

'I'm going to pack! I'll text you after!' she didnt respond anymore after that. I realized I didn't even tell her when we were leaving but I left the details up to Niall. 

We were all packed and ready to go the next morning. I just slept over at Niall's so we could leave straight from there. 

"Beth?" he gently shook me awake. I opened my eyes to see his face just inches away from mine. I flew backwards into my pillow and we both chuckled. "Time to go." I crawled out of the bed we shared and grabbed my stuff. 

**

The boys were officially passed as the band One Direction. Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. Although they didn't win the X-Factor, they were still signed. I was so proud of my best friend. But at the same time I was worried that this was going to dent our friendship. I didn't show him my concern though. This was the happiest I've seen him in a while and I didn't want to ruin it with some little worry. 

Louis' P.O.V.

"Let's all go out for supper to celebrate!" I yelled! Everyone cheered in  agreement.

"Sushi?" Liam asked? Again, everyone cheered in agreement. 

While we were at the restaurant, I caught Erica staring at Liam while he was ordering, lust in her eyes. A couple of minutes later, I caught Liam staring at Erica while she was on her phone. He had the same look in his eyes as Erica had earlier. I had sensed a connection. Niall's voice snapped me back into reality.

"Hey, Erica, who are you texting?" Niall teased. Erica was smiling down at her phone and Liam tensed up. 

"My sister, Kaelyn," Erica said looking up from her phone. Liam relaxed, clearly relieved. 

"You have a sister?" Louis asked, surprised.

"Yeah, back home in Ireland," Erica said and smiled back at me. 

"Oh, that would explain it," Louis said.

"Yeah, but we're originally from Canada," Beth explained. 

"Is your sister hot?" Harry asked, changing the subject completely. Liam and Louis hit him upside the head at the same time. 

"Ow! Harry yelled. "What was that for?!" 

"You don't ask a girl that you bonehead!" Liam yelled defensively. 

Everyone at the table started laughing.

Liam's P.O.V. 

Erica was so beautiful. The way her long, curly hair cascaded over her shoulders and down her back.. Then that purple shirt and her big blue eyes... oh boy. 

I was sad when we all had to split up and go to our own hotels. But I got lucky and I got to hug Erica. Her hair smelled like coconuts.. I almost fainted in her arms. I know, I sound like a girl but I was in love.

"Bye Niall!" We all chorused. "Bye Beth, bye Erica!" I felt butterflies when I said Erica's name. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I had something developing for this girl.