Thank you for being you//An Alerrie fanfic

Chapter 32

Alex's POV

I'm sat in hospital trying to calm Mads down, with little success, it was her one opportunity to make the national team and it feels like it's been snatched away from her. ACL gone, completely, it took me a year to come back from, fuck knows how long it'll take her. She's got her operation next week and in the meantime she's staying at mine. I'm hoping I'll be able to persuade her to come to the show tomorrow because she needs to get her mind off it and she loves watching the girls anyway. 

Once I've managed to reason with her that she'll be okay and everything will work itself out - as Perrie says, everything happens for a reason. She crutches her way out of hospital and I drive her home where the rest of the family is, I swear at this point this lot may as well move in. Heck Matt isn't even an Oxlade-Chamberlain and he's got his own room. Despite the time they spend here they apparently haven't worked out that 1) the dogs need feeding and 2) how to feed the bloody dogs, still Mum can cook dinner for all of us because I feel bitterly sorry for anyone that's had to endure the pain of eating us boys' food. 

Mum makes us her classic spag bol, a family favourite that never disappoints. It could be made in any given situation, need to be out by 6, need something after training, Mum's spag bol was available for every situation. 

Perrie's POV

I've just woken up and realised what day it is, why does he have this effect on me? Tour's nearly finished and I've not been nervous for a single show but now Alex is coming to see it I'm suddenly shitting my pants. I wonder if this is how he feels when I come and watch him play. The day drags on, I want to see him, the butterflies in my stomach have been pissing me off for the last 2 hours, I mean don't get me wrong I love the feeling of being nervous to see him but 10 minutes is quite enough. 

I'm getting my makeup done when two arms wrap around me, I relax into them knowing full well who their owner is. He presses a kiss to the back of my head and I finally turn around to give him a peck on the lips. I then get up so that he can sit on the chair and place myself on his lap earning a laugh from him. I don't bother moving once Heidi's done doing my makeup either, he's comfy and I feel secure with his arms around me. I feel myself falling asleep in his embrace and he shakes me awake letting me know that falling asleep pre show is not an option. It then dawns on me that I haven't seen Mads yet and I finally bother to get off Alex's lap to go and find my favourite Oxlade-Chamberlain. She's sat with Matt and Claude in the dancers dressing room, her face lights up at the sight of me and she nearly breaks into a smile. I give her a hug and talk to her for 20 minutes before I have to get on stage. I hug Alex goodbye and he whispers a "thank you" in my ear, I give him a confused look back and he tells me he'll explain later. 

We're singing More Than Words and my eyes haven't left Alex the entire song, so much so Jade has to drag me back to the middle of the stage. There's only one song left of the show - Touch, an Alex favourite and the song that reminds me most of him on the setlist. I make eye contact with him again as I sing my verse, it's strange, there's nearly 15,000 people inside this arena and I can still pick him out, see his little smirk at the knowing thought I'm singing about him. 

I'm greeted by Alex as I make my way backstage, I'm sweaty but he doesn't seem to care. "Did I do alright?" I question, he smiles, "amazing, as always" he replies. I see Mads and walk over to ask her what she thought of the show, she loved it and I'm pleased but she's about to leave with Matt so I say my goodbyes to the pair of them and get on the bus. Alex lies in my bunk with me, there's definitely not enough room for two people in this bed but we make it work. We lie there in a tired silence momentarily before I ask him the question that hasn't left my brain since he mentioned it. "Bub, what did you mean when you said thank you earlier" I ask whilst running my hand through his soft curls. He looks at me, deep in thought and I fear I've said something wrong but then he opens his mouth. "I meant thank you, thank you for everything, thank you for motivating me everyday, making me the happiest I've ever been, putting up with my hectic schedule, my childish actions but most of all thank you for being the big sister Mads always wanted and never got" I stare at him, my mouth agape, sometimes I'm so deep in the feelings I have for him I forget he must feel somewhat similar. He kisses me, his soft lips moulding against mine, bringing his hands around my neck, his tongue asking for entrance to which I accept. He eventually smiles into the kiss, breaking it apart. I stare into his brown orbs giving him another kiss, "how did I get so lucky?" I ask him, he laughs and replies "wouldn't we all like to know" there he is, my soft, mushy boyfriend turns back into the one I've become accustomed to causing me to laugh with him. I swore I never thought I'd fall in love properly, this hard, to the point that I'm genuinely fearful of a life without him but then I think about every second we spend together and how it always feels like everything will last forever. 

A/N a bit shorter, sort of fluffy chapter and I'm not sure how I feel about it but here you go anyway

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