My Guitar Buddy (A One Direction & Emblem3 Fan Fiction)

Chapter 2

Skylar may have said she'd forgiven Niall, but inside, she was seething. She was so pissed off he'd never returned her messages and basically ignored her for the last 2 years.

She wasn't actually that pissed off at Ashlyn anymore for making a fool out of the two of them.

At the meet n' greet, she'd gotten a hug from all the guys, a picture, and an autograph from each. Actually, two, because she figured she'd get some for Ashlyn.

Once meet n' greet was over, she left the room and unlocked Ashlyn from the supply closet.

"Are you nuts?" was the first thing Skylar blurted out to her friend.

"I'm sorry," Ashlyn sighed.

"You completely terrified Liam," she said, shaking her head. "And not to mention embarrassed me by having to drag you out of there before security got you."

"I said I was sorry," Ashlyn huffed.

"You should be!" Skylar snapped. "Now, after the concert, you're coming backstage with me and apologizing to that poor guy."

Ashlyn flushed with shame.

Skylar dragged the immobile girl out to the theatre, handing their tickets to the guard standing by the entrance.

"Have fun ladies," the man said.

"We will," Skylar said, smiling, still having to tow the non-moving Ashlyn to her seat in the standing capacity.

Ashlyn didn't crack a smile all performance long. Instead, she hung her head low and didn't say a word, not even when Moments came on, which was her favourite song.

In fact, Skylar was so busy dreading yelling at Niall after the concert she didn't smile or say a word either.

The two must've been the only two girls in the standing crowd not smiling or laughing or dancing or screaming.

Suddenly, Moments ended, and Liam took the mic. "Okay, we're pulling up five special girls from the audience to dance with us for our last and final song!"

Skylar ducked her head down, hoping Niall wouldn't see her. In fact, she tried to hide behind some screaming fans.

When she looked back at the stage she saw Niall staring at her. She squealed.

Niall held out a hand. "C'mon, Sky, it'll be fun."

Skylar glanced at Ashlyn, who was still staring at the ground, then at all the envious and jealous fans around her.

"Oh, what the hell," she decided, and took his hand. There's always time to kill him later!

Niall helped her up onstage. "What the hell, Leppy?" she hissed into his ear as she followed him across the stage.

"Shut up," Niall whispered back, except he accidentally said it into his microphone, and then the entire arena went dead silent.

"Wow, Niall, you're telling our dedicated fans to shut up?" Zayn joked.

Skylar had to laugh. "No, he's telling me to shut up," she said, grinning at Harry.

"Leppy," Harry said. "Don't tell your best friend to shut up."

The best part about that was he said it straight into his microphone.

"Yeah, Leppy," Liam teased.

Niall turned red. "Shut up, guys," he groaned, giving himself a face-palm.

Skylar high-fived the two boys. "Nice."

"What can we say?" Harry said, grinning.

"Who's Leppy?" Louis demanded.