First One [ A Union J Fanfic ]

First One [ A Union J Fanfic ] Pt. 2

I stood up slowly, shaking with nerves I could feel ever eye of every jealous girl in the room on me and I felt my cheeks flushing red. I could hear the claps distantly but my entire focus was on George. He was beckoning me with one finger and grinning. Wow, he was perfect. I walked up the steps towards him, not quite beliving he'd chosen me over all the other stunning girls in the crowd. I reached him and felt my cheeks burn, I could hardly see the audience past the lights but I wasn't looking at them, I was staring at him. He was smiling at me and as I reached him he took my hand. I could not believe this. I was holding the hand that belonged to George Shelley. I let out an involuntary little squeal and he and everyone else in the theatre laughed. His laugh was so adorable and I literally felt my heart melt. 

'What's your name?' he asked once the laughter had died down and I was surprised to find my voice come out in a squeak. 

'Tee...' I grinned and laughed embarrassed I put a hand to my forehead and pushed my hair from my face. 

'Tee's a lovely name!' he said and I couldn't stop the massive grin on my face. I laughed and looked right into his eyes. I was certain that to him I was just a normal JCat, same as the rest of the JCats and no different. But the way he was looking into my eyes, it just seemed so different to the way I'd ever seen him look at anyone before. I smiled my thank you and blushed even deeper as I stood beside him. He squeezed my hand gently and smiled at me. 

I dipped my head and smiled at the floor, completely ecstatic but also terrified at being up here. He gave my hand a final squeeze before letting go and taking off his guitar, he set it down before looking at the other boys and then almost simultaneously they put their arms around us girls. I looked over at Kat who looked simply delighted to be being held by JJ. She almost snuggled up to him and grinned, looking at him with an ecstatic feel about her. Myself, I could feel George's hand resting lightly on the top of my hip, his arm fitting warmly around me. I instinctively moved a little closer to him and looked at him, surprised to find he was looking at me too. Our eyes met and we smiled warmly at each other. 

The song they sang was one of my favourites, a cover of the song Little Things by One Direction which I also found slightly ironic considering how many times they'd been compared to One Direction. The reason I loved this song was because it was so relatable to me, I felt like it had been written especially for me! But I'd heard Kat say the same and many other girls too, but that was what made it such a special song. George had the line 'And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks' which again freaked me out a little as I'd always been self concious about the freckles that speckled my cheeks. There weren't many and Kat had often tried to convince me that they looked cute but as he sang the line he gently put a finger to my cheek and almost as if he was stroking my cheek he dotted up a couple of freckles. I laughed good-heartedly and continued to grin at him. Feeling right being by his side. Once the song was finished we looked at each other and grinned. 

I'd never felt more right than when I was at his side. I could easily say I'd never felt happier than in this moment. The boys laughed and we all hugged them, this felt right too. I closed my eyes and buried my nose in George's shoulder, smelling in scent. He even smelled perfect. I reluctantly pulled away but as I walked to go back as the blonde girl and the girl with the jet black hair were doing Kat and I had our hands grabbed and were pulled back. Surprised, I sneaked a glance at Kat who was grinning as JJ whispered into her ear but quickly returned my focus to George who was now holding my arm gently and he leaned up to whisper into my own ear. He only whispered two words. 'Wait behind.' I nodded to show I understood and smiled at him before turning to return to my seat. Knowing Kat was a little way behind me, we sat back down and looked at the boys. It seemed so surreal that I'd been stood up there beside George and now I was sat back here and watching them. It seemed so unreal that he'd had his arm around me, held my hand, and asked me to wait behind after. Maybe I'd done something wrong and he was going to have a go at me? I couldn't have, and he was too nice. I knew that, he was the most adorable guy I'd ever seen. 

I sat and watched the concert and whenever I looked at George he seemed to avoid looking at me altogether, this made me feel a little upset and insecure. He'd seemed so nice but now he seemed to be avoiding me in any way he could. I was confused about the whole situation, but Kat had been asked to stay back too hadn't she? So it couldn't have been anything that bad because Kat had been perfect. She'd reacted right for the audience and been the perfect little gem she always is, her and JJ looked like they were having a great time! Perhaps I'd simply been too shy. I sighed a bit, this couldn't have a good outcome, but that was because I was ridiculously negative almost all the time. I wasn't sure what to do, but I knew that if he wanted to talk to me then I would cheris every moment despite what was coming out of his mouth... His mouth... No. No Tee. This is concert, you don't need to think about what it would be like to kiss him. But then again... 

The concert finished a lot quicker than I'd hoped and Kat and I remained in our seats as instructed, but the boys went off the stage and the house lights went up. A babble of chatter broke out and I could see girls glaring at us with jealousy in their eyes. I allowed myself a bitchy moment to be slightly happy that he'd chosen me out of everyone. Plain old me who never got picked for anything. I smiled to myself and wrapped my arms across my stomach, staring down at the ground.

'What do you think they want to say?' Kat asked me suddenly, even my confident best friend sounded nervous. I shrugged, not really wanting to talk. 'I hope it's a good thing and nothing like they're giving us restraining orders or something...' she mused as the last few people wandered from the auditorium. Only after everyone was gone did we wonder if they'd been pulling our legs and if we should just get up and go, after all I had to work tomorrow as well as study for an English exam I had on Thursday. But after a couple of minutes sitting in an awkward silence JJ and George came back onto the stage. Kat and I stood as they jumped down the steps, they were talking loudly about how exciting the show had been and when they reached us they were grinning.

'Did you enjoy it?' JJ asked and I nodded meekly, my shyness kicking in again. Kat, however went off on a long ramble about how amazing it was and how amazing they were. As she fangirled at them I smiled to myself and looked at George, once again I was surprised to find him looking at me. As Kat continued to ramble he jerked his head in a motion to say to leave those two and for us to talk. I smiled at him and followed as he lead me out to the front of house which was now deserted from fellow fans and JCats. 

'Sorry about Kat...' I said quietly, 'She's going to be ages isn't she?' I looked back at the doors, knowing that I'd be waiting here forever before she let JJ go. 

'Uh...' George said and I looked at him, his cheeks were flushed slightly pink, 'I don't think JJ has any intention of letting her go... He really liked her, that's why he kept her behind...' he said awkwardly and we blushed together before laughing. 

'Oh... Okay!' I said with a little laugh, suddenly feeling beyond comfortable talking to him. Like I'd known him my entire life. 'Well, I actually have to work tomorrow so I should probably be going pretty soon... It's a half hour walk and I'd like to go fairly soon if I'm walking alone...' I smiled sheepishly. 

He looked worried, 'Half an hour walk? Through the middle of London? On your own? No. I'll walk you home.' he said and my heart skipped a beat. Was George Shelley seriously offering to walk me home? This could not be happening. I knew my face was mirroring my disbelieif but I didn't bother trying to hide it as I knew he'd already seen it. He giggled at my expression and put an arm around me. 'Come on! You'd better lead the way.' On the way out he grabbed his coat from the front reception and we began the walk in the cold night air. 

This was possibly the most amazing moment in my entire life, George Shelley was walking me home, the walk seemed so much quicker with him to make small chat with and we were soon getting along like old friends. My earth came crashing back to the hard reality as I went to open my door and I found it slightly ajar.