Diana

Nine - Had Fun After Months

"It is 3:08 pm. What are you doing?" I asked Ryan who lay on the couch still in her nightwear. "Whoah, why are you dressed up?" she asked. I went closer, smacked her in the head and said, "Were you drunk last night? We are supposed to go to a concert. Remember?" "Awchiiiiii. That hurts," she rubbed her head and continued, "Anyway, I'll be right back. Stay! Don't even think of going alone. Okay?" "Obviously. Now go and get ready!" I pushed her into her room.

After half an hour she came out of her room, wearing an adidas T-shirt, black jeans and white shoes. I wore something simple, a denim jacket over a white t-shirt with black stripes. I put on my favourite sneakers, matching my black jeans. We were never 'the girly girls.'

We were taken inside The Staples Centre by a security guard. We reached backstage within five minutes. Pointing straight, the guard said, "You will find them in Room 5." "Thank you," Ryan and I said at the same time.

I opened the door and we stepped inside. Did we walk into the wrong room, I thought. I expected that they would be practicing their vocals or something. No, they weren't. First of all, the room was huge with many couches against its walls. It had vending machines, playstations, closets and a TT table. More than a room used for concerts, it looked like a place where the friend groups hangout. Liam and Zayn occupied the playstation side. Harry and Niall were playing an intense TT match, maybe. Great, Harry was shirtless and Niall was sitting ON the TT table. I take my words back, their match is definitely not intense. Where is Louis? Oh, there he is. He was on a call, he sat at the rear end of the room.

I tried to get their attention, so I said, "Hiii." "Guys..." Ryan completed my sentence. Five pairs of beautiful eyes looked at us, so I just stared at my shoes. "Heyyy D and Ryan," all of them said with excitement and high pitch screams. Harry ran to us with his hands spread wide. "Woah dude, chill. We met last night," Ryan said. "Harry.... get a shirt!!" I chuckled. "You're right, I'll get dressed up now," he said and walked towards another door to my left. Ryan joined Niall and started a conversation. I didn't want to interrupt so I went and spectated The Ziam Game Night.

"Do you play games, D?" Zayn asked. "I used to but not anymore" I replied. "Try this game" Liam handed over the extra remote control. As I took it, Liam shouted, "Let's Go!!."

"Yeah...I won," I said with excitement. "I didn't expect that" Liam looked at me. "Neither did I," I grinned. As I took a glance over Ryan and Niall, they turned their heads away as if they didn't expect me looking at their side. Weird. "Zayn and Liam, get dressed up," a guy called them walking out of a door. "D we'll be right back," Liam and Zayn told me.

Meanwhile, Harry walked out wearing this:

"You look beautiful, Harry" slipped out of my mouth. "Aww, Really?" he turned red. "I'm damn serious," I replied. "Don't make me all blushy blushy" he reddened badly and sat next to me. " So when is the concert starting?" I asked him. "They said 8. We'll be practicing after the other lads are done getting ready," he replied. I could sense someone staring at me, so I turned around and found Ryan and Niall were the ones. They looked at me with pity faces. Curiosity to know the reason grew rapidly. To ask Ryan about it, I have to wait until they go for their practice.

It was like Louis wasn't present in the room. Usually, he is loud and used to play around, but now he's not. I asked Harry, "What's up with Louis?"

"I really don't know. Umm...he's been on calls since morning" he said.

"Niall and Louis, Come fast" the same guy called them. Niall walked to the room whereas Louis signalled that he'll be going in some time.

Everyone was ready, including Louis. All the five stood in front of us, They looked lovely as usual:

"How do we look?" Liam asked.

"Wonderful" I replied. "Yeah, awesome," Ryan said in agreement. "We have two hours before the show begins, I think we'll be practicing till then," Niall said. Everyone nodded.

"And guys, Gemma will be coming," Harry said. Harry's sister, Gemma Styles, she gives me good vibes. Though I never interacted with her, she seems very sweet.

"Oh, so she'll join us. That will be great," Ryan said with a smile.

"We'll see ya in... a few hours? Yeah, " Zayn said and walked towards the exit door. Liam and Niall followed him.

Before going, Harry stood in front of me and asked, "D, gimme your phone."

"But why?" I asked in confusion. "Just give it, please..." he asked again but now with puppy eyes. "Bro don't look at me like that. Fine, take it," I handed over my phone. "Do you want me to unlock it?" I asked. "No" he replied still, staring at the phone.

He moved his eyes to Louis as if he was waiting for him to say something. "You're never getting it back," Louis said with a loud voice. Both of them started running to the other end of the room.

"What the heck! Give it back" I ran in their direction. "Nooo!!" The other three ran towards Louis and Harry. I was surrounded by the five, great, I thought. Harry, with the phone still in his hand, stretched it forward and said, " Fine, here you go."

When I went closer to him, he threw the phone to Louis. Louis caught it just when it was only a few centimeters away from the ground. "I should thank God for your catching skills," I sighed. He chuckled and said, "Thank the fans, they threw numerous things at me."

"Fine, I don't need it. Just be careful with it, y'all know why," I looked at them. "Yeah, we do," Niall said. "Good job, Harry. Mission Accomplished lads, Let's go!!" Louis said, trying to act like a military general. We broke into another hearty laughter before they left. "All the best guys," Ryan and I waved at them.

Finally, Ryan and I were the only ones present in this room/hall. "I noticed it," I said. "What?" She broke our eye contact.

"C'mon dude, What were you and Niall talking about?" I asked with an 'obvious face'.

She started, "Nothing much. I told him how you were before all of this, like your laid back, chill and sassy attitude."
"What did he say?" I asked.

"Can you wait? I'm coming to it," she said.

"Wait Forever? No, I don't want to stare at your stupid face" I rolled my eyes. "See, I miss this attitude of yours," she said with a concerned tone. She continued, " Even he could sense how hurt you are. When I told him about the difference in your attitude, he promised that they(The five boys) will help you in solving the problem along with bringing back your real self."

My heart was heavy, these people are trying so much to help me and I don't want to hurt them. I have to bring back my dead self, to be honest, I've already started. I'm fortunate to have all of my friends: Louis, Liam, Harry, Niall, Zayn and Ryan. "D, u fine?" Ryan dragged me away from my thoughts. "Yeah-"

"Hello guys" someone interrupted me.

As both of us looked at the door, Gemma stood there with a beautiful smile.