Confessions of a California Girl (Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

Chapter 7 - Undiscovered talent

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~Niall's P.O.V~

Louis and Harry were on some kind of high this morning. Well, more like Harry because Louis was always like this.
"Harry, did you forget to take your medication?" Zayn chuckled, as Harry's eyes turned into slits and he punched Zayn's arm. 
"What are we waiting for anyways?" Louis whined, sulking in his chair when Brookie sent him a pointed look. I laughed, but quickly shut my mouth when she sent me the same look.
"Were waiting fro Abi" She mumbled, glancing at Zayn as he perked up at the name. Ooooo, someone has a crush. I smirked, receiving a strange look from Liam. 
"I'm hereeee!" We heard someone sing from the front door. A few moments later, Abi appeared in the doorway of the kitchen, a massive smile on her face.
"Finally, let's go!" Harry yelled, grabbing as many people's hand as possible, and dragged us to the front yard. Paul had arranged for a hire van, so he was sitting in the drivers seat, patiently waiting. We all scrambled in, buckling our belts and staring up random conversations.
"Oh Paul" Zayn sung, reaching over the seat and whispering in his ear. He laughed, the leaned forward turning the radio on and our song Kiss You started playing. What a coincidence. 

Oh I just wanna show you off to all my friends
Making them drool down their chinny chin chins
Baby be mine tonight, mine tonight
Baby be mine tonight, yeah 

I grinned as everyone sung along, going silent when my solo came on only to hear Brookie still singing along. We all sat in shock, as her beautiful voice floated around the van. After a while, she finally realised no-one was singing and we were all staring at her. 
"What?" She blushed, hanging her head slightly.
"OMG Brookie, that was amazing!" Louis squealed, unbuckling his belt and crawling his way over to her. Her head snapped up, looking each of us in the eyes for a few seconds before they landed back on Louis.
"Really?" She whispered, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. He started nodding furiously, taking her hand in his.
"You should ask Simon to help you" He mumbled, watching as a small smile formed on her lips. She nodded her head, as Louis went back to his seat and started up a conversation with Harry. I sat there staring at her in shock, as she laughed along with Abi, Zayn and Liam. 
"Ay mate, you alright?" Liam nudged me out of my trance. I blinked a few times, turning my head to look at him. 
"I'm fine" I mumbled, pulling out my phone and playing Temple Run. The van stopped sometime later and somehow, the fans found out what we were doing. My head snapped to Louis, who was smiling sheepishly at us, and muttered an 'oops'.
"You tweeted about this, didn't you?" Zayn snapped, rubbing his temples.
"I was too excited" Louis snapped back, grabbing Brookie's hand and heading for the mall. Luckily Paul came with us, so he was able to hold back a few fans while we ran for the front doors. We decided to split into 2 groups. There was me, Brookie, Louis and Liam and the other group was Abi, Harry, Zayn and Paul. The 4 of us stopped in the middle of the mall, huddling into a group and discussing where to go first. 
"I want to go to Jack Wills" Louis whined, crossing his arms over his chest.
"How about we start from here and make our way around to every shop we like?" We all agreed with Liam's idea, Lou hanging at the back of the group and stomping around like a little 5 year old who didn't get their way.  

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~Brooklyn's P.O.V~

In the end, I only bought a few skirts and a denim jacket. I knew I wouldn't buy much, because most of the clothing was the same to when I last came here before London. I had only been shopping in London once, and so far it has been amazing.  
But the main thing that shocked me most today, was that fact that Louis thought my singing was amazing. I always had this dream of becoming a singer, but I pushed that to the back of my mind when my mother said she wanted me to do better things with my life.
"Welcome home kiddos, how was your day?" Dad greeted, pulling me in for a quick side hug which I returned. Louis glanced over at us, a smirk growing on his face. 
"It was amazing, just like Brookie's singing!" He squealed, clapping his hands around like a seal. I blushed as Simon looked at me with shock written on his face. Moments later, Niall come back from somewhere, guitar in hand. I didn't like where this was going. We all walked into the living room, taking seats either on the couch or the floor.
"Kiss You played on the radio, and everyone went silent during my solo except for Brookie, and believe me, she has a voice of an angel" Yet again, I blushed. Niall pushed the guitar into my hands, no knowing whether I could play or not, but lucky for him I could.  
"What am I playing?" I mumbled, gentley running my fingers over the strings. They all thought for a minute, minds coming up blank. A smiled crept onto my face, as I looked down and placed my fingers on the strings, starting the song. 

I see your face in my mind as I drive away
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people and sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie
It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down
Now I don't know what to be without you around

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand

And I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand

And I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

It's two a.m., feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me
It's two a.m., feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy, easy for me

And we know it's never simple, never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me, oh

I can't breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to
Breathe
Without you, but I have to

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry


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~Niall's P.O.V~

 My mouth was hanging open, I was in shock. She sounded like an angel. I glanced over to the boys and Simon, to see their faces looking exactly the same. Except for Abi, who had a smirk on her face like she knew about this the whole time. 
"Sweetie, why did you never call me and I could have easily gotten you signed" Simon stuttered, scratching the back of his neck.
"I didn't want to take advantage of you Dad, people would have thought it was kinda unfair" She mumbled, handing me my guitar back.
"Well, as you know, the boys are going on their tour soon, so how about you open their shows and we'll see how it goes from there?" A smiled formed on my face at the thought of spending 8 months on the same bus with her. She blushed, hanging her head slightly, before looking up at me. She smiled back, before nodding her head and grinning at Louis who started squealing and dancing around the room.  
"Thankyou Dad" He pulled her in for a hug, the rest of us boys smiling like idiots. Then Harry pulled out his phone, snapping a sneaky picture of the father&daughter moment. 
"I saw that Harry" Simon mumbled, even though his back was to us. We looked around at each other shocked, eyes wide and mouth hanging open.
"But...how?" He asked, astonished. Simon just laughed, pulling away from Brookie and facing us.
"Magic" He smirked, tapping his temple then walking off to the kitchen. We sat there astounded, as Brookie looked between us all before bursting out into laughter. She soon followed her dad into the kitchen, shaking her head along the way.