One Way Or Another (Sequel to She's Not Afraid)

Chapter 12: Talking It Out

Niall:  The dressing room was crammed with clothes, stylists, and other things. Oh, and there were those brother-like species in there. Of course, there was that little black haired, green eyed girl screaming in the corner because her mommy said no to a cookie and Harry trying to get in the moment with his girlfriend, Anna. Anna was a model here in New York and to tell you the truth, she was a total gold digger. She also seemed extremely uncomfortable. We all hated Anna. With a passion. But Harry didn't need to know. He was happy. Wasn't that what mattered? That he was happy? Even if his girlfriend was a gold digger? 

"Niall, you made it," Louis said, smiling his normal broad smile. I noticed Liam, on the phone in a corner. 

"Love you too, babe," Liam murmured into the phone. Hanna I realized. 

"Hey," I said to Louis. 

"So hows Mags?" he asked, smirking. 

"What do you mean?" I asked, "I mean, she's good but why are you asking now?" 

"It took you a while to get here," Louis shrugged, "I assumed it was normal going to be the last one here routine." 

"Oh," I said. I blushed. The truth was that I had slept in. Now I felt bad. 

"Gosh, I miss Sarah," he smiled, "And its going to be so close. I have to be there when the little guy's born." 

"Yeah you do," Zayn said. 

"I know. Anyway, back to Niall," Louis said, smiling at me. 

"I wasn't going to say anymore," I said. 

"Oh, well," Zayn said, laughing. I walked over to the hair styling chair. Zayn's sketch book was there, an intracit picture of a butterfly drawn in pencil. 

"Butterflies now, huh Zayn?" I asked. 

"What Niki wants, Niki seems to get," Zayn said. 

"You better not have given her that Oreo," Jess said, kissing the Zayn's cheek. 

"And she's now deaf," Zayn laughed. 

"Hm," Jess said. Zayn laughed. 

"You guys are on in 5," a man said, peeping his head in the door. We nodded got ready to go on. 

We stood backstage. Louis bounced up and down, Jess fingered her hair, Liam had a smiled so wide it looked like his face was going to rip, and Zayn and Harry just stood still, smirks on their faces. We heard the host say "Please welcome One Direction," and we walked on. We waved at the crowd, smiling. I sat down on the long couch. 

"Hey guys. How are you today," the host, Trace Corbin, said. 

"Good, very good," Liam said. We all nodded in agreement. 

"So you guys have taken the world by storm and most of you are actually settling down," Trace said. 

"Yep, we found girls we're going to stick with," Harry said. It took all of my will power not to roll my eyes. Sure, you can stick with Anna forever. But your wallet can't. 

"So Louis and Liam. You guys are going to be dads soon, right?" Trace said. 

"Yep," they both said at the same time. 

"So when is that for each of you?" Trace asked. 

"Mines August 30th," Louis said. 

"Mines October 12th," Liam said, smiling. 

"So will you be able to be there for your little guy to be born?" Trace asked. 

"If everything goes as planned, yes," Louis said. Trace smiled. 

"That's very cool. For both of you," Trace said. Then he turned to me. "Okay Niall, we all know you and Maggie have been together for quite a while. Have you seen the pictures of the set of her recent movie?" A picture came up on the screeen behind him. It was a picture of Justin and Maggie talking. Maggie wasn't smiling. Justin had a huge smile on his face. 

"Oh yeah," I said. 

"So what's going on in this picture?" Trace asked. I took a deep breath. 

"Well, Maggie kind of finds Justin annoying. So that's Maggie and Justin talking, him being excited, her, not so much," I said. This made the audience laugh. I smiled. 

"So how are you and Maggie?" Trace asked. 

"We're better than ever," I said. 

"Glad to hear it," Trace said. The interview went on, talking about all sort of things. Then the interview was over. I went off stage and decided to call Maggie. 

"Hello?" she answered. 

"Hey," I said, "What's up with my amazing beautiful girlfriend." 

"Better now that you called. Out of curiousity, do you know the best place to hide a body?" Maggie joked. I laughed. Then she added, "You laugh although one of these days I'm going to ask that seriously." 

"Still getting on your nerves," I said. 

"Oh yeah," Maggie said. 

"Anything new?" I asked. 

"Nope. Just obnoxious roses and little notes. I mean really. Acting out a movie? I mean, guys have affairs with their wives to get in character. So its not overly cool," Maggie said. I laughed. 

"You know this well," I said. 

"I've been on movie sets most of my life," Maggie said, "Yeah I know this well." I laughed. 

"Dang it," Maggie said. I heard muffles in the phone, "I know you wanted to talk longer. I've got to work on a scene. Love you." 

"Love you too," I said. Then she hung up.