I'm Related To Who? {Sequel to IBABW}

Chapter19 ~ Edmonton

I look around to each lad, looking into their eyes, so they know that I'm being genuine and not lying. Sure, they can be too much and overprotective but I get why. In their eyes, I'm still that little girl from the orphanage. I don't mind that at all because it gives me a sense of peace knowing that they'll be there when I need them most.

"How did we get so lucky?" Liam asks, looking from Niall to Louis to Harry.
"I ask myself that every day." I reply to Liam.
"I love you, Melanie." Niall states, the other lads saying similar things.
"I love you all with my whole heart."
"Been a lot of places
I've been all around the world
seen a lot of faces
Never knowing where I was
On the horizon Oh
But i know i know i know i know
The Sun will be rising back home

Livin' out of cases
Been packing up and taking off
Made a lot of changes
But not forgetting who i was
On the horizon Oh
But i know i know i know i know
The moon will be rising back home

(chorus)

I've been away for ages
But I got everything I need
I'm flicking through the pages
I've written in my memory
I feel like i'm dreaming
Oh, so i know i know i know i know
That i'm never leaving
No, i won't go

(chorus)

Lights up when they should be on
Even stars in the sky they're wrong
Short days when the nights are long
When i think of the days i'm gone
Don't matter how far I've gone
I'm always feeling like home" all of us singing, each lad singing their versus while I sing Zayn's. We finish the song with big smiles on each of our faces.
"That was fun. I miss these moments." I voice after a few beats of silence.
"That was nice."
"We need to do that more often."
"Oh definitely."

Harry, Louis, Niall, Liam and I talk for the rest of the ride to the venue. It's nice because we haven't done this in a while and I've missed it. We all play different games like truth or dare, two truths and a lie, heads up, soda pong; pretty self explanatory; name that song and lots of others. Before we know it Paul's walking up the bus stairs to tell us that we've arrived at the venue.

"Wow, we're here already? Time flew by." I voice, looking from the game that we are currently playing.
"No, Melanie! Don't do th-" Louis starts to say but gets cut off by Harry yelling.
"Yes! I am the champion!"
"Oh sorry Lou-bug."
"Harry, stop dancing. Your dance moves suck." Niall says playfully.
"Never. I will never stop! I won after losing three rounds of Uno!"
"Shut up before I smack you." Louis snaps at Harry, glaring at him.
"Aw, boobear. Don't be such a sore loser." Harry chides, pulling Louis into his arms.
"I'm not a sore loser."
"See you lads later." I state, getting up from the couch going to the bunks to get my bag that has everything I'd need for backstage. I exit the bus but not before pecking each boy on the cheek. While walking down the four little stairs, I plug in my headphones. I wave to the fans that are behind the barriers and head straight to the doors, going to my dressing room in this venue. I hum Little Mix's Little Me on my way which turns into soft singing then my normal voice. The crew has gotten used to me singing randomly that they don't turn their heads anymore.

"You gotta speak up
You gotta shout out
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be
Little me." I finish.
"Beautiful as always." Sophia, my manager says once I see her and pull out one earbud.
"Thanks." I reply setting my bag on the couch before going t o stand in front of Becca who has my clothes hanging up.
"Your outfit is sporty and cute. Here is a Topshop sporty loungewear hoodie, black Adidas original Helsinki leggings paired with Adidas NEO lite racer running shoes." She explains. "Your accessories include an Adidas sack pack, a Givanchy lack love phone case and Beats you're 2 in ear headphones."
"Awesome, I'll be right back." and I make my way to the bathroom, taking the accessories in one hand and the hangers in the other. I change out of my onesie and take off my undershirt in exchange for my new outfit and accessories, then make my way out of the bathroom.
"Hair and make up time!" Molly and Kelly sing off key.
"Let's do it."
"Makeup by MAC, so Faerie whispers powder blush in Spellbinder, eyeshadow in Jest, versicolour stain lip color in the shade energy shot and the matchmaker concealer. A spray of Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Rose."
"Your hair is simple, just a pull through braid."
"I love it, as always. You guys always make me look perfect."
"We've already planned out. You're going to be wearing the NFL's football team jersey {AN: I was thinking of the MLB teams but Harry loves the Packers so...yeah} for that city or state. So in Chicago you're going to wear the Bears, Milwaukee the Packers even though it's Green Bay but it doesn't matter. That's gonna happen for the rest of the tour."
"Oh, that's awesome! Harry's gonna love the Milwaukee show, I can just tell." I state with a smile. "I'm also gonna tweet about this plan so the fans don't get confused and start accusing me."
"That's a good idea."

My phone goes off a few times so I go over to my bag and take my phone out from the side pocket. I've got a lot of tweets saying that I should an Instagram live. I have no idea what an Instagram live is, I mean I have an Instagram, I'm just confused. I go to the app store and see that some of the apps I have downloaded over time need to be updated so I do that. While I wait for the apps to update, Instagram included, I put in the Beats and select my Beyonce playlist, hitting shuffle. Partition starts playing.

"Let me hear you say 'hey ms Carter'
Say hey ms Carter
Gimmie some!

See me up in the club with 50 eleven girls
Posted in the back diamond fangs in my grill
Brooklyn brim with my eyes sittin' low
And every boy in here with me got that smoke
And every girl in here gotta look me up and down
All on Instagram, cake by the pound
Circulate the image every time I come around
G's up, tell me how I'm lookin' babe

Boy this all for you, just walk my way
Just tell me how it's lookin' babe (2x)
I do this all for you, baby just take aim
And tell me how it's lookin' babe

Drop the bass, mane, the bass get lower
Radio say speed it up I just go slower
High like treble, pumpin' on the mids
The man ain't ever seen a booty like this
And Why you think you keep my name rollin' off the tounge?
Cause when you wanna smash, I just write another one
I sneeze on the beat and and the beat got sicker
Yonce all on his mouth like liquor (4x)
Like, like liquor, like, like, like liquor
Yonce all on his mouth like liquor (3x)
Like, like liquor, like, like, like liquor."

While I'm singing I walk around backstage in my own little world. I also download Netflix and Hulu, so I'm soon at the homepage for Netflix. A bunch of shows are suggested and I see one that's called 'The Flash' so I read the description. 'After being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been giving the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, fighting crime in Central City.' I shrug my shoulders and press play on the first episode. The title is called Pilot, and the description for the episode reads 'CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a coma, nine months after he was hit by lightning and discovers he has superhuman speed.' I soon hear the opening dialogue from Barry, most likely. Soon I get pulled into the world of Barry Allen and Central City, and I subconsciously sit on one of the black equipment boxes.

{AN: Here's the next chapter like I promised! I'm going to start writing chapter 20. I was gonna have the Indianapolis concert but I'm going to skip to the Milwaukee concert then again to when they start their UK tour. I want to get caught up with 2019 so I'm gonna, like I said before, skip a lot of concerts. I'm going to have them writing the albums and how they wrote the songs and got the inspirations. It's going to be my version of them writing the songs cause this is from Melanie's POV and yeah. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to do the hiatus and them doing separate projects. If any of you have any ideas, let me know!

Irishspringrose}