Liam's pov
We have just started our take me home tour. It is about 3am. I get woken up by my phone ringing. I quickly answer it and I say quietly "Just give me one minute. I don't want to wake up the other boys." I quietly walk into the main area of the bus and I take my phone away from my ear and see my mum rang me. I put my phone to my ear and say "Hi mum. Sorry it is really early here." My mum says sounding like she has been crying "I know I'm sorry Liam. I didn't mean to wake you but you deserve to know this now. It's Jack. Just heard from his mum. He got into a car crash late last night. His injuries are so severe that he didn't make it."
Tears start to well up in my eyes he was my best friend at school. He stayed by me even when people started bullying me. My mum says "Li darling. Talk to me what's going through your head." I shake my head and say "No it can't be true. He's not dead mum." My mum says "I'm so sorry sweetie but it is true." I let out a sob and my mum says "Oh honey I wish I could be there with you right now. I'm sorry I had to tell you over the phone. You just deserved to know what has happened to him." I say after calming myself down a bit "It's alright mum. I'm going to go back to bed now." My mum says "Alright darling. Give me a call later. I am always here for you. Get some more rest" I nod and say "Speak to you later." I end the call and I flop down on my front and I sob into the sofa hoping that the sound is muffled thinking about all my memories with Jack.
Harry's pov
I get woken up by Liam's phone ringing. Be answers it and says quietly "Just give me one minute. I don't want to wake up the other boys." He leaves the bunk room. I am quite worried about him. He never gets called when we would be sleeping. His family is normally pretty good at checking the world clock before ringing. Get out of bed and go to the door and I listen to see if he is alright. I hear him say "No it can't be true. He's not dead mum." Then a sob followed by some more. He slowly calms down and I hear him say "It's alright mum. I'm going to go back to bed now." Then after a couple of seconds "Speak to you later." Before I hear muffled sobs. I really wanna know if he is alright but at the same time I don't know if he will want someone there or not
I decide to go out to see if he is alright. I quietly leave the bunk room and go into the main area of the bus and I see Liam face down sobbing into the sofa. I don't want to make him jump I say softly "Li, what's wrong why are you sad?" Liam looks up at me and wipes his eyes and say shakily "I'm fine you can go back to bed if you want." He looks away from me and I say "Li I'm worried about you babe, what's wrong?" Liam starts sobbing. I sit on the sofa next to him and I hug him. He curls up on my lap and sobs into my chest. I hold him as he sobs. After about 20 minutes I look down and see that Liam is fast asleep curled up on me. I carefully grab the blanket and I pull it over us and I lay down with Liam and I fall asleep myself.
A few hours later still Harry's pov
I get woken up by Liam having a nightmare. I sit up and I try and wake him. I say "Li babe wake up." I gently shake him. He says "Jack no don't leave me, you are my best friend please don't leave me." I instantly feel bad I know that Liam and Jack are best friends. He is an amazing human who likes everyone. We have only met him a handful of times but from the few times we have spent together he seemed lovely. By the sounds of it he could be dead. I shake him again and say "Li baby wake up for me." Liam shoots awake with a sob. He says "Hazza bear, Jack is gone" and he sobs more. I rub his back and I respond "I'm so sorry Li bear. How did he pass?" I kiss him on the forehead and hold him tight. Liam sobs more and says "C...ca...carrrr cccraaasshhhh. Mmmy mumm told mee earlierr." I instantly hug him tighter and kiss his head. I say over his sobs "Hey, shh. We will always be here for you baby." Liam just continues to sob. I start singing
"Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?"
After I finish singing he is just sniffling and soon he falls back asleep. I smile sadly at Liam and kiss his forehead. Niall walks in and asks "Is he alright? I didn't want to interrupt if it was really bad." I shrug and say "He is as good as he can be after finding out that his best friend outside of the band has just been killed in a car crash." Niall says "On no not Jack. He was lovely." I nod and say "I know. He is really upset about it." Niall nods and says "It sounded like it" I nod and ask "What do we have today?" Niall shrugs and says "I think it is only the concert tonight." I nod and say "Louis and Zayn won't be awake for a while then." Niall nods and says "Yeah probably not." I turn on the tv on a quiet volume so that it doesn't wake up Liam.
A few hours later still Harry's pov
We are about to get ready for the concert. I have already told Louis and Zayn what happened with Liam so they understand. I know I am going to have to wake Liam up. I say to him "Li babe, wake up." And I gently shake him. He opens his eyes and looks at me sadly. I kiss his forehead and say "I'm sorry I had to wake you but we need to get ready for the concert." Liam's bottom lip trembles and he says "I don't wanna do a concert today." I sigh and say "I know babe I wish I could get you out of the concert but you know what management are like." Liam nods and tears fall down his face. He says "Haz if anyone asks can you explain what happened I can't say it again." I gently wipe his tears away and say "Of course li. Come on Li let's get this concert done with." Liam nods and we go into the venue.
When we are indoors Lou comes over to us and ushers us into the hair and make up room. She quickly does Liam's hair and my hair before she does Liam's makeup. She then goes onto me and she asks "Is li alright? He doesn't seem himself." I shrug and say "His best friend from school was in a car accident last night and didn't make it. His mum told him this morning. As you can see he isn't taking it too well." Lou pouts and says "Poor boy." I nod and look over at him. I gently put a hand on his shoulder and squeeze it comfortingly. Liam bites his lip and I can see the tears welling up in his eyes. Lou quickly finishes up my makeup and I go over to Liam and I gently pull him to stand.
I lead Liam to the dressing room and I ask him "Do you need a hug?" Liam nods and I pull him to sit down with me. Liam cuddles into my side and I gently rub his back. He asks brokenly "Why does it hurt so much loosing someone?" I shrug and say "I don't know li, I don't know." He says "I really don't want to do tonight's concert hazza." I respond "I know you don't baby." Liam asks "How long until the concert?" I respond "About half an hour babe." Liam nods and snuggles into me more.
Half way through the concert still Harry's pov
I can tell Liam is struggling through the concert. We are about to start singing little things. We all sit down in our places. I whisper to Niall "Could you keep an eye on Liam. I think he is starting to really struggle." Niall nods and moves over more towards Liam than normal.
Zayn starts signing "Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me but bear this in mind it was meant to be and I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks and it all makes sense to me."
Liam takes a deep breath and starts singing "I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smile you've never loved your stomach or your thighs the dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine but I'll love them endlessly." About half way through his solo I notice that he has tears running down his face. He does so well to not let his voice crack.
Both Liam and Zayn sing "I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth but if I do it's you oh it's you they add up to I'm in love with you and all these little things." At the end of that Liam looks down and wipes his eyes. I really want to go over to him to comfort him.
Louis starts singing "you can't go to bed without a cup of tea and maybe that's the reason you talk in your sleep and all those conversations are the secrets that I keep though it makes no sense to me."
I look over at Liam and I sing "I know you've never loved the sound of your voice on tape you never want to know how much you weigh you still have to squeeze into your jeans but you're perfect to me." I see more tears join the ones already on Liam's face and my heart breaks for him.
Niall's and I start singing "I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth but if it's true it's you it's you they add up to I'm in love with you and all these little things." I notice that Liam's shoulders are shaking in silent sobs. I wish I could go and comfort him but management won't let me.
Niall sits next to Liam and wraps an arm around him. Liam hides his face in Niall's shoulder. Niall starts singing "You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you you'll never treat yourself right darlin' but I want you to if I let you know I'm here for you maybe you'll love yourself like I love you ohhh."
I start singing "I've just let these little things slip out of my mouth cause it's you oh it's you it's you they add up to and I'm in love with you and all these little things." We all but Liam join in with singing "I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth but it's true it's you it's you they add up to I'm in love with you and all your little things." As soon as the song has finished Liam wipes his eyes and rushes off stage. We all look at each other and know Liam just needs some time to calm himself down. I say to the crowd "Liam is alright. He found out something earlier on today. He is still shaken up a bit but will be fine." We continue the rest of the concert without Liam.
Liam's pov just before he rushes off stage.
As soon as the song finishes I wipe my eyes and run off stage and into the bathroom in our dressing room. I lock the door and I slide down the wall sobbing. I miss him so much. There is a knock at the door and I say "Go away." I hear Paul saying "Li it's Paul. Lou told me what Harry said happened earlier." I sob harder and Paul says "Li come out. I promise management isn't in here and I promise I'm not mad at you." I slowly stand up and unlock the door and open it. Paul takes one look at me and pulls me into a hug. I feel myself start to cry harder. Paul leads me to the sofa where I just sob into his shoulder as he rubs my back.
Paul's pov just before he found Liam.
As soon as Liam runs off stage I go after him knowing he will need someone there with him. I go into the dressing room and I hear sobs coming from the bathroom. I go over to the door and knock on the door. Liam says through his sobs "Go away." I say "Li it's Paul. Lou told me what Harry said happened earlier." At that he sobs more. I say "Li come out. I promise management isn't in here and I promise I'm not mad at you." The door unlocks and Liam walks out with tears all over his face. My heart clenches at the sight of Liam. I think of the boys as my sons and I hate it when any of them are upset or sick. I pull Liam into a hug and he instantly starts sobbing harder. I take him over to the sofa and I just try and give him as much comfort as I can.
Just after the concert has finished Harry's pov
As soon as we have finished our thank yous and goodbyes we all rush off stage. We go straight into our dressing room and I see Paul trying to comfort a distressed Liam. Paul looks up at us and says "He has been like this since he left the stage." I nod and I sit on the other side of Liam. I gently rub his back. He looks over at me and my heart breaks. His eyes are really swollen and his face is puffy. He instantly latches onto me and sobs more. I quietly hum a tune to him and soon he cries himself to sleep. I smile sadly down at him and say "Thanks Paul. I don't know what would happen if management found him first." Paul smiles and says "Lou told me what happened to his friend. I think management overheard and saw the way he was so hopefully won't tell him off." I nod.
When we get the all clear to go to the van. We all go to the van and get to the hotel. We go around the back and we go up to our rooms. I carry Liam up. As soon as I put him in his bed he says "Hazza say with me." I say "I am babe. I just need to turn off the light." Liam nods and I quickly turn off the light. I go back over to the bed and say "We should probably tell the fans why you left the stage earlier." Liam nods and says "Can you do it." I nod and say "Alright Li." I go onto my Twitter and open a new tweet. I tweet 'I have permission from Liam to tell you guys this. Today Liam found out some very sad news and it has affected him a lot. His mum rang him earlier this morning and told him that his childhood best friend got into a car crash and didn't make it. Liam was really close to his friend and is obviously very upset about his passing. Can I please ask you to be patient with us and understand that Liam might not be himself properly for a few weeks. He is still grieving his friend. Me and the rest of the boys will be there for Liam through this difficult time.' I show Liam and he nods. I post the tweet and soon it gets flooded with kind words to Liam and likes and retweets.
A few weeks later no one's pov
Over the course of the tour Liam Liam slowly became more like himself. Unfortunately Liam couldn't go back to England for Jack's funeral as they had a concert that night. Liam was devastated about that but they dedicated the whole concert to him in his memory. Liam is grateful that he has the boys with him