Louis's P.O.V.
"Fancy a The Killers concert?" As soon as the sentence lift my lips, Noah's eyes widened. "WHAT?! YES! YES, OF COURSE!" Her arms wrapped around my neck, she mumbled bedankingen in my ear. I took the opportunity to answer her hug, her petite body completely disappearing in my embrace. "So you'd like to go?" I asked, unwrapping myself from the hug. "Of course, I love concerts. How'd you know I like the Killers?" Her eyes, who were now bright blue, twinkled and were wide open. "I noticed you playing their music." I answered with a shrug. "I love you so much, Lou." She whispered, as she pecked me on the cheek. "Love you too, dear." I said truthful. "When is it?" Noah asked, now gazing at the tickets. "Tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" "Yeah, is that bad?" A wave of disappointment overwhelmed me, but she cupped my face in her hands. "That's perfect." I gulped when our gaze met, her eyes were so captivating. "Do the lads know?" I shook my head as a response and she clapped in her hands like an adorable five year old. "Let's go tell them." She cheered, giggling when I threw her over my shoulder. Her long blond locks almost touched the cold wooden steps when I carried her downstairs. "What's up?" Zayn raised his eyebrow at our weird appearance. "Louis and I are going to see The Killers!" She squealed, still hanging upside down. "Lou, put her down before she faints." Harry rushed over to the girl, who was still in total fangirl mode. "Wait a second, when did I agree with this?" Liam asked, as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Please, Lili." Noah begged, now in the curly boy's arms. "No way." He answered and I felt the anger boiling up inside me at the sight of Noah's faded smile. "I'm still the oldest, don't forget that." I reminded him, towering above him. "He's right. As long as Niall agrees with it they can go." Zayn decided and the girl's gorgeous smile reappeared. "Thanks Zaynie, you do agree, right?" She then asked Niall, who pretended to hesitate. "Only if you kiss me on the cheek." He said, leaning forward. "Of course." Her lips touched his cheek for at least ten adorable seconds. "You have my permission." The Irish boy beamed, walking straight to the kitchen. "You should go to bed now though." Harry said, his hands resting on his hips. "Haz, it's nine o'clock." I facepalmed, earning some chuckles from the boys and a pout from Harry. "I was trying to be mature." He explained, as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Too bad you failed." Zayn howled in laughter, patting his shoulder. "Wonna watch a movie?" I suggested when everyone finished laughing, except for Niall who was still gasping for air. "Sure, who can pick?" Noah asked, already grabbing some blankets. "I want to pick." Zayn exclaimed, jumping up and down. "Fine." We all gave in and he got up to pick a DVD. "Tonight we're gonna watch *dramatic pause* The Perks Of Being A Wallflower." Noah squealed when he announced the movie he picked. "Woah, Stephen King fan?" I asked her and she nodded heavily. "I honestly think she's more of Logan Lerman fan." Harry ruffled her, as she blushed crimson. "Hey, he's my favourite actor. Plus, you guys get to see Emma Watson." She defended herself, installing herself in between Zayn and Niall. "So you admit you think he's hot." I teased her, receiving a shrug in response. "Yeah, he's the 6th hottest boy on earth." We gave her a weird look. "Who're hotter than him?" Liam asked the question that had been on everyone's mind. "You guys, duhhh." She answered, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Aww, how sweet." I smiled at her small fangirl moment. "Now shush, he's gonna start talking." Noah held her pointer finger in the air, indicating we should shut up now, while turning her full attention at the screen. Damn, I'll never understand girls.
About an hour later, we came to the scene where Charlie is trying to kill himself. I glanced at Zayn and Noah, who were holding on to each other for dear life. "I think I'm gonna cry." He whispered in her ear and she nodded. "So am I." She answered him, quickly wiping away the tears that rushed to her waterline. The others were just staring at the screen, not showing the slightest emotion. Except for Niall, who was gazing at Noah lovingly, while shoving his mouth full of popcorn. That boy's unbelievable.
"Time to go to bed now." Harry told Noah when the film ended, she groaned in response. "It's half past ten." She whined, pointing at the clock. "Which is your bedtime." He kept on like the mature he pretended to be. "Is not." She protested, not giving in either. "No more protests, that's Jimmy's job. Now go upstairs." He ordered and she sighed deep, dragging herself upstairs. "Wait." Liam interrupted. "Call me when you're done changing, I wonna tuck you in." He smiled, receiving a nod in response. If there was one thing Noah hated, it was going to bed early. "Aww, how sweet." Zayn cooed, pinching the boy's cheeks. "Says the boy who almost cried over a movie that wasn't even a disney movie." He spat back. "SCORE." I exclaimed, immediately getting shushed by Harry. "You know Noah's supposed to sleep, right?" He reminded me and my mouth formed an 'O' shape. "Sorry." I then whispered in response. "You're an idiot, ya know that?" Niall said in his thick accent. "Yeah, I know that." I answered in a horrible attempt to imitate it."Stop it, that hurts my ears." He joked, covering his eyes with some pillows. "Take that back." Before he could stir, I was on top of him. He broke into fits of laughter when I started tickling him. "MY EYES." The only girly voice suddenly rang through the room. We chuckled at her obviously exaggerated comment. "What's wrong, love? Jealous 'cause I'm making out with your Irish boy?" I joked, pretending to snog him. "Keep away from him, he's pure." She quoted Simon Cowell, causing all of us to crack up. "Do you seriously know every quote?" Harry asked her. "Let's just say that I know more fangirl stuff than stuff I learned in school." She replied with a shrug. "I want a quote too." Zayn squealed, as he began jumping on the couch. "In one of the tour video diaries, Louis said, yo I'm Zayn, I'm a big badboy. Then you said: But I don't even say that anymore." She tried to imitate his accent, but failed horribly. "You see? Noah can't do accents either." I exclaimed and she pretended to be hurt. "That's not fair, this isn't my first language." She protested, kind of having a point. "Try a Dutch one then." Niall challenged her. "It's on." She then started saying the same accent in different accents. One time, it seemed as if she had a French accent, then she started talking really deep. We all bursted out in laughing. "Don't laugh! That's how people from my region normally sound, but my accent isn't that heavy." She crossed her arms over her chest when we laughed even harder. "Enough fun, love. Time to go to bed." Harry reminded her and she pouted. "It's not fair. You know I can't sleep when I go to bed too early." She protested, her eyes pointed at the ground. "It's not too early. Now go." He ordered and Liam stood up, scooping her up in his arms. "Night, love." We all wished her a goodnight. "Night, Louis, Zayn and Niall." She blew us a kiss, pretending to forget Harry, who scowled. "That's what happens when you want to be the mature one." Zayn patted his back when Noah and Liam disappeared upstairs. "Never doing that again, that's for sure."
Noah's P.O.V.
"Lili, it's not fair." I whined, as he laid me down on the bed. "I know, love. That's why I came with you." He said with a sly smile that made my eyes light up. Oooo, Liam has a plan. "I brought your tablet." I grinned widely, before wrapping my arms around his neck. "Thanks so much." He chuckled at my enthusiasm. "But-" My eyebrows furred at the sound of that word. "I'm checking up on you at eleven, no more internet then." He finished his sentence and I responded with a sigh. "Fine." I agreed, as I hid deeper in the warm blankets. "I'm going downstairs now." He announced, as he planted his perfect lips on my forehead, wishing me goodnight. "Night, beautiful." "Night." Soon, darkness surrounded me, the light of my tablet the only thing scaring the demons of the night away. I'm not a pussy, but I don't really like the dark, though I feel much better when Niall's warm embrace is keeping me safe.
Niall's P.O.V.
"Thanks so much for taking her to The Killers, she seemed so happy." I thanked Louis, who was grinning from ear to ear. "I'm so glad I can take her somewhere." He beamed, staring of in the distance, probably imagining tomorrow. I was gonna miss her of course, I always do, but she deserves a day with one of the lads. I'm so lucky they get along so well, what if one of them hated the thought of a teenager with us on tour? "Did you know she likes The Killers, Ni?" Harry asked me, ripping me away from my thoughts. "Yeah, she's got this weird taste in music. She even listens to Nirvana sometimes." I shrugged, the corners of my mouth curling at the thought of Noah singing along to Lithium. "That's not fair, you know her so much better." Zayn whined. It was true, I knew a lot about her. Sometimes, she'd tell me what's on her mind before we go to sleep. I loved those moments, they showed me that she trusted me. I knew some of the people from her school, that she loved her cousins more than anything. There was one thing I had yet to discover though. Her piano skills. Never had I heard her play and I desired to see it. She played the guitar with so much emotion, I didn't even knew she knew that many emotions. I could only imagine her playing an acoustic piano, the notes of a song she knew by heart the thing breaking the silence. I was gonna ask her soon, but what if she said no? Even after telling me all this things, she was still so shy. She was by far the shyest girl I knew. "What're we gonna do now?" Harry asked, while playing with Louis's fingers. "I don't know, we should ask you, genius. You're the one who sent the best entertainment to bed." Zayn spat and Harry scowled. "Sorry for trying to be responsible." I sighed, skipping through the tv channels. "What time's it?" Liam asked. "11ish." When he heard my answer, he immediately stood up. "I'm checking up on Noah."
Not much later he filed in the room again. "Was she being cute?" Louis asked him, a wide grin on his face. "Yeah, but she couldn't sleep. She was just staring at the ceiling." The lad explained, his brows slightly furrowing. "Well what are you waiting for? Get her down here." Harry cheered, jumping up and down. "You are too hyper at this time of the day, but sure." Liam shrugged, as he climbed the stairs again. "Why'd you send her to sleep if you're bringing her down again?" I asked the curly boy, who was smiling brightly. "We can't let her rot up there, can we? Besides, it's boring without her." The sound of footsteps drew my attention, my head immediately turning. "What did I miss?" Noah beamed, skipping happily towards the couch I sat on. "Nothing much. Everything's boring when you're not here." I whined, earning myself a kiss on the cheek. "Yay, someone who's as hyper as me." Harry cheered, as he threw her over his shoulder. "Put me down." She whined, soft giggles escaping her mouth when he tickled her sides. "Gosh, what's wrong with you people." Zayn whined, burying his face in a pillow. "Aww, someone's a little tired." Liam cooed and Zayn scowled at him. "Of course, it's almost half past eleven now." He exclaimed frustrated, his eyes were drooping. "Maybe you should go to bed." The older lad suggested, receiving a death glare. "No, not if Noah's still awake. I mean, she's younger than me." We chuckled at his comment. "It doesn't look like she's going to bed any time soon." Louis laughed when she jumped on his back. "Yay." She cheered, her arms wrapped around his neck. "Jesus Christ, what did you eat?" I asked her, an amused grin apparent on my face. "Nothing special." She shrugged, almost falling off Louis's back. "I'll make you some tea, maybe that'll help." Liam stood up, walking to the kitchen. "Don't add sugar." I reminded him, not wanting to give her even more energy. "I never add sugar." Noah said, while playing with the striped boy's brown locks. "Stop that, love. Before you turn him on." Harry joked and Louis pouted. "No, I love it when she does that." He defended himself. "Whatever." The girl muttered, continuing to play. "Here you go." Liam filed in the room, handing her a steaming cup. "Make sure you don't burn your tongue." He warned her and she nodded, blowing the hot liquid. "May I help you?" I asked her and Louis bent down his knees so I could reach it. She chuckled when I accidentally blew the steam in her face. "Do you think it cooled down yet?" She asked, tilting her head. "Yeah, you should give it a try." I watched her closely, as her lips touched to cup, sipping the warm drink. "Perfect." She purred, closing her eyes. "Already getting tired?" Zayn asked her and she chuckled in response. "You wish, bro." She drank a bit more, smiling as she did. Louis set her down next to me and pulled her on my lap. Surprisingly, she let out a yawn, but she desperately tried to hide it. "Too late, love. We all saw it. Maybe you should go back to bed." I said, noticing her eyes were almost closed. "No, I don't want to. Can't I just stay here." She asked and by 'here' she meant in my arms. "Of course, that would be lovely even." I rested my chin on her head, gently rubbing her back. I could feel she was slipping away by the rhythm of her breathing. It soon became steady, indicating she fell asleep. "Liam, did you put sleeping pills in that tea?" Harry asked, his eyebrow raised. "Maybe." The lad muttered under his breath. "You naughty boy." Louis shook his head at him. "But please give Harry some too." He pleaded and Harry pouted. "Will do." Liam stood up to walk to the kitchen, returning with a new cup in his hand. "What if I don't want to drink it?" The curly boy asked, his brows furrowed. "Then you and the noise you bring along'll wake up Noah." Zayn said, knowing that'd convince him. "Fine." He let out a sigh, before bringing the cup to his mouth and sipping it. "Lou." He then pleaded. "Yes?" "If Noah can sleep with Niall, can I sleep with you?" We chuckled, but Louis gave in anyway. He lifted Harry on his lap, like I did with Noah. "No, lay down, I can't sleep like this." Harry whined, as he pushed both of them down so they laid on the couch. "Noah doesn't seem to mind." Liam said and all eyes looked at the sleeping girl. "No, she once said that she can always fall asleep in my arms 'cause I make her feel safe." I explained and they awed in response. "Time to go to sleep now, lads." Liam pulled a half-asleep Zayn in his chest, closing his eyes. "Night." Harry whispered. "Night." Noah muttered back in her sleep, making all of us chuckle. "Sweet dreams, love." I planted one last kiss on her forehead before drifting of into a peaceful sleep.
*
"Wake up, love." I gently nudged the girl who was still laying on my lap. "No." She muttered, grasping my shirt. I peeled her hands of of my shirt and tried to stand up. "No, I want you to stay." Noah muttered, wrapping her arms around my torso. "Damn it, mow Rihanna's song Stay is stuck in my head." She whined and the boys, who were awake too, chuckled. "What's wrong with that? I thought you liked the song." Harry asked, as he stood up to make everyone some breakfast. "I do, but One Way Or Another was stuck in my head." She explained, finally opening her eyes a little. Deciding to try and wake her up, Louis started singing. "ONE WAY, OR ANOTHER, I'M GONNA FIND YA, I'M GONNA GETCHA , GETCHA, GETCHA." Surprising all of us, Noah started singing along in er morning voice. Woah, she normally never sings. WHOOP, WHOOP, NEW TRUST LEVEL UP. "FOOD'S READY." Harry's voice rang through the room. My eyes lit up wen I heard the word 'food' and Noah chuckled. "Fine, go on without me." She sighed dramatically, hiding her face in her hands. I cheered and ran to the kitchen, the smell of bacon teasing my nose thrills. "Smells delicious, Haz."
Zayn's P.O.V.
"OMG, I TOTALLY KILLED THAT GUY." I screamed at the television, throwing my controller next to me on the couch. "Did you lose again?" Noah asked, as she looked up from her phone. "Yes, I did lose. No, I didn't lose again." I replied, receiving a chuckle. "Feel like teaching me?" My mouth dropped wide open. Did a girl just ask me if she can play video games?! "Yes, Zayn. A girl did just ask that." She said, while putting her phone in her pocket. "I said that out loud, didn't I?" I groaned, my cheeks turning red. "Yep. So, are you gonna teach me?" She repeated her question and this time, I nodded. "Sure, why not?" I answered, patting the spot next to me, indicating she could take a seat. She did and I handed her a controller. "Wait, let me warn you first. I suck at this." I laughed at her comment and put the multiplayerave a big coocking device mode on. "So basically, you just press the circle to..."
"JESUS CHRIST NOAH, YOU SUCK AT THIS." I yelled after half an hour. "I warned you." She spat back, a bit hurt. "Even Harry's better at this than you and Harry is horrible at this game." I said and she turned quiet, just as Niall filed into the living room. "He- What's wrong?" His eyes widened when he saw her. Though she didn't look different. "How do you know something's up?" I asked him, eyeing him while he rushed towards her. "I'm Niall, she's Noah. I just know." He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I insulted her." The words rolled off my tongue before I knew it. "Why'd you do that?" He gently stroked her hair, one eyebrow raised. "It was the truth." I defended myself and Noah shrugged. "It's fine, really. I know I suck, I just didn't expect you to say it like that." The corners of her mouth curled again, as she hopped of Niall's chest and made her way upstairs. "Is she really that bad?" The Irish lad asked when she was fully out of sight. "Maybe not that bad, for a girl at least." I turned of the television. "Not everyone is as good as you, Zayn. I mean, you've been playing games like this for years." He had a point.
Louis's P.O.V.
"Are you excited?" I asked the girl next to me in the car. "Yes, very!" Noah giggled, like she had been doing the past few hours. If I knew this would make her this happy, I'd done it way earlier. "We're almost there." I announced, just as excited as Noah. "Thanks again, Lou." She said, her eyes twinkling like stars. "Anytime." The car stopped when I pulled the brakes and parked. "We're here." We undid our seat belts before walking towards the venue. The line wasn't that long, so we got in really quickly. Noah's eyes widened at the sight of all the people. I have to admit, it was quite impressive. "Louis, this is amazing." She gasped, turning around in a circle to admire everything. "You've seen crowds like this before." I said, slightly confused. "Yeah, but I've never been part of one." She explained while we made our way through all the people. It was weird to stand here, usually I'm the one performing. "C'mon, let's try to get on the front row." I said, dragging her with me. She didn't seem to mind, so a quickened my pace. Unlike Niall, she wasn't claustrophobic at all. He would've fainted in here while she enjoyed it. As the lights dimmed, her smile grew even wider. She squeezed my hand happily. I gazed at the stage, which was decorated with lots of spots. One by one, the singer and the musicians appeared, each of them taking their place. When the applause finally died down the familiar tune of Miss Atomic Bomb began playing. Adrenaline pumped through my veins while I let myself get carried away by the music, just like everyone around me. Some girls in front of me were dancing and laughing, their arms wrapped around each other's neck. The smell of alcohol and smoke teased my nose buds, making me embrace Noah protectively. No matter how much concerts you go to, you can't get used to the stench of beer. But yet again, Noah didn't even seem to notice.
Noah's P.O.V.
I giggled when Louis jumped up ad down. At the beginning of this song, he lifted me on his shoulders, so I could see everything. Singing along the Mr. Brightside, our favourite song, I enjoyed to view. There were people everywhere and even though most of them were drunk, I felt safe high above the ground. I leaned down, my mouth now on the same height as Louis's ear. "This is the best, Lou." He grinned from ear to ear, enjoying my happiness. Too soon, the song came to an end and the performers ran backstage. He set me down on the ground and I wrapped my arms around his neck. "Thanks so much." He muttered an 'anytime' back, pressing my face against his chest. I contently sniffed his familiar scent, relieved to smell something different than smoke, beer and sweat. We broke apart when someone tapped my shoulder and turned around. A large man dressed in nothing but black, probably a bodyguard, stood in front of us. "Excuse me, you are Louis Tomlinson and Symphony, right?" We nodded. There was no use in denying it, cause of my mask and Louis's famous looks. "Mr. Flowers (A/N the singer) wishes to see you. Would you like to come backstage?" He asked and my eyes widened. Did he just say Brandon Flowers knows who are?! And he wants to see us?! My heart skipped a beat when Louis said yes. "Sure, why don't you go with him, love? I'll go get us some drinks first." He suggested and I nodded, following the tall man. We had no problem moving through all the people, 'cause he was quite impressive. And scary. He showed the other security his pas and went inside. We then made our way to the dressing rooms. To my surprise, he didn't stop in front of the door that said 'The Killers' and instead kept walking. "Aren't we supposed to go there?" I asked him, but he grabbed my arm, dragging me through the corridor. We entered a room distant from the others. It seemed old and had nothing but a bed and a closet. I almost fainted right then and there, knowing what was about to happen, but screamed instead. He pressed his hand on my mouth, making me incapable of speaking. "Hush, little girl. If you keep still, this'll be over very soon." Yeah right, asshole. I kicked and slapped everywhere I could, though it didn't even seem to faze him. His free hand trailed down the skin under my clothes, running down my body.
I couldn't scream, I couldn't move.
Fuck.
A/N
Sorry for the wait! I know it's a crappy chapter, I had a writer's block :s But if y'all comment and vote, I'll update soon :D
Xxx Astrid