Picking up Carly was the easy part to our night, sitting in the van as we drove into the city was a different story. It was peak hour traffic, resulting in a stand still traffic jam. Carly was struggling to keep her cool being in a car with Harry and Niall. I couldn’t help but smile over at my best friend, sitting beside Niall who was nervously looking around. He would catch my eye contact every few moments and then look away like we were twelve. I sat beside Harry, to even things up and they would be kind of awkward sitting in any other arrangement. Crossing my arms, I leaned back into the seat and smiled over at Harry. Turning my head, to start a conversation with him.
“I reckon with your head, the baby would at least be an eight pounder” I said, with a quirky smile.
He barked out a laugh “I never knew you could say such hurtful things,” he said, holding his chest with a smile.
Smiling over at Niall, he blushed and laughed faintly. Harry leaned over to me, his mouth at my ear. Niall shot him a frown and looked away quickly.
“Don’t worry; he likes you I’m guessing he screwed something up beforehand. Play it cool, he’s shy but a great guy” Harry whispered before pushing away.
I smiled weakly and nodded “Okay” I replied, my voice cracking.
Pulling into the venue, there was a mass of screaming girls. They started to hit the windows, crying out to the two boys inside. Niall and Harry happily waved out to them, smiling and nodding at girls who screamed out questions. Putting my head down, along with Carly I swapped seats with Niall so we didn’t get in the way of the fans seeing the boys. Carly instantly leaned in and whispered in my ear.
“Dude, each time you spoke to Harry there were glares being shot at him from Niall. This kid’s pretty keen, make a move. I’ll play wingman and distract the other four boys while you jump on it!” she said, before nudging me playfully.
I choked on a giggle, looking to Niall and smiling slightly and dropping my eyes to the floor.
Getting out of the car, the squeals of fans were deafening. I covered my ears with my hands, looking to Carly who was doing the same thing. Paul, there bodyguard who I personally thought was a legend dealing with these girls, stepped in beside me and Carly. Pushing us away from the boys and the fans, he smiled at us.
“Are you Carter?” he asked, glancing over his shoulder at me.
I nodded “Yeah” I replied, my response almost being drowning out from the girls.
He smiled and chuckled “You are nothing like I thought you were going to look” he said, I frowned.
“Why’s that!” I hollered back, he shrugged.
“You’re nothing like any of his ex’s, don’t worry it’s a good thing” he said, I nodded.
I felt a strong arm wrap around my waist, pulling me away from Paul. I frowned and looked up; it was Niall dragging me inside. Waving to fans, I stumbled up beside him. I caught the last of a few insults being thrown towards me; they were defiantly the exact reason why girls have low self-esteem. Shutting the door behind us, we walked down a large hallway filled with workers and their management team. Walking beside Niall, I couldn’t help but feel like every pair of eyes was trained on me and him. Looking down, I noticed his arm still firmly wrapped around my waist. My cheeks flushed red, looking back at Carly. She smiled brightly and winked at me playfully, Harry beside her chuckled and nodded.
Turning around, I glanced up at Niall and smiled. He chuckled and winked back, a middle aged blonde woman came scurrying over. Her heels clicking against the tiled floor, stopping us in the middle of the hallway, Niall smiled up at her.
“Hello Janice” he said, his accent sending shivers down my spine.
“Niall, darling I thought we told you no more fans behind the stage, we have sound check in ten. Oh Harry, you are on a ban whilst in Australia!” she fussed, I bit my lip.
“Her? No, she’s a good friend of ours. I tried, but she quietly declined me!” he said, faking his emotions again.
Carly chuckled and punched him in the arm, I wonder if he knows she has a boyfriend?
Directing us into a room, just off the hallway I came face to face with the three other musketeers of the band. They all smiled up at me, Louis came bouncing over to me.
“Although we’ve chatted on the phone, it’s nice to meet you” he said with a kind smile.
“Hello” I replied, putting on my best ‘kind’ voice.
“Well if you excuse me for a moment” I heard the tone of an annoyed Janice ring through the room.
Turning around to face her, she shot me and Carly and annoyed look before turning to the boys.
“We’ve gone over this, no groupies back here until after the show!” she exclaimed, crossing her arms.
“These girls aren’t groupies though” Zayn butted in, smiling at us as he pushed himself up of the couch.
“Sure there not darling, neither was the girls who were backstage last week!” she cried, throwing her hands up in the air.
I frowned, turning to Niall I smiled lightly “You know, to save Janice from having a aneurism; I’m going to go hit up the closest food store and eat, so I’ll see you at the show tonight” I said, he chuckled.
“Are you sure? Don’t feel like you need to leave because of her” he replied, the boys nodded in agreement.
“Nah, it’s good. Plus, I kinda want to marinate in my shame from earlier” I said, shrugging slightly.
He chuckled and shrugged, with a slight wink “I wasn’t complaining”
Pushing him away playfully, I scoffed; spreading a smile across my face “Come on Carly, we’ll go through the front way, catch you later guys” I waved to the boys.
Walking back out to the exit, the rumble of screaming girls was evidently clear. Glancing to Carly, we both nodded at each other. Placing my hand on the door, I took a deep breath.
“If they run at you, get into the foetal position” I said, with a slight smile.
She nodded at me seriously, pushing the door open. The eruption of screaming increased; it died down momentarily as the door slammed behind us. A young blonde stepped out of the crowd; she looked at me in slight shock.
“Oh my god, it’s her!” she squealed, setting the squeals of like a domino effect.
“Run!” I said, pushing Carly away.
Heading away from the crowd, turning back, my mouth hit the floor. The girls were actually willing to chase us, pushing Carly to move faster. We ran to the back gates, slipping through easily. I turned back to Carly, she’d got caught in the fence. About fifteen girls surrounded her, there eyes wild. Shooting insults and questions at her.
“Abort the foetal position! I repeat, abort!” I called out, scurrying over.
Pulling her through the fence, she smiled lightly up at me. Looking up at the arena, I noticed a mop of brown curls and black styled hair. Looking down at us, I frowned. Pointing up to them, I gasped.
“Oh my god, is that Harry and Zayn!?”I exclaimed, the girls turned in sync.
Spotting the boys easily, they began to squeal. Rushing over to the windows, they began to bang on the windows. Calling out for the boys to follow them on Twitter or marry them, grabbing Carly. I pulled her through the fence and ran away with her. We ran roughly three blocks, the screaming dying down enough to let us here ourselves. Looking to her, both our eyes were wild with excitement.
“Oh my god that was scary! They were like zombies chasing an easy meal and you! ‘Abort the foetal position’, classic!” she gushed, laughing at her I shook my head.
“I try” I replied, faking seriousness.
Making it to the closest restaurant, we slotted into the back of the restaurant. Smiling at the overly perky raven waitress, she handed us our menus. Looking to both of us, then glancing around the restaurant she bent down to whisper to us.
“I can’t believe you of all people would catch Niall’s eye, I’m so proud of you!” she squeaked, before winking and scurrying off.
Carly frowned and cocked her head to the side “Who was that?” she asked, shrugging at her I laughed lightly.
“I have absolutely no idea, what’s good to eat here?” I said, looking down at the menu.
Hey guys, thank-you for whoever out there is actually reading my story :) you are a champion! I’m getting slightly confused as how I want to run this story. I have a few big plots in mind.
A) Carter and Niall make it official as a couple and their problems start with being long distance and the hate she gets.
B) Carter and Niall make it official, but she gets close to Jason and decides whether she wants the pop star boyfriend or boy next door.
C) Carter wants Niall to make it official but he is too afraid, leading her on a wacky set of tactics to get him to be hers.
D) Finally, Carter and Niall become official but a jealous Carly sets a string of events of leading Niall to believe she is actually using him to get to either his money or band mates.
I’m not too keen on doing a love triangle, as they are done all the time and I like the idea of Carter and Niall being official. Also, I’d hate to make Carly a baddy. But I’ll do what I have to do to make the story more appealing to you. Ah! That rhymed, ha ha. Comment on your thoughts please!