"Here are your orders. Enjoy!" the waiter said as he placed the tray with our drinks on it on our table. He distributed them and left our table. I only ordered coke while the other guys ordered alcohol. Not to be a killjoy, but I wasn't in the mood to drink, but I will be once graduation ends.
"So why drag me to this place? I mean, there's not a lot of people here" it was almost true. I mean, there were some people, but the place was so small. When we entered the room, there were only a few windows at the top of the walls. There was a small stage up front while there were tables and chairs in the middle. The bar was placed at the side. There was also a vending machine for cigarettes too on the other side. Oh, I forgot to mention also, that the stage had a piano on top and 2 mic stands. There were also numerous instruments there.
Most of the people here were a mix of oldies and people who are the same age as Liam, Louis, and Niall. I could not see anyone who has the same age as me. I'm starting to think 18-year-olds aren't allowed in here.
"Oh come on. You're old enough to be in here and besides, you're done with school, right?" Liam told me as he took a sip from his drink.
"Well technically, I will be done with school in 3 days. So right now, I'm still a high school student who doesn't think she's supposed to be here" I began being skeptical to the fact that I was brought in here without a parent's consent, although I am old enough to make my own decisions.
"It's fine. We know the owner. He's a friend of ours way back" Louis told me. Soon a guy who was as tall as them went over to our table and started to greet the guys by doing their manly handshake or whatever. The handshakes that pull you into a hug. He was not too old and not too young. He wore a muscle tee that showed all the tattoos on his arms. He had little facial hair on him and has blonde streaks on his hair.
I got confused and the guys noticed. They brought the guy over to me as he put his hand out. "Allana, this is Dylan. Dylan, this is Allana" I grabbed his hand and shook it as a polite gesture.
"Hi, nice to meet you" I awkwardly said. I looked confused because I didn't know who the hell I was being introduced to.
"This is the guy who owns this place. Our friend" Niall said. Well, that makes sense. I thought he was a stranger.
"Ohh, wow. Haha, nice to finally meet you" I shook his hand again and shook it a bit fast making him laugh at my behavior. "I'm sorry, but I haven't been to a place like this before. It's a bit new to me" I admitted. I really haven't been into a bar before, let alone a karaoke bar.
He grabbed a chair after he snapped his fingers at the waiter and I assumed that he wanted a drink with us. He sat in between Louis and Niall while I sat in between Liam and Louis. He then started the conversation. "It's okay if you're not too familiar about this place. I recently opened this one about a month ago. There were a lot of people here during my soft opening, but after that, people stopped coming" he started to explain.
"Why did they stop coming here?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Well, they didn't really stop. I realized that more people come in when it's at night. You know, no more work and all" actually that makes sense too. I mean, people don't usually go to bars during the daytime but prefer to go when it's at night.
"So what time do people start coming in?" I asked him.
He looked at his watch first before speaking. "Right.....about......now," he said and soon a lot of people entered the bar. The empty tables were now occupied with either a group or a couple. I laughed a bit because of how he knows his customers so well.
"Wow, that's a lot of people" I commented at how crowded the room was. It was a good thing we were here on time and had a table before the room was packed with people. I continued talking. "So, when does the karaoke thing start? or you're gonna tell me this isn't really a karaoke club, but also a strip club" I joked. The guys laughed at me as Dylan drank from his drink and talked back.
"No no, you're in the right place. I couldn't afford to make this a strip club or my wife will kill me" he laughed as the other guys laughed with him.
"Oh, you're married?" I knew a guy like him could be soft.
"Yeah, and I have two kids. Both girls, actually" he pulled his wallet from his back pocket and showed me a family picture of them. They looked so cute and happy and perfect. I know I should be jealous, but I am quite happy with the family I have right now.
After he showed me the picture, a guy walked up to him and whispered in his ear. He replied back but whispered at him. He then started texting his phone and was done after a few seconds. He stood up and finished his drink and said "So I gotta go because I have to start hosting the karaoke night. But it was nice meeting you" he told me and left to go on backstage.
"He seems nice," I told the guys. All of them nodded and agreed with me. Soon the lights started to fade and there was a spotlight on the stage. Dylan then showed up holding a microphone on his right hand. HE turned his mic on and started to speak.
"Well, good evening, ladies and gents. Welcome to each and every one of you to another special night we like to call 'Karaokey Dokey Night.' For tonight's performance, we are not going to ask any volunteers for a moment because we have a very special one for all of you" he spoke on his mic. A lot of people started to murmur here and there on how they were confused at the moment.
"W-What's going on? Why's everyone confused?" I asked the guys.
"Well, usually Dylan's karaoke bar has performances done by people from the audience who volunteer themselves to perform, but apparently there's this special performance, but we don't know who exactly" Liam explained to me. Well, I guess Dylan wanted a change in how they perform here.
After a few murmuring from the crowd, Dylan spoke again on the mic. "Now I know all of you are confused at the moment but this first performer would like to dedicate this song to a special someone in the crowd" he smiled to everyone and soon landed a wink on me. I got confused by his actions and glanced at the guys who were also smiling at me.
Dylan left the stage and the lights became black. I heard footsteps on stage, but we couldn't see anything. Soon the music started to play and all we hard were the piano being played. It played for a few minutes and heard a voice. The voice was familiar, but I haven't heard anything like it.
((a/n let's just assume that this song was made by Harry and One Direction didn't exist in this story lol))
Said I'd never leave her 'cause her hands fit like my T-shirt
Tongue-tied over three words, cursed
Running over thoughts that make my feet hurt
Bodies intertwined with her lips
The lights were still off as the person performing was still singing. I was so curious on who this mystery performer is. They then continued singing a few lines.
Now she's feeling so low since she went solo
Hole in the middle of my heart like a polo
And it's no joke to me
So can we do it all over again?
I got really confused on who this person was and how good their voice is. I mean, I am no professional singer, but you could really tell the emotion and passion this person is feeling when it comes to singing songs like this. Before they sang the next few lines, the spotlight was turned on and was facing the stage. I knew who this person was the moment, I saw the curly brown hair who was sitting on the stool and holding the mic---Harry.
My heart dropped and my stomach was turning into knots upon seeing him on stage and singing. I was ignoring him for about one week and now I see his face again, it all came back to me. The memories we had at my house, our fights, the kidnapping incident, and of course, when I found out the truth behind our relationship.
His face was serious at first and when eyes landed on me, his eyes started to sparkle. I noticed he put on a half-smile since he was still singing. His face started to make expressions, but serious ones, and I could tell that he was really feeling the song. I couldn't help, but try to look away. I wasn't in the mood to see him after what happened.
He continued singing and I noticed the guys were smiling at me and swaying like idiots. It looks like they're in a concert or something. I rolled my eyes at them and at Harry as I got my drink and drank it as to avoid eye contact from him or to anyone. I can't believe he had the audacity to do that without a sincere apology. I mean, I cried myself to sleep every night thinking about him and what he did.
It was totally unforgivable.
After he was done singing, the crowd started to cheer and clap for him. Dylan went on stage and spoke on the mic as he stood beside Harry. "Well, that was an amazing performance by our special performer. Thank you and we'll have a short break before we have any volunteers for tonight" he said. After he was done talking, everyone started to talk to one another. I noticed Harry went down the stage and started to walk towards me, although a few girls went up to him and crowded him.
I got out of my seat and started to put my books in my bag. The guys noticed and got confused too. "Wait- where are you going?" Niall asked me.
"I can't believe I let you guys drag me into this place. You knew he was going to perform and in front of me. You know hard it was to ignore him, but right now I just can't face him after what he did. I'm sorry. I have to go" I wore my bag and soon ran outside of the bar. I was nervous and embarrassed that I was even in here and to see him again. I just couldn't do it anymore.
Why now? Why? Just Why???
almost done y'all HEHE wait for the finale of the story