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Dreams vs. Reality

Chapter Twenty-Four


Amber's POV

The concert went on and it is absolutely great. Lou, Chasity and I got along really well, and we have actually made plans to do some shopping in the next week or so. They just finished singing Kiss You, which was a blast to sing along to, the energy levels were blowing through the roof! The all got into certain spots on the stage, as Niall found starting pitches on his guitar. Harry talked to the audience in the meantime.

“So… How are you all?” He asked them, leaning back slightly on the staircase. They all screamed with joy, but not answering his question.

“What? Was that a good scream or a bad one? Are you not enjoying yourselves out there?” Harry looked to the others as they played along and shrugged with him, putting on pout faces.

“Are you guys having a good time?!” Louis yelled out to them, bringing his hand around his ear, as a wave of yes’ were screamed at them. They all chuckled in amusement at their loyal fans.

“Alright guys, so we are going to do something different on here. One of us, by absolute random has an idea. So today is Harry's. Harry's idea is a surprise for a certain fan of his…” Niall said so quietly into his mic, looking out into the audience with a questionable look. Harry’s face dropped as he turned to his friend, giving him glares.

“It’s not much of a surprise, more like, a dedication, to.” He spoke slowly, his cheeks turning rosy as he shifted in his spot on the staircase. The fans screamed louder than I thought possible at the sight of him blushing. I turned to Lou.

“Is he bringing up a fan?” I asked her. She just shrugged.

“I’m not one to know what is going to happen on stage, I’m just the hair stylist in these parts.” She tries to say in a western accent, cracking us up.

“A simple ‘no’ would have been nice, Lou.” I tried to say through my laughter.

“Amber... Oh Amber? Now where are you???” I hear Liam call out. I turn to look at him and they were all looking out to the audience, shielding the light from their eyes with their free hand. The audience roars for me as well as

“BOYS! SHE’S OVER HERE!” Lou yells at the top of her lungs, waving her arms around to get their attention. I look at Chasity and she is holding back a giggle. They soon find me and smile evil grins, except for Harry who had a nervous one.

“What…” I said slowly. She shakes her head quickly and stands up, tugging at my arm and walking into the direction of the stage. OH NO.

“NO, NO, NO, NO, I’M GOOD. I’M GOOD WHERE I AM, THANK YOU! CHASITY, PLEASE PUT ME DOWN.” I nervously yell out to her, freeing myself just as the audience got a glimpse of me, screaming even louder.

“Oh come on, Bambi. Don’t be a party pooper. Come on out we won’t bite.” Louis tries to plead with me from his spot on stage, but I shook my head vigorously.

“I’m good here. Go on.” I yell out to him. He shakes his head and quickly runs off stage to us, and before I had time to react, I am being hoisted onto his shoulder, and brought back out. I continue to smack him on his back, telling him to let me go.

"Louis Tomlinson you let me go this instant!" I yell.

“Everyone, I would like you to meet my good friend Amber Hudson.“ Louis yells into his mic, forcing me to cover my ears at the sudden sound.

Chasity and Lou give me thumbs up as they get farther away from me. I put on a frowny face to Chasity, since she knows that I am not, repeat, NOT great with large crowds staring at me all at once. I see Louis reaching towards a black box with a few lights and buttons on it, clicking one that turned all the lights off.

“You’re gonna like this, Bambi, I promise.” He yells so only I could hear him. “Harry has been nervous of doing this all day. You will benefit, I swear.” He pleads with me as he sets me down in front of him, holding me at arms length.

“Do what?” I ask him.

“You will see, but you trust us, right?” He asks. When I don’t say anything, he gives me a look asking whether or not I’m okay.

I take a cautious look onto the audience, and immediately regret it. I turn my face to see Louis’ baby blues staring right at me, then looking to the rest of the guys, as they nodded their heads at me, supporting me. I am going to get through this I tell myself. It will be over soon. I nod my head at Louis slowly, a smile breaking out on his face.

“Great. Alright, uh, Liam!” He calls out to him. He jogs his way over to us, and opens his arms out for me, taking me in an embrace.

“Hello, Liam.” I greet him as we part. He smiles back at me.

“Excited?” He asks me.

“Nervous, more like. What is going on?” I tell him shyly.

“Don’t worry, Amber, everything will be fine, as long as you are on board with this.” He says, coming out more like a question. I nod my head.

“Hey! Are we ready or what? We got a show to put on!” Niall suddenly says, causing me to jump. An eruption of laughter comes out of the audience, causing me to not doubt blush with embarrassment.

“Where is she going, again?” Louis asks him. He starts to walk away, signaling me to follow him. Louis waves me off and begins to turn his mic back on.

“Alright, we are all good to go! WOO!” He cheers, pumping his fist into the air as Liam climbs up the stairs, passing Niall and stopping a couple feet from Harry. He points on the edge of the platform, signaling me to sit there. I do as I am told and sit down where I am told. Liam ruffles my hair with his free hand, unaware that the pain was still there, but I hid my face from him. Unfortunately, Harry was the one to see that.

"Are you alright?" He asks. I nod my head. I'm not really, I'm trying to casually sit in front of thousands of your fans that would like to kill me for being so close to you guys, and I generally don't do well in front of large crowds. Please help me. "Are you sure?" He asks again. I nod again, somewhat smiling this time.

“Nervous on what’s going to happen..” I tell him.

“Don’t let them discourage you. If you feel too nervous, just look at me, okay?” He asks me. I nod my head, knowing that ‘s what I would probably do anyways. He smiles back nervously and looks over to Niall, who begins to play his guitar. Liam starts to sing.

“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,
Body's intertwined with her lips.”

Niall takes over, looking over to Louis.

“Now she's feeling so low since she went solo
Hole in the middle of my heart like a polo." They both do that symbol that I see them do in other concerts, making me laugh to myself. Nouis man.
"And its no joke to me
So can we do it all over again? Come on!" Everyone joins in for the chorus.

“If you're pretending from the start like this,
With a tight grip, then my kiss
Can mend your broken heart
I might miss everything you said to me
And I can lend you broken parts
That might fit like this
And I will give you all my heart
So we can start it all over again." Harry begins to take over, staring right at me.

"Can we take the same road two days in the same clothes
And I know just what she'll say if I can make all this pain go
Can we stop this for a minute
You know, I can tell that your heart isn't in it or with it?" He motions to Louis without looking away from me, and Louis picks up where Harry left off. It takes me a while before I glance over to Louis.

"Tell me with your mind, body and spirit
I can make your tears fall down like the showers that are British
Whether we're together or apart
We can both remove the masks and admit we regret it from the start." They go back to singing the chorus in perfect harmony.

"If you're pretending from the start like this,
With a tight grip, then my kiss
Can mend your broken heart
I might miss everything you said to me
And I can lend you broken parts
That might fit like this
And I will give you all my heart
So we can start it all over again." Zayn sings his part flawlessly, standing up.

"You'll never know how to make it on your own
And you'll never show weakness for letting go
I guess you're still hurt if this is over
But do you really want to be alone?" Harry maneuvers his way to me as Zayn sings, so his feet would be dangling off the platform next to mine. When it should be Liam’s turn to sing, Harry sings it instead, causing the fans (that I forgot was there in the first place, thanks to Harry.) to scream.

“If you're pretending from the start like this,
With a tight grip, then my kiss
Can mend your broken heart
I might miss everything you said to me.” He sings, bringing our heads closer to the point where the microphone is between our faces. I don't like this. If I breathe it will ruin the song.

“And I can lend you broken parts
That might fit like this
And I will give you all my heart
So we can start it all over again
If you're pretending from the start like this,
With a tight grip, then my kiss
Can mend your broken heart
I might miss everything you said to me
And I can lend you broken parts
That might fit like this
And I will give you all my heart.”

Even though they are all singing, I could only hear Harry’s voice as he sings to me, making every word count. Tears involuntarily spill out of my eyes, making Harry frown at me as he sings the chorus for the last time, the mic being so close to my face. Harry sings the last verse.

“So we can start it all over…” He holds the last note, as he keeps staring at me, bringing one hand to my cheek, brushing the tears away. His intensely green orbs stare right through me, making me feel like jello inside.

“Again?” Louis and Niall say coincidentally, making me laugh, accidentally too close to the mic, causing it to echo into the arena. That's what I was afraid of. Now people are laughing. Harry turns to them, showing off his cheeky grin to them before turning to me. I bury my face in embarrassment, they are laughing at me.

“Amber, you okay?" I hear Harry ask, soon feeling his hands on my wrists to pull my hands away. My face is no doubt bright red at this point, which is making me feel worse.

"Yeah. Just a bit embarrassed."

"Of what?"

"I laughed into the microphone. Everyone laughed at me." I shrug, making him frown. I feel really bad for making him frown. It feels like a crime, so I look away.

"Amber, your laugh is adorable. Its so adorable its contagious." He brings his hand to pick my head up. "It's like how Niall laughs, you can't help but laugh as well. They are laughing for a good reason, promise." He smiles softly.

"Really?" I squint my eyes. He could be saying that just to make me feel better.

"I just said I promise." He smirks.

"Alright..." It was silent between us for a moment, just trying to get comfortable.

"Amber?" He suddenly asks.

"Yeah?"

"Can we start over?” He whispers to me quietly. I look at him confused.

“But we already said we were okay.” I tell him. He shakes his head.

“No…” He immediately says, and I take in a sharp breath. We aren’t okay? But he treats me like we are, but then again, it was a bit awkward when we settled it.. Why are you so confusing Harry??

“No, wait, I didn’t mean it like that.” He quickly defends himself. The arena falls quiet, as I know that all eyes are on me.

“I mean… Like… Can we really start over? As in--” He was cut off by Niall playing a different, yet very familiar set of chords, causing Harry to look away from me and to Niall. He nods Harry’s way, and sends a smile to me before Zayn starts. Harry immediately relaxes. What is going on?

Harry’s POV

Thank the Lord Niall is in the band and for his fucking brain. I’m so confused on what to say… I knew I should have practiced this more, but no. Liam says I’ll be fine. Well Liam, do I LOOK fine??? I’m sweating to my balls right now, I am so fucking nervous. I didn’t think about if she would cry, either!! God, please help me... Zayn started his line, bringing us back to the day we were in her room.

"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 started to sing the next verse.

"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."

I poked at the spoken body parts on her, just like last time before Zayn took over.

"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." The crowd roared. Louis kept making funny faces during the small break before starting his lines.

"You can't go to bed without a cup of tea
And maybe that's the reason that you talk in your sleep
And all those conversations are the secrets that I keep
Though it makes no sense to me." I ruffled my hair a little bit to ease my tension before singing, which made the crowd scream, and Amber cover her ears. Not what I wanted.

"I know you've never loved
The sound of your voice on tape" I tapped her lips quickly.
"You never want,
To know how much you weigh.
You still have to squeeze into your jeans
But you're perfect to me." I looked at her as serious as I can. Niall joined me for the next verses.

"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."

Then Niall took over singing the bridge, looking out to the crowd before gazing at Chasity and Lou at the sides.

"You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you
And you'll never treat yourself right, darling, but I want you to.
If I let you know I'm here for you. You sing it!"

"Maybe you'll love yourself like I, love you, oh!" They all sang. Niall winks at Chasity, before letting me sing.

"And I've just let these little things slip out of my mouth
'Cause it's you." I point at her.
"Oh, it's you." I tap her thigh that was closest to me.
"It's you they add up to." I poke her enclosed toes side to side with my foot, earning a giggle from her, relieving me.

"And I'm in love with you.
And all these little things" Then the rest of them joined me to sing the end.

"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 your little things."

Everyone screamed as the final chords played out. I look over to Amber who was hiding her face behind her hair. I move up closer to her, removing her hair to see her tear-stained cheeks. I move the mic away from me and looked at her straight in the eyes, come on Harry, all or nothing.

“Amber, will you go out with me?”

Notes


Oh God. Took twenty-fourish chapters, but he finally asked her! Will she say yes, or no? The chapters are slowly making their way back to the pace I wanted, so I hope you guys subscribe to make sure you get the notifications!! :) Hope you enjoyed the chapter and the next one should be up later this week, no later by Monday, hopefully :P I'm starting school next week on the 27th, woo. By the way, thank you for 9k+ views :)

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Comments

@samie_horan

There ya go! I hope you enjoy, sorry about the wait, the notes at the end of the chapter explains why :P xx

update please xxx

@samie_horan

I've had those times too, I feel you x

yeah i couldnt stop reading this story so my mum like told me to get off my comp about 50 times (not exaggerating) then she like stormed into my room and was like if you dont get off in the next 5 secs your grounded so i was like k and she was like 5 4 3 and then i shut my comp so... okay thanks xx

@samie_horan

Why's that? For reading? And the next chapter for The Spy Within is up. Sorry for the delay, got a bit side tracked :P