My Mystery Girl Chapter Two

I smile down at her and lead her out into the hallway. We have to weave in and out of crew members once again and I find the side stairs the lead us down the side of the stage and new the audience. I walk Alyx back to her seat. She looks me in the eyes and I can see the sadness in them.

        I grip her hand tighter and pull her into me for a hug.

        “I’ll be with you soon. I promise,” I whisper into her ear. She smile a sad smile and I hand her a small slip of paper with my number on it. I lightly peck her on her cheek before having to run away from the screaming fangirls who have just notice I was within grabbing distance.

        I run onstage with the other boys and Louis pats me on the back with a smile. My hands are shaking and I can’t stop smiling. My heart’s beating fast.

        The drum starts to beat and we start to sing ‘Everything About You.’ The whole time, I am looking at Alyx. My mystery girl. And the whole time, she is looking at me too.

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“So, Liam, who was that girl you brought backstage with you?” Harry asks me on the way to our hotel in the limo.

        “That was Alyx,” Louis says smiling at Harry and putting his arm around me. “Looks like Liam found himself another girl.”

        “What are you going to tell Danielle, Liam?” Oh. No. I completely forgot about my girlfriend Danielle. I’m dead.

        I lean my head back and shut my eyes and let out a groan.

        “Who’s gettin’ sacked Daddy D?” Louis asks. I glare at him. I want this ride to end now.

        “Liam, we know it’s hard and all. I mean, we saw how you were looking at Alyx. Man, you totally fell for her after one look didn’t you?” Niall asks me. He knows me better than anyone else. But I couldn’t answer him. I am too ashamed. I’ve been with Danielle for almost a year now. All those memories....just gone.

        “Do you really think she could be the one, Liam?” Zayn asks. So far, he’s been the most understanding.

        “I..”

        “Liam. Do you love Danielle?” I stare at Harry wide eyed. Of course I love Danielle! But then I’m forced to think. If I do love Danielle, why can’t I say so?

        “I...don’t know..” I confess. Anger is filling in me. How can I be saying this? Danielle is my girlfriend! Alyx is just a fan I met at one of my concerts. I should choose Daniell. At least that’s what my brain says. But my heart? My heart has an idea of what it wants.

        We stop at our hotel and I quickly get out of the limo and run into the building before all the fangirls can get ahold of me. I normally stay out and sign stuff for them but not today. I can vaguely hear the boys calling my name but I march right up to our room on the 5th floor and open the door to our suit and lock myself in our bathroom.

        I go over to the sink and run the cold water on and put my hands under it. After taking a few deep breaths I splash some water on my face then take a good look at myself. I straightened my hair today and it was falling over my brown eyes. I liked having it cut for a while but I prefer it long. I look like I haven’t slept in weeks. And I might as well have. My eyes look so tired.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

        “Hey! Liam! Open the door! Harry’s gonna burst!” Louis shouts at me. Without speaking I unlock the door and walk past Harry doing the potty dance and Louis trying to hold him up, past Zayn who is crashed on the couch, past Niall whose upper half has disappeared into the fridge, and into mine and Niall’s bedroom and, once again, lock the door. I jump and land face first on the soft cushiony bed. My eyelids felt like they had a hundred pounds on them. I’m just about to close my eyes when I hear a familiar ringtone.

        I reach into my pocket and grab out my phone to see an unfamiliar number. Then I remember.

        “Alyx,” I whisper to myself. I quickly roll over in my bed and press the ‘accept’ key.

        “Hello?” I say into the receiver.

        “Hey Liam! It’s Alyx,” She sounded out of breath. I could almost hear the smile in her voice.

        “Hey, Alyx!” I must look ridiculous. A huge grin on my face and laying upside down on my bed and snuggling a pillow. “How have you been? I wish we could have spent a longer time together.”

        “I’ve been good! Today has been, by far, the best day of my life. But I know how you feel. I wish we could have seen each other longer or something.” I sit up in bed and before I could get too shy.

        “Do you want to meet me tonight? Around six?” While biting my bottom lip in anticipation I hear a ‘CLUNK’ on the other end.

        “Sorry about that. I dropped my cell phone. I would love to meet you at six,” My heart was jumping in my throat with excitement. She was talking fast on the other end. I couldn’t even understand what she was saying. But I couldn’t help but laugh with her and smile. After about an hour of talking about the X-Factor and how One Direction came to be. It was about four when I had to end our conversation.

        “Hey, Alyx, as much as I don’t want to, I have to go. I have to go to a CD signing for an hour.”

        “Haha that’s fine, Liam. It was really nice talking to you. Can’t wait to see you at six!” And that was that. End of conversation. But there was one more call I needed to make.

        I clicked and held down number two and speed dial kicked in. After three rings, the call connected and I heard the familiar, ‘Hey!’ on the other end.

        “Danielle? We need to talk.”