Chapter 12: Midnight Whispers

After lingering around the arena with Harry for a long time, we had to find our way to the buses. Not because we wanted to, but because it was getting so late and the lights had been turned down in the stadium. It was our cue we were about to take off for, Washington D.C , the next destination on the tour.

Walking out by the buses was so peaceful. Harry and I began laughing and chatting about random things that came to mind. Harry grabbed my hand in his and laced our fingers together. “Harry, I thought we were supposed be subtle about this.”

He smiled and said, “Mads, there is nobody around, and it’s dark. Who’s going to notice it’s us?”

I pondered his question and said, “Umm. I don’t know, but you never know.” He shook his head. “I think you’re a bit paranoid, but here, we can do this if it makes you feel better.”

He said as he changed our hand holding position to cupped. “Friends hold hands in this sort of fashion, right?”

I chuckled at his response and nudged him with my side. “Well, apparently so.”

Before we knew it, we were standing in front of my bus. We turned to face each other and I was quickly embraced into his strong arms. “Mads, I wish you could just stay with me on our bus.”

I laughed as I looked up to meet his gaze. “Me too, but it wouldn’t exactly be a secret relationship now would it?”

He smiled, “Well, I am telling the boys anyways.”

I gave him a questioning look, “All of them?!”

His face grew serious, “Yeah! Of course! They are like my brothers, Mads. I would trust them with my life!”

I nodded my head understandingly. It wasn’t hard to tell how close they all were, and if I trusted Harry, I trusted all of them.

He continued, “I can’t possibly keep this a secret from them. Besides they would notice how happy I am all the time and find out anyways.” He said with a cheeky grin.

I then reached up on my tip toes to kiss his nose. “I’m happy too.” I whispered.

We stood there quiet for a few moments, hugging and breathing each other in. “I should get inside. We will be taking off soon.” I said.

He laughed, “We can’t very well leave without a rather important member of the band on his proper bus.”

I flirtingly pushed him away, “Someone’s a bit full of himself.”

“Maybe just a bit.” He replied cheekily. “…but… I suppose you are right Mads. The show must go on.” I nodded my head as the gap between us closed again. Our arms were around each other and his lips were leaning in towards mine.

His lips felt so soft and supple against mine. I didn’t want the feeling to end. My hands were playing with his curls as his traced the spine of my back. Every moment with him felt so perfect, like a dream.

When we finally pulled away from each other Harry bent down to my ear and whispered, “Sweet dreams, love.”

I quietly spoke back, “You too, Harry.”

He moved his face directly in front of mine so our eyes were level. His green eyes held me in a trance while he spoke, “I already know I will, because they will be about you.”

I blushed at his statement, but he didn’t notice because he kissed me one final sweet kiss goodnight, whispered, “I’ll be seeing you beautiful.” and started to walk away in the direction of his bus. I watched him for a few seconds before opening the door to my quiet and rather dark bus. I figured most people were already sleeping. I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, smiling. I was on definite Cloud 9 as I started to walk to the back towards the bunks.

I was startled when a voice spoke out while I passed the table, “And just where have you been Miss Madeline?”

I turned quickly to see a figure in the dark. She flipped a light switch illuminating only the table and I realized the voice could only belong to Lacey. My smile faded, but I was still blushing.

“Umm… Well. Out… For a walk.” I lied terribly.

A smile spread across her face. “I know just where you’ve been! Out with a boy named Harry perhaps? Don’t lie, Maddie. You are quite awful at it.”

I was busted, but I didn’t think it would be so bad tell Lacey. She was my only friend on the tour. After all, I owed everything that happened between Harry and me to her. So, like before, I ended up spilling everything to her. I made sure our whispers were at the lowest volume as possible because I didn’t want anyone to overhear. By the time I had finished explaining the night’s events, I hadn’t even realized that we were on the road.

Lacey practically squealed with excitement. She quietly celebrated, “Oh my gosh! I am so happy for you both! It’s absolutely adorable! Do you think it will ever be public knowledge? I am not sure I can hold this kind of information in!”

I shot her a disapproving look to her last statement. “Lacey, you have to keep it a secret. If you can’t, then I shouldn’t have told you! I am not sure where our relationship will end up, but I couldn’t be happier for the way it is at the moment. I’d like to keep it that way.”

She seemed like she understood. “I know, Maddie. I was only joking, but it truly is so exciting! It’s just so romantic that he cares so much already and wants to protect you.” I just smiled, “I know.”

Lacey and I stayed up a while longer chatting about various topics, which somehow always found their way back to my new found romance. When we both were starting to feel tired, we decided to join the rest of the crew on our bus in the bunks.

I crawled into my bunk and pulled the curtain across. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was zonked out from all the stress followed by wonder of the day’s events. I drifted off into a deep sleep where I dreamed about the one person I cared most for, Harry.

Notes

Here's a cute little filler chapter!
There's still a lot to go down everyone, so keep reading! :)
Also, I was wondering what you guys would think if I did a short little snippet in Harry's POV?
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-Jen

(Also, did anyone watch the VMA's? Taylor calling Harry out like that?!)