No Regrets

*LIZZIE’S POV*

Riding down to the arena was a slightly traumatic experience. Fans recognized the car as it was stuck in traffic, and almost immediately there was a swarm of girls pressed up against the windows, preventing the car from moving. Finally, police cleared a path for the car to drive off, and we made it with only a slight delay. We entered through a back tunnel to get to the dressing rooms and such, where we would meet up with everyone else.

“Well, at least now I know that I’m somewhat claustrophobic!” I joked, trying to set Harry at ease because the fans really pissed him off. I could tell he was tense, and I didn’t want him going and prepping for a show like that, so I stopped, “Harry, look at me.” He turned.

“What.” He asked flatly.

“You just need to chill out a little bit,” I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck again and played with some curls. “C’mon, you need to smile.” I moved my arms and playfully pulled at his cheeks while making sound effects. I was completely embarrassing myself, which made him slowly start to smile.

“You’re so weird,” he laughed as he shook his head at me.

“And that’s why you love me,” I said as I gave him a quick kiss before I turned to keep walking. He entwined his fingers in mine before we briefly continued down the hallway.

“LIZZEHHH!” I heard a quick warning before I was completely picked up off of the ground from behind. I was swung around before being put down and immediately engulfed in a group hug by the rest of the boys.

“Excuse me, I seem to have lost my girlfriend!” I heard Harry jokingly call out, “have any of you seen her?” After multiple hair-rufflings and pats on the back, the guys finally parted.

“It’s so good to see y’all!” I exclaimed, getting excited. “Are y’all ready for tonight?”

“Well, we are, but Harry’s not!” Liam said as he turned to Harry.

“We were on our way, but you lot have caused us a distraction!” Harry accused them, exasperated.

“Well let’s go! We’ll lead the way!” Louis said with his arm around Niall. Before I knew it, the two of them took off running down the hallway.

“HARRY AND LIZ ARE HERE! MAKE WAY! THEY’RE COMING! LIZZIE AND HARRY!” Louis and Niall shouted as they ran, making the rest of us laugh. We walked for a bit as I asked them all questions about tour life, until Harry stopped at a door.

“Listen, love, I’ve got to go to hair and makeup, but you go on with the lads and hangout in the main dressing room. I’ll meet you in a bit.” Harry said as he kissed me on the forehead before entering the room. I turned back to Liam and Zayn who were left with me.

“So, Liam, where’s Dani?” I asked, calling her by her common nickname.

“Well, she should actually be in the dressing room too, so we’ll see her there!” he explained as we walked a couple doors down the hallway.

“Here you are, milady,” Zayn said as he opened the dressing room door and grandly gestured inside. As I walked in, I saw two girls sitting on a sofa with their backs towards me. Upon hearing Zayn, they turned.

“LIZZIE!” Eleanor cried out as they both put down their tea and ran around the sofa to hug me.

“Aw, I missed y’all!” I said as I still had both of my arms wrapped around them.

“Well, Zayney boy,” we turned as we heard Liam behind us, “I would say our work here is done.”

“Thank you for returning our Lizzie to us,” Dani said as she went over and pecked Liam on the lips. “Now, go finish getting ready!” She shooed them as Liam and Zayn turned and walked out, closing the door behind them. I was immediately dragged to the couch.

“TELL. US. EVERYTHING.” Eleanor demanded as they sat on each side of me.

“About what?” I asked, confused.

“What Harry did about that picture!” Danielle explained, reminding me of what neither Harry nor I had brought up since I got his letter. “He wouldn’t tell any of us anything! He kind of just hid out for a while.”

“Oh, I feel so bad about that now!” I started to tell her, “if I had just let him explain everything to me then everything would have turned out better. It’s really all my fault, but he was so sweet about it. Louis is actually the one who sent me the link to their interview where Harry straight up left, and the same day I got the most adorable letter from Harry in the mail.” Eleanor and Danielle awed as I summed up the letter for them, with perfect timing too because as soon as I finished all five of them came in. Much to my surprise, Harry sat right on my lap.

“Oh hi Harry,” I said, “don’t mind me! I wasn’t sitting here or anything.”

“Get up before you squash the poor girl,” Niall said as he threw a grape across the room at Harry, hitting him right on the forehead.

“Ten points!” Louis cried out, “Fifty points if you get something stuck in the curls.” We all laughed as I attempted to shove Harry off of me onto the now free sofa, since Eleanor and Danielle had both gotten up.

“Oh no you don’t,” Harry said as he started to fall off the sofa and onto the floor, “I’m taking you down with me!” He pulled my arm which resulted in me lying on his chest. Still laughing, I propped myself up so that I was just inches away from his face.

“I really missed yo-” I started to say but couldn’t finish before he crashed his lips onto mine. My hands remained on his chest, holding myself up, as his arms wrapped around my lower back. My mind went entirely blank as soon as his lips touched mine, but I was brought back when I was reminded of everyone else in the room.

“Get a room, you two!” Niall yelled as we were pelted with more grapes while the rest of the group either whooped or made noises of fake disgust. I could feel my cheeks blush as I quickly got off of Harry, extending an arm down to help him up. Apparently this wasn’t a good idea, because as soon as Harry grabbed my arm, he pulled me right back on top of him, and rolled over so that he was on top of me, kissing all over my face and head as I squirmed, embarrassed.

“I can kiss my girlfriend if I want to! You don’t control me!” Harry yelled back, and I decided to play along, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him very passionately for show as the other boys cheered. We were all being very loud, so we didn’t hear anyone knock.

“Ah-hem,” a man coughed from the door way, and I immediately removed my arms from Harry’s neck. “Sorry to interrupt, but you have about five minutes until final vocal warm-ups. Better head back soon.”

As soon as the door closed again, we all erupted into laughter before Danielle and Eleanor told their boyfriends bye. I knew I was entirely red, because the whole experience was rather humiliating, but no one seemed to care. This time, Harry hopped up and extended an arm to pull me up.

“I’ve got to go, but I’ll see you out there,” Harry said before he kissed me on the forehead again.

“I can’t wait! You’ll be amazing; I know it.” I gave him a quick kiss on the lips before he followed the other guys out the door. I turned to Danielle and Eleanor, “now what?”

“Well, we can go out and watch 5 Seconds of Summer until the boys come on, if you want?” Eleanor said.

Before we knew it, 5SOS had finished and our boys were up on stage. Danielle, Eleanor and I were standing the entire concert in our reserved section in the front row, and we never stopped cheering. They sounded incredible, and Harry literally never took his eyes off of me. As they were singing They Don’t Know About Us, Harry came and sat on the edge of the stage right in front of me before he began his solo.

“Cause this love, is only gettin’ stronger,” he began as he reached his hand out to me,

“So I don’t wanna wait, any longer,” I smiled as I reached my hand out to hold his while he kept singing,

“I just wanna tell the world that you’re mine, girl,” before I knew it, Harry hopped off of the stage and quickly, but gently, kissed my lips before he hoisted himself back up to finish the song.