Never Is A Promise

El smiled at Paul “We’ll give you some boy time. We’ll sit over here and chat girly stuff.” She said pulling us to the corner of the room.

“So how’d you meet the boys?” El asked. “Liam wasn’t really clear on that except that it entailed you feeding Harry.“

I laughed “Well, long story short I got out of the hospital earlier today, and my body isn’t agreeable with solid food quite yet so I couldn’t eat the burrito that was going to be my dinner so Aly gave it to the boys.” I explained propping my wheelchair up on my back wheels.

“Oh well that would explain it,” they laughed as we mostly talked about trivial things interests, favorite movies and bands the usual get to know each other stuff.

“So where did you guys grow up?” Dani asked us glancing at the clock. “Answer fast in a few minutes its gonna get loud if the girls are screamers” she laughed.

“Manchester” Aly said “I moved to London for highschool.”

“Holmes Chapel” I said without thinking, I was already starting to get tired. Aly noticed mouthing ‘coffee’ I nodded.

“Same as Harry?” Eleanor asked as Aly walked off to get me the coffee.

“Yea, same schools too, I look a little different now though I doubt he remembers me and I’d hate to bring it up. I moved to London for medical stuff 2 years ago.”

“Medical stuff?” Dani asked “you don’t have to answer I’m just being nosey.”

I shook my head “Oh no its fine. I was diagnosed with cancer two years ago and I moved here for treatment. That way I was closer to the hospital. I was finishing up a new treatment earlier today that hopefully will keep me in remission for longer than a month or two.” I said shrugging thanking Aly for the coffee.

The boys walked back over to us. “Hey we are gonna sit in the hall till all the other contestants are brought in as well.” Liam explained “We’ll see you guys in a few“ He finished giving both of us a hug and kiss on the cheek that we returned. They boys waked out to the hall Eleanor and Dani heading out as well smiling at us.

“I like them!” we heard El saying as the door closed.

“I need more coffee” I laughed Aly walking with me as I rolled over to the snack bar. The groups of girls walked in a few were around our age, and a few a little older, but most were younger. Aly and I waited next to Harry’s seat on the far end of the table up front. I smirked listening to the conversation next to us, I nudged Aly motioning for her to listen to the girls behind us.

“Oh my god Anna I’m so jealous you turned 14 before me!”

“I know!” the girl said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world “You know Harry said the youngest he’d date was 14.”

“I knew there was a reason I brought you! You know so much about the boys!” the other girl said. I felt bad for the girl she was being used by the other girl and she didn’t even know it. I turned around slightly to watch the girls.

“You have to if you want to know them like I do” the black haired girl said flipping her hair over he shoulder arrogantly her friend reminded me of a younger me, short, blonde and not the acceptable ‘skinny’ body type.

I turned to roll to the garbage. I tapped the blonde girls shoulders her darker blue eye looking at me meeting my own blue ones flecked with dark brown and green spots “You look a lot like Harry’s ex-girlfriend from Holmes Chapel.” I said smiling.

“What she looks nothing like Felicity!” the other girl snapped.

I laughed “Oh no babe not Felicity, Mickole.” Aly said as we moved to get food.

We smirked at the girl’s reaction after “if my name comes up your covering.” I said.

She nodded laughing, “All three of us played volleyball together I sent the letter when she passed.”

“So weird saying I’m dead when I’m not” I laughed turning to Aly “no I’m not telling him, I’m not putting him through another whole fiasco like last time.” She sighed nodding as she sat on a table.

That’s when the shrill screams suddenly echoed in the small room as the boys walked in, all smiles and happy to be with their friends and fans.

I watched as the boys smiled through the screams hugging the fans as they swarmed them. I was proud, Harry was growing up to become an amazing man. I was sad realizing I hadn’t been there for him during his time from the boy I loved in Holmes Chapel to the man I still loved in One Direction, I couldn’t share that with him. Aly and I moved over to the edge of the group not wanting to be abnormal I smiled. The boys reached the two girls “Anna.” The black haired boy said smiling tightly.

“Zayn!” She squealed. Throwing herself into a hug.

Harry’s eyes widened at the girl turning to her friend before blinking twice shaking his head a little. She spun to face us “Told you.” Aly said smiling Harry looked at her as the girls turned back around smiling as Aly mouthed ‘Later’ to Harry.

He nodded once to her as the other girl Anna squealed throwing her arms around Harry next who politely hugged her back before she turned and threw herself into the rest of the boys. Harry turned to the other girl with Zayn “And you are?” He asked.

“Emily” she said he smiled.

“Hello Emily” he said winking at her. I smiled as her eyes widened. “Now do tell me what was that. Between you and Aly?”

“She said I looked at little like your first ex-girlfriend, Nicole?” Emily said hesitantly.

“Mickole” he said automatically looking up at Aly.

“I knew her when she moved to London for medical stuff. We played on the same volleyball team.” Aly covered but motioned to both of us with the volleyball.

Harry smiled but it didn’t reach his eyes “You know their right, gorgeous just like her.” He gave her a kiss on the cheek. Before turning to Aly “We need to talk” she nodded. He looked down at me too “We all need to talk“ he said as he hugged Aly tightly. I felt the guilt hit me. He finally had a connection to me and he was grabbing onto it he wasn’t gonna let it slip away.

He pulled me into a hug as well his grip tight, I sighed kissing his cheek rubbing his shoulder blade. He visible relaxed, Louis’ eyebrow raised and looked pointedly at me and mouthed my name ‘Mickole’ I was shocked. Louis had never met me and had figured it out. Just my luck, the one I’d never have though to be that observant, hits the nail on the head with his first shot, and until now I just thought he was a space cadet.

I shook my head quickly glaring at him. I hugged all the boys kissing their cheeks, “I’ll explain why to you in a bit. Please don’t tell him.” I hissed in Louis ear he nodded uneasily, obviously not happy about keeping this from Harry. The boys climbed to their chairs at the front for the signing and pictures with all the winning groups.

We were last in the picture line, I was lost in thought til our names were called by Paul. I’d broken Harry’s heart once and I had let him go, you know what they say, if you love someone let them go and if it’s meant to be they’ll come back to you. Well that’s what I’d done I’d let him go by running, I was afraid he’d change and wouldn’t have treated me the same. How was I going to explain this to Louis, how could I ask him to not tell someone he was so obviously close to. Wait how had Louis picked up on that fact? Hmm I’d have to ask him. “Aly and MJ” Paul called. We moved toward the front of the group.

Niall helped Aly up the steps as Harry, Louis, and Zayn launched themselves over the table and the riser to my chair picking me up and lifting it on to the riser before I could move to get up. “Oh and I was just gonna get up” I laughed they looked at me “The wheel chair is only because I can’t stand or walk for long periods of time” I explained shrugging.

“Stand for the picture” Harry said holding out his hands to pull me up “Louis and I can hold you up if you need it.”

“Ok,” I nodded taking Harry’s hands feeling the shock of skin to skin as a warmth buzzed up my arms from the contact. I lifted my legs up off the foot rests placing them on the floor as soon as I had my feet on the ground he pulled me up into his chest.

He’d grown a good 6 inches in the last 2 years, now standing close to a foot taller than me at 5’10 or 11”, where I’d stayed the same height of 5’0”. “Wow you’re short.” He laughed looking down at me.

I smacked his chest lightly taking a step back “Nah, you’re just freakishly tall.” I smiled. He laughed wrapping an arm around me we turned to the camera I smiled ignoring the glares from half the girls as Louis and Zayn picked me up when my legs started to shake. Making a box by grabbing their wrists for me to sit on. Aly had her arm around Niall his wrapped around her pulling her in close. I smiled she deserved to be happy, and to say her and Niall had hit it off was an understatement.

The boys then handed out the gift baskets as Dani and El snuck back into the room grabbing five of the ten extra gift baskets. “What are you two up too?” Aly asked seeing the girls smirking.

El held up a phone with twitter open on it “Louis phone, Dani has Liam’s, “ I looked over her shoulder ‘This is Eleanor and I’ve taken over Louis’ phone and Twitter!’ was on the screen waiting to be sent “We’ve decided to play a game,” she said tossing Aly, Niall’s phone and me Zayn and Harry’s “Type in the same message.” We did showing her she nodded “And send, now type ‘who wants to play a game!!!’” we typed away all sending at the same time again ‘First five people to tell us any of us (El, Dani, MJ or Aly) their full name and favorite boy get a prize!! Xx.’ “Now we go find the first person that we get a reply from and get the boys to sign the left over gift baskets to them and have their management send the gift baskets!”

“I like it!” Aly said. We each wrote down the names of the girls that replied to us and put the name with each bag, before sending out a congrats tweet to each girl from each boy and then messaging them asking for their phone number telling them someone would call them later to sort out details.

By that time it was our turn Aly and I went to hand the phones back, Eleanor and Dani waved us off. “Have some fun with them first. You’ve taken over their Twitter, go play tweet clips of the concert and pictures the fans will love you” El said winking we shrugged nodding. I slipped Harry’s into my left jacket pocket with my immune suppressant pills and Zayn’s into my right with my own phone. When we got to the boys Eleanor and Dani waved us through.

“We’ll get these” Dani said motioning to the five baskets.

I looked up Harry, Niall, Zayn Liam and finally Louis. Aly set mine up first “MJ’s" she said as Harry ripped the packaging pulling out each piece, the t-shirt, poster, cd, movie, individual posters, beanie, coffee mug and wrist bands. He signed all of them quickly, except for the other boy’s individual posters, I saw him scribbling something else on the back of the group poster. I couldn’t see it but whatever it was made the other boys laugh and nod they did the same, write on the back and sign the front. I rolled along the line trying to figure out what they we’re writing. They wouldn’t tell Aly or myself what they were writing though, keeping their notes secret from us. I did hear Liam stop breathing suddenly and his eyes flash to me as Louis signed his stuff.

“Louis did you just sign it to that name?” I asked, he smiled at me, I shook my head “I’ll explain later Liam. Please don’t say anything to him.” I said. Liam nodded hesitantly just as Louis had.

I rolled over to the snacks filling my cup with another serving of coffee as I popped the pill into my mouth swallowing. Liam began to speak “Alright now on to the next thing so go fill a plate with a few snacks” I rolled away from the table quickly. Causing the other boys to laugh as the girls swarmed the table “Then make a line and we’ll start a Speed –Dating activity, you’ll get one minute with each of us and then we’ll be doing a general interview that’ll be recorded and put up online.” He explained as Paul started setting up the line. The boys taking a seat at the different tables around the room so they wouldn’t interrupt each others conversation. Aly and I sat in the back of the line, fooling with the boys twitters I answered the questions I knew about Harry and texted a few picture of the boys. Zayn’s phone in one hand Harry’s in another when a reply caught my eye from Niall or Aly it was a picture of me with the two phones ‘MJ is a double trouble girl with @zaynMalik1D and @harry_styles phones and twitters. If you’re nice we might text you from the boys phones. Xx.’ I laughed and retweeted it from both accounts Dani and El following along a few minutes later. We played games with the fans for the next few minutes til it got to our turn in the ‘speed dating’ activity.

Notes

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