***I am so sorry if any of the slang or language is off. You can tell I am not from the UK and have no one helping with the speech and slang im just going by ear. But if there are an correction don't hesitate to tell me. I would like to have the speech and slang correct. oh ya dont own one direction (obviously) or anything of the sort.***

Time was drawing near and the crowd was growing louder, you could hear them from back stage. Liam was standing just behind the curtain looking out at the restless crowd getting more hyped every second they waited. He looked over and watched as Harry laughing at something Louis had said, Zayn was getting last minute touches on his stage makeup after Harry and Louis smacked him with a towel attempting to ruffle his perfectly placed hair. Liam encountered an empty feeling, there was something missing from this picture something very important, Niall. He looked around but saw his friend no where.

"Hey" he said catching no ones attention "HEY" he shouted to the other boys "Where is Niall we are about to go on?"

They all looked around and just shrugged. What good where they if they didn't even know where the missing band member was. Liam rolled his eyes and walked away from where he had been standing to go look for the Irishman. As he turned the corner going into the next room he almost tripped on Niall, who was just sitting in the hall with his head in his hands. Niall didn't even look up, to lost in thought to care who had almost fallen over him. He didn't even move until he felt the boys breath near his ear.

"Are you ok Nialler?" getting Niall to finally look up

"Ya I just can't believe in a few days all this will be over, it all happened so fast and I don't know if I really want it to end" he finally mumbled.

"It will be ok this is only the beginning, things are only going to go up from here, we will be back in no time doing all this again" Liam tried to comfort him. He draped his arm around Niall' shoulder prompting the boy to roll his head into the crook of Liam's neck, somewhere that seemed to be the perfect spot for Niall's head. They sat like that for what seemed like hours with Liam just playing with the fabric of Niall's shirt sleeve and the Irish boy sitting their with his eyes closed. Soon enough the silence was broken when Harry came bounding in screaming.

" ! WHERE ARE YOU-uvhbijnk" as he ran and tripped over both of them. "Get you arse up we gotta go." They all got up and walk out on stage to a roaring crowd and blinding lights.

They all came running off after the final number sweaty and slightly out of breath from the jumping around they just did before sprinting off stage. They all ran into each other getting into a group hug, no one talking for several moments.

"Boys I'm proud of what we have done and how we have done it together. You are my best mates" Zayn said to the group. Their entire crew walked into the room clapping their hands and start to clap all of them on the back and congratulate them on another job well done. All five boys went their separate ways to change into their normal cloths before getting on the bus. Niall was the first on the bus and he took the time to snag his favorite seat on the leather couch set up on the bus, took off his hat as he yawned and stretched arching his back. Zayn was the next to enter the bus come straight over sitting next to Niall and snatching his had off his head teasing the boy. Niall was to tired to care and let him have it, killing the fun for Zayn, he got up mumbling about how everyone is so serious now and walked over to turn on the t.v. Liam was the next one in and he had Danielle in tow with her arms wrapped around his waist and him looking down at her smiling with a glow that lit up his whole face. As he entered the bus he looked over and saw Niall letting his smile linger on his loved Danielle and Liam but the sight of them just made him feel even more down. Liam unwrapped himself from Danielle and walked to the fridge and got out a cupcake he had hidden for himself earlier in the day. He walked over to Niall with the cupcake out in his hand as an offering. Niall quickly snatched it knowing the window of giving of food can be small and take it while you can. He looked up at Liam through his eyes lashes with a big smile on his face. Liam looked down at him with a satisfied look on his face.

"Giving a cupcake up to him ehh. What did you do to him that would make you do that?" Zayn asked from the seat in front of the t.v where he had parked himself flipping through channels.

"No he is just down about the end of the tour and we can't have our Nialler down in the dumps can we?" Liam responded never looking away from Niall. Niall then eyed the cupcake as he licked his lips and then swiftly shoved the whole thing in his mouth at once making his cheeks puff out to make room. Everyone on the tour bus laughed at his face as cupcake was threatening to explode out of his mouth. Liam flopped down next to Niall and wrapped his arm around the boys head pulling him into his chest and ruffling his hair.

" You'll be ok now that you got your cupcake huh?" he laughed, as Niall continued to try and down the cupcake. Paul, Harry, and Louis finally walked on the bus and Louis hit the fridge only to find it was empty and Harry sat next to Zayn and began talking about what ever it was that was on the t.v. Louis then sauntered over to Paul and began to beg for food as if he was a starving child on the streets. Liam just shook his head at Louis child like behavior when he was hungry, scratch that, not when he was hungry, all the time. Danielle came over from getting a class of water.

"Scoot over boys" she ordered as she plopped down in between Niall and Liam and she put her arm both the boys before tilting her head to kiss Liam. Niall couldn't help but watch them kiss as this weird feeling bubbled up in his stomach until he noticed Liam was looking at him while he was kissing Danielle. Both boys diverted eye contact at this awkward happening. Niall cleared his throat and shifted in his chair trying to dispel the awkward sensation that was quickly swelling over the small bubble of him, Danielle, and Liam. Soon enough everyone settled into easy conversation until hey arrived at their hotel, where everyone went up to their room and either went to bed or ordered room service the usual end to such a long tiring day. Niall stayed awake several hours looking at the ceiling thinking about everything. About the boys he had met just a near two years earlier and how they were his best friends now, his family, his home away from home. He couldn't have done any of this without them. And through it all his very best friend Liam and how lucky he was they met. Liam was the most loyal friend Niall had ever had. And yet there was this feeling that Niall couldn't shake when thinking about Liam. He became surprisingly nervous for no reason and just felt weird to a point of not being able to explain it. Down the hall Liam lay awake next to a sleeping Danielle thinking about the way Niall was looking at him earlier int he bus when he was kissing Danielle. He couldn't put his finger on it but there was something about the look in Niall's eyes in that moment that make Liam feel jittery.