"No, no, no! You're all out of sync! We've run this 12 times today!" yelled the boy's choreographer.

"Have you never seen us dance before?" Louis yelled back across the stage.

"Obviously not." Harry quietly answered Louis question.

"We're never in sync!" Louis said ignoring Harry. "We dance how we want to! HIT IT TIM!" Louis yelled at the sound guy. Tim started playing Sexy and I Know It and Louis started dancing like a mad man and grinding on Harry. That threw Niall into a fit of laughter that caused him to fall to the ground.

Their choreographer was getting angrier with the boys as this went on. "Alright! 30 minute break! We'll try again later," he said, finally giving up.

Louis stopped dancing on Harry and the boys dispersed. Niall and Liam went down and sat in some of the floor seats to rest until they were called back to practice. They hadn't been sitting for more than a minute before Liam spoke up.

"Niall are you okay?" Liam asked, "The other boys and I noticed you've seemed a little..distant the past couple days."

This came as a shock to Niall and his face showed it. He was feeling a little lonely but he didn't think anyone had noticed. "Well, actually, I've been feelin a bit home sick," he lied.

"I'm sure that's not it," Liam protested. "We haven't been gone that long. Even if it that is it there has to be more."

Niall looked at his fingers, twiddling his thumbs. "Okay, well no. That's not it. I'm lonely Liam, I haven't had a girlfriend since Holly and I fucked around with Cher a bit during the X Factor but I'm tiered of being single and I think I'm ready for another girl but, you know how it is." Niall shifted his gaze form his hands to the stage, "Its hard to meet someone while touring. Even harder to know who likes me for me, Niall James Horan, not Niall Horan form One Direction."

Liam hadn't broken his stare on Niall even after Niall looked away from him. Niall had just spilled everything he'd been feeling to him and all he could do was just stare back at his friend, dumbstruck as to what he had said. He felt bad he couldn't offer anything besides saying he gets lonely too since Daniel can't come on tour but he still had her. Niall had no one but the band. "I'm sorry Nialler, I get what you mean about not knowing if they really like you for you but you just have to get out there. I'm sure you can find a girl. Lets talk more about this back at the hotel tonight, yeah?" Liam tried. He hoped to stall to think of how he could help his friend.

"Okay. I'm going for a walk. I'll be back in time for rehearsal to start again." Niall said while walking out the giant opening and into the hallways of the venue. He kept walking, not knowing or caring where he was going. He just needed some alone time to figure things out. He saw a door that led outside so he carefully checked for fans and left to get some fresh air. He breathed in the warm summer air but mid breath exactly what he was avoiding found him.

"NIALL!" He heard a girl scream.

"Oh shit…" He said under his breath. The girl's scream caught the attention of all the others and they sprinted towards him. He took off as fast as he could praying he'd get away or security would find him before he was trampled by fans.

"NIALL!"

"WE LOVE YOU NIALL!"

"HAVE MY BABIES NIALLER!"

Niall just kept running trying to ignore all the tings they were yelling at him. He was sure he was losing them considering some were probably wearing carrot costumes, high heals or skirts. He ran around the corner and looked for places to hide. He noticed a hotel two buildings down and, if he ran fast enough, he though he might be able to loose the girls. He was turning into the lobby when he ran into someone.

"Unf," he grunted.

"Hey! Watch were your going!" he heard a girl say.

"Sorry babe," he said while running past her and into the lobby. He decided to hide behind the receptionist desk. He heard someone running over to the desk and expected it was probably the girl.

"Oh my God, Niall. I can't believe this. It's really you! Sorry for yelling at you… Wait, why are you running?" he heard her say.

He looked up at her and explained while painting, "At rehearsal.. snuck off on break.. went for walk.. girls found me.. need to hide."

The girl thought for a second and told him, "Okay, my room is on the 3rd floor, get in the elevator and wait for me up there. I'll try to get rid of the girls."

He didn't even hesitate; he just got up and ran to the elevators and pushed the button for the 3rd floor. Just in time too, he could hear the girls screaming just as the doors closed. When the doors opened he just waited out in the hall for the girl to come up. He texted Paul and asked him to send a car to the hotel to pick him up. While he was waiting he saw a woman walking down the hall so he just lowered his head and leaned against the wall hoping she wouldn't recognize him. Thankfully she just got in the elevator and went down to the lobby, barely recognizing he was even there.

A few minutes later the girl came up and took him to her room. When they got in the room Niall became very aware of how hungry his run had made him and he asked, "Sorry to ask but, got any food? I haven't eaten in hours."

A sad look crossed the girls face. "No, sorry."

"Oh, it's okay love. I'll be fine. Thanks for saving me down there, some fans get pretty crazy. I'm just happy you're not as crazy as them and offered me shelter. Sometimes I can't handle being chased by all these girls." He realized it sounded like he was bashing his fans a bit so he quickly added, "I love them though, I love all our fans."

Niall and the girl talked for about 15 minutes about everything from the concert to Niall's homesickness. He was surprised at how easily he could talk to her and how calm she was. She didn't even ask for a picture or anything. He realized he needed to get back to rehearsal soon so he checked out the window to see if any girls were still hanging around. When he saw none he asked the girl for a pen and paper. She handed him them and wrote down "Let her backstage to the June 24th Houston concert" and signed it. He handed it back to her and said, "Hand this to security, I'll tell them I gave you this and they'll let you backstage to hang out with me and the boys after the concert."

Her eyes got wide and he heard her mutter thank you. He just laughed and said, "No problem love, you might've saved my life with all those crazy fans chasing me." He smiled at her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

After he walked back down to the lobby the black SUV he texted Paul for was sitting out front. After the car had taken him back to the venue he went straight back to practice where all the boys were waiting for him. When they started practicing again Liam noticed Niall was acting a bit different than he was before he left. He was acting a bit happier.