Midnight Memories

Chapter 11

Harry's POV

After a great day, and a dinner of sausages and baked potatoes, we all settle down by the campfire. Niall pulls out his guitar. "Does anyone sing?" all of the boys turn to me expectantly.

"Well, we have made up a song, once,on summer camp," I say hastily, and I pull the boys away.

"What are we going to sing?" Liam asks.

"Rock Me," I reply. Everyone nods in agreement. We walk back to the fire where the girls are chatting.

"OK girls," I say, and Niall picks up his guitaur, as he strums the first two chords, I can see Alexis out of the corner of my eye.

[Harry:]
Do you remember summer '09?
Wanna go back there every night,
Just can't lie, was the best time of my life,
Lying on the beach as the sun blew out,
Playing this guitar by the fire too loud,
Oh my, my, they could never shut us down

[Louis:]
I used to think that I was better alone,
Why did I ever wanna let you go?
Under the moonlight as we stared at the sea,
The words you whispered I will always believe

I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah,
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah,
I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah

[Liam:]
Yeah, we were together summer '09,
Wanna roll back like pressing rewind,
You were mine and we never said goodbye

[Louis:]
I used to think that I was better alone (better alone),
Why did I ever wanna let you go? (let you go),
Under the moonlight as we stared at the sea (stared at the sea),
The words you whispered I will always believe

I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah
I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah

R-O-C-K me again,
R-O-C-K me again,
R-O-C-K me again, yeah
I want you to R-O-C-K me again,
R-O-C-K me again,
R-O-C-K me again, yeah

I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah
I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah

I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah
I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah

Later on in the night we are all getting drowsy. The girls have all said what amazing singers we are and that we should go on X Factor. If only they knew. After we finished singing, Alexis looks at me, eyes wide, then she squeals. "I love it! You're amazing!" she says and gives me a hug. All the girls have started to settle in with the boys and Melody is asleep on Niall's lap. I can feel Alexis on my shoulder, and I carefully put my arm around her. She settles in. 

After we know all the girls are asleep, the boys and I start chatting.

"How are we going to keep this a secret,?" Liam asks

"I don't know, lets just go with it," I say uncertainly

"But what if they notice fans when we go off campus?" Zayn asks

" What if they hear a song and it's by us?" Louis asks

"We have to protect them," I say carefully.

"Look at those girls," I say, "Imagine if they found out, their whole life would be exposed like us, they would have no privacy. We can deal with it, but they can't." The boys all agree, though I can see the doubt in their eyes. I check my watch, 1.45 am.

"We better get to sleep boys," Niall eventually says, pointing to Melody on his lap. We all silently laugh. I slowly pick up Alexis under the crook of her legs, and under her neck. She nuzzles into me. All the other boys do the same, and we all enter our tents after calling goodnight. I put Alexis into one side of the bed, and I climb into the other. She moves around so that she is lying on my chest. I settle in, and fall asleep.