6 years later...

*Alia's P.O.V.*

"AND NOW WE PRESENT TO YOU...THE MOST POPULAR POP ICON-ALIA KAPOORRR!!!!" The host cheered  as the crowd went wild. Young, old, kids, youth...everybody was present at the VMA's. This is it. This is going to be the first time I was performing at an event. The past three years have gone in a rush.

I shot to fame in the month of August three years ago. My mom happened to show a few of my song covers to her friend who was so impressed that she showed it to Simon Cowell.

Yes. Simon Cowell. ' THE' Simon Cowell. That woman was a colleague of his.

Simon,  too, was impressed by my videos and hence put forth an offer of signing a three-year contract with Syco Records. I was more than happy. C'mon! I get to live my dream. However, I refused to participate in any of the events such as VMA'S, AMA's, Teen's Choice Award, Billboard Awards etc. This was just to avoid coming face to face with him.

You see, One Direction, too shot to fame a year before me. In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne,Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor. They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band atWembley Arena, in London, England, in July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage of the competition, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge,and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming the band. In 2013, Cowell said that it "took him 10 minutes to put them together as a group". Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practice. Styles came up with the name One Direction.For their qualifying song at "judges' houses", and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn".Cowell later commented that their performance convinced him that they "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well." Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were his last act in the competition.The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.

One Direction finished in third place and immediately after the final, their song "Forever Young", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the internet.Shortly afterwards it was confirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Syco Records record contract.

Okay, yes. I have mugged up their Wikipedia page but whatever.

So the problem is that Zayn and I have  signed a contract with the same record label, i.e., Syco Records. I have seen him on various occasions but I always tried to avoid coming in front of him. I didn't want to face him. Not after the fight that we had.  I know you're wondering why did I sign up for the contract in the first place.

Well in my defence, I didn't know about him at all! Believe it or not, but I really didn't know that Zayn was famous until I saw him at the same event as me once. So unknowingly,  I signed Syco Records.

From then onwards, I haven't attended a single event. I did a few gigs and concerts here and there but never performed in an event.

What brings me to VMA's today?

Well, I have been nominated for five different categories- Best Music Video, Best Dance Video, Music Video with most views, Best Debut,  Best Direction. Also, for how long could i run away from my past? Why should I not attend events where my works are appreciated just because of him.
I finally realised that I was being immature and there was no need to hide away in the dark. I had to face him some day.

So I thought, this was one of the best opportunities to start off with.

I left Zayn six years ago without telling him the reason. Today, he was here, sitting in the audience. One Direction was nominated for 4 categories too, out of which 3 were the same category as me. I was nervous.

This is Alia Kapoor v/s One Direction.

Sounds strange, right?

Zayn was going to watch me today. He was going to watch me perform the song which instantly shot me to fame- 'Tonight I'm Getting Over You."

I don't know if he would understand it though. I wrote the song for him. I was so pissed at him that it inspired me to pen down a song about our relationship.

It is true that a song written from previous experience is what gains popularity. I have seen it. It has happened to me. This is mostly because you pen down your heart and soul onto the paper- your innermost feelings which you never share with anyone, but through the lyrics of a song, you share it with the entire world. People relate to this kind of stuff.

Anyway, I geared up for my performance. I was very nervous but I tried to calm myself down. I promised myself that I would not look at Zayn because if I looked at him, I would end up screwing  my performance.

My team, including my stylists and other helpers came to wish me luck.
I smiled and waved back at them.

Taking a deep breath, I walked confidently on the stage. The crowd went crazy as soon as they got a  glimpse of me. I could see that they had been waiting for my performance for a very long time.

Just because I had promised myself, I broke it and looked around to find Zayn. You can't blame me. Even if you were in my situation, I bet you'd do the same thing.

My eyes scanned the crowd. I found many other artists sitting and watching me. Rihanna, Drake, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Jonas Brothers, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Little Mix, One Direction, Austin-

Wait. One Direction! 

I found One Direction sitting right next to Little Mix. Why not? Zayn's new girlfriend was in that band.

Perrie Edwards.

She seemed nice. She was nothing like Yashvi. This girl was beautiful, funny, cute and amazing.

I saw Zayn sitting there. Blue shirt, dark blazer and light pants. Hair quiffed with blonde highlights. His hands were folded and from the stage I could make out some tattoo on his right forearm. He looked so good.

He watched me from where he was sitting and his mouth fell open. He stared at me as if I stole his hair products. (Believe Zayn doesn't let anyone touch his hair products. His hair is his first priority. He treats them like his children. Weirdo.) The other four lads looked at him and it seemed as though they asked him what happened. I could see him mumble some reply to them.

I felt a little conscious of my outfit and looked down at it.

Was I looking okay? Well, I don't know.

The music started and I waited for my cue to start.

Okayyyyyy, so finally this story took a leap. I know that dikshaj02 , who is a very dedicated reader, doesn't like leaps but just tarry a little, my friend, there are many twists and turns that are yet to take place.

And directioners, don't kill me. I love Perrie more than Gigi. No hard feelings for Zigi fans out there...i don't hate Gigi Hadid but I just can't help liking Perrie more....☺☺☺

I was gonna continue this chapter further but I am tired and already the chapter has exceeded 1310 words. 

Speaking of the song, ' Tonight I'm Getting Over You'  is by Carly Rae Jepsen and I don't own the song or any shit like that, before some weirdos flip out on me.

Anyway, just wanted you all to know that now the actual story begins...so stay tuned for some exciting scenes. {Okay, don't get hyper dikshaj02 😂😂😂🙈🙈🙈😘😘😜😜😜}

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