Chance vs. Payne

Chapter Six

Greyson’s POV

When I woke up, I remembered what happened yesterday. I had spent the day with Lady Gaga. My life couldn’t get any better, I think. But then I remembered what also went on yesterday. The reason I spent the day with Lady Gaga. Maura spent the day with One Direction. My heart sank thinking of that Liam guy.

Slowly, I get out of bed and pick out a pair of dark jeans and a white T-shirt.

“Greyson?” Alexa calls from the door, “Maura’s here to see you.” She makes some kissing noises and then leaves.

Sisters; they think they know everything. But at least Maura’s here! I look at my phone to see what time it is. 8:30. She must have woke up early, just to see me. My hopes rise. I take a four minute shower and am ready for the day. I skip down stairs to see the girl I love.

“Hey, Maura! How was your day yesterday?” I ask, but not really wanting to hear the answer.

“Greyson, it was ah-mazing! We went to Robbers Cave and then the boys and Gemma left Liam and I alone.” She smiles, “It was just so flacking amazing, to be able to spend the day with them!”

“Isn’t Liam the one with the buzz cut?” I ask.

She nods, “Yeah, that’s the one. And, guess what, Greyson? He told me that he likes me. I’m not sure if it’s anything more than just a friend, but still, Liam told me that he likes me!”

Jealously kicks in. Before this moment, I still had hope, that, maybe, Liam just thought Maura was pretty and nothing more. But now it’s real. Liam likes Maura, who is the girl that I love.

“Guess what else? Tonight’s the concert! I have a free backstage ticket, so now I can meet Eleanor and Perrie, too!” Maura keeps talking.

Maura’s talking so fast, I can hardly keep up. I got lost after she said something about Eleanor. “Wait,” I say, “who are Eleanor and Perrie?”

She stares at me like I’m stupid. And maybe I am, after all I didn’t even know who One Direction was. “Eleanor is Louis’ girlfriend and they are so cute together. They should get married.”

We could be that cute together, too, if you let us have the chance, I think, but to Maura I say, “So, who’s Perrie? The only Perrie I know is from Little Mix.”

She gives me that stupid look again. “What?” I ask, “I’m sorry that I don’t know everything. I couldn’t keep a straight face and soon started laughing.

Pretty soon we’re both on the floor laughing, but both of us aren’t sure what we are laughing about.

My mom comes downstairs after we were laughing for about three minutes.

“What’s so funny?” She asks, and it makes us laugh harder. “Must be an inside joke. You two seem to have plenty of those.” She walks away, really confused.

Once we got sort of settled down, we started laughing again. That’s what I love about Maura. She can make me feel good. She lets me be myself and not have to worry what the press thinks of me. She makes me feel like I’m good at everything. And most of all, we share the best memories, that nobody else would really think are very funny, but only we do.

Finally, after ten minutes, we stop laughing. Maura has tears running down her face, “I’m crying! Anyway, what started this all, Perrie is Zayn’s girlfriend. And, the concert is at 7 tonight! Gemma called earlier and said that they’ll pick me up when they go in for their warm ups, sound checks and whatever you singers do backstage before a concert. So, I have to be read by five.”