Our Summer of Direction

Chapter Five

Emilea pries my eyes open at 12. Literally. She takes some random objects and opens my eyelids for me. I smack her and her unknown objects away.

“Hey now.” She says climbing off of the floor.

“What time is the concert?” I ask yawning.

“It’s at 6:00.” She says. I nod and rub my eyes again.

“What do you want to do until then?” I ask sitting up.

“Well to be honest you smell kinda rank, so you should probably shower.” Em says jumping off of my bed before I can smack her again. I take her advice and take the longest shower. By the time we are ready for the concert and Emilea has showered and gotten ready as well it is 2 at least.

“You ready to go grab some food and get in line?” I ask grabbing my messenger bag with all my One Direction buttons.

“Where do you wanna eat?” Em asked climbing into the car.

“Just some fast food restaurant.” I reply. We decide to eat inside to waste more time. We get back in the car and Emilea starts reading directions.

“The address is Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront.” She says pointing to where I turn. By the time we get to the arena there are already 2000 girls in line.

“Where are our seats?” Em asks when we get in line. I open the envelope and scream causing most of the girls to stare at me.

“THIRD ROW THIRD ROW!!!” I shout very loudly. Em and I start randomly shouting and screaming. We are all wrangled into separate directions based on seating. Em and I never stop bouncing. At 6:00 the boys come out on stage and Emilea and I start shouting. They start the show with Over Again and I sing along seeing as it is my very favourite song in the whole album. When Louis’s part comes on I shout it with him.

“AND TELL ME WITH YOUR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT! I CAN MAKE YOUR TEARS FALL DOWN LIKE THE SHOWERS THAT ARE BRITISH! WHETHER WE’RE TOGETHER OR APART WE CAN BOTH REMOVE THE MARKS AND ADMIT WE REGRET IT FROM THE START!” I sing with Lou. They follow up with another slow song ‘Little Things.’ Em sings every word, but I just rock back and forth. C’mon C’mon and Last First Kiss follow that and I can feel my voice growing hoarse. They play my second favourite song Rock Me and I sing along with that as well. Change My Mind and I Would are after and I sing with Louis’s part on that as well.

“IT FEELS LIKE I’M CONSTANTLY PLAYING, A GAME THAT I’M DESTINED TO LOSE, COS I CAN’T COMPETE WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND—HE’S GOT 27 TATTOOS.” Em laughs as I shriek that part loud as I can. Kiss Me, Back for You, and They Don’t Know About Us are next. Emilea and I start screaming along to Summer Love and I hear my final favourite song- She’s Not Afraid. During this song Harry takes the lead and starts dancing in front and he doesn’t notice as he get closer and closer to the mic cords. When his foot finally tangles on it Harry goes flying offstage into the hands of all of his fans. He is so close to me that I tell Em to record this on my iPhone. I grab Harry by the front of his shirt and smash my mouth to his. He seems surprised at first but actually kisses me back. I pull back I grin like an idiot.

“Kiss me again.” He says loud enough for me to hear him but quietly enough to wonder if I really did. I do and he asks me how many people I am with. I say just me and my friend and I feel him slip something into the butt pocket on my jeans.

“UM Security! Can we get Harry back on stage please?” Liam asks into the microphone. Harry pushes back to the fence separating the stage from the fans and the security guard hoists him over and gives me a death glare. Harry whispers something in his ear and gets a boost back on stage. They finish the song as though nothing happened. They finish the concert with Loved You First, Nobody Compares, and Still the One. I reach into my back pocket to see what Harry slipped in it and scream again. Em still regarding me in awe gives me a questioning look.