Chapter 1: Coffee

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                I walked down the cold street with my warm coffee heating my hands. It was ordinary day in England. Nothing seemed out of place; everything  was cold, as usual. "Gracie!" I heard her all too familiar voice. I turned to see Katrina or Kat. "Hey Kat, what's up?" I asked.

                She seemed too excited. She was practically jumping on the spot. Her long, curly hair was even extra springy. "Guess who made an 'A' on her test?" She said with a giddy smile. I was even excited. She had been studying for this test for a while. I even helped her study. She deserved it! So with that we both jumped around like twelve year olds again.

                "Did she finally tell you?" We both stopped and looked at Evanna. She was our rock of this friendship. She held us together, because she wasn't all fun and games like Kat and I. Don't get me wrong. She was an awesome girl and could have fun, but she also acted more mature.

                "Yea." I spoke with a smile. She just smiled back. "She got me a block ago." She said gesturing behind her. "But she ran off like a loon when she saw you." She said with a giggle. I laughed picturing Kat running, while flailing her arms.  Kat knew what I was laughing about, so she promptly punched me in the arm.

                "Salted Caramel Mocha Frappuccino?" Evanna asked. I glared at her. "Oh come on! I'm thirsty." She complained. "Last time you said that, I only got a sip of it." I stated. "Just a sip. Please." She begged. I just rolled my eyes. "A sip." I handed her the cup and watched her like a hawk. She took one sip. I couldn't believe she just took a sip. I was about to grab the cup, before she ran off. "Oh come on Evanna!" I exclaimed running after her. "You guys! Wait up!" I heard Kat yelled.

                I followed Evanna done the street. "Evanna! I just got it!" I yelled almost catching up to her. She turned the corner so I did too. I stopped immediately, as I almost slammed into her. I grabbed my coffee, as she seemed dazed. "Evanna?" I asked walking in front of her. She just stared in shock almost. I turned around and looked in the same direction as her. I kind of blinked because I couldn't believe what I saw. "What are you guys staring at?" I heard Kat asked, "oh my God."

                "One Direction! Oh my God!" I heard the fans scream. I could see them. I was only a few feet away from them. I wasn't a big fan of them, but the fact that I've seen them on TV kind of dazed me. "Should we go?" Evanna asked. "Yes!" Kat exclaimed practically pushing me and Evanna toward the mass circle of fans. If you didn't know, Kat was a HUGE fan of them.

                 We practically pushed our way through the crowd and made it to the front. They were signing autographs. "What can we get signed?" Kat asked frantically. I was glad that I was leaving class, because I still had my book bag. I rummaged through it and found a couple of blank pieces of printer paper. I handed the pieces of paper to this. They just looked at me with a confused look. "I had art class today." I stated. They just nodded.

                We watched as they made an almost complete circle. They reached us and no one knew what to say, well except me. "Hi Girls." Harry spoke. I thought a girl passed out when he spoke that. "What's your names?" Niall asked. "Oh um I'm Gracie, and this is Evanna and Katrina." I spoke gesturing to each one. "Nice to meet you. Is there anything to sign?" Liam asked. Kat flung out her paper. I laughed. "These." I said. They laughed with me. They nodded and began to sign. I clenched to my drink which seemed to start cooling.

                I felt someone push me, and that is when my coffee went flying. And guess where it landed, Zayn's nice and clean white shirt. I just watched as it spilled all over him. "Oops." I heard that devil of a voice. Carrie Day. I wanted to blow up on her, but right now I needed to apologize. "I'm so sorry." I spoke pulling  the napkins that were in my jacket pocket. "Here." I said handing them to him. He seemed a little tick. I'm going to die. I will never forget this. Let me just crawl in a hole right now.

                He started to wipe his shirt, but with no luck, the coffe stained. "I'm so sorry." I said again. "It's okay. I was just an accident. I saw the whole thing." Liam said trying to bring relief to me. "We better go." Evanna spoke. "Um thanks for the signatures guys." Kat said as she and Evanna dragged me away. I looked over to see Carrie, she just waved as we walked away. I wanted to punch her little face in. "Bye girls." Her minions, Lucy  and Ash, said in unison. We just rolled our eyes.

*Later that day*

                "I can't believe I spilt coffee on him, of all the people in the crowd... it had to be him." I spoke laying on my bed.  We ended up heading to my apartment after that event. "It wasn't your fault." Kat spoke sitting beside me. "Yea, plus, It wasn't that bad.... At least it wasn't hot." Evanna said flipping through a magazine. "Yea, but still. He seemed mad." I spoke looking up at the ceiling. "It'll be okay." They spoke. I heard the buzz of a cell phone go off. "Hello?" I heard Kat ask. I looked over to see the phone in her hand. "Are you drunk?" she asked. It was Blake. Her new boyfriend. He liked to party, and we thought that was a usual thing. It turns out partying was his life. He was drunk twenty-four seven. She sighed and hung up. "I have to go get him." She said grabbing her things. "I'll go with you." Evanna said.

                Evanna knew what to do. She had been through this. She knew if Kat went by herself then it would turn out bad. Eventhough she was a year older than Kat, she was like a mom to her sometimes. "Call me when you guys get home." I spoke. They nodded and ran off.

                I sighed and rolled over. I had nothing else to do. I looked at my remote. I guess I could watch TV. I grabbed the remote and clicked it on. Of course, the big news story was me. Somehow, there was a camera near me, and got everything on tape. I sighed and turned off my TV. I'm ruined. I just flopped back on my bed.

                I jolted as I felt my phone buzz from underneath me. I grabbed it and answered. "Did you get home safe?" I asked thinking it was either Evanna or Kat. "Hello?" My eyes shot open. It was a guy on the other end. His voice seemed somewhat masculine. "Oh sorry. Um hi. Who is this?" I asked. He went silent for a second. "Hello?" I asked. "I'm Robert Nicholas." He spoke. "I'm sorry do I know you?" I asked. "Oh no, you don't. I found something of yours. It's a necklace with your name engraved on the back." He spoke. I touched my bare neck. The necklace my mother gave me was gone. "Yes, It says Sophia Grace Winters." I spoke. "Yea, um where can I drop it off?" he asked. "Do you know where the Sinclair apartments are?" I asked. "Yes.  I'll be there in a little bit." He spoke.

                I sat in the lobby of the apartment. I knew it was crazy and dangerous, but I needed that necklace. It would be terrible if I didn't have it. At least there is a security camera, so he could get caught if anything happened. That kind of eased my mind a bit.

                "Sophia?" I hadn't heard someone use that name since I moved from the States. I turned around to see a semi-tall guy. He was wearing a hoodie with the hood up.  He was wearing sunglasses too. It was seven in the evening. Why?

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