The Way Things Change

Chapter 28

I hadn’t spoken to Danielle since she dumped Liam. I was mad at her, really mad, but she was still my friend. But I guess you could say I had chosen Liam’s side? After all I was living with him and he was the broken hearted one.

It must really suck to be famous in situations like these. After only three days they had to do an interview, so Liam had to pull himself together. And after that he just needed to keep going. They were preparing the release of their second album and there was a lot that needed to be done. He seemed to be getting better, but he was not the happy, carefree Liam anymore. When the boys were behaving like idiots, he just sat there quietly. And the boys really did everything they could to make him feel better, but all that really helped was time. Nothing else. Only time.

I somehow managed to get the other boys interested in working out, so I spent a lot of time in the gym helping them. Well pushing them actually. The gym was really the best place to get to know people. Afterwards you were exhausted and you could talk about absolutely everything. Nothing was too stupid. And you weren’t able to hide behind makeup or clothes. The boys really became my best friends. Well more like brothers actually. I felt comfortable around them and I didn’t feel the need to dress up or impress them. They mostly just saw me in a sports bra and some tightfitting legwear. It was impossible to wear more clothes than that, because it was always hot in the gym. I had my suspicions as to why, but I didn’t mind really. It made you sweat even more and helped to get you in shape faster.

I started getting up earlier, so I could go for long runs without interfering with my work. I loved running. It made me feel free and I kept increasing the length. I should probably make some kind of goal, but right now I just loved it. The boys thought I was insane though. I was almost always moving and I must say I loved it. And I knew when it became too much. I knew I was a personal trainer, but I NEVER wanted to be bulging. That was really NOT an option.

The boys released their album, which, surprise, surprise, was a big success, due to all the Directioners. They had to go on various shows to perform and most of the time I stayed at home, even though they wanted me to go with them. I often argued with the boys because of that. I was just a friend and they didn’t bring their other friends to those things either. So why should I go?

Months went by without me noticing and soon the boys would be of to tour again. This time with me. I was so exited, I had never travelled before. Not outside of England anyway. I was like a little girl waiting for Christmas to arrive. I knew the boys would be busy and all, but they weren’t the only people on tour. There was another personal trainer. His name was Mark and I was really looking forward to meeting him. There was also going to be a supporting act on the tour. Some band called 5 Seconds of Summer. I hadn’t heard about them, but Louis really loved them. And I was looking forward to spending time with some girls for once. I had been spending way too much time with the boys. Sure I saw Eleanor and all, but she was also like one of the boys. And Perrie… Well she was just too busy. I missed her.

Then suddenly it was my birthday. I didn’t want to do anything special, I never really had been into the whole ‘Celebrating that you’re getting older’ thing. It was kind of depressing really. You were literally saying ‘Hooray, you are one year closer to dying’. But, as I suspected, the boys weren’t keeping it simple. They had the whole day planned and I ended up actually having a great time. But then again, how could you not have a great time when you were surrounded by 5, well actually 6 with Eleanor, complete idiots?

And Liam was feeling better again. That was really great! And Harry had been dating Taylor Swift, but somehow he didn’t seem too happy about it. Even though my relationship with Harry was probably the worst out of the 5 boys, I knew him well enough to see that. They were probably just too different. I wasn’t judging or anything. I thought she was a really sweet girl and all, but it bothered me that Harry wasn’t happy. He should be.

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“It’s going to be awesome!” Niall was jumping up and down like a little kid.

We were in the O2 Arena in London and the boys were about to go on stage to kick off the world tour. They were all nervous, exited and happy at the same time. I had never seen them like this before.

It had been a hectic day. I was running around like a headless chicken trying to remember all the names that were thrown at me. I already knew Lou, the hair stylist, well I had met her before. Now I also met her husband and baby girl, Tom and Lux I think.

The supporting act, 5SOS as they called themselves, were sort of the same as the boys. Idiots really. They looked really young and I was told they were from Australia. And I tried my best to remember their names, I really did. But I knew that I eventually would know. After all I was going to be spending a lot of time with them. Okay let’s see if I could remember. There was the boy with the spikey white hair, that was… Michael. Then there was the drummer… Anton or Ashton or something. Wow I wasn’t good at this, they had just introduced themselves like 5 minutes ago. Okay moving on there was Calum. I knew that one for sure. He was the darker one of them. And then there was the shy one, I think I remembered that his name was Luke.

I was already exhausted and this was only the first day. How were the boys able to do this?