Girl Next Door (Louis Fanfic)

Chapter Twelve

"Hey Erica. Wanna come over and watch X-Factor? It's the second live elimination show after the show last night. And didn't you hear? Louis (grimace) and Niall got placed in this group and now they are-"

"Yes Kay, I know. I've been watching the X-Factor, I saw it last night, and I can't with school and homework. I have a Calculus test tomorrow." I sigh. Ever since Niall made it through the auditions all Kay can talk about is Niall this and Niall that. Whereas me? I haven't said "his" name. When he's on TV I close my eyes. I'm permanently trying to erase him from my mind. It's hard when his family lives right next door though.

"Ppppllllleeeeeaaaaassssseeees!" Kay begs.

"Well tomorrow is a Friday...."

"And we can 'pretend' to be sick" she whispered.

"Haha gotcha." I grab my keys and books and drive on over. I was practically living alone with dad at work 'til like 1 in the morning and mom always busy with something. I hop in my car and zoom over to her place. I step through the front door and immediately greeted by a life size cut out of "One Direction" or "his" band. I cover my eyes and stumble through the hallway to her living room.

"Hey!" I say.

"Shhh it's on!" she says while I plop down on the floor next to her. She hands me some popcorn and we munch away as the guys sing My Life Would Suck Without You. The judges love it. I couldn't keep my eyes close through the performance and so I saw him. It just made my heart ache. After that we mess around on the X-Factor website when a new video diary pops up. It's a One Direction video diary. We watch it.

Liam says, "Okay Justine had a question. What does one direction look for in a girl? I look for a girl with nice eyes. I like blue eyes." he grins. Kay nudges me. I have blue eyes. Then Louis yells "I like girls who eat carrots!" I fall backwards.

"Hey isn't your old nickname carrot?" Kay asks starring at Niall.

"Yeah!" I whisper. Did he mean me?

*A Few Weeks Later*

I was baking cookies when I got the call from Simon. For once I hadn't burned the cookies and they were cooling on paper towels.

The sudden ring of Viva la Vida rang through the kitchen as I walk to the phone. I hit speaker

Me- Yello?

Simon- Hello Erica, this is Simon.

Me- Mr. Cowell, how can I assist you at the moment.

Simon- You and your manners. Anyway I think since you're such a brilliant "employee" I decided to give you four tickets to a live X Factor Show. (I dropped my cookie I was eating)

Me- Oh my gosh. Are you serious?

Simon- I'm always serious miss. Now yes or no.

Me- Of course.

Simon- Okay well it's in five days so I will send you your plane tickets and hotel check and things.

Me- Thank you so much Mr. Cowell.

Simon- Any time darling.

He hangs up. I scream and jump around. I immediately text Kay, Bella, and Kennedy and invite them.

I get immediate responses from Bella and Kay with a yes but nothing from Kennedy. I shrug and return to my cookies

Five days later.

"This okay?" I ask spinning around. I was wearing a floral print dress with a ripped jean vest and sandals. I get response like per-fect and amaZAYN. Kay is wearing something similar to mine but with a knit sweater. Bella and Kennedy are wearing jeans and fancy tops with boots. We wake out of the hotel and take a taxi to the arena. We got okay seats. I mean row 13... So I guess that's good.