I wake up and go out of my room. I wake up Laura and Mya. I fix them breakfast. "It's so quiet without the boys." Laura says. "Yeah." I say. "I got a text from Harry at 4 in the morning." Mya says. "I got one from Zayn around that time. Boy woke me up." Laura laughs. They stare at me and Mya starts crying. I jump up and go next to her. Laura does the same. "I'm so sorry, Aria." She says. "For what?" I ask. "I'm over here talking about Harry and I feel so awful because you aren't dating anymore and everything." She cries. "Mya, I'm fine." I say. Laura's crying now too. "Group hug." I say. We all hug. "Now dry your tears. We're going on a girls' day out." I say. We all get ready and walk out. I'm wearing red colored jeans, a red and white striped shirt, a gray beanie, sneakers, and Louis's suspenders.
We go shopping, even though I hate it. We go out. I don't carry anything because I didn't get anything. People start screaming and run over to me. "Sorry, I'm not famous and neither are my friends." I say. I try to push through the crowd. When we're finally past the crowd, people with cameras come up to us. Paparazzi. "What do you want?" I shout over all their talking. "You're Louis Tomlinson's girlfriend, Aria Bell, right?" One asks. "I.. I was." I say. The camera lights hurt my eyes as I walk. "Was?" Another asked. "It's over." I say. "Permanently?" One asks. "I don't know." I say. They ask a lot of other questions. "Can you leave us alone?" I ask. They all stay silent but don't leave. "Get out of the way." I say. They don't move. I stop completely and Laura and Mya stop next to me and look confused.
"I've had enough! I'm not famous! I don't date a boy in One Direction anymore! It's over! They're gone! Leave us alone!" I shout. At first they look scared and then they run off with their cameras. I turn towards Laura and Mya. I start to cry. "I'm sorry." I say. "For what?" Laura asks. "The people. The paparazzi." I say. "That wasn't your fault." Mya says. I hug them. We go to my house and put the bags down. "Let's go to McDonald's. I'm hungry." Laura says. We go to McDonald's and sit there and eat. A girl comes up to our table. "Excuse me, are you Aria Bell?" She asks. "Yeah." I say. "I'm a big fan! I heard your singing one time." She says. "Thanks." I smile. "Oh, I'm Megan. Call me Meg." She smiles. "Do you want to sit, Meg?" I ask. "Me? Sit with you? You're famous." She says. "Yes, yes, and no I'm not. Just come on." I smile.
She slides in our booth. "Oh, right. I wanted to ask you to sign this." She holds out her notebook and pen. "You want my autograph?" I ask, taking the pen. "You're the greatest singer ever, to me." She says. "Thanks." I say. I autograph her book, which was weird because I'd never done it before. "Thank-you so much!" She says. "Oh, Meg. These are my best friends Laura Bell and Mya Carson." I say. They say hi. We talk for a while. "Wanna hang out sometime?" Laura asks. "Sure." Meg smiles. "Oh, I'm having a party at Gemma's Stage, tonight at 8. You know that place, right? You can come. We do need music." Meg says. "We'd love to!" Mya says. "Ari can be the music." Laura says. "Guys.. I don't..." I begin. I look at Mya and Laura who are excited and think about it. "Guess we're going to Gemma's Stage." I say.
"Oh, can't wait!" Meg smiles. "I gotta go. See you tonight." She says. "Yeah." I say. She leaves. "We're going to a party." Laura and Mya start dancing in their seats. "Aren't you excited?" Mya asks. "We'll have so much fun!" Laura says. "Fun." I say, trying to hide how not excited I really am. I don't want to go to a party, but who knows? Maybe it'll make me happier. We go home and they start getting ready in different clothes. I stay the same way I'm dressed. I put my hair in a braid and put back on my beanie. I watch TV for a while. "Can we drive?" Mya comes out, ready now. "But we're p-" I begin. "Please." Laura says. "Fine." I say. "Where is Gemma's Stage?" I ask. "Where my birthday was." Mya says. "Okay, let's go." I say. "We'll be early, though." Laura says. "We'll take the long way." I say.
We drive the long way to Gemma's Stage. We get there 10 minutes after 8. I park the car and we go in. We all separate. Meg comes up to me. "Get up there, girl!" She says. "What if people don't like my singing?" I ask. "Most of these people came because you're singing." She says. "Really?" I ask. "Yeah!" She says. She pushes me towards the stage. She goes up on it. "Everyone! Aria Bell!" She shouts. She smiles at me, as I go up nervously. "I would suggest singing a slower song first, then up-beat songs." She says. I nod. "Good luck!" She says. She gives me the microphone and runs off. I look for Laura and she does a hand motion. She mouths: Broken Wings. Then I knew what she meant. I start to sing Broken Wings by Nikki Flores. After that, I sing some songs by Bridgit Mendler, CoCo Jones, Bella Thorne and Zendaya, and Ross Lynch. To my surprise, the people cheer. I smile as I sing.
When I stop singing people cheer as I go off stage. Mya and Laura squeal and run over to me. "You were amazing! THAT'S GOING ON YOUTUBE." Mya says. "No way." I say. "Yes!" Laura smiles. I hug them. Singing always makes me happy, and seeing that people like my singing is amazing. A lot of people start to crowd me. "You're amazing." Someone says. "Can you sing at my birthday party?" One asks. We make our way through the crowd. I find Megan. "You're awesome!" She says. I hug her. "You know, I think I can get you some other places to sing. Like tomorrow for instance." She says. "What? Are you serious?" I ask. She nods. "That's so cool!" I say. "Okay, so tomorrow, here, at 5:00PM?" She asks. I nod. "Great! It's my friend's party. I'm sure she'll love you." Meg says. I smile.
Laura, Mya, and I leave after a few minutes as a lot of people do. It's late. We drive home. "That was amazing." Mya says. "Tomorrow, Gemma's Stage, at 5." Laura smiles. "I can't believe people actually like my singing." I say. "They do!" Laura says when we get to my house. We go in and we eat. Mya gets on the computer and puts it on youtube. She pulls it up and shows us. "That's.. me?" I ask. Mya nods. After a little while we all go lay down in our bedrooms. It's hard for me to go to sleep, I'm so excited. People liked my singing. I wasn't nervous after a few minutes. I smile and close my eyes. After a few minutes, I go to sleep.
