Moving On

Thirty-four

Thirty-four / Sandra

"I can't believe it. We're about to meet One Direction!" Jess starts shrieking and fangirling hard. We're in line for the 1D meet and greet.

"Me too, Jess." I laugh. It's amusing that one second ago, Jess acts like my over-protective big sister and then suddenly turns into a 6-year old right in front of my eyes. It's amazing how much a band affects a fan. It can literally make or break you.

"Okay, next!" One of the security outside the meet and greet "room" announces.

We were next. Oh god, Jess can't stop hyperventilating.

"You alright?" I ask her.

She doesn't respond. Wow. It's the first time I saw Jess so speechless.

"Well hello there!" Harry greets us.

Jess practically walks up to him and buries her face into his chest. "I love you," she whispers, but it was audible enough for me to here.

Louis comes to Harry and whispers something long to him. Then Harry passes the whisper to Jess.

"Oh my god! Really?" Jess shouts.

"Shhh!" Harry covers her mouth.

"Oh. Oh! Right. I get it now." Jess breaks away from the hug and walks back to me.

"So..." Jess starts.

"So?" I look at her curiously. I have this weird feeling that she has a dirty little secret with One Direction even though they just met for like, the first time. Shaking it off, I say, "Are you gonna hog 1D all to yourself and not let me meet them, or..."

"N-no!" She cuts me off. "It's just I have to do something to you, and..."

And the next thing I knew, Jess has blindfolded me. "What the hell, Jess!" And I try to get her off me.

She whispers into my ear and says, "You're gonna hate me for this, but I swear to god, you're going to thank me someday."

I scoff. "Like that'll happen."

"Jess, coast is clear, yes?" I hear Niall speak.

So all of them are in it. Fuck it.

"Yup!" Jess replies.

"Okay, cut the power!" Zayn shouts.

"Cutting power!" Liam responds.

What the hell is happening?

"I'm so sorry, Sandy. But you're welcome in advance! Love ya, bye!" She whispers one last time in my ear and kisses me quickly on the cheek.

I'm guessing that "cut the power" means turning off the lights, so I'm not gonna move an inch unless I want to end up hurting myself since I'm in a blindfold.

I hear soft footsteps coming from the right side of the room.

I button is being pushed, and One Direction's You & I starts playing, music quickly filling the room.

I figured it out.

I figured it out from black and white.

Seconds and hours.

Maybe they had to take some time.

I know how it goes.

I know how it goes from wrong and right.

Silence and sound.

Did they ever hold each other tight

Like us?