"Ari, get your butt up!" Laura says. I wake up. Meg is on the floor. "Is she okay?" I ask. "She fell off the couch. Mya's been screaming!" Laura blames it on Mya. "Fix me cereal, please? My kitty-cat, make me cereal." I say. Laura is my kitty-cat. Laura said that she was going to be queen of the cats. She's gonna have cat-inspired clothes, a kitty kingdom, with kitty-people, and a hello-kitty crown. She takes my arm. "Fruity Pebbles?" She asks. I take her arm. "Yes, kitty." I say. She makes me cereal and gives it to me. She fixes Mya, Meg, and herself food too. We all eat. "Laura wouldn't shut her mouth." Mya says. "Do you really want me to come over there?" Laura says. Mya scoots farther away. "That's what I thought." Laura says. "Okay! So what we doing today?" I ask. "Can we shop?" Mya asks. I glare at her.
I've had enough of shopping. Going in a store, looking at shoes and dresses and skirts. Looking at purses and scarves. That gets annoying and tiring, if you're like me. I think it's boring. "No shopping." Mya says, nervously. "Aw, you understand. I love you, my panda." I say. We all are animals. The boys of One Direction never got their names and Meg hasn't gotten one yet. But Laura's my kitty and Mya's my panda. If you have seen Mya's room you'd understand. Panda chair, panda posters, panda pillows, panda rugs, panda collectibles, panda brush, panda clips, panda slippers, panda bow- you get the idea. "Panda? Kitty?" Meg asks. "Oh yes, Laura's our kitty, I'm their panda, and Aria's the bunny." Mya says. Me being a bunny is simple- I love carrots. "Oh, and I love you too, my bunny." Mya hugs me.
"Now we need you to be an animal..." Laura starts thinking. "YOU CAN BE A PARROT." Mya says. "I'm a parrot." Meg laughs. "We love our parrot." Laura says. We all hug. "Okay, so I have an idea on what to do, today. Camera. You. Living room." Laura turns towards me. "What?" I ask. "She means for you to sing. Put it on youtube or something, you'll be in the living room." Meg says. Mya pulls out a video-camera from her pocket. I get ready and dressed. "Reallly?" I ask. "A few songs." Laura begs. "Fine." I say. I sing a song by Nikki Flores, and a song by Selena Gomez. Then I sing I Think About You by Ross Lynch. It's one of my favorite songs. Laura starts crying after the camera was cut off. "My bunny's growing up." Laura says. I hug her and laugh, but I could tell that wasn't why she was crying.
"So why are you really crying?" I ask, while Mya put it on youtube. "I can't shake the feeling you'll get famous and forget us. I lost Zayn and the boys. I can't lose you too." She says. "You won't lose me. How can I forget my kitty, panda, and my parrot?" I say. We all hug. "What you said about Zayn.. You didn't lose him." Mya says. "No, you didn't. He loves you, and will never forget you. Same with Harry and Mya." I say. "Did Louis text you back?" Laura sniffles. "No. That's forgetting someone." I say. "He didn't.." Mya begins. I look at her. Even Mya can't say, it isn't. "Are you mad?" Laura asks. "Why should I be? I'm not anything special. I'm useless." I say. Laura opens her mouth to say something but decides it's better not to. We eat lunch in silence. We turn on music and play around. But I'm still upset. Not because Louis forgot me or anything like that. It's because I really do believe I'm not special. I'm useless.
The day goes by fast. Then I'm sitting on the couch. We all take showers. I pull my stuff out and put it on the chair. They get their stuff and get settled in the living room too. I lay my head on the arm rest. They look at me. I'm the one that's almost always happy and cheers everyone up, but now it seems like I'm the one that needs cheering up. Laura's phone rings. She goes out of the room. "Meg, Mya." She calls. They go in the hallway where I can't hear them. I close my eyes and keep them shut tight. You're beautiful, Aria. Stop thinking those bad things. I tell myself. "Aria, get on the computer." Mya says. I grab my computer and get on it. I get a video-message from somebody I don't know. I hit accept just in case. Liam pops up on the screen. "Sister!" He says. I smile. It's so good to see him. Niall, Zayn, and Harry walk in front of the camera too. Laura, Meg, and Mya come behind me and wave. The boys wave back.
"Louis's not.." Mya begins. Liam shakes his head. They all sit down on their sleeping spots. "Hi, guys." I say. "I heard that my sister is upset? Thinks she's useless? Not special?" Liam says. I look at the screen. A tear slides down my face. "Well.." I begin. "Shut up, right now." Liam says. "It is not true, so lock it in a box and throw it in an ocean. Never think that again." He says. I laugh. "We have come to say congrats on getting more fans and stuff, we heard your singing on youtube. You're great." He says. "Hi, Aria!" Niall says, from the back. "Hi, Niall." I giggle. "We have a song to sing for you." Zayn says. "To cheer you up." Harry says. "What?" I ask. They smile and before I knew it they're singing Little Things. I smile, and then I hear it. An extra voice. 5 voices. Louis's back there. At first my smile fades, and then I smile again. Louis is actually back there. The boys smile like they planned that.
I look at Laura and Mya who seemed to have noticed it too. Louis, Mya mouths. I can't see him, but hearing his voice. Knowing the he's there, makes me happy. They finish singing and Liam gets up. "Come over here." Liam says. The boys go off screen. "She doesn't want to see me." Louis says. "Yes she does, just get-" Harry begins. I hear a loud noise and I try not to laugh as they all drag Louis into the camera's view. "Hi, Louis." I say. He turns his head and starts smiling. "This was so worth getting up." He says. "You didn't." Liam says staring down at him. "How are you?" I ask. "..Good. You?" He asks. "Good." I say. "Uh, guys, how's the concert/tour thing going?" I ask. "Good." They all answer. "Thanks.. for singing to me." I say. "CHECK ON YOUTUBE, WE MADE YOU A VIDEO. GET ON HERE TOMORROW AT THIS TIME." Zayn says. I nod and smile. "Night!" They shout. "Night." I smile. I close the video-chat.
"Zayn texted me to look up 'We love Aria' on youtube.." Laura says. I get on youtube and look it up. It has a video of all five of the boys hopping around and dancing and talking. "Aria's funny." Zayn says. "She's unique." Harry says. "She can do these cool flips." Liam laughs. "She's beautiful." Niall says. "She's amazing." Louis says. It shows them holding a sign that says: We miss you! Then they throw it behind them and wave. "We love you Aria!" They yell and it cuts off. I start crying as I close the computer. I'm not sad, they're like tears of joy. Laura, Mya, and Meg hug me. "Zayn, Harry, Laura, and I talked. We told them you were upset so they told the boys and came up with the video to cheer you up. They sent it to us, we edited it." Mya smiles. "Thanks, guys." I say. I close my eyes and then go to sleep dreaming about how nice my friends are.
