Isabel POV
It was the day before the One Direction concert in LA. And my 4 best friends and I were so excited! Farah and Arabela were headed to my big house in San Diego were we all lived. Eva and Veronica were going to meet us at the mall to shop for the concert. We were all really big 1D fans and we were dyeing to see them!
I was 17 and came from a pretty rich family but I never got what I wanted. I worked hard for my car. I was not spoiled. My parents divorced and it was really hard for me to get over. I lived with my mom because my dad just disappeared when I was 8.
My phone vibrated and I screamed. I laughed at myself. It was a text from my boyfriend Max. It said
"You better show up on Sunday."
I sighed and replied
"Ok"
"I'm serious, if you don't show up there are going to be more bruises on your body." I trembled and looked at the bruises and scars all over my arms. I set down my phone and thought about what meeting up on Sunday meant. It meant rape and abuse.
The doorbell rang and it was Farah and Arabela
"Hey!" I screamed and hugged them
"We are gonna see ONE DIRECTION TODAY!!!!" Arabela exclaimed. Arabela. She was very intelligent and had a 4.3 grade point average. But she was clueless, cute, and clumsy when it came to everyday life. And I loved it.
"How are u and Max going?" Farah asked nudging me. She was a naturally funny and beautiful person. She was pretty vain though! I never told them about the abusive relationship, so I had to lie.
"Um, it's perfect." I said looking away. I just didn't want to talk about it. We took off in my Red Jeep to the mall listening to some Nicki Minaj.
Eva POV:
Veronica and I sat in front of Panda Express waiting for our friends to come.
"What is taking them so long!?" Veronica said impatiently
"Patience young one!" I joked yes she was the youngest out of us five and she was my closest friend. We talked about everything; she was even the only one I told about my little sister's cancer.
"Whatever!" she said chuckling.
"You know what I've noticed? That Panda Express only hires Asians! Ha!" we looked into the store and only saw Asians and laughed.
"I gotta go pee!" she said.
"I'll come with." I said. Veronica Stood up and turned around right into a cute buff blonde boy with sunglasses and a hooded jacket. He spilled his Panda all over the floor.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Can I help you somehow? I'll buy you some more."
"No, um it's fine I'll get some more myself. It would be wrong to make you pay for it since it was my fault." He said smiling. He had a strong Irish accent we was trying hard to cover up
"No, no. I'll pay-"
"What are you doing Nia- Nick?" Said another cute boy with sunglasses and a hoodie.
"What's up with the sunglasses inside?" I said with a chuckle.
"
It's a style were we come from." Said the other cute boy who had an English accent but also tried to cover it up, but I could tell.
All of a sudden 3 other guys showed up. All wearing the same attire.
"Well then I'm Veronica and this is my close friend Eva." Veronica said introducing us.
"Hello! I'm Ha- um *cough* Haden. And these are my friends Nick, L-logon, Lance, and Zack. And we're from... um LA." They smiled and waved. They were cute so I looked at Veronica and we nodded.
"Let's get some new Panda! We kind of owe you." I said. We spent the day walking around, and we almost forgot about Farah, Isabel, and Arabela, so I texted them and told them to meet at Veronica's house later. We laughed and joked around and I had a great time.
"What are you guys doing tomorrow?" Zack asked.
"Oh, we're going to see 1D in concert in LA with three other friends. We are really big fans,” Veronica said smiling.
"You sort of look like... Never mind.” We headed for Forever 21 and they wanted to stop in Victoria's Secret.
"Look at me, I'm a model!" Logan said as he put a bra up to his chest and posed. I laughed so hard I sprayed some soda out of my nose.
When it was almost closing time for the mall, we exchanged numbers and I hugged them goodbye.
I was so happy that Veronica bumped into Nick.
