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Boiling water

An hour later the girls have had a quick bath and been put to bed. If their drooping eyes and tired yawns were any indications, by now they're no doubt asleep. I'm shuffling around the kitchen, making either tea or hot chocolate for everyone. I line up the mugs I've specifically picked for everyone on the counter as I wait for the water to finish heating. I can hear a murmur of voices coming from the living room, just a few steps down the hall and to the right. I'm close enough to catch indistinct sounds, but nothing more. I shift my weight from one foot to the other as I stare mindlessly at the kettle on the stove.

A watched pot never boils, does it? It's not that I'm afraid I'll miss everything important, I know that Louis wants to wait until everyone is there to discuss things. I would hate to miss all the small talk, that's what it is. The certainty that you and your idol would be good friends (if only they knew you!), is something that every fan believes. Regardless of if there are weddings fantasies there are fantasies about sitting down over tea and just chatting with ones idol. It's something I dreamed of and I'm sometimes reminded at odd moments how ridiculous my life has become. Sure, I had imagined scenarios like this happening. However I never expected them to come true.

Knowing how I used to daydream about days like this, it makes me impatient to be locked away in the kitchen when I could be spending these valuable minutes with them. I wouldn't tell them about feeling this way, I know it's weird. They're my friends and I know them so much better than I thought I once did. Knowing someone's blood type and where they had lunch last Tuesday doesn't mean that you understand them and know how they would react to viral kitten videos. 

The kettle blows suddenly, startling me from my thoughts. I straighten up from leaning against the counter and lift the kettle off the eye carefully with an oven glove. 

**thought that I posted this last night...turns out that I didn't? Anyway here it is now, and possibly there will another update later tonight.