One Adoption... Sorry, Direction (1D Fanfic)

Chapter Twenty-Eight

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Chapter 28

"You still haven't answered my question," Jeni interrupted fifteen minutes later. The boys had been explaining the band for ten minutes - the X-Factor, worldwide tours and multimillionaire status included.

"You had a question?"
All five boys stared at her obliviously.
"Yes." Rolling her eyes, Jeni clearly stated her question. "What. The. Fridge. Is. A. One. Direction?"
"Oh," Louis replied. "That was the name of our band."

"So what happened?" Jasmine asked.
"It's a long story that ends with us never getting around to planning a 7th tour."

"Why One Direction?" Jeni asked.
"What?"
"Why did you name it One Direction? Why not Five Directions? Or, I dunno, 0.8 Direction?"
Smirking at each other, the boys shrugged.

"Sounded cool," Niall replied. "Why did your parents name you Jennifer?"
"Because my mother's favourite TV character ever was Rachel from Friends and they couldn't name me Rachel because they named their first cat Rachel," she replied.

The boys stared at her for a minute before Harry rolled his eyes.

"And you know that how?"
Jeni bit her lip before shaking her head. "It's not important."

Silently Jasmine reached over and rubbed her sister's knee, sending her a sad smile. She turned to Niall.

"What's the date today?"

"December 5," he answered. "Why?"

The girls all glanced at each other and nodded.

"You know our parents died on Boxing Day?"

Harry's arms snaked around the girls either side of him as the other boys did the same.

"That's three weeks away."

The boys glanced at each other. "Christmas is less than three weeks away?"

"Off topic," Jeni reminded them. "So if you're so famous... prove it."

"What?"

"Prove it. Show us that you've got money, show us fans... hell, we don't even know if you can sing."

"You want us to prove it?"

The girls all nodded at their legal guardians. The boys glanced at each other.

"Fine."

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Arranging a concert with two days' notice would never be easy, but anything's possible when the performers of said concert are One Direction. With a few simple calls, including an apologetic one to Simon cancelling their dinner date, it was organized that on December 8th, the boys would perform a two-hour concert to as many people as the venue could fit. They organized a setlist, stage design and the lights in record time, flew their band out immediately and rehearsed their songs in the soundproof music room, away from the girls who were being prepared by media trainers, bodyguards and stylists. Lou Teasdale, along with Louis' sister Lottie and Lou's nine-year-old daughter, moved in with the One Direction family; they set up a security detail for their house; and finally, televised interviews were arranged.

The rushed preparations meant that everyone was very excited, but had no time to throw together a full rehearsal and soundcheck of the show.

On the morning of the 6th, the three girls were woken by Harry, Niall and Louis. After a sleepy breakfast, they were unceremoniously shoved into the shower by Louise and emerged much more awake, wrapped in towels. The boys were nowhere to be seen by then, and as she guided them into Jasmine's bedroom Lottie explained that they had gone to a meeting.