Times

Chapter 8

~Night of the concert~

Maria's POV

I can't stop pacing back and forth in my room. Oh my goodness. I don't think I've ever been this scared AND this excited in my entire life. For goodness sake, we got freaking VIP tickets too! We're going to meet One Direction backstage! How can I not be excited? Yet again, I'm going against Grace's will. I've never lied to her in my entire life. I've never snuck out in my entire life. When I think about it, I've never needed to, until today.

What if she finds out? What will she do if she notices that I left to the concert? I'm going to be a dead woman, I keep thinking to myself. I don't know if I'm going to be able to pull this off. The more I think about it, the more my heart races. And I've been thinking about it a lot today. That is not good.

This is not good. Not good at all.

I check the time on my phone. 4:00pm. What if she takes my phone as a form of punishment!? Will today be the last day I see my phone? No, she's going to do more than take my phone. She's going to ground me for the rest of the summer, I know it. Maybe the rest of my life. Oh my goodness, tonight's going to be the last day I see sunlight. I'm a dead woman. Dead.

Everything I do brings these thoughts back into my head! No! This needs to stop. I have to think positive. She'll understand. She'll be sentimental with me. As a matter of fact, she won't even know that I left!

Much better.

The concert starts at 6:30, and Carmen is coming to pick me up at 6. I only have two hours. I should start getting ready.

I took a shower and changed into my outfit. Grace is working overnight(thank God!) so my One Direction playlist was on loud as I was changing. Carmen told me she was wearing a dress, so I'm going to do the same. I wore a hot pink dress that fell down to my knees, and had a black belt over my stomach. It wasn't tight, but wasn't extremely loose either, My sleeves barely touched my shoulder, so I grabbed a white cardigan to take with me in case I was cold. My pink flats matched perfectly with the dress. I don't like wearing heels, and neither does Grace.

My hair is already naturally straight, so I decided not to do anything with it. I just blowdried and brushed my hair, and it was good to go. My blond hair isn't that long - it's only just beneath my shoulders by a few inches. I wish my hair was as long as Grace's - her's almost touches her butt! But oh well, I have to work with what I have.

Make-up was easy. I put it on quickly, seeing that it was almost time for Carmen to be here. Hopefully, I'll be back home before Grace does. She said she's coming back at around 2am, and the meet-and-greet after the concert ends at around 11, so I'll be fine. I know I'm going to be fine..

So why am I still shaking?

I turned off the music and grabbed my bag, which I triple-checked to make sure the keys were in it. I looked at my reflection in the mirror one last time. Smile, Maria. You're going to meet One Direction! I put on my award-winning smile and told myself for the hundredth time that everything is going to turn out perfect. My phone buzzed and I picked it up from the dresser. Carmen is waiting outside.

I texted her back to let her know I was coming, and grabbed my bag and cardigan as I walked towards the apartment door. I walked out the door and closed it quietly, even though I knew no one was listening. Now, the fear has gone from me. One Direction, here I come!

Grace's POV

"For all of you people coming out to see One Direction tonight, get excited! The crowd is already overflowing, and the boys can't wait to see Seattle tonight! 'We're going to make sure that our last concert of this tour is going to be an unforgettable one!', Niall tells us! Anyone who's going out tonight is extremely lucky, aren't the--"