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10. Charlotte

*Katrina's POV*

She snatches the papers off me with a scowl and quickly scans through them. After a few moments of her reading it her face pales. Her head rises up to look at me. She looks at me in horror. "I am SO sorry." She whispers but I hear it clearly. 

Jessica turns her back to me, faces the other fans in the crowd and says, "It's true." There is a small ripple of chatter going through the large crowd of Directioners. Some of them look absolutely horrified but some of them are smiling warmly.

I appreciate those people being at least a tiny bit nice and accepting me. All of a sudden a girl near the back shouts to Louis, "Why did you choose her, she's ugly!" Louis looks to the direction it came from with a very angry face. 

Angry Louis is not nice. Just then, another girl shouts out, "Not true! She's beautiful!" There is a lot of people shouting in agreement after that comment. 

I mentally thank the girl and put on a huge smile. Just then, a great idea pops into my head. I go over to Louis and whisper in his ear, "Could we invite that girl up to meet you guys?" 

He smiles and nods "That's a great idea. Let's do it. Do you know where she is?" 

I nod and say "She's the one wearing the purple jacket to the front and left." He looks around and spotted her. 

"Alright." He goes over and says a few words about the plan to the guys and Eleanor before going and asking one of the security guards to escort her up to the platform.

As she comes nearer I can see that she is wearing her purple jacket, a One Direction t-shirt, red skinny jeans and white converse. She looks around 17 and has honey blonde hair in cute curls. She is grinning from ear to ear by the time she gets to the platform. 

She walks up the stairs and towards us. I walk towards her and say "Thanks." While I give her a genuine smile. She mirrors my smile and says "You're welcome." 

I nod slightly and ask her "Do you want to meet the boys?" Her smile widens, if that was even possible, and nods so hard I thought her head was going to drop off.

 I laugh at her and wave her in the direction of the boys. Everyone is still watching in complete silence to catch what was going on. By now Jessica has gone back into the crowd so it is just us. She squeals very quietly and goes up to them. 

They all give her hugs. They also each whisper something in her ear. It took longer when it was Louis' turn to hug her and speak to her. I wonder what they are talking about. She nods vigorously and grins again. Louis laughs and says to everyone that it is time for a break.

 The girl remains on the platform and when we leave to go to the 'relaxation' room, she comes too. I look at Louis with a confused expression then point to her. He just smiles innocently and mouths 'You're welcome.' I smile.

When we get back to the room me and the girl decide to play 20 questions. 

I go first, "What's your name?" I ask her. "Charlotte Hill. I prefer Lottie or Charlie though. What's your name?"

"Katrina Tomlinson. How old are you?" I ask her gently

"18. How old are you?"

"17. Where do you live?"

"Berwick-Upon-Tweed. (Just under the Scottish and English border in the UK) Where do you live?" She asks me, her smile never faltering. 

"Here in London. Favourite colour?" I ask her. 

"Purple, you?"

"Blue. Favourite Band/s?"

"One Direction and Little Mix. What about you?"  She smiles. 

"No way. Me too!" I squeal.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Anyway, Any pets?" 

She nods slightly. "Yes, a dog called Pip. He's a Jack Russel. You?"

"None. Management won't allow it according to Liam." I sigh, shrugging.

"Shame, isn't it."

"Yeah."

After that we just spend the next few hours in the room talking, eating and playing the Wii and stuff like that while the boys resume the Meet & Greet. Soon enough, it is over. Charlie has to go but of course she doesn't go empty handed. She goes back home with a handful of 1D merchandise including:

Pencils, Pens, Notebooks, Posters, Signed posters, Signed pictures of each of the boys, pictures of us together, signed by me, my number and of course, her memories.

When everyone is ready we all jump in the car. Not literally! By the time we get in the car and are ready to leave it is nearly 7pm. 

We are hungry so we decide to stop by Nandos on the way back, much to Niall's delight, and pick up some food and take it home. When we get back we eat the food. It is around 9pm by the time we finish it all so I go upstairs, get ready for bed, go back downstairs to say night to everyone and go up to bed after brushing my teeth and hair.