A Hybrid And One Direction (ON HOLD/SLOW UPDATES)

Chapter One

Elise's pov

I walk down the busy streets of London, thinking about nothing in particular. Today One Direction is supposed to be back from their tour or something, according to the crazy fangirls walking past me a few minutes ago. I only have the faintest idea who this 'one direction' is. I think they make music... ? But I don't have anything that could present me with said music. I live alone in the outskirts of town.

I walk past a magazine cart, and sure enough, those five freaky guys are on almost every cover. Of course. The girls that passed me earlier are fangirling over all of them, trying to decide which one to buy.

"This one says behind the scenes photos!" "But this one says a chance to win free This Is Us tickets!" "Ooh but this one says-" I stop listening at that point. No need to pay attention to that.

I round the corner and walk up a few blocks before I start to hear the sound of lots of girls screaming... hmm, I wonder? I lean up against a brick wall (which I do often for reasons explained next--) so I don't get too curious. Curiosity killed the cat. Did I mention I'm a cat hybrid? Well, I am. I hide my ears under my beanie and hood and my tail in my hoodie.

I'm snapped out of my thoughts by someone crashing into me. I now notice that the screaming girls has gotten a whole lot louder. I also notice that the curly member of that boyband on all the magazine covers is on top of me. I sit there in shock as the tan one helps curly up and the one with the striped shirt picks my up bridal style. They all start running again, the girls hot on our heels.

"LOUIS!" The four boys that aren't carrying me shout at the one who is carrying me-Louis, I presume.

"What *gasp* was I *gasp* supposed to*gasp* do?!" He shouts back. "The fans were *gasp*going to *gasp* trample her!" Oh I just hope my beanie doesn't fall off. Now THAT would not be a great first impression.

A black van pulls up ahead of us and the door slides open. The boys jump and the door quickly slides closed. Louis sets me down next to him.

"WHAT just happened?" I ask, looking at each of them for an explanation.

"Umm weell Harry ran into you and Louis being the nut-head he is decided to take you with us." Buzz cut guy says, glaring in Louis' direction.

"Ok I can tell you what really happened." Louis protests. "Harry ran into you and me, being the awesomely brilliant person I am decided to miraculously SAVE you from the raging, brutal fans that surely would have killed you. So I'm your hero now. Feel free to thank me in any way you please; cash, hugs, money, dates..." He trails off. I just stare at him, still trying to process what is happening. I just got kidnapped. By a boyband. What else is new?

"When can I go home?" I ask, finally recovering from the shock. Buzz cut guy frowns and Louis scratches the back of his neck awkwardly.

"Um. Well. It's possible that you can't go home soon?" Buzz cut says, but it sounds more like a question. My ears flatten under my beanie.

"What? Why?" I ask, starting to panic.

"Well, we have to be in Manchester in four hours, so we don't have time to take you home now, but once we get to Manchester we could pay for a cab to take you back to London, or you could stay the night with us at the hotel and ride back in the morning, but we're scheduled to go from Manchester to York, and then all around the country visiting our families from there. So you could also come with us through the whole thing." Quiff explains.

"I can't pay for a cab all the way from Manchester to London!" I exclaim.

"We'll pay for it." Curls says. I shake my head violently.

"No! I don't want you guys spending money on me. I'll just come with you... but how long is this whole thing?" I ask, sighing. How am I gonna hide my secret now?

"About two and a half weeks. If you do want to stay with us, we'll be happy to buy you the things you need and you can't say no cuz either way we're paying for you." Buzz cut answers, smirking a bit. Gosh I didn't know I was that special. Not.

It takes me a minute to crunch the numbers in my head. I never have or need a lot of things, so it would be cheeper to go with them... for two and a half weeks. I won't be able to hide my secret for that long! In the other hand, I can't pay them back for a cab from Manchester to London. It's a lose-lose situation.

But I'm being tight on money so I never have to get a job and risk the possibility of my ears and tail being seen in public, so I have to go with them.

"Yeah, I'll come with you, as long as its ok with you guys and stuff." I conclude. Louis smiles and cheers.

"Yay! Oh and what's your name?" He asks.

"Elise." I answer. He smiles wider, if that's possible.

"So! Elise." He says, swinging his arm around my shoulders. Um, awkward. "Tell us about yourself."

"My names Elise, I'm 16, I live alone, I don't go to school, and I don't have any friends. And I love cats." Obviously. "What about you guys?" I ask.

"I like girls who eat carrots." Louis says, making the others laugh. I tip my head to one side like a cat and give them a questioning look.

"It's... well, it's a long story." Buzz cut says. I nod.

"Wait, I don't know your names." I remind them.

"I'm Liam, that's Harry, Zayn, Irish over there is Niall, and beside you is-"

"LOUIS!" Louis shouts. I giggle. That boy is too hyper.

"Take off the hat, love, you'll get too hot." Harry says, reaching for my beanie.