Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Meeting The Families or How I Nearly Died

Hi everyone, just a short third chapter tonight, but I was really looking forward to writing this chapter, so I had to publish it tonight. I hope you enjoy it! All the love, Summer xxx

We arrived at the arena shortly after 3.30 pm. Everyone climbed out of the car and Louis took my bag for me, ignoring my protests. I was so nervous that I was feeling sick because I was about to meet so many important people that I never thought I would ever have the chance to meet. My hands were shaking a bit and Lily who must have noticed that, shot me a nervous smile before she quickly followed Niall through a site entrance into the arena.

We walked through a long hallway, deeper and deeper into the maze inside of the stadium. "If you left me here I would probably never find my way back out." I attempted to make a joke and Louis chuckled next to me. "Don't worry about it, love. I'll make sure that we won't lose you I here." I put my hand over my heart. "I feel honoured, thank you Louis."

Ben cleared his throat behind us and we both blushed a bit and continued our way inside the maze, passing and greeting people from time to time. We stopped outside a door that said 'Lounge'. "Here we are." said Niall happily and opened the door, pulling Lily in right behind him. We were greeted by loud cheers.

Louis grabbed my hand and pulled me towards a group of people who turned out to be his mum, her husband and his siblings who were all giving me curious looks. One of the girls let her eyes rest on our intertwined hands and I immediately tried to let go of Louis' hand but he only tightened his grip and I gave up after a couple of seconds. "Mum, this is my friend Claire." Louis introduced me proudly and I smiled shyly at Louis' mum. She gave me a wide smile in return and pulled me into a hug. "It's so nice to finally meet you, love. Louis wouldn't shut up about you." She said and Louis blushed a little bit. One by one everyone introduced themselves. They all seemed so nice and supportive of Louis and I immediately felt comfortable around them. 

We chatted for a while until I heard a deep voice behind me. "Claire!" shouted Harry excitedly behind me. "Harry!" I mocked him and let go of Louis' hand, who pouted a bit but reluctantly let go of my hand, to give Harry a proper hug. "It's good to see you, love." said Harry and smiled down at me, his green eyes twinkling excitedly. "It's good to see you, too, Harry." I smiled up at him. He looked over to Louis and his family. "Would you mind if I stole her for a little bit? I would love to introduce her to Gemma and my mum." I opened my mouth to say something, but Louis was faster. "Yeah, um, sure. Just don't lose her." he added with a grin in my direction, but it didn't quite reach his eyes. "Thanks, Lou." Harry smiled at Louis and then grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowded room over to where his mum, his step-dad and his sister were standing.

"Harry, we just wondered where you had disappeared to, but now I understand." Harry's mum said with a smile and shared a knowing look with Gemma. Harry cleared his throat. "Um, yes. Everyone, this is Claire." I waved awkwardly. "Hi." His mum smiled at me. "Hi, I am Anne. Nice to meet you." I held out my hand but she pulled me into a hug. After Gemma and Robin had introduced themselves as well, Gemma asked a question which made not only me, but also Harry blush deeply. "So, how long have you two been dating?" she asked us and I choked a bit on my spit. Harry immediately started to pad my back while I was coughing. When I had finally calmed down, I was crimson red and wanted to vanish into thin air. Or be invisible. Or basically just literally anywhere else, but in that room next to Harry, who looked like he would like to vanish with me. "We, um, we're not... I am single." I blurted out and looked down at my hands. Harry cleared his throat. "We are just friends, Gemma." he said and looked down at me.

"I am so sorry I asked, I just thought... you two look like you're a couple." Gemma apologised and Anne laughed. "Now that we made that clear, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, Claire?" I took a deep breath. "Um, what would you like to know?" I asked them with a smile and after a reassuring look from Harry, we started to talk for a while, until my stomach made a very loud and very embarrassing sound. Everyone, including me, laughed. "I'm sorry, I haven't had anything to eat since seven am this morning." I apologised. "No need to apologise, Claire. We'll let you two go, so you can find something for you to eat." Anne assured me. I thanked them and then Harry tugged me away and showed a table in a corner where we also run into Lily and Niall again who were stuffing their faces with sandwiches.

"There you are!" Lily said. "I thought I had lost you." I shook my head. "No I was only kidnapped first by Louis and then by Harry." Niall laughed. "You are so popular, Claire." I shrugged and flipped some imaginary dust from my shoulders. "What can I say, I'm awesome." Harry laughed at this. "Would you disagree with me, Styles?" I asked him and he defensively held up both of his hands. "I would never do that, Winters." He tried to look innocent, but the mischievous twinkle in his eyes gave him away. "Hmmmm, sure. Whatever you say, Harry." I told him. In that moment, someone shouted through a megaphone that the boys were needed in hair & makeup. Harry groaned. "Enjoy your make up session, boys!" Lily teased them and they both shot her a look before they disappeared into the crowd, while we continued eating and chatting.

About half an hour later, Lottie appeared next to me and told me that it was time to go into the arena. "What about my bag?" I asked and started to look around for it. "Don't worry, Louis put it into his dressing room." Lottie told me and then grabbed mine and Lily's hand and pulled us out of the door with the rest of the big group. When we arrived in the arena, the girls around us started to scream because they recognised most of the friends and family members. We watched the opening act perform and then the lights went off for the last One Direction show in a little while.