Not So Normal

Chapter 6 ~ Saturday Night Lights

   Last night was amazing. Niall and I talked for a bit and then he took me back to my room and kissed me goodnight. I snuck back in without waking Lindsey, and I haven't told her I left. And I'm not planning on telling her any time soon. She'd just freak out.

   We're leaving for Saturday Night Live rehearsals at 2:00, so Lindsey and are spending the morning hanging out with each other because the guys have a couple meetings or something. We decide to spend the time updating our social media, something we haven't thought about since Wednesday night when we got here. Our followers are probably wondering where we've been. We usually post a lot of stuff online every day. We also film a video for our channel about our trip so far. We're not supposed to tell anyone what we haven't done yet, but we figure it won't hurt anyone to know what's already been done.

   "We should tell the fans about you and Niall," Lindsey says before we start filming. I shake my head.

   "There's nothing going on between me and Niall," I insist. Lindsey needs to stay clueless for now.

   "Whatever you say..."

   When we're done filming the video and doing a little editing we order room service lunch to eat while we finish editing and posting. Our lunch comes at like 12:45, and right as we start eating, there's a knock at the door. I go open the door and I'm surprised to see Niall.

   "Hey, is that food?" he says excitedly, inviting himself in and sitting down on the couch where I was sitting.

   "Excuse me?" I say, making him scoot over. He gives me a pouty face until I let him have some of my food.

   "What brings you here?" Lindsey asks suspiciously.

   "I just wanted to hang out with you guys. Our meeting is over and the other guys are taking naps before SNL, so I figure you two could use some hot Irish company," he says with a wink. I fake a swoon and Lindsey laughs.

   "There's just too much Irish hotness, it's overwhelming!" I exclaim.

   "Oh quit being so dramatic," Lindsey says, giving me a scolding glare. I put my hands up in defense and then finish eating.

   "You owe me for that food," I tell Niall. "I was hungry."

   "Oh I'll pay you back, don't worry," he says. Lindsey gives him a suspicious look, but he doesn't seem to notice. At least if he does he doesn't acknowledge it...

   We spend the next little while talking and just hanging out. When we leave for SNL Niall tells us a little about the stuff they're going to be doing on the show. He won't give away their main little thing with the host at the beginning, but he tells us which songs they're going to perform.

   Hanging around backstage and around set is actually kind of boring. Lindsey and I watch the guys rehearse for a little bit, but it gets boring so we wander around. We talk to some people on the crew and stuff and we meet the people that do the skits and stuff and it's pretty cool. Steve Carell is hosting, so we meet him and get pictures. It's pretty sweet.

   When it's time for the show to start, a few hours of finding food and wandering later, we head to our seats in the audience and settle in. Steve goes on and does his thing, and I wait patiently for when One Direction gets to perform. They come on and their skit is hilarious. It's so fake and staged, but I can't help but laugh. As the night goes on, One Direction performs four songs. They're all from their most recent album (which is still from almost two years ago), and they're all amazing.

   When SNL is over and it's time to leave, we all say goodbye to the crew and everyone that was working on the set and then head out. It's pretty late, so when we get back to the hotel we all just go to our separate rooms instead of hanging out. I sit on one of the couches and check Twitter and Facebook, but Lindsey goes straight to bed. Before I go into my room I can hear Lindsey's light snoring coming from her room.