Concussion •Miniminter•

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"Hello! You must be Bailey the captain," we were greeted by the one and only Lewis Redman.

     "Hi Lewis! It's so cool to meet you in person!" I said and hugged him. I looked over his shoulder to see the table full of the boys that I've seen many times from my phone screen. Lewis saw that I was staring behind him and looked over.

"Are you ready to meet all the sidemen, and work with Simon?" Lewis asked in a tone like we've been friends for a while.

"I guess I am, I mean- wait what did you say about me and Simon?" I looked at him with a shocked face, still surprised that I even got to meet him.

"Yea, since you and Simon are both captains, you guys will be planning and organizing things. So, it's like you have an advantage," he explained.

     "I get to... Simon...with him," I lost my words; I didn't know that I actually would have to work one on one with him. And as I said that, guess who came over to talk with us?

"You must be Bailey, the captain I told all of twitter you were!" Oml what is this gorgeous figure in front of me. This is so much better than a phone screen. What do I do? Do I say hi? Shake his hand? Hug him? As I'm thinking all of that, I realize I'm just staring at him.

     "Um, you okay?" Simon then said. Oh God this is akward.

     "Oh um yea! You too!" Did those words just come out of my mouth!?! That doesn't even make any sense! My face immediately turned red in embarrassment and I looked down. Jay then spoke up and saved me saying,

     "Hey, I'm Bailey's older brother, Jay. It's so cool to see you in person," Jay and Simon did a bro hug like they've known each other forever.

     "Sorry, Bailey gets a little, akward, around new people,"

      "HEY!" I hit Jay playfully in the stomach and Simon and Lewis laughed. No one else was watching because it was loud with music and a little dark. "I'm sorry," I started, "it's just so amazing to meet you in person," I finally said. Simon smiled. I've always wanted to hug him, like if I were to meet him and a convention or something, but I don't think right now is a good time.

     There were 5 tables to sit at. Anyone could sit anywhere, and it was Buffett style food (idk if they actually do that at nandos) so we got our food and sat. Jay and I sat together, obviously, and other people in the match came and sat by us. We all talked, but I couldn't stop staring at the youtubers that I've watched forever who were standing in the same room as me. I looked down at my phone, because I was telling everyone what was going on on twitter. I then look up and see a Simon sitting across from me.

     "Mind if I-a, sit here?" He asked me.

     "Um I guess..." I answered, noticeably shy. After that, I was scared to look up, because I was afraid he would think I'm weird. Soon after JJ came and sat next to him with two huge plates of food, but I had to look up at this.

     "I'm gonna have a major shit after this," and everyone around him laughed, and I just smiled. I need to have more courage.

After everyone was pretty much done eating, we were just going around to all the youtubers taking pictures and asking questions and just hanging out. Being the awkward girl I am, everyone I went up to, I was a nervous wreck, but it turned out okay. When I went to Simon, I finally talked to him like a normal person. He wasn't very talkative to strangers, but did little fun talk with the other youtubers, because he knew them well. But I still didn't get that hug I wanted from Simon.

After that, we all sat down and the sidemen were standing up in front of all of us. They then said that we were gonna go around the room and say our name and what part we play and one thing about us. I was one of the last people to go, and as everyone was going, I realized that there was only one other girl that was in the match. We'll show those boys who rules, starting with the fact that I'm a GIRL captain. Soon enough, it was my turn to go. I stood up, and with the most confidence I had, I said,

     "Hi everyone, my name's Bailey," I gazed around the room and found Simons eyes right on mine. "I'm a captain, and I am deadly in love with chocolate." Some people laughed at that. After that I quickly sat down. I looked down at my hands for a while, and when I looked up, I saw Simons eyes were still on mine, and when we made eye contact, he quickly looked away. How mysterious.