A matter of time

3. Meet One Direction

Once again, I do not own the songs used in the chapter.

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You’ve probably guessed by now that I am absolutely in love with One Direction, and more specifically, Harry Styles. Ever since I saw his first audition on X Factor, I fell in love with him. I have watched every single video of him on YouTube. I mean, after the GCSE’s finished I’ve had a year of nothingness to fill whilst Jess and Nicole have been at college. I’ve probably watched most of them twice by now. You may think I’m obsessed but you haven’t seen anything yet.

By that I mean my bedroom. After One Direction became big, like I knew they would, I’ve been buying pretty much all of their merchandise. Currently I have bedcovers, curtains, cushions, a beanbag, the dolls and posters to name a few. I managed to get my hands on a mahoosive poster about a year back and it covers nearly half of my ceiling. Obviously, Harry’s face is directly above my bed, smiling down at me. Sad, right? But since I have no boyfriend I’m allowed some allowances. I just spend my days holed up in my room listening to Midnight Memories on repeat. It is their best album so far and I know all of the words off by heart.

So basically, one of my wishes is to meet Harry and the rest of the band. Mum and dad have been trying to get me backstage passes to one of their concerts but there has been no luck so far. But then, I found out yesterday that Jess and Nicole applied for me to see them through the Make a Wish foundation and their application was successful. So this evening, we’re going to a secret concert held for about 50 people in similar situations to me and then after, I get to meet them. Obviously they're letting Jess and Nicole come too. I wouldn’t have gone without them anyway. They’ve found a way for me to meet my idols and I’m so excited; I could barely sleep last night. I spent the night laying awake fantasising about Harry. Now my camera and phone are fully charged and ready for the evening.

I’m still trying to figure out what to wear tonight. Jess and Nicole are coming over in a bit to help me out since they’re better at this kind of thing than I am. Right now I'm standing in my underwear with half of my wardrobe spread across my bed, trying to work out what to wear. Then the girlies knock on the door and I'm forced to shove in the first clothes I can find and I open the door. The girls burst in and then burst out laughing at my rushed outfit. It turns out I threw on my old, yellow Scooby-Doo pyjama top backwards and the pink tutu from the fun run. Not really a good combination! I ran back upstairs and put on some leggings and twisted round the top. Still not a good outfit but it’ll do whilst the girlies decide on a better outfit. Jess and Nic enter my room and I play my Midnight Memories CD. We all immediately start singing at the top of our voices; it’s a good job my neighbours work during the day or they would’ve gone deaf by now.

As usual, Jess quietly mumbles the lyrics whenever we lower our tone to try and get her to sing. She has a beautiful voice but she is just too shy to use it. I mean, she sometimes sings in front of me and Nic but that’s about it. We keep trying to get her to audition for the school choir but she just won’t listen. We’re a weird bunch of friends, our talents are varied. Jess and her singing voice, Nic and her make-up skills and me... well I’m not telling you what my talent is yet. It’s something I like to do; I don't think I'm very good at it, but Nic and Jess keep telling me otherwise. Maybe one day I’ll broadcast it to the world. I guess I should show everyone what I can do before I die. I’ll put that on my bucket list then.

Meanwhile, Jess and Nic and raided the remainder of my wardrobe and thrown things into piles. Suddenly everything goes dark as one of the girlies has managed to throw something at me. I shake my head to free myself from what turns out to be my fluffy black jumper and find the girls cracking up on the bed. I dunno how they found space on it considering most of my wardrobe is occupying it. I aim the jumper at Jess and she dodges it, sticking her tongue out at me. Seeing as I’m the bigger person, I flip her the middle finger and stalk towards my bed. Jess and Nicole stand up and dance as Midnight Memories starts to play. I join them and we sing louder. Discretely, I pick up a cushion and smack Jess round the head with it, causing her to lose balance and topple of the bed. I burst out laughing and dive on top of her, tickling her mercilessly. She screams and tries to escape my grasp. But I sit on her legs and continue my torture. She begs for mercy and I plot my revenge.