When One Direction fell in love with me

Chapter 1 : Meeting Liam

It's Christmas Eve, around eight o'clock, and it's already dark outside. A few light snowflakes are falling down the sky but it doesn't look like there's a storm coming. Roads are deserted expect from some people walking on the sidewalk, hurrying to arrive in their warm house to celebrate with their family, and some cars passing slowly down the roads, carefully because of the ice.

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Laura

I put furiously my winter coat on, mad at my parents for always obligating me to do the worst things and at my sister for drinking so much milk. Yes, it's Christmas Eve and my parents force me to go to the only convenience store who stays open tonight (The owner is an old man who doesn't have any family anymore and is so generous that he wants to serve the people whenever he can because he knows that there's always people who need something, especially on holidays) to buy some stupid milk because my big sister drinks almost just that so we can't live one day without it! So, of course, it's now me, the ''so helpful and generous and kind daughter'' that my parents got, who have now to brave the frigid temperatures of winter because of my sister's whims.

I shouted before closing the door, making everyone laugh :

-If I'm not back in one hour, I've been kidnapped!

'But don't bother calling the police, I'll find a way to escape by myself, like always.' I told myself. I bet they've already forgotten me, captivated by my sister's travel stories. 'I don't mind' I thought. In  two or three years I'll leave home and start a real new life, away from my parents and my sister. I don't know where I'll go, probably in a university like Cambridge or Oxford, or maybe one in the United States, it would be even further. I smiled. I often think about my future, this perfect life away from my family where I would finally be free and independent!

I took a deep breath of the cold air, sending away my angry thoughts my happy dreams taking their place while I was listening to my favourite playlist, a mix of One Direction, The Wanted, Thousand Foot Krutch and Gavin Degraw.

'Yes, I like the way you smile with your eyes

Other guys see you but don’t realize that it's m-my loving

There's something about your laugh that it makes me wanna have to

There's nothing funny so we laugh at n-n-nothing

Every minute’s like our last so let’s just take it real slow

Forget about the clock that's tick-tick-ticking'

I sang along with my favourite part of ''Everything About You'', and stopped, looking around if someone heard me and then started laughing, thinking about how weird I must look.

I finally arrived at the little store and pushed the door, the little bell ringing.

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Liam

I was walking on the sidewalk, enjoying the lovely night and taking deep breath of the fresh air to clear my mind. I love those quiet nights when I can walk alone and leave my thinking take over. It relaxes me and allow me to think about all sorts of things that I don't have the time to think during my busy days.

I stopped abruptly when I saw a girl going out a house shouting : ''If I'm not back in one hour, I've been kidnapped!'', then shut the door, shook her head and started to walk. I kept myself from laughing so she won't see me. She was walking on the other sidewalk and in the same direction as me. I continued walking, staring at her side. I think she might have been lost in her thoughts because she never saw me. I think I saw her smiling sometimes but I couldn't see her entire face so I'm not sure. Once, she started singing a part of a song that I couldn't fail to recognize : it was ''Everything About You'', one of the songs my group, One Direction, and I sing on our cd. So, at least she knew, and probably like, us. She suddenly stopped, looked around but didn't see me, and then started laughing at herself. A big smile appeared on my face, she was very cute and hearing her laugh made me want to laugh too. We continued walking and I had the time to observe a lot of little interesting things about her that made this unknown funny girl cuter and made me wanting even more to talk with her and learn more about her.