Growing Up and Moving On: A One Direction Story

Chapter 16: Can we try one more time?

I wake up at 10 am to the sight of 10 new texts on my iPhone. Harry asked me of I wanted to hang out three times,Annie told me that she is coming over at 11 uninvited in three different ways,Liam texted me once asking if I wanted to come over, and Zayn demanded that I come see them in one word per text. I ask Rachel if she wants to hang out with them through her door as she was changing and she screams YOLO at the top of her lungs. Immature but she speaks the truth. I ask Zayn and Harry is there is anything in partcst that they want to do and they both respond that they want to go to the city. It might be fun to take them into public and avoid the paparazzi.

The mall! That's it! I send the same message to both of them,"Hey do you want to go to the outlet mall?" and they scream yes. They are going to pick us up at noon to go have lunch then go to the mall. It's already 10:45 and Annie invited herself to come over at 11. I rush to get something cute on before Annie comes so we can fix our makeup and hair. She comes in exactly eleven and sneaks upstairs to startle me. She is wearing sweats and a teeshirt and flip flops.

"MAKE ME PRETTY? I had a panic attack at home I don't know what to wear what if paparazzi sees us I want to see good enough for Harry!!" "Calm down Annie you are beautiful no matter what.... Don't be so insecure." Of course Annie replies with,"I'm insecure, don't know what for...." and Rachel walks in to belt out the rest of what makes you beautiful. I reach into my closet to find Annie some cute shorts and a flowery blouse shirt tank top thing. I have never been good with keeping up with fashion but Rachel and I share all of our clothes so I own whatever she buys. I braid my bright red hair so it crimps and creates waves. But no beach curled hair is as great as Liam's. Oh got to stop thinking about him there are other things in life!!! Like what?

It's summer I don't have school to preoccupy me. Annie curls her hair and fluffs it out and creates a perfect waterfall braid. "Do you feel pretty now?" "Hell yeah let's do this thing." She walks out skipping and says that she feels swaggy today. Annie and her obsession with swagger. With all the hubbub, I forgot to text Liam back."Mall right? Are you coming with us?" He instantaneously replies saying that he is happy to finally be invited, even though he didn't have a choice to go or not.

After twenty minutes of listening to E news about one direction, the boys arrive and we sneak into their van with tinted windows. We drive for twenty minutes and get to the mall. It's an outlet mall and it's a perfect sunny day. It's obviously a perfect day to create havoc. I drag them all into Claire's to find the cashier flip out that one direction just arrived and she automatically insists that they sign all one direction merchandise so she can sell it on eBay for four times as much. They frown at the idea but follow orders. People always want something from celebrities. It's their own doing anyway. They made themselves famous. They got what they wanted. If I were to become too attached to them, I would become famous too. I don't know if I can handle it all..