Those Summer Days

Prologue Part 3: The X-Factor Days

Prologue Part 3: The X-Factor Days

When Louis told me that he signed up for the X-Factor, I was thrilled. I always knew that he had the voice of an angel. I flew to England as soon as I could so I could be there for him, and I was. Every time he performed, I was there along with his family to support him, which my boyfriend Ben was not happy about, but he should know, family always comes first. Ben has always been the somewhat jealous type though. He hardly ever lets me hang out with my guy friends unless he’s there, but I still love him. I find it kind of cute, like he’s protecting me (But Louis does not agree)!  Despite what Ben thought, I needed to be there for Louis, and for the most part, Ben was ok with it.

When we found out that Louis was going to be put into a group with four other talented boys, we were all so excited! I wanted to meet these boys as soon as possible, but my dad (and somewhat Ben) was forcing me to come home for a week, because I hadn’t been home in a while, which I was furious about. So I would have to wait a whole week to meet the boys face to face, but of course I would make Louis let me meet them over the phone!

The week went by surprisingly fast, and I was so excited it wasn’t even funny! Louis said the boys would be at his house. From what I remembered over the phone, the boys’ names were Liam, Zayn, Niall and Harry, and that they were very nice and talented (I made them sing me something so I would know that they were good singers)! I hoped I was right about the names though. That would be really awkward if I got them wrong!

                When the day came I drove up to Louis’s house, and I was very nervous for who knows why. The boys were super nice from what I could tell. I had no reason to worry! I walked through the door and I was practically tackled by 5 boys all trying to give me a hug at once. I assumed that was them. After they let me go I got an individual hug from each of them. They all told me how excited they were and how much they’ve missed me, even though they’ve never met me.

“Guys this is my little sis Lila, as you already know.” Louis said smiling.

“How do you even deal with him?” The boy who I think was Zayn said while Louis slapped his arm, and everyone started laughing. Yeah I say it just uphill after that. These were my new best friends.

I got close to all of the boys, especially Niall for some weird reason that I don’t even know. I guess we just kind of clicked. I also became good friends with Eleanor, Danielle, and Perry as time went on (Louis’s, Liam’s, and Zayn’s girlfriends), but especially Eleanor because she’s kind of my big brothers girlfriend! All of the boys are kind of my brothers now, but of course Louis will always be my big brother no matter what.

                I went to every single performance that they had. Harry came up with the idea of naming the band One Direction, which I really liked. Since then I’ve been to many concerts and became somewhat a “directioner”, but I never turned into a crazy fangirl though. Why should I? I can talk to the boys whenever I please, and I do!

We’ve kept our traditions of calling every night, and the birthday trips, there’s just a lot more birthdays, and we still do the two weeks in summer, but with a lot more boys to keep track of! This summer we decided to bring the boys (and Paul by rules of management), Eleanor, and Danielle to my cabin (smart I know). Everyone except for Zayn and Perrie, because Zayn can’t swim and he knew the cabin would be 80% swimming, so he decided to spend the week with Perrie. Yep this is going to be very interesting having the boys at my cabin! Then after that I’m going to be spending the second week with the boys in London, even more interesting. That’s where we will meet up with Zayn and Perrie. This is where I think I will start our story.J