Under my skin

Chapter 6 - Meeting the boys.

Author’s note*

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Chapter   - @Julia_Golafshan (twitter)

*Ivy’s POV*

I woke up to the sound of my phone going off. I groaned, looking at my clock - it was already 10:13 am, and looking out my window I could tell that it was a beautiful Sunday. 

Yawning, I got up, trying not to remember the fact that it was the last day of the weekend. I went to the kitchen, poured myself a bowl of cereal, and grabbed a muesli bar. 

We have a pretty big backyard, so I went outside to eat my breakfast - I don't usually, but it is rare to have a sunny day on England, so I decided to make the most of it. 

As I ate my breakfast, I thought about all the work I had to do for school, with the finals coming up in such a short time, and how I should probably do it today. 

I didn't want to just think about that yet... I would enjoy this morning while I could. 

But then I remembered last night, and how I had one of the funniest nights I'd had for a long time. 

 Tyler was a great guy, and it was fun hanging out with them, except for the fact they kept kissing... Tyler and I both warned them to keep their PDA (public displays of affection) to a bare minimum, but they both laughed us off.

 Niall kept texting me, not happy that I called him a leprechaun, but I still teased him. After a few more texts, he asked what I was up to, and I told him I was just hanging out with some friends - after that, I didn't get any texts back, and I felt really bad.

Had I done something to offend him?

Just then I remembered what had woken me up this morning – my phone. CRAP! I must have gotten a message, but I was so tired that I forget to check who had sent it to me. I ran in the house, and grabbed my phone from beside my desk.

I opened up my messages as I walked back outside, and I noticed I had not only one message, but three; one from Dad, one from Beck, and one from Niall.

I read the one from Dad first, realizing that I hadn’t seen him all morning, and his text explained why:

Ivy, sorry we couldn’t talk last night, out for work, will be back at 9 tonight, talk then.

When I got home last night, dad was asleep – properly asleep – and so I just went to bed. I wonder why he wanted to talk…

I read the one from Beck, and she told me she had had a great time last night, and that she hoped we could do it again sometime. I smiled, and texted back that I was sure we could, and that I enjoyed myself as well.

Saving the best for last, I read Niall’s message; simple, but cute.

We should hang out today – come meet the lads! :)

Wow. Niall HORAN just invited me to meet… ONE DIRECTION!!! I had a huge fangirling moment until I realized I should probably reply, as he had sent it to me at 10:11, an hour ago!

I hoped he didn’t think I was ignoring him!

I quickly sent him a text saying that I would like that, and asked him what he had in mind. I went inside to have a shower, and as I walked in the bathroom, I saw my razor sitting on the counter. I smiled at it, because for the first time in a very long time, I didn’t feel like hurting myself: I felt happy.

Humming to myself, I had my shower, washing my hair and enjoying the heat of the shower. My cuts stung a bit, and my body ached from the bruises, but the hot shower helped to clear my mind.

After I had gotten dressed, I got another message from Niall, and he told me a car would pick me up when I was ready, if I could just tell him my address.

Cheekily, I asked him to clarify whether or not he was a stalker, and he said that if I came over, he would tell me the truth.

I laughed, and gave him my address, warning him that I would have to go home early to do schoolwork.  I felt like an idiot – who tells a member of ONE DIRECTION they have to do homework?? Oh, that’s right… me.

But he just texted me back, telling me to bring it with me, and do it at their place. I thought that was really sweet, and started to get my stuff together, trying to not get to excited that I was going to do my homework in the same place as ONE DIRECTION!

Finally, after what seemed like a LOT more than twenty minutes, a dull blue car pulled up in front of my house, beeping it’s horn. I didn’t think it was the car Niall was talking about, but the driver got out of the car and asked if I was Ivy.

He told me that this car blended in a lot more than something like a limousine, and they wanted to have as little fuss as possible while taking me to meet the boys. I guess I didn’t know fame could be so… invading. Imagine having to drive around in different cars all the time so no one knows who you are! It seemed so weird to me.

We pulled in through some back entrance, and I was ushered up the back stairs by security, all the while hearing screaming girls all around me – and I mean literally ALL around me. I tried to take in everything, but it seemed so unreal, so unlike what I experienced. Bulky men practically carrying me up flights and flights of stairs (speaking of which, you would have thought they installed lifts), not saying a word.

I must have looked petrified, and I felt so scared; and then I heard laughter, and what sounded like shouting, coming from a door. The security guard scanned a card, opened the door, and all of a sudden… there they were.

The five boys I had spent hours laughing at from the other of a computer screen had materialized in front of me, and I was frozen. The door had opened into a lounge room, where the boys seemed to be sprawled everywhere, playing video games.

I don’t think they realized that I had arrived - not that that’s bad – I could look at them forever, but it was kind of awkward for me, so I coughed a small little cough that sounded somewhat like a retarded sneeze…

As soon as Niall saw me, he called out “Ivy!” in a cheerful voice, and gave me a hug. And so I meet the Irish leprechaun again,” I joked, and Louis laughed.

“We have a joker here boys, better watch out!” He said, winking at me, and gave me a hug. I tried to ignore the fact that Louis Tomlinson just winked at me…

Besides, he already has a girlfriend, the beautiful Eleanor, who I have heard is a lovely person! The rest of the boys introduced themselves and they all gave me hugs.

“Feel like lunch?” Niall asked me, and I said “No, but I bet you do!” Everyone laughed, and Niall said in a voice that was supposed to sound sad “Just because I’m always hungry!”

Zayn and Liam went back to playing their video games, and I helped make some lunch for them – Harry helped me, surprising me by the fact that he is a good cook! He made spaghetti, while I cooked the sauce, and we just joked around with Louis and Niall, until the food was ready.

Then we all sat down to eat – it tasted delicious! As we got into our food, just talking, Louis told me he had a question he needed to ask me, and I groaned.

“What’s wrong?” he asked in a concerned voice, and I groaned again. “Please don’t ask for my autograph, sometimes it’s just so hard being famous!” I said, sounding angry. He laughed, and I poked my tongue out at him.

“Well, what I was actually going to ask you is when you and Niall are going to start dating?” He asked innocently, an evil grin forming on his cute, mischievous face.

I nearly spat my spaghetti out – whatever I thought he was going to ask, I wasn’t expecting that!