Torn: A One Direction Fan Fiction

Chapter 1: Saying Goodbye

"HOLD STILL LEXI!" Leah complains as she curls another strand of my hair. Leah is one of my best friends. We tell each other everything. She's the only one who knows about my crush on our other best friend, Niall Horan. The three of us would spend hours playing in the park behind the school. And in high school we were all in choir together. I never sang, i only played the piano, i would never sing in front of people. Ever. It's not that i'm a shy person. Believe me, ask anyone at school and they will tell you i'm the loudest girl in my grade, that's why the three of us found each other. We all like to talk, a lot. When the three of us are in a room together there is never a silent moment, but Leah isn't coming with me. Leah doesn't like Niall anymore. Since the X factor incident...

"I'm gonna miss you Lili," I whisper. She bends down so she's eye level with me.

"I'll miss you too Lex," she smiles and goes back to curling my long brown hair. "Say hi to nialler for me."

"Of course," I say, surprised she even uttered his name, let alone told me to say hi for her. She hates him, thinks he's a jerk. I couldn't think more differently. I've had a crush on Niall since the day we became friends. I could never tell him though. No use risking a perfect friendship.

"So are you excited to meet all the 1D boys?" She asks me with an edge in her tone. I know how she feels about one direction, the band Niall is in. I ignore her tone and answer her question,

"Yes really excited! Niall says they are all really funny and sweet." I can't help but grin in excitement. In a few hours the One Direction tour bus will be picking me up. I haven't seen Niall in a year and now i'm traveling the country with him. I can't help but feel a little nervous. My normally confident behavior seems to vanish when he's around. His brilliant blue eyes make me melt. His laugh sends shivers up my spine. I just only wish he would think of me like that.

"Yeah i'm sure you'll have loads of fun." She mumbles. Leah is so anti-boybands, so when Niall became a member of a popular boyband, she instantly hated the rest of the boys, Niall most of all. Still, she's letting me stay with her and her aunt in America so the boys can take me on tour. So i must mean something to her.

"Okay!" She claps her hands and spins my chair around to face her. "You look gorgeous Lexi, Niall will fall in love with you instantly." She fixes my hair. Even though she's not the biggest fan of my love of Niall, she still encourages me, because that's how we work. I stand up and look in the full body mirror positioned by Leah's bed. A wide grin spreads across my face. "You look so pretty!" Leah fake swoons. I have to admit, I look pretty nice. I'm wearing my new tribal wedges with a turquoise romper. The turquoise compliments my bright blue eyes, like Niall's. My brown hair falls in loose curls and feels soft to the touch. I'm amazed.

"I always forget how good you are at this stuff." I laugh. Leah and I work so well together. I'm good at makeup, she's good at hair.

"Too bad Niall can't do your hair on tour," she looks mocking and i laugh.

"That's why you should come!" I nudge her. "I hear the boys walk around naaakkeedd," I tease and poke her arm. She wrinkles her nose,

"I would never spend even a minute with those boys, let alone 8 months!"

"Okay okay," I put my hands up in defense.

"Girls! The bus is here!" Leah's aunt calls from downstairs. I freeze, suddenly feeling very nervous. I haven't seen Niall since they won third place in X factor, what if he doesn't like me?  

"Lex snap out of it, you look like a deer in headlights," I nod, and bite my lip. "Hey," she grabs my arms. "You're the same old Lexi, still the same, confident, cute, hilarious girl you always have been. Show him." She whispers. I smile.

"Text me?" She nods and walks me to the door. "Are you going to say hello?" i ask. 

"Nah, i'll stay inside." I adjust my four suitcases in my arms. I kind of expected that would be her answer. 

"Okay, well, i'll call you as soon as i can and i promise i will keep you updated on everything that goes on and if you ever feel lon-," she stops me with her hand.  

"I know i know, you will always be there for me." I grin, hug her, and set off for the best trip of my life. Little did i know how complicated things would get. 

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Hi there new readers (: so i am looking back at this and im like, cringing at how poor of a writer i was. I honestly can tell you it gets better as you go along. The chapters are like 3-7 pages long, and they are more advanced and such! Skip to the last chapter and skim through it! Thanks and i hope you enjoy the story!