Fall For You

Chapter 1

Chapter One

            Finally, after a long 74 days wait since you had purchased the tickets, the wait was over. It was the last months of summer vacation from school, and you’d waited all summer for this. In two hours, you’d be sitting in the huge stadium with only a handful of other girls watching the soundcheck, before experiencing the most amazing concert of your life. You finished your make-up, put on a carefully chosen outfit, and grabbed your phone. Obviously, you’d need to be taking a ton of pictures. As you stepped into the hallway of the Planet Hollywood Hotel, you got butterflies knowing the boys were just floors above you. This was literally the best present you could ever imagine. Over a year and a half ago, you were watching these boys on the internet, fighting their way on the British XFactor. You cried when they were sent home, and cheered when their first singles came out. Now, so much later, you’re seeing them for the first time live in concert for your 17th birthday. The hallway smelled like cleaning supplies, and you felt dizzy and weak as you tried to walk to the elevator. Your best friend, Ally, was holding you up, but you could tell she was just as weak. Suddenly, the elevator doors opened, and you were on the bottom floor. The room was filled with girls, directioners and directionators alike. Some were dressed in British flag shirts or the clichéd red pants and stripes. You, you were in a brand new dress that was as revealing as it was classy. Once you were able to get you head together, you saw the line, stretching all the way around the glowing Halo Bar, and back, deep into the mall. You got nervous, wondering if you’d ever actually make it into the venue. Suddenly, a woman came around asking if anybody was VIP. Ally looked at you and said, “That’s us!”. The woman brought you two to the front, and handed you your shiny, blue Ultimate VIP laminates. This was actually starting to become real. Soon you were being pushed and shoved by other VIP girls trying to get closer to the front. They opened the doors and a sea of girls flooded in. The stadium wasn’t huge, but it didn’t matter. As you walked down the steps, you saw the seats you would be sitting in. Front and center. God knows how your dad got you the tickets, but you didn’t care. You would be just inches from Niall Horan, not to mention the rest of One Direction, and that is all that mattered. Seeing their faces in person, and hearing their true, beautiful voices was all you really wanted. There was a low murmur in the crowd, but you could practically feel the excitement. From the corner of your eye, you could see Paul standing off to the side of the concert. Just seeing his face made you realize that this was all actually real. Soon, Josh, Sandy, Jon, and Dan walked out on stage, and Josh took out his drum sticks. They started to play a melody you recognized as More Than This, and the small sound check crowd began to sing along. In a voice that sounded like an angel’s, Harry Styles walked out on stage to pick up his verse, while the other boys followed, and finished the song. The girls in the crowd went crazy, and the boys stopped to talk to them, asking for questions. Most of the girls had pretty funny questions, like “If you were a hobo, what would your sign say?”, and one girl even got to go up on stage and teach them how to “cat daddy”. She hugged Niall on her way back to her seat, and you felt a pang of jealously. Why couldn’t that be you? You continuously raised your hand to ask a question, but “Scotty” never got around to you. It all didn’t really matter though, you were sitting there in the front row, just like you would be for the rest of the concert. As the boys sang “Moments”, you turned to Ally and asked “Hey, did you bring our posters?”. She laughed and said “Yeah of course I did!”, as she got them out. Hers, which had taken her a long while, simply stated “Harry Styles insert penis here” with a hole for her head. She put it back in her bag and decided not to take it out during such a sweet song. You, however, got out your “Niall kiss me I’m irish” poster and held it high above your head. During his solo, whether it was a figment of your imagination or not, he glanced at you and did a double take, before blowing you a kiss when Louis took over.  You couldn’t believe your eyes, this was going to be the best night of your life.