March 21, He Fell In Love

Two

"We're home!" my dad shouted from the driveway causing my Siberian husky, Max to come out. I was just so glad I got home before Christmas.

Oh, how I missed the scent of lavender from my mom's garden, how I missed the sight of an old pine tree with a car wheel hanging from it. I couldn't help just stay on my porch, checking Twitter for where my heroes are or if ever they had new tweets. And surprise, surprise, Zayn posted a selfie! Well fuck. Thank you Zayn for making my recovery great, but right now, half of the fandom died with your eyes. If there's any other weakness I've got; it's selfies from 5 gorgeous looking men.

I headed over to my room because it started getting pretty late; 12 a.m. to be exact. Christmas! I decided to go in my room to get dressed before my family members barge in my house with gifts and food. My family celebrates Christmas early in the morning, and we wait for the sunrise to come up at 6 a.m. before all of us head home.

The moment I walked into my room, there he was. Smiling, and staring at me like I was the most beautiful person in the world and who was he? Harry Styles of course, well.. a poster of him. Like what the song says, "Reality ruined my life." My room just consists of a wall filled with posters and books. Kind of the average room of a teenage fan girl, don't you think?

My friends and families all gathered in the backyard roasting marshmallows while the younger kids were opening their presents. And every single year, I still get excited whenever I see a few gifts under this old plastic Christmas tree that my dad bought when I was 4. My friend Arielle walked up to me with a huge present in her hands. I was a bit ashamed to be honest, I didn't get her anything!

"Gabrielle!," she shouted from across the room. "I thought you were gone. Really! Your parents told me your ECG line was looking pretty bad and... all I could think about is getting your band merch and all your One Direction posters. Haha! Just kiddin'" Arielle said. Arielle was my best friend since forever! We would do everything together, from learning how to ride our bikes, to 'fan-girling' over 5 men. In short, she was my sister. She handed me her present, and when I opened it, it was -- nothing. I stared at her, and all she did was laugh her lungs out.

"Oh Gabrielle, I didn't get you anything okay? I already sacrificed my time forming in line for tickets. Once i found out you were just asleep; thank God for that, I got money from your parents and from my own too. I went to the mall two days ago at 3 a.m. to get is tickets." Arielle said with a huge smile on her face.

"Tickets? Tickets for what? I hope this isn't one of those autograph signings done by local boy bands with auto-tune in their songs? Or better yet, you used the money for cocaine didn't you?" I said jokingly. "Mooooooom!" I shouted, "What in the world is Arielle talking about?"

"I'm guessing you already told her about the tickets, didn't you dear?" Mom giggled while getting this envelope that was stashed behind all the presents under the tree.

She handed it to me and said, "Well, Merry Christmas! We love you! Sorry it's not what you asked for, but it's the next best thing." I really didn't have a clue what was in the envelop or what tickets they were talking about.

But all I could hear was the stereo blasting from my dad's office and the DJ was playing 'Midnight Memories,' "Here's a request from a local texter! She says she's so stoked about One Direction's concert next year, 2014! You're not the only one requesting songs from them, enjoy!" the local Dj said.

Can it be true are they coming here? Or just another prank by Arielle and my mom? I stood in front of the both of them not knowing what to do. "Well, open it Gabrielle!" Arielle enthusiastically said.

And there it was. One beautiful piece of paper, allowing me to see my 5 heroes in the Titanium section for maybe just 2 hours.

I couldn't contain my joy so, 'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" I ran up to my dad's office to give him a big big hug and went back to my mom and almost caused her to fall on her bum.

"Whew! Someone's happy! We figured this would be the perfect surprise since they announced they were coming when you were still asleep. And Arielle here called me on the phone saying she was willing to buy the tickets for the both of you!" Mom then gave me another gift and it wasn't One Direction related at all. She gave me a pair of shorts and a crop top that Arielle said would be perfect for me during the concert. It was beautiful. She also gave me some cash money to buy anything I wanted to give the lads. I was thinking about giving them each a pair of bracelets, but of course they had tons of those, so I just didn't plan on what i was buying them anything yet until the media confirmed there was a meet and greet.

My mom stopped my joy when she said, "Now that you're happy, you can get back to school! Good news right?" "Wha- what? School?" I said. "Yeah! School! You're doctor said you were already physically fit didn't he?" And there it went; the joy that I had opening the tickets. Call me dramatic or what, but the popular girls in school look at me as a girl with a disease waiting for it to kill her, and even worse? Well... my ex-boyfriend.