Chapter One
As Natalia sat down in her chair, her heart thumped hard against her chest. She looked out into the sea of people and smiled at each and every one of the friendly faces. She could tell that they were just as pumped as she was. She was shaking with excitement from being in this room and that knowing her favourite band, One Direction, was nearby.
Natalia slipped her phone out of her pocket, checked the time, and then texted her best friends, Isa and Gaby, that she had been seated and was waiting for the concert to start. They both immediately replied letting her know that they were happy for her and to fill them in with the details from what happened. Natalia felt bad that she hadn't won extra tickets, but the radio station that she had won them from only gave her one ticket. Not even an extra ticket for her mom. Not that her mom knew anyways. From what Natalia's parents knew, she was at Isa's house sleeping over. She would be going straight to Isa's house after this, so why did it matter if her mom knew this or not? The plan was that Isa drove Nati to the concert, since she had her licence already, while Nati's parents thought they were at her house. Isa's parents weren't home so they didn't have to know. Natalia's mom thought the “sleepover” was supervised, and there was no reason to tell her otherwise? She wouldn't find out. As soon as the concert was over, Isa would come pick her up and she'd sleep over.
Natalia was just beginning to reply to their messages when the lights started to dim a bit and three girls walked onto the stage.
“Are you guys ready for One Direction?!” One of the girls on the stage shouted. She had blazing red hair and she was very petite. She spoke with a thick Australian accent. The screams of the girls in the crowd filled the room. Obviously we're ready! Nati thought.
“They'll be out right after us, guys! Get excited!” the second girl yelled as the crowd get louder. The girl had a brown mohawk and was wearing neon green tights. The third girl just kept bobbing her head up and down. They introduced themselves but Nati paid no attention. They weren't One Direction, so they had no purpose. They weren't the reason she was here. This opening act group just seemed too overexcited for Nati's taste. They began playing their music which was extremely techno-ish and too loud. Nati didn't even like the song, but she got up and danced anyways.
Nati was just that type of girl. The one who laughed when no one else did and said what everybody was thinking when nobody would. She danced to any song and tried singing along whether or not she knew the lyrics. She was the type of girl people wanted to know and be friends with because of how she made people feel. She always brought the mood up and she knew how to ease awkward conversations. Natalia was overall a fun person to be around.
The girls went on singing for another twenty minutes and ended their performance with a ballad that Nati waved her phone in the air to. They all ran off stage giggling.
Finally, Nati thought grinning as she sat back down. Bored out of her mind, Natalia introduced herself to the people around her and began talking to them. In ten minutes, she had four girls promise to follow her on instagram, and three girls give her their number. Nati smiled to herself when she sat in her seat and innerly high-fived herself.
Then, she saw a beautiful blonde boy run across the stage and she jumped out of her seat and started screaming. She could have sworn she was the first one in the whole room to see him and the first one to scream. Niall Horan looked out onto the many girls -and some boys- and he smiled from ear to ear. Niall was followed by Liam who came out onto the stage grinning wide, and tripped. Niall's famous laughter sounded through his earpiece as Liam brushed himself off and said, “Don't worry guys that was planned!” All the girls screamed louder. Nati could just imagine all the YouTube videos of Liam falling down and she laughed to herself. Harry and Louis came out together in hysterics from Liam's little fall and they patted him on the back. Lastly, Zayn came out.
