When Boy Meets Girl

Chapter 5

Rumors started the very next morning.

I woke up groggy, immediately reaching for my phone to check twitter and missed calls and messages. There were too many notifications to count and I had gained a thousand followers overnight. I smiled, until I read the tweets people were mentioning me in. Some were sweet, like "Nialls found his princess, so happy for him she beautiful," with a picture of us together tagged to it. But some were scary, death threats even. "If you break his heart, I'll find you," one said.

It didnt terrify me, I was sure that this whole thing would blow over sooner or later so I ignored it. I moved onto my laptop to catch up on sugarscape, as they always had the latest scoop on the boys. A headlining article was about Niall, 'Band member Niall Horan caught with two girls.' Two girls? I panicked and scrolled down, searching for a photo of this 'other one.' Turns out, it was just a picture of when Lacey hugged him.

"Wow, guess you really have to watch yourself," I said to no one. I let this rumor go too, as long as we knew what was going on, did it really matter what other people thought? My phone vibrated on the coffee table. It was a message from Niall.

"Did you see that? They think I'm cheatin on ya!" the message said. I texted him back quickly, my fingers flying over the keyboard.

"I know. I saw it. Who even makes up this stuff?"

"I don't know but whoever it is, their ruining my reputation."

Then I realized that he was famous, so his image did matter, a lot. Not only for him but for the sake of the band, he had to stay good, especially with the younger audiences that One Direction attracted.

"Me and Harry are stopping over at Starbucks. You and Lacey wanna join?" I would never turn down an offer.

"Yeah, be right there." I hurried to Lacey's bedside and shook her.

"Wake up!" I shouted. Her eyes fluttered open and she growled at me.

"Leave me alone," she moaned in return.

"We're meeting up with the boys." She shot out of bed like lightening had struck her.

"Okay! I'm awake!" she screeched in my ear. I patted her shoulder and went to get dressed.

I had a special place for Niall in my heart, but I still loved Harry all the same. So when I saw him, of course I fangirled.

"Hi," I said shakily. He gave me a tight hug.

"Hello. I've heard a lot about you" He voice was deep and slow, exactly how it was portrayed in all the videos and stuff. He moved straight for Lacey who looked about ready ro explode.

"Woah you look like twins," he continued, putting Niall and Lacey shoulder to shoulder. They were almost too similar, too identical, so I turned away to escape the weirdness of it all. I snapped back when Niall grabbed my hand and led me to a table, Harry and Lacey trailing behind us.

"Chris, I have to tell you, we're tourin in the states again soon. Ya know for our next album." My heart sank and I stared at the center of the table.

"We were wondering if you wanna come with us."

"Of course I wanna go!" I had never been to the US before, but it had always been a dream of mine.

"Eleanor is coming, so is Danielle. Perrie has some more recording to do here" That reminded me of Lacey. I could tell she was holding back tears just for me.

"Can Lacey come?" Harry begged. Lacey lifted her drooping shoulders and grinned brightly.

"Oh yeah! Of course!" Niall agreed. He nudged his curly haired friend.

"Well it's settled then. We're headin out in two days." Niall stood up, as if he was about to leave.

"Wait, aren't we gonna get drinks first? It's freezing!" I reminded him.

I packed the entire next day. The reason why it took so long was because I was indecisive when it came to which clothes to actually pack. Lacey piled up whatever was on top of her drawers and stuffed it into her suitcase. Not me. I had to coordinate each outfit, to make sure I had enough of them to last me in the entire trip, though I knew I would be spending my spare time going on shopping sprees with the other girls. I had it all laid out on the carpet floor, which shirts went with what pants, what bras with what shirts, my coats and sweaters and even my bathing suits. By the time I finished inwas exhausted and imapatient, so I did what Lacey had done and put ALL of my clothes into my three suitcases. It may have seemed like a lot but you have to remember I was going to be spending the next eight or so months in America and I didn't know what to expect.

The last thing I took as I exited the flat was my precious guitar. Only Lacey knew of my musical talent, but there was no way I was leaving without my instrument.

"Are you ready for this?" I asked Lacey one last time, grabbing her hand before stepping into the cab that would take us to the airport.

"I'm ready."

The whole band was waiting for us at the airport, along with Josh, Andy, Paul, Eleanor, Danielle Lou and even baby Lux. This was the first time I had ever seen Zayn or Louis in real life and they were even more stunning in person than in photographs. Before I had a chance to give Niall a hug, Eleanor and Danielle snatched me up.

"It's so nice to meet you!" Eleanor said merrily. Danielle nodded.

"Youre a lucky girl. And this must be Lacey! Wow you and Niall do look the same!" Danielle exclaimed. Yes I had to agree, they were creepily similar.

"We have our own special plane!" Louis said to me, putting an arm around my shoulders. Niall and Eleanor glared at us. I shrugged innocently. Finally, Niall stole me away and gave the embrace I had been waiting for, accompanied with a pleasant kiss on the cheek.

We allowed the press and some passing fans to take a few group pictures before going outside to board. Even when we were starting up the stairs into the private jet, professional photographers made us turn so they could snap candies for upcoming magazines, websites, and promos.

The engine roared and the plane came to life, the machine speeding down the runway. I had never been on a plane before, never left England. My grip on Niall's arm tightened and he smiled at me affectionately. I forced myself to peek out the window, to take a last glance of the city, it's large size fading away as we got higher into the cloudless blue skies. My ears popped, causing me to shift around in my seat uncomfortably.

"Here. It'll help." Niall said in a muffled voice, handing me a piece of gum. After a few chews, I could finally hear again.

"This is weird." I yawned. I had a light feeling in my stomach and my head felt heavy. I laid across Niall's lap and closed my eyes, waiting to see if he would resist my move. But he didn't so I let myself fall into a deep sleep.