Sincerely, Leah

20

When Monday morning arrives, I jump out of the bed at 5:30am, put on my clothes and finish packing my final suitcase. I collect Abby and Lucy, and we drop in to say goodbye to Simon. If we don't bring him back stuff, he'll never forgive us.

When we arrive back at my house at 6:15, there's a limousine parked outside and Matty's in his signature white suit and is leaning up against it. He sees us and smiles. I know I have a girlfriend, but he's really cute.

I park up the car and we step outside. Matty comes over to greet us.

"Morning, girls! Excited?", he asks.

"Buzzing.", Lucy says. She's so Irish.

He then helps us with our suitcases and putting them into the boot. He's actually such a gentleman.

When we're in the limo, Matty sits in the front and we sit in the back.

"Where's the rest of the boys?", I ask.

"Oh, they're in Scotland at the moment so we'll meet them tomorrow. They're doing a meet and greet. I was supposed to be there but you guys needed to be picked up."

Aww. Wait, what? He's my best friend. Wait, what?

"Aw, thanks, Matt.", says Lucy.

"No problem, girls."

And them we began to drive.

• • • • • •

When we reach the airport, Matty and our chauffeur help us with our cases. We show our passports and our Visas, and we get on our 7:25 flight. I sit beside Matty and Lucy and Abby sit together. They've become really good friends ever since they took me to the show in the theatre.

"So,", Matty asks, fidgeting a bit, "do you get nervous on planes?"

I pause for a second and then he speaks.

"Its ridiculous that I do. I'm always travelling. Just one time, when I was around 12, we were going to France, and I had a huge anxiety attack. Long story short, I woke up in a hospital that wasn't French."

He chuckles nervously. Then, he grabs my hand, and lets go as quickly. 

"Sorry, nerves."

"Its fine."

Abby looks in my direction and she smirks at me. We've both had celebrity crushes on him since we became friends. We printed out photos of him and put them on my wall during a sleepover.

That was different. It was just two friends messing around. Now, we know who he really is.

I let the thoughts slip from my mind as we all close our eyes as the plane takes off.

• • • • • •

We arrive in Belfast at 10:15 am. Immediately, there's Gabby, greeting Matty with her arms open. She then kisses him, and then I feel so excited. I'm going to be helping with their engagement on Thursday. Its hard to believe I got to know these amazing people.

We get a taxi to the hotel. Its such a nice place. We sign in and take our stuff to the room. Soon enough, we're out again and exploring the city.

All these British snacks. Lays are called Walkers. They have this really nice chocolate brand called Cadburys. I'm buying as much as I can so I can take it back to Atlanta. I'm also getting addicted to this energy drink from Ireland called BPM. I'm going to bring Simon, Nick, Mom and Wells here because I never want to leave here again.

Gabby takes Abby, Lucy and I to a store called Penney's. We're in heaven. There's so much Harry Potter merchandise here. Its heaven for us. I pick up a hoodie for Simon with a Hogwarts crest.

While Lucy and Abby are off looking at all these skirts, I'm left alone with Gabby.

"Hey," she whispers, and I turn to her. "wanna know a secret?"

I nod my head excitedly. She smiles and then she reaches into her handbag and pulls something out.

"Now, you can't tell anyone, especially not Matty, but..", and she hands me a pregnancy test. It's positive.

"Oh my God.", I whisper, then I throw my arms around her. "Is that real?"

"Yes, it is, we're having a baby!"

"I'm so happy for you!"

We separate from the hug.

"When are you telling Matt?", I ask her.

"When we get to Dublin, I'm hoping. Maybe after the show."

A smile creeps across my face. This'll be perfect.

Abby and Lucy arrive back with shopping bags, and we meet Matty at the coffee shop. He got flowers for Gabby, BPM and Cadburys for me, Boost for Lucy and a Chocolate Orange for Abby. I really can't wait until Thursday.

• • • • • •

The boys arrive the next morning. We're in a room that has 2 double beds and 4 singles. It's really all quite amazing.

I just can't wait until Thursday. It's only 2 days away but I feel like its weeks away. Matty's proposing to Gabby. Gabby's pregnant. Abby and I are together. Lucy and Abby are best friends. Everything's perfect.

Before we head down for breakfast, Matty comes up to me.

"Well, do you have the words learnt?", he asks me. I smile at him.

"Yes, off by heart. I can't wait."

"Me, neither."

I then catch up with Abby and Lucy, and I can see Matty smiling at us. This is going to be a crazy six months.