Chapter 1
August 16, 2012. The day the "Let's Go One Direction!" contest ended. The scheduled time to announce the winners is at exactly 4:15 p.m. My palms are sweaty, my stomach is churning, and it's becoming hard to breathe. I feel like if I dont win this contest my whole life will be over. 4:07 p.m. exactly eight minutes left. It feels like forever. I have refreshed the page a total of 72 times and nothing.
"Let me refresh it one more time to make sure nothing changes." I thought to myself.
The website crashed. It crashed harder than the giant waves on the jagged rocks at the beach. I kept refreshing it and nothing. I figured if I kept refreshing it, it would get worse. 4:13 p.m. Just two more minutes and the winners will be announced. Two minutes and I have no other source with internet. I run 2 blocks away to my bestfriends house. 4:18 p.m. The contest is over and i missed all of it. I stop running. Take a rest then keep running to Stephanye's house. I call her on the way, out of breath.
"Hello?" Stephnaye asked.
"Stephanye! Did you see the winners of the "Let's Go One Direction!" contest?" I asked hesitantly.
"No, but I'll check now!" shouted Stephanye through the phone.
"Good, I'll be at your house in 5 minutes or less." I said.
"What?" questioned Stephanye.
In less than 2 minutes I knocked on her door. She opened it ad I barged in straight to the her silver Macbook Pro. The keys felt cold on my sweaty fingers as I typed the web address to mtv.com The link is under "News". I have checked everyday for 3 weeks. I hover over "News" and I see the "contest winners" page link. I click it and wait for it to load. Both Stephanye and I applied to stay the whole day with One Direction and see them perform at the VMA's live. Finally after 3 minutes of anxious waiting the page loads, I cross every crossable body part I have. I here Steph's finger as she slides her finger across the tap pad. She stops.
"Ashley?" she said, wondering if I was okay.
"YEAH! PLEASE TELL ME WE WON!" I screamed hesitantly.
"W-w-we.." she stutters.
"WE WHAT?" I scream getting worried.
"WE WON!" she yells in total shock and happiness.
I fall to the floor and cry tears of pure joy. Is it true? Did we actually win? There was only one was to find out. The site says that the day of the VMA performance they will pick us up at our houses at 5;30 a.m. I couldn't wait that long. I couldn't wait a whole 9 hours. But I am lucky enough to be spending the day with them. i thank God for all those countless prayers that I said to get this. Thank you.
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Author's note: Adding more tomorrow! See you later babes :*
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The Contest That Changed My Life
RomanceThis story is about two best friends that are absolutely in love with One Direction. They entered a contest to spend one day with them, seeing their VMA performance and everything, but things change a bit! You'll have to read and find out!
