A Defining Moment (Luke Hemmings Fanfiction)

Au Naturale

The Saturday after we went shopping I was sat in the living room, talking to my sister who I hadn't spoke to in two weeks because of her course at University and because this week has been so hectic that I feel like we have lived in cars. I was up at about six every morning and we didn't get back until about nine o'clock or sometimes later, each night.

Right now, the boys were all in the cellar where a specialised music room was built - did not know this until yesterday - as a gift from their record label so they could write their own music away from the studio. Meanwhile, I was letting my sister release all her pent up anger and frustration about one of her lecturers who's really snobby and always peers over his glasses instead of through them, this is obviously after I had ranted about fan girls and poor make-up companies who send the wrong order and then put you on hold for an hour only to tell you that you need to go to the distributing warehouse place to retrieve the correct order....on the day you need the supplies.

"So, yeah," she released a breath, "Thanks for that Chlo, but I have an essay due in, in a week, so I have to get started on it, talk to you soon, love you!" She smiled.

"Good luck! Love you too!" I waved as she ended the FaceTime.

Only as she ended it did I realise how much I really missed my sister; it's different then when I was back at home she was only about two hours away, now, I'm at the bottom of the country and she's all the way at the top.

After I sat for a bit just thinking, I put my iPad on charge in the living room and went to the kitchen for a drink. Whilst I was making myself a Cadbury's hot chocolate, I heard the cellar door open and all of the boys laughing and thudding their feet against the stairs, apart from Calum who came into the kitchen to get a drink.

I turned around to see him pulling a mini Tropicana bottle out from the fridge as he turned to look at me.

"Did you get a lot done?" I asked, adding some mini marshmallows and whipped cream to my hot chocolate.

He smiled, "Yeah, we got a chorus and verse and just started adding chords, but thought it best to start getting ready for tonight," the last part of the sentence made me look up.

"What's tonight?" I asked slowly.

Calum's face turned to one of panic, "Oh my God! We forgot to tell you! We're going out to dinner with One Direction, their girlfriends and Simon."

Okay, this made me panic, "We're leaving at half five," I stand corrected, that made me panic.

"But it's already three and I don't even know how fancy this restaurant is," I could feel that horrible sickening feeling working its way up my chest and into my throat.

"It's a five star restaurant, but, don't worry, there are plenty of fancy dresses you could wear in your closet, you'll be fine, the boys like you and the girls will love you and Simon is Simon, so you'll be fine," he rushed out.

I breathed out, puffing my cheeks, before swigging the rest of my hot chocolate and heading upstairs to see what I could wear. Finally, after thirty minutes of searching (twenty of which I desperately have needed the toilet) I decided on a short sleeved royal blue, knee length dress with a boat neck line. It also had a peplum style to it, as it came in at the waist and then flared out into an a-line skirt. Accessory wise, I chose a thin chained necklace with a diamond charm (not a real diamond, it was from Primark), a diamante bracelet and a pair of strappy black heels, that weren't too tall, but tall enough to probably hurt after an hour.

Deciding what I was going to do for hair and make- up, I quickly rushed to the bathroom in the hall, since the flush hadn't been working on mine and I was not planning on spending another half an hour wasting my time.