the tour

chapter one

chapter one

today's the day. i'm going to go meet the nine boys i'm spending the whole year with for the first time. not gonna lie, i'm very nervous. this is the first time that i'm gonna meet like famous people. i hope they're nice. i've always thought people that are as famous as them would be stuck up and if they are then there's no way we will be getting along. so let's hope for the best.

anyway, it's 9:30am and my manager just called me to tell me that she is here, outside my apartment complex. which would be great, i mean, if i was ready. i have no idea what to wear to a meeting like this. but, at the same time, i don't really care that much.

i gave up on trying to come up with a decent outfit and just threw on some black lululemon leggings, a grey hoodie, and my white slip-on vans. good enough. i grabbed my phone and headed downstairs to the lobby.

there she was, lisa, my manager, impatiently waiting for me by the elevator. "you could've at least dressed nicer." she frowned at my clothing choice. "well good morning to you, too, lisa." i said, putting on a bored expression. "tatum, i'm not kidding. you need to start taking your day to day decisions more seriously. you're in the public eye now, people are gonna watch what you're doing." she sighed as she told me for like the tenth time this week that i need to start acting better.

with that we got into the car that lisa had waiting for us outside. i was silent for the twenty minute drive to the brunch place i was meeting the boys at. i really didn't wanna listen to anymore of lisa's bullshit.

once we arrived, i gladly got out of the car and walked into the restaurant to get away from lisa. i regret it thought when i feel nine pairs of eyes looking at me. i look up and see one direction and who i'm guessing is 5sos staring at me from a table in the corner. a guy with brown curly hair gets up from the table and walks over to where i am standing.

"hello, love. i'm harry. i'm assuming you're tatum brooks? well, actually i know you are, i've seen you're youtube videos. you're quite good at singing." he said and put out his arms to engulf me in a hug. i reluctantly hug back. it's actually kind of nice. he released me and just smiled at me. "you're quite beautiful, you know." i felt my cheeks get warm.

"um thank you?" i said, not sure how to reply to any of what he just said. "harry, don't hog her all to yourself! bring her over to the rest of us would ya!" a voice from the table called over. we both looked back and saw it was the blond one. "oh, yeah sorry." harry called back to him. "if you would follow me, love." he turned back to me and then led me over to the boys.

"this is louis, niall, liam, and zayn." harry said, pointing to each boy. "those are my fellow band mates of one direction. and these guys are 5 seconds of summer." he pointed to the four other boys.

"hi. i'm ashton. this is luke, calum, and michael." one of the 5sos members introduced them. i smiled at all of them. "hi. i'm tatum." i introduced myself. "um where should i sit?" i asked them. there's like no seats for me to sit in. "here, sit next to me." louis answered, smiling at me as he patted a spot on the bench next to him.

"okay. thank you." i made my way over to the spot and sat in between him and zayn. they both gave me side hugs. "it's great to meet you, tatum." zayn told me as he hugged me. "you, too." i smiled into his shoulder.

wow, all of them are so nice. i hope they stay that way because i wanna be best friends with all of them.

"oh, there you are, tatum!" lisa yelled loudly when she walked into the restaurant. "i thought you had ran away." she made her way over to the table.

louis looked up, a confused expression on his face. "why would tatum have run away? and, who are you, exactly?" louis asked. "i'm lisa, her manager. and i'm actually quite surprised that tatum didn't run away. she's quite the naughty little child." lisa explained to louis.

"um, excuse me! first of all, don't underestimate me, lisa. just because sometimes i don't do what you ask of me doesn't mean that i always do that. and second of all, i'm not a naughty little child. i'm 16 years old and i am old enough to know right from wrong. what a bitch!" i yelled at lisa. i cannot believe she would try to embarrass me like this in front of famous people. like hello? i'm gonna have to spend like a whole year of my life with them and i don't want them getting a bad first impression of me.

"tatum, love. calm down." louis put his arm around me and rubbed my back. "there's no need to get yourself all worked up."

"and please, please do not use that kind of language, tatum. we don't appreciate it." liam added on. seriously, the first thing he says to me, he's scolding me. wow, thanks liam.

all the other boys just stared at me with shocked expressions on their faces. wow, they've never seen someone get upset before?

i pushed louis's arm off of me. "don't touch me, louis! and liam, seriously? that's the first thing you're going to say to me? fuck you." i yelled at them. i feel a sharp sting on my right thigh. "ow! zayn, what the fuck!" then i feel another sting on my right thigh. "tatum, enough of that language already! liam kindly told you that we don't like it and you keep using it. there was no call for that." zayn scolded me.

"okay, whatever. sorry." i said, frustrated. who do these people think they are. they can't tell me what to do. and they definitely can't tell me to quit cursing once and expect me to not. like, i'm sorry, what? it doesn't work like that.

"i'm so sorry for tatum's behavior. i told her that she needs to clean up her act, but obviously she hasn't listened to me." lisa apologized for my outburst. i mean it's her fault that that happened so she should be apologizing, not me. "i think that we should go, but i'm glad that you all met her. even though it wasn't for very long." lisa continued.

"that's alright. it was a pleasure meeting you tatum." niall responded. "you, too niall." i said and then got up.

"wait. before you leave, can we all exchange numbers?" liam asked as i was about to walk away. "sure. i guess." i said, just a little annoyed because i wanted to leave.

"okay, great. i'll be texting you soon to see when you can come over to one of our homes and get to know all of us better without the formal aspect." liam said after i had every one of their numbers. i nodded and then lisa and i headed out of the restaurant.

"tatum, i cannot believe you. i mean, i can, but still. seriously? in front of them?" lisa started scolding me right after we left the building. "lisa, i don't want to hear it. you started it, it's your fault. don't start blaming me." i angrily shouted back at her.

"alright, alright. but you know i'm not coming on tour with you, right? which means i'm not gonna be there to make sure you're on your best behavior. so please don't cause any trouble for those poor boys because i don't think they'll no how to handle a sixteen year old girl very well." lisa pleaded to me.

"okay. at least i'm getting rid of you." i replied. i was silent once we got in the car and then for the whole ride home.

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a/n

ok. i hope that was okay. it'll start getting better in the next chapter because this was just to introduce the whole like concept i guess. i don't really know. but like they all met.

anyway, love you bye.