Enchanted

Shaky Hands

The lights were off, and the whole stadium was filled with the screams of thousands of girls. I made way to stand up, and walk forward so that I was as close to the stage as I could get. There were girls squeezing up against me, screaming at the darkness but I had a rightful place where I was, and I wasn’t going to let ANY fangirl get in my way. I held onto the metal bar with a tight grip as I could see silhouettes behind a large white curtain walk towards instruments. The first man made his way to the drum kit, waved to the hidden crowd, and sat down. Another two made their way on stage and led themselves to the two guitars that were set up. One more follows the other mates, and grabs the bass guitar, wraps it around his body, and they all look to their left.

The screaming was intense now, I also thought that I could hear a couple of sobs, but I figured as much. I turned my head to the left, following the band members heads, and there they were;

5 silhouettes walked onto the large stage and made their way to the center. I couldn’t help myself anymore-- I open my mouth and let out a huge scream. I needed to get it out. I held up my left arm and screamed as I could hear two guitars starting to play. One high pitched and one following along with a lower pitched sound. The middle silhouette brings his hand to his mouth, by doing so, I noticed the microphone he is holding, and right on cue he begins to sing.

“It feels like we’ve been moving in fast forward,

another moment passing by.

The party’s ending but it’s now or never

Nobodys going home tonight”

After this part, I notice his hand lowering as the silhouette to his left lifts his microphone to his lips and sings.

Katy Perry’s on reply, she’s on reply.

DJ’s got the floor to shake, the floor to shake.

People going all the way, way all the way,

I’m still wide awake”

And then it drops. The white curtain that was separating me from my five favorite men had fallen to the ground revealing them. Niall, Louis, Liam, Harry and Zayn are all standing there, and they began to sing the chorus right when the music told them to.

“I wanna stay up all night,

and jump around until we see the sun.

I wanna stay up all night,

and find a girl and tell her she’s the one.

Hold on to the feeling, and don’t let it go

‘Cuz we’ve got the floor now, get out of control.

I wanna stay up all night and do it all with you”

All five of them were jumping around the stage, singing towards the crowd as I just stood there, staring at them. I’ve been a fan for so long, I have read so many articles, so many books, watched so many videos, interviews and the DVD. I have seen so many pictures of them, but I was here, right now, with One Direction singing right in front of me.

They’re real.

As they continued to sing through the next verse and chorus, I sang along and jumped around. My left arm was in the air, and all I could do was set my eyes on Harry. He was absolute perfection in his navy blue blazer, hiding the white v-neck that covered his chest. He was wearing a regular pair of tan pants, and his white Converse. He was on the left side of the stage, and was singing along with the other four boys to the chorus of Up All Night. The ending of their first song was coming, so they made their way to the center of the stage, putting Zayn in the middle as he finished with his singing runs. The moment the music stopped, I, along with the whole stadium, screamed in happiness.