Always Him

Chapter 1 - The Passes

"Lacey, did you order back stage passes?" I asked. "No, I didn't think we could get them, do you think its a surprise from your parents?" She replied. "I don't think so, we'll just have to wait and see when we meet the boys. OH MY GOSH!! WE'RE GONNA MEET THE BOYS!!!" I screamed.

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Lacey and I had the best time, screaming at our favorite boy band One Direction as they sang our favorite songs. We forgot about the passes because we were too excited and kept fangirling when we saw the boys looking in our direction. We felt the connection with the boys every girl in the room shares with us. I even had a complete stranger crying and hugging me. Of course I just stood there and comforted her. She is, after all one of our fandom. After the concert finished and they boys said their final goodbyes, we were escorted backstage. The bald man was back. He walked us through a large room filled with make up tables and mirrors with bright lights on them, like the ones you see in movies. We kept walking through the room and Lacey was holding my hand, nearly in tears because she cannot wait to meet Harry, her favorite band member. "Excuse me" I asked the bald man, "will the 5 seconds of summer boys be joining us?". The man turned around and said "of course they will ma'am, they are part of this tour too". I had the biggest smile on my face now, like a Cheshire cat. I could not believe that I was not only going to meet One Direction, I was going to meet 5 Seconds Of Summer too! Exited barely scratches the surface from what I'm feeling now the bald man has told me that. "Oh by the way, my name is Steve Monksher, find me if you have any problems". Lacey giggled and I nodded. I swear that is a mix of my 2 school teachers names. We giggle when the man finally stops at a big brown door which is labelled 'lounge'. Wow. Are the boys really in there? I can hear laughter and shouting coming from the room. Am I really doing this? At some point I'm going to wake up and I'll know this is a dream. But I don't wake up. He opens the door and we are told to come in...

We stand there, staring in awe. Lacey's jaw has dropped because she sees Harry shirtless. She finally gets to see that butterfly tattoo she's always obsessing about in person. She just looks and Harry puts a shirt on. She finally snaps out of it and grabs my arm. I'm pulled out of my state of shock. Niall Horan, the cute, blond, Irish boy approaches me. I want to scream but nothing comes out. All I can do is stare at his cute pale face. "Hi, I'm Niall, how did you enjoy the concert?". All I could spit out was, "it was....wow". He laughs at my expression. "Well it must have been good. Let me introduce you to the boys" he giggles. "This is Harry" Lacey smiles and can't stop staring at him. "Hi girls" Harry says. "This is Louis" I smile and wave. "Hey girls, I hope your carrots" Louis says to us. We giggle and agree with him. "This is Zayn". Lacey is nearly drooling at the sight of Zayn. "Vashappenin" he says to us. We can't stop giggling. "And this is Liam". Wow he's hotter in person than in magazines. "Hey gorgeous" he says to us. We are fangirling inside but we have to act cool so they don't think we're weird. "Hey guys" Lacey says. "I'm Lacey and she's Ana". I quietly say "hi". I swear this is the quietest I've been all my life. Harry invites Lacey to sit on the couch next to him, she instantly agrees. She'd never say no to Harry Styles. I stand there awkwardly. Niall puts his arm around my shoulder. I can't help but smile.

Niall asks if I want to get a drink. I politely nod and smile because I'm trying to keep all the screams of happiness inside. We walk out of that room, leaving Lacey and the other four boys chatting away and giggling. We enter a massive white room that has a kettle and mugs on the table in the middle. Niall tells me to sit on a stool next to the table and I do as he asks. "Tea, coffee?" He asks. "Tea please" I ask and he nods. "I'd take tea over coffee anyway" he smiles. "Chocolate biscuits go well with tea" he giggles to himself. "Me too" I smile.

Niall and I are sitting on stools with tea and biscuits as if we are having a catch up when someone walks in. "I'm sorry" I hear someone say. "Wait, Ana?". I turn around confused because I recognize that voice, but its not Lacey's. "Luke, how do you know my name, I haven't introduced myself to you yet". It was that Australian blond boy that gets my heart racing just as much as Niall does. "Ana, don't you remember me?" He frowns at me with cute puppy dog eyes. "Its only been a couple of years, you can't have forgotten me already". I wrack my brains trying to remember, but all I can remember about Luke is that his poster is above my bed and I fangirl every time I see him on TV. "Ana, why can't you remember me? Don't you remember we used to play in the mud together and make forts in the back yard?". Wait I remember! "Luke! Is that really you?! Little Lukey, it can't be!" I exclaim. "Its me Ana, it really is me" he replies. I jump up and hug him. Wow I can't believe this is the Luke I used to play dress up with when we were little. Its been so long.

"Luke, you know Ana?" Niall asks. "Yeah Niall, she's a family friend, remember I told you about when I lived here and had that amazing best friend, that's Ana". What a small world. "Wow well I'm glad you're reunited!" Niall smiles at us as he walks out of the room, leaving us to catch up on old times. I've got so many questions to ask Luke. How his family are, how is his education has gone, how did he realize he wanted to be in a band? "Luke, how did you get to this? And how comes you didn't stay in contact with me?" I ask sadly. I remember the last letter Luke sent me as a child. It said 'Ana, you're my bestest friend in the whole world. I love you and I'll see you soon'. I guess that soon is now. "I'm sorry Ana, I got caught up and I just forgot. Then you moved house and the letters I did send, I never got replies for". I forgot we moved! How was he meant to know where to send the letters to? He couldn't have known. "I'm sorry Luke, I should have sent you the new address". "It doesn't matter, I've found you now and I'm never letting you go again, I'd never forget about you Ana, you were my best friend" he smiled at me. Fancy that. He never forgot me. I forgot him for a time. How guilty do I feel right now?