The Lucky One

Ch. 9 Big News

Mikayla's P.O.V.

As we entered my house my Mom approached us. "It's so good to see you again Laura. When Mikayla told me you two were working on a project, I thought I would whip up some brownies for you girls." my Mom said.

"Thank you so much Mrs. Conners! And it is so good to see you again." Laura said, laying on some extra charm to help us out later. "Oh it was nothing, and please call me Mom. After all that is what I am." Mom said with a laugh.

"Whatever you say, Mom. And I would be glad to help you with the dishes tonight after dinner." Wow. Smooth, Laura. Real smooth.

"Thank you dear. I appreciate that a lot." my Mom said, not suspecting a thing. "Well, we better go now. That project isn't going to finish itself." I said eying Laura, so she would get the message.

"Yeah, thats right! We better get to that now." Laura said as we headed for the stairs. "Ok, oh and Mikayla. Your Father is coming home early tonight. So he will be here at 5:00." she told me.

"Ok Mom! We will be upstairs, so just holler when Dinner is ready!" I yelled from the stairs. "Ok sweetheart!" she replied.

And with that we ran in my room, and sat down on my bed. "This is just great! My Dad will be home in an hour! Now I'll have to tell them sooner!" I said throwing my arms in the air, freaking out. "Don't panic, I have a plan. And trust me there will be no way they will tell us we can't go to the concert." she said.

Talking was better than listening to my self freak out in my head, and I was slightly intrigued by what Laura said. I sat up on my bed all ears, "Go on, I'm listening."

"Ok this is the plan. We will tell your parents about you winning the tickets and meet and greet. But we will tell them that you got three tickets. And that my Mom will take us there. When in reality I will be the one driving me and you to the concert." She said smiling from ear to ear.

"I don't know Laura, what if something goes wrong." I said worried what my parents would do if they found out I lied to them to go see One Direction "unsupervised". "Trust me. I figured it all out, the plan is full proof! Nothing can go wrong." She said.

"What about you? What will you tell your Mom?" I asked. "Easy one." She said, "She won't care if I go to the concert with you, but we are telling your parents that my Mom is taking us. So you will have your Mom drop you off at my house. You tell your Mom you will check in with her every so often, that way she doesn't try and call my mother." She said, proud to have thought out this great plan.

I had to admit, this might work. But if we were going to do this I had to make sure Laura had an answer for everything. "And what if when I call her she asks to speak with your Mom?" I asked. "Simple. I will let her talk to my "Mom". 'Hello Anne, this is Lizzie. Yes we are having a wonderful time at the concert.'" Laura said, doing a spot on impression of her Mom.

I started to clap and then Laura took a bow. "Thank you, Thank you! I will be here all week." she said. I had to laugh at that. " Damn girl, your good." I said. "Well I guess all those years of taking Drama in school really paid off." she said smiling.

"Yes, you will have to remember to thank Mr. Hoff in your acceptance speech when you win an Oscar." I said, and she laughed at that. "Ok well let's go over what we are going to say before my Dad gets home." I told Laura.

"Good idea. Ok so first you will say...."

*At Dinner*

We were all gathered at the dinner table eating, and it was just killing me and Laura. So, I decided it was now or never. And dropped the bomb. "Um, Mom, Dad, I have something important I want to talk to you about." I said worried. My Mom finished chewing and said, "What is it sweetheart?"

"Well you guys know that band I really like, One Direction..." I began. "Yes dear, I practically know everything about them. Especially that one you are so infatuated with...oh what's his name?!" My mother said, only to be answered by my Dad, "It's that Irish fellow, I think his name is Neil?"

"It's Niall, Dad. His name is Niall." I said, trying not to get mad. After all I still hadn't told them about the tickets. "So anyways, on Friday when I had Laura over they were on iHeart radio. And they were giving away tickets to see One Direction in St. Louis." I explained, feeling more confident.

"Oh, sweetie I'm sorry. You must feel awful that you didn't win. Maybe we can try getting tickets next year for you." My mom said. "No, no Mom. I'm trying to tell you guys I won." I said, glad that I finally got it off my chest. I looked to see a worried Laura and my parents staring at me in shock.

"Are you serious?" My Dad asked. "Yes Dad, I am. The tickets will be arriving to the house in a week and me and Laura have it all figured out." I told them beginning to get excited. "Honey that is great! But we still haven't talked about the details." she said.

"Don't worry about that Mr. and Mrs. Conners." Laura said, "Mikayla won three tickets, so she wanted to take me. And my Mom offered to drive us there and stay with us." So far my parents still looked unfazed. "What about money for food and gas?" My Dad asked. "Thats not a problem either. My Mom can pay for gas, and we can eat at the arena." Laura said. I was just praying they would say yes.

"When exactly is the concert?" my Mom asked. I still couldn't tell if they were buying this or not. "It's on the 21st of November." I told her, worried about what they would say next.

"That's in about a month." My Dad said to me. I wasn't exactly sure what I should say other than, "Yeah." "Well I think that your father and I need to discuss this after dinner, in private." My Mom said, not giving any hint to if we could go or not. "Ok." me and Laura both said at the same time, feeling like her plan might not work after all.

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After dinner me and Laura washed the dishes while my parents discussed the concert in the living room. "How do you think it went?" I asked Laura, as I tried to listen to my parents conversation. "I actually think it went pretty well. I think we will get to go." She whispered to me, with a smile on her face.

"Ugh, I hope so." I said really worried she was wrong, but hoping she was right. Suddenly they stopped talking and I heard footsteps. Me and Laura quickly acted like we weren't eavesdropping as they approached us. "Girls, your father and I have decided that you can go to the concert, as long as it's ok with Laura's Mother to take you." My mother said.

We both screamed at the same time and jumped up and down. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!" "Are you serious!?" I said in disbelief. "Yes we are serious, but we want you to be safe and stay together, that means with Mrs. Jonson too. And I want to check in with you before and after the concert." My mom told me with a smile slowly finding its way on her face.

"Yes! Yes! Whatever you say! Thank you guys! Sooooo much!!! You don't know how happy you made me!!!" I said tears threatening to spill as I hugged them, and then Laura. "Hey what about me too! I'm your best friend, doesn't my happiness matter?" Laura said kidding around. "Thank you sooo much Mr. And Mrs. Conners. This means so much to us." Laura said giving them both a hug.

I guess you could say that things were finally looking up for me, and I was starting to feel like maybe I'm not so unlucky after all.