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Niall managed to escape his mother and sprint out to Harry's car in his sweats. He didn't expect to do much more than try for tickets today. (In years past, it had been trying and failing for meet and greet tickets as well as concert tickets. They would then order shitty Chinese food and cry because they got neither.)

This year things would be much different. Niall was determined to make sure of that.

Harry was giggling about something when Niall climbed into the car. "What are you laughing at?" Niall asked as he looked back at his house. Maura stood in the window with a furious look on her face. He knew that he was in trouble when he came back home.

"Just a joke I heard on the radio," Harry said between giggles. "So, we're going tickets first, meet and greet ones, obviously, and then Mum is ordering take out. So basically exactly as it's been for the past three years." Harry had a little pout on his face, and Niall knew that he was being negative.

"Don't be so negative, Haz!" Niall scolded him. "It'll be different this year. I can feel it."

"I hope you're right, Nialler," Harry huffed as he began backing away from Niall's house. "I don't think I could take another year of rejection."

"We'll get them this year!"

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Anne was waiting on the couch for them when they arrived just minutes later. She had her iPad and phone in her hand. "Tickets go on sale in thirty minutes!" She ushered the boys in. "Come on! We don't want to miss them again this year!"

Anne Styles was incredibly welcoming of both Harry and Niall. She accepted the fact that both boys were gay and had absolutely no interest for each other. Anne knew that the boys would rather focus on the most famous boyband at the time: One Direction. Instead of protesting the boys' obsession, as many mothers would, Anne decided to embrace it and help the boys whenever she could; even if that involved saying she was sick for a day and helping the boys try for concert tickets.

"We're in, Mum!" Harry laughed as his mother slapped his bottom to get him in the door before she shut it. "I've got all my things. Niall, do you have yours?"

"My phone and laptop!" Niall confirmed as he held up his bag proudly. "I packed last night to make sure I wouldn't forget anything."

"We would have been screwed if you did." Harry breathed a sigh of relief. "So we'll just go ahead and get everything set up and get on the website, and then we'll get drinks, and by then it'll be nearly time, yeah?" He was panting nervously.

"It's going to be fine, Harry," Niall consoled him before Anne could. "It's going to be different this year, you watch!"

Harry just gave him a nervous look and moved from his place in the entry way to the living room. Niall shouldered his bag and followed him.

-

"It's time!" Anne squealed as she hurried the boys to the couch where all the stuff sat. "You all know how this works?"

"Yes, Mum!" Harry groaned. "We've done this before!"

"Just checking."

Niall sat down in front of his laptop and held his phone tightly in his hand. He needed to get this tickets. He needed to meet Liam. (Yes, Louis and Zayn were great and important too, but Niall needed to meet Liam.)

Tickets were to go on sale off of One Direction's website. The meet and greet pack was what Niall and Harry wanted. as the clock struck eleven, Niall refreshed the page on both his laptop and phone, and he saw that the meet and greet package was available. He clicked it quickly on both devices.

Niall changed the number of tickets to two and typed in Anne's credit card number. (Niall had insisted on paying for his ticket himself, but she wouldn't allow it.) Suddenly, the little note that the tickets had been purchased and a confirmation email would be sent immediately message popped up, and Niall screeched.

"I've got them!" He yelled. "Anne, please do the confirmation email and we've got them!" Niall watched as Anne quickly logged into her email.

"And, confirm!" She yelled as she clicked it. "You've done it! You've finally gotten the tickets, boys!"

Harry jumped up from his spot and hugged Niall tightly. "Thank you," He whispered in Niall's ear. "Oh my God, thank you so much!"

"Don't worry about it," Niall laughed. He felt tears of joy come to his eyes. "We're going to meet them, Haz."

"I know." Harry was crying, and Niall had a hard time believing it. Harry didn't cry very often. "I'm so happy, Niall."

"Please don't cry, Haz." Niall pulled back from Harry and looked into his eyes. "You're making me cry."

Anne stood back from the boys and watched their exchange. "I'm going to order take out," she announced, breaking their attention away from each other. "Why don't you two put in Fifa and wait on it to get here, yeah? Or you can go freak out on those twitter accounts I know you have." Anne winked at the two and walked into the kitchen.

Harry blushed as he put in Fifa. "At least we have personal accounts too, right?" He laughed nervously. "How did she even find out about those?"

"You probably left your laptop open again, Haz," Niall grabbed a controller from harry. "I bet I can beat your ass at Fifa!"

"You're on!" Harry yelled back.

The rest of the day was spent as any day would. Niall and Harry laughed and bet over Fifa and it seemed as if the tickets were erased from their minds. The thought was just sitting in the back of their head and would probably hit them fully on the day of the concert in three weeks, but for now, they fooled around like the two boys they were.

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i would like to admit now that i have no clue how to get concert tickets

i've been to three concerts in my entire life: jonas brothers (i was like eight), ed sheeran (my friend bought the tickets), and one direction (someone else bought the tickets)

so i can say that i've never bought tickets myself

also, we can pretend for the sake of the story that the tickets came out three weeks before the day. (i know this isn't true bc i waited eleven months for my concert. eleven. months.)

but anywhore, i hope you like it!

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15.12.14