Own the scars

📸 Pre Concert 🤩

P.S. This chapter has been edited after it was published.

~The next day~

I and Olivia woke up super excited, as expected. We had breakfast and went for a walk. We wander through as much as we could until our legs got tired. Looking like the foreigners we are we walked up and down, left and right, to make the most of our trip. Having only a few couples of days in Ireland we had a very tight schedule to fit all our plans. After exploring so much, when we thought we couldn't walk anymore we remembered an important detail we had forgotten, the outfits for the concert! You see, we were so indecisive about what outfit to wear that we couldn't afford to bring many options in our light luggage package so we decided we would take only what we would need to the other days and buy THE outfit there, I mean here, in Ireland. The problem was, after our wonderful day we had forgotten about it. It was already evening so it meant most shops were already closed or closing as we speak. We were a little worried that we couldn't find an outfit, yea but mostly happy. The day had been fantastic so we didn't have any regrets. We debated for a while and then decided to make the most of the night and go cloth shopping the next day, before the meet and greet. Dinner was eaten, we went to a karaoke club, had fun, and went to bed since we wanted to wake up early the next day.

In the morning had breakfast and jogged for a while (it was a tradition of ours, it helped us to wake up and be in a mood for the rest of the day). Shower and dressing up later we were ready to find the perfect outfit. For that went shopping in a lovely mall in a street near our hotel.

~In the shopping mall~

Olivia- What do you think of this dress?

Emma- Wow that would look great on you! But isn't it a little expensive?

O- Yes I guess but it's for a good occasion! We're going to Niall's concert tonight! Don't you wanna look good?

E- Yes of course I do but I don't wanna seem like I'm trying too hard to get his attention! And I certainly don't wanna spend 500 euros on one dress!

O- Okay girl, you do you. But don't come to cry to me if he falls in love with me and my dress!

E- I won't! Now c'mon let's go to another shop.

As you probably noticed, Olivia loves shopping, way more than I do, and sometimes can get a little carried away and spend a little too much. I guess she's used to not looking at price tags since her family is wealthy and before you say something no, I'm not judging her. I guess she sometimes forgets we have different priorities and definitely different budgets to spend on clothing. Anyway, she isn't the spoiled rich girl you might be thinking of, no, she worked for the money she needed like I did instead of asking her family. She's independent, that's now of the things I like about her. Anyway, I'm rambling away... We had amazing fun shopping and imagining how the concert would be. Finally, the time to get ready had arrived!

~some hours later~

After some hours of getting ready, helping each other with choosing hairstyles, and avoiding Olivia's attempts to convince me to let her do my makeup, we were ready to leave. Don't get me wrong, I love her style but we had different opinions on makeup. She loved to try new makeup tips and styles as I preferred to keep simple, little to no makeup. We left our rooms and called a cab which arrived some minutes later. Already inside, we waited to get there and talked no stuff about the what-ifs that could happen. We had no idea what we had waiting for us.

~at our destination~

Emma- Oh my god! This is so beautiful!

Olivia- I agree! I can't believe we're finally here!

E- Let's go find the place to the meet & greet!

~on the meet & greet~

Emma- I think this is the line.

Olivia- Yes probably but we should ask anyway. It doesn't hurt to be sure.

Emma- (to a girl that was passing by) Excuse me, can you tell us if...

Random girl- Do I seem like a security guy to you? (and walked away)

E- Damn that was harsh! Hey look she got ahead of us! She can't do that! This is a line! She just arrived and she's cutting it already. Isn't that cheating?

O- Just let her be, there's nothing we can do. She probably thinks the first ones get to be more time with Niall. You know what, that makes total sense, she's probably right.

E- Yes but that's no excuse! I have an idea, I'll be right back.

I leave my place in the line and went to talk to one of the men in charge of the show. Being far away, Olivia probably couldn't hear what happen since she was looking at us with the most confused face I have ever seen. Some minute later the mean girl was back to the end of the line, where she was before.

O- That's amazing! What did you tell the guy?

E- Let's just say I have my ways (said and winking at her friend)

At the time I didn't notice but we were closer to Niall than we thought. Now, so used to hearing every girl there scream their lungs out we didn't even see that the idol we came to see happened to pass by in their way to talk with who seemed to be one of the people in charge of the meeting. Little did we know Niall had seen and heard the whole thing.

After quite a while it was finally their time to meet their idol.

Niall- Hi girls. Do you want me to sign your albums?

Olivia- YESS! OF COURSE!

Emma- Yes please Niall.

N- I like your excitement! - he said while letting out an adorable laugh- And please call me Nialler - said he while looking at me and winked

E- Ok Nialler. Can we take a photo with you? - I said dying with embarrassment.

What happened to me? I haven't been so nervous since... ever! I might not be the most confident and social person but I have never been so embarrassed. Apparently, all your self-confidence flies out of the window when you meet someone you admire. Does it happen only with me? Okay then...

N- Su...

To be continue

-------

Follow me on Instagram if you want at @nilouthoran