Once In a Lifetime (Harry Styles and Niall Horan)

Chapter 1

Today is the day. Today is the day I've been waiting years for. The day my life will forever be changed for the better. The day teenage girls like me could only dream of. The day that has brought me many many sleepless nights. Today is the day that I will see One Direction in concert with none other than my best friend.
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Colleen's POV
I lay in bed staring at the clock unable to slip into the darkness of sleep. I've been up all night and morning counting down the hours, minutes and seconds until my alarm will "awaken" me from my non-existent slumber. How under the circumstances I'm in even think about sleep? The bottom line is, I'm just to excited!

It's only six o'clock when I check my phone but with getting lost in my thoughts and checking up on gossip though Instagram and Twitter, 8:00 brings itself around.

I climb out of bed and head to take a shower. I just can't believe that this is happening to me. To us. Sky is coming with me. She's my best friend and I couldn't think of anyone else I'd rather be going with. I've known her forever and we've always been so close. She knows me better than I know myself yet that's how I am with her. She knows all my secrets, my lies, my fears, my talents, the things that make me happy and the things that make me sad. She knows everything.

We've been through a lot together. We're both the only children in our families so it was hard growing up. We didn't fit in at school. Nobody understood us but that's okay because the only person that needed to understand me was her. It still is.
When one of us is hurting we pick each other up.

Now when both of us are hurting, we can't always help each other. We're just to weak. So we turn to the only other thing we can. Five boys. It may sound crazy, but these five boys are what keep us going everyday besides each other. This boy band that we're so far in love with, changed my life along with Sky's.

I keep forgetting that next week we're moving into an apartment together. Right now we both live in our own but when share one, it will be cheaper since we can split rent, plus it will be fun.
Two 19 year olds getting ready to start college next semester (we took a break year out of high school)... Yeah it'll be great.

The sudden rush of cold water breaks me from my thoughts and I finish in the shower, grab a towel and head to my room. I grab a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, pull them on and call Sky.

"Hey girl! What's up? How's my concert partner? Wait.. You aren't calling because you're sick or can't go are you? Because if you're sick I'll buy you medicine! Is it a cold? The flu? Advil or Tylenol?" She's literally going crazy.

"Sky!" I cut her off. "Calm down, everything's fine, I'm still going to the concert with you." I laugh at her.

"Okay good!" She lets out a breath of relief. "I was a little worried for a second!"

"A little?" I question. "That's a bit of an understatement." We laugh through the phone in unison.

"So what time are you coming to pick me up?" I ask.

"10:00. Can you be ready by then?"

"Of course. I just got out of the shower. I didn't sleep at all last night." I tell her.

"Me either! But it's so worth it." I nod in agreement not realizing that she can't actually see me.

"Yeah it is. I'm so excited." I say.

We go over the plan of her picking me up and us heading to the stadium 7 hours before the gates open. It will take us two hours to get from Jackson to Chicago where our concert is. Which puts us at the gates at 12:00, giving us until 5:00 when they open. Then the concert will start at 7:00.

It's still only 9:00 when I'm completely ready so I have and hour to go. This going to be a very long 3 hours. I head to the kitchen to get something to eat, even though my anxiousness clearly outshines my appetite. I grab a bowl of my favorite cereal, fruity pebbles, and sit down to watch Say Yes to the Dress. I really do love this show but I just can't focus. Nothing gains the attention of my completely occupied and distracted mind. I'm going to the One Direction concert. I am going to the One direction concert. Am I? Or is my alarm going to scream and wake me up from this crazy dream that is my life's reality? No. No I'm really going I tell myself.

The next thing a I know the front door opens and in walks Sky. We don't even knock on each other's doors anymore. Just as we don't even ask to get food at each other's apartments. We're so close that if she's over and wants something to eat or drink she'll just walk over to the fridge and find something. I don't mind because that's how I am at her place.

We run to each other and embrace for a solid minute or two.

"This is it!" She says pulling back from me but still holding each other.

"Yeah" I smile at her. "I can't believe this is happening." I say, tears welling in my eyes.

"Well you better start believing it now because we are on our way." She beams. I grab my phone and we head out the door.

"You have the signs right?" I ask Sky.

"They're both in the back, no worries" she gives me a smile.

With that we get in the car, fasten our seat belts and get ready for one of the best days of our lives.