Locked up for Love

Chapter 6. - Fancy.

Tessa
"This stupid suitcase..." I said as I tried to get my suitcase into the boat that would bring us to the island. 
"Just lift it up?" Josca tried to help, but I refused to listen and kept trying to roll my suitcase into the boat. When it finally seemed to work, I tripped and rolled into the boat, together with my suitcase. Lots of girls laughed at me and so did some of the crew. 
"Of course this has to happen to me..." I mumbled as I stood up again, feeling ashamed, and sat down next to Josca, who actually tried to keep her laugh. 
A little bit annoyed I was on the boat at last, but my mood totally changed when I discovered the beautiful island we were going to stay at. 
"Oh my..." I whispered and Josca just nodded. When they pulled out the gang board and attached it to the island, Josca said, laughing widely: 
"Try not to trip again." I just smiled at her and got off the boat.
"Welcome, ladies!" Mister McGale said with a grin on his face. "As you might have seen, we're currently on a little island, which is part of Jamaica and this is where you will stay at with the lads. Now follow me, please, I'll show you around", he spoke and we all followed him. 
My heart literally skipped a beat as we walked through the gates that gained us access to the beautiful villa. It looked like it came right out of a fairytale. I couldn't really stop looking around, but Josca suddenly whispered: 
"Wow, have you noticed all those cameras? There's barely privacy..." She pointed at little black things, which didn't really look like cameras, but I was just as sure as Josca that they WERE cameras. You just had to take a very close look to notice. 
Mister McGale walked into the stunning villa with us and when we arrived at the living room, my jaw just dropped. 
"It's beautiful..." I whispered and looked around again. 
"You may all sit down", Mister McGale chuckled and a few girls sat down. "I'll be right back. There's a little fridge in the corner." He pointed at the corner of the large room and I bit my lip, looking at Josca. She laughed a little and nodded, immediately understanding what I meant. It felt like her permission for me to go to the fridge. I immediately went to the fridge, being the only one of course, and opened it. 
"HOLY..." Was the only thing I uttered. My eyes widened as I looked at the content of this amazing fridge: there were lots of chocolate bars, chocolate cookies and much more... I grabbed some Twixes and walked back to Josca. 
"Oh gosh, Tessa is in heaven again", she said while laughing and I just put the Twix in my mouth. Other girls around me were kind of staring, but I didn't really mind. 
All of a sudden, I heard some tunes I recognized immediately. 
"WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL!" We all shouted at the same time and everyone started to laugh, singing along together. Then Louis and Liam walked in, almost everyone started to scream, including me, I just couldn't help myself. I glanced next to me and noticed Josca was just clapping her hands with an incredibly happy grin on her face and twinkling eyes, she kept silent though. When I noticed I was screaming like a little girl, I shut up and just had the biggest smile ever on my face. I didn't want to annoy the lads...plus, I didn't want to look like a complete fool on international television. 
After a few minutes everyone had quite calmed down. Amanda, a girl who was really loud, just like me, apparently thought it was too much and she fainted. 
"Oh dear", Liam hastily said and he walked over to her to help her. That made me smile a little. Only him.  
A girl with a short skirt and red velvet high heels looked at Amanda with an arrogant look on her face and mumbled something like: 'attention seeker'. I quickly glanced at her nametag, something we all had: her name was Veronica. I just sighed and looked away, right into Josca's face, she was goggling.  
Liam walked back to Louis, because it was that nicely arranged, a doctor had already appeared to help Amanda. Fortunately she felt a little bit better right now, because they were about to start. 
"Hi, girls. Welcome to 'Locked Up For Love'!" Louis said in his lovely accent and I felt my big smile coming back.  
"I think Patrick McGale has already told you
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lots of information, but let's make it all clear", Liam continued. "You girls got elected to be in this show, for Harry, Niall and Zayn, who are all single...currently..." That last teasing sentence caused a shiver on all the girls' backs. "Almost every move you make is going to be on tape. The cameras for the 24/7 livestreams are located in the living room and at the courtyard only. The other cameras also tape 24/7, but not everything they film will be available to watch for the audience." Liam checked whether everyone was quiet and Louis went on again:  
"There will be dates between some of you and the lads, but there will also be days when you will all join the group and do activities together." He grinned at the thought and I smirked. "There are lots of different ways to 'win' a date with one of the boys, but you'll have to find that out yourself..." He finished his story with a crooked smile around his lips. "Alright, is everything clear?" Louis said, putting on a lovely smile again. Every girl in the room nodded and the guys smiled at us. 
"Good. Well, you girls get fifteen minutes to get to know each other a little better, although I think you've seen each other enough for the past ten hours..." When Louis spoke that out Liam poked him in the cheek, because it was a bit mischievous.  
"After that Patrick McGale will show you girls around and then you'll get to know who you will be sharing a room with", Liam finished Louis' story, glancing at him from the corner of his eyes. I looked at Josca and she did the same at me. 
"We'll catch you later", Louis said and they walked away through the large doors. 
When they'd left everyone immediately started to mumble to each other. 
"Oh my goodness", I whispered and lots of girls screamed again, which made me laugh. I already liked most of them.

Those fifteen minutes kind of included fangirling a lot, but it was awesome to talk to the girls, everyone was so sweet! Well...they seemed sweet. After all we were in a competition. 
After Mister McGale had showed us around, he mentioned our room numbers. I was so happy when he said Josca and me were in the same room, probably on purpose, but my smile faded a bit when he also mentioned Veronica's name. She was like the only one who seemed like she didn't even want to be here...but okay, maybe I was overreacting. Maybe she was okay and would this be her way of dealing with stress.  
I grabbed my suitcase and walked to our room with Josca. Another one of those jaw-dropping moments we had experienced here a lot already: the room we had was amazing. The walls were black and white with little grey and silver accents that made the total look very classy and stylish. The beds were all king size and when I lay down on one of them I immediately almost drowned into the soft cushions.  
"Is this heaven?" I heard Josca mumbling from the bed next to me. Veronica walked out of the room, after she'd thrown all her suitcases on her bed.  
"I like her better now", I said as she walked out and Josca smiled a bit while shaking her head. 
"I really do love it here! I hope we both can stay for a long time", she said and she put a cute photo of her and her family on her nightstand.  
"So do I", I exclaimed as I did the same to a picture of my family and one of my friends at home. I already missed them. 
It remained silent for a while and Veronica came back into the room, with a big sigh and a frown on her face she sat down on her bed. Before I could ask her anything, a little television screen came out of the wall and we were able to see Louis and Liam. I got scared a little, because I really didn't expect this, but had to pay attention because Louis began to talk: 
"Hey, girls!"  
"We hope you like your rooms", Liam said with a cute smile and his eyes crinkled up.  
"Tonight you will meet the other lads. Please put on something fancy and meet us at the courtyard!" Louis said with a wink and the screen disappeared. 
"Like they have something fancy..." I heard Veronica speaking and I felt myself getting angry. 
"Relax a little", Josca whispered and I took a deep breath. "She isn't worth it." I nodded. She was totally right. 
I took a look in my suitcase and found my fuchsia Jane Norman dress, which I got because I graduated. I smiled widely and showed it to Josca. She mm'ed approvingly and showed me a very fancy green dress. Perfect.

After deciding what to wear exactly, we got dressed and I put some make-up on. 
"You know they like natural better?" Josca said while smiling widely. 
"Well, I don't", I said while laughing and I looked at her. She looked beautiful in those dress and those heels. "You look amazing", I said and she smiled shyly. 
"Thanks, so do you", she answered with a big smile and we both walked to the living room. I looked around at the other girls and got a little bit insecure because some of them got amazing expensive-looking dresses. Josca grabbed my hand and pinched it, hissing into my ear: 
"Why is everyone so pretty!" We had to wait here together until the doors would open and we would finally see the other lads. What looked like ages, were actually six minutes and with our legs feeling numb, we stepped forward through the door, with all 24 of us, to the courtyard. Everyone looked beautiful and I showed a little smile. This was going to be hard. But before I could say something to Josca, I saw the five lads we'd been waiting for...in suits. And damn, they looked hot.

Liam Payne @Real_Liam_Payne                                              30s 
fancyyy time to get fancyyy  
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written by Tessa and a bit by Josca