Chapter 2

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"Put on your sunglasses," Liam orders.
"Isn't it more logical to wear them when the sun is out?" Louis asks sarcastically.
"Just put them on," I say, smiling.

Niall starts laughing, as he always does. Then, when there is silence, he turns up the radio. "All About The Bass" comes up. It has been in the top charts for weeks, so it is common to hear it seven times a day. Niall shakes his head and changes the station, but the Meghan Trainor curse continues.

"Wasn't that song in the last station?" Zayn asks.
"Yes it was," Niall says, laughing and changing the station. The chorus of "Wasted" comes up.
"Leave it there!" Liam says.
"No," Niall says, changing once again the station.

The next station comes up with an unknown and soft song. Niall almost changes the station, but then Louis, who is the driver, stops him. Niall nods, and the song continues.

"What's the name of the song?" I ask as it seems good.
"How to save a life, by The Fray," he says smiling.

Then he starts singing in a low voice. His favorite band is The Fray. A few minutes pass until we get to Target. There are no much cars, as it is Thursday night. We get out of the car and walk slowly to the entrance.

"Please Louis, don't start playing the pianos in the musical section," Liam says.
"I won't,that only worked when I didn't have a girlfriend," Louis says, referring to Eleanor.
"Oh, it worked?" Niall says, laughing, making Louis give him an angry look.
"Of course it did!" he exclaims.
"Maybe with just one," Liam says, laughing.
"Shut up," Louis says, laughing too.
"Also, don't put Niall in the cart and start pushing him around," Liam says, changing the topic.
"I won't. I'll do it with Zayn," Louis says.
"Neither with Zayn, Lou," I say, helping Liam.
"Niall, don't do leprechaun things," Liam jokes.
"That was racist," Niall says as he laughs.

We enter the shop and Louis rapidly takes the cart and looks at Zayn. Zayn jumps in the car and Liam starts laughing. Louis pushes the cart as fast as he cans and goes inside, calling some people attention. A few seconds later, they get lost between the multiple hallways.

"These guys will never learn," Liam says.
"I wanted to be in the cart," Niall says.
"Pick another cart and grab the things we need, towels, sun block, snacks..." I start.
"Yes, I am hungry," Liam says, patting his stomach.
"While you do that, I'll search them," I say and laugh.

I walk toward the first sections I think they can be. I go to the toys section and it is empty. A young girl appears at the other side of the hallway with a giraffe plushie in her hands. She waves to me surprised and I wave back smiling. Her dad, I suppose, appears behind her and waves surprised, too. I wave once again and continue walking.

Then I go to where movies and discs are dispersed. There are a few people surrounding the discs, and I can see a boy watching Midnight Memories' cover. He has blonde hair and green eyes, as a combination of Niall and me. Or as fans may ship, Narry.

He turns the disc to the setlist and smiles widely. I smile too and slowly act as if I was watching the discs beside him. He turns to see me but doesn't recognizes who am I.

"Hey," I say, smiling, "do you want to buy that disc?"

I may seem like a Target worker now.

"Yeah..." he says after a few seconds, clearly confused. He stares at me and smiles.
"I've heard it's good," I say.
"I bet it is," he says and laughs a little.

I take off my sunglasses and watch again other discs, hoping he finally notices.

"Oh my gosh," he says and laughs.
"What?" I say and put back my sunnies.
"You did that on purpose," he says, "I may have not noticed that you are..."
"Shh...," I say quietly.
"Alright," he says and laughs again, "but first, let me take a selfie."

I laugh and take three different pictures him. Nobody else noticed me, so after meeting the fan, I continue walking. The short heels of my boots echoing.

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After going through various sections, I find them eating popcorn in the school section. They were looking at the notebooks.

"Guys, you are here," I say, relieved.
"No, we are just holograms," Louis says sarcastically.
"Why are you here?" I say, "do you even go to school?"
"No," Zayn says, "but we were discussing which one of us both look hotter in this notebook ." He gives me the notebook and I glare at them. I remember that photoshoot from 2012.
"Me," Louis says.
"Me!" Zayn exclaims.
"This time, I go for Lou," I say, laughing.
"Thank you!" Louis says, surprised.
"No!" Zayn says, laughing.
"You didn't even combed your hair that day!" Louis exclaims, leaving the notebook in its place.
"What!" Zayn exclaims. "Of course I did! I always do!"
"Well," Louis says, grinning, "your combing skills weren't working that day."
"Your hair wasn't that awesome," Zayn says, picking the notebook.
"Don't you dare to insult my hair!" Louis exclaims, laughing.
"Come on guys," I say, tired, "my feet hurt and I want to sleep."

Then I make a puppy face and beg with my hands.

"Right, right," Louis says. "But my hair looked better than Zayn's."

We search in the cashboxes and luckily we find Liam and Niall in one of them, almost paying. Niall waves to us and we walk toward them.

"Hey, did you know that 5SOS are working here?" Niall asks, laughing.
"No," Louis says, confused.
"Where are they?" I ask. Then destiny answers my question and Calum appears pushing Michael in a cart. All the car seems full of their EP's and they are wearing Target uniforms.
"Welcome to Target, where..." Michael says. "What's Target's slogan?"
"Pay less..." Calum thinks. "I dunno, man."
"What the heck boys? How are you?" I ask giving Calum a man hug and smashing Michael's fist. The boys start doing the same.
"Huh, nothing new," Calum says.
"Want our EP?" Michael asks.
"We..." Liam starts.
"Here," Calum gives Zayn like 10 of them. "It's the special Target version with an extra song!"
"I wish that I could wake up with amnesia!" a voice shouts from behind the hallways.
"Is that Ash?" Niall asks.
"See ya later, good luck in your trip," Calum says and Michael nods.
"Okay, bye..." Louis starts, but they were already running.
"Weird meeting," Niall says.
"Did you picked something?" Liam asks, changing the topic.
"I got this," Louis says as Zayn gives him a cat toy.
"You don't even have a cat guys!" Niall says, laughing.
"Maybe someday we may have one," Zayn says.
"That's a good idea," I say.
"No, it isn't," Liam and Niall say.
"No! Niall! You are going to the good side! With Liam!" Louis shouts.
"Oh no!" Niall jokes. "You must do something Louis!"
"There's nothing I can do young Horan," Louis says sadly.
"No!" Niall shouts in slow motion.
"Yeah, Niall, you are on my side," Liam says.
"Kill me before this torture starts!" Niall says as he drops to the floor, calling some people's attention.

We always call attention with our normality.

Lol. There's no way I can pick between who's hotter, Zayn or Louis. Both have the damn perfection in their genes!

Thanks for reading my novel 💕 and stay tunned.

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