A/N: Hello everyone out there. Enjoy my story. Please review, and let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Direction, they are real people who can control themselves The only characters in this that you don't recognise. Enjoy and let me know what you think. I can't split things into chapters very well so they'll be kind of random splits; this is also the only A/N / disclaimer for the whole story

Alyssa POV

"Alyssa, wake up!"

I sighed and rolled over; squinting as my mum walked into the guest bedroom and opened the curtains, causing the sunshine to flood the room.

"Good morning to you too" I muttered, pulling the duvet further up so it covered my eyes. My mum, however wasn't having any of this

"Get us Alyssa, we're on holiday and everyone is waiting downstairs for us, we're going to Dundrum"

I rolled out of bed and stood up "Shopping, yes!" I grinned, running around the room and grabbing my clothes for the day

"We're meeting your Aunt there, and then you're going out with her after... so bring an overnight bag"

"Cool!" I called running towards the bathroom. I jumped in the shower and let the warm water run through my hair.

I should probably introduce myself, my name is Alyssa, but my friends call me Lyss. I am your average seventeen year old girl, Born and raised in the UK, the city of London to be exact. I'm small, at only five ft, with pale skin, freckles, Light brown hair and grey eyes. I have a huge family, although most of them live in Ireland. I get that doesn't give you much to go on, but it should all make sense soon. You see, my nan was born in Dublin, along with her many brothers and sister, unlike the others she moved to England, where she met my Granddad. The rest of her brothers and sisters met Irish people and they all had children. So my mum, nan and I are over in Dublin visiting the family... and trust me, there's a lot of family out here. So hopefully that's helped you, either that or it's confused you a lot... so I'll just get on with the story and let it explain itself

After a while I got out of the shower, feeling fresh. I wrapped a towel around my body and wet hair and walked into the bedroom, I quickly dried myself off and pulled on the clothes I had chucked on the bed (Blue skinny jeans, a white t-shirt and a navy blue Jack Wills zip up hoodie with white high-tops), before taking the towel off of my head and brushing through my knotted hair. My hair had grown a lot and hit the small of my back when it was straight. Not really in the mood to straighten it out, I dried it and left it wavy.

"Hurry up Alyssa!" I heard my nan's thick Irish accent call up the stairs, she may have lived in England for the past forty years, but she hadn't lost her accent

I did my make-up (A light cover of powder, blush, eye-liner, mascara and Cherry chapstick) and called down the stairs "Coming!" I stood quickly and slung on my band wrist bands, then ran to brush my teeth.

I ran down the stairs just as my nan opened her mouth to call up to me again "Ready!" I grinned at her

My mum passed me my hand bag, and the overnight bag she had packed

"Your laptop's in there too, along with your camera and Phone charger" She smiled handing me a breakfast bar and an apple

"Thanks mum" I smiled taking a bit out of the apple and shoving the breakfast bar in my bag for later. I received a nod from my mum and laughed lightly, walking towards my aunt who stood by the door ready to go

"Finally ready to go, I see" She said

"Yup, let's go shop!" I exclaimed pumping my fist in the air, earning a few laughs

"Out we go then" My aunt said motioning towards her car. I followed my mum and nan towards the car. I slid into the back of the car with my mum after shoving my bag into the boot, whilst my nan sat in the front. As we backed out of the drive the song on the radio changed to 'Science and Faith' by the script (A/N: I just used the next song that my IPod went onto) and after a bit of begging my aunt turned up the radio as I started to sing along.

"Got to love Danny" I muttered, looking out of the window as we drove the short distance to the shopping centre

"What's so great about him?" My nan said

"A few things... he's good looking, he's got an amazing voice and..." I trailed off

My mum glanced over at me "And...?"

"And he's Irish" I chuckled

"Fair enough" My aunt smiled "I see where you're coming from now"

The song ended and my aunt turned down the radio. We talked about different things for the remainder of the journey, the subjects of our discussion ranged from music, to school and then to life back in London. Fifteen minutes later we pulled into a parking space in the car park and dragged ourselves out of the car, towards the shops

"Can we go to Penny's?" I asked excitedly

"We have a Penny's back in London" My mum laughed

I rolled my eyes "It's called Primark in London mum, and it's not as good as Penny's... Penny's is much better quality"

"Yeah, we'll go to Penny's... but first we're going to get lunch" My aunt said walking past Penny's and towards the Bagel factory where three of my aunts, my four cousins and my cousins friend were sitting

"Fine... but I want Starbucks!"

My mum muttered an okay before handing me the money I would need "But take Hannah with you" she called. I nodded and held out my hand to my younger cousin

"Hey Alyssa" She grinned

"Hey Han" I smiled down at the eight year old girl. We walked towards starbucks talking about things I had missed in the past year. The rest of the day went by really fast, we had lunch and then we walked around the shopping centre for a while. Before I knew it, the time was four in the afternoon and my aunt was saying that we had to get going so we would arrive at our destination before sun down. I went back to the car with my mum and nan to grab my overnight bag

"What are you guys doing tonight?" I asked them

My mum shrugged "Going to the cinema, then out for a drink" She muttered

"Can't I come with you?" I asked

"Trust me Alyssa, you'll want to go with your aunt Sharon"

"Why?"

"You'll find out when you get there" she laughed pushing me towards my aunt

"oh pog ma thoin" I muttered darkly as I walked away. I was glad that my mum had made me learn how to speak a bit of Irish when I was younger, it made things a whole lot easier

"I heard that!" She called after me

I rolled my eyes as I got to my aunts car and climbed in next to my cousin. I put on my seatbelt and turned my IPod up, shutting out the rest of the world as we drive to where ever it was that we were going