Chapter One
When my brunette, jeans and a t-shirt wearing, cute but doesn't know it, down-to-earth best friend Katie dragged me to London for the summer I was not excited. I know; who wouldn't be excited about London? I wouldn't, because there were summer courses calling me if I wanted to graduate college in four years. We arrived at the foreign airport around six in the morning. Katie wore jeans and a white tee with a picture of the members of One Direction on it. I was wearing purple jeggings, white tank, and my shoulder length dark brown hair was in a messy bun. I had black aviator sunglasses on to block the bright sun. Around this time I would be sleep. Katie and I went to retrieve our luggage. She got hers quickly as I 'struggled' with mine.
"Katie if I do most of the work will you get my luggage?" I asked softly. She gave me the death glare and walked away.
"Rude!" I called after her as I reached for my suitcase. As I bent forward someone nearly knocked me onto the luggage carousel.
"Pardon me love," a slow British accent apologized. I turned around all prepared to tell this random stranger off. Holy smokes it's Harry Styles, I thought as shock swept over my body.
"I got us a…" Katie stopped talking and looked down at her shirt. "You're on my shirt."
Harry's curly head moved with laughter, "I'm Harry Styles and you are?"
Katie extended her hand surprisingly calm, "I'm Katie Anderson."
Harry looked at me once again, "Who are you?" He waited on an answer, but I couldn't give him one. My mind had gone BLANK. Here was the guy that I fangirled over because he lifted his shirt and I could not for the life of me remember my name! Katie nudged me.
Quickly I shook my head, "I'm Justice."
Harry took my hand, "That's a great name Justice. It's nice to meet you." He gingerly kissed my hand and I could feel my knees going weak. Get it together Neloms! I yelled at myself.
"She's usually more talkative," Katie informed him. "Just excuse her. She's fantasized about this day for months." I punched her shoulder and smiled at Harry.
"She's being dramatic." I assured him while dangerously glancing at my friend. "Katie what were you going to tell me?"
She stopped rubbing her arm, "I got us a cab for the hotel." She headed towards the airport exit, "Nice to meet you Harry. Follow me on Twitter!" I went to follow her, but Harry stopped me.
"Do you mind if I join that ride?" he asked in his gorgeous voice. I smiled eagerly and nodded. To my surprise he took my suitcase and rolled it to the exit. He event put it in the trunk of the cab. Katie shot me a curious glance as we got in the backseat with her. I only shrugged.
We arrived at a tall, official looking; brick building that I assumed was our hotel. Harry got out of the cab and helped me with my luggage. When I had it all situated, he smiled at me.
"Well it was nice to meet you Justice. I hope to see you around." He opened his arms for a hug and I happily obliged.
Katie's parents had splurged and got us a suite. We got the keys from the front desk and headed to the elevator. When we reached the fifth floor we automatically turned separate directions. I looked back at her.
"Room 515 is this way," I pointed to the right side of the hall.
Katie shook her head, "No it's this way."
I pointed to the room door in front of us, "If that's 520 then 515 must be this way." She shrugged and followed me. We found our room and basically busted through the door. I hit the floor instantly. It was so good to be out of that airport and cab. Katie sat on the peach Victorian sofa and exhaled loudly. I crawled to the cherry wood entertainment chest and leaned against the side.
"This is great," Katie commented. "We've been here not even an hour and already you met your boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend," I disagreed.
She looked at me with a smirk, "That's not what you say in the US."
I stood suddenly filled with energy and walked to the bedroom door on the left. There was a medium sized white comforted bed in the center of the far wall. A nightstand with gold handles was on its left and a matching dresser across from it. I opened my suitcase and carry on and started to unpack. If I was going to be here for two months then I might as well settle in.
Some time doing the process of unpacking I fell asleep. When I woke up it was night time. I walked into the living room of the suite. Katie was eating a sandwich. She pointed to the serving tray at the entrance wall.
"I ordered you something too," she announced. I walked to the tray and smiled at the bowl of angel hair pasta waiting on me. I sat at the round table near the kitchenette in the back of the room. So far the only exciting thing about this trip was meeting Harry Styles and that ended quickly.
Suddenly Katie squealed, "Oh my gosh Harry followed me!" She jumped up and down holding her phone.
"No fair," I protested as I pulled out my own phone and clicked on my Twitter app. The blue light was under the connect symbol. I taped it and my eyes nearly popped out of my head. "He followed me too!" I joined in on her victory dance.
"Maybe he's in love with you and then he'll introduce you to Niall so you can introduce me," Katie fangirled.
I rolled my eyes, "Or he's just being polite." Let's get something clear; there were two people in One Direction that I absolutely fangirled over; Harry Styles and Zayn Malik. Yet I was reasonable enough to know that neither one would go for me. Katie, however, believed that we would someday end up with the guys of our dreams (hers being Niall Horan). She also believed that our singing career was going to take off. Although our cover of Demi Lovato's Give Your Heart a Break was constantly gaining views.
The intro of Live While We're Young sounded from the TV. My attention was instantly captivated. The video was on. It was one of my favorite 1D songs.
"Hey girl I'm waiting on you. I'm waiting on you. Come on and let me sneak you out." Katie sang along in her alto voice. "And have a celebration. A celebration. The music up; the windows down." She was really into. I pulled out my phone and started recording, "Yeah we'll be doing what we're do. Just pretending that we're cool and we know it too. Know it too. Yeah we'll be doing what we do so tonight."
I joined her, "Let's go crazy crazy crazy 'til we see the sun. I know we only met, but let's pretend it's love. And never ever ever stop for anyone. Tonight let's get some and live while we're young."
It's needless to say that we got into it; Katie more so than me, because I was aware of my phone recording. Once the song ended I instantly uploaded the video to YouTube. I even tweeted the link and tagged 1D in it. When Katie found out she would kill me, but it was worth.
We didn't stay up late still slightly jet lagged. I went to bed thinking about what tomorrow held. Katie just knew this trip would be memorable. I wondered what the memories would be. My phone vibrated as I closed my eyes. I reached for it; there was a new Twitter interaction.
Harry_Styles: xXLeoChicaXx nice cover J
I blinked rapidly. My eyes had to be playing tricks on me. Harry had actually tweeted me. This was so surreal. I didn't know how to respond. Katie was better at this stuff than I was. Finally a reply came to me.
xXLeoChicaXx: Harry_Styles thank you J
It was the best I could with sleep deprivation and the slight belief that this was all a dream. It was a good thing Katie was in a separate room or she wouldn't let me live this one down. I exited out of the app. The background of my Android Dart was a picture of Harry and Zayn. I laughed silently and laid my head on the pillow. This had been an interesting day. Maybe this trip wouldn't be so bad after all.
I woke up in the morning feeling good. I showered, flat ironed my hair, and found something to wear. I settled on hot pink high waist shorts, a black v neck t-shirt, and silver Toms. My hair was parted on the right and my floppy bang hanged in front of my face. When I went in the living room Katie was eating a bowl of cereal. I poured myself some as well.
"There was an advertisement on the TV about a charity event at a park not far from here. It's just 5 pounds per entrance and then there's free food and games."
"Sounds like fun. Let's go," I agreed. Katie was wearing jeans and a black and white striped shirt. Her hair was still wet. "You need to finish getting ready." She looked at herself, nodded, and walked back into her room.
When we were both ready, we left the hotel. The park was a walk away. It was crowded with people. We paid the entrance fee and went to enjoy the event. There was a stage set up in the middle. After being at the park for an hour we began to hear music. Katie and I wondered over to the stage to check out the sound check. We were about to leave when a familiar voice caught our attention.
"How's everyone enjoying the park?" Liam Payne asked as the rest of One Direction came onto the stage. A bunch of girls screamed in return. Katie and I exchanged a look.
"I am so close to Niall Horan," Katie breathed as her eyes glazed over. We were directly at the front of the stage. All we had to do was take one more step and we would be touching it.
One Direction started their set. They opened with Live While We're Young. I was on cloud nine as they began to sing the next song. The girl screaming obnoxiously loud couldn't even phase me until Katie spoke up.
"Quit screaming. I'm pretty sure you're dying. You may want to see a doctor." Katie looked over her shoulder. The girl only screamed louder.
"Dang girl chill! People are trying to hear," I snapped in my signature attitude. That shut her up. I turned back to the stage and caught Harry chuckling. He had heard the whole thing.
(Zayn)
Oh I just wanna take you anywhere that you like
We can go out any day any night
Baby I'll take you there take you there
Baby I'll take you there, there
(Harry)
Oh tell me tell me tell me how to turn your love on
You can get get anything that you want
Baby just shout it out shout it out
Baby just shout it out
And if you
You want me to
Let's make a move, yeah
So tell me girl if
The crowd joined in, "Every time we touch you get this kinda rush. Let me say yea a yeah a yeah yeah a yeah. If you don't wanna take this slow and you just wanna take me home. Let me say yeah a yeah a yeah yeah a yeah and let me kiss you." We all sang along. They finished the song flawlessly.
"We have one song left," Niall announced. Katie clutched my arm. I was ready to slap her. Her grip was too tight. "I think you all know it."
Do you remember summer '09
Wanna go back there every night
Just can't lie it was the best time of my life
Lying on the beach as the sun blew out
Playing this guitar by the fire too loud
Oh my my they could never shut us down
I used to think that I was better alone
Why did I ever want to let you go
Under the moonlight as we stared at the sea
The words you whispered I will always believe
Katie and I instantly started singing along, "I want you to rock me, mmm, rock me, mmm, rock me, yeah. I want you to rock me, mmm, rock me, mmm, rock me yeah. I want you to hit the pedal heavy metal show me you care. I want you to rock me, mmm, rock me, mmm, rock me yeah."
I was jamming along listening to their melodic voices. Beside me Katie was singing as well. We were so into it I hardly noticed when Harry walked over to me. He kneeled down and looked directly into my eyes. He was singing to me. I felt myself melting.
"They are phenomeNIALL," Katie squealed.
I laughed, "More like AmaZAYN." The performance was over. We headed towards the food station.
"Or extraordiHARRY!" we both squealed excitedly. Someone cleared their throat in front of us. I looked up from the laugh feast and Harry was standing there. Instantly I composed myself.
"It's Justice, right?" he asked. I nodded. "How are you enjoying London?"
I looked around, "I haven't really done anything."
"How about you join me and the boys? We're staying around for the rest of the event." His green eyes sparkled at me.
"You want me to join you and the rest of One Direction?" I asked hesitantly.
Harry chuckled, "Yes." He answered slowly.
"We'll be glad to" Katie answered automatically. She grabbed my arm and followed Harry. When the rest of 1D came into view my shyness kicked in full speed.
"Hey guys I brought some Directioners with me." Harry looked back at us, "Meet Katie and Justice."
Louis stepped forward, "Justice? That's quite a weird name don't you think?" Liam face palmed while shaking his head. "What? I was only being honest. You're a cute girl though." No one else got a chance to speak before Katie burst with words.
"I'm sorry, but Niall can I please hug you?" she stepped forward. I looked at her with wary eyes. "I promise I'm not weird." Katie added. Of course he agreed with a laugh. I looked away and pulled out my cell phone. As I unlocked my screen the phone suddenly jumped out of my hands. I reached for it, but Zayn grabbed it before I could. He stared at the screen questioningly. I felt my face get hot. My background today was him.
"Um thanks," I said as I quickly took my phone.
"Nice background," he complimented jokingly. I looked down. This was so embarrassing. Katie, who had finally pulled away from Niall, looked at my phone and laughed.
"Justice has a serious crush…" I covered her mouth immediately.
"Shh… I don't know what you're talking about." I shook my head. The boys laughed.
"It's okay honestly. It has happened before." Zayn assured me.
"That was just a random thing," I defended myself removing my hand from Katie's mouth.
She scuffed, "Lie. You crush on Zayn about as much as you crush on Harry."
"Oh wow!" I rolled my eyes at her. What a great friend I had. She didn't know when to keep her mouth shut. They laughed again as my cheeks heated up.
"Do you girls play football?" Liam asked, "We were going to play a game."
Katie shook her head, "I don't, but Justice played in middle school. She was a forward."
"You were a pusher? Really?" Harry asked sounding surprised. I nodded.
"I call her on my team!" Zayn yelled out.
"Well then I'm on Zayn's team," Louis added as they started walking away.
Liam looked back at Katie, "You can be the referee." He motioned for us to follow them. Katie shrugged and walked as close to Niall as was humanly possible. Harry waited on me. I smiled shyly and walked beside him. His hand hung at his side. It took everything in me not to grab it.
xXLeoChicaXx: Football (soccer) with 1D! Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming.
I tweeted as we arrived at the field. I wasn't really in athletic clothes, but as I looked at the boys I realized that they weren't either. There were six of us playing which meant two teams of three. It was me, Zayn, and Louis versus Harry, Liam, and Niall. This was bound to be interesting.
It seemed more like a game of keep the ball away from the other team than football. We were running around everywhere. I got confused a few times. When I got close to scoring, Harry wrapped his arms around my waist and swung me off the ground. I laughed in surprise.
"Cheating," Zayn complained. He looked at Katie who was standing on the sideline in her brown t-shirt dress and white gladiator sandals. "Come on, that is cheating."
Katie shrugged, "I guess so."
"Rubbish," Harry protested as he set me on my feet. Seeing that he was distracted, I quickly scored. Zayn high fived me in celebration. "That doesn't count." I winked at Harry as I ran past him. I looked down at my silver Toms. They were surprisingly still clean.
"I think we lost mate," Liam announced to Harry as he and Niall walked off of the field. Harry shook his head. There was no denying that he was attractive.
"Let's go to Nando's," Niall cheered. Food excited him. All of the boys agreed. I pulled Katie aside.
"I'm kind of tired. Let's go to the hotel." Hesitantly she agreed. "It was fun you guys and so nice to meet you." I smiled and waved at them.
"Oh boo. You're going to eat with us." Louis asked. We shook our heads apologetically.
"Well nice to meet you," Niall waved with his precious smile.
"Great game," Zayn added. Liam, Niall, Zayn, and Louis walked away. Harry stood there. Katie took her phone and excused herself.
"I had fun," Harry informed me. He opened his arms for a hug. We embraced, "I'll see you later." He smiled over his shoulder as he walked away. I caught up with Katie. We headed back to the hotel. Our day had been better than a dream.