Won a Date with Louis Tomlinson
My name is Lucero Barilla and here I am in the middle of London waiting for my "date to arrive". Let me explain how I got myself into this restaurant and this table.
You see i wanted to go to a One Direction concert in Dallas; it was their last day of the American leg and onto Europe, (and genius me didn't click nor bothered to look for the actual date of the tour), and instead of Dallas I ended up with a ticket in London, England. Great right so I had a decision to make. Either I sold the ticket and made cash out of it, or choose to see One Direction and tour London for two weeks. So now I only have one week of vacations left for the next eleven months to come.
So now my ticket that has been waiting about a year to be put to use is happy as can be. When I got to the arena the opening act had about two songs left. I was going to order something to drink when I noticed the both that said "Win a Date with One Direction" out of all the things I had already done to get here and while I was here why not? I signed the application with my ticket info, name, age, education, and occupation, and who would you rather have in the date, and those are strange questions right? Well either way I was there and I was going to enjoy myself regardless.
My seat was located just four rows from the stage and I couldn't help but to just let go and feel plus act like I was a sixteen year old again. I've waited five years for this day and I just went nuts. Oh and when Louis Tomlinson looked my way, I felt on cloud nine. My platonic teenage crush just kept singing my direction and I could swear that he was looking right at me. My knees felt weak, my heart was exploding in my chest, and my brain was numb. I must have looked like a weirdo just staring back and not screaming like a maniac. What could I do?
Oh well when Liam announced that the last song was about to be played I felt so crushed that I didn't want to leave at all. Louis presence was now just going to be a memory that I will treasure forevermore. Then before the song even ended a woman dressed with the shirt staff came up to and told me to follow her. What have I done wrong? I don't think that I've said too much to the girl that didn't give me Pepsi, but why did I just get into a room with like twenty more girls that were just as confused as I was?
"Okay ladies I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that you are the first round winners of Win a date with One Direction!" You see I didn't have time to scream, shout, and cry because I was too busy gripping my hands to my ears!
"Ladies calm down because now the second round is up?" we will do a small interview with each and every one of you. Then we will contact you for the rest of the information." Could it be? Was out of many girls in the arena I was a finalist!
"Don't get your hopes up giant. I'm winning this thing!" said a girl that without her high heels she would stand around 5'3 in max.
"Well at least I'm not pretending to be a giant." Wow I can't believe human interaction sometimes.
"Alright name please" the woman asked from my last name to where I was residing, "um I'm staying at the Kyraid hotel."
"Hotel? Why are you staying at a hotel?"
"Well I made a little mistake while ordering my tickets and instead of Dallas I grabbed London tickets, so I'm taking a two week vacation and having a good time." We both laughed.
"I understand though I find it ironic that you wanted tickets for the last day in the US and ended up with the last day in Europe. I can't believe that you would do that instead of just reselling your tickets. So you would rather date Louis, so what type of place would you picture your date with him?"
"Honestly, I would rather meet him in a café or something just relaxing. "I left the arena with hopes that I would win, but let's be honest after I made it that far, my other chances were slim.
The next morning it was snowing outside and me being me I was just too exited! I grabbed my coat and my cowboy boots and played in the snow for about an hour. When I got back to my hotel room my backside all wet from making snow angles. I took my phone to the bathroom to cheek any messages, and can you guess what popped up?
"Dear Lucero, you have just won a date with Louis Tomlinson. He will meet you at the Monmouth Café for lunch at noon. Please wear your Texas logo necklace so Louis Tomlinson will know it is you.-Staff"
What in the world? I have a date with Louis! What? I have a date with the man that has made me blush for the past five years of my life without him knowing?! Okay, it clear that these have been the best three days of my life.
What am I going to wear? Shoot! I didn't even bring any equestrian boots. Oh well, it's going to be in a café, so nothing fancy, good. This will be in three hours, what?! I made my hair into a bun and hoped into the shower. Once out I just pulled a pair of deep blue skinny jeans and a black sweater shirt, put on my cowboy boots to then put on make-up. Deciding that I would take forever on decisions I went with some BB foundation, some mascara, and that baby lips from Maybelline that love in cherry. I curled the last few inches of my brunette hair then put my necklace and looked briefly in the mirror. What can I say? You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl.
With an hour to spare I grabbed my coat and headed outside to look for the famous Monmouth Café. Maybe this was a bad idea. I hoped on the "Tube" heading north to 27 Monmouth Street. When I got out of the tube and turned the street to see this amazing street. The little shops where adorable and the atmosphere was calming and relaxing. The total opposite of what I felt like. So now what? I have ten minutes to spare and the nerves are growing on the back of my head. Maybe I should go to that pop boutique, or go to The Crown. Wait what is the legal drinking age here again? Five minutes. I'm going in.
So now you know that I've been waiting here for five minutes with a coffee and two croissants on my plate and then a guy with a hoodie and big shades walks in.