Hey everyone, thanks for checking out my story :D I love One Direction, and if you're reading this story you most likely do too...If not its just a regular love story ;) It is a bit of a cliché...maybe kind of? But there will be a lot of plot twists so be excited. The chapters will tend to be short though, I hope that doesn't bother anyone. This is my first story on here, so please leave me comments, suggestions, or critiques. It would be much appreciated. Thanks, loves 3
Chapter One- Summer Start
It was the last day of my junior year and I had my whole summer planned out. My excitement was uncontainable and the entire school day went by in a flash. I drove home from school that day with my best friend in the passenger seat blaring the music. I rolled down the windows and the convertible top of my pale purple bug. "We Are Young" was blasting on the radio and we sang along while coasting down the highway. My long brunette hair whipped around in the wind, tangling with my best friend Crystal's shoulder-length blonde hair. She looked over at me and smiled. "We should grab some coffee on the way home. We're going to want to stay up all night tonight!" She yelled over the music and wind. I laughed and nodded, turning into Starbucks. I ordered a Carmel Frappe, and Crystal ordered a Mocha Frappe. We sipped them on the way out the door, getting even more energetic than we already were. When we reached my house, we got out of the car giggling, and we grabbed our bags and ran inside. It was a hot summer day in LA and we were thankful to get inside to the refreshing air conditioning. Inside, my mom was leaning over her laptop, blinking at the screen. She barely noticed our loud presence piling through the door. "Hey Mom." I said, a little too energetically. She looked up at me blinking slowly, and yawned. "Glad school is over?" She asked nonchalantly. She had on round green reading glasses that emphasized her artsy personality, framed with short brown hair in a bob. I nodded and headed to the kitchen, Crystal close behind me. In the kitchen she whispered to me, "Hey Ella, why is your mom so..." Crystal searched for the right word. "Distracted?" I finished for her. "Yeah, distracted." Crystal replied, grabbing a soda out of the fridge. "Not sure." I answered, grabbing a soda for myself. We headed back into the living room where I sat down next to my mom, and Crystal walked to the sliding glass doors to open the curtains, exposing the ocean. My mom winced, "What do you want Ella? And goodness Crystal, close the curtains I can't see my computer screen." I sighed, as Crystal walked away from the doors leaving the curtain open. "You live right by the beach, and don't even welcome the view." Crystal said, a little disrespectfully. "Mom, what are you even doing on there? You look like you've been staring at that screen all day." I asked. She removed her glasses, and watched Crystal's icy blue eyes as she sat down. "I have great news, girls." She said, smiling a little. "I just bought 5 plane tickets to London! We are going to be staying all summer long. Isn't that wonderful? You finally get to go out of the country!" I felt my mouth slide open and my soda slipped out of my hand, crashing to the floor, splashing across the wood. My mom jumped up, holding her laptop, before sitting back down scowling. "Go clean that up Ella!" She yelled at me. I ignored her. "What? The whole summer? I have plans! I can't just cancel all of them to go to stupid London! And what about Crystal? Her parents just had a divorce I can't just leave her here! Why would you do this to me?" I yelled, tears slowly filling my eyes. I felt stupid for having such a reaction, but I couldn't believe this was happening. My mom was yet again; taking away everything that meant anything to me. I glanced over at Crystal who was sitting there a little stunned. Her senses came to her though, and she ran to the kitchen to get some towels. "Ella, please compose yourself! I figured it would be a fun thing for us to all go do. And I got 5 tickets, so that you could bring Crystal. It'll be loads of fun! We'll be staying in a flat in North London. And we are leaving tomorrow." I just about fainted as my mom said all of this. I watched detachedly as Crystal wiped up the floor. Crystal mumbled something to herself before heading back to the kitchen. She came back in and smiled at me. "Ella, do you know what a great opportunity that is? I think we should go for it!" I gaped at her, surprised and confused. It was so unlike her to agree with my mom, especially if it ruined our plans. "You girls better start packing up. It's going to be an excitingly long summer."