Nicola:
I walk into the house and hear a lot of people shouting in the girls bedroom. I look at the door but go straight to the choir room, which has been modelled to look exactly like the one from the set of Glee. I sit down on the bleachers and just look around. I smile at the place and take my nose piercing out, leaving my upper ear piercing in. I pull my bag back down and stand outside the girls bedroom. I take a deep breath and open the door. All these happy, chirpy teenagers come running at me. "Hi." I say to them and set my things down beside a bed. "Anyone else claimed it?" They shake their heads and we all start introducing each other.
"I am Alex. I am 18 years old and I am from Lynn, Massachusetts." A shortish black boy says, who is sitting on the edge of a bed beside a shortish girl with dark hair.
"I am Emily, I am 22 from New York, New York." The girl beside Alex says to me.
"I am Bryce, I am 22 years old from Westlake Village, California." A tall boy says.
"I am Matheus, I am 19 from Sao Paulo, Brazil." A short guy says to me.
"I am Cameron, I am 21 from Fort Worth Texas." A tall guy with geeky glasses says.
"I am McKynleigh, I am 19 years old from Paducah Kentucky." Says a tall, skinny girl lying beside Bryce.
"I am Lindsay, I am 19 from Modesto, California." Says a really pretty girl with black hair and very pale skin.
"I am Hannah, I am 19 from Ashville, North Carolina." Says a red haired, freckly girl.
"Hi I am Marissa, I am 19 years old from New York, New York." Says a gorgeous red haired girl, who looks a little like Marilyn Monroe.
"I am Samuel, I am 19 from Los Angeles, California." Says a tall guy with dark sunken eyes, Dreadlocks and really sharp features.
We get to the last boy, who half smiles. "I am Damian McGinty, I am 18 years old from Derry City, Northern Ireland."
I smile and finally open my mouth.
"I am Nicola, Im am 18 years old from Derry, Northern Ireland." I say and Damien smiles. "Thank god, someone who will understand mey." I laugh at him. "So this is it?" They nod and someone knocks the door and we all sit on the beds, Hannah and Marissa sit on the edge of my bed and Robert Ulrich, the casting director of Glee walks in. "Hello final 12." He says to us and we all whoop. He talks to us all and smiles. "Well, we start next monday, which gives you all a week and 3 days to do what you want, get to know each other." We nod and he walks out. The guys start walking out. "Yeah, i need to go unpack." Samuel says and they all walk out. "See you later guys!" we shout and walk back in. We take out our suitcases and start unpacking into our wardrobes and drawers. I put the picture of my family on my bedside locker and walk towards the door. "Where are you going?" I shake my head. "I'm going for a walk." I say and they look at me. "I just need to soak it up." I say and walk into the hall with my ipod playing. I look at the walls and just look into space. I bang into a table and fall. Somebody comes running at me and I see Samuel standing over me. "You ok?" I nod. "Yeah, I wasn't paying any attention." I say. He nods. "Well look next time." he says and pulls me up.
"What do you think?" I look at him. "Surreal." I say and he nods. "I know how you feel." I look down and he has changed into a pair of pink shorts. I look at them. "Pink?" He nods. "Ok, you don't know anything about me and you're going to be mean about what i'm wearing?" I shake my head and he laughs. "There isn't much to know. All you need to know; is that these pink shorts are going to be around for a long time." I nod."You planning on staying then?" He nods at me. "That's the plan." We walk into the girls room and see all the guys and girls in there pyjama's, running around having pillow fights and some people have camera phones videoing it. "Guys, don't post any of that yet, no-one is meant to know who has got through!" Samuel shouts over the noise and I get pyjamas from my room. I go to the bathroom and get changed, I walk out with my clothes, to be pummelled to the ground by pillows. I look up and see them all laughing, they keep hitting me and I grab the pillow from my bed. "Your for it!" I shout at Lindsay and come after her. When we are all exhausted we all lie down on the beds.
"So, what kind of music are you into?" Matheus asks me. I look up. "Rock mostly, Metal, acoustic. Some pop music." They look at me. "What? I don't look like your stereotypical metalhead?" They nod at me. "Where I come from, you don't have friends and like rock music. It's one or the other. Practically no-one listens to rock music from home." They nod. "What about you?" I ask him.
"I'm into basically everything." I nod. Samuel walks in and climbs up on to my bed and sits beside me. "How come we didn't see you last week?" I nod at Alex. "I was on my way here. A plane from Ireland takes about 11hours." Damien nods. "Ano, it's really borin." I nod.
"How long did it take you to get here?" I ask Samuel. "About half an hour." I laugh. "Aren't you lucky." I say and he leans over me and grabs the photo. "You ok Samuel?" I say and he laughs. "Family?" I nod. "Yeah." He looks at it. "Sister?" I shake my head. "Cousin." He nods. "Alright, mom? Dad?" He points to it. "Mum, and step-dad." He nods. "Cool." He leans back over and sets it down. "Do you two know each other?" Cameron asks, looking at me and Damian. "No. He lives in Derry City, I live in Derry." He nods. "You'll eventually understand." Damian says.
We all sit and look around each other. I hold a pillow and wink at Damian and Lindsay. They nod and give everyone else the signal. We all sit up and Samuel sits playing with his hair. "NOW!" I shout. Samuel looks up and everyone comes at him, hitting him with pillows. "Help!" He shouts and I take out my phone and video it. I stop and grab his hand, I pull him out of the pillow fight and he laughs, lying on the floor. I go on twitter. "Pillow fights are the best." I tweet and hit Samuel with a pillow. He grabs it off me and I fall down beside him. "Nice attack." he says to me. "Thanks." He hits me with the pillow again and I pull him up.
He looks me in the eye and smiles. I feel eyes boaring into my back and I turn around. I pull a hair out of my eye and jump back up on my bed. "So, who is all in relationships?" Emily asks. "I am." Cameron says. The rest of us shake our heads. "Everyone else is single then? Great!" Emily says. We nod and it is so warm. "I'm going to go get some water." I say and walk out and find the kitchen. I turn on the tap and hear someone coming behind me. "Hey." I turn around and smile. "Hi Hannah." I say and she smiles.
"Do you miss your home?" She says to me. "Yeah; a little. Do you?" She nods. "It's just first night nerves." She half smiles and I hug her. I take out a glass. "Do you want some water?" She nods. "Yeah thanks." I lift out another glass and hold them under the taps. I give her a glass and we both clink them. "To new chances. Even if we have to leave the place we want to stay for a while." She nods. "Cheers." We laugh and walk back in. A message comes up on the big screen. "Tomorrow you will be revealed to the public. Have a goodnight's sleep and be ready for a lot of press." It says and the guys nod. "Time for bed guys." Alex says and they start getting up. "See ya later." Samuel says to me. "Night." I say and the boys all walk out. We sit up on our beds and talk. "Damian is such a hottie." Lindsay says and they talk about the boys. I nod. "Who do you like Nicola?" I look at them. "I haven't really looked." I say and they laugh. "Yeah right, you are all over Samuel." Marissa says to me and I shrug. "And he is all over you." Emily says. "We have known each other for about two hours." I say and they nod. "Ok then." They say and shrug.
"Can we go to sleep?" I say and they nod, Hannah turns off the light and we go to sleep.
I wake up and see Hannah awake and putting her slippers on. I fix my socks, make my bed and smile at her. We get up and go to the bathroom and clean our teeth. "Morning." I say to her. She nods. "Good morning." She smiles and we walk back into our room. We get clothes and I hear some of the guys moving. They all come running. "Wake Up!" Bryce shouts and the girls all jump up and shout at them. I walk out with my clothes and get changed. I walk back in and see Samuel lying on top of my bed in his pink shorts. "Are you guys not going to get dressed?" I say to the room full of pyjama clad guys and girls. They nod and start getting ready. Hannah and I walk back into the kitchen and Damian walks in with Samuel and Cameron who are dressed, finally. "Hey guys." I say to them and Damian opens the cupboard. He lifts out a box of cereal and sets it on the counter. Samuel lifts it and reads a sticky note on it. "So that Nicola and Damian feel at home, from Robert Ulrich." He says and we look at the cereal. Magic Charms. Hilarious.
"Why?" Damian asks. "It's because they have little Irish leprechauns on the box." He nods and starts laughing. "You guys want some?" Cameron says, taking bowls from the cupboard and we nod. Samuel sits in front of me and Damian and Cameron sit opposite each other. "Milk would help." I say and grab some from the full-to-the-top fridge. I hand it to Samuel and he pours it into his cereal, he passes it back and I give it to the other guys and take a spoonful, of the crunchy cereal and smile. "It's better than I thought." I say when I finish the mouthful. "You haven't had them before?" Samuel says to me and I shake my head. "Nope. We don't have them in Ireland." Damian nods. "Not too bad actually." He says and everyone walks in and gets something to eat. When we are done we all clean our own bowls and cups and put them away.
Samuel is now wearing a blue blazer-like top that has no arms, a blazer vest? and Damian is wearing a white shirt, with little green dots in square patterns. Alex is wearing a purple sweater with a scarf, Cameron is wearing a brown shirt with a purple tie (Alex is saying that they will clash, but Cameron doesn't really care.) Matheus is wearing a blue shirt with a green tie (Do you see Samuel or Damian complaining that they will clash? No, of course not.) Bryce is wearing a black t-shirt and his grey beanie hat with jeans. Lindsay is wearing a yellow sweater and a cute skirt (Very Rachel Berry if you ask me) Emily is wearing a purple t-shirt with a pair of white shorts. (Alex is going to kill her when he notices three of them are wearing purple.) MyKynleigh is wearing a cream top and brown trousers (Which looks alot like something Quinn once wore on glee- are we supposed to dress like the characters?) Hannah is wearing a dark purple t-shirt with dark jeans (We convinced Alex it is violet, he is still panicking though) Marissa is wearing a green dress with a grey shrug. Me? I'm wearing a blue dress with blue heels that have little diamante's on the side of the heels. We sit in the choir room and Robert Ulrich walks in. "Well haven't you all pretty-ified yourselves?" He says. "Now everyone get in pairs and form a line. We are filming you all walking out the front of the house and then you will be going to the good morning America studios." Samuel nods at me and I walk over to him. "Blue with Blue?" I look around. "But Matheus already has a partner." I say and he hits my arm. "Be my partner?" I nod. "Sure." I say and we stand together at the end of the line.