"Alex, dearest, wake up." Lindsey gave me a shake. "It's my last day."

"No," I whined.

She nodded sadly and pulled me up. After a quick shower I made my way downstairs in a lacy tank top, some jean cut offs and some pink corduroy flats.

"So, what's the agenda?" Ashley asked, leaning over a magazine.

I looked at the clock. 9:21.

"I've got two interviews but after that we could grab some lunch or something." I said as I grabbed a granola bar.

"What about a picnic in that park a couple streets down?" Ashley mused.

"Ooh, that sounds fun." I smiled and nodded. "You cool with that?"

Lindsey nodded and grinned back.

"Fabulous." I smiled and shot Joy a text that I was ready to go.

"Try not to have too much fun without me." I grinned at my girls and then headed out.

It was hard to concentrate on the interviews with so much on my mind, though. I mean, Lindsey was leaving tomorrow morning, not to mention the tour started tomorrow. Plus, Ashley would be leaving next week. And along with all that, I couldn't get Niall out of my head.

The first interview drifted by. The interviewer asked the same old questions and was excruciatingly boring, but the second one was quite fun.

The interviewer looked about 25 and was clearly gay.

"Ok, speed round." he said, giving me a quick smile.

"Shoot." I grinned back, reclining in the white lounge chair in his office.

"Favorite color?"

"Green."

"Beatles or Journey?"

"Both."

"Zebra or Koala?"

"Koala."

"Louis or Harry?"

"Louis."

"Ice cream or frozen yogurt?"

"Ice cream."

"Best friends or boyfriends?"

"Best friends."

"Zayn or Niall?"

"Niall."

My cheeks turned a slight crimson color and as he looked up to ask me the next question he caught a glimpse of them. It was out of my mouth before I realized it, but somehow I knew the guy (his name was Drew) wouldn't hold it against me.

"Mhm, I know how that is, girl." he gave me a knowing smile and read me off the remaining questions.

As I shook his hand before leaving he whispered in my ear "That part won't be included in the article."

"Thanks." I smiled softly and gave a quick wave before darting off.

"God, it was awful." Alex said after she relayed what had happened during her second interview.

"I can imagine." I grinned.

My phone gave a quick buzz.

Hey there :)

Hi :) I sent back to Harry.

What's up? he replied moments later.

Lunch with Ash and Alex. You?

Wishing you were here ;) I got back a few seconds later.

I grinned and hoped my face wasn't too red.

"What do you think, Lindsey?"

"Umm, yeah." I answered, not sure what Ashley had asked me.

"She wasn't listening." Alex raised an eyebrow at me.

"I was too." I lied.

"She's just too busy texting her lover. She hasn't any time left for us, Ash." Alex looked at Ashley with a half-frown on her face.

"Isn't it awful? We'll never be able to spend time with her again." Ashley let out a long exaggerated sigh.

"Oh, shut up you guys." I giggled.

"It's too late. We're already gone, out of your life forever." Alex collapsed backwards onto the blanket and managed to keep a straight face for several moments before bursting out into laughter.

Ashley joined in on the laughter and I couldn't refrain from chuckling too. How had I ended up with such crazy best friends?

Ash and Alex will trade me over any day, I'm sure :) I shot back to Harry.

Hmm, that's not necessary. But I'd love to see you before you leave tomorrow. All of us go to the beach again tonight?

"Hey, you guys. Would we be able to go to the beach again tonight?" I asked after Ashley and Alex had calmed down from laughing.

They looked at each other and then back at me. "Who's asking?" Ashley narrowed her eyes.

"Harry.." I mumbled, smiling.

"Hmm, we could make it work, I suppose." Alex rolled her sparkling brown eyes.

"Coolio bro." I grinned.

"One condition- Don't ever say that again." Ashley sighed and shot me a smile.

"Deal." I grinned back and sent Harry an answer.

Sounds good :)

"Hey," Louis hollered from behind me.

"Hi," I stepped out of the white room where we'd just finished up our photo shoot.

"Guess where we're going tonight?" he asked, giving me a sneaky grin.

"Where?" I sighed.

"To that beach. The one we went to a few weeks ago with the girls." he answered and I could see his grin getting bigger.

"Not with them tonight, though, right?" I could already feel myself getting a bit nervous. Alex and I had been so comfortable the other night, and I hadn't wanted her to leave.

"Well, of course with them." he rolled his eyes at me. "Hazza's got it all figured out. We're meeting them there at 8-ish."

With that he skipped off to inform Zayn and Liam of our newly acquired plans.

I leaned my head back and processed this new information. It was just another day with them. But after this, we'd be going on tour with Alex and I'd be seeing a lot more of her. I couldn't decided whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

It was a bad thing. It was pretty obvious that she didn't like me. Who would? I wasn't that great looking and all I could do was sing, not even that well. She was probably just trying to be nice. That's what I'd been doing at first.. just trying to be nice..

No, it was a good thing. Alex was amazing. I couldn't seem to get her out of my head and every time she looked at me I got butterflies in my stomach.

It was hard to think about.

"You okay, mate?" Liam patted my shoulder.

"Fine." I grinned at him and tried to think of something else.

"So, you good with this whole beach thing?" he asked me.

"Yeah, it sounds fun." I answered, wondering if it really would be.

"Good." he looked suspicious but walked off, dialing someone's number and holding the phone close to his ear.

Would it be a good idea to text her? I didn't want to seem weird or anything.

I decided that it couldn't hurt.

Who's bringing the food?

She replied a few minutes later as we were getting into the car. Hmm, I don't know. We can :) Chinese?

I read her idea off to the other boys. They all agreed that it was fine. Sure :)

Cool :) Seeya in a bit I guess? She answered back.

Can't wait :P

"ASHLEY." I screamed as she walked away from the car. They'd locked me in the car because they didn't want me to order too much Chinese food. Now, I know what you're thinking. Why couldn't I just unlock the door? Well, unfortunately, the car only unlocks if you press a button on the keys. Guess who had the keys?

I sighed and waited a few minutes for my friends to get back.

"You better have gotten something good." I muttered as Ashley unlocked the doors and got back in. "We did, don't worry."

"Hey, can I just see the keys real quick?" I asked, leaning forward.

"Why?" she held them out to me, slightly hesitant.

I grabbed them out of her hand and sprinted out of the car. "No reason." I giggled as I locked the doors.

Ashley and Lindsey gave me disgusted looks as I walked into the Chinese place.

I ordered a few things I wanted along with some things I guessed the boys would like.

"Alexandria." Ashley scolded when I finally got back in the car, keys gently secured in my hand.

"No need to thank me." I grinned and gestured to the bag of additional Chinese food.

Lindsey just rolled her eyes and laughed, clearly not pretending to be mad as Ashley was.

"Let's go." Lindsey said, plucking the keys out of my hand and giving them to Ashley. She started up the car and we were at the beach in no time.

"Hello!" Harry jumped out at us as soon as we'd made it out of the car. The sky was already dark around us and the stars were just popping out.

"Oh, hi there." I high-fived him and took the rather large amount of food down to the shore, where the boys were working on building a campfire.

"Alexandria!" Louis shouted, pulling me into a hug.

"Who on earth told you my full first name?" I giggled into his sleeve.

"Ashley, maybe." he grinned.

I shot him another smile then turned around right as the devil herself was walking down the hill.

"You told him my name." I stared at her.

She stopped dead in her tracks, her feet frozen to the ground, a smile locked on her lips. "Yup."

I carefully set the food down then turned back to where Ashley stood. We both took off at the same time, my feet reaching her in less than twenty seconds.

"Alex, I didn't mean to." she laughed as I tickled her neck.

"Sure you didn't." I grinned.

"I didn't, I swear. HELP!" she said in between laughs.

Someone gently grabbed my arm and pulled me up.

"You're going to go off to tickle her before you even say hi to me?" Niall pulled me around to face him.

"Thank you." Ashley breathed a sigh of relief and made her way back over to the others.

"Hi," I gave a shy wave accompanied by an even shyer smile. He gave me a smile back and started to walk back towards the others. I walked next to him, wondering how I, of all people, had managed to get stuck in this situation.

"So, how did you like the movie a few nights ago?" he gave me a cocky grin.

"It was good." I blushed a bit as I remembered that evening.

"We all think it's good that Alex has finally found a boy who can put up with her incessant drooling and sleep talking." Ashley gave my shoulder a pat.

I shot her a death glare but Niall just giggled.

"One day til the tour." Harry said, turning towards me.

"Don't remind me." I half-smiled but I was filled with an uneasy feeling.

"You'll be fine." Liam grinned.

"I hope so." I breathed out.

"I know so." Lindsey gave me a reassuring grin. "You know, unless you trip on stage and break your neck."

I raised my eyebrows and refrained from laughing. "Gee, thanks. I'm going to have something to eat, if you guys don't mind."

"Ooh, me too." Niall said excitedly.

Soon enough, everyone was sitting around the campfire, eating Chinese food. Typical day.

"We should play truth or dare." Louis shot me a rather evil grin.

Oh, help me Lord.

"I think I'll skip that.." I began.

"Nope, everyone has to play." Louis smirked.

"You can't force me to play." I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, come on Alex." Ashley pouted at me.

This definitely wasn't what best friends are for.

"Fine." I sighed.

"Okay, I'll start." Louis said. "Harry, truth or dare?"

"Dare." Harry grinned.

"Hmm, you have to pick one of the girls to kiss on the cheek." Louis gave an innocent grin.

Harry looked a little embarrassed but didn't hesitate to peck Lindsey on the cheek.

"Okay," Harry said, deciding who he wanted to ask. "Ashley, truth or dare?"

Ashley and Harry seemed like brother and sister sometimes. One moment they were laughing and joking and the next they'd be sending each other death glares.

"Truth." Ashley said, narrowing her eyes at him.

"Do you fancy Zayn?" Harry asked, his smile slightly evil.

"Well, um.." Ashley mumbled.

"Guys, we forgot about the fortune cookies!" I basically shouted, saving Ashley from an extremely awkward situation.

"Oh, yeah." Lindsey nodded her head vigorously, assisting in Ashley's rescue.

I searched through the bag and then tossed one to everyone. "Thanks." Ashley mouthed to me. I smiled back, happy to help her out.

I opened my cookie and read the fortune.

All you need to be happy is standing right in front of you.

I looked up right as Niall stood up. Our eyes met and he grinned shyly at me. Stupid fortune cookie.

Lindsey leaned over my shoulder and read my fortune then looked up at where Niall was talking to Liam.

"Seems pretty accurate." she winked.

"Shut up." I giggled. "Hey," I bounced up from my seat on the sand. "Is my radio still in the car?"

"I think.." Lindsey. "Do you want me to check?"

"Nah, I can go." I answered.

"Where are you going?" Niall asked, turning to face me.

"Just to our car." I shove the fortune in my pocket. "Wanna come? I'm on an epic search for my battery powered radio."

"Sure," he smiled. "Race you?"

"Um, if by race you, you mean lose to you, then yes." I grinned and took off.

This time he wasn't far behind me, but I still won.

"That's not fair," he whined. Why was he so adorable?

"Um, it's totally fair." I grinned.

"I think you should have become a world renowned sprinter instead of a singer." he teased.

"But I never would have met you guys." I raised my eyebrows.

"That's true. I'm glad we met." he looked a little embarrassed.

"Me too." I said before I could stop myself.

We just stared at each other for a few seconds before I remembered why we were there.

"Um, okay, radio." I said as I unlocked doors and searched in the car.

"Ah, there you are." I pulled out the baby blue radio that I'd gotten when I was 13.

"Isn't it cute?" I asked, holding up the radio so Niall could see.

He laughed and nodded in agreement.

"Hey, I'm going to get my guitar too. Wait here, alright?" he said, walking backwards towards Harry's car.

I nodded and fiddled with my radio. Did he, you know, like me? I'm glad we met. Why couldn't boys just be straightforward? Well, I guess I wasn't exactly being straightforward either.

"Hey, you okay?" Niall asked, holding his guitar in one hand and placing the other one on my shoulder.

"Yeah," I stood up and he pulled his hand back. "I was just zoning out. Kind of nervous for tomorrow, I guess."

"Why? It'll be fun, and you'll be amazing." he set down his guitar and pulled me into a hug.

"Um, yeah. You're right." I said, trying to sound hopeful as he let go.

That was rather unexpected.

We walked back down to the campfire where everyone was telling scary stories.

"Guys, we're gonna have a sing-a-long." I grinned.

"Woo!" Liam said.

I laughed and sat back down on the sand. I looked up at the night sky where the moon hung, half of it glowing down on us.

We sang a bunch of songs and when we all got too tired to sing we turned on my radio.

"It's blue!" Zayn exclaimed.

"I know," I smiled. "Blue's my second favorite color."

"Green's her first." Niall grinned at me.

I nodded and attempted to not..fall...asleep.

I woke up abruptly. When had I fallen asleep? Oh, gosh. I was leaning against Niall. Again.

"Sorry," I whispered. It looked like Liam, Lindsey, Louis and Ashley had all fallen asleep as well, but the radio was still playing and Zayn and Harry were playing some card game.

"It's alright. I'm glad I make such a good pillow." Niall gave me a sweet smile.

I rolled my eyes and let out a yawn.

"You can go back to sleep if you want." he slipped his hand into mine.

"No, I'm fine," I tried not to yawn anymore.

"Seriously, you should get some sleep. Big day tomorrow, remember?" he tried to persuade me.

"Fine," I mumbled, leaning my head on his shoulder and drifting back to sleep.

"Hey," Niall said softly. "Ashley and Lindsey are gonna take you home."

"Hmmm?" I said, my eyelids fluttering open. "Oh," I comprehended what he'd said.

He stood up and took my other hand and pulled me up. "You alright?" he grinned softly.

"Yeah, just really, really tired." I said, ready to fall back to sleep any moment.

He walked me to the car where Ashley and Lindsey were waiting.

"Why am I the only one who's tired?" I said quietly, waking up a tiny bit more.

"Because there was sleeping pill's in your food, silly." Ashley joked.

Niall grinned.

"See you tomorrow." he let go of my hand and went over to the boy's car.

I opened the car door and fell asleep before Lindsey and Ashley could get a word out of me.

Sorry for the delay :P I've been so busy with school wrapping up and I also came to a dead end with this one, so I'm not really pleased with how it turned out, but whatever.

Anyways, hope you all liked it and I promise to update sooner after this :)

Review if you have a bit of time and tell me how you liked it or didn't like it.

xoxo

Alex