"No!" I pouted as Lindsey dragged her suitcase out of my car.

"I know." Lindsey whined. "I'm going to miss you so much."

"We'll all have to hang out during the summer." Ashley said, a slight frown on her face.

"Yeah." I said and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey, no crying." Lindsey pulled me into a hug. "We'll be hear for you. Besides, Ashley's still here for the first week."

"But I'll miss you. What if I do horrible? I won't have my best friends there to point and laugh." I tried to joke but a few tears began to fall down my cheek and off my chin.

"Gosh Alex. Louis will be there, remember?" Lindsey gave a small smile and wiped the tears off my face with her sleeve.

"And if you're horrible this week, I can do the honors right beside him." Ashley said to me before attacking Lindsey in a hug.

Oh, how I would miss these girls.

Lindsey gave a few more goodbyes and then took off into the airport. Ashley and I drove home, where we got ready for the day.

I didn't do much, only taking enough time to straighten my hair. The stylists would change my clothes repeatedly, but if my hair was decent enough they might leave it alone.

My phone buzzed at the same time that Joy's unmistakable car honked.

"Bye! I'll see you later tonight." Ashley gave a quick wave as I rushed out the door.

Once in Joy's car I checked my phone.

Hey :) You excited?

It'd be great if this boy allowed me to not fall for him anymore.

Um, more like nervous enough to puke my guts out :p I texted Niall back.

Eww, try to avoid my shoes ;)

Heyyy, I'm serious. I'm pretty nervous. I've never done a tour. Especially with a group as good as you guys

"Who are you texting?" Joy asked. "Uh, Niall." I replied. She gave me a look. "What?" I asked. "You like him." she giggled. "I do not." I replied. "Please Alex, the blush says it all." I shifted in my seat, hoping the crimson in my cheeks would die down. "It's fine. I won't tell your publicist about this." she winked.

I sighed and opened up his text.

You'll be amazing as usual, don't worry :)

A small smile made its way onto my face and I felt a million times better. Funny how fans can tell you you're amazing everyday and it doesn't make a difference, but just hearing it from that one person makes you feel on top of the world.

You will be too :)

We pulled into the arena parking lot, the place we'd be kicking off our tour. Well, not the actual parking lot, but you know what I mean.

Joy led me inside and, as expected, the stylists tackled me as soon as I set foot in the building.

Adriana, my hairdresser, was just flattening out a few waves that had managed to work their way into my hair when the door burst open.

"Hey." Harry grinned, an equally smiley Louis standing beside him.

"Hi." I smiled back.

"Just wanted to say good luck!" Louis bounced up and down.

"Thanks." I giggled. "You too."

"Well, we have to get back before we get yelled at." Harry rolled his eyes.

"Okay, seeya!" I smiled.

"Bye!" they said in unison then dashed off.

I couldn't help but smile as I opened twitter on my phone. I started typing.

Sure to be the best tour ever :) Hope all of you can make it!

I put my phone on the table next to me and after I put into a pair a pair of white jeans and a blue flowery tank top, I took my place backstage, waiting to go on.

I closed my eyes for a moment and listened to the boys singing Up All Night.

When I opened them up again they were passing me and giving me exaggerated thumbs up. Louis stuck his tongue out and Niall shot me an adorable smile.

I took a deep breath and went out onto the stage. I could barely hear over the crowd, but I managed. The songs flew by and before I knew it the concert was nearly over.

"So," I grinned at the audience. "I'd just like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. And can we hear it for the boys in One Direction one more time?"

Everyone screamed and I smiled and scurried off the stage after thanking everyone again and waving goodbye.

Okay, so definitely nothing to worry about. I didn't break my neck as Lindsey had suggested.

After the concert I went to the hotel where Ashley was waiting.

"How was it?" she asked when I plopped down on the bed I'd claimed for myself.

"Fun." I grinned.

"You know, the boys are only a floor above us." she smiled.

I rolled my eyes. "Ash, they're probably just as tired as I am."

"I don't know about that. They already called our room seven times." she smirked.

"Seven times?" I began to giggle.

She nodded and after dialing the phone on the table next to the bed, handed the receiver to me.

"Hello?" Harry picked up.

"Hey." I grinned at Ashley's ecstatic face.

"Oh, hi. Ashley passed on our message, I'm guessing?" Harry asked.

"No.. She only mentioned that you called seven times." I scrunched up my eyebrows.

"Oh, well we're having an ice cream sundae party and-"

Louis' voice took over. "And the only way we're letting you in is if you wear you're most formal pajamas."

I laughed. "Okay, we'll be up in five minutes."

Louis gave me their room number and after changing into our pajamas Ashley and I headed for the elevator.

She had put on a pink cami and a pair of neon green pajama pants. I, being the secret nerd I was, was wearing a Spongebob shirt and gray shorts.

"You okay?" Ashley asked. I yawned in response. "Yes, but why is performing so exhausting?"

I rubbed my eyes and she laughed. "I have no idea. Maybe because your sucking in all that air and none of it ever reaches your brain, you just sing it all out."

"That doesn't even make sense." I laughed. "Why on earth would that make me tired?"

The elevator dinged and the doors clicked open.

We walked down the hall until we reached their room.

"Ello!" Louis grinned as he opened the door, moments after we'd knocked.

"Hi." Ashley shot a grin back.

"Come on in. We're just cleaning up because Niall spilled all of the sprinkles on the floor." he led us in.

"It wasn't my fault." Niall shouted from the other room. "Zayn actually did it."

I grinned and shook my head.

Louis steered us into the kitchen where Liam was sweeping up sprinkles and Zayn and Harry were arguing over who got the whip cream first.

Ashley grabbed a bowl and handed me one. I looked over the ice cream options.

"Hey, I told them to get mint chocolate chip just for you." Niall grinned as he walked up behind me.

"Thanks." I smiled.

After I piled on an excessive amount of cool whip, sprinkles, fudge, and pretzels onto my ice cream I settled down in the living room.

Ashley sat down next to me.

Harry followed in after her, carefully tugging at my bun before sitting down on the couch opposite us.

"ZAYN. Come sit with your lover!" Harry hollered.

I looked at the four all-white couches and wondered how long they'd stay that way, clean and spotless.

"Oops." Harry had just dropped a spoonful of chocolate ice cream.

Apparently not too long.

"Emergency!" I teased as I ran into the kitchen to get some paper towels.

"Here you go." I handed them to the curly haired boy and noticed that after Zayn had sat down Ashley'd moved.

"Thanks Ashley. I feel so loved." I patted her empty spot.

"Don't worry Alex, Niall loves you." Louis patted my head as Niall sat down in Ashley's old spot.

Niall and I exchanged an awkward look and Louis just giggled.

He shut up when I shot him a disapproving glare.

Everyone was indeed wearing pajamas.

Harry's was the best because it was a onesie covered in rocket ships. After a few minutes I convinced him to let me take a picture of him and send it to Lindsey.

Everyone else was just in either pajama pants or sweatpants and a tee shirt.

Adorable :) Lindsey texted back a few minutes after I'd sent her Harry's picture.

I mentally gagged and slid my phone in my pocket.

I guess I was zoning out cause I jumped when Niall nudged me.

"You sounded really great." he smiled.

"Oh, thanks you too." I grinned back shyly.

"Was it as bad as you thought it'd be?" he asked.

"No, it was a lot of fun actually." I took a bite of my ice cream.

He nodded and my phone began to ring.

I took it out of my pocket and answered it.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey!" Rena practically screamed.

"Hi," I laughed.

Niall raised his eyebrows at me.

"So, how was the first concert?" she yelled.

"It was great. Why are you shouting, Re?" I asked.

"Huh?"

"Why are you shouting?" I shouted myself.

"Oh, sorry, I'm visiting mom. I'm at the airport."

"Oh, well say hi for me."

Louis must have told an exceptionally funny joke because everyone started laughing.

"How bout you? Where are you?" she tried to ask casually but I could basically see her trying to evaluate the situation.

"Just with the One Direction guys." I sighed, waiting for the lecture.

"Oh," she said softly.

"We're having ice cream." I assured her.

"Okay." she said, a little less unsure.

"Alex!" Ashley cried out as Zayn tickled her.

"Um, just a second sis." I grinned. "Here, talk to my friend Niall."

I handed the phone over to Niall and went over to help Ashley.

"Hello?" I took Alex's phone and held it up to my ear.

"Um, hello? I'm Alex's sister, Rena." the girl said.

"Oh, hello!" I smiled. I never knew Alex had a sister.

"Is everything okay? Why did Alex have to go?"

"Oh, one of the lads is tickling her friend Ashley and she's helping her." I explained. She sounded a bit worried, like we might be doing something wrong.

"Alright." she breathed out. "So, where are you from? I can't really tell from your accent."

"Ireland." I grinned at the question I got all the time.

"Oh, that's interesting." she said.

"Mhm." I watched as Alex tried convince Zayn and Harry, who had assisted him in tickling Ashley, that tickling people was wrong. She looked so cute when she was pretending to be angry.

"So, none of you are interested in Alex, right?" she asked.

"No." I said quickly.

"It's you, isn't it?" she sighed and I heard her laugh a bit.

"No, no. I don't..I mean-"

"It's fine. You seem like a good kid." she laughed more fully this time. "Just be careful. Alex is kind of crazy and fragile, all at the same time."

"Thanks, but-"

She cut me off again. "Just ask her out, for God's sake. I bet she likes you back. She probably fell for you just because of your accent."

"Um, well, here's Alex." I pushed the phone into Alex's hands as she sat back down on the couch.

She raised her eyebrows and began talking to her sister again.

"Yeah, he's silly." she grinned at me and I returned the smile.

"Wait, what?" she looked confused.

"Oh, I don't think so." she blushed and grinned.

I hope her sister hadn't told her what we'd been talking about, but judging by Alex's blush...

"Whatever." Alex rolled her eyes, the blush in her cheeks dying down. "Okay, love you too. Bye!"

"What'd she say?" I asked as I rested my feet on the coffee table.

"Nothing. She just said...nothing." Alex mumbled and stared at her nearly empty ice cream bowl.

Everyone had sort of quieted down.

"What do you want to do?" Ashley asked.

"We should have another movie night." Liam said as he walked into the room.

"As long as it's not a Disney movie." Harry muttered.

Liam looked a bit hurt for a moment, but a smile reappeared on his face again in no time. "Pixar it is!"

We ended up voting on The Incredibles, seeing as we had no other Pixar movies on hand.

Harry tossed me a blanket as he walked over to the wall and clicked the lights off.

I looked over at Alex as her sister's words echoed in my head.

I bet she likes you back.

Niall looked over at me as the movie opened up. I smiled and gave a stupid wave. He giggled and looked back at the TV.

Zayn had wrapped his arm around Ashley's shoulders and she looked like she might explode from sheer happiness.

Harry and Louis were cuddling on the couch beside me and Liam was intently watching the movie.

I looked over to see what Niall was doing. He looked up at me right at the moment. We grinned at each other.

Okay, he was officially too cute.

I broke eye contact and stood up, going into the kitchen to get seconds.

"Hello." Niall bumped my shoulder with his as I plopped a spoonful of cool whip onto my ice cream.

"Hey." I looked up into his blue eyes.

"I just wanted to tell you.." he began.

"Yeah?" I asked, wondering where on earth this could be going.

He ran a hand through his blonde hair and I tried not to find it extremely attractive.

"Uh, you know how I said you sounded great at the concert earlier?" he asked.

"Mhm." I smiled softly. "You liar. I sounded, well, normal."

"No, see, that's what I'm trying to tell you. You sounded amazing." he quickly kissed my cheek and then looked at me, waiting for some kind of reaction.

And for a second, I believed him. I bet I did sound amazing. I bet I sounded fabulous. It didn't matter because he looked so adorable, looking all embarrassed and flustered.

My eyes locked on his. "My sister might have been right." I said under my breath.

"What?"

"I said, you're the sweetest guy I've ever met."

He gave me a smile full of relief and I couldn't help but grin back.

"Um, we should probably get back to the movie." I giggled.

"I don't know. It seems more exciting in here." he teased.

"Creep." I laughed and strolled into the living room, my ice cream no longer the best part of the evening.

I sat down and Niall followed behind me.

He offered me half the blanket Harry had given him and I gladly accepted it. It was blue and smelled like laundry detergent.

After I finished my ice cream I tried to concentrate on the movie but Niall kept taking my hand and occasionally poking me in the side.

Once when he poked my stomach I let out a really loud laugh.

"Stop canoodling!" Louis screamed.

This just caused me to laugh more.

When the movie finished I was reluctant to leave but I knew that we all had an early morning the next day.

"You ready Alex?" Ashley asked me, getting up from her spot next to Zayn and stretching her arms.

"Mhm, lemme just put my bowl in the sink."

"I'll go with you." Niall bounced up.

We walked to the kitchen and I put my bowl in the sink, as I said I would.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, I guess you will." he said as he pulled me into a hug.

I ruffled his hair and grinned. "Seeya!"

"Bye!" he yelled as I ran into the living room, pausing only to shout goodbye to the others and to grab Ashley's wrist.

So, all in all, it was a pretty great way to begin a tour.

And the butterflies in my belly were back. Again.

Hey guys :) So summer vacation's here for me and I'll admit, a few of your reviews really got me pumped to write this chapter :) Shout out to Wecouldmakeityouknow (go read her 1D fanfic, it's amazing :D) because she's been motivating me all nighttt! Okay, soo this chapter started out sucky, but I love how it finished :) Tell me what you guys think? Thanks! Hope you like it :)

xoxo

Alex