Lauren grinned. "Omigosh! It's so awesome to meet you, Nikki!" She stood on tiptoes and hugged Nikki. Nikki stood, frozen and shocked for a second, before hugging her back. Lauren let go and looked at Nikki, expecting her to say something. Nikki's mouth opened and closed for a while. SHE HAD JUST HUGGED LAUREN LOPEZ. Slowly she became aware of Lauren staring at her, and she looked around frantically, trying to think of something to say that wouldn't completely make her embarrass herself. "Um … err… you- I- you're small." Nikki blushed. The first thing she ever said to Lauren Lopez was 'You're small". Great. Lauren feigned surprise. "What? Am I? You're fucking kidding me!" She laughed. "Of course I'm small, Nikki, I'm a hobbit! Tha-"

"DID SOMEONE MENTION HOBBIT?!" Meredith bounded up next to Nikki, dragging Brian Holden behind her by his shirt.
"Yeah, I'm a hobbit, Mere. Nikki here" Lauren motioned towards her and smiled "said that I was short. And I said it's because I'm a hobbit."
"Nu-uh!" interjected Meredith. "You're the right height, but your feet are too small. They are really hairy though."
"HEY!" Lauren shouted, making all the people around stop their conversations and turn around to see what was happening. "My feet aren't hairy! That's mean! I'm gonna punch you now!" She ran at Meredith, who let go of Brian's shirt and ran away, teasing Lauren as she was chased around the hall.

Brian and Nikki both watched them for a moment. Brian laughed Lauren jumped onto Meredith's back and clung there, and then turned to Nikki. "Hey. Um… I guess you're Nikki?"
"Yeah." she said quietly. She was still staring at Lauren, who was trying to give Meredith a piggyback. She collapsed as Meredith charged at her, and lay on the floor, giggling. Only seconds later, to the amusement of the fans, Lauren started rolling around and doing Draco impressions.
"How was your journey?" Brian asked. I've never been to Britain before so I wasn't sure how reliable stuff was going to be. Was your taxi alright?" Nikki tore her eyes away from Lauren and smiled shyly at Brian. "Yeah, it was really good. The driver went past the Queens house and down this long red road, and everything looks so British! I'm glad I'm here now, though." Lauren reappeared by Nikki's side. "Brian, your girlfriends on the floor and screaming Gandalf quotes. You better go pick her up." She turned to Nikki. "Pain in the ass, right? Anyway, I'm hungry, and all my gluten free snacks are in our room, so grab your case and let's go!" She started walking towards the door of the building. "WAIT!" She spun around on her heels and her hair flicked over her shoulder. "I've got this for you. It's a VIP pass, it gets you into everything." She stood on tiptoe and put a laminated piece of card on a Starkid lanyard around Nikki's neck, gently lifting up the hair that was trapped underneath. She stopped for a moment before putting all of her feet onto the ground and grabbing Nikki's hand. "Come on! You have to see the hotel! It's amazing!"