a/n: I know the last chapter was a bit choppy and confusing, but I needed a way to transition. Sorry lovelies.

Chapter seven – the announcement.

Sydney's POV

I woke up to the sound of my alarm, scrambling out of bed to try and turn it off. Pressing the button, I rubbed my eyes, trying to remember last night correctly. Let's see, we performed the last show, I met One Direction, we won the contest, Theresa fainted, Louis knows my secret, and there was someone already taking pictures. Seemed correct to me.

I wandered downstairs and started to make my coffee. Pressing the button, I grabbed my phone and started scrolling through my twitter feed. I suppose it was a good thing the boys made me follow all of them last night or else I never would have read Zayn's tweet, 'Surprising some of our friends at their school today! Well, not so much of a surprise anymore.'

My face was completely unamused as I realized he meant Theresa and me. I didn't really want them to come to my school, as it was full of dumb people. I also knew that they would be disruptive, and I had to pay attention to study for finals. There was one more week of school left before the tests and graduation. I couldn't wait to be out of high school, this place had been hell.

I knew they were going to come anyway so I put extra effort into making myself look attractive. As I sat there straightening my ridiculously curly hair, I thought of Niall. If Louis had noticed my scars, had he? What would he think of me? I disregarded my thoughts and continued to get ready.

Grabbing my keys and my bookbag, I raced out the door, already running five minutes late. I hopped into my car and sped down the street, almost running a stop sign as I went.

When I finally made it to school, I rushed into the building. I had two minutes until the bell rang and I had to get all the way to the other side of the school. Pushing past some people who made rude remarks, I finally made it into my seat as soon as the bell rang.

"Tough morning?" Payal turned to me.

"You have no idea," I exclaimed, recounting my run-in with a cop for speeding.

The announcements started and I settled myself to listen.

"Good morning Auburn High School! As you know, last night was the last night of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. We would like to thank all of you who came and supported our amazing arts program. This week is the final week of school, and for that we decided we would have a little fun on the announcements. So, I would like you all to stand up and dance. To what, you ask? Well, you'll hear."

All of a sudden the school was flooded with the sound of an opening instrumental. Then I heard Liam's voice. "You're insecure, don't know what for. You're turning heads when you walk through the door."

My jaw dropped when I heard it. Not only were they going to show up at school, but they were going to announce it to the entire student body. There was going to be frenzy.

Payal jumped up and screamed when she heard this, I guess she was a fan too.

Dancing around, she grabbed my hand and made me get up as well. We started swing dancing, gaining the attention of others who decided to join in. For this moment I had completely forgot about the trouble and was simply happy. I realized that is why I did theatre and danced, because it was the only time I was truly happy.

When the music stopped everyone sat down, a little out of breath.

"'Ello," Harry started. "My name is Harry Styles and I'm from One Direction. If you haven't heart of us, you can check out our album 'Up All Night' on iTunes. If you have heard of us, well, hello."

Liam decided to interrupt, "As you may, or may not, know our band is going on a worldwide tour this summer!"

"Even more exciting," Niall cut in, "Two of your own classmates are going to join us. Give a big round of applause to Theresa Garner and Sydney Stewart!"

The entire class turned to look at me in this moment, even the teacher. My face turned pink as I slumped down in my seat, pretending to write down my assignment for the evening. Everyone already knew I could sing, but no one expected anything like this.

I tried to look down, but Payal was screaming, "SYDNEY. GURL. YOU ARE GOING ON TOUR WITH ONE DIRECTION AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?"

I stayed silent as the teacher tried to regain control of the classroom, which was buzzing with excitement. He eventually managed to continue on with our chemistry lesson.

I sat there taking notes, trying to get my penmanship as perfect as possible when our class was disrupted. My head turned upward to see the backs of three familiar people: Harry, Louis, and Niall.

My mouth dropped as the teacher allowed them into the classroom and they took a seat right next to mine.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked in a harsh tone, I didn't want them to embarrass me more then they already had.

They all just smiled and ignored me, chatting with the excited students in the classroom.

I was going to kill them.