DEL 1
Susann’s POV
I slowly walked towards the yellow, small school bus. It was half past seven in the morning, and the wind went crazy outside. It was the first of December today, not that it was really obvious in any way. Everyone’s wishes about waking up to a white December had not been granted, it was still the same, sad weather as before, only a little colder. Today, the air was also filled with gray fog which didn’t seem like it wanted to fade away at first sight. As I got closer to the bus, a familiar figure appeared in front of me. I hadn’t noticed before, cause I was completely walking around in my own thoughts, until someone shouted at me.
“Susann!” She came almost running towards me as I came to myself. I didn’t even get to move before she ran me over. “Malin!” I shouted back after getting up from the shock. Malin was my first and best friend here. Did I mention I moved here only a week ago? No, I didn’t think so. Well, I did. At first it came as a shock on me, I didn’t want to move at all. At that time it felt like it was the worst thing that possibly could have happened to me, it was like my world just fell even more apart. Like no one was thinking about me at all, or what I wanted….
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It was November 28 and I remember just getting back from 8 exhausting hours with school. I just wanted to get home as fast as possible and just lie down at my bed, relaxing a few hours as it hadn’t been a lot of sleep on me lately. Less than a month earlier, my mom and dad had decided to split up. I guess I should have seen it coming, but I didn’t. And now dad had decided he wanted to move to England. ENGLAND!! Why couldn’t he just stay closer to home? Not that I spent too much time with him, but I really liked our father – daughter moments, like when we went out every other Friday together.
Another shock came close, as, less than a week ago, my mom told me she was already seeing someone else she had known for a while. At first I got angry at her. Dumping dad for another man, but “unfortunately”, her new boyfriend James was really nice, and I didn’t manage to be mad at her anymore, cause I realized had sort of already known for a while that her and dad had some issues.
Well, my third shock, maybe the biggest one when I get to think and which caused me to tell you all of this, is that James had asked my mom out on a travel-around-the-world tour with him, lasting “only” a year. I begged her to let me stay at my friend’s house, but she completely refused. She told me that this was my chance to spend some “quality time” with my dad, as I was to move over to England to live with him. I was a total disaster to me, all that I had built up of friends and school over the last few years, just thrown away. Well, a week later I stood at the airport, nearly crying (as embarrassed as I am for that) cause I wanted to stay so badly. I had absolutely no friends in England at all, especially not in this small town called Cheshire, which apparently was where I was to live over the next year. I still remember looking back over my shoulders, waving at all my friends who had met me on the airport to say goodbye. Goodbye sweet home, goodbye life and hello miserable new life…
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Well, you probably now understand that I wasn’t too happy about the whole moving-thing. But I’ll tell you one thing, things almost never turn out the way you think it will. And neither did this. The minute I stepped on to school ground, someone was there to welcome me. Everyone was really nice, and had heard a lot about me already, as my father had gotten the job as head of the police office in town. As I told you earlier, this was a small town, and the rumor spread faster than fire. From the first day I arrived at this school, to me, there were four girls who particularly stood out to me. These girls where now the four best friends that I could have ever imagined, and the three girls were now standing right in front of me and Malin, greeted us as we got onto the bus. We all sat down after hugging each and other, now heading towards another normal school day, or so I thought..
DEL 2
Susann’s POV:
As soon as the bus moved on from the stop, we all busted out talking with each other about out weekends apart, every single detail exposed. This was what I loved about my friends, no one was afraid to tell the others about anything. I didn’t really have much to say about my weekend, as I had mostly used it to unpack my belongings from home. I still hadn’t gotten used to my new room, even though it was probably twice as big as my last one. I guess living alone with your dad has its benefits.
Suddenly all my friends started laughing out loudly, which woke me up from my own, deep thoughts. As I noticed about every single one on the bus also sat laughing, I pretty much guessed who had come with the funny quote. It was one of my best friends at this school, Alette. She always had the humor, and everyone, especially the boys, absolutely adored her. That reminds me of an important detail I might have forgotten to tell you about, the four people that keep my life running, that always lighten up my day. Of course I’m talking about my four best friends from here. As you may remember, I earlier told you that these girls really stood out to me when I first attended Cheshire High School. I still remember the first moment they came up to me. I remember being terrified of the fact that I was absolutely sure everyone would hate me. Despite the fact that I’ve only known them for a week, it feels like a lifetime.
The first girl I met while moving to Cheshire was Malin, who you met earlier. She’s usually seen as the quiet one, but when you get to know her, she’s amazing. She’s the best listener and you can tell her everything. You can always go to her for advice. And then there’s Alette, there’s not a single negative thing you can say about her. Like I told you a little while ago, she’s always got the humor going. There’s never a dark moment where she can’t come with a funny quote and light up your day, and I think the rest of the school agrees. The second friend I met when I first got here was Synne. She lives right next door, and we usually hang out all the time. People who don’t know her might say she’s a little shy, but that is probably the worst word to describe her personality as soon as you get to know her properly. I don’t even know how to describe her myself. On one side, she’s the most random person you could ever imagine, but on the other side she’s also really emotional. At last there’s Fatema, she’s the smarty, as everyone calls her. There’s not a single thing she doesn’t know. You can ask her for everything, although she is personally more interested in poetry and meaning. She always seeks the answers to every situation.
Well, that was a little bit about my friends. I guess I should introduce myself as well. My name is Susann and I’m 17. If my friends were to describe me, they would probably use these three words: independent, smart and girly. I love clothes and makeup, but I also love training. I also like school, compared to most other teens around here. But, the most noticeable thing about me is probably the fact that I always have my own opinions on everything. I usually never get affected by what other people say or think.
I probably could have kept going on for ages about my wonderful friends, but all of sudden a loud voice shouting my name woke me up..
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DEL 3
Susann’s POV:
“Susann, are you coming?” I looked up to see Alette staring down at me.
“What?” I looked around me, only to see the bus empty. Alette laughed and dragged me up from my seat.
“Can I ask you what or who you were thinking about?” She looked at me with a curious smile, but she obviously had a second motive.
“Nothing much really,” I answered cause I know it would irritate her.
“Fine then! I just noticed you didn’t say much during the ride and was just wondering if everything was alright at home,” she answered.
“I wasn’t thinking about anyone special, if that’s what you were wondering about?” I smiled at her and I could see she was then satisfied with my answer. It had only been a week, and I already knew her too well. As we walked off the bus I noticed a slight change in weather. The sun had finally made its way in between the fog, and it almost looked bearable to be 1st of December. I continued forward, only to see Aiden walking towards us. I looked over at Alette, but she only laughed back at me and hurried over to Fatema and the other girls. As I was to follow her, I heard a familiar voice behind my back.
“Hi Susann!” He said and tapped me on my shoulder. I took a deep breath and turned around only to face the one person on this school I tried to stay away from.
“Hello Aiden,” I answered in a slightly annoyed voice. I really felt mean talking to him like that, but I was just not in the mood. For those of you who doesn’t know who Aiden is, I can tell you that he’s the nicest person you can ever imagine, just not when you know he’s crazy about you. I think everyone knew about it, and I just didn’t have the heart to reject him.
“I’m really sorry, but … uh… I’m late for class.” I smiled at him nicely and we said goodbye before I walked over to the girls.
“It’s not funny.” But they didn’t stop laughing. At one point I laughed a little myself before we separated into our different classes.
After two hours with math and two hours with sociology, my least favorite subjects, Synne and I decided we wanted to walk over to the shop near the school area, as it was lunchbreak in only a few minutes and I was really thirsty. Of course the weather had turned on me as it had started raining. As we entered the shop, I was soaking wet. I walked straight over to the cold area to get me something to drink. Suddenly I heard a bunch of screaming girls getting closer and closer to the shop. I looked up with my hands filled with bottles for all of us, and almost managed to get out of the way before a boy with a purple hoodie and white converse ran me over. Before I knew it, I was sitting on the floor just to see every single one of my bottles spread all over the floor. I looked around to see if I could spot the responsible one, only to spot a hand reaching out for me…
DEL 4
Susann’s POV
“I am deeply sorry, I didn’t see you in the rush, are you ok?” I grabbed the hand and he pulled me up. I turned to face him, only to end up looking into the most gorgeous, green eyes I’d ever seen.
“Are you alright?” He asked me again, as I had gotten completely lost in his eyes the first time. I got to my senses and looked at him. I noticed his curly hair sticking out of his purple Jack Willis hoodie. I looked around on all the bottles lying spread all over the floor, it reminded me of what he had done just a few seconds ago.
“Yes, I’m fine, but no thanks to you,” I answered back, maybe a little too rude because a surprised look spread over his face.
“Well, as I said I’m very sorry. I heard the girls outside and…”
“And you thought that was a good excuse to run me over? Who do you think you are anyway?” As if it was even possible, he looked more surprised as I continued talking to him. I realized that I might have taken it all too far, I guess I just wasn’t in the best mood today. I took a deep breath before looking at him again.
“I’m sorry for overreacting, I’m just having a bad day I guess...” He laughed a little with the most adorable laugh you could ever imagine.
“It’s alright. It’s my fault anyway, you had every right to be angry. I’m Harry by the way!”
Harry’s POV
“I’m Susann,” she said and smiled back at me. She was really beautiful. Not like normal beautiful, there was something extraordinary about her that I just couldn’t put my finger on. And what I liked most about her was that she had no idea who I was, and that was a rare occasion. Not that I wanted to brag about my-self, but I didn’t really get around much with people not screaming at me. Of course it was exhausting, but our fans are the best. We wouldn’t be anywhere without them.
Suddenly, a familiar Irish accent interrupted us.
“Hey, you coming man?” Niall put his blonde haired head out from the backdoor.
“Yeah Niall, I’ll be there in a minute.” I looked back at her and smiled again. I didn’t want to leave her just like that, but I could see the bunch of girls outside getting bigger and bigger.
“Sorry, but I’ll have to go. It was great to meet you, and, again, I’m really sorry for running you over.” I hurried up and collected all her bottles together before saying goodbye again and leaving. As much as I wanted to see her again, I was pretty sure it would never happen. As I walked through the back door, I suddenly changed my mind, but as I turned around, she was already gone…
DEL 5
Susann’s POV
I thanked Harry for helping me collecting up the mess and he quickly said goodbye. As I did not want to mess up again by losing all the bottles, which would be so typical me, I rushed back to Synne. As much as I wanted to stay talk to him and get to know him, when I went back, he was already gone. I guess I got a little disappointed, he probably didn’t look at me different than any other girl he’d met. I shook my head and went over to Synne who was waiting at the checkout. When she saw me coming she instantly went over.
“Hey, what took you so long? I’ve been waiting here for like hours!”
“Nothing, I just bumped into someone … literally.” As soon as I mentioned “someone” she was all over me asking about who it was.
“Was it someone I know? Was it someone from school? Was it a BOY?!?!” I laughed a little before answering her.
“Yes, it was a boy, and no, I do not know who he was. I don’t think I’ve seen him around here before.”
“Hmm.. Susann’s got a boyfriend!!”
“WHAT? No, I haven’t, we were just talking!”
“See, you’re blushing!” She laughed out loud at my reaction and everyone else around us looked at us. I got even more embarrassed and hurried out of the shop. It had stopped raining as we walked back to the school area.
When we entered the huge canteen, everybody was freaking out for no particularly reason, or so it seemed to me. We found the other girls sitting around one of the small tables talking non-stop.
“Malin, what’s going on here? Everybody’s totally out of their minds!” I looked at Synne, but it didn’t seem like she knew more than I did.
“Haven’t you heard??!!” Malin nearly screamed back at us.
“Hey, calm down. We wore at the shop getting something to drink.”
“OMG, I just can’t believe it!!!!” Fatema screamed.
“Me neither, and I can’t believe we missed it!” Alette added.
“Can someone please tell me what’s going on here?!” I nearly shouted because of the loud volume in the canteen at the moment.
“ONE DIRECTION WAS HERE!!!!” Fatema screamed even louder, and, if possible, everyone just got even more excited.
“Who?” I asked curiously. Everyone looked at me and their faces dropped.
“Who? You’ve got to be kidding me? They’re only like THE BIGGEST boy band in the entire UK,” Fatema continued.
“Please don’t tell me you haven’t heard of them before?” As I thought back I remembered one of the girls, probably Fatema, mentioning them earlier this morning. But I had no idea who they were. I shook my head and got some very disappointed looks back at me.
Suddenly someone’s phone rang, it was Fatema’s.
“Hello?” Fatema answered. Suddenly, the biggest smile I’ve ever seen formed in her face as she nearly fell of the chair…
DEL 6
Susann’s POV
“Hello?” Fatema answered. Suddenly, the biggest smile I’ve ever seen formed in her face as she nearly fell of the chair…
We were all quiet just looking at Fatema, everyone was wondering what the phone call was about. She seemed too excited for it to be only a normal call, and everyone gathered around her. Suddenly she began screaming again, and started jumping around the table.
“Really?! Really?!?! Are you kidding with me? Is this a joke? OMG!!!!!” Fatema continued talking on the phone which only got us even more interested. When she finally finished, everyone bombarded her with questions. At first, she became all quiet before suddenly shouting out loud..
“I won, I won!!!! I can’t believe it!!”
“Wait, are you kidding me?! Are you serious?” Malin shouted.
“OMG you’ve got to be joking! Is this for real?” Alette and the other girls continued, without me understanding anything at all.
“What is it now?” I started to get a little annoyed, no one seemed to be able to do anything except jumping around. When they finally calmed down, Fatema slowly told me the entire story.
“About a month ago I entered this competition where you can win 5 tickets to see One Direction on a concert + meeting them in London. And I just got a phone call telling me I won!!”
“Seriously, how good are these One Direction boys anyway?” Suddenly I got four evil looks tearing me down.
“They’re beyond amazing!” Alette said and the other girls agreed instantly and started talking about how gorgeous and wonderful they all were.
“But, who are you taking with you to the concert then?” I asked, still a little confused.
“Who do you think silly? You guys of course!” Fatema said back with a huge smile.
“But I don’t even know who they are!”
“Well, we’ve got to fix that. And trust me, you will be amazed beyond everything you could ever imagine!”
“I’d doubt that.” The girls just laughed at me. I mean, they were just five random boys that, I guess, could sing alright?
“Are you guys free this weekend?” Everyone nodded while looking curiously back at me.
“Why? What did you have in mind?”
“Well, I thought since you were all going to “amaze” me with One Direction and all, I thought me might have a sleepover at my house on Friday?”
“Yes, that’s an amazayn idea!” Synne added, while everyone started planning everything into every small detail. As for me, I wasn’t too excited for the One Direction part, but the sleepover were going to be great…
DEL 7
Susann’s POV:
“We will now begin on our way down, thank you for flying with Norwegian and we hope you enjoyed your flight,” the speaker announced as the plane slowly made its way down to the airport. I could feel the tears streaming down my cheek as I thought about the last week. When I’d gotten home from school last Thursday, I had received a phone call from my mum who had to delay her “trip around the world”. My grandmother had gotten very sick, not exactly sure what it was, but it was serious. I had left on the first plane back to Norway to see her, but only three days later she passed away. My grandmother and I were really close, so it hurt me to not be able to spend any more time with her before it all happened. The funeral was on Tuesday, and I spent Wednesday with my mother but we didn’t really say much to each other, we were both too broken inside. On Thursday, I decided I wanted to visit my two best friends again, they had heard about what happened and tried to help me feel a little better. I then realized how much I had missed not having them around the last weeks..
And now I was on my way back to Cheshire to my sleepover party which had been moved to today, Friday 9th December. I was really excited about it, cause it was my first official “get together” with the girls. They also seemed over excited about the One Direction thing. I had mentioned it to my friends at home as well, and surprisingly they had also gone mental when I mentioned them, apparently I was missing out big time. Well, I guess that will show tonight, as it probably would be all about One Direction all night. The belt-sign went off and I stood up to get my bag. I walked off the plane and continued into the luggage pick-up inside the airport. It wasn’t really that many people on my plane, so I had no problems finding a spot to wait on my luggage. The band slowly started rolling and I looked over at some people playing on it. They looked like teenagers, but didn’t really act like it as they were playing on the luggage-band while waiting. Suddenly I spotted my luggage coming out nearly first, and as it came closer I leant over to get it, but suddenly someone lifted it up and placed it beside me.
“I’m guessing this is yours?” I turned around to see a slightly familiar face looking down at me…
DEL 8
“Well, hello again,” I said looking up at the same boy that had knocked me over at the shop the other day. This time he wore a blue Jack Willis shirt and black pants, possibly looking even better than the first time we met.
“Hello to you too,” he smiled back at me and I noticed his dimples, didn’t even know a guy could make me feel like that by only smiling. I collected my thoughts, felt a little embarrassed, like I’ve met this guy once and I already like him A LOT.
“So, what brings you to the airport on a schoolday?” I looked down and tears started forming in my eyes. Why did this happen now, and in front of him of all people!
“Hey, what is it? Did I say anything wrong?” He came closer, put his arm around me and looked at me with a slightly confused look.
“No, it’s not your fault. It’s…. it’s my grandmother…. she got sick and… and…” I busted out in tears and he took me closer and into his arms. On one side I felt extremely embarrassed cause I was standing in the middle of a public airport crying my eyes out in the arms of an amazing boy that I didn’t even know, but on the other hand it felt strangely right. Like it was meant to be like this, unfortunately I was probably the only one feeling this way. And it wasn’t like I could just tell him, we had only met for God’s sake. Why did I always have to fall so fast in love with guys whom I could not have..?
I got out of his arms after my embarrassing crying session and looked up at him.
“I’m so sorry, I had no idea...” He looked at me with sadness in his eyes, it nearly killed me.
“It’s alright, you didn’t know…” As he was about to say something, another boy suddenly jumped up on his back. Harry nearly fell over by the boy in a striped shirt and a blue pair of toms.
“Hey Louis, what are you doing?! You want me to hit you with a carrot or what? Can’t you see I’m in the middle of a conversation here?”
The boy, whose name obviously was Louis, whispered something into Harry’s ear and they both nodded, Harry looking slightly disappointed.
“I’m deeply sorry, but I’m gonna have to leave, something has come up. But it was really nice to meet you again, and I am very sorry about you grandmother…”
“Well, it was nice to see you managing to talk to me without running me over.” We both laughed as I grabbed my bag and headed for the exit. Surprisingly he went another way through the huge crowd of people, still with Louis on his back. I laughed a little to myself and went outside to find my dad waiting in the car.
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The clock was almost six, but still none of the girls had showed up. I was dressed up in a red, short dress with black heals and makeup on. I literally ran around the house to make sure that everything was fixed and ready for the party. I had literally pushed my dad out the door earlier this evening to make sure he didn’t come with any major embarrassing and “funny” comments during our sleepover. Suddenly I heard someone knock on the door and I ran out and opened the door to see all my friends standing there on my doorstep. They all gave me a hug and said how sorry they wore for my gran. I thanked them all for coming tonight, and looked at their bags, I suspected they were all filled up with One Direction stuff. I walked out in the kitchen to prepare the food, we were having tacos. Ten minutes later I walked back into the living room and was met with the biggest surprise…
DEL 9
I walked out in the kitchen to prepare the food, we were having tacos. Ten minutes later I walked back into the living room and was met with the biggest surprise…
As I entered the room, the music started playing on full and the room was basically remade to a “One Direction (I suspected)” paradise. They were all jumping around and singing along to a song I surprisingly found very catchy. As I looked over on the walls, this huge poster was taped up on the wall, and that was when the real shock arrived, cause in the middle of the group made up by five boys was Harry. This could not be real, it must be someone who looks extremely like him, but I got more and more uncertain as I watched all the other posters as well. But, I couldn’t be … I mean, why would he then talk to someone like me? I concluded with the fact that it had to be someone else, but deep inside I knew it was him.
“Baby you light up my world like nobody else, the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed, but when you smile at the ground it ain’t hard to tell…” Suddenly the girls noticed that I had entered the room and came towards me.
“Susann? … Susann?”
“What? Sorry, I was thinking about something else..”
“What?” What was I going to tell them? That I had just randomly met Harry in the shop the other day, and cried my eyes out in his arms earlier today? It would be too strange to just admit it out of the blue like this. But, they wore my best friends and I couldn’t keep it a secret to them…
“So, what do you think? Aren’t they just amazing?” Alette almost looked like she was going to faint just by admiring the poster.
“And gorgeous!” Malin added.
“And their music is just ... indescribable!”
“I mean, think about how amazayn it would be to actually meet them, I mean … I would probably faint!” The others nodded, and they probably could have continued on for ages, but then I stopped them and got everyone’s attention pointed towards me.
“Look, I need to tell you something..”
DEL 10
Susann’s POV
I looked at the girls while preparing to tell them everything about me and Harry, well, all there actually was to tell anyway.
“Well, you know that day when everyone told each other that One Direction had been in town last week?” They all nodded, didn’t really understand what I was trying to tell them.
“Yes, and?”
“Well, Synne and I wore at the shop when they arrived and I sort of … bumped into Harry while buying our drinks.” All of them looked at me with huge eyes, especially Synne. She had been in the shop with me as well and obviously not seen any of the boys.
“You’ve got to be joking!” The girls surprisingly busted out in laughter.
“Like you actually met THE Harry Styles in the shop, no freaking way! I was there with you, remember? And I think I would have noticed if they came in.”
“But, it’s true, Niall was there as well!” The girls just looked at me even weirder and continued laughing. I could see there was no point in trying any more, they would obviously never believe me. I mean, I could tell them that we’d met at the airport as well, but I guess it wouldn’t make any difference. Suddenly a thought entered my mind. What if the girls told everything to the boys when we were to meet them after that concert, and what if none of them remembered me? What if Harry didn’t even remember me?
Alette’s POV
All of us continued laughing of Susann’s poor attempt on tricking us into believing that she had actually met One Direction without even knowing who they wore. Of course she had to be joking, I mean … come on! It was just too surreal. Even Synne didn’t see them, and she was in the shop as well together with Susann. There was just no way it could have happened.
“Well, if you are all going to be like that, we might as well just move on and get something to eat.”
Susann said while looked at us with a serious look. What if she had actually meant what she had said about meeting him?
“Alright, I’m starving! Maybe you should call Harry over and ask him to bring Niall!” Fatema said and we all busted out laughing again. Of course every true directioner knew that Niall loved food, and when I say that I mean really loves food, more than anything.
“If you are going to be like that all night, I’ll maybe refuse to even listen to their “amazing” music.” We all shut up instantly.
“Hmm, fine. But when you’ve first listened to it, I assure you that you will never regret a thing!” Malin said and we all went over to the dinner table. We were having tacos, my favorite. Fatema turned up the music before we sat down.
Malin’s POV
After about half an hour, we were all finished eating and just sat there talking about One Direction. I noticed that Susann also looked like she really enjoyed their music, who wouldn’t?
“So, what do you think of One Direction so far, Susann?”
“Well… I guess I’ll have to admit they’re pretty good.”
“Pretty good??”
“Fine, they’re really good!” We all cheered together, and even Susann had to smile over our silly fangirling.
“I can’t wait to the concert next Wednesday, it’s going to be amazayn!!” Synne exclaimed.
“I know, and we are actually going to meet them!! I can’t believe this is actually happening,” Malin added. We all started chatting about how great it was going to be when Alette’s phone suddenly rang.
“I’m sorry but I’ll have to take this, it’s mom. I’m wondering what it is that is so important that she’ll have to call me in the middle of a party.” She looked a little annoyed, but picked up the phone while walking out of the room. I continued talking with Susann about the concert and how much fun it was going to be. Even she looked like she was excited to meet them. Suddenly we were interrupted by Alette shouting extremely loudly from the hallway.
“YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS?!?!” We all looked at each other and quickly went out to see what was going on…
DEL 11
“YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS?!?!” We all looked at each other and quickly went out to see what was going on…
Alette’s POV
I was in complete anger at my mom, how could she?! She knew how much this meant to me, and now she decided to do this! And the worst thing is that it didn’t only affect me, I started thinking about how I was going to tell Malin the news. And if you didn’t know, Malin and I are cousins and our families practically do everything together, and I mean everything. Not that it usually is a bad thing cause I love hanging out with her although we’ve got our differences.
“But why do we have to come with?” I practically shouted to her trough the phone, and I could see the other girls hurried out to see what was going on.
“I’m sorry but that’s just the way it is. There is nothing to argue about.” How could she be so calm about this, she had just destroyed the biggest chance for both me and Malin. I hung up on my mom and wondered how I was supposed to tell Malin about the news.
Malin’s POV
As we gathered around Alette wondering what was going on, she hung up on the phone and looked back at all of us. Then it only turned to me, and by the look on her face it wasn’t something positive that was going to be told.
“What is it? We heard to scream all the way into the kitchen!” Fatema said frightened.
“Yes, what’s wrong?” I asked curiously, as I was 100% sure it had something to do with me as well.
“You are not going to believe what mom just told me! I mean, it’s just the worst thing that could happen.”
“Then what is it??” The tension built up as she began to speak about what her mom had just told her. As she finished talking, I just stood there not knowing what to say. I could not believe they would plan this now, even after I told my mom how much all of this meant to me.
“Did you talk to her about the concert?”
“Yes, I nearly begged on my knees but she refused to change her mind.”
“I can not believe this! How the hell could they plan a freakin skiing vacation on the exact week of the concert? This was a once in a life time opportunity, and we’re travelling away on a freaking skitrip!! I had to change her mind … NOW!
“I’m calling mum!!”
I ran back to find my phone and dialed the number to my mom. As soon as I heard her pick it up in the other end I practically screamed to her;
“How can you do this to me?!!!”
DEL 12
Det er onsdag morgen. Susann sitter i bilen på vei til flyplassen for å møte venninnene sine fra Norge. Hun forteller tilbake i fortid om Malin og Alette som måtte dra på hyttetur, og de dro i går (mandag). Fatema hadde derfor ingen andre å ta med siden vi var liksom hennes bestevenner. Derfor spurte jeg om jeg kanskje kunne ta med mine venninner fra Norge, hun syns det var en fantastisk ide. Susann ringte til vennene (Anastasija og Elise) og spurte om de ville ta en tur innom London i jula. Etter mye “krangling og diskutering” med foreldrene, fikk de lov og de hadde snakket mye om det på telefon. Fatema og Alette hadde også vært veldig spente. Tilbake i nåtid så møter hun de på flyplassen. Løper mot dem og roper “Anastasija og Elise”.
Susann’s POV
I looked out the car window as the landscape flew by. It was so beautiful here outside London, huge fields reaching out in the distance and small lakes in-between. Even though it was nearly in the middle of December, the snow had unfortunately not arrived yet. I sort of missed Norway in that part cause it used to be snow all December there. I remembered all the snowball fights me and my friends used to have, I really hope the snow will arrive soon. I turned to my dad, who was driving the car today, to ask how far away we wore. “We’ll be there in twenty minutes,” he answered back. I turned back to my thoughts again, happy that we weren’t far away, I always got carsick when we drove to far.
It was Tuesday 13 December today, tomorrow was the One Direction concert and I had just gotten more and more excited through the last few days. I nearly felt like a part of the “One Direction Family” already, cause the girls had showed me every single interview and played every one of their songs and performances at least twice these last days. I had to admit it, I never thought I’d actually like them this much. Although they were all amazing, it was something about Harry that really amazed me. His personality just shined through him, and his eyes were just gorgeous. I know some of the other girls felt the exact same way, they also had their favorites. Fatema absolutely adored Zayn, I can’t really blame her. They seemed to fit perfect for each other. And then there were Synne who liked Louis, and I really get why, they were like two drops of water. They both had the same awkward, but still hilarious humor.
As I sat in the car I thought back on last Friday’s events. The big shock came when Alette received the call from her mom telling her that her family had planned a ski-vacation with Malin’s family through the rest of December. No matter how hard they tried to convince their parents to let them stay here, but there was no way out of it. When they left yesterday, we all promised them we’d say hello from the boys, but I could still see they were hugely disappointed to miss this chance. I know both me and the girl really wanted them to be here, but when they had to pull out of it, we still had two tickets left. Then I suddenly got up with the idea that I could invite my two best friends from Norway to come down and celebrate Christmas with us and come to the concert. I was a little nervous that Fatema might think it was a bad idea, I mean, it was her tickets and she didn’t even know my friends. But when I mentioned it she agreed instantly. It was therefore decided that they would come down Tuesday, and finally the day had arrived. It had been a hard time convincing their parents to let them stay with us, but we had finally come to an agreement. They were really excited as well, and the best part? I hadn’t even told them about the concert, it was my Christmas present to them and I had a slightly idea they would love it!
“Are we there soon?” I started getting impatient, and to be honest, a little sick.
“Yes, it’s just around the corner.” As I looked up in the sky I could see an airplane saying “Norwegian” getting closer and closer to the ground before it disappeared behind all the trees.
We drove into the parking lot and I ran to the main entrance and over to the place where they would come out as soon as they had gotten their luggage. I bumped into a few people on the way, and as I got to the entrance I could see two familiar faces in-between the crowdy amount of people walking through the corridor. They spotted me and started running towards me and I ran towards them while shouting their names. I didn’t care who heard it, I was just so happy to see them again…
DEL 13
Anastasija’s POV
As we walked out of the luggage check-in, I spotted Susann standing in the crowd. We started running towards her, that exited wore we about this vacation. I hadn’t seen her in weeks, and now we were spending Christmas holiday together, how much better could it possibly get?
“Anastasija!! Elise!!” Susann shouted as she came towards us. We all met in a group hug, shouting and talking loudly which probably caused a lot of attention. But who cared, we were all together again. The three best friends!
Susann’s POV
As we got together and started walking towards the car, Elise and Anastasija began describing and talking about every single small detail and happenings that had occurred while I was gone. As we reached the car that was parked right outside the entrance, we all decided to sit in the back of the car, my dad had this huge van so we could all fit together easily. It felt really good just hanging out with them again, it had felt like a small part of me was missing. This was going to be the best Christmas ever! And the best part? I hadn’t even told them about the biggest surprise yet, the fact that they were actually, not only going to attend a One Direction concert, but meet them afterwards aswell. I was actually a bit worried honestly, I mean, what if none of the remembered me at all? What if he didn’t remember me?
“So how is it to live here in England? I mean, it must be a dream come true?” I laughed a little, it wasn’t exactly how I saw it but I know Anastasija had always wanted to study in England and was a bit jealous of me.
“It’s great! At first I didn’t really think I was going to make it at all. New town, new friends, new language, you name it… But now that I’ve been here for a few weeks, it’s amazing!”
“How’s your new friends then?” Elise asked me curiously, and Anastasija added “Are they cooler than us?” We all laughed together, I knew that I had really missed these times.
“Of course not, no-one can beat your swag!”
“I knew it!” She said with a quite satisfying smile. Elise looked at me and asked me again about my friends, whom I had already forgotten to answer.
“Well, they’re really cool. They’re actually not too different from you guys.”
“Really? Tell!”
“Well, we’ve got Synne, who’s pretty much like you Anastasija. She loves to joke around and have a laugh all the time, but is also quite emotional at times. And then there’s Fatema who is quite similar to Elise, you both love to have a joke, but you also like a challenge. She’s a real smarty, just like you.” I got a serious look back, she hated me when I called her smarty, but I knew she didn’t really care cause I’d always called her that. All the way from sixth grade when she first started on our school.
“And there is also Malin and Alette, but you probably won’t meet them while you’re here, as they’re on a skiing vacation!”
“Cool! Then, what have you planned for the next days? Shopping?” Anastasija looked at me with a hopeful face, she absolutely adores shopping and fashion, and I couldn’t blame her. I loved it as well, and especially her in London with all my favorite stores.
“Well, I guess we’ve got some time for shopping!” A huge grin spread on her face, I could see she was really excited. She had probably promised to do all the Christmas shopping here.
“Have you met One Direction?!” Elise suddenly busted out. Anastasija looked curiously at me as well.
“I mean, you’re in England, right?”
“Oh, wait! That reminded me of the big surprise I told you about one the phone!”
“Omg, I had totally forgot. What is it? Did you win in lotto or something?”
“Haha, I wish. But no, there’s something even better.” I smiled which got them even more curious.
“Just tell us! Please!!”
“Well, you see my friend Fatema entered this competition where we could win 5 tickets to see One Direction in a concert + meet them backstage. And guess what!?”
DEL 14
“Well, you see my friend Fatema entered this competition where we could win 5 tickets to see One Direction in a concert + meet them backstage. And guess what!?”
Susann’s POV
They looked at me in excitement as I was to tell them the biggest surprise they could ever imagine.
“Well …. She won! And guess who I got to take with me to the concert and the meeting?”
“OMG!!! No freaking way?? Don’t tell me you’re joking, it’s not funny!” Elise exclaimed.
“It’s true! My two other friends who was supposed to come with us, is on vacation and I got asked to bring you.”
“Omg, I can’t believe this. It’s amazing! We’re actually going to meet One Direction!”
All the way home from the airport, we sat in the back seat discussing the concert that was tomorrow. I think my dad got kind of crazy over our constant screaming, but he just laughed of us. After I had gotten knowledge of One Direction he had gotten pretty much used to my constant talking about them.
As we arrived at home, we took all our stuff into my room as I had put up two extra matrasses for them to sleep on. We sat up to midnight discussing One Direction, we decided we had to go to bed not too late, as we were taking the train into London early next morning. I had taken myself free from school the rest of the year (it was only five days left anyway), but Fatema and Synne had to be at school so they would be joining us later that day.
Elise’s POV
We go up at 9 am next morning to get dressed and pack up our money for the trip into London. We decided to eat breakfast in London, and we took the train into London at 10 am. The travel took about 3 hours, and during the trip, we decided to drop in to Milkshake City first, and then go get some breakfast. We were all really hungry as we hadn’t eaten all day. We arrived in London around 1 pm, the concert was apparently not starting until 6 pm, so we had four hours to hang out in London as we had to meet up one hour before the concert.
“So, where are we going?”
“Can’t we go by topshop?” Anastasija proposed. It was her favorite shop and I quite liked it as well, so we decided to go by. After almost an hour in the shop, we all bought some clothes, and also went by Jack Willis which was nearby. When we finished all the shopping, the clock was already 3.30.
“When are we meeting up with your friends?” I asked and looked over at Susann.
“We’re meeting Synne and Fatema on this Starbucks shop in an hour. Where do you guys want to go next?”
“Mooore shopping!” Anastasija exclaimed cheerfully.
“Noo, please.. Everything but shopping,” I answered back.
“Hmf … fine.”
“What about taking a sightseeing trip around in London then? Should take about an hour!”
“Yes, that sounds like a great idea! Right Anastasija?” I looked at and laughed.
“Fine, I guess I have to agree it sound like a good idea. I probably doesn’t have much more money left anyway.”
Susann’s POV
After we had gone on a sightseeing spree around London, we met up with Fatema and Synne on Starbucks. Luckily they went great together with my friends, and we had a good laugh all the way to the venue. As we reached the venue around five o’clock, there was already a long queue. I was lucky we had seats with numbers on, we wore on row 5, right next to the stage.
In the queue we met five other girls who came all the way from France just to see them. We talked for more than half an hour, while standing in the queue. I got really good friends with two of them, Eirin and Frøya. They were really nice and had just recently gotten knowledge about One Direction, and just like me they had instantly fallen in love with them. There were also three other girls whom mostly talked with Synne, Fatema, Anastasija and Elise. Their names was Hannah, Marie and Karianne. They were all really nice, and Hannah and Marie had actually met the boys before aswell, on a book signing earlier this year. I wanted to tell them that I had met Harry aswell, but let it be. Just before the concert was going to start, we separated, as they were really lucky and had seats on the first row.
Suddenly
the music started playing and every single girl in the venue began
screaming. After a few seconds, the boys jumped out on stage. The
looked incredible, especially Harry. They opened the concert my
singing One thing,
continued by Moments
which was one of my favorite songs by them.
“How are you all
doing to night?” Harry shouted out to the audience, and he got
a screaming response.
“Well,
this next song I want to dedicate to a girl I met the other day!”
For some weird reason, I felt like he was looking at me when he said
it. But of course he wasn’t, he didn’t even know I was
here. And he’d probably met hundreds of girls the last week. I
threw the thought away as they began to sing What
makes you beautiful
which was my absolute favorite song on the album. Suddenly someone
tapped me on my back. I turned around to see one of the security
guards standing behind me.
“Would you please follow after
me?”
“What? But…”
He waved me over and I had no option but to follow him. What was happening? What had I done now?
DEL 15
Suddenly someone tapped me on my back. I turned around to see one of the security guards standing behind me.
“Would you please follow after me?”
“What? But…”
He waved me over and I had no option but to follow him. What was happening? What had I done now?
Susann’s POV
As i followed the security guard, none of my friends seemed to notice. They were too busy shouting and screaming over One Direction. The guard grabbed my arm as I was just standing there in full confusion. Suddenly I heard the boys beginning on the what makes you beautiful chorus for the second time in the song, and of course everyone knew what part would be next. Suddenly the guard turned me around and I found myself standing next to the stage. I looked confused around me as I slightly realized what might be happening. Suddenly someone grabbed my hand, and I found myself looking into Harry Styles’ beautiful green eyes yet again. He followed me up on stage and I finally got to myself again, standing in the middle of the stage in front of more than 10 000 people. I suddenly felt terrified, but then I looked back into Harry’s eyes as he began to sing the most beautiful lines I had ever heard..
“Baby you light up my world like nobody else, the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed, but when you smile at the ground it ain’t hard to tell….”
I nearly fainted while standing there, it was to be the most amazing moment of my life. Suddenly the song was over, and I heard standing applause, of course, as the boys finished by shouting random stuff out to the fans. Harry followed me off stage again, and seemingly tried to communicate with me, but at soon as we got off stage, our hand got separated and he was pushed back up there. I found my way back to the girls and they were screaming and shouting at me so loudly I couldn’t even here they boys’ voices anymore.
“OMG, you were just on stage with Harry Styles!” Fatema shouted.
“I can’t believe it, you’re soo lucky!” Anastasija added as the almost ran me over.
“How was it?! Tell me! How was it?” Elise and Synne begged me.
“I’ll do it later, after the concert,” I nearly had to scream myself to prevent my voice from drowning in the music.
We continued enjoying the concert as the boys played More than this, I want, Up all night, Everything about you, Another world and surprisingly they ended the concert singing Forever young to everyone’s excitement.
After the concert, we found our way back to the security guard that had grabbed my arm earlier, and showed him the backstage passes. He directed us the right way, and before we knew it, we were standing in a room with seven other girls whom had also won a meet up with the boys. As we came in last, we obviously were to meet the boys last as well. I noticed some of the girls were a little younger than us, as well as some of them were around our age.
It was finally announced that the boys would be in the room in about twenty minutes, after doing some important backstage filming. We all sat down to wait, and I got to know all the girls a little better as we began to discuss One Direction. There were Amalie, Tonje, Elisabeth and Marita from Wolverhampton, they had won their tickets through a radio contest. I got in really good touch with Marita as we sat down talking about literally everything. I found out she was originally from Norway as well, so we pretty much communicated in our own language. Then it was Zara, Sandra and Bea who came all the way from Ireland. They had gotten their tickets from the same radio contest as Fatema, and I could see especially Bea and Fatema had a really good connection. As the guards announced that One Direction would be here in three minutes, me and Marita quickly exchanged numbers, and suddenly the management came into the room and called on Amalie, Tonje, Elisabeth and Marita. We said goodbye, as we probably wouldn’t meet again right after the meeting with the boys. And then it was Zara, Sandra and Bea’s turn.
After fifteen more minutes, it was nearly our turn. I could feel myself getting all nervous about meeting them, although I didn’t quite understand why. I mean, I had met most of them before anyway.
“The rest of you can now enter to meet the boys,” one of the men suddenly said. I looked nervously over at the girls, but they just seemed over exited and I didn’t really get any sensible contact with them.
Anastasija’s POV
As the guard announced it was our turn to see the boys, I started to get all fanatic. What would I say? What if I just totally blacked out? I tried to throw the thoughts away and looked over at Susann. She looked even more nervous than me, but it looked different in a way. I just couldn’t out my finger on it. Suddenly, a huge black door opened in front of us and we stepped inside. The first thing that caught my eye, was five indescribable gorgeous boys looking straight at us as we walked further into the room…
DEL 16
Suddenly, a huge black door opened in front of us and we stepped inside. The first thing that caught my eye, was five indescribable gorgeous boys looking straight at us as we walked further into the room…
Susann’s POV
We walked into the room and were greeted with a huge smile from the boys. I caught Harry’s eyes as his met mine. He looked relay surprised about seeing me, but then put on his cheeky smile. Harry instantly walked over to me, and I think the girls and boys looked a little curious over at us, until Niall exclaimed..
“Hey, you’re Susann right? I remember you from the shop!”
“Yes, you remembered my name?!” I looked surprised over at him. I would have never thought they’d actually remember my name, as I had only met them in a few minutes.
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