I had woken up at around eight in the morning, which was pretty early for me. I was downstairs eating breakfast and watching T.V. As I flipped through the channels, spooning Cheerios into my mouth, the news channel caught my eye. They were filming walls covered in graffiti. My stomach dropped when they explained what was going on.
"A man named Cory Smith, who writes for The Daily Bugle in New York, has urged teenagers to vandalize buildings. Take a look."
The images of graffitied walls were still flashing by. My stomach dropped when I saw our wall. A different news reporter appeared standing in front of our wall. I grabbed my phone and called Emily as fast as I could.
"Come on, pick up the phone." I muttered under my breath.
"Hello?" I could tell I woken her up.
"Turn on Fox 2 News now!" I yelled into the phone.
I heard her running through her house, and turning on the news. I turned the volume on my T.V. up, listening to what they were saying.
"...sixty days in jail for encouraging teenagers to vandalize property. We ask all children involved in this project to please confess and receive your punishments. Back to you, Carol."
I didn't want to listen to what Carol had to say, so I turned the T.V. off, wanting to know what Emily had to say.
"Oh my god." She had said it so quietly I could barely hear her. "Meadow that was our wall! We were even stupid enough to put our names on it!"
She was right. We had all written our full names on their, awesome designs and all.
"And that guy who put us up to it gets 60 days days in jail." I muttered. I didn't think any of us kids would go to jail, maybe just a fine of $100 or so.
"Do you think they'll look up our numbers and call us?" I asked.
"Well, they'll probably wait to see if anyone fesses up, and call those who didn't"
I agreed with that.
It was 4:30 p.m., and I was getting ready to head over to Emily's and meet my friends. I was wearing a loose, blue shirt, black jeans, and flip flops. I grabbed my bag and threw it over my shoulder, heading out the door...

When I got to Emily's I let myself in as usual. I heard laughing coming from out back, and I knew everyone had already arrived.
"Ahhh! Meadow!" Someone screeched, I was attacked with hugs from everyone. "Oh my god! You look so different than when we last saw you!" Perrie was always noticing how I've changed. Her once blonde hair was now died blue, and I noticed she had gotten her nose pierced.
"Yeah, and when did you get your nose pierced?"
"Oh, a couple weeks ago, my cousin Jesy thought it would look cool." This was the thing about Perrie. She was so laid back, and would do crazy things, just because someone thinks they're 'cool'.
"Dani, Eleanor, I missed you guys!" I managed to get those words out before they attacked me with hugs again. We all sat down on the chairs that Emily had put outside, and started talking about everything we had done while we were away from each other. Danielle had been a bridesmaid for her sister's wedding, Eleanor traveled to Fiji with a group of friends, and Perrie had gotten her neck pierced as well as her nose.
The conversation soon traveled to boyfriends and romance, as I knew it would. Perrie was dating a guy named Zayn, and she went on and on and on about how he was the best thing ever. Danielle was still dating Liam, like she had been for the past six months, and Eleanor was in the process of dating Louis Tomlinson. When I asked her what that meant, she told me all about her huge crush on him, and she thinks he likes her back. Emily wasn't in any relationship, even though boys kept throwing themselves at her.
"So what about you?" The girls all looked at me expectantly.
"Oh, umm, well. Yeah, I'm dating a guy." I looked up sheepishly as they all screamed in delight.
"OH MY GOD WHO IS HE?! WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE!?" Perrie always got way too excited when it came to the love life of her friends.
"Uhh well, his name is Harry Styles, and he moved here from England over summer. We met through school." My heart fluttered as I said this. Every time I thought of him, I felt all girly and odd. "And he has green eyes, and curly brown hair, and when he smiles, his dimples show really deeply." I was grinning now, and I was sure I was blushing like crazy.
"Ooooh! Meadow's so in love!" Dani joked, poking my cheeks.
"Come on, girls, she can't help it! Besides he is one hunk of a man." Emily winked, punching Dani in the arm.
Thankfully, the conversation led away from me. I sort of zoned out for a lot of the time. Don't get me wrong, these girls were my best friends, and I loved spending time with them, but I couldn't get my mind off Harry. It was true. I was a lovesick puppy.