Best Friends Forever

Iris’ P.O.V.

Harry held my face in his hands. “I love you Iris. I will miss you so much, but in a few weeks we’re together again”, he said whispering. Some tears left my eyes. “I wish I could stay with you”, I whispered back. “No no no, you’re on a holiday with your parents and Lucie and you are going to have a lot of fun! You won’t even have the time to miss me. You’re in LA before you know it”, Harry said, trying to convince me, “And hey, we can always skype.” “You’re right”, I said little smiling while looking at him in the eyes, “I love you too Harry.” I kissed him for the last time. I would have to wait for three weeks. We pulled apart and I turned around to say goodbye to the others. After I had hugged everyone, I was about to step in the taxi. My parents were already waiting in there, but Lucie was still saying goodbye to Niall. I saw she was having a hard time too. “C’mon Lucie, we gotta go”, I said softly. She said goodbye to the others too and we both stepped into the taxi. The taxi was going to bring us to the airport for our flight to Canada. We would fly to Winnipeg and rent a camper to tour around with Montreal as our final destination. After that we would go back to The States again and tour around Boston, New York and Washington. I looked at the lads and Perrie, Eleanor and Jennifer from behind the car window. At the moment the taxi started driving, Lucie and I waved at them. I looked at Lucie. Just like me she had tears in her eyes. “We’ll have a great few weeks together before LA”, my mom reassured us. I knew she was right. The next weeks were going to be awesome, but still I would miss Harry so much.

“I loooooove it here!”, I exclaimed as we walked out of the airport with our suitcases. It was a beautiful day in Winnipeg and everything looked so nice. “Unfortunately we won’t be here for long”, Lucie said. “Don’t worry. I bet you will love the Canadian wilderness”, my dad said. “The Canadian wilderness?”, Lucie asked a bit uncertain. “Yeah, kilometres of woods, many mountains and lakes and not to forget, the bears”, my dad responded. “Bears?”, Lucie said while freaking out. “Of course. What animals did you think would live here? Bunnies? No. Get ready for bears, squirrels, beavers, mooses, wolves, racoons, buffalos and many more”, he said being seriously. “Stop scaring them like that!”, my mom said laughing while slapping my dad’s arm. “Well good job dad, you already did”, I responded. Now I was really frightened. I had never really thought about what kind of animals would live here. We would camp between all those wild animals. Great. We walked over to the camper which was waiting for us in front of the airport. “Can’t we stay here in Winnipeg for a while?”, Lucie asked. “No, we have to hit the road. We have a long trip to go”, my mom answered. The whole trip to Montreal was about 30 hours, but we had a stop in Toronto. We put all our suitcases in the camper, settled down and hit the road. Many hours later we finally stopped for a while. “I have to pee”, I said while we were stretching our legs. I looked around but I didn’t see a toilet anywhere close. “I think the woods are your toilet now”, my dad said laughing. “Not funny”, I responded edgily and walked into the woods. “And, did a bear scare you?”, my mom asked when I was back. “Ha ha ha”, I said sarcastically. “Let’s just drive”, I said while stepping into the camper again. When it was almost midnight we finally arrived at a spot where we were allowed to camp. We all went to bed early since we were really tired. Somewhere in the middle of the night I heard Lucie whispering “Iris, are you awake?” “Yeah, what’s up?”, I whispered back. “I can’t sleep. Do you wanna go for a walk?”, Lucie asked. “It’s like 3am”, I answered grinning. “Okay, I’ll go with you”, I added immediately. I grabbed my flashlight and jumped out of bed. A few minutes later we walked in the dark woods. It wasn’t like I was afraid of the dark, but some more light would have been nice. At home it was never really dark at night because of all the lights in Paris, but that made me feel more comfortable. “Let’s just walk a little bit further and then go back to the camper”, I suggested. I was more afraid we would get lost in the dark here. “Iris, was that you?”, Lucie suddenly asked. I looked at her. “What do you mean?”, I asked confused. “I thought I felt something”, Lucie responded. “Probably a branch of a tree or something”, I said innocently. I wanted to walk a bit further, but I shocked. There was a bear standing in front of us. I looked at Lucie and she was frightened too. “What do we have to do?”, I said softly while freaking out. “We can’t run away. He will come after us”, Lucie said. She grabbed my flashlight and turned it off. “Sweet little bear. We won’t do anything to you. We will just walk slowly away”, Lucie said with a calm voice to the bear while walking backwards. I slowly followed her. While we walked backwards, the bear ran away in the opposite direction. We both sighed out of relief. “That was scary”, I said slowly. “Luckily he’s gone”, Lucie said. “Let’s go back to the camper. I’ve had enough adventure for today”, I said while heading in the direction of the camper. A while later we were in our beds safe and sound again. I looked at my parents. They were still in the same deep sleep as before, luckily. They would kill us if they found out what we did. I turned around and fell asleep immediately.

“Wake up!”, my father shouted the next morning. “Pfff, you could also be a little quieter”, I sighed annoyed while getting up in my bed. “Somebody stepped out of bed with the wrong leg?”, he asked grinning. “I’m not even out of bed yet”, I said smirking. “I had a terrible dream this night”, Lucie said when she sat straight in bed. “What?”, I asked. “I dreamed that you and I went into the woods and we almost bumped into a bear”, she said with a terrified look. I started laughing really hard. Lucie looked confused at me. “You really don’t know?”, I asked grinning. She shrugged. “It wasn’t a dream, because it really happened”, I said when my dad was gone. “Oh shit… Now I remember”, she said slowly and laughed ashamed. “Silly”, I said while throwing my pillow at her. “Breakfast is ready!”, my mom shouted from outside. “Let’s go! I’m hungry!”, Lucie said while jumping out of bed. I followed her on our way outside. “Still no reception…”, I sighed while looking at my phone. “What did you expect in the middle of nowhere?”, my mom asked laughing. “Not funny, again”, I said and pouted. I wanted to speak to Harry so badly. “So we have to wait till we’re in the city again?”, Lucie asked disappointed. My parents nodded. Lucie and I looked at each other. “And when are we in Toronto?”, I asked my dad. “Probably tomorrow”, he answered. “I wanna hear Niall’s voice. I miss him”, Lucie said slowly. I looked at her again and I could see she really missed him. “C’mon girls. We are on a holiday! You’ll see the love of your lives in a few weeks again. Don’t let them ruin the mood and let’s just enjoy it here!”, my dad said to us. “Men…”, my mom responded. “What’s that supposed to mean?”, my dad exclaimed semi-offended. “Women feel a lot different than men do. You had no idea how much I missed you when you were in Australia for a month 30 years ago, while you acted like you didn’t miss me at all”, my mom said. “Of course I missed you! I just tried to make the best of it and enjoy everything! Being sad doesn’t help”, he responded. I interrupted them, “Okay okay dad, we’ll try, but it’s easier said than done.”

After a 20 hour drive we finally arrived in Toronto. “What shall we do?”, my mom said as we stepped out of the camper. “Shopping!”, Lucie and I exclaimed in unison. “You guys can never get enough of shopping, can you?”, he said while sighing. “That’s the consequences of being a woman”, I said laughing. “What about something else? You’ve already shopped so much and we’re only at the beginning of our holiday. New York and LA have to come yet”, my dad asked. “What do you want to do?”, my mom asked him. “Let’s just sightsee Toronto!”, he answered brightly. My mom looked at us and we nodded in agreement. “Finally able to stretch our legs again!”, Lucie said relieved while we were walking downtown. At that moment we walked past a Starbucks. “Wait!”, I shouted. I walked over to the entrance, but I remained staying outside. “What are you doing?”, Lucie asked. “Wi-Fi!”, I exclaimed happily. Lucie’s eyes lit up and ran over to the entrance. “Pfff, do we have to wait until you’re connected with Harry and Niall?”, my mom said sighing. “Just give them some money so they can crash here and we will sightsee the city”, my dad suggested. My mom grabbed her purse and gave us $10. “We will see you here in an hour. Tell them we said hi. Have fun!”, my mom said smiling and my parents walked away. We walked in the Starbucks and ordered our favourite coffee. With our coffee in our hands we sat down in a corner of the shop. “Too bad my laptop is still in the camper”, Lucie said. “But thank god we have our phones”, I said smiling when pulling my iPhone out of my pocket. “I’m whatsapping Niall if they can both come on Skype”, Lucie said while sending him a message. I logged onto my Skype and saw a green spot next to Niall’s name. “He’s fast”, I said laughing while calling him. In a second we saw two happy faces in front of us. “Hey!”, Lucie and I exclaimed in unison. It was so good to see them. “Heyyyy!”, they exclaimed back. “Where have you been all those days?”, Harry asked. “I’m sorry, we didn’t have reception in the middle of nowhere”, I answered while laughing. “We were stuck in the wilderness”, Lucie added grinning. “How did you survive over there?”, Niall asked. “We almost didn’t”, Lucie said very seriously. “Why, what happened?”, Harry asked confused. “A bear happened”, I said with a smirk on my face. Their eyes went huge. It was so funny to see. “We decided to go for a night walk, but there was a bear with the same idea. We almost bumped into him”, Lucie explained. “Luckily we’re safe and sound!”, I said, still smirking. “You’re laughing about it right now, but I bet you couldn’t the other night”, Harry said grinning. “True. I was scared as fuck”, I said honestly. “But, how are you guys?”, Lucie asked, changing the subject. “We’re perfectly fine! We’re in the stadium right now, preparing for tonight’s gig”, Niall answered. “Are Liam, Louis and Zayn there too?”, I asked them. “Yeah, they’re in the other room”, Harry said and shouted their names. In a few seconds six faces appeared on our screen. I felt a sting in my stomach of jealousy. Zayn, Louis and Liam were so lucky to have Perrie, Eleanor and Jennifer with them. I wish Lucie and I could be on tour with them as well. “Hey guys!”, Lucie shouted happily when she saw them. I smiled along. “We really miss you!”, Louis exclaimed. “We miss our One Direction sisters!”, Perrie added. I felt I already got emotional. “Stop it! I don’t wanna cry”, I said, half-smiling and half-crying. “You have to stay strong for three more weeks and then we’ll all see each other again!”, Jennifer said smiling. “Three weeks seems like a lifetime right now”, Lucie said like she was reading my mind. We skyped with them till my parents came back to the Starbucks. “And, how was it?”, my dad asked us. “It was super nice. Unfortunately we can only talk to them when we’re in the next big city”, Lucie answered a bit sad. “How was the city?”, I asked my parents. “It was so amazing! Toronto is such a nice city! It’s a shame you haven’t seen anything but the Starbucks”, my mom answered. “We could also stay here a day longer?”, I said with my puppy eyes. “Why?”, my dad asked laughing surprisingly. “The boys told us how awesome the city is”, Lucie explained. “I like the idea, but then you have to miss your boys a day longer”, my mom said. “It’s okay, really”, I said smiling.

“NEW YOOOOORK!”, Lucie shouted. This was the city we had been waiting all trip for! Now we were really going to shop till we drop and nothing could stop us! We went to the station and took the underground to Fifth Avenue. When we walked out of the station on Fifth Avenue, all our mouths dropped. “Okay I am leaving!”, my dad shouted. “Why?”, my mom asked. “Because I already know who’s gonna pay here”, he said while pointing at several shops like Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana. My mom, Lucie and I burst out in laughing. “And now you’re also making fun of me. I’m sorry for not being a billionaire”, he said indignantly. “You should have seen your face”, my mom said while laughing hard. “Look! You can crash there while we will shop this street empty!”, I said while pointing at an Apple Store on the other end of the street. Some minutes later my mom, Lucie and I were walking over Fifth Avenue. “It actually makes me sad that we can’t afford anything here”, Lucie said while we walked past Jimmy Choo. “You could better go to Turkey and buy the fake versions”, I said grinning. Three hours later we walked to the Apple Store to pick up my dad. We were done shopping. We had walked past an outlet store and found so many nice things for such a nice price. I even got a Louis Vuitton bag and Jimmy Choo high heels and Lucie had a Louis Vuitton bag as well and also a Guess summer dress. Luckily my mom was so nice for giving the both of us some extra money. I felt like the happiest girl on earth right now. When my dad saw us coming with our bags he almost freaked out. “Calm down. It’s outlet”, my mom reassured him laughing. “What are we gonna do now?”, I asked. “How about we go to the Statue of Liberty?”, my dad suggested. “I like that suggestion!”, Lucie responded. One hour later we were walking around Liberty Island. “C’mon, let’s make a selfie with the Statue of Liberty!”, I said grinning to Lucie. When the selfie was made, I posted it on my Instagram. A few seconds later I got a notification from a reaction on my just posted photo: Wish we could be there with you. Miss you. xx Harry & Niall. A big smile appeared upon my face and I showed my phone to Lucie. “I can’t wait to see them in LA!”, Lucie said smiling. “Yeah me too!” I looked at my phone again and checked my Instagram timeline. There were two new posts. The first one was a selfie of Lucie and Niall which I had never seen before and he captioned it with I miss this girl so much. ♥ “Lucie! This is the cutest photo ever!”, I said to her while showing my phone again. “Aww, did he really do that?”, Lucie said with a big smile again. Lucie took my phone and scrolled through my timeline. “Look at this”, she said and showed me my phone. My heart melted when I saw this photo. Harry had posted the polaroid photo with the caption: I can’t wait to see her again. 1,5 week left. “So cute, he’s counting down”, I said smiling.

Notes

I think this is the longest time I have gone without writing. I just saw my last post was from February, oops. I'm so sorry! School has been a hell for the last few weeks / months, but there has also happened some good stuff. (: In April I went to London with school and it was so amazing! I was there with almost all of my friends and we had sooooo much fun. Definitely one of the best trips I have ever made. London is now my fave city, beside Paris. Unfortunately I haven't seen the lads (of course), but Niall was in London on our first day there... The 2nd amazing thing that happened was the Where We Are Tour!!! Ohmygod, one of the best nights of my life ! I was in the section next to the stage and when they were performing on the catwalk, they were sooooo close. I tried everything to get their attention, but unfortunately... Hahaha yeah, in my dreams.
Also, school is finally over ! Finally two months of summer, which also means a lot of writing (I hope) ! I really wanna get far with this story during my holidays, so I hope I will have a lot of inspiration ! I'm definitely gonna try !
I hope you guys also liked this chapter. Maybe not the best, but I had to kill some time in the story. I'm hoping the next ones will be better, but I think so because now there's gonna happen some sensational things...
@harrehspizza :)

xx Iris