Best Friends Forever

Lucie's P.O.V.

"ARE YOU READY!?", Iris screamed when we were all standing outside, waiting for the taxi to bring us to the airport. Our flight to the USA was in 6 hours. "No", I said and laughed. When I saw the taxi arriving, I said goodbye to my parents and Chloé. I swallowed a bit. I was so excited for the USA, but I wouldn't see them for 4 weeks. I gave them all big hugs and then I stepped with Iris and her parents in the taxi. After we waved goodbye, Iris softly squeezed my hand. "It will be amazing. You won't even have time to miss them", she said. "Thanks", I said smiling.

When we arrived at the airport we still had 4 hours till boarding. Iris and I went to all the shops on the airport to kill the time. When we were in the Starbucks I heard an announcer saying: "Flight G180 to Chicago, USA is ready for boarding. The plane will leave in 20 minutes from gate 16. Repeat: Flight G180 to Chicago, USA is ready for boarding." "Oh that's our plane!", I squealed. We grabbed our Starbucks and ran back to departures where Iris' parents were waiting. "C'mon!", Iris' dad shouted, "America is waiting for us!" We laughed and walked over to gate 16. My stomach was making a flip. I wasn't afraid of flying - I absolutely loooove flying - but knowing that I would see my idols in 2 days, made me go crazy. When we stepped on the airplane we put our hand luggage in the racks above us and I took my seat beside Iris. I had taken my guitar with me and held it with me, being careful of not letting it damaged. I looked at Iris and she smiled at me. "I'm so excited!", I squealed. "Yeah, but first a 9 hour flight...", Iris sighed. Iris wasn't really afraid of flying, but she became sick very quickly. "We are there before you know it", I said while squeezing her hand. I grabbed my iPod out of my handbag and clicked on the music app. "One Direction to kill some time?", I asked her with a smile. "How do you dare even still asking?", she responded laughing. I also grabbed my earphones and tried to untie them. Somehow, I always managed to have big knots in my earphones. When I was done, I handed one ear to Iris and she accepted it thankfully. I scrolled through my One Direction playlist and clicked on One Way Or Another, one of our favorite songs. We both sang along with the lyrics.


One way, or another, I'm gonna find ya
I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way, or another, I'm gonna win ya
I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha

One way or another, I'm gonna see ya
I'm gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One day, maybe next week
I'm gonna meetcha, I'm gonna meetcha, I'll meetcha

I will, drive past your house
And if, the lights are all out
I'll see who's around
Let's Go!

One way or another, I'm gonna find ya
I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
One way, or another, I'm gonna win ya
I'll getcha, I'll getcha

One way or another I'm gonna see ya
I'm gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha
One day, maybe next week
I'm gonna meetcha, I'll meetcha


Niall, Niall, Niall, Niall. He was the only one in my mind while singing a part of OWOA. After a minute we stopped singing, because not everyone was so pleased with our mini performance. I put my iPod on shuffle and quickly another song came on. I rested my head against the back of my seat and closed my eyes. 8 Hours to go.
After a few hours I woke up and looked beside me. Iris was asleep as well, good for her. She told me she hadn't slept at all the last few days. I totally understood her. How many times in your life are you going to meet your idols? For the most people never. We were so lucky to have this chance. I could never thank Iris' parents enough. I looked at my phone and saw the flight lasted for 4 more hours. I closed my eyes again to get some more sleep.

"Niall!" "Babe!", Niall exclaimed while running over to me. "I thought you'd never come back", I sighed. "You silly. Of course I'd come back for my girl", he said and kissed me passionately. My heart always melted when he called me 'his girl'. "I've missed you love", he whispered while he held my face in his hands. "Please don't ever leave me again", I whispered back. "C'mon Niall, we gotta go", I heard a voice saying. I looked beside me to see it was Louis. "Where are you going?", I asked disappointed. "We have a meeting, gotta record new songs for the album and a new tour coming up." I tried to say something, but there came no voice out of my mouth. I tried to hold him, but as quick as he arrived, as quick he was gone again. And there I was. All alone at a huge airport with everyone walking, running and shouting beside me. I started crying really hard, but no one heard me. At that moment everything started to twist and I fell on the ground.

"Everything okay hun?", I heard a voice beside me. I opened my eyes and looked in Iris' worried eyes. "You cried in your sleep, started whining for Niall and then you made a spastic move", Iris said with a withheld smile. "I dreamt about Niall", I said softly and told her my dream. "He was just gone, so suddenly. He literally faded away and I couldn't do anything." "Aw sweetie, it's okay. It's just a dream. You see Niall in 2 days and I'm sure he will fall head over heels in love with you", Iris said with a grin. "You silly. Like he would ever like me. He meets hundreds of girls everyday", I said. Fuck reality. "Hey, never say never", she said, winked at me and gave me a friendly push. "Here's your captain speaking. The plane is landing in 15 minutes. Please fasten your seat belts. It's now 11:00 am in Chicago and the temperature is 25 °C. Have a pleasant stay." "Almost on American ground!", Iris exclaimed while we fastened our seat belts again.
15 Minutes later we stood up from our seats, grabbed our hand luggage and walked towards the exit. "Chicago!", Iris' mom shouted when we walked out of the tube. We all cheered along with her. We walked to the luggage belts to pick up our suitcases. "There's mine!", I shouted when I saw my suitcase coming by. Iris and I had exactly the same suitcases, only mine was bright blue and hers was bright pink. 30 Minutes later we walked outside the airport to find a taxi to the hotel.

"Ouf, finally here!", Iris shouted while she plopped down on the king size bed. We had our own room. I looked around and gasped. It was really gorgeous. We were staying in a 5 stars hotel, but it could have been 10 as well. Our room was very big with in the middle a beautiful king size bed.
The bathroom was very big as well and very luxury. The whole room was in natural tints, like beige, white and cream. "Ohmyfuckinggod, I could stay here forever", I slowly said while looking around again. "Well, don't get too much used to it, because in a few days we'll be camping", Iris remembered me. "I know, I know. But let's enjoy it for the moment now", I said. I walked to the bathroom again to freshen myself up. Today we would explorer Chicago a bit and tomorrow was the day... I got goosebumps while thinking of it. But unfortunately we had to kill more than 24 hours before it was there. Well, today wouldn't be a problem. I loved exploring cities. I still loved exploring Paris. It's so huge you have definitely not seen everything yet. "C'mon let's go!", I heard Iris shouting from the bedroom. I left the bathroom and saw Iris had changed her clothes too. When we left Paris, we both worn jeans and a sweater. The weather in Paris wasn't always amazing, even though it was already summer. But here in Chicago the weather was great. I grabbed my purse and ran to the door where Iris was waiting for me.

"Chicago is definitely amazing!", I exclaimed while I laid down on the bed. I was so tired. It was 10 pm already and we had been in the city all day long. Iris walked over to the other side of the bed and laid down as well. "Within 24 hours we have met our boys...", she whispered, "Sorry, I couldn't and can't stop thinking about it." I squeezed her hands. "It will be the best day of our lives", I whispered back. And like this we fell asleep.
The next day we both woke up so early. "I dreamt that the boys took us with them and they showed us everything of Chicago and we were hanging out all day long and it was so much fun and at the end they gave us their numbers and it was totally perfect, amazing, awesome, incredible and perfect", Iris said in one gasp with a smile on her lips. I smiled back. "Why are dreams always better than reality...", Iris sighed. "Let's have breakfast first", I suggested, "I'm starving." I changed my pajamas for jogging pants and a simple tee and I put my hair in a messy bun. I didn't care for now. 15 Minutes later we were enjoying our delicious breakfast downstairs with only the 2 of us. Iris' parents were still sleeping. We couldn't stop talking and right now we were discussing what to wear to the meet and greet and concert. Stupid we didn't discuss that at home, but at least we had enough clothes to choose from. "We'll see when we get upstairs. I have no idea what I have brought with me", Iris said laughing. "No, because you packed for like 8 weeks instead of 4", I said and laughed along with her. "Hey", I heard someone saying with a gently voice. I looked beside me and saw a girl from our age standing. "I'm sorry for interrupting you, but I heard you talking about One Direction..." She didn't come further because Iris interrupted her, "Excuse me? You were eavesdropping us?" Iris sounded and looked mad, but I knew she was acting and I tried my best not to burst out in laughing. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't eavesdropping on purpose. I just walked by and heard you talking about them", she said nervously. I kicked Iris' leg very hard under the table and when she looked at me with a glance like 'wtf', I gave her a glance back. Hopefully she understood. "Hi, I'm Iris and this is Lucie. Sorry, I was just kidding. Who wouldn't eavesdrop when it's about One Direction?", Iris said laughing. "Have a seat", I suggested her. "I'm Jennifer, I'm from LA but I'm here on vacation. I'm going to the concert as well, but on my own. I heard you talking about the boys and I thought, 'Why not meet with other Directioners?'" "Do you wanna come with us?", I asked spontaneously. I know, we just met and we didn't know this girl, but she seemed really nice. I saw Iris agreed with me. "That would be really nice", she said smiling. "Do you wanna help us choosing our outfit?", Iris asked. "Of course", Jennifer said nodding. "Well let's go then!", I said and stood up.
3 hours, 13 clothing sets and 5 different makeup styles later, we were finally ready to go to the concert! "Do we have everything?", I asked while we were at the door. "No your guitar!", Iris exclaimed. "Oh I almost forgot it!", I shouted and ran over to my guitar to grab it. Yesterday I decided to bring my guitar with me to kill some time. When we finally had everything we walked to the lobby where my dad was waiting for us to bring us to the stadium.
"Aaah we're here!", we exclaimed when we got out of the car. The area around the stadium was already full of people. It was now 4 hours left till the meet and greet. We walked around the stadium and stopped several times at some merchandise stalls. Finally we all bought a necklace with 'directioner' and an One Direction scarf and tee. After that we walked around some more and then took a place at a table which was standing there. "Shall we play something?", I asked Iris. "Yeah why not", she nodded smiling. I set in with Nobody Compares. After 3 seconds Iris started singing the lyrics. When the chorus came, I sang along with her.
After I played the last chord I looked up from my guitar and saw that many many people had surrounded us. They started clapping and I heard people saying it was really good. I got a blush on my cheeks and looked smiling at Iris. "Another one?", Iris suggested with a grin.
After Nobody Compares we played Little Things, Live While We're Young, What Makes You Beautiful and Tell Me A Lie. The girls around us were really excited about the songs we played. It was really nice and we met a lot of nice and sweet girls. The time really flew by. We didn't only play, but we also talked and had fun. "It's already 5pm!", I heard a girl suddenly shouting. Some girls started screaming and Iris, Jennifer and I screamed along with them. The meet and greet is finally starting!
We walked with the girls who had a meet and greet as well to the special entrance. We joined the line to go inside. "Ohmygod, it's really happening now...", Iris said while freaking out. 30 minutes later we were finally inside but we had no idea how much time we still had to go. Again 30 minutes later we heard the boys had delay. We all sighed and sat down on the floor. I grabbed my guitar again to kill the time and played the first chords of Heart Attack.

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