Best Friends Forever

Lucie's P.O.V.

"HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT, CHICAGO?", Louis screamed when they were done with the first song Up All Night. We all screamed the lungs out of our bodies. The meet and greet has been amazing already, but standing here, front row looking at your idols... It was an incredible feeling and I couldn't even describe it. I looked at Iris and Jennifer and definitely knew they thought the same. "Well guys, with what song shall we continue?", Liam asked the lads. But instead of them answering the question, the crowd started screaming. Everyone screamed something different, Kiss You, Summer Love, More Than This, Last First Kiss. "What about I Would?", Harry said with a grin. At that moment the music started playing and Liam started singing. We all sang along with them. Again, I screamed the lungs out of my body. Everyone did. I had my camera in my hand to film everything, but I couldn't stop shaking. I just still couldn't believe my idols were in front of me. Yes, we have met them with the meet and greet, but surprisingly I was actually pretty calm there. Until everything hit me. Which was now. I looked at Niall when his solo came on. He ran around the stage near the fans. I stretched out my arms and started screaming louder as he came closer to us. I felt extreme butterflies in my stomach. "NIALL!", I kept screaming his name. It probably sounded like a recording tape on repeat. But at that moment, I caught his eye. I grabbed the nearest arm beside me and screamed "HE'S LOOKING AT US" while I kept looking at Niall. Niall smiled at me and gave me a wink. "OMG DID YOU SEE THAT", I screamed, half crying, in Iris' ear. I saw Niall laughing at me and he ran to the other side of the stage. When I Would was over, Niall walked over to Harry and Liam and I saw Niall said something to them. 5 seconds later both Harry, Liam and Niall looked at us. Less than 1 second later I heard Iris and Jennifer going completely mad. Well, that's exactly what I also did. I saw the boys laughing at our reaction.

Niall's P.O.V.

During my solo I saw Lucie standing in the crowd and looked at her. She was screaming so hard to get my attention, how adorable. I smiled at her and gave her a wink. I saw she went totally mad and I laughed. When we were done with the song I walked over to the other boys. "Remember the cute girls from the first meet and greet? They're front row and trying to get our attention", I said with a grin. I saw Harry's eyes immediately going everywhere over the place and it made me laugh. "Looks like someone's in loooooove", I said to him with a teasing voice. "They are right there", I said while looking in the direction of Lucie, Iris and Jennifer. Liam and Harry followed my eyes and saw them as well. It was so funny to see them freaking out. Of course, they weren't the only ones, but I still thought it was weird and funny at the same time.

Liam started singing. One Thing. I looked at Lucie again. She didn't see me, she was looking at Liam. Did she have the one thing I was looking for? I never actually believed in love at first sight, but I had the feeling I was falling for Lucie. And I knew I wasn't the only one. Between the meet and greet and our performance Harry didn't stop talking about Iris and I saw in Liam's eyes and how he acted there was something. How was it possible to make the three of us fall in love at the same time? Liam still missed Danielle and he didn't look for a new girlfriend, neither Harry and I did. "You keep making me weak. Yeah, frozen and can't breath ", I softly sang along with Harry's lines. When the chorus came on I started singing loud and jumped around. I had never felt like this before. For the first time, I really meant the lyrics I was singing. No one had ever made me feel like I was feeling now. Lucie has definitely got that one thing.

Lucie's P.O.V.

Many songs later it was time for Little Things. I hadn't really cried yet - I was still too much in shock - but now I knew the tears would come. This was one of the songs that could me make burst out in tears, especially when I was having rough moments. When Zayn started singing it went totally quiet in the whole arena. You could almost hear a pin drop. Almost no one sang along, and if people did, it was softly. We were all ears listening to Zayn's beautiful voice. They were all sitting on the edge of the stage and they were so close to us right now. Niall, Louis and Zayn were right in front of us and I watched Niall closely as he played the guitar. I felt the tears coming. I was standing between Iris and Jennifer and grabbed both their hands. There we were; 3 obsessed fans standing together hand-in-hand and crying over their idols. I heard some more girls crying around me. I was still looking at Niall and he looked at me as well. I didn't freak out this time. It felt like there was chemistry between us. I smiled at him and wiped a tear away. When Niall started singing his solo, I softly sang along. I am definitely in love with him and all these little things.

"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. YOU DON'T KNOW. OH OH. YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL." The whole arena screamed along with the last song of the evening. The mood in the arena was so great. We all hit the roof together. The lads were exuberant dancing and jumping around the stage. They looked truly happy. I always wondered how they could still sing amazing while they danced, jumped and ran so much in the meantime. And they had to do this almost every night. I have respect for them. I wish tonight could last forever. It made me sad it would be over in such a short time now.
"WE LOVED YOU GUYS TONIGHT!", Harry screamed when What Makes You Beautiful was over. We answered by screaming back "WE LOVE YOU TOO". They fooled a little more on stage before heading backstage. One minute later all the lights in the arena turned on again. That's when we realized it was really over now. We walked outside between a lot of crying girls. I noticed I had let some tears out as well. "I want go back already", Iris whispered crying. "I feel you", I whispered back and squeezed her hand. Iris' dad would be waiting for us outside and we walked with the 3 of us around the place in the pouring rain. The weather was apparently not always so great in Chicago. After 30 minutes we sat down on a pavement. Everyone was leaving right now and we were left over here. Iris had tried to call her dad several times and we had walked around the place like 3 times already, but he was nowhere. "Would he forget us?", Jennifer asked. "No, he never would", I answered for Iris. I knew her dad too well to know he wouldn't. "Maybe something happened. Like an accident.", Iris said after another 30 minutes. "No no no, don't think about that. He probably just got stuck in a traffic jam and forgot his cell phone", I tried to convince her, but I wasn't so sure. This was not in his line. He was always perfectly in time and he would never forget his cell phone in case something happens. "And what about your mom?", Jennifer asked. "I already tried, but she isn't answering as well", Iris responded low spirited. "Can't we call a taxi or something?", I suggested. I was fed up. I wanted to go home. I was cold and soaked. We all were. We definitely hadn't expected it would rain so hard. After a few minutes I stood up. "I'm going to try if we can go inside. There must be someone. I don't want to stand in the rain anymore", I said and walked to the head entrance. The entrance was closed, of course. I slammed on the doors as hard as I could till a security guard came up. "What are you doing?", he asked surly. "My friend's dad was supposed to pick us up, but he didn't show up. We already tried to call, but we got no answer. Could you please let us in so we don't have to wait in the rain and we can try to contact someone else?", I asked with my sweetest voice and puppy eyes. "Okay, but you have to stay in the lobby", he said, still surly. I waved to Iris and Jennifer to sign they could come. "Thank you a lot", we said as he let us in. "At least we're dry here", I said as I plopped down on a chair. "Who can we try to call?", Iris asked. "I can try my parents", Jennifer said as she grabbed her phone. "Voicemail. They're probably sleeping already", she said disappointed after 10 seconds.

Niall's P.O.V.

"Tonight was absolutely amazing!", Liam exclaimed as we walked in our dressing room. I saw a twinkle in his eyes. "Probably because of Jennifer?", I teased him. "Says the person who is obviously falling head over heels with a girl named Lucie", he responded while throwing a shirt at me. "And what about you, curly boy?", Zayn asked when we were done laughing. "You couldn't stop talking about Iris all night and now you're being remarkably quiet", Louis continued. "Isn't it just weird that one girl can make my head go crazy within one night?", Harry said slowly while thinking. "I thought about that as well", I responded, "How is it possible to make the three of us fall in love at the same time?" Harry and Liam agreed. "Yeah, your heads are definitely going crazy", Louis said laughing. "C'mon, let's change and go back to our hotel. I'm exhausted", Harry said and stood up to grab his stuff. We followed him by doing the same. "Do you think Lucie is American?", I suddenly asked. "No, she sounded so different than an American girl. Same with Iris. But Jennifer is American for sure", Liam answered. "What would they be then? Not English as well", I continued. "I think they're Europian, but I have no idea which country", Zayn said. "Oh that's a lucky coincidence!", Harry exclaimed which made us laugh. 30 minutes later we were finally done grabbing all our mess together. We definitely had too much stuff. "Let's go to the bus!", Louis exclaimed while taking lead. "Louis, why are you walking to the head entrance? Shouldn't we be taking the back entrance?", Liam asked. "Why? Like anyone would still be here. It's an hour later, everyone has gone home", he said, "Or they must be real diehard fans", and he laughed. "Okay, what you want", Liam agreed and we all walked in the direction of the head entrance. When we came there, I shocked a little. Lucie, Iris and Jennifer were sitting over there. They didn't catch us; they were busy on their phones. "Ugh I'm giving up. Let's call a taxi", I heard Iris saying. "A taxi at this time?", Louis asked. They looked up and shocked, which caused us to laugh. "Ohmygod, you scared the hell out of us", Lucie said like she was talking to her annoying older brother who scared her. If she had one. "Why do you need a taxi?", Liam asked. "My dad was supposed to pick us up an hour ago, but he never came. And now we're still trying to get to the hotel", Iris told. "You need a ride?", I suggested. They looked confused. "With the tour bus", Harry explained laughing. They swapped looks before answering an exciting yes. They grabbed their bags and together we walked outside to the bus. "Ohmygod, we are going to see their tour bus", Jennifer exclaimed whispering to Iris and Lucie. She probably didn't want us to hear it, but we did and laughed because of her reaction. I saw she blushed. "Welcome to our very luxurious house", I said laughing while opening the door. We let them go in first and we followed. "Wow, it's pretty awesome", Iris said while they looked around. "But don't you sleep in a hotel?", Lucie asked me when she saw the beds. "It depends. Some of us sleep here sometimes", I answered her smiling. "In what hotel are you staying?", Liam asked them. "In the Chicago Tower", Iris responded. "Are you serious?", Harry said in disbelief, "We are staying there as well." Lucie, Jennifer and Iris widened their eyes at exactly the same time which made us laugh. "We arrived in Chicago this morning, but we have another gig tomorrow", Zayn explained. We walked to the living part of the bus and plopped down on the couch. "So, what did you think of our concert?", Louis asked. "That you still even ask", Iris said laughing. "But you guys were absolutely amazing!", Jennifer continued and they all smiled huge. I was sitting next to Lucie, on purpose, and carefully I touched her hand softly like I did it accidentally. I was so glad I had her phone number; I would immediately send her a text tomorrow. Maybe we could all hang out sometime, or just me and Lucie. After half an hour we arrived at the hotel, unfortunately. We had so much fun together. I wished the time didn't go by so fast. We grabbed our stuff and walked in the hotel. "Thank you guys for an incredible night", Iris said to us smiling while we were standing in the elevator. "It was the best night of our lives", Lucie said, smiling as well and Jennifer and Iris nodded in agreement. "This is our floor", Jennifer said while the elevator doors opened. I heard disappointment in her voice. Lucie, Jennifer and Iris walked out of the elevator, turned around to wave at us, said their goodbyes and walked away. "Ohmygod, I think I'm falling in love", I heard Lucie saying just before the doors closed again. I smiled and felt some butterflies in my stomach.

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