All I Want For Christmas Is You

So we got to London.

It was a long flight.

Especially with an energetic six year old to keep up with.

We got off the plane and we called a taxi thing to come take us to our hotel. One came and we all stuffed our junk in the trunk of the car. “This hotel please,” I ordered the driver, showing him the picture. He nodded without speaking and pressed on the gas.
“Look at all the statues,” Karla said, pointing at the unusual, obviously historic statues. I gazed out of the glass and looked at them. They were beautiful. “Cat, when are we gonna see One Direction?” Val asked, pushing my arm to get my attention. “Tomorrow,” I said, not making eye contact with her. Val flumped down on the car seat in frustration. She really wanted to see them. I rolled my eyes at her frustration and I let out a small chuckle.

We arrived at the hotel and a man dressed in a fancy suit came and took our luggage and rolled it up to our room. “Alright then,” Karla said, surprised they took our stuff for us. We followed the man to our room and I handed him our reservation pass, and he gave us the keys to the suite. Valerie was smiling the whole time. “This place is like a castle! Can I be the princess?” she asked me, gazing at the ceiling art, and fancy artworks along the walls. “Of course sweetie,” I said, ruffling her hair, which I straightened yesterday because she wanted to feel like a big girl.
We got into the room and I set my bags down at the foot of the bed I planned to use. There were two beds and a couch, and I ordered Val to sleep on the couch. After a few disputes, and battles I won, and Val threw her stuff on it.
Karla tossed her body onto the comforter and sighed in comfort. “I could get used to this,” she said followed by a laugh as she rolled around on the big bed’s cushion. “Yeah,” I agreed as I myself tossed my back onto the bed.
“OH MY GOSH! LOOK!” Val said running to the window. I glanced over the sill and saw what looked like millions of people crowding around an open area. And at the very corner of my vision, I saw Kate and William stepping out of the front entrance of a building. No way.
“IT’S THE PRINCESS! A REAL LIVE PRINCESS!” Val yelled jumping up and down as she held herself against the glass. I nodded and chuckled as I patted her back as we continued to look down out into the London scenery. I then looked up in the sky and saw dark clouds moving into the area. “Maybe it’ll snow!” Val said, gleaming up to me. I giggled and shook my head. “It doesn’t normally snow in London until around February,” I said, as she gave me a pout.
“Look!” Karla said, turning on the television. It was the boys of One Direction. They were being interviewed. As soon as we all figured out they were, all of us girls were glued to the screen.

THE INTERVIEW AUDIO:

Reporter: “So I’ve heard you boys are having a performance at the O2 Arena tomorrow evening?”
1D - Nods
Louis – “Yeah, it’s our last performance for the Take Me Home tour,”
Niall – “And I am super excited. Our fans have been amazing. The best crazy mofos in the world!” (lifts fist up in triumph)
1D – laughs, and Liam playfully punches Niall in the arm.
Harry – “Yeah, we are pretty excited. I mean, it’s almost like a Christmas performance, and I’ve always wanted to do that,” (glances at the rest of the boys to see if they agree, they giggle)
Liam – “And we are also going to perform our newest single, Little Black Dress,”
Reporter: “So your newest single is off of your newest album, Midnight Memories?”
1D – nods
Zayn – “Yep,”
Reporter: “What is the reason you named this album an almost seductive title?”
Harry – smirks and laughs to the ground
Liam – looks shocked at the reporter
Niall – shrugs
Louis – “We just name it how we name it. No big deal,” (trying to change the subject as he laughs)
Reporter: “And one more question. What do each of you boys want for Christmas? It can be anything,”
1D – ponders about their answers
Zayn – “I just want to spend the time with my lovely fiancé, Perrie,” (smiles big at the camera as if he was smiling to Perrie)
Louis – “I don’t know. Maybe something like a… um… car or something?”
Zayn – (to Louis) “You already got one,” (hits Louis’ shoulder)
Liam – “I want another puppy,” (giggles at his little kid comment)
1D – Awes at Liam
Niall – “I want a Nandos named after me. Like, Niall-Andos,”
1D – laughs at him
Niall – “What?! I’ve always wanted that!” (he laughs)
Reporter: “What about you Harry? I’m sure the fans would love to know especially what THE Mr. Styles wants,”
Harry – (glances at the ground in an almost sad expression) “I… I would love…”
1D – encourages him
Harry – “I think I would love a girl. A lovely girl. You know the one. I want the one,”
Reporter: Looks at Harry in confusion. “You mean, you want the one? Like an engagement?”
PAPS – all gasp
Harry – “Not necessarily. I just want to find her. The one,”
Reporter: “Alright… The one. That’s it folks, Harry wants to find the one,”

Karla turned off the TV.

“DO YOU HEAR THIS? HARRY WANTS TO FIND THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS!” Karla yelled as she jumped almost into my lap. She knew I kind of fancied him. “Karla, that is so unimportant! We are here to host an interview and then leave,” I said, forgetting to mention the orientation. Karla rolled her eyes and flopped onto the bed once again. “Cat, you need to learn to have more fun ya know,” she said, staring at the ceiling. I sighed and saw Val run up to me. “Hey sissy guess what?” she said, swaying her body side to side with her hands behind her back. “What?” I asked, not smiling. “We get to see One Direction,” she said, jumping up again and I fell backwards onto the bed. “I know babe. I know,”

A few hours later, we were hungry.

“Cat, where are we gonna eat?” Karla asked, as she fixed her makeup. Wait makeup? She never wore that!
“Karla! Why on earth are you wearing makeup?” I asked, flinging myself around the bathroom door. Karla stared at me in shock and asked, “Am I not allowed to wear makeup?”. “Sorry,” I said as I walked away from the bathroom, feeling embarrassed. “You didn’t answer me!” she said, trying to bring the tone of the room back up to cheerful. “I don’t know Kar,” I said walking over to the window again.
I pushed back the curtains and looked at the same place that Prince William and Kate were a few hours ago, and they were long gone. It looked empty outside, and I noticed a few raindrops pattering against the sill outside. “I wish it would snow,” I said to myself, thinking no one else heard me. Val skipped over to me. “It won’t snow until February,” she said being a smart-elic, tapping me shoulder. I rolled my eyes and looked at her annoyed. She noted my attitude and walked away.
That’s when I decided to get up and go downstairs to ask if they knew any take out places we could get food from.

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