Marina's POV

Fluttering my eyes open, the small rays of sunlight shone through the window beside my bed. Ever since we moved to Los Angeles, I began to sleep half naked because its so hot! After the performance last night, my Twitter account exploded with notifications and I realized that Harry mentioned me in a twit. The words, ‘don’t let it get to your head’ rang through my mind like writing on paper.

“MARINA, WAKE YOUR LAZY BUTT UP!” Tammy screamed loudly, slapping me across the face with a flower printed pillow. Spitting out the tiny bits of threads from my mouth, I squeezed the bed sheets against the balls of my fists. “Go away.” I angrily grumbled.

“Didn’t you remember that we had to make a new overexposed about you know who?” Tammy recalled, raising both of her eyebrows. I rolled my eyes and gazed upon the girl standing on the edge of my bed. “Yeah, it was MY idea!”

“Did you also remember we have rehearsals RIGHT after?” She recalled again, but this time there was an evil smile on her face. Noticing my worried expression, her mouth hung open and slapped me again, but this time with the sleeve of her bunny sweater.

Quickly, I jerked my body up toward the ceiling while throwing the layers of blankets off of my lap. “Okay, okay! I’ll go get ready!” I admitted defeat, covering my body. I was only wearing a bra and underwear. Did I mention the weather is really hot here? Tammy went back to the living room with the others.

Sprinting toward the bathroom, I took one of my mini combs and began to brush my hair. It’s a lot shorter now since Natalie cut it, but it actually looks a lot better than it did before. Not to mention it won’t take so long to style it, poor Tammy! After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I took off running, trying to search for an outfit. Tossing different blouses and skirts, I dug through the drawers and eyed my near by closet.

“Hurry up Marina!” Avery called out from the other room. Letting out a stressed grunt, I placed the squares of my fists against my hips. “TRYING!” I yelled back, continuing my morning routine. I slipped on a white, graffiti tied top with random words printed across it, light blue dyed shorts, and several chain bracelets. Before heading out my bedroom door, I jumped into a simple, solid colored pair of flip flops.

“That’s what you get for sleeping in late, Mar!” Courtney teased, sticking her tongue out. Slightly flipping her crimped strands of hair, Courtney followed the others to our little ‘studio’ (in other words our computer room) as well as I. Tammy sat down in the candy colored chair, Jessica and Avery on the mini couch, and Courtney and I with our bottoms to the floor.

“Do you have the camera ready?” Jessica asked with her hands sliding across the arm of the couch. Tammy wiggled the new camcorder we bought a few days ago, changing various positions and different directions. Finally, she faced the lenses toward the five of us perfectly and pressed the record button.

"Hey, this is Radio Active!" We cheerfully greeted in sync, waving our hands to top it off. When the girls and I record our videos, we just speak randomly the whole time. If one of us messes up, that particular person has to repeat the sentence they were trying to say. It can be really annoying, it can actually take a hundred times until you finally get it right! Thinking before I speak, I gave the devise my full attention while smiling.

"First of all, I would like to say thank you for all of our wonderful fans out there. We've been extremely busy over the past few years and we haven't been really posting a lot of videos, so I apologize for that." I fidgeted with the tips of my thumbs like I was texting. I continued. "-now for yet another review! A special one."

"This has been overexposed for a pretty long time now and we've actually been trying to avoid it. Since One Direction is so huge, a lot has happened over the two years they've been famous, so we're going to attempt fitting everything in this one video." Jessica explained clearly just in case this stream accidently lasts for more than seven minutes. "It's time to finally review the great One Direction!"

If it wasn't obvious enough, that came out one hundred percent sarcastic. The tone of Jessica's voice made it clear that she wasn't too excited about this, neither were the others. Definitely not me! One Direction just seemed like a waste of time and not really worth fussing about. Like Justin Bieber, they seemed way too over produced. Those were one of the few reasons why we refused to review them.

"I don't know much about them, but I do know that they are five British boys from the UK." I tried to think of more information I might've known. Then it hit me! "-and apparently Simon Cowell discovered them." After announcing that one fact, I couldn't think of anymore. No luck, although, I did see their appearance on iCarly, iGoOneDirection.

"The first time I heard of One Direction was when someone commented on one of our videos to review them. That certain someone asked us, because they were 'totally annoying'." Avery quoted, bending both of her fingers. No kidding, they're everywhere: Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and surprisingly the Dollar Tree!

Tammy scooted her chair closer to the key board. "Let's try to teach ourselves!" She suggested, turning her eyes toward the computer screen. Wanting to join in, we poked our heads out. Tammy's fingers rippled through the letters with the speed of lightning. She types really fast!

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One Direction are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. They signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of British television singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Propelled to international success by the power of social media, their two albums Up All Night and Take Me Home, released in 2011 and 2012 respectively, broke several records, topped the charts of most major markets, and generated hit singles, including "What Makes You Beautiful" and "Live While We're Young".

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Well thanks a ton Wikipedia, I owe you one! "Okay, so it says here that One Direction competed in the X-Factor together. Oh, how adorable!" Tammy fake cooed with a pouty face to top it off, letting her sentence come out as sarcasm. Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. There was set of pictures located at the bottom of the article and different bios to go with them.

"Now, let's take a look over here." Avery declared, dragging the computer mouse with her right palm. Startled, both of her eyebrows shot upwards from the sight of the first band member's name. Niall Horan. He had blonde hair with noticeable brown roots, oceanic blue eyes, and had an open teethed smile. He was hold an acoustic guitar. Wow, this guy looked seriously innocent, kind of like goldy locks. "I feel like I should hurt him emotionally somehow." She trailed off.

"Niall James Horan-" The girls and I giggled. It was a funny sounding name. "-was born on September 13, 1993 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. He is nineteen years old and attended Colaiste Mhuire, an all boys secondary school." Avery finished, absorbing the small amount of information. In addition, Niall was considered the cute and funny one in the group. Very innocent like!

Next one in the list was Zayn Malik. This picture made him look like he was wearing makeup and slightly emo too. His hair was styled into a dark, brown quiff, he had chocolate colored eyes and both of his ears were pierced. He had slightly darker colored skin than the others. In another photo, Zayn had both of his hands stuffed in his pocket. What kind of person names their child, Zayn or according to this article, 'Zain'.

"Zayn Javaad Malik was born on January 12, 1993 in Bradford; He is half English, half Pakistan and one hundred percent Muslim." Well, let's hope he's not going to start another terrorist attack. Nevermind, I take that back, it was mean! "-he is also nineteen years old and has three other siblings; sisters." Courtney listed down the page and her eyes glued to the guy's hair. Eighty percent of his hair flew in one direction (Oh, that's why they're called that!) and the other percent, sticking out in the opposite way.

"I don't know who this Zayn person is, but he looks hot." Courtney admitted while throwing her hands in the air, surrendering. The next band member was Liam Payne. He had light brown hair; not really brunette, brown eyes, seriously thick eyebrows, and had the face of a cute little puppy. What is up with the amount of innocence in this band? "Liam was on August 29, 1993 and from Wolverhampton, UK. As a child, he had approximately 32 injections, had multiple tests done, and one of his kidneys weren't working properly."

"Isn't he going to feel some pain in his life?" Jessica proclaimed, quoting the word 'pain'. Heh, I got it! Anyways, I really pity him; I mean it also says in the bio that Liam was also bullied. Well, maybe it was just a mistake from the article. Hopefully! "Ugh, so freaking innocent. I mean he looks so cute!"

Harry Styles. He was the one who tweeted me yesterday. His eyes were emerald green, he had brown, unruly, curly hair, and girly like dimples; not to mention his lips. Apparently, Harry goes for older women. He'd recently dated Taylor Swift, Kimberly Stewart, and this other woman I never heard of, Caroline Flack. Whoa, this chick is like forty years old! Just great, I already hate this guy and it's only been a few minutes.

"Harry Edward Styles was born on February 1, 1994 in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire England. He is nineteen years old, has one sister named, 'Gemma' and the youngest member of One Direction" I read out loud with an angered tone. He was that jerk who said, 'I'm in way over my head!'. Right?

"MANWHORE!" I heard Tammy cough uncomfortably. Honestly, I would have to say I agreed with her. Last but not least, Louis Tomlinson. He had chestnut like hair, bright blue eyes, and tan skin. Tammy's mouth hung open widely from the sight of his picture. Well, he did look a little...Feminine. "His face just screams gay!" She exclaimed, flicking her hand toward the computer screen. Jessica punched her shoulder.

"Don't be rude! Just read the damn bio, even if he does look kind of homo." She scolded, pushing Tammy forward. Crossing her arms, the girl stubbornly groaned. "Oldest member of One Direction, Louis William Tomlinson was born on December 24, 1991 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He attended the schools: Hall Cross and Hayfield; currently dating a college student and model, Eleanor Calder"

"W-wait, isn't he supposed to be g-" My hand covered her loud mouth, and I flashed a guilty smile at the camera. I think Tammy has said enough. "Now that we just completely trashed those boys, m-maybe we should just focus on their music." I tried reassuring giving the others a disapointed look. At least I kept my thoughts in my head, where it should be! "Whoops?"

"I'm not going to lie here, but when I first listened to What Makes You Beautiful, I actually thought it was really cute. The song was very catchy; it was no surprise that I was into it, but then out of nowhere One Direction took over the United States of America while brain washing the entire female population." Avery admitted, cutting straight to the point. "THE SONG WAS EVERYWHERE!"

You're insecure, don't know what for. You're turnin' heads when you walk through the do-o-or!

"This is the kind of song that says, Hey you are fine as hell; you don't have to be insecure about yourself and I am going to tell you this because I want you to buy my C-D and all of your money." I savagely ripped the bandage off, leaving a huge sore in your imaginary mind. I mean it is true, this is the one and only meaning to, 'What Makes You Beautiful'. Yes, at least they aren't making music about hooking up with a girl, but try explaining 'Live While We're Young'. Yeah, speechless huh?

"Girls love songs that tell them they're pretty; it's just natural and when you have five British boys with accents singing, 'You don't know your beautiful!' straight to your face over and over again, there will be some chaos." Courtney mocked, twirling strands of hair with the tips of her fingers. Have you ever heard of the One Direction Mania or maybe you've experienced the One Direction Infection? Comparing our fans to One Direction's is like comparing a bundle of baby rabbits to a pack of hungry sharks.

Those boys were never really a problem for me, but their fans are just...Vicious! "The band itself is just unoriginal. They're no different than any other boyband out there; I even still have a soft spot for the Jonas Brothers. Now, they were huge!" Jessica recalled; she used to be a gigantic Jonatic. "-not to mention half of their fandom only listen to their music because they're cute." She blushed, admitting her honest and solemn opinion.

One Direction had the most HOTTEST band members I've seen in a while, but that was the issue. I just wished people would stop judging others by their appearence or image. Why can't those people only focus on the voice? "In this demographic, the only real reason why Directioners buy tickets to your concerts, listen to your albums or C-D's, or buy all of your merchandise: It's because your good looking!" Tammy spoke out, staring straight at the camera as if One Direction themselves were watching our video.

"Basically we are saying that One Direction are most likely going to be forgotten. It happened to The Beatles, The Backstreet Boys, and Rolling Stones. What makes you say it won't happen to One Direction?" Jessica asked aloud, crossing her arms. She seemed dead serious right now. "UNTIL NEXT TIME!"

While I was editing our YouTube video, I was still thinking about the tweet Harry mentioned me in. I just couldn't get my mind off of it; why do I care so much about it? Am I really that sensitive or is Harry just trying to get to me? Yeah, that's it. It's probably that. I kind of feel bad though, trashing him and his friends on the internet like that. We're music critics though, it's our job to review subjects like those. If this is the case, why do I feel so bad?

Notes

I apologize if this chapter offended you in any way, but don't forget that Radio Active aren't just musicians but also critics.
Do you think Marina did the right thing or was what she did wrong?

This week's song is: Avril Lavigne, I Can Do Better
*Credits to artist