Part Thirty-Two

 

Sophia's POV

"As I walk out the shop, this is what I see, Katniss Everdeen staring at me, I got a loaf in my hand and I ain't afraid to throw it throw it throw it, I'm Peeta and I know it!" I sang loudly bouncing in my seat.

"It's a good song, but shut up, we're trying to sleep," Beth moaned as she rested her head against the aeroplane window.

"Fine," I huffed, "You guys are no fun."

"It's two in the morning," They all said.

"But we are on a plane! And we are going to America!" I bounced in my seat excitedly.

I've never been on a plane before, let alone America. It was understatement to say I was excited. Plus! I was going to see Niall! Well, I had been on a plane before, to Ireland with Niall, but the journey was so short I didn't class it was a proper plane ride, this one was a whole nine hours of fun! Besides, I was too excited and nervous to comprehend the fact I was on a plane, due to the fact I'd have been meeting Niall's entire family once I'd got off. No, this plane journey I was going to enjoy.

"Honestly, I don't know how you guys can sleep," I sighed.

"We can't, you know why?" Molly said to me.

"Because you're super-duper excited about being on a plane, and going to America to see our boyfriends that we haven't seen in three weeks?" I grinned.

"No, because some annoying girl won't shut up and let us sleep," Lauren said sounding very angry and tired... not good.

"Really?" I asked, "Where is she I'll go tell her to shut up! Oh..."

The annoying girl was me... Well this is sufficiently awkward.

"Yes, it's you, now shut up and let us sleep," Mel growled from where her head was hid under a pillow. Strange, I'm sure last time I checked, that pillows were meant to be under your head not over... Maybe it's a new craze. I should try it some time.

I laid my head back on the head rest and my mind wandered back to the past week. After we'd come home from Cromer we did literally nothing for a day, then we went Alton Towers for the day. That was good...

"A to the L to the T to the O to the N to the SPACE to the T to the O to the W to the E to the R to the S, Alton Towers!" I shout-sang for the seventeenth time- yes I counted. What can I say? I'm bored and I like making up songs about the place we are going.

"Do you have to do this every time we go out?" Molly sighed rubbing her temples.

"No, only when I'm bored and excited," I said, "A to the L to the T to the O to the N to the SPACE to the T to the O to the W to the E to the R to the S, Alton Towers!"

"Sophia please stop," Mel begged me.

"How about, we play a game instead?" Lauren suggested.

"Yay! A game!" I bounced in my seat excitedly.

"What game?" Beth asked.

"Erm... how about I spy?" Molly suggested.

"I spy! I spy! I spy!" I chanted clapping my hands. I love this game.

"Who wants to go first?" Mel asked- by the way Mel was driving.

"I will," Lauren smiled.

"Okay," We all nodded.

"I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with... S" Lauren smiled.

"Sophia!" I shouted.

"Nope," She grinned.

"Aw," I pouted.

"Next time Soph," Molly patted my arm and I smiled happily.

"Sunglasses," Beth said lazily.

"Yes!" Lauren shouted, pointing to the sunglasses Mel was wearing.

"My turn!" Beth grinned.

"Shoot," I smiled. I was so going to get this.

"I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with... L" Beth smiled.

"Lauren!" I shouted, waving my hands around like a mad woman. It's gotta be! It has to be! It is! I know it is! Yes! Yes! YES!

"No."

What?!

"It's not Lauren?" I frowned.

"Nope," She popped her 'p'.

"Lip balm," Molly said.

"No," Beth shook her head.

"Llama," Lauren said.

"Llama? Where did you see one of those?" I asked looking around for one.

"I didn't, but Beff might have," Lauren shrugged.

"Did you Beff? Did ya?" I asked bouncing up and down again.

"No," She laughed.

"Bummer," I muttered and slouched in my seat.

"Lime!" Mel shouted.

A lime? Mel, that's absurd. Why would it me a lime? She's so silly. A lime? Don't make me laugh. No. Of course it's a no. Get ready... No. No... No... anytime now... no...

"Yes!" Beth cried.

"What?" I shouted in outrage.

"A lime," Beth grinned holding up a lime, that she picked up from God knows where.

"Well no wonder Mel got it, she's sitting right next to you!" I pouted. Beth was in shotgun as Mel drove.

"My turn," Mel sang, then looked around for a minute, "I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with... P"

"Peter Pan!" I shouted.

"No," Mel laughed.

Time to shout out every word beginning with 'p' I can think of:

"Penguin"

"Paprika"

"Push Pram"

"People"

"Pie"

"Purple People Eater!"

"Sophia stop!" Molly, Lauren and Beth shouted.

"Was I close?" I asked.

"Not at all," Mel shook her head.

"Not even with 'Purple People Eater'?" I asked, looking hopeful.

"No," She said bluntly.

"Fine," I huffed.

"Pen?" Molly asked holding up a pen that was on the floor.

"Yes," Mel smiled.

"I was going to say that," I huffed.

"Fine, take my go," Molly sighed.

"Yay! Love you Molly!" I grinned, clapping my hands happily.

"Hurry up, before I change my mind," She laughed.

"Okay, okay," I muttered and began looking around the car for something good. As I was looking I noticed a group of cows grazing in a field that we passed. I smirked, and carried on 'looking' around the car. No one said it had to be IN the car.

"I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with... C" I smiled.

"Coins?" Lauren suggested.

"No," I shook my head. Then they began firing answers out, of everything in the car that began with 'c'.

 "Cob"

"Cat" (Yes there was a toy cat in the car, I'm not sure where it's from though)

"Car"

"Camera"

"Card pack"

"Cheese" (No sure if that was really in the car... I hope not- it would smell)

"No, no, no and no," I grinned, shaking my head vigorously.

"This is hard," Lauren mumbled.

"Cher Lloyd CD- what is this trash doing in here?" Mel frowned.

"It's not trash, it's a good CD!" I defended her.

"It's not, she can't sing, she's terrible," Beth said.

"No! She's awesome! The songs on the CD are really good!" I said snatching my CD from Mel before she could throw it out the car window.

"Anyway, was it that Cher Lloyd CD?" Molly asked.

"Nope," I smiled.

"Then what is it? This is so hard! I give up!" Beth sighed.

"Do you all give up?" I smirked.

"Yes," They all nodded.

"It was... drum roll please," I grinned and Beth, Molly and Lauren did a drum roll on their knees, "I spy, with my little eye, Cows!"

There was a moments silence. "Cows?!" They all shouted.

"Yup," I popped my 'p'.

"Cows! There are no cows in the car!" Mel shouted.

"No, but you never said it had to be in the car... we passed a field of cows about ten minutes ago," I shrugged.

"Urgh, I hate this game," Molly muttered.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

When we got to Alton Towers, we paid for our tickets and then we went in to the park. When we were on Oblivion we were just at the bit where you hang for like a second, before you drop. Beth screamed "Jesus Catch Me!" But because we started dropping it sounded more like "Jesush-Cash-Eeee!"

When we were on Rita - the REALLY fast one - we all tried to do the 'Chinese Tourist'. You know, where you do the 'peace' thing with your hand, and smile really big. However, because of how fast the ride was, when it went our hands were flung back into the seat (I think I hit Beth in the face, sorry Beth), our mouths were open really wide, and very un-attractive, also our eyes were all squinty, so we did actually look a bit Chinese (A/N: No offence to any Chinese people that are reading this...). When we looked at the picture at the end of the ride, Lauren looked so funny... she had turned her head to talk to Beth and then the ride started so her head was squished against her shoulder and her hand was in the air at a funny angle... yeah, she's sexy and she knows it.

We did actually buy that picture. I took a picture of the picture and posted it on Twitter saying...

@SophiaLucky: @LozzarStyles @Molly1D @BeffTommo @MelissaP at Alton Towers with the gurlsss, looking sexy as ever on Rita! #ChineseTourists

Then I added the picture. In a matter of seconds I had 50+ favourites and retweets, and #ChineseTourists was trending.

I also got some replies.

@Harry_Styles: @SophiaLucky @LozzarStyles @Molly1D @BeffTommo @MelissaP our girls are so beautiful, even looking like #ChineseTourists Love you Lozzar ;)

@zaynmalik: @SophiaLucky @LozzarStyles @Molly1D @BeffTommo @MelissaP  hope the girls are having fun at Alton Towers as #ChineseTourists!

@Louis_Tomlinson: @SophiaLucky @LozzarStyles @Molly1D @BeffTommo @MelissaP missing you all, don't have too much fun without us! Love you Beth, see you soon #ChineseTourists

@NiallOfficial: @SophiaLucky @LozzarStyles @Molly1D @BeffTommo @MelissaP i hope u bought that pic ;) can't wait to see u guys next week! u guys are very attractive #ChineseTourists

@Real_Liam_Payne: @SophiaLucky @LozzarStyles @Molly1D @BeffTommo @MelissaP our sexy #ChineseTourists having fun on Rita? You look like you are! See you soon guys, miss you ;)

I typed replies to the five of them, telling them we are having fun, but missing them, that we're excited to see them soon, and hoping they are doing well, and that we love them, and I told Niall that we did buy the picture.

We went on a few more rides, like Thirteen- that was good. Air was awesome, the water ride was good, we all got wet. Nemisis was also good. We also went on the little squirrel ride! That was fun! Even if it was really slow and meant for five year olds! Don't judge us!

~*~

I chuckled at the memory, I had the picture from Rita in my suitcase to show the boys later. What else did we do? Oh, St Patrick's Day was awesome! The girls made it really special for me, even though they don't celebrate it themselves- not being Irish; well apart from Mel, she celebrated it too. They woke me up really early by jumping on my bed...

"Sophia! Sophia! Our little Leprechaun! Wakey Wakey rise and shine! Those rainbows and pots of gold won't make themselves!" The girls shouted jumping on my bed.

"What?" I mumbled opening my eyes.

"Happy St Patrick's Day!" They screamed and threw loads of green things at me.

"What is this?" I frowned looking at my bed which was now covered in a layer of green.

"It's four leaf clovers!" Beth shouted.

"Except, we couldn't find any, so we just got you grass instead!" Lauren grinned.

"Right, thanks guys," I laughed.

"We got your clothes out for you!" Molly pointed to a Leprechaun suit that was in the corner.

"I am not wearing that," I muttered.

"Why?" They frowned.

"Do I have to?" I sighed.

"No, we're only messing," Mel grinned.

"So what am I wearing?" I asked.

"We're all wearing green today, so we got you some high-waisted green shorts, with white knee high socks with little green bows on the top, and a white shirt that has a picture of a shamrock on it, and you can where your green suspenders with it," Beth said handing me some clothes.

"Thanks guys," I grinned.

"Now go make yourself look pretty," Lauren pushed me in the direction of my bathroom.

"I'm hurt Lozzar, you're saying I'm not pretty already?" I pouted.

"Just go," She laughed.

"Fine!" I shouted and walked in to my bathroom. I looked in the mirror and sighed. Great. I had grass in my hair. I stripped then got in the shower and washed my hair- all traces of grass gone. I quickly changed into my clothes, and I have to admit, I looked rather cute. I dried my hair and then put it in two cute side plaits. I then brushed my teeth and added a bit of make-up and perfume before heading out the bathroom again.

"Sophia are you done yet?" Mel shouted.

"Coming!" I shouted back and grabbed my phone off the side before heading down stairs.

"Aw, you look so cute!" Lauren chimed.

"Thanks," I laughed. I looked at what the four of them were wearing, Mel was wearing a cute green summer dress with a necklace that had a shamrock on. Beth, Lauren and Molly were wearing similar things, they all had black leggings on and a green shirt of some variety- Beth also had shorts on, and her shirt was dark green; Lauren also had shorts on and her shirt was wearing a green jumper that looked like one of Harry's and Molly didn't have any shorts on and her shirt was a lighter green.

"You guys look awesome," I smiled.

"I need to take your picture so I can tweet it Niall," Mel smiled and pulled out her iPhone.

"Smile," Lauren laughed. I smiled and posed as Mel took the picture and then my phone buzzed in my pocket; I pulled it out and had a look what Mel had tweeted.

@MelissaP: @NiallOfficial our very own leprechaun @SophiaLucky ! Enjoying St Paddy's day, are you??? What you guys doing?

And the picture was included. I laughed and replied.

@SophiaLucky: @MelissaP @NiallOfficial Thanks for the clothes girls, I love them! Hope you have a great day babe, see you in a week! Love you Nialler ;) x

"So what are we doing today?" I asked, sliding my phone in my pocket.

"We have the whole day planned, don't worry," The girls grinned.

"Okay," I smiled.

"Eat," Molly commanded pointing to a plate of toast.

"Yes Ma'am," I laughed and sat on the counter, taking hold of the plate.

"Cute," I laughed holding up one of the slices of toast which had been cut so it was in the shape of a shamrock- they really were going all out today. After breakfast, which was more like lunch because of the time, they took me to this place- I'm not sure where it was- but they were celebrating St Patrick's Day there and it was like a street festival. There were little stalls set up selling souvenirs, food, drinks, everything. Loud music was playing and the street was decorated in shamrocks and Irish flags. Beer-bellied men were already tipsy, with beers in hand, singing loudly to the music. Little children were playing games that were set up for them, giggling madly, and clapping happily as they won a lolly. Women of all ages were chatting to one another, even if they didn't know the other person. There was also a dance troop, doing Irish dancing.

"Sophia, do an Irish Jig, we've never actually seen you do one," Lauren grinned.

"I'm not doing it on my own," I mumbled.

"Fine," Beth said but she had a mischievous look in her eye. What is she going to do? Oh God. I shrugged it off- I was probably just being paranoid anyway. I walked up the street, and I couldn't stop smiling, as I looked at the souvenirs and tried various foods and drinks. I had a nice chat with an Irish family, and I played some of the games as well.

"Excuse me are you Sophia Dowell?" A woman with a thick Irish accent as me.

"Yes, can I help you?" I smiled politely, at the woman I didn't know.

"Your friends, said you wanted to dance, but didn't want to do it on your own. You can come and dance with us if you want," She gestured to her dance troop.

"Sure," I smiled hesitantly, I couldn't exactly say no, she seemed really nice and I didn't want to be rude.

"Come on then," She smiled. I followed her over to the dance group, making sure to throw a glare at the other girls who were wetting themselves laughing.

"I bet she'll make a fool of herself, she'll probably fall over, we have to video this," I heard Lauren laugh. Thanks, really supportive friends. Lucky for me, I was put into a dance school before I could even walk.

"Are you any good?" A man asked me.

"I'd say I was okay," I shrugged.

"Come with us," They led me around the back of a building. They played some music on a small stereo and told me to dance to it. I did, and I felt so free, being able to dance again, I hadn't done it in at least a year.

"Wow, I'd say you more than okay," The woman clapped.

"Thanks," I blushed.

"Right, let's go show your friends just how good you are," She smiled and we walked back to the rest of the dance troop. The song started and I felt the familiar flow of music and I let myself dance. I noticed the girls filming me on their phones, but they looked in total shock when they saw I could actually do an Irish dancing. When I was done I smiled and skipped off back to my friends, after thanking the dance troop.

"That was awesome..." Beth mumbled.

"I didn't know you could do an Irish Jig," Lauren muttered.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Molly asked.

"Thanks, and because you didn't actually ever ask, or need to know," I laughed then turned to Mel, "But next time, you can do it with me."

"Can you do an Irish Jig?" Beth asked Mel.

"I did learn when I was little, but I was never as good as Soph," She said.

They posted the video on youtube, and also put it on Twitter, so now #SophiaTheLeprechaun and #SophiasIrishJig was trending.

@NiallOfficial: @SophiaLucky didn't know you could dance that well! You'll have to show me some time ;)

I replied with one simple word... you know what it is...

@SophiaLucky: @NiallOfficial Kinky ;) x

We spent a long time in the street before they took me to this Irish Pub and we had some drinks and sang to some music that was playing. All in all it was a good day- and yes, I did end up getting drunk, but best not mention that, considering I'm under-aged. Still.

~*~ 

I laughed to myself quietly at the memories of that eventful day. I opened my eyes and realised I'd been asleep. I looked around me to see everyone else was asleep. I could see that it was morning and then there was an announcement that we were starting to descend and land. "We're landing! Guys wake up! We're here!" I said loudly, shaking the girls wake.

When we landed we got our hand luggage and exited the plane with the other passengers. "Guys..." I said and looked at the girls as I took the last step off the plane.

"What?" They asked.

"WE'RE THE KIDS IN AMERICA! OH-OH! WE'RE THE KIDS IN AMERICA! OH-OH! WE'RE THE KIDS IN AMERICAAAAAAAAA!" I sang loudly jumping around.