Part Twenty-Four

Sophia’s POV

The next day the boys came round for lunch, which I cooked them and we had a great dessert of cooked grapes and ice-cream. I didn’t have much but I was cool with that.

“So, we’ve got a meeting now with management, but we shouldn’t be long, so we’ll come back after okay?” Liam asked.

“Sure,” The girls and I all agreed.

“Great, well, we’ll see you later,” Niall smiled and kissed me before the boys head out to the door.

“What do you want to do whilst the boys are gone?” I asked.

“I don’t mind, how about a twitcam, just for jokes, it’s not like people are going to watch it,” Lauren suggested.

“Okay,” We agreed.

I got out my laptop and booted it up. I logged into Twitter and tweeted we were doing a twitcam and then opened up the twitcam. Wow, we had 5K viewers and it was going up. “Hello!” We all waved at the camera.

“So we are bored whilst the boys are having a meeting with their management, so we decided to talk to the people of our planet, so any questions?” I grinned.

“’If zombies attacked the Earth what would you do?’” Beth read out the first question.

“Sounds like Zombie land,” Lauren grinned.

“Yeah buddy,” I laughed, that film is awesome.

“I’d get a pitch fork and stab them,” Molly winked at me.

“Ew that was gross, it went straight through the bodies and the tables they were on! And then were still alive afterwards!” I shouted; referring to a horror film Molly and I watched called The Crazies.

“I’d use a hose to spray them with water,” Lauren said.

“Why?” We asked her.

“Because they’ll be dirty and I could clean them, and they might drown in the process,” Lauren said as though she’d really thought it out.

“Right…” We all nodded.

“Well personally I’d go find Captain Jack Sparrow, because he is the most ninja person I know and I think I’d have the best chance of survival with him,” I smiled. Simple logic my friends.

“Sophia, Captain Jack Sparrow isn’t real,” Mel laughed.

“What?” I frowned, “Yes he is, he’s the ninja guy in Pirates of the Caribbean.”

“That’s him Soph, but it’s just a film… he’s not real, his actor is Johnny Depp,” Beth patted my head.

“No! He is real! This is just like when you told me Frankenstein wasn’t real!” I shouted at Mel.

“Frankenstein isn’t real!” Mel shouted back. Pretty soon ‘#PoorSophia’ was trending.

“Right next question,” Molly said, “’If you could use the love potion in Harry Potter on one person, who would it be?’”

“Good question,” I mumbled.

“Justin Bieber,” Lauren shouted.

“Captain Jack Sparrow,” I said, “Because then he could save my life and be all ninja.”

“Captain Jack Sparrow isn’t real!” Mel shouted, “But I’d use it on Jordan from Rizzle Kicks.”

“If he was real I’d use it on Damon Salvatore from Vampire Diaries, but sadly he isn’t real,” Molly sighed.

“Elijah!” I screamed happily. Elijah Mikaelson was my favourite character in Vampire Diaries, he was also in an episode of NCIS Season 8. Sigh, I love him.

“Oh, Sophia’s gone into her Elijah dream state again, just excuse her, she’ll snap out of it soon,” Beth laughed.

“Oh look #DreamState is trending,” Lauren laughed.

“’How did you meet the boy’s?’” Molly asked.

“They ran into me in the street, and because I wasn’t a fan they asked if they could hide out in my house- fans were chasing them in the street it was rather funny. But Harry kept going on about being too young to die so I let them come with me, that and I didn’t want to get trampled by the fans either. But they love the fans so much- they just need some down time occasionally,” I smiled.

“I have to say it was a shock coming home and finding tons of One Direction fans outside your house, we had to climb over the fence to get in, then we met the boys and because I was a huge fan… I fan girled,” Lauren laughed. We answered some more questions and then logged off just as the boys ran in all grinning like mad.

“Whoa, what got you so happy?” Mel asked.

“We’ve got some awesome news,” They all smiled.

“Management have got us a tour with Big Time Rush, in America next year!” Liam shouted. The girls all screamed and cheered but I just sat there in shock.

“Then we’re going to do a tour in Australia, straight after the American one,” Zayn grinned. The girls all hugged their boyfriends but I just stayed still. Was I the only one that could see the problem here?

I got up and ran to my bedroom slamming the door shut behind me and letting the tears fall as I curled up on my bed and cried my eyes out. “Sophia?” Niall knocked on my door and walked in.

“Go away,” I muttered, not wanting him to see me crying, because this was supposed to be happy for him.

“Not until you tell me what’s wrong, I thought you’d be happy,” He sat beside me.

“How can I be happy Niall? I want to be happy for you, I really do! It’s amazing that you’ve smashed America and Australia so fast but all I can think about is you being so far away for so long. Not to mention all the pretty girls over there giving you their numbers,” I cried.

“Sophia what are you talking about? Aren’t you coming with us?” He looked shocked- I suppose the other girls said they’d go with them.

“I can’t Niall, I can’t afford plane tickets and accommodation and whatever else I need to pay for, for God knows how long! And I will not let you pay for me Niall, because then I will feel like I owe you and I don’t want that. Niall I’m not the sort of girl who asks for help,” I said.

“Sophia, if you don’t want to come,” He started but I cut him off.

“I’d love to come, but I’ve got to be realistic there is no way I can get that sort of money,” I shook my head.

“I promise I won’t even look at a girl twice,” Niall said looking me in the eyes but I averted my gaze.

“You say that now, but wait till you get there,” I sighed.

“Sophia, I love you, and only you. Going to America is not going to change that,” He said.

“Okay,” I nodded believing him this time. We walked down stairs together and everyone looked at us.

“Do you want to watch a film?” Beth asked.

“Sure,” We nodded.

“But I have one condition,” Lauren said.

“What’s that?” We asked.

“It’s gotta be a ‘U’,” She sang to the tune of ‘Gotta Be You’ by One Direction and held up Toy Story, which was DVD rating ‘U’. We all cracked up laughing. We were literally crying of laughter. When we calmed down Lauren put the DVD on and we all sat down. I went to sit on the floor but Niall pulled me on to his lap.

“Please tell me that’s you’re phone,” I said.

“Yeah it is, don’t worry, I’m not Harry,” Niall laughed and we all joined in.

“Sh, it’s starting!” Liam shouted and we all shut up. Don’t mess with Liam and Toy Story. I leant back into Niall and he wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closer to him and he kissed my neck.

“Would you to stop getting it on! This is a ‘U’ film and I’d like to keep it that way!” Mel threw a pillow at Niall and I.

“Jealous,” I sang and dodged a second pillow she threw at us.

“Missed me!” I laughed standing up, I was going to pick the pillows up- but suddenly pillows flew at me from every direction and I landed on the floor in a heap.

“Thanks guys,” I said but it came out all muffled because I had a pillow in my mouth so it sounded more like ‘flaafks fsfligs’.

I heard everyone laughing and then Liam shouted at everyone to shut up. So for the rest of the movie everyone was silent and I just laid still under the pillows and cushions, I think I fell asleep at one point…

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CHRISTMAS! The time of good will and faith, the time to celebrate Jesus and-

WHO AM I KIDDING!

CHRISTMAS! The time of shopping, getting and giving presents, and seeing who gets the most money and the biggest presents. The time to get together with your family and have a huge meal, play scrabble and pull crackers.

Well for most people.

For me I’ll be spending it with Niall. I don’t mind, but I know he does. He misses his family so much… which is why I know the perfect gift to give him. All the boys are going home for Christmas, but the One Direction management won’t let Niall go home for one day, so I managed to fix something for him. I hope he likes it; I had to do some extra modelling shoots to pay for it. Anyway, so Niall and I will be alone on Christmas day because the boys are going home for the day and so are the girls. I’d gotten Niall’s present, but that’s it, so here I am… shopping.

I walked around a giant shopping mall, walking into every shop I see until I found gifts for everyone. “Excuse me are you Sophia Dowell?” Someone asked me from behind.

“Yes," I said and turned round. As soon as I saw who it was I glared at them, "Hello John. Goodbye John." I then turned to walk away from him.

“You need to come with me,” My Uncle John said.

“Why?” I asked and turned back to face him.

“You need to come with me, now,” He repeated.

“Tell me why and maybe I’ll consider it,” I glared at him, stepping further away from him.

“I can’t tell you, just come with me,” He said getting impatient.

“Did your mother never teach you about stranger danger?” I snapped and began walking away from him.

“Sophia!” He growled and grabbed my arm, “I’m not a stranger I’m your Uncle.”

“I’ve only ever seen you twice,” I glared at him and pulled my arm from his grip- or at least tried, “Now, get off me! And tell me what you want!”

“Your mother wants you back home,” He said, but didn’t loosen his grip.

“Well tough, I don’t want to go back home, and I don’t have to because I’m old enough to live by myself,” I snapped, I used my other hand to pull my phone out of my pocket. Luckily I learnt to text without looking. I didn’t know Paul’s number by heart, but I knew Niall’s so I text him.

SOPHIA: Need Paul now at the shopping mall

I knew Niall would know which shopping mall so I sent the text and slid the phone back in my pocket.

“You’re mother needs you,” He said angrily.

“You’re her brother-in-law, if she needs help you can help her and she has Courtney. I’m living my own life now! Just leave me alone!” I began struggling against his grip and it was getting attention. Good. He pulled me roughly out of the shopping mall and into the car park to avoid people.

“You are coming home with me whether you like it or not,” He said.

“No!” I shouted loudly trying to get someone’s attention, “I don’t want to go with you! I’m seventeen! I have my own life, I have a boyfriend that loves me, I have a house, and I have amazing friends! My life is great! Now leave me alone!”

“Don’t you love your mum?” He asked me.

“Of course, but she needs to learn that people grow up!” I snapped. I recognised the car that had just drove into the shopping mall and saw Paul get out.

“Paul!” I shouted before John covered my mouth, but it was okay because Paul had heard me and was sprinting over, Niall close by him.

“Shut up and get in the car,” John growled- he always had a temper. I bit his hand and he let go of my mouth.

“Niall!” I cried out as John tried to shove me in his car.

Paul reached us and pulled John off me and I ran into Niall’s open arms. “Who is he?” Paul asked me.

“My Uncle… John,” I mumbled into Niall’s chest, “Can we go home?”

“Sure,” Niall nodded.

Niall took me to the car, and Paul followed us after saying something to John. “What did your Uncle want?” Niall asked me as sat in the car on the drive home.

“He wanted me to go back to Ireland, but I told him no… let’s just say he doesn’t like being told ‘no’ and has anger issues,” I sighed.

“Well, no more going out by yourself,” Paul said from the front.

“But I need to get presents still,” I objected.

“No but’s,” Paul said sternly and I giggled, which set Niall off.

He said no but’s.

“You’re in so much trouble for leaving that recording session Niall,” Paul said.

“He said urine!” I laughed and Niall cracked up.

“Very funny. But I’m being serious, there is only so much I can do, do you understand?” Paul said; he was referring to the fact that he couldn’t help Niall getting told off, because he left the recording session to help me. Aw he’s so cute.

“He said do do!” I laughed again; so did Niall. We’re so immature.