First person I see is Harry. He hasn’t noticed me yet. Louis notices me first. “CARTER. OH MY GOSH. WHAT IN THE HELL. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?” And he runs over and tackles me in a hug. “Woah. Hey to you too Louis.” I see Tristen’s mouth gaping. “You know him? What? I’m so confused!” I’ve got to think of something before Louis says something. “Uh, yeah. I met the boys at one of their concerts before.” “Wow, they remembered your name and everything.” “Yeah, guess they do.” I look over at Louis and see that he’s trying to piece this all together. Sunny speaks up, “Well, what about that picture?” I totally forget that her and the other boys are in here. “Yeah, let’s get that picture taken.” says Liam. I still haven’t looked at Harry ever Louis yelled out my name. I make sure I’m far away from Harry and Zayn in the picture. “Thank you so much for taking a picture with us. We’ve got to go though. It’s getting late and we have a long drive back to our dorm.” says Sunny. I can tell she is trying to help me. “Awh. Poo. You’re right Sunny.” agrees Tristen. I just stare at my heels. Gosh, they are killing me. I feel a hand touch my arm. I look up and see Zayn. “Hey, can I talk to you real quick?” he asks. “Um, yeah. But better make it quick, my friends are about to leave.” “Okay. I just wanted to let you know that I’m sincerely sorry. I was irresponsible for not remembering that Harry was gunna bring a girl home. The boys and I had a great time hanging out with you and I know I screwed it all up. I just wish things were different.” His voice sounds so sad. “Zayn, I don’t blame anything on you. You didn’t screw anything up, Harry did. And I wish things were different too.” I hug him to reassure him about what I said. I see Harry staring at me. We make eye contact and all of a sudden I can feel so much tension between us. Oh crap. I look away. “Alright” I speak up, “time to go. Good seeing you guys. Take care.” I start heading out and see that Tristen is chatting up with Niall. I grab her arm and start pulling her towards the door. “Bye Niall. It was lovely meeting you.” says Tristen. Sunny’s already waiting for us at the door and we head out. I make sure not to look back.
I wake up and see that Tristen is pulling into the parking lot of our campus. “Rise and shine beauties. Tonight was incredible.” Tristen says to me and Sunny. We walk up to our dorm and start getting ready for bed. While Tristen is in the bathroom brushing her teeth, Sunny walks over to my bed. “Did he try to talk to you tonight?” “No. For some reason, I’m bummed he didn’t even try. It’s like I’m not even worth it.” “Awh, babe. Don’t say that. He has got to be BLIND to not see how phenomenal you are. Don’t let him get to you.” I hug her. Tristen walks in dancing. “You guys will never believe what happened tonight.” Me and Sunny look at each other confused. “What?” we both ask her. “Well, Niall asked for my number!! And he just texted me making sure we got back okay.” “No way! That’s so cute!!” I tell her. “But that’s not it. Harry asked for your number tonight!” “WHAT? You didn’t give it to him, did you?!” “Well of course I did!!” “When he ask you for it?! I was with you the whole time!” “Whenever Zayn was talking to you. And why don’t you seem happy that HARRY STYLES asked for your number?” I look at Sunny for help. I can see on her face what I need to do. “Tristen, I haven’t been completely honest with you.” “What? What do you mean?” “Well, about One Direction. You know how you asked me how they knew me already?” “Um, yeah…” “Well, it’s not because I’ve met them backstage at a concert before. Well, I did. But that’s not the full story..” And I tell her everything from Harry and I’s first coffee accident to tonight. “Please don’t be mad. I just didn’t want to talk about Harry. I want to forget him. But somehow when I’m just about to move on, he shows up out of thin air.” I look at her face. She is still processing everything. “I’m not mad. My roomie was involved with HARRY STYLES. How awesome is that?!” I roll my eyes and chuckle. “We weren’t involved with each other. We just talked a couple times and he said he fancied me. Not much to the story. He just wanted to get into my pants.” “Whatever you say Mrs. Styles. I think he sees you more than a one-night stand.” “Okay. NEVER call me that name again. And I highly doubt it. Let’s just drop the subject. I want to go to bed. It’s late.” “Alright alright.”
We all got settled into our beds and Sunny spoke up, “I think you should you go to London.” I sit up and look at her. “What? Are you kidding? I can’t leave.” “Why? Why can’t you leave? Because of me? Carter, I’ve been thinking a lot about this. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you and I don’t want to be the reason to hold you back.” “Sunny, we’ve been planning on going to college together since middle school. This is was our dream.” “Exactly, WAS our dream. Things change and now I know your dream is to explore your options in the world. You need to do this. You’ll resent me forever if you don’t do this.” “She’s right, Carter. This is a great opportunity for you. And you don’t need to worry about leaving Sunny alone, she’s got me to keep her company!” says Tristen. I start crying. I can’t believe they want me to go. I mean, I’m happy that I can go. But at the same time, I’m scared. What if we lose contact? It’s like Sunny read my mind. “Carter, you know that no matter how far apart we are, we will ALWAYS be best friends. Our friendship is inseparable.” She walks over and hugs me to comfort me. I just cry and cry. I’m going to miss her so much. I feel Tristen join our hug. We stay like this for a while and then I tell them that I’m fine and they go back to their beds. “You guys don’t know how thankful I am for friends like you. I’m going to miss you guys so much.” “Don’t talk like you’re leaving tomorrow, you still have 2 months until you leave. We’re going to make the rest of your 1st semester memorable.” says Tristen. “Yeah, you’re right. Well, I’m really tired. I’m half awake, today drained all my energy.” “Yeah, let’s go to bed. Goodnight guys.” says Sunny. “Night” I mumble back.

Before I went to bed, a thought stuck me. Since Harry had my number now, that means he could text me at any time. Oh boy…