Arieonna:

I woke up a few hours later, the grogginess not really having any affect on me. The excitement for about two hours later was all over and I couldn't wait. My mind seemed to be jumping around with anticipation and I was just so excited.

Throwing my thin covers off me, I yawned, slightly tired even though I was still completely excited. I smiled to myself, changing quickly into an outfit Zayn had given me from his girlfriend, or now fiancé, bless them, Perrie. Whom I was going to meet two days from now. (A/N: it looks like her outfit from Wings when she's in front of the flowers Xx). After slipping into that, I exited the small room, grabbing my brush before I completely went out.

I knew the bus was parked as I watched Louis and Zayn sitting in my sitting room, eating popcorn as they watched Disney Channel. "Really?" I quizzed, ducking down by Louis and stealing some popcorn.

He looked me up and down, nodding approvingly while shoving more popcorn into his mouth. "Yep, of course."

With a roll of my eyes, I took the bowl of popcorn, sitting on his lap. "Perrie will love that you're wearing the outfit she sent. Are you going to sing it in?" Zayn asked, having me turn to him.

I shrugged. "Actually, I have dresses picked out for almost every song. And they're different for every concert," I couldn't help the smile that was making its way onto my face, "I'm so excited, and happy, I just can't explain it!"

Both Louis and Zayn laughed at me, shoving popcorn into their mouths just as a pretty blonde walked in. A curling iron in her hand. "I need the lady, lads," she smiled kindly at me. "I'm Lou, I'll be doing your hair." I smiled back at her, getting up and waving to the lads as I walked after her off the bus.

The chilly air hit me, and I rubbed my arms, looking around the anything but small arena in awe as I followed after this Lou. Catching a glimpse of a few girls down the many sets of seats, at the edge of the stage, crying and screaming as the boys did their soundcheck. Well, three of the five of them.

With a small chuckle, Lou led me to a escalator, us both taking it. We continued our journey through a few tunnels before she brought me into a large room. Hair extensions, clips, and other things tossed around and about.

She shook her head with a sigh, "Those damned boys, I swear." I chuckled again as she pulled out a chair for me. "So, what're you thinking for your hair? And which dress? Heels?" I smiled at her, taking a seat. This was just getting started.

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I smiled, once again checking over everything in the mirror. Over hearing the loud playing of 'Heartbreak Girl' by Five Seconds of Summer. I'd watched them a few minutes, maybe half their performance, they were great! It seemed like they belonged on stage.

I really hoped I did.. this was so nerve racking. At first I was just so excited, but now my nerves are racking, and my heart is pounding like a drum. No pun intended, it's true. I'm shaking, and not because I'm cold. The X Factor seemed different.. I don't know how.. it just did. My palms are sweating slightly bad and I keep pointing out things I don't like about myself just because I'm scared.

"Ready?" I jumped, turning around to see friendly Michael standing there, guitar still in his hand.

I shook my head, "No.. not really. I'm scared-"

Before I could finish, he interrupted me, "Shitless?"

With a small chuckle, I nodded this time. "You could say that."

We shared a short laugh on that, and a small conversation before he left, leaving me alone with me thoughts again. Even though he'd told me I'd do great, I still wasn't so sure. This was a very important tour for 'One Direction' and I didn't want to do anything that would put it in jeopardy.

As I took another deep breath, I straightened my back. Hearing Liam and Niall telling them who was next, as enthusiastically as possible. Those boys, awwe. I smiled at myself in the mirror, turning around to see Louis holding a mic.

I covered my heart as it went rapid again, causing him to laugh lightly. "Ready for an escort, ma'am?" I scoffed, rolling my eyes with a small smile before wrapping my arm in his and walking threw the door.

I could feel the eyes on me already and felt slightly uncomfortable. But Louis was looking at me like it didn't matter and I nodded slightly, leaning more into him. As we approached the stairs to the stage, he stepped up, motioning for me to wait a minute.

That's when Harry walked up to my side. "Ready?" I choked down a lump in my throat, nodding as I grabbed a new mic from a technical assistant. "You'll do great. Like you did on the X Factor." My eyes went wide and I turned to him, he had no emotion on his face, he was just looking ahead blankly.

I didn't know why, but my eyes just started to water and when Harry saw he went to say something, but I stood up on stage as Louis said my name and the crowd went crazy, making me smile wide. "Hi.." I said shyly into the mic as Niall gave me a quick hug before running off stage.

Louis pulled me under his arm, smiling at me before turning back to the crowd. "So you guys, my girlfriend, Eleanor as all you may know," some of the crowd booed, not a lot, but some of them just continued screaming, "Well she absolutely loves Arieonna's song, The Way, good thing she'll be here next week to watch these performances. So, are you all ready?!" The screams must've meant a yes to him because he whispered a quick Good Luck in my ear before jogging off stage.

I took a deep breath, bringing the mic back up to my lips as a small tear fell, me ignoring it, "How many of you have heard my song The Way?" My response was a lot of yeses which was probably because Eleanor had tweeted about it. But I couldn't help the smile the took my lips. "Well, I'll be performing that tonight, without Mac sadly, and I'll be performing another song of mine called DayDreamin'," the crowd cheered more and I played with the hem of my sparkling purple minidress until they'd calmed down, "and then I'll do some covers."

Just as I finished speaking the music to 'The Way' began and I watched as the background girl vocals came up on stage, moving their arms slightly and singing their parts. "Said I love it, I love it," I sand into the mic, pushing my curled hair off my right shoulder as I looked out at the crowd. "You gimme that kind of somethin', want it all the time need it every day. On a scale of 1 to 10 I'm at a hundred, never get enough I can't stay away," I sung, moving closer to the edge of stage and grabbing some of the fans' hands with a smile.

This is great.