The group of girls returned from McDonalds just in time because they were just beginning to set up the raffle ticket tumbler. The young girls were literally jumping with excitement as a man with a microphone walked onto the stage.

“Hello, Ladies and the gentlemen that were forced to be here,” The man joked. “At this time, I’d like to ask everyone to please quiet down as it is time for the raffle. Now, as most of you probably know, the prize for winning this raffle is you get to spend the rest of the day with One Direction!” He paused as applause and screeching filled the air. “Now, there are a couple things I’d like to go over before we begin. First of all, there will be one winner! They can bring whomever they came with. If the owner of the first ticket pulled does not present themselves along with their ticket, we will draw another and so on. Sorry, if you lost your ticket, that’s just bad luck. Secondly, don’t go fighting people for their tickets, okay? Trust me, you won’t be allowed into the back if you bludgeon anyone.” The crowd laughed. “Without further ado, allow me to announce the winner of a VIP meeting with One Direction!” The crowd cheered as he spun the handle attached to the tumbler. He stuck his hand in and pulled out a ticket.

Charlotte and Hadley jumped around with anxiety. Casey looked over at Penelope, “It’s the moment of truth.” She smiled.

The man shouted triumphantly into his microphone, “Will the owner of ticket one-three-five-seven, please join me on the stage!”

The young girls squealed and Penelope looked at her friend in shock. Casey, on the other laughed and picked up her daughter.

“We told you so!” Charlotte shouted at Penelope over the applause. She grabbed her aunt’s hand and the four of them walked toward the stage. As the girls got closer to the stage, One Direction went to stand next to the man with the microphone. Security helped the winners onto the platform.

“Hello, again!” Liam said brightly, hugging Penelope and then the rest of the girls.

She was then greeted by Zayn and then Niall whom she asked, “What did you do?”

He made a face and sound outraged said, “I didn’t do anything!”

“Hey, Its Penelope and Charlotte!” Louis said happily as if they were family. “Casey and Hadley as well right?” They smiled as he hugged them too.

“Hello,” Harry greeted Penelope with a kiss on the cheek. “It’s lovely to see you again.”

She smiled humbly, “Lovely to see you too.”

“Which of you is the winner?” The man asked.

“I am,” Penelope said showing him her ticket.

He read it quickly, “And what is your name miss?”

“Penelope Day.”

“Everyone,” He spoke into the microphone. “I’d like to formally congratulate Penelope Day and her friends on winning this lovely prize!” The audience cheered.

Before leaving the stage, each of the One Direction boys gave an individual thanks and farewell to everyone they met. Security escorted everyone away to a room attached to the ballroom.

“Welcome!” Zayn shouted, gesturing to the huge room that was clearly used for parties. There were four couches surrounding a flat screen television that hung over a fire place as well as tables upon tables of food, drinks, and candy. One Direction’s massive crew stood on the other side of the large room. It looked so luxurious, neither Penelope nor Casey had seen anything like it. The young girls had their mouths wide open, excited particularly about the candy bar.

“Oh… my god,” Casey was astonished. “Is this even real life anymore?”

“We ask ourselves that every day,” Niall laughed.

“Can I have the Maoams?” Charlotte squealed anxiously.

Hadley grinned widely, “I love Maoams!”


“I’ll tell you what, if you can reach them, you can have as many as you’d like!” said Harry. The little girls ran over to the candy table and began reaching for the third tier of the candy tower. However, they were nowhere near the top tier. “We’ll handle this.” Harry walked over to pick Charlotte up and Louis picked up Hadley so they could grab candy off of the tower. Both took two big handfuls, sifting their hands around in the tray until they got as many of their favorite color as possible. Both of the boys laughed at the giggling girls and their piles of Maoams. They set them down on the floor and they ran over to the couches, throwing their candy on the table in the center.

“Do you guys want anything?” Liam asked Penelope and Casey.

“Only if you pick us up,” Penelope joked.

“We can do that,” Harry said shrugging with Louis.

“Oh no you don’t,” Casey laughed as the boys came walking toward them.

Penelope and Casey ran across the large room as the boys chased them. Niall caught Casey first. He hooked his arms under hers and Zayn grabbed her feet to lift her off the ground. She screamed and laughed, “Put me down!” Charlotte and Hadley turned around to watch over the back of the sofa.

Soon after, Harry caught Penelope. She shrieked as he lifted her up and spun her in circles. Louis and Liam moved quickly and all three boys hoisted her over their shoulders so she was faced down. Louis held her feet, Liam held her waist, and Harry held her shoulders. Both girls were carried over to the candy table.

“Take the Maoams!” Harry shouted as if it were a threat.

“I can’t even operate my own arms at the moment!” Casey argued still having a laughing fit.

“Yeah, I really don’t want to face plant it into the ground,” Penelope cried as she held onto Harry for support.

“You heard the man!” Liam interrupted.

Niall joined, “Yeah! Grab the candy!”

“Or we’ll drop you!” Louis added.

Casey gripped Niall’s arms, “Sweet God, you better not drop us!”

Zayn laughed, “Just take the candy!”

“We’re afraid to even move!” Penelope shouted.

“We won’t let you fall, we promise!” Harry reassured her.

She groaned. Poised with one hand death gripping Harry’s arm, Penelope reached out and stretched her fingers to grab a single Maoam off of the tray and instantly pulled her arm back around Harry. Right after, Casey looked up at Niall and said, “You better hope you don’t drop me! I swear, Niall, if my head hits the ground, you will feel pain like you’ve never imagined.”

“Calm down, we’ve got you.” Niall said right before pretending to drop her. She squealed and started kicking her feet around. Zayn held her legs tighter so she didn’t actually fall.

“That was not funny!” She whined, breathing like she’d just been running. Although she was still smiling “Let me get the stupid sweet!” She grabbed the candy and Zayn lowered Casey’s feet onto the ground and he and Niall gave her a hug.

“So, you guys, I was just thinking,” Louis said thoughtfully. “How are we going to put Penelope down exactly?”

“That’s a good question,” Harry laughed. “This seemed like a good idea at the time.”

“Let’s all try to kneel down at the same time,” Louis suggested. They tried and Penelope started rolling off to one side.

“Stop!” She shrieked, “Oh goodness, don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me.”

Liam spoke up, “No, it’s okay! I know what we’re gonna do! Penelope, wrap your arms around Harry’s neck like a piggy back ride.” She did so very slowly. “Okay, Louis just put her feet down really slowly.” He did as he was told and Liam followed suit, placing her on the ground so she looked like she was hugging Harry from behind.

“Watch out, I’m turning around!” Harry warned so he wouldn’t hit her while he turned. “You made it!” He laughed, hugging Penelope, lifting her for a second and putting her back down. She then hugged Louis and Liam. The young girls applauded from the couch.

“I didn’t even get a good flavor,” Penelope giggled looking at her Maoam.

Harry laughed, “Here, toss it up. I’ll catch it!” He stood further back and opened his mouth wide.

“You sure?” She asked as she took off the wrapper. Harry nodded. “Alright then,” Penelope did a countdown and tossed the candy across the room to Harry. It hit his chin and bounced off, but he caught it, laughing.

“Here, try it again!” He handed the sweet back to her and then clutched her hand. He held their hands up to his face and with an overly dramatic and intense face said, “You can do this!” then backed up again. “Underhand it!”

“Okay, we can do this! Let’s do this!” She said hyping herself up in an exaggerated manner. She underhanded the candy just like Harry told her to and he actually caught it. They yelled in victory and ran across the room to high five one another.

They hugged again and Harry shouted, “What?!” four times in each of the One Direction boys’ faces who were now sitting with Casey, Hadley, and Charlotte who all giggled uncontrollably. “We’re the masters!”

“You sure about that?” Zayn stepped up to Harry as if they were about to fight. “I challenge you to a candy catching competition right here, right now!”

“I don’t think you want to do that,” Harry said threateningly.

“No, I want in on this too,” Niall walked over to the other two boys.

Liam rose up too, “Why don’t we all have a competition so we can settle this once and for all?”

“Oh, I’ll be the announcer!” Louis shouted, completely out of character with the rest of the boys.

“It’s settled then,” Harry said, still trying to be intimidating over such a silly subject. The girls laughed as they talked. “Penelope, you’re with me.” He put his arm around her shoulder, staring threateningly at the other boys.

“And you’re my partner, Casey,” Zayn said powerfully.

Niall picked up Charlotte over the couch, “Too bad, cause me and Charlotte here are gonna win. Aren’t we?”

“You bet!” She said high fiving Niall.

Liam picked up Hadley, “I don’t know, I’m feeling sorry for you lot. Hadley looks like she’s got a good arm on her.”

“We’re gonna kick their bums!” She giggled and bent her tiny arms up as if she were flexing. Everyone laughed.

“That’s my girl,” Casey snickered, high fiving her daughter.

“Hey! No fraternizing with the enemy!” Zayn shouted in pretend shock.

Casey looked at him sheepishly, “Oops, I meant to say. Hell yeah, Zayn! We’ve got this!”

“That’s more like it,” He laughed high fiving her.

“This looks like it could be an interesting matchup!” Louis announced in a deep, presenter-like voice. Everyone laughed at the sudden appearance of his completely out of place mock voice.

“Wait, can we get head bands?” Harry asked to the entire side of the room filled with production managers, assistants, and security people.

One of the girls piped up, “I’ll go check with the lobby.”

“Thank you!” He called to her as she left. “Now… it’s a real competition.”

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