Surrounded yet Alone

I woke up early since I was so excited. The boys didn't get in for another couple more hours so I had plenty of time to get ready. I cleaned most of my apartment yesterday, I just have to finish my laundry and get myself ready for the day. Laundry was the worst. I hated folding my clothes and putting everything away, it was so boring. I tried to pass time by watching TV shows and doing my makeup.
An hour earlier than I expected, I get a text from Harry saying they've landed. I immediately smile and jump up to grab my keys and shoes. I get in my car and drive the short distance to the airport. This is the happiest I've been in a long time, and I like to consider myself a very happy person. I pull up to the airport to see a huge group of teenagers (mostly girls, but a few guys) surrounding the exit door of the airport. I guess they heard the boys are coming. I text them that I'm waiting in the car because no matter how excited I am to see them, there is no way I am going to try to get through that huge group of fans.
A couple minutes later I hear the screaming increase a lot. I look up and see the four boys I've been waiting for. Surrounded by security guards. I take a deep breath and step out of the car to say hi to the boys. I walk around the car to see the boys and finally give them all hugs.
Niall was first. He gives me a huge hug as he says, "Luna! It's lovely to see you, you look beautiful". I can't help but blush at the last comment. He was probably just trying to be friendly though.
"Welcome! I'm so so so excited you guys are here!", I say as I greet the rest of the boys. We quickly get in the car because of the screaming fans. We all barely fit into my car, but we make it work and we're off to my apartment. Liam got shot gun and sat next to me.
"So how was your flight over? You landed earlier than I thought you would" I say.
"Well I guess that's what happens when you take your own private plane." Louis says chuckling slightly.
"I guess so..." I said awkwardly, "So is there anything you guys want to do while you're here? I have some plans already, but we can plan something else if you want."
Harry laughed, "I'm sure whatever you have planned will be wonderful, we're all just excited to be here."
"Some more than others" I hear Louis mutter as he elbows Niall in the ribs. I can feel my cheeks begin to turn red as Niall's eye widen and he glares at Louis. I ignore the comment even though Louis and Harry are laughing like crazy in the back seat.
Thankfully Liam changes the subject, "So this is the town you live in? Have you lived here all your life?"
I silently thank Liam and say as I keep my eyes straight forward on the road, "Yeah, I've here since I was born. I love the town, but hate the New York winters. I love to travel though." Just as I finish speaking we turn into my neighborhood, "and this is my apartment building, I'm number 610."
I park my car and everyone files out of it. The car with the boys' security follows us.
"Um, I don't think we'll need you guys in Luna's apartment. We should be good," Harry says to his security. It's a good thing he said that because I don't think my apartment would fit that many people.
"Okay, call us when you leave," the huge man said. Harry nodded and they all followed me to my apartment door. I unlock it and hold the door for all the boys, "Welcome to my apartment, what do you want to drink? I basically only have water, I don't drink alcohol." The boys looked like a mixture between confused and disappointed.
"But, why not?" Niall asks me.
"Well, when I was in high school, I went to this party and had a few drinks. I went to get another one and that's all I remember until I woke up in the hospital room. A senior had slipped something in my drink and I obviously didn't realize it. Haven't had a lick of alcohol ever since. It brings back bad memories." I explained while getting 5 water bottles out of the fridge and handing it to them.
"Oh wow Luna.." was all they could manage to say. Shit, I probably just made things awkward. I mentally yelled at myself for getting into way too deep of a subject way too fast.
"Yeah, but that's okay. Anyways, are you guys hungry? We could order pizza or Chinese food if you want and watch a movie. I figured we could just chill out tonight." I tried to change the subject.
"Sounds good love, why don't you tell us about your town first?" Liam said.
"Okay, well there isn't really much to say. It's pretty small and boring. Everyone here is very nice, terrible drivers, but very nice. I teach at a dance studio a couple times a week, which I love. You guys should visit it some time this week, the girls will love meeting you all." I answer him honestly. Thankfully my town is close to Albany (which is the capital of New York) so we can go there for a day, but other than that, it could be a pretty long week in my little boring town.
"Yeah, we can definitely go to your dance studio," Niall says with a smile. His smile is so contagious and just by looking at him, he makes me smile.
Louis, Liam, and Harry are looking for movies to watch on Netflix while Niall and I are getting waters and waiting for the pizza in the front of the apartment.
"So, do you watch English Premiere League soccer?" I decide to ask Niall out of the blue.
He looks up, widening his bright blue eyes, "Of course I do, do you?" he asks so adorably. Wait, no, not adorably. I do not like Niall like that, I need to shut that down fast. Really, really, really fast.
"Um yeah! Of course I do. Manchester United all the way" I reply a little nervously. I cannot ever think that again. Yikes. We are interrupted by the pizza man ringing the door bell.
"We'll continue this talk later!" I add.
We spent the night eating plenty of pizza and watching/singing along to Grease, my favorite movie. I had a great time and I think (I hope) the boys did too. After a few movies, the boys called their security and went to the hotel. I think the week ahead will be a good one.

Notes

Hi! I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I wrote it while watching big brother...
Thanks for reading:))