Chapter 7 - Tuck me in

Lately on Sleeping beside One Direction:

'All I can remember from that moment on was opening my eyes and seeing everybody entering the bedroom and laying down with me and Zayn.

'Nighty night!' I whispered.'

26/07/2012

'Good morning sunshine!' the most sweetest voice whispered in my ear. As I open my eyes I see Zayn with this huge smile and this sleepy gorgeous face.

'You must be drunk Zayn' I said quietly so that I wouldn't wake anybody.

'Why?' he asked doubtful. 

'I'm not a sunshine you dummy!' I whispered and closed my eyes.

He got up and pulled me closer. He looked at me with those big brown eyes and said really softly, almost singing:

'Don't be silly! And now come help me, we've got to feed this family!' and then he smiled, so sweet.

As I got on my feet I almost fell but Zayn, always a gentleman, caught me before my head hit the ground. 

'Are you still drunk?!' he asked ironically and then laughed.

Maybe I was, who knows?! Zayn was making eggs and bacon for the boys but, as I knew Sofia wouldn't eat that, I prepared cereal and milk for me and for her. After a few seconds Niall woke up everybody for breakfast. He must have felt the smell of food. I couldn't help myself noticing Sofia's smiley face. She seemed really really happy, almost in heaven. I wonder what happened yesterday... This is why I don't like getting drunk! 

As there was no need for the boys to go to the studio, we went on a sightseeing red bus and we got to know the city. We visited the museums and the London Eye and we sailed the Tamisa river. It was amazing! We were so fascinated that they found it funny and laughed at us. Obviously, me and Sofia kicked their asses!

It got dark too fast today and so we came to Harry’s flat where Sofia made a carrot soup to heal our colective hangover and she was recognised by the quality of her soup. Niall repeated constantly until there was no soup left. This makes him so cute, like a little baby! 
Zayn rented a terror film so we could watch it peacefully. We got some popcorn and we sat on the sofa watching it. Despite loving terror films, I was too tired to watch it and so I fell asleep. Later on I woke up in my bed and had no idea how I got there but I was too tired to think about it. I completely disconnected from the world and dreamt. I dreamt I was back in Portugal and our friend had already had her baby, so cute and so small. Oh, I missed home! I can’t wait until christmas!

I felt someone kissing my forehead and tucking me in. I couldn’t see who that was. Maybe it was just Sofia but it isn’t like her to do this. I don’t care right now, I need to sleep. Goodnight world!

To be continued...

Chapter 6 - Laying beside One Direction

Lately on Sleeping beside One Direction:

'And the time flew and there we were, hello London!'

The flat was huge and little did I knew that it was only the flat of one of them! Harry was really nice and shown us a bedroom where we could unpack and settle our things. They had to leave and they apologized and gave us lots of kisses and hugs but they really had to go because they were recording their new album and they had to go to the studio. Harry told us to feel at home and they all said:

'See you soon!'

'Bye' said Sofia and I a bit sad but they were doing their job and we had to respect that.

To get revenge from them searching through our shelves, we did the same. We saw their albums, films and games. And - damn - they are such kids! All games were 3+!

It was getting late so we went out to get something for dinner and we went to this fast food restaurant called 'Nando's'. We loved entering there because we found out it served PORTUGUESE flamed-grilled chicken! We were amazed and we bought chicken for dinner and as soon as Niall walked in he yelled really loud:

'NANDO'S!' 

Obviously in Portugal the food is good, but Nando's' chicken was so damn good, delicious! Niall ended up begging for more, almost crying. Poor boy! And then we got surprised when we saw what the boys had brought us... A few vodka bottles! 

'Let's play drinking games!' Zayn said in his lovely voice.

'Truth or Dare!' suggested Liam and then he explained he wasn't able to drink too much alcohol because one of his kidneys doesn't work. 

So we started playing. The empty bottle was spinning and then... tã-dã... Louis asks Harry! And Harry choses Truth!

'Do you love... - he hesitated - ...me?!' 

We all laughed and Harry was playing himself a bit shy and then, in a very cute voice, he said:

'Yes!'

And the bottle kept on spinning, we kept on drinking and Harry told Louis to run to the kitchen, grab two carrots, put one in his mouth and the other one in his pants! And Louis fulfilled his dare and called Harry 'dirty' several times. A few hours later we were all drunk, except Liam who was drinking Ice Tea or Cola, I can't really tell.

'Truth or Dare?' Liam asked me.

'Hmmm... Dare!' I said.

'Go to the bedroom with... - he hesitated while he was figuring out which one of the lads was drunker and then he finally said - ...Zayn! And stay there with him, with the lights turned off, for 10 minutes!'

'Okay Sir!' I said very excited and drunk.

Neither me nor Zayn could stand on our feet for too long, yet we went to the bedroom with this lovely king size bed. I laid down and almost fell asleep. Zayn was struggling against the furniture but then he found his way to bed and fell asleep as soon as he laid down.

All I can remember from that moment on was opening my eyes and seeing everybody entering the bedroom and laying down with me and Zayn.

'Nighty night!' I whispered.

To be continued...

Chapter 5 - Wait?! What?! London?!

Lately on Sleeping beside One Direction:

'And damn, I wanted to fall asleep but I couldn't. There was too much to think about. Next school year, the new school, the fact that we weren't able to understand some things people would say... I was afraid of not fitting in and, somewhere deep inside, I knew Sofia was too...

But meeting these five boys, somehow, gave me hope and I really pray for it to give hope to Sofia too. I can't stand seeing her sad...'

25/07/2012

'Time to get up!' I thought to myself as I woke up. But today I really feel like staying in bed all day, it's so warm here and outside it's just too cold. But as I knew Sofia like the back of my hand and as I was hungry I had to get up and prepare breakfast otherwise I would starve. So, I headed to the kitchen and I prepared some amazing pancakes - I must say I'm a great cook!

Sofia got up too, maybe because of the smell of food. And, when we were both eating, someone knocked the door impatiently. Sofia opened the door in her pajamas and then there were those five gorgeous creatures! And as we opened the door they ran into the kitchen and ate the pancakes! It seemed like we had known them for years and - trust me - that's a pretty good feeling.

Louis with a pancake on his mouth started to say:

'We've got some... awwww! these pancakes are awesome!' 

Liam, the daddy, told him to shut up because he was not supposed to talk while he was eating. And then Niall finished Louis' phrase:

'We've got something to tell you... And this is hard to say because we really want to know you but we also got to get our job done... The thing is we have to go back to London because we're recording a new album. And this is a great thing but at the same time it's also a bad thing because we'll have to leave you behind...' he said in his sweet and a bit sad voice.

This made us really sad, I mean we were loving them, they were everything we could have asked for, those five friends who made us laugh all the time, and then I noticed, Louis was a bit sad and I didn't want him to be like this because as far as I knew him - and I must say not too far - he was always cheerful, happy and hilarious. He made us watch their video diaries and we laughed so much! I mean, right now when we think of carrots, lamborghinis, Jimmys, lights... we only think of Louis and his silliness.

'I think you two should come along... just saying!' said Harry, almost singing these last two words.

'Have you ever been to London? You'd love it! And you can stay over with us!' Zayn shared Harry's opinion and, even though we had already seen London previously, we obviously wanted to go, though it was a crazy idea.

We asked Sofia's cousin for permission and she allowed us to go as long as we called her every night. So we prepared everything and within half an hour we were inside of their car, on our way to London. I still couldn't believe it! London?! With them?! I knew they liked us but I didn't know they had enjoyed our presence so much to invite us to go with them! All I could say was that I was really lucky to be given that chance!

And the time flew and there we were, hello London!

To be continued...

Chapter 4 - Y u so hungry?

Lately on Sleeping beside One Direction:

'They got to hide at our place, because the fans already knew where Niall lived. And the noise outside started to fade. We were all sat down in the living room, watching cartoons and then I saw this strange this... Harry was staring at Sofia. Maybe his mind was just wandering, or maybe he was really staring at her. I don't know. Who does?!'

We were all in the living room, talking about TV shows and Zayn told us about Power Rangers, something we both loved when we were kids! But still I never really understood why there were fewer girls! Then we discussed music and the boys went through our shelf, staring at our CDs. Harry loved Sofia's CDs such as Coldplay, Adele and Arctic Monkeys' albums, Liam loved my Jonh Mayer's album and Zayn wanted to steal my Chris Brown's CD. Naughty boy! As if I would let him!

When we realized what time it was, Niall was surprised because it was already 2 p.m. and he wasn't too hungry, but still he was hungry! So, as very sweet girls, Sofia and I prepared the lunch. We made pasta bolognese, disappointing the boys who thought they would taste a Portuguese dish. And, so surprisingly, Niall repeated FIVE times!!

We were watching an horror film and it was being hilarious instead of being frightening. I had already seen that film several times and so did Zayn, Louis, Liam and Niall and so we were laughing about Harry and Sofia who were really scared, Sofia was holding my hand so tightly that I wasn't even able to feel my fingers. I really believe I had never laughed so hard about a film, not even about a comedy! And, meanwhile in Portugal it was - most likely - really sunny, but here the sun was already setting and we were all feeling hungry.

'Dinner time!' yelled Niall. And even though we were hungry we were all having the same thoughts and we stared at Niall with a face that said 'Really Niall?! Now?!'. But he stared at us with those puppy blue eyes and we couldn't resist him. I mean, he was really cute, like a little little baby! This time they ordered some pizzas and, believe me, they are so much better than the ones we used to eat back in Portugal. And, as we all predicted, Niall ate two pizzas on his own. Is it possible for a human being to be always hungry?!

It was getting really late and so the lads gave us a kiss goodbye and went back home. Then Sofia and I went to bed but it was too cold for me to fall asleep, I missed the heat and I missed my old bed. I missed my little sister and holding her hand when she was too afraid of the darkness. I wish she would hold my hand now...

My mind was wandering and when I came back to reality I saw Sofia's mind was wandering too. What was she thinking about? Did she regret coming? Does she miss her family? - I miss everyone back at home and so must she - What did she think about those five lads living next door? Did she had the same opinion as I did? 

'HEY MIND, SHUT UP, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!' my brain yelled! And damn, I wanted to fall asleep but I couldn't. There was too much to think about. Next school year, the new school, the fact that we weren't able to understand some things people would say... I was afraid of not fitting in and, somewhere deep inside, I knew Sofia was too...

But meeting these five boys, somehow, gave me hope and I really pray for it to give hope to Sofia too. I can't stand seeing her sad...

To be continued...

Chapter 3 - Yummy, nice breakfast!

Lately on Sleeping beside One Direction:
'After a few hours talking and laughing of Louis' jokes, it was late and time to go back home and get some sleep. All I remember thinking before falling asleep is hearing the boys singing 'you've got that one thing!'. And then I completely pulled the plug off and fell into a deep sleep.'

24/07/2012

I just woke up and all I can think about is that I'm damn beautiful because I've got that one thing that's what makes me beautiful. Those lads are really talented and I still can't believe I hadn't heard about them before. I mean, where did I had my head?! I got up and opened the window and, as usual, Sofia started screaming telling me to let her sleep and to close the window because the light was hitting her eyes. I can't believe she's so lazy! She immediately covered her face with the blanket and kept on dreaming about whatever she was dreaming about. As a mere coincidence I saw Niall on the street and he saw me opening the window and yelled:

'The boys and I are going to eat some breakfast, do you and Sofia want to come?'

'Sure Niall! Can you please wait ten minutes?' I was too enchanted with his accent that I couldn't even think before talking, these words literally came out of my mouth! And - I still don't know how - when I turned my back on the window Sofia was already up and off of bed! 

What I forgot about was that we are very different from the boys. And I've just realized that when we got to McDonalds. I had already forgot that their breakfast is equivalent to our lunch! So, while the lads ate burgers, Sofia and I drank coffee and ate apple pie. Louis was specially funny during breakfast and was always trying to stick chips into Harry's nose! Liam was trying to eat a McFlurry with no spoon and, I swear to you, if he didn't told me why he wouldn't use a spoon, I would think he was crazy! Zayn was very happy eating chicken, his favorite food. And Niall was just happy because he was eating, I mean, just eating! Are they normal?! NO! 

After this 'breakfast' - if I can call it breakfast - we went back home, really relaxed, walking on the street when suddenly all of the five boys started to run! What was going on?! I didn't really understood until they screamed 'RUN!' and then I turned around and I saw this huge crowd of girls running after us! Oh My God! I knew they were famous but when I saw this I got to realize how famous they are! 

They got to hide at our place, because the fans already knew where Niall lived. And the noise outside started to fade. We were all sat down in the living room, watching cartoons and then I saw this strange this... Harry was staring at Sofia. Maybe his mind was just wandering, or maybe he was really staring at her. I don't know. Who does?!

To be continued...

Chapter 2 - Meeting the Band

Lately on Sleeping beside One Direction:

'We're living next door, we just arrived in Ireland, we came from Portugal and we were trying to sleep, can you please turn the music down and try not to make so much noise?' Sofia said trying not to sound as mad as she were.

'Sure, I'm so sorry! It's just that this is a very special date for us... By the way, I'm Niall! What's your name?'

'My name is Sofia!'

'I'm Inês!'

'Nice names!' he said with the most gorgeous smile I'd ever seen. 

After explaining us what was going on and, in reality, feeling a little admired because we don't recognize him from anywhere, he invited us to get in. And then we met four other beautiful lads! I mean, I always thought British and Irish boys were beautiful, but please, they were the beauty in person! Sofia was fascinated by one of them, the curly hair one, Harry. Then there was this boy, with this quiff and this mysterious eyes, Zayn. Then there were two lads accompanied by two absolutely lovely girls, Liam and Louis, with Danielle and Eleanor, respectively. Liam had this light brown hair and a completely seductive smile and Louis was like really fun, really really fun! Every single time he said something, he made us laugh! Now me and Sofia realize why he heard so many laughter before. And all that noise had a reason beyond it. Apparently those five boys were a boy band, One Direction, and they had been to Portugal like tons of times - because, as they told us, the fans there were absolutely amazing - and they made today two years they got together as a group. When they sang to us we realized what we've been missing all this time. I mean, they sound like angels! How could five boys be so talented?!

We asked them what they loved the most in Portugal, how everything had started and how was all the fame thing going. And they answered us patiently - I wonder how many times they've been asked this things before - and surprisingly they wanted to know some things about us too. They asked us where we came from, why did we move to Ireland, what we were thinking and how were we dealing with the differences. They were so sweet to us!

'We're obviously loving it! We just arrived and look at us, we're here and we're doing what we wanted: having fun!' I answered spontaneously because honestly we had just arrived and we were meeting the most amazing boys we could ever met! 

'What we're having difficulty dealing with is the weather, here's so cold comparing to Portugal...' said Sofia.

After a few hours talking and laughing of Louis' jokes, it was late and time to go back home and get some sleep. All I remember thinking before falling asleep is hearing the boys singing 'you've got that one thing!'. And then I completely pulled the plug off and fell into a deep sleep.

To be continued...

Chapter 1 - Who's that blond cute lad?

23/07/2012

I'm loving the experience. I never thought Ireland would be so nice. Even though it's cold, it's really amazing. Oh, the weather! I believe that's the only thing I'll miss. The heat. I've always wanted to travel and being here is my dream coming true. The people, the streets, the parks, ... everything's so beautiful here! This house, this room, everything is as I wanted. And probably this will be my house - 'my house'... these words sound so weird but I really need to get used to them - for the rest of my life, maybe! And the best part of it is that I get to share this with my best friend, Sofia. Theoretically we're here with her cousin, but practically... we're just having fun! (Sorry mum!)

Despite wanting to have fun, right now I am literally dying! I mean, it's not too late, but I really really really need to sleep. Our neighbors must be having a party and we hear this infernal noise, it's killing us. Sofia is freaking out and she's completely right, like, who throws a party at a Monday?! She says she will go there, knock the door down and tell them to be quiet. She's impatient because we haven't slept too much, our flight was in the middle of the night and we couldn't sleep last night. 

We've waited half an hour but the music coming from next door wouldn't stop and the laughter seemed louder and louder. We dressed our coats and there we went rang the bell. We were completely amazed when this beautiful blond boy opened the door. 

'Who are you?' he said in his lovely voice. Oh and his accent?! Like... kill me already, won't you?!

'We're living next door, we just arrived in Ireland, we came from Portugal and we were trying to sleep, can you please turn the music down and try not to make so much noise?' Sofia said trying not to sound as mad as she were.

'Sure, I'm so sorry! It's just that this is a very special date for us... By the way, I'm Niall! What's your name?'

To be continued...

Introduction - Characters

Vas happenin?,

This is a first-person narrative which tells the story of two Portuguese girls who moved to Mullingar, Ireland (in the picture beside) and got to know One Direction: Inês and Sofia.

The story begins with Inês and her point of view but, as the action goes on, Sofia tells us her vision of things allowing you to get to know both of this characters feelings and perspectives.

Along the way they will meet some old friends that'll be introduced by them as they show up on the history.

Hope you enjoy reading this fanfic as I enjoyed writing it.

With all my love,

Inês.