Chapter Seven: The Truth is Revealed

"Where'd you get that?" Becca asked.

"The server gave me the magazine. She says we're in it," I answered.

"What?!" Anne exclaimed.

I opened the magazine up to page 42 and sure enough they we were. "We're the summer guests of One Direction..." I said in disbelief.

"What!" Becca and Anne screamed at the same time. Anne snatched the magazine away from me. Both of them were reading the article and exclaiming. I just sat there in shock.

I couldn't believe this. If David was hired by my parents maybe he knew. "Becca, Anne be quiet for a second."-They went quiet, both now staring at me.-"David."

"Yes, Miss Ella," he replied.

"Can you please explain to us what's going on?" I asked.

David nodded. "This wasn't supposed to get out so quickly. Your parents found out they had connections with Zayn Malik's family. So they called in a favor. You three are spending the entire summer with One Direction in your own private oasis in England. Well it's really just a mansion all of you will be staying in."

"So you're not taking us to a hotel? You never were, huh?" Becca asked.

"No. We weren't even supposed to stop for food, but I received a message that they weren't ready for you yet. Now the surprise has been ruined," he replied.

"This is so SICK!" Anne exclaimed. "Ahhh!!! We get to spend our ENTIRE summer with One Direction!" Then there was all around screaming! Boy did my parents love me or what?!

A few minutes later we were outside the gates of a large house, like mansion size. All of our jaws dropped at the same time. "Wow!" I breathed.

"You can say that again," Anne whispered. The gates opened and the limo pulled forward. It parked outside the front doors and we exited in a dazed state. We stood at the base of the stairs just gawking.

"Can you believe this?" Becca asked. Anne and I shook our heads. We were at a loss for words. The doors opened and people came out. None of us registered this we just continued staring.

"Are they alright?" Someone with a familiar voice and accent asked.

"I don't know, Louis. Maybe you should poke one." That voice I recognized. I shook my head a bit and focused on the one who spoke last. My heart constricted. It was Harry Styles! As soon as our eyes met I had chills run up my spine. He face me an inquisitive look and I blushed.

Tearing my gaze away from Harry, I noticed all the boys were outside. I nudged my friends and then they saw them. Anne gasped and Becca said, "Oh... My... Gosh..."

"I know. Um... hi... uh boys. I'm..."

Harry interrupted, "Your El, that's Anne, and that would be Becca."

"Uh yeah," I said.

"Would you like to come inside?" Liam asked.

"Or would you rather stay out in the chill and gawk all night?" Louis sassed.

I rolled my eyes. Louis the sassmasta from Doncastah, alright. "No. We would love to come inside," I replied.

The boys nodded and led the way. All of our stuff had been taken in and apparently put in our individual rooms because when we got inside they weren't anywhere to be seen. "You guys hungry?" Niall asked.

You're always hungry, Niall, I thought. "We are but we got Nandos earlier. In all the excitement though we forgot to eat it," I answered.

Niall nodded, "The kitchen's over there. Harry might be in there making dessert since we couldn't offer dinner."

We all nodded staring at Niall. He was so proper. Weird. Not what I had imagined. I led the way into the kitchen and when I saw Harry, I forced myself not to flinch or stumble. He was so good looking. Even more so in person. We shuffled over to the the table and sat down. When we were almost done eating my phone began to ring. I dug it out of my bag and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey El!" my mom said.

"Mom! I can't believe you guys did this! We were practically ambushed by paparazzi at Nandos," I exclaimed.

"Is that a good can't believe or bad?" she asked.

"It's definitely good. We were so confused at first! Thank you SO much for this! I love you! How in the world can we afford it?" I knew Harry was listening intently to our conversation. He was a curious creature.

"Well, Becca's aunt is friends with Zayn's aunt and so we called in a favor," she answered.

"Crazy! What a small world! Well I gotta go. Jet lag is kicking in... and Harry made dessert," I said with a hint hidden in my tone of voice.

"Okay, sweetie. Have fun. Love you."

"Love you too, mom. Tell everyone hi and that I love them as well."

"Sure thing, darling. Bye."

"Bye," I hung up my phone and smiled at my friends. I turned to look back at Harry as I was going to throw away my garbage. He looked away but before I couldn't see his face I saw him smile.

Then he looked up and hollered, "Dessert's ready!" The girls and I cleared the table and waited for them to all enter. Boy were we in foe an adventure! :)