"She's here!" Louis yelled as soon as Harry and I arrived at the area the boys would be playing at tonight to kick off the American leg of their tour, here in Sunrise, Florida, at the BB&T Center. After the boys had played in Mexico City, Harry had flown home for a few days to get everything ready for me and I'd go back with him to the US.
As the Doncaster boy broke off from the group of people talking and wrapped me tightly in a hug, lifting me off from the ground, my arms trapped in his tight embrace.
"Nice to see you too Louis," I said, smiling as he set me down.
"It's always a pleasure, Julie." he said, bowing slightly as I giggled.
"Julie!" three other voices yelled, and I turned to see Zayn, Liam, and Niall running towards me then, trapping me in a group hug Harry and Louis soon joined.
"It's lovely to see you lot," I told them as they finally backed away.
"Welcome aboard the Take Me Home Tour," Liam said, spreading his arms out. "I present to you the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida."
"It's beautiful," I told him. "But, erm, where do I put my suitcase?"
"Shit," Harry cursed.
"What's wrong?" I asked, my smile fading.
"Harry got so excited that you were coming, he had forgotten we don't have a bunk for you on our bus." Zayn said.
"Come again?" I asked.
"But we have a solution," Niall said.
"Please tell me this doesn't involve me being tied to the hood of the car." I pleaded.
"No, but it does involve a 'Hood' now that I think about it." Louis said.
"Come again?" I asked a second time.
"Harry, if it's alright with you, we talked to the 5SOS boys while you were away." Louis continued. "And they've offered Julie the extra bunk on their bus."
"Wait, so I'd be staying with who now?" I asked.
"Our opening act," Harry explained. "The emos,"
"I don't know if they're exactly classified as emos," Liam said.
"They're emos," Harry said, nodding frantically.
"So, I'm staying with a group of guys I don't know?" I asked. "How old are they? What are their names? Do I get any details?"
"You do," Niall said. "As the biggest 5SOS fan here, I can give you the facts. You know, I'm even on their Wikipedia page as a member of the band."
"You were put down as volunteer fan, Nialler." Zayn pointed out.
"Still," Niall continued. "The oldest one, Ashton, is eighteen, but'll be nineteen next month. Michael and Calum are your age, Jules, seventeen, and the youngest, Luke, is sixteen, but he'll be seventeen next month. As for what they like to do, I hope you enjoy getting flashed and playing video games."
"I still think this is a bad idea." Harry said.
"That's just the older brother speaking." Louis said to Harry, patting my brother on the back. "They'll take good care of Julie."
"That's what I'm afraid of." Harry said.
"Alright, so I'm going to ask this again." I told them. "Is there a place I can put my suitcase?"
"Of course," Liam said. "Follow me,"
"Thank you," I said, pushing past the other guys and following Liam out of the back door to the area and onto one of the buses, where I immediately heard several voices shouting as I took my first steps on.
"Lads," Liam called. "There's somebody I'd like you to meet,"
"We don't want anything you're selling!" a voice called from the back of the bus.
"We're not selling anything, Cal." Liam called back. "I mean, Julie's here."
The sounds coming from the TV in the back stopped, and then the back mirror slid open, revealing the faces of four very tall boys. They all were giving me a smile, and I turned to look at Liam nervously. But Liam did have a point. They didn't look like emos.
"Welcome aboard, Julie." the curly-haired one said. "I'm Ashton,"
"I'm Calum," another said.
"Michael," the third said.
"Luke," the fourth one said, giving me a sheepish grin.
"So, your bunk's here." Ashton said, patting the bottom bunk on the left. "And well, we can give you the grand tour later."
"For now, if you want, you can change for the concert and meet us inside the arena, it's about time we go get ready anyways." Michael said, and the boys shuffled past me and Liam to get off. "Welcome again,"
"Thanks," I told them, looking at Liam. "I'm staying with them?"
"You'll get used to them." Liam promised. "They're quite fun once you get to know them."
"But you know how much I don't like talking to people I don't know." I told him.
"You once didn't know me." Liam pointed out.
"Your one of my brother's best friends, it was inevitable that I'd warm up to you." I pointed out.
"True," he said. "Anyways, like they said, you get changed and we'll meet you inside."
Turning and stepping off the bus, I pulled my suitcase up onto my bunk, unzipping it and pulling out my first outfit I had packed for one of the shows, a black tie-front tank with a gold heart on it and denim shorts, along with a pair of knotted-front black flats. Slipping them on and combing through my hair quickly, hopping off the bus and beginning to run back into the area when I heard screaming, which made me stop in my tracks.
My brother's fame always scared me a bit, especially the fact that fans were already waiting back here behind the gate to watch people come from the buses when they weren't letting people in for a couple more hours. But what scared me more is that they knew my name.
All the girls gathered around, in about a group of thirty were gathered around, yelling 'Julie' over and over again and waving at me, many of them taking pictures of me with their phones. Unsure of what to do, I waved slightly before running off again, into the back door of the arena.
So, which way to hair and makeup? That is my job here, after all. I've always wanted to be a makeup artist, so when Lou asked me to be her assistant, I literally jumped at the chance, and now here I am. Getting to see my brother every day while having a job for him.
"Julie!" a voice called, and I saw Lou, waving frantically at me.
Smiling, I ran over to her, hugging her quickly since I hadn't seen her in months.
"It's so good to see you, Lou." I told her.
"You too, love," she told me. "Alright, so your brother and the other boys are doing sound check now, so while they do that, we're going to be doing hair and makeup for the opening act. I believe you've met the other boys by now?"
"For a few moments when I put my things on the bus," I told her.
"Anyways, I'll do hair for Ashton and Michael, and you'll need to do hair for Luke and Calum." she told me. "And then I'll show you how to do their makeup."
"Alright," I nodded as we passed through the doors, and I saw the four boys waiting on chairs that sat in front of mirrors.
"Ah, Julie, we meet again," Ashton exclaimed.
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Stuck In Reverse (Luke Hemmings)
Fanfiction[Ongoing] He's shy, so is she. He spends every night up on stage, she's in the back prepping her older brother to do just that. Julie Styles has lived in the shadow of her older brother her entire life, and coming on tour with him was her chance t...
