Meeting One Direction, Westfield Sunrise- March 11th, 2012
Me and my friend Emily woke up at 3 am Sunday, and drove to the mall about 15 minutes away where they were doing the signing. When we got there, we had no idea what number we were. 6 hours later, we finally got to the Walmart, bought the last 2 special edition cd’s, and got our wristbands. We came back a few hours later and waited on line for about 30 minutes before getting to meet the boys.Â
Niall: He was first at the table and when we got there he was wearing a hat a fan had given to him with a big irish hat and beard on it. He was dancing around in his chair screaming “party!” and being adorable as usual. Emily was in front of me, and when she tried to hand them the scrapbook, security pushed her away and told her that he couldn’t take it from her. The guards ripped the cd’s out of our hands and tossed them on the table along with around 5 other cd’s that didn’t belong to us. I gave Niall a tie with shamrocks on it and said “So I heard you were the irish one” but he didn’t hear me. He signed the cd’s and took the tie without looking up at me once the whole time, but he wasn’t rude about it at all. I know how he gets with his fans and there were a lot of crying screaming girls, he was probably extremely overwhelmed.Â
Zayn: I’d just like to say that I didn’t think this child could get any more beautiful but he’s even more flawless in person. I was never a fan of his tattoo, but when it’s 2 inches in from of your face, it suddenly becomes extremely attractive. So Zayn said hi and i said hi back, and then he signed my cd and gave me a high five. When I hit his hand he grabbed mine and swung it back and fourth for a few seconds. I thought I was gonna pass out, but I kept telling myself that if I did I wouldn’t get to meet Harry, and I’d probably hate myself forever. Liam was talking to Louis so I stayed moved in-between him and Zayn, and watched him meet my friend who was standing behind me. He winked at her and saw that I saw, we made eye contact and he giggled because he knew I caught him in the act ;) His laugh was probably the most angelic sound I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
Liam: Meeting him was really short and sweet, he looked at me and smiled and it took me everything I had not to jump over the table and tackle him like a teddy bear. He’s just so cute I can’t even describe it. He waved to me and gave me a high-five when I asked for one, and then signed my cd and I moved along down the rest of the table.
Louis: This is the one I could probably go on about for hours. I was so so so excited to meet him, I thought he would be the funny and hyper Lou I thought I knew him to be, which is probably why I was so upset with what actually did happen. From the time we were placed in front of the table, it was obvious that he really didn’t want to be there at all, and that he’d rather drop dead than meet one more fan. When I was standing in front of him, he had his head turned to Liam, who was trying to shake him off and meet his fans the right way. Louis was attempting to whisper in Liam’s ear, but instead resorted to speaking loudly in a really rude tone that we could hear pretty clearly. Between me and Emily, we heard him say “If these girls ___ one more time” in a pretty nasty way. I was saying his name over and over because I really just wanted a high five, or to at least have him say hi to me. At a point I gave up in trying to get him to look at me, so I unfolded a piece of paper I had wanted to give to Harry next. When Lou heard me open it, he turned his head a tiny bit and started to hold his hand, because he thought it was for him. The whole thing about him whispering was great enough, it was really nice to know he would’ve only given me the time of day if I had something for him. Afterwards I felt like complete shit, and am even tearing up as I’m typing this. I just couldn’t believe how he treated me, after I had waited since 3:30 that morning to meet him. This changed my opinion of him so so much. It’s even hard for me to look at pictures of him smiling, because now I know that it’s all fake. In my opinion, he’s not the funny quirky guy everyone expects, he’s just a really good actor.Â
Harry: At this point, I was already supremely upset about what had just happened with Louis, and the fact that we would be leaving soon after meeting Harry. I walked up to him and tried to say hi, but couldn’t really do anything but stare into his eyes. I handed him something I’d found online, a fake “permission to date my daughter” form with ridiculous questions on it, obviously meant as a joke. He opened it and started to read it as he put it on his lap or the floor or wherever. I had seen him kiss a girl earlier in line, so when I could finally breathe, again I asked him for a kiss. He stared at me and mumbled yes really quietly but didn’t move, and the security guard kept reaching in front of him and sliding down cd’s. He signed my cd and then stared at me again, and I asked him for a kiss one more time. He mumbled yes again and this time went to lean over the table. Before he got anywhere near me, the guard elbowed me in my neck and sent me flying back a few steps. I walked back over to the table and Harry said sorry and gave me a high-five before moving on to my friend behind me.
After we were so rudely pushed out of the way by the guards, we sat down on the floor and cried for a few minutes. When we got up we walked back out to the car and went back to my friend’s house. Our friend’s who were still at the mall said we should come back because they were meeting more people somehow. My dad drove us back and when we got there they had only a few girls left to meet. We waited in a crowd in front of them, and after a few minutes they made some announcements and then left. A whole group of girls went to the table where they were sitting and took pictures of the table they drew on and the poster and stuff. Then we met Paul! That was kind of the highlight of my day. I’m extremely grateful that I got to meet them, I just wish they could’ve been a little nicer.
-Taylor (instyleswetrust)