"Would you stop bouncing up and down in your seat?" Cher asks me for the millionth time.

"I can't!" I giggle.

"I know you are excited to see him, but chill out!" Cher stares put the car window.

Rebecca turns around in her seat. "You two aren't even dating yet and you act like this." She waves her hand at me bouncing in my seat.

"I can't help it!" I grin. "I just want to get to the X Factor house!"

We left Cheryl's house today. The other girls went home while Rebecca, Cher, and I headed off for the X Factor house. I'm so excited. I'll get to see everyone else who got through to the live shows. I cannot wait to see Louis. Sure, I'm excited to see the rest of the lads, but mostly Louis.

I have been driving Cher and Rebecca insane ever since we left Cheryl's house. I haven't been meaning to. I'm just so excited! I've missed Louis! I will get to see him today. A week is too long to be away from your best friend and the guy you like. I still can't believe Louis likes me!

"Is that our new home for the next few months?" Rebecca gawks out the window. I lean over to Cher's side to see where we will be staying.

This place is massive! I thought Cheryl's house was big. The X Factor house makes Cheryl's house look tiny. From the front of the mansion it looks about three stories tall. It is painted a light beige color and has about seven windows going across the front of the house. This is my new home. I am going to love this place.

The car comes to a complete stop. I unbuckle my seatbelt as quickly as possible. I push open the car door and stumble out on the concrete driveway. Dermot and Konnie are standing by the front door of the mansion. I spot the camera crew to my left as I run up to the two hosts.

I trip on the second step and fall forward. I put my hands out to protect my face. I land on my right wrist first. A gasp escapes from my mouth as I roll over on my back. I clutch my wrist in my hand.

"Just my luck." I mutter in pain.

"Are you okay?" Dermot runs to my side. "Can we get a medic over here?" He yells out.

"No, no, no!" I protest. "I don't need a medic. I'm perfectly fine!" I sit up on the stairs.

"Your wrist is already swelling." Dermot states.

I glance down at my wrist. He's right. My hand is turning a lovely shade of red and purple. "Oh. It just randomly does that. I have random wrist turn purple and swell disease. It's very common in teenagers."

Dermot shakes his head, obviously not believing me. "We need to get this checked out."

"I'm allergic to doctors." I come up with another excuse.

"Stop making up excuses." Cher sits down next to me on the stairs. "Your wrist is purple."

"Louis would want you to get it checked out." Rebecca says after a few minutes of silence.

A medic showed up five minutes later. He said that it wasn't broken or sprained, just bruised. He wrapped it up for me and said try not to do much with it. How can I not use my right arm much? I'm right handed. I do everything with my right hand. The medic said that the swelling should go down in a few days.

"Now that all of that is taken care of." Dermot stands up. "You three are the first to arrive. If I were you I would go and pick your rooms. Most of the rooms are either for two or three people."

I stand up from the step I was sitting on. Rebecca steps in the X Factor mansion first. We're the first ones here and get to pick our own rooms. I thought I never get lucky? Well, I did get injured. I'm not that lucky.

"Wow." I breathe.

The mansion is massive. I'm not even sure how to describe it. The front door opens up to a large room that has a kitchen to the left and a living room to the right. If you walk straight, you eventually come to a staircase that leads goes upstairs or downstairs.

"Are we sharing again?" Cher asks me, halfway up the staircase.

"Of course." I nod my head. "Go ahead and pick a room. I'm going to look around."

I descend down the stairs. I hope this isn't some creepy, dark basement. I was completely wrong. It is definitely not a creepy basement. The entire room is lit up by a huge glass window that shows the backyard and a huge pool. It looks like an Olympic sized pool. The room looks like a place where everyone can hang out. There is a large flat screen tv mounted on the wall with couches and bean bags scattered on the floor. A few gaming systems are in a stand next to the tv. There is a decent sized bathroom down here, too.

"Honey! I'm home!"

I stop moving around and listen closely. That voice sounded familiar. It definitely wasn't Louis's. I would have been upstairs by now. I spin around on my heel and head back upstairs. Who arrived?

"Are we the first ones here?" Another male voice asks.

I climb the last set of steps to see three guys standing in the main room. "Aiden!" I run towards him.

"Carter!" Aiden grins at me.

Aiden have gotten pretty close, too. When I was at Cheryl's house, I got bored and got Dermot to give me everyone's name on Skype. I randomly clicked on Aiden's name. We talked a few times after that.

"This is Nicola and Matt." He points to the other two guys.

"Hi!" I wave to them. "I would go pick your rooms if I were you."

"This place is massive!" Aiden tilts his head back to see the high ceiling. From here, you can see where the stairs lead upstairs and part of the second floor.

The front door opens again. I push Aiden out of the way to see if it is Louis. They must be the over twenty eights. Dang. I was hoping that was Louis.

"Thanks for pushing me." Aiden wanders over to the kitchen.

"I thought it was Louis." I shrug.

Aiden spins around. "Ah, yes. You're lover boy." He smirks.

I glare at him playfully. When we first started talking, I didn't even tell him that I liked Louis. He just guessed. I didn't even give him any hints. Aiden said he knew from bootcamp. I never talked to him at bootcamp, but he still knew.

"Louis is not my lover boy." I cross my arms, stubbornly.

"You wish he was. I'll put in a good word for you." Aiden winks, opening the fridge.

"Shouldn't you be picking a room before everyone shows up?" I change the subject, slyly.

"Matt and I agreed to share a room before we arrived." Aiden grabs a bottle of water.

"CARTER!" A loud scream comes from the main part of the room.

My eyes widen in excitement. I start to run for the other part of the house, but Aiden wraps his arms around my waist. "Aiden! Let me go!" I struggle to get out of his arms.

"No! Wait a few seconds. You will seem like you were waiting for him to show up if you run out there now!" Aiden easily holds me back.

I attempt to pry his arms off of me. "But I have been waiting for him!"

"I'm being a good friend here! Now go get your man!" Aiden let's go of my waist.

I sprint out of the kitchen and around the corner. The lads are all standing in a circle talking amongst themselves. Louis is chatting to Harry about something. Niall looks up and sees me running over to them. He nudges Louis in the side. Louis looks up just in time to see me.

"Louis!" I jump in his arms.

He stumbles back slightly. "Carter." He breathes.

I keep my arms wrapped around his neck tightly. His cologne fills my nose and makes me smile to myself. I've missed him so much. Louis pulls me close to his body.

"Where's my hug?" Niall whines.

I open my eyes to see him pouting. "I'll hug you in a minute." I promise him.

"Now Louis can stop moping around." Harry snickers.

"I haven't been moping around." Louis pulls away from me.

I step away from him and hug the little Irish boy, who is still pouting. Niall grins when I hug him. I missed Niall, too. It just wasn't the same without having him around and complaining that he was hungry all the time.

"You were moping around, mate." Liam agrees with Harry.

"Awh." I chuckle, letting go of Niall. "Did Louis miss me?" I pinch his cheek which is turning a faint pink.

"It's not like you didn't miss him." Cher points out, joining our little circle. "You should have seen her on the way here. She was literally bouncing in her seat because she was so excited to see you. She kept sayin-"

I cover her mouth with my left hand. Why does she always try to embarrass me in front of him? Best friends are supposed to help you when you like a guy. Not embarrass you every chance they get.

"Did Carter miss me?" Louis teases me, pinching my cheeks like I did to him.

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