"Is this real?" Jordy shouted to me as we watched the five boys emerge from under the stage at the start of Up All Night. Screams, screams, music going through my body at the same time. I was living the dreams I had for a long time now. Night was finally here. I was standing in the crowd at a One Direction concert and nothing could erase the feeling I was feeling in that moment. Not the sweat, not the deafening screams, not even our deteriorating sign; Nothing. Four hours earlier... I checked the time on my phone for the third time in the last two minutes, still at 3:56 p.m. Eventually the taxi ride ended when our mothers paid the slightly irritable driver. Jordy and I bounded across the street, stopping to stare in awe. Behind us was the sound of traffic and ahead of us was a massive line of teenage girls waiting to have their tickets checked – an opportunity Jordy and I could only dream of. Once our mothers had caught up with us, we all gathered in the shadow of the merchandise stand. I was ready to use the money that had been burning a hole in my pocket since I got off the plane at Melbourne Airport. About ten minutes after we arrived, my mother asked a man when the merchandise stand opened. 5 p.m., we still had an hour. While we were debating what to do, my mother decided to ask one of the many girls running past us what they were all doing. “We’ll check the sound,” the girl replied enthusiastically. “We have an extra ticket, do you want it?” » she asked, turning to me. My brain froze. I was offered a ticket to the One Direction sound check. A little voice in the back of my mind reminded me that I couldn't leave Jordy. She's my best friend and if the roles were reversed she would refuse the ticket... middle of paper... and this in it," the security woman said, pointing to our sign. My heart sank. We had worked so hard on this panel and this was our only chance to let One Direction know we existed “We’re going to turn the lights out. They're the problem, aren't they?" Jordy suddenly exclaimed. This drove us to the ground near the doors, furiously ripping the lights off our sign, ruining it before we even got in. Jordy and I was devastated as we waited in line for water But it was all worth it, the rush, the nerves, the disasters. We were finally there, standing in the front row of the back section at a concert. of One Direction, watching our idols do what they love We had already lost our voices and I was pretty sure I had a puddle of sweat around me, but I was full of happiness, we didn't. had no tickets at all and now here we were experiencing a night that I will remember forever..