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I could not believe it. Not only were Westlife coming for a one off concert in Auckland in a few weeks, but I had somehow scored an front row ticket for the concert, and even staying at the same hotel as them…I had won the competition from the Womans Day! The prize was a front-row ticket to their concert and a signed copy of their new CD. And 3 nights accommodation at the same hotel.
That night I logged on to the internet.
Everyone was on in Yahoo, and were all chatting about the up-coming Westlife concert. Tickets were selling fast and we had all managed to be as close to the stage as possible to see the lads in action.
Soon, it was the day before the concert, and I was being flown up to Auckland around lunchtime, as the Westlife lads were arriving that afternoon.
Once I had arrived at Auckland Airport, and met the PA from Womans Day. She told me, that Westlife were due in a half-hour and that I would be travelling to the hotel with them. I was like, oh my god..
They arrived, to the sound of girls screaming, and one particular scream of "Shane, I LOVE you!!!!!" I quickly glanced over to see if I could see who screamed that! it didn’t take long to work out who it was. It was one of my friends, who had arrived up from Rotorua!
Shane came out first, wearing jeans and a jumper under a black leather jacket, then following him was Bryan wearing jeans, and a jumper, and a baseball cap! Then Kian came out, wearing these nice tan trousers and a greenish shirt, then Mark and Nicky followed.. Mark wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, along with sunglasses and a baseball cap.. Nicky wearing jeans along with a nice grey top under his denim jacket and his glasses – man he looked gorgeous and so hot, I was lost for words!
They firstly signed a few autographs and posed for photos at the 50 or so girls who were there to greet them and came over to where I was standing with the lady from Womans Day. And we were all introduced and big hugs and kisses followed (man those Irish boys know how to hug), and we made our way, with luggage to the taxi, where the mini-van was waiting….
All the luggage got packed in, and then we all climbed into the van.. I was given a back seat next to Nicky, and we chatted the whole way to the hotel…
When we got to the hotel, we all piled out, and went to check in… I was so shocked to find out that my room was on the same floor as the lads, 3 doors down from them as well…
About an hour later, I was about to just switch on my laptop, to check my mail…when there was a soft knock on my door. I got off the bed, and went to see who it was..
It was Nicky….I let him in….
"Is it okay, if I hang out with you?, Kian and Mark are having a nap in their rooms, the other 2 are doing something, but I can’t remember what!" as he dumped himself onto the bed.
"Sure, I’m just checking my mail, seeing whether anyone has e-mailed about you guys arriving here!" I replied sitting back on my bed by Nicky with my laptop and I activated my yahoo messenger!
"really, anything interesting?" he asked, looking at the screen.
"OMG that is brilliant" he said staring at my yahoo messenger…I knew I should have changed my theme on it from my Nicky theme to something less obsessive!…
"Yeah, it is, I customised it all, from the buttons, to the background, to even when people come on and go off…listen!" I said as I clicked on the 2 sounds..
He was so impressed!
As I click on yahoo mail, I could see that I had 49 new messages..
"cool, 17 new messages from the nz mailings lists!!" I replied clicking on it…
Most of them were about the experience at the airport…some were about the get together that was happening this weekend in conjunction with the Westlife concert.
"You going to this get together thing?" asked Nicky, reading over the e-mail.
"I haven’t really thought about it, I will probably see everyone tomorrow afternoon, cos a whole group of us are all meeting up before the concert."
"That’s great, so out of westlife who’s the most popular Westlife lad that your friends like?" asked Nicky, quickly changing the topic.
"um, I think its Shane, I know that a few like Mark, and a few of us like you and also Bryan." I replied, thinking he gonna ask about Kian…
"So none of you like Kian, I take it?" He replied jokingly..
"Its seems that way at the moment…" I replied.
Suddenly there was another knock at the door. I went to answer it. It was Mark.
"Nicky, I didn’t know you would be here. But since you are, dinner is in 30 minutes! Eilidh, Anto wants to know whether you’d like to join us for Dinner tonight?" asked Mark.
"Mark, I would love to join you guys for dinner." I replied, thinking dinner with Westlife, could this day get any better.
"Cool, we are meeting by the lifts in 30 minutes. See you then." And with that Mark had gone. Nicky soon followed.
"Eilidh, I better get back to my room, and change. See you soon." said Nicky, quickly kissing me on the cheek, as he left.
After changing into something more dressy. I went to the lifts. The lads were all there, looking very smart.
As we made our way to the dining area, a female voice said "Nicky, darling" We all turned around to see Georgina standing there.. I had a sudden feeling that Nicky would invite Georgina to join the table. I started back towards the lifts, but Mark stopped me..
It seemed that Mark had read the situation, and seen that if Georgina decided to join the table, then there would be no room for me at the table.
So he gave up his seat as well, and he managed to get another table, which he’ll share with me, if I wanted to, so I wouldn’t feel left out. I gladly accepted.
Throughout the dinner, we had very interesting conversations about everything. I had asked him if he had a girlfriend, but he hasn’t. So I started telling him about one of my friends Fiona. He seemed a little interested, so I gave him her mobile number. I hoped that Mark would soon find someone special, it seemed that none of the other lads had found their perfect match yet. Bryan was still dating Kerry (though they kept denying it), Kian had just been dumped by his girlfriend. Shane was seeing someone, but no-one knew who it was! and Nicky had Georgina.
After dinner, and coffee, Kian came over to our table, and wondered if we would like to join them in the bar for a few drinks. I declined saying that I was a little tired. As I left, I gave Mark a quick kiss on the cheek, and thanked him for the wonderful evening. When I got back to my room, I thought that a bath might help me sleep. As I ran the bath, and poured in the bath oils (complimentary of course) there was a knock on the door, quickly turning off the taps, and grabbing a bathrobe, I went to answer it. Through the eye-hole, I could see it was Mark.
"Hi Mark," I said looking a little embarrassed.
"Hey, oops am I interrupting something, I could come back." Asked Mark.
"Its alright, I hadn’t got into the bath yet." I laughed.
"I thought I’d come and see if you were alright?" he asked.
"I’m fine Mark, I think a bath and an early night will help. it’s a long day tomorrow." I said, hoping that the bath wouldn’t be cold.
"well, I better let you have your bath!, I just rang Fiona by the way, she seems like a nice person. I’ve invited her to the after party, you’ll be coming, wont you?" asked Mark, as he stood at the door.
"Of course I’ll be there tomorrow night." I said.
"I’ll let you get back to your bath. I’ll see ya later.." said Mark, seeing the lift-doors opened, and the other lads walking out.
"Bye Mark." I said, as the rest of the lads walked past, seeing me in a bathrobe.
I didn’t see Georgina either, maybe she was staying on another floor...but Nicky did look
a little grumpy or maybe he was tired, as he walked to his room. It was obvious I wasn’t the only one having an early night.
I closed my door, and after adding more hot water to the bath, got in and relaxed. After a while, I got out, and got into my Pjs.
It was only 10pm. So I re-checked my mail, more new messages. I quickly went through them, seeing what was interesting and what wasn’t important. Quickly seeing if anyone was on Yahoo, but only Fee was on…
"Is that Fee Feehily. LOL" I typed, laughing.
"hehehe, I am so glad you’re on! " Fee replied.
"why?" I asked innocently.
" I just got off the phone with a Mr Mark Feehily." She replied.
"Really, wow….So what did you and Mark talked about?" I replied.
"Omg, We talked about tomorrow and things, and he invited me to the after party, he said you were going too, which was good. Actually he did talk a lot about you. all nice things though." Replied Fee.
"He’s such a nice guy to talk with, once you get passed his shy exterior." I replied.
"Actually he just rang before, saying something about you and a bathrobe." Fee asked curiously.
"OK, I was about to have a bath, and it was the only thing I could find and put on quickly cos someone was knocking on my door.…" I said laughing.
"Just as long as you didn’t flash him, hehehe. I’ll see ya tomorrow, I have to go….bye!." Fee said.
"Bye Fee." I said.
After that, I logged off my computer, and got into bed. I fell asleep easily.