[rewritten]
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Caitlin's P.O.V
As soon as the song ended, we all got together for a group hug. I was so jittery having just won and I felt like I was on top of the world. I couldn't believe that I would be signing with Simon in a few weeks time and that I would have a record deal. This was my absolute dream and now I was living it. I would be creating music and I would be touring and doing everything that I've ever wanted.
We left the stage after our hug ended and were soon circled by all of our friends as congratulations left their lips over and over again. I was still a crying mess and I felt people touching me from all over. It wasn't nearly as bad as when we got mobbed, this time it was better. This time it was my friends that were touching me and hugging me and I couldn't help but love the attention. But nothing tops the feeling of having won the X Factor. I can't believe that just a few months ago I auditioned as a solo artist and now here I was.
"I knew you girls would win. Ah, I can't believe it." Jade said, throwing her arms around my shoulders. I laughed and wrapped an arm around her waist as I smiled.
"I know, I can't believe it either." I said, nearly squealing from excitement. She laughed before excusing herself to go congratulate Julie.
After a few more minutes of that, the girls and I finally managed to break free from the large group. Of course that meant one thing and one thing only, Niall stole Liz away to congratulate Liz. I couldn't hear it but I could tell that he was flirting with her by the way that she was blushing. I wish that they would just get together already.
Unfortunately for us, Ben came to collect us to get ready to the party tonight. It would be even bigger and better than last nights, which makes me nervous. I got cheated on last night, I wondered how bad that this one would go. But honestly, I couldn't care less about Marty. We weren't that serious and besides, I just won, I have bragging rights now.
Liz had to say a quick goodbye to Niall and soon we were walking into the dressing room. We were quickly separated and given clothes to wear for tonight. I was given a black crop top and a black skirt, Julie had a black dress with thin straps that crossed over on the back, and Liz had a strapless dress with pink over the chest. The dresses were pretty and we quickly changed into them.
Ben had to redo our makeup because of our crying, aside from Julie, whose makeup was left alone. But my makeup was redone and he let my hair down, the curls falling around my shoulder. Liz's hair was straightened and Julie's was put up. After all of that, we were quick to leave the dressing room in order to get to the car that'll take us to the venue of the party.
"Girls, girls. We need to make a video to thank our voters." I heard Liz say before we left the building. I nodded in agreement as we moved to the side. I pulled my phone from my black purse and went onto Instagram, quickly setting it up to take a video. I then switched the camera to show the girls and us and pressed record.
"So we've just won the X Factor, and we want to say how thankful we are for everyone that's voted." I said.
"You're all the reasons why we won and we love you so, so much." Liz said, wiping her tears from her cheeks again.
"I promise that we won't let you all down. We're going to be the best artists in the world." Julie said. I quickly ended the video and posted it, watching as the likes began to roll in. I smiled at the screen and couldn't help but feel so damn lucky for the fans that we have.
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I laughed loudly as Liz twirled me around. The loud music was vibrating the floors and I felt like I had to keep moving if I didn't want to start vibrating with it. Liz and I had taken the dance floor, dancing with each other in order to keep the boys away. That didn't necessarily work, we had a lot of male celebrities and other people come up to us and talk. Luckily for Liz and I- who still weren't used to the world of celebrities- both Niall and Louis were with us to help us out. I think that Niall must have chased away every guy that tried to flirt with Liz. It was insanely adorable and I found it endearing. I wish that they would just go out already.
The song came to a stop and I looked up at Liz, yelling at her that I wanted to get a drink. She nodded and said she'd come with. After telling the boys that we'd be back, we crossed the dance floor and to the bar that many people were surrounding. It took us a few minutes to get to the front, but when we did, we both ordered waters. We both weren't old enough to drink yet.
"I still can't believe that we won. This is so freaking amazing." Liz said as we waited for our waters. It was quieter over here but we still had to yell in order to hear each other.
"I know, I know. It's perfect." I said, squealing as I did. I hated that I always squealed when I was excited, a horrible thing that I picked up from my mom.
"Hey, are you and Niall ever going to go out? It's obvious that you two like each other." I said, leaning against the bar.
Liz bit her lip and looked away, her cheeks blushed. My eyes widened in realization and I slapped her arm. "Why didn't you tell me? When's the date?" I asked.
"I'm sorry! I just... I couldn't believe it and I felt like telling people would ruin it. And I'm not sure when it is. We'll both be in different countries. I mean, unless I move to London or he moves to the U.S., I don't see how it'll work." She said.
"What if we did move to London? I mean, think about it. It's both mine and yours favorite cities and plus, Simon has his record label there. Yeah, he's got some places here but London is where it's really at. We could always move there." I said.
"I could never ask you and Julie that." Liz said.
"Well you wouldn't be moving because of Niall, you'd be moving because of our job. God, I still can't believe that this is our job now." I said as the bar tender gave us our water bottles. I thanked him, setting some money down on the bar before we started walking towards a table that was set up.
"I know, neither can I." Liz said as we sat done. "And I don't know. Moving to London? It's my favorite city but it seems risky. Even if you put Niall aside, that's a whole new country and I'm not sure if I could leave my family." She said, opening the bottle and taking a sip. I copied her actions before speaking.
"Well, we'll have to see how our meeting goes with Simon. We're meeting him tomorrow before our flights, so I guess we'll find out. I'm not sure if we'll be singing to Syco or with Colombia. I guess which ever Simon wants us to." I said.
"I kinda hope that it's Syco. I mean, that's like his record label. He'll probably only sign us if he thinks that we'll make him a ton of money, which I don't know about. I don't know though. We will have to wait till tomorrow morning." Liz said.
I nodded as I looked around the club, trying to find Julie. She disappeared into the sea of dancing people almost as soon as we got here. Although I wanted to go walk around and mingle, I knew that Liz would be uncomfortable by herself, which is why I stayed back with her. I didn't mind too much, Liz and I never really had a problem getting along. Even through the rough times in the beginning of our career together.
I looked back at Liz as a man approached our table, smiling at the two of us. My eyes widened as I recognized the man and I sat up straight, opening my mouth to say something but nothing came out. Nick Jonas laughed before he spoke.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to flirt with you girls or anything like that. I'm actually here to congratulate you girls. As you know I helped Demi during the judges homes, and after that I had to watch the season. You girls were my favorite so I just wanted to say congratulations." He said.
I still couldn't say anything, I was star struck. I couldn't believe that Nick Jonas was standing in front of me. I finally shook my head, managing to find my voice again. "Thanks. Wow. That means a lot coming from you. I was a major fan of you when the Jonas Brothers were big. I mean, not that you're not big but.... I'm doing a terrible job." I said, closing my eyes and holding my head in my hands. That was majorly embarrassing and I wanted to just stop and erase.
Nick laughed though, causing me to look up at him. "Well, tonight I'm the fan. I better get back to my friends. Congratulations again though. I'll hopefully see you two later." He smiled before walking away.
"I was a major fan of you when the Jonas Brothers were big." Liz mimicked me. "Honestly Cait, that was just terrible." She said.
I looked over at her, glaring. "Says that girl that didn't say anything to him." I said. We both laughed in embarrassment as someone else came up to our table. Actually, two someone's. I wasn't surprised or shocked to see Demi standing by our table, but I was a bit star struck to see Selena Gomez standing there. She sang in Week Two of the X Factor, but I was never able to meet her.
"Hi girls, congratulations. Even though you weren't in my category, I'm really glad that you girls won. I wanted to introduce you girls to my friend Selena." Demi said.
"Wow. Um I mean, it's nice to meet you." Liz said. I snorted, shaking my head at the blonde haired girl.
"Hi Caitlin, I'm Selena." I said. My eyes widened as I realized what I had just said and I closed my eyes, feeling my cheeks heating up in embarrassment. All three girls laughed and I couldn't help but join in a little bit. "Sorry. I'm Caitlin, you're Selena. It's nice to meet you." I said, my laughter dying down with everyone else's.
"It's nice to meet you two... too." Selena said, squinting her eyes a little bit as she tried to decide whether or not that was proper grammer. "Anyway, congratulations with winning. I watched a bit of the show but I was always busy, but you girls are great. I'm really excited to see what you girls come up with." She said.
"Aw, thanks. That means a ton coming from you. And I like your show, but it's over now so I'm sorry about that but it was good. My little sister adores you." Liz said.
"Sorry, she's really awkward around people. You should've seen her when we first had a conversation." Demi laughed, putting her arm around Liz's shoulder. Liz laughed as her face heated up. I could tell that she was a little uncomfortable with the attention on her so I quickly spoke up.
"This was great, but we have to get back to Niall and Louis. If we don't they'll worry and they are boys so they'll do something stupid." I said.
"That does sound like them. Well, we'll see you girls later. And congratulations again." Demi said.
We said a quick goodbye before walking away, and Liz thanked me for getting her out of that situation. I only nodded in response as we crossed the dance floor, heading towards the area that we last left the boys. We finally found them, but before we could get to them we were stopped again.
This time by a man that I did not recognize. I wasn't sure if he was a celebrity, but he didn't seem to be. He looked like a lucky guy that was friends with someone who had an invite here. His eyes were on Liz and out of instinct, I grabbed her arm and pulled her back a bit to stand behind me. I couldn't help but be protective over her.
"Hey, so I heard that this party is in your honor. Congratulations on your win." He said, smiling. He seemed nice but I didn't like the way that he was staring at Liz. Knowing how innocent she was, she won't notice his true intentions with her.
I looked over the guy's shoulder, who was still talking to Liz and making her uncomfortable, and saw that Niall and Louis were staring at us. I nodded my head towards the guy and then to Liz and they seemed to get the message. We weren't that far from them, so they quickly got to us.
"-so yeah, it drives pretty fast. I can show you if you want." The guy said as Niall and Louis got to us.
"Uh, I-" Liz started to say.
"She's taken, sorry about that. Actually, I'm not. So please, back of me girl." Niall said as he pulled Liz to his side. Although I didn't like that fact that I was not the one that was protecting her, but I didn't mind it when it was Niall.
The guys eyes widened and he took a step back, holding up his hands. "Sorry, I didn't know." He said.
"Mhm, you can go now." Niall said. I laughed quietly as Liz turned to look at him, her mouth open. "What?" He asked as the guy walked away.
"That was mean." Liz said.
"So?" Niall shrugged. "He was making you uncomfortable and I wasn't going to let that happen to me girl." Niall said. Liz laughed quietly before whispering a thank you.
"We should get Julie and leave. This is all very... overwhelming and I want to go back to the hotel." I said.
"Yeah, I kinda want to go home too." Liz said.
"Okay, let's get Julie and go then." Niall said, still holding Liz to his side. I laughed at how whipped he was and Louis seemed to know what I was laughing about too.
It took us a few minutes until we found Julie. She was hanging out with Harry and a few people that he knew. She didn't want to come home just yet, as she was having a ton of fun with Harry and his friends. We didn't mind her not coming home, we had just won and she wanted to celebrate. I'd rather sit around and hang with my friends.
We caught up with Simon before we left, thanking him for the party and for everything else. After that, we headed towards the door that led us to the streets. We had decided on calling a cab to get us back to the hotel, this way we didn't have to worry about getting caught by paps or fans.
Unfortunately, we didn't think our plan through enough, because as soon as we stepped out of the club there were flashing lights. I blinked and squinted my eyes, having to adjust to the bright lights after being in a dark club. I heard my name being called from every direction, whether it was from a fan or from paparazzi, I wasn't sure. I looked back to make sure that Liz was alright; she was fine, Niall was holding onto her and blocking her face from the cameras. I felt an arm around my waist and I turned back around, ready to punch the person that had their hands on me. I relaxed when I saw it was Louis, laughing and apologizing for almost punching him.
He said something that I couldn't hear before guiding me towards the cab that we had called. He opened the door for me and I slide in, sitting in the back seat. Louis followed me in, sitting across from me. Liz was the next one in and Niall followed, closing the door. I felt like I was in a fish bowl, being watched as paparazzi took picture after picture.
"So, where to?" The driver asked.
"The Luxe City Center hotel." I answered. I leaned against the seat as I placed my purse on my lap. Just as I was doing that, I felt my phone vibrating inside of it. I unzipped my purse and pulled out my phone, reading the message that was from Brendon.
B: Dude, check twitter. You're trending
Caitlin: Um okay?
I exited our conversation and went onto Twitter, quickly going onto the trends. My eyes widened as I saw the world wide trend, with almost two million tweets. CongratulationsJayCeeEl was trending and I couldn't help but laugh loudly. I leaned forward, shoving my phone in Liz's face.
"Look at this, look at this, look at this. We are trending." I said.
"What?" Liz said, taking my phone from my hands and looking at the screen. She squealed and turned around, looking at me. "Oh my God, we're trending. We're actually trending right now. Hold on, I have to tweet something." Liz said, giving me my phone back. I laughed as I started coming up with my own tweet. omg thank you so much for this trend and thank you for everything. we love you all so much #CongratulationsJayCeeEl
My phone vibrated in my hands and I pressed the notification that came with what Liz just tweeted. Ahhh, I can't even rn. Thank you so much everyone and to celebrate, here's an unseen of Caitlin and I #CongratulationsJayCeeEl. Attached to the tweet was a picture of Liz and I. It was from two seconds ago, I was looking down at my phone and she was smiling at the camera. It was dark to really see, but I knew that it was from a few seconds ago.
"Hey!" Liz yelled, jumping up and looking at Niall. "You followed me. I have one fifth now. One down, four to go." Liz said. I laughed at her fangirl side that still refused to hide.
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There's the chapter. I hope you liked it, I have no idea how it got so long
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--Pic above is of their outfits for the club