𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 ~ ✰☽ 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜

~ nine ~

"You sure you're good with driving yourself?" Dad asks as I finish packing a small bag. Today's the meeting. I'll get to see the cast in person, and we're going the first read through of the script.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm super excited that this is finally taking off and in one week I'm leaving to shoot, but I have to spend the whole day with Louis.

It's basically the same thing as saying "I'm spending a day in hell."

"Yeah I'll be fine dad, don't worry," I shrug and grab out a water bottle from the cabinet to fill it up. He's worried that I won't be able to handle the paparazzi when I walk into the building, but I'm almost one hundred percent sure I'll be fine. It's not my first run with those creeps.

"Okay we'll if you need anything just give me a call and I'll be on my way," he reassures as I screw on the lid and nod.
"Okay okay I will," I say and walk by Wyatt, snatching a couple of his Teddy Grams.

"Hey!" He frowns at me, covering the bowl so I can't take anymore.
"Sorry I just wanted one," I snicker a bit and make it to the exit of our house.

"Alright then," Dad sighs as he stands beside me, "you're so grown up."
Oh god here he goes with one of his little emotional speeches.

"That's it, I'm out," I laugh and roll my eyes.

"Stay safe sweetie alright?" He calls out as I step outside.
"I will! Thanks dad!"

I gently close the door and look out at the scenery. It was an absolutely beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky, sunny, I'd say around seventy degrees, and no wind. Just perfect for my tee shirt and shorts.

I walked out to my car, quickly checking around to make sure there weren't any creeps behind bushes, trying to snap a picture of my license plate or home address.
Then I hopped inside, and turned on the air conditioner to cool down a bit.

My phone had a few new notifications, so before I drove off, I figured I'd check them out.

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Mama Steve👨‍👧‍👦

Mama Steve👨‍👧‍👦
Have fun at the meeting y/n!! Tell me how it goes!!

Y/n
Thank youuu I will

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spider-man🕷

spider-man🕷
HAVE FUN AT YOUR FIRST EVER READ THROUGH💙💙

Y/n
THANK YOU TOM!!!

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I responded to a few more people, and deleted the random numbers, before opening Instagram and seeing a new post by Connor. He took a few more selfies of us on Friday, but didn't post them.

And now he did. He's gotta stop doing that. The caption said "good luck babe!" with a few hearts. I like that he cares but he didn't ask before posting again. And I'm sure everyone wondering what he means by good luck.

Whatever. I can't be thinking of this right now. I have a meeting to get to.
Shaking my head, I plug my phone into the aux chord and play my "summer vibes" playlist.

The first song to play was "Dog Days are Over" by Florence and the Machine. I've always loved that song. And I always play it on full blast.

I carefully pull out of the driveway, and flip down my sunglasses so that I'm at least somewhat disguised. Today hasn't been to bad after all. Maybe it'll even be fun! Who knows.