To Be Loved By You - Brad Simpson Fanfiction

Chapter Three

I have been watching the others planning the video shoot for Wednesday all morning, then Sophie gave me access to their calendar and explained to me how it is used.

So far everyone has been really nice to me and I don't feel out of place of anything. However, the more time passed the more nervous I got.

Joe and I would be leaving at 2pm to meet the boys at the location of the photoshoot. He told me to have my lunch break right before so now that the clock has hit 1pm I close my laptop. The second I look up Sophie gives me a reassuring smile.

'I can show you the kitchen if you want to? We could have lunch together?'

I nod, relieved. I usually like being alone, especially instead of being with a stranger. But Sophie seems really nice and just the idea of spending the next hour by myself, overthinking everything that could happen this afternoon, was already making me feel sick.

I follow Sophie through the corridor but not back into the big office but through another door into a huge kitchen. It's very open and through the windows the view on the city is actually pretty stunning. Sophie opens the refrigerator whilst I get my food out of my bag. I prepared some oats last night which I'm very thankful for right now cause I'm literally starving after not eating much this morning. I don't really feel like eating because I'm so nervous but the thought of collywobbles whilst the boys are being photographed – horrifying.

'You don't have to be nervous, all four boys are honestly such great and genuinely nice guys.' Sophie sits down next to me on a bar stool in front of the window.

'I don't doubt that – it's just...', I stop myself. Should I let her know I'm a fan? I don't want her to think I only applied for the internship because I wanted to meet the boys. In fact, until this morning I was convinced I wouldn't even catch sight of them in person, let alone be introduced to them.

'I bet you're a fan, right?', Sophie says with a grin on her face.

I give her a shocked look. Is it this obvious?

She laughs. 'Don't worry. Just the way your face fell when Joe mentioned you'd be meeting the boys earlier – it kinda said it all.'

I sigh. She already guessed it, no need for me to lie about it right?

'There are definitely bigger fans out there I guess. But I kinda grew up with them. I've listened to their music ever since their first album came out. Do you have like, a comfort show or something?'

Sophie nods. 'Yeah I watch friends whenever I feel down.'

'See, I don't really have a comfort show. When I feel down I listen to their old music or watch the covers they put out on youtube.'

Sophie takes a bite from her sandwich.

'Well', she says whilst chewing. 'I guess if someone told me this morning I'd be meeting the cast of friends I'd look just as pale as you do right now.'

My eyes widen and my hands go up to my cheeks. My makeup should be covering that shouldn't it?

Sophie nudges me in the side. 'I'm kidding, I'm kidding.'

I try to laugh it off but fail miserably.

Then Sophie gets serious. 'Hey you have absolutely nothing to worry about. If anything, the boys are gonna appreciate you even more when they find out how much they mean to you. They would never judge you or think you're unprofessional just because you're a fan.'

'How do you know that's what I am afraid of?', I ask. Because that's exactly what's been going through my mind.

She wiggles her eyebrows at me. 'Well, you're not the only one that's liked them before starting to work here.'