Emma pulled up to a tall building with shimmering clean windows and a velvet carpet that lead to the double doors.
"Whoa are you famous?" Michael asked pressing his face to the car window.
"No" she laughed.
"Not yet" Calum said elbowing her.
"What'd you mean?" Ashton asked.
"Emma's an amazing singer and guitarist" Calum smiled.
"Well I wouldn't say amazing" she smiled shyly.
"Well okay how about..fantastic! She got signed last month to a label" he bragged.
"Whoa" Luke said scooting forward in his seat.
Emma parked and got out of the car "thank you so much" she smiled to the chauffeur who took her keys.
The boys went around back and picked up their bags. They hulled them into the prestige lobby.
"This is big as balls!" Michael said walking into the lobby.
Ashton elbowed Michael in the ribs and shook his head no.
"Hello Miss. Winford" a lady at the front desk said "are these your guests?" She asked.
"Hello Raina! And yes they are staying with me for a little bit" she said walking over and handing her a card.
Raina cleared her throat "guests are not permitted to play in the fountain" she said.
Emma turned around to see Michael trying to push Luke into the water fountain in the waiting room "whoa look there's money in here!" He smiled.
"Michael!" Emma yelled in a hushed tone "no" she shook her head.
"Have a nice day" Raina smiled handing Emma her card.
"Thank you, you too" Emma replied rounding up the boys and leading them to the elevator. They climbed to the tenth floor and surprisingly arrived right in the loving room of Emma's house.
"No way" Calum said amazed "I'm visiting you like all the time"
She opened the door "okay so make yourselves- actually probably don't do that..." She walked in and fixed pillows on the couch "so I have two bedrooms, a couch and two air mattresses"
"I call the bed!" Calum said running into the little hallway across from the kitchen.
"No fair!" Ashton whined "air mattress"
"Same for me" Michael said.
"So the couch looks comfortable" Luke said sitting his bags on the sofa that wrapped around the living room.
"I'll help you get stuff together" Ashton offered.
"Okay, thanks" Emma said "C-Dizzle help me out" she said walking down the little hallway with Ashton behind her.
"Don't call me C-Dizzle and I will" Calum said.
"Where's the bathroom? I have to pee!" Luke said running after them.
As they left a girl came up in the elevator. Michael turned around.
"Cool hair!" She said stepping into the room "I could never dye mine"
Michael looked her up and down.
"And tattoos!" She said excitedly.
He bit his lip.
She fixed her hair behind her ear "I'm Layla" she held her hand out.
"Dan-- Michael" he said shaking her hand.
She smiled "no way! That's my favorite name for a guy"
He smiled again.
"Layla is that you?" Emma yelled from her room.
"Yeah! I just need to pick up my amp!" She yelled.
"It's on the kitchen table!" Emma yelled back.
Layla saw the amp where Emma had said it was and walked over "so Michael are you dating Emma?"
"No I already have--" he stopped "I uh I just met her, I'm friends with Calum and-"
"Calum?" She asked "he's here?"
"Yeah he's back there" he said looking over to Emma's room.
Layla sat the amp down and walked back to where Michael looked "Calum?" She asked.
He stopped and turned around "Layla?"
She put her hands to her mouth.
He smiled.
"You grew up" she said.
"Yeah you too" he laughed and ran over to her. He picked her up and spun her around in the air before giving her an affectionate hug.
Michael's heart sank. It shouldn't have though. "Melissa" he thought "I think I like Layla"