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16. Chapter - Another business trip

- 1 month later -

*Laura's POV*

It was Thursday and I had just come back from my lunch break. I was at subway with some of my colleagues. When I came back to the office, my boss was already waiting for me. "Miss Smith, can you please come to my office for a second." I nodded and followed him. In his office, he offered me a seat and I sat down. "I have an important job for you. I need you to go to London, next week to be there for the royal wedding. But there is a specialty this time. You're not going to write an article about that, not you are going to do a sort of documentary. The young people would call it a 'follow me around for our YouTube channel and my it will be sent on national TV when you will do your job well." – "Oh, hell no...! Oh sorry, but I can't do this. I hate to be in front of a camera. I'm a journalist, who wants to write articles and you know that. So please don't let me do that. Can't you send one of the internships to do that? I'm sure they would love to do that." – "Laura, I know you're not liking this, but that could be a great opportunity for you, to get out there on the international stage and throw your name out there. When you're speaking about inters, you can choose one of them, who is come with you and help you film the whole thing. ...I know I'm asking a lot, but maybe when you are back in NY I can try to get your promotion before December. No promises, but if you make a great job over there, I will try my best." – "Okay... I mean I can't change it anyway? But wait is the royal wedding not only in 3 weeks?" – "No, you can't change anything. I've already booked you're a flight. Yes, the wedding is in 3 weeks, but I thought, it would be great if you were a bit earlier in London, do make some interviews and to get some impressions shoot, before the whole city is full of tourists. And trust, when you come back you won't complain anymore about having been in London for 3 weeks, rather because you weren't allowed to stay longer. It's a beautiful city, I love it whenever I'm there. Okay, so please tell me until tomorrow, who you want to take with you." I nodded and walked out of his room. God, I hate this man so much. Slowly I think he makes that intentionally to annoy me. I went back to my desk and needed a moment to realize, what I must do. I should film a video. Me I hate to be on camera, talking in front of the camera... everything. I know a lot of journalists, who want to become news anchors, but not me. My place is behind the laptop and typing some ass-kicking articles. And not more and not less. Then I thought about who I should pick, and take with me. Well, the selection wasn't that big. There was either Maddy, a reliable and nice girl, or Tommy, but he was a pain in the ass, he kept improving everyone, it was pretty annoying. Or Dylan. He was the same age as me and had a great sense of humor, but don't know much about his skills. There was just a decision between Maddy and Dylan. After some thinking, I decided to take Dylan with me. At least I could go with him to a bar. What I have couldn't do with Maddy, since she was still 19. So, I wrote an email with the decision to my boss, and he mailed me the tickets back. Our flight was booked for Tuesday. I also wrote to Dylan, so he could check his dates and his passport. 10 minutes later he stands in front of my desk and couldn't believe, that I wasn't joking about the whole thing. I looked through my calendar, which meetings I had to postpone. And then there was an entry, which said 'Demi's coming back'. Oh fuck. I won't be here when she was done with treatment. Some days ago, I had a crazy idea of surprising her, when she comes back home to LA. I would have taken some vacation and was flighting to LA for a couple of days. Well, I wasn't sure about doing that, but now I don't even have to think about that, because it's not gonna happen. In the evening I phoned Sam and Aurora and told both about my trip to London. Both were jealous. 'Wow, I don't even understand why you hate your job that much. You get such great opportunities. First of all meeting different celebrities and flying around the country and now you gonna travel to Europe to London. Don't you know how many people would love to do that?', Aurora said with a strict voice. 'Yeah, you right, but I'm not complaining about the whole travel thing, no.... I hate to write or even record such shitty stuff ...', I said. Sam couldn't believe that I was going the whole time. He just sat there in front of his phone with an open mouth and stared at me ' be careful not to eat flies, Sam, I your mouth is still open like that', I joked and he shut it.

After I told them I phone my mother as well and told her about it. She wasn't that excited about it. She's always scared for me. No matter what I do, she would prefer if I was safe at her house. So, she just said 'Honey, be careful! Thank god, you don't have to go alone. I would die of worries. And please call me sometimes, so I know you are still safe!' – 'Yeah, mom I will, I promise!'

-The next Tuesday –

Dylan and I drove together to the airport. We had a few suitcases. Our staff and then the equipment for filming. The fight was okay. Most of the time I slept or watched a movie. It was my first time traveling to Europe. It was unbelievable to fight over the big sea and then see some land after 8 hours. Arriving in London we drove in a taxi to our hotel. It was already dark outside and driving through the streets, was amazing. All the buildings and the streets looked amazing. I couldn't get enough of staring out of the car window. At the hotel, which was in the middle of the city, we checked in and went to our rooms. Both were right next to each other. After unpacking my stuff and jumped into bed and opened Demi's chat and began to write: 'Demi, you don't believe, where I just landed an hour ago. In London. I wrote a couple of days ago, that I had to make a business trip for a couple of weeks. And here I'm now. Dylan is also there. That should be fun, apart from the working part. But I will tell you more when I'm doing it, then I can complain to you about it. But right now, I can only rave about here. Have you ever been to London? Oh sure, you've been on world tours before. Well, then you know what I'm talking about. I love to see all the red busses driving around, but it's kinda weird, that all of the cars driving on the wrong side. I totally forgot about that, when I got into the taxi I was totally confused. Hahaha. I will tell you more, but not again until tomorrow. The jetlag is already killing me. So good night! ' I finished writing the message, then I wrote another one to my mom, so she know that I was fine and then I fall asleep in a whole new country. 

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Well, here is the 16. chapter of my story. Be patient with me. English is not my first language. And it's also my first fanfiction. So please read till the end and give that story a vote and leave a comment with any suggestions or ideas. :)

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