Boyband Rebound [Editing]

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He hesitantly steps into the lobby and makes his way over to the receptionist, Niall cautiously following him. It isn’t the first time they’ve been here, but they’re always this protective – they might break something, being Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan. They reach the snoring receptionist and Louis grins, amused. Niall leans forward and, “hey, could you like, wake up?”

The boy wakes, startled, and immediately flushes red. “I’m sorry. Oh my god, I was caught sleeping.”

Louis smiles. “That’s okay, we won’t tell on you. Could we meet the boss?”

“Nadir? Yeah, wait, let me ring him up.”

The golden-eyed boy picks up the phone next to him and mutters something quietly. Putting it back down, he faces the two boyband members.

“He has someone in right now, you’re going to have to wait five minutes. Until then, feel free to grab a seat.” He waves them over to two couches.

“Sure, thanks.” Says Niall, and makes himself comfortable.

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“Hi,” starts Louis, peeking his head around the door. The balding man on the other side sends a welcoming smile. “Come in, artists.”

Louis and Niall walk over to in front of the producer and seat themselves on the two chairs in front.

“So, what did you want to talk to me about?”

“We wanted to register a complaint, sir.”

“Against your producers?”

“Yep,” answers Niall, looking fidgety.

“Against Sara Hillard? She’s one of my best.”

“No, no, no!” corrects Louis, alarmed, “against her partner, Lucas Holloway.”

“What has Lucas done?”

“Well, it’s nothing to do with the actual music producing, but..” starts Niall. Panicked, he looks towards Louis, who, thankfully, continues.

“We were at the party two nights ago as well. The one Nick Jetter had planned. Well, I picked Sara up that night and Lucas saw her. My girlfriend had told Sara to go find Liam for, uhm – something important, and then Lucas had like gripped her really hard and her wrist has bruises now.”

“Wow, that’s a bit mean.” Says the producer, a frown on his face. “What do you want me to do?”

Louis knows that the next thing he’s going to say is going to sound far-fetched. But Sara’s done a fantastic job of grabbing a place in his heart and Louis’ now very, very protective of her.

“Could you possibly change Lucas’ position with someone else?”

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She’s tapping on the touchscreen beat maker, mixing a few new beats in hopes of creating a new song for the boys when her desk phone rings.

“Hello?”

“Hello, Ms Hillard, if you could come into my office for a bit?”

She absentmindedly rubs the crepe bandage she’s tied to her wrist, “yeah, okay, boss. Be there in a sec.”

“You wanted me – oh, Louis, Niall, hi.” She steps in, baffled, and grabs a chair next to Niall. He gives her an awkward half-smile and fidgets. She smiles, amused, and turns to her boss.

“What’s up?”

Her boss frowns, “can I see your hand?”

She sticks her left arm out, as told to, but her boss shakes his head. “The other one.”