What About Now (Westlife Fan Fiction)

Chapter 2

Now that she had her inspiration, Krista sat at her desk and actually started to do some work. She looked up the price of dresses, quietly panicked and then moved onto the actual research. She found out all she could about Kian Egan, all of the other shows he had presented, and all of the songs he co-wrote whilst Westlife were still together. She left work early with the permission of Mr Connor and went home to ‘research further’. She was actually going to listen to all of her Westlife albums, all of the songs that Kian co-wrote. Luckily, she noted down all of the songs he co-wrote, but she still listened to all of the other ones anyway. She started with the first album; ‘Westlife’, and worked her way through all of the others in date order. Once she had finished the first three it was late at night so she turned the stereo system off and went to bed. She had all of tomorrow to get through the rest.

And she did just that. The next day she woke up at seven and began listening. She finished the majority and realised that she still needed to find a dress, but was unaware that that had already been sorted. She put the kettle on just as the doorbell rung. She opened the door to reveal the git standing there with a startling grin on his face.

“Hey big shot, here’s your dress for tonight”

“Thanks, why are you giving me a dress?”

“Because you assignment has changed slightly, can I come in?”

“I suppose” She stood aside to let him in and he perched on the arm of her armchair.

“So, what has changed?”

“Connor told me that you loved Kian Egan, so I thought that I should at least make this a challenge for you. You and he are both single, so-”

“I thought he was married. What happened? And I hope you are not suggesting what I think you are suggesting”

“Probably. He got divorced a few months ago, things with his wife didn’t work out. I want you to flirt and try and get closer to him, do you think that is in your skill set?”

“I can’t do that, it would humiliate him”

“I’m not asking you to get him to fall in love with you, just find out a little more about him that hasn’t already been published”

“What so I suppose I just walk up to him and flirt do I?”

“Pretty much, see you later, oh and we will be monitoring you during your work hours, just so that we know that you aren’t slacking”

“Charming”

He shut the door behind him and Krista unzipped the dress that had been given to her. She gasped at its beauty and picked it up by the shoulders. She had an hour to get ready before she was picked up to go to the show. She showered, dressed and managed to apply a vast amount of make-up to her face before she left. She curled her hair and tied it up in some sort of curled bun. She was about to walk out of the door when a voice came from the bag supplied with the dress.

“Very sophisticated” it was the pilock, had he been watching?

“What do you want?”

“I was just keeping an eye on you”

“Whatever, where are you?”

“I am in the building in between you and the show”

“Fine”

Krista climbed into the car that had pulled up outside. She was wearing a long coat, so no one could see what she was wearing, and they made their way to the show a couple of blocks away. They pulled up in the black SUV and prepared for hell. They were round the back, and Krista would be escorted to the viewing and the reporters’ room afterwards. She left the coat on, until she went inside and was asked to remove it by a security guard. She felt very uncomfortable dressed the way she was, but it had to be done to prove herself.