Ride

Boobs.

The situation in front of me wasn't what I expected my first challenge to be the premiere day of my internship.

Moments earlier, I had just hurried off the bed wrapping the duvet around me like a toga, leaving poor shirtless Liam to the bitting morning chill. During this scene, Harry, who, might I add, was only wearing green briefs, was either throwing his head back laughing or being completely occupied with having seen my boobs.

"Harry. For the fifth time: We didn't shag," Liam was getting irritated with his curly haired friend and stood up. "I must have sleep-walked to my bed last night."

"Where a hot naked girl just happened to be sleeping?" Harry obviously was taking Liam's words with the heaviness of a feather. "Tell me what genie you're using mate, because when I walked in I saw a naughty student whose grades are a lot lower than As."
Even I cracked a smile at his horrible boob metaphor.

"Riley, uh, why didn't you have clothes on?" Liam questions.
Knocking us out of conversation was a demanding sound.
*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*
Damn it, that's my work alarm!
"My luggage is in the parking lot-" I briefly explain, cutting him off with my hand before he can ask another question. "But the thing is, I have an internship with a music label in two hours, so the problem I'm focused on is getting some clean clothes and a ride."

Harry crossed his arms "Your internship starts in two hours and it's with a music label?" He proudly grins and man slaps Liam's shoulder. "You picked the right guy to shag. We can totally bail you if your boss calls you out on it."

Thank God.

Harry walked over to me and held out one hand. "As for the clothes, you can just borrow a pair of Niall's shrunken sweatpants and one of Louis' shirts. It's not business attire, but you could sell it enough for another internship."

"Wait Hazza," Liam stopped us "Should we call Simon and tell him we'll be a tad late?"

Simon? Why does that sound familiar...

"Nah," Harry brushed off the thought "Uncle Si will forgive us for PR reasons. Can't have your little snow bunny saying we're inhospitable."

Si...
Damn it brain. Clearly it needed more than a handful hours of sleep.

Harry took me through the halls, not minding at all that my only covering was Liam's duvet. Suddenly *BAM*

My head and back slammed onto the wooden floor, anchored in place by the person who ran me down. "DAMN!" I winced.

"Nice catch Hazz, these feel real," the voice cheekily chuckles.
Much to my chagrin, a different brunette boy was sprawled on top of me with his hands directly on my chest.

So, I responded only naturally to how a city girl should respond.
I socked him right in the eye.

"Lou!" Harry scolds. "You're making her walk of shame harder than necessary."

'Lou' cradled his left eye and Harry gave me a hand to help me up. "Oh!" he exclaimed "And Louis, do you have any of Eleanor's shirts left?"

Louis stood up and thought for a second. "I got rid of most of her clothes last week, but I might have a lacy thing for her to wear.
I closed my eyes and sighed. My boss was just going to adore me.

While Louis went to go get the 'lacy thing', Harry left to put on his own clothes. I slumped down by Louis' door; the duvet draped around me more like a ballgown now. I must look like a super slutty Cinderella.

Now that lights were on, I saw a lot more of the house's character. The doors that were brightly painted were the bedroom doors. Dangling from the hanging light was a pair of red basketball shoes. These boys definitely weren't dull.

I heard a door open, making me stop looking around and focus on the person who came out.
A blonde boy came out of the room at the farthest end of the hallway and double taked when he saw me in my "finery."
"Oh! I think you've made a wee error on your one night stand," he remarks.
"Louis' probably using you to rebound."
The boy looked apologetic and sat down parallel to me in the hall. "My name's, Niall."
"It is genuinely nice to meet you," I pout. "So far, every other guy in this house has seen my girls when I met them."
Niall grumbles. "The nice guy never gets any luck."
At that, I laugh. "Sorry pal."
"So, if you and Louis just shagged, why are you sticking around?"
Before I could correct his assumption, Louis opened the door and tossed down a bra. "This is all that's left."
Greaaat.
Niall shrugged off his lime green zippered hoodie and tossed it to me. "I'll go get my pair of shrunken sweats."
He truly was a nice guy. Pity.

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All five of us piled into a black Cadillac Escalade in the driveway, which had pulled up with a security guard in it. That kinda weirded me out, but I guess it came with whatever job they did.
A few minutes into the drive, Liam reminded everyone that I needed to be dropped off first.

"Where do ya need to go?" The security guard, whose name I learned was Mark, asked.
"SiCo," I answered slowly, double checking in my brain that it was the right company.

"I'm interning for the unfilled position as tour manager for some group. Though I think that's just so they don't have to actually give a salary to an official worker." I rolled my eyes.

Completely unexpectedly, Louis wraps his arm around my shoulders. "Then you should know that if I were a food, I'd be chilli, because you know...I'm hot."

I rolled my eyes at him but let him keep his arm over my shoulder so I could leech off his body heat. "That's relevant how?"

"You're going to be our tour manager," Niall smiled. My eyes blinked a few times, trying to process. They're a band...they're...

I think as hard as I could, getting a memory flash of the boys on a poster together.

"You don't know who we are?" Liam's brows furrowed in a blend of amusement and confusion.
"You guys look familiar, and it's eating me a little on the inside that I can't place the faces," I scowl.

"We're One Direction;" Harry explains.

Instantaneously it all clicked.

"Damn it. You've all seen my boobs."

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