This Is Your Heart // Dan Smith Fanfic

04 // Exploring LA Part 1

AN: Well I just dropped off the face of the earth for a while didnt I? Anyway to those who are still sticking around (thanks by the way) heres a new chapter!

// littlemadme :)

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The sunlight filtered through the thin hotel curtains, tinting the room a burt orange and shining onto Lucy's face, they had decided to take one large hotel unit with two floors, being the only female, Lucy had a room to herself, Dan and Kyle were in a room next to hers while Will and Woody were in a room downstairs and next to them Sam and Coop.

She reached over to grab her phone and checked the time, 8:45am, she groaned and rubbed her eyes. She was usually up and about before 7:30am but she guessed her body clock was messed up from the flight or still set to London time. They had arrived at the hotel late last night, the boys ordered some pizza while Lucy jumped straight in the shower and went to sleep, she wondered if they were up yet, it was very quiet, just a couple of noises from the room next to her, she guessed Dan and/or Kyle must be up.

Lucy sat up in her bed and ruffled her hair as she connected to the hotel wi-fi and opened Twitter on her phone. After searching for all the guys and following them on twitter. She saw that Dan had tweeted 'Hello America' along with a picture that he must have taken in the plane.

Knock, knock

"Lucy, you up?" she recognised Sams voice from the other side of the door and now heard a few other muffled voices and noises from downstairs.

"Maybe" Lucy shouted back, throwing her phone down to the end of her bed as a yawn took over her.

"Good, were going to go over the plan for the next few days, you might want to be down here"

"Okay just give me a minute" she swung her legs over the edge of the bed and threw her arms up into stretch before kneeling down at her suitcase, looking for what she would wear today. After a quick flick through the clothing she had brought with her, half of which she didn't remember packing, she settled on a floral patterned sundress and her burgundy cardigan. After going through a shortened version of her morning routine in the bathroom and getting changed she quickly ran a brush through her unruly hair, throwing it over one shoulder and not bothering to style it or put any makeup on. She did one last check on her dress and grabbed her phone and camera before slipping on her converse and rushing downstairs.

Lucy bounded down the stairs, now fully awake. She practically skipped into the kitchen/lounge area to see Sam sitting at the table, laptop open, seemingly busy with Woody looking over his shoulder. Dan was on the couch with his feet up on the coffee table, fiddling with his phone and Kyle sat at another couch wrapped up in a duvet burrito, looking as if he was going to go back to sleep.

"Well Good Morning boys!" Lucy said cheerfully, hoping to throw some life into the room.

"Morning to you too Lucy, you look well rested" Dan said to her, looking up from his phone as he pushed his glasses up his nose.

"That bed was like a cloud after sitting on that plane 12 hours" she replied, sitting sideways at the other end of the couch that Dan was on, one leg folded underneath her and one hanging over the edge of the couch. She sat her phone on the coffee table and took the lens cap of her camera before pointing it at Kyle, she let it record for a moment to see if he would notice.

"Want to say good morning Kyle?" she asked him with a smile on her face, already knowing the answer. She could just make out a 'No' which turned into a groan as he buried his face into his duvet.

"As you can see, Kyle doesn't take to traveling very well." Dan commented as Lucy turned the camera to him "Or mornings" he added as an afterthought.

It didnt take long for Will and Coop to file into the room, exchanging 'Good Mornings' and 'How did you sleeps'. Coop took a seat at the table while Will tossed Kyles legs off the couch to make room for himself.

"Okay you lot, listen up" Sam said from the table. Lucy put her camera down and Dan took his feet off the coffee table. Will gave Kyle a little nudge who looked like he was slowly regaining consciousness. "You have an interview and acoustic performance with a radio station at one, so we need to head down there in a few hours, but after that, you're free to explore. Tomorrow we'll start setting up in the morning and hopefully get a soundcheck done before three, gig is at seven and... that is about it"

"When does the bus get here?" Woody asked

"Hmm" Sam clicked away at his laptop, finding the tour bus booking "tomorrow, at noon. So we'll probably start loading it up the morning after, then take the rest of that day to drive up to San Francisco"

"Well, I don't know about you guys but I am in need for some fresh air and a hot drink" Lucy announced, jumping up off the couch and stretching.

"I think theres a Starbucks down the street, do we have time to go down and grab something?" Dan asked

"Just as long as your back by eleven thirty, I'll stay behind, I've got some stuff to go through" Sam replied, going back to his laptop.

"Right then, whose coming?" Dan asked, jumping up off the couch to join Lucy. Both Will and Woody got up as joined them, leaving Kyle on the couch. Lucy set her camera to record and handed it to Dan pointing at Kyle.

"Right, up you get! A little walk and some fresh air will do you good" Lucy said as she walked over to Kyle and started tugging at his duvet. He simply pulled it tighter around him and made a noise that sounded a bit like a 'noooo'.

"No, Kyle you are coming with us. You can thank me later" Lucy grabbed a good handful of the duvet and gave it a good yank. Pulling it off Kyle and throwing it over the back of the couch.

Kyle made an unrecognisable response but got off the couch nonetheless. "okay anyone else? Can we take any orders?"

After taking down what the others wanted they all piled into the elevator and out onto the street. Kyle following slowly behind in his zombie state. Dan was leading the group with Lucy walking (backwards) beside him, recording the rest of the guys behind them. She was about to turn around when she felt a firm hand on her arm, pulling her to the side.

"Woah" Lucy said quickly as she lost her balance.

"There's a tree there" Dan said quickly, steadying her with his other hand

"Oh thanks" she replied looking up at him with a smile

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It didnt take them long to arrive at their destination, they all ordered their respective drinks and stood outside the starbucks, looking around, trying to decide what to do next.

"Well I think I might take these back to the boys" Woody piped up, guesturing to the tray of drinks he held in his hand. Kyle just nodded and yawned as he pointed in the direction that they had just came.

"Yeah, I think I might head back as well" Will added

"You heading back as well Dan?" Lucy asked

"Nah, we still have time don't we? I want to walk around a bit"

"Okie dokie, we'll see you back at the hotel then" she said as Will turned to catch up with Woody and Kyle who were already on their way back. She placed her hot chocolate down on the table and held her camera up to Dan, "So... Where to?"

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