Our Little Secret {n.h}

chapter 5

"What time do you have to be there?" Louise asked, taking a bite of her cereal and I swallowed the bite of apple that was in my mouth.

"Ten but I have to stop by the office and the bar to ask off next week afterwards." I said and Louise nodded, taking her empty bowl to the sink. "Do you think I'm crazy for going to this thing with Niall?"

"No, I was just surprised that you agreed." She admitted and I cocked an eyebrow. "In the sixteen years that I've known you, you have never done anything like this. I'm happy for you because I think you'll have a lot of fun."

"You have to help me pack tonight." I said, tossing the apple core in the trash.

"Wanna meet at the mall after you get off work?" I nodded and grabbed my bag, slinging it over my shoulder. "See you later."

I walked out of the apartment and went to my car, starting to drive to the address that the person at the London Magazine had given me for the shoot. The GPS on my phone told me to turn down a street and I did, my eyes widening at the sight. It was a gigantic castle with a huge field of flowers in front of it. Holy shit. I parked in the spot with a sign in front of it that said 'photographer' and turned my car off.

I got out and smoothed my shirt down, trying to get the wrinkle out. I pulled my jeans up to keep them from riding down my hips and fixed my hair, adjusting the beanie on my head. I took a deep breath and looked at myself in the window of my car, making sure I looked decent. Once I calmed myself down, I began walking down the loose gravel road towards the castle. Here we go.

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"Hey," I breathed out, sitting in the booth, opposite of Louise at the Mexican restaurant we always go to. "What did you do today?"

"I had a class at eleven and then lunch with Harry and an interview at four." She listed off, taking a chip from the bowl in between us.

"How'd the interview go?" I wondered, reading through the menu, trying to decide what to get.

"I got the job." She sang and I smiled. "I start on Tuesday."

"Are you excited?" Louise nodded and I dipped a chip in salsa, handing my menu to the waiter after he took our orders.

"Yeah. I'm just glad I got a job." She laughed a little and I did too, leaning back in my seat. "Harry said that Niall is like super pumped for the festival."

"He won't quit texting me." I laughed and she rolled her eyes, drinking from her margarita.

"Well, he is going to get more excited once we get you some outfits that will make his pants a little tighter." I bust out laughing at her words and almost choked on my water.

"Louise!" I laughed and she shrugged. "I'm not trying to get with him on this trip."

"Mhmm." She crossed her arms over her chest. "Whatever you say."

After our food came, Louise continued to make jokes and I just rolled my eyes, not trying to fight back. I'm not planning to do anything with Niall at the festival. I mean, I barely know him. Sure, we did stuff at the wedding, but we were drunk and it didn't mean anything. I just hope he doesn't get any ideas. Once we finished eating, we made our way into the mall and to some stores, trying to find stuff to wear. I had no clue what to wear so I was glad that Louise was with me. She's always been the more fashionable one of us.

"What about this?" Louise held up a white crop top with a bunch of sunflowers on it.

I scrunched my nose up and she laughed, putting it back on the rack. I found some shirts that were more my style and made my way to the dressing room, hanging the clothes up. I tried on the first shirt and cocked my head to the side, looking in the mirror. It was a cute shirt but I felt like it made me look pudgy. I hung it back up continued to try on the clothes, only having two work out in the end. I left the dressing room and Louise and I went to the checkout so I could buy the shirts.