Our Little Secret {n.h}

chapter 6

"Shit, shit, shit." I mumbled to myself as my computer froze.

I had to be out of the office in twenty minutes but I needed to send one last email and my computer was being shitty as always. I hit the side of the monitor and it finally started working again. Thank goodness. I hit send and shut my computer down before grabbing my bag and my camera. Walking out of the office building, I pulled my phone out and noticed a text from Niall saying that he would be over in an hour. He sent that forty five minutes ago. Fuck.

I practically ran to my car and didn't even bother buckling my seat belt as I sped out of the parking lot. Of course, I hit every red light on the way home. Just my luck. As soon as I pulled into the apartment  lot, I noticed Niall's car parked and him leaning against it, talking to Louise. He looked up when I practically fell out of my car and ran up, out of breath.

"I am so sorry." I breathed out and they both looked at me with amused expressions, Niall crossing his arms over his chest. "I just have to grab my bag."

Niall nodded, a small smirk on his face, and I ran up the steps, stumbling inside of the apartment, running to my room. I took a deep breath and tried to chill out, not wanting to look like a complete idiot. I grabbed my bag and used the bathroom before taking it out to the car. Niall helped me load it into the car, jokingly complaining how much stuff I had.

"Have fun." Louise smiled at me as she pulled me into a hug. "Call me if anything happens."

"You'll be the first to know." I joked and she swatted my arm, making me laugh.

"Ready?" Niall asked and I nodded, telling Louise goodbye before getting in the passenger seat.

"How long have you been waiting?" I asked, scared for the answer.

"I pulled in two minutes before you did and Louise wanted to make you freak out." He laughed and I groaned, leaning back in my seat.

"I hate her sometimes." Niall laughed and I ran a hand through my hair, trying to tame it from messing with it all day. "Did you work today?"

"Yeah, I had to clean out our photographers desk for the new one coming in next week." He said and I nodded. "And a little birdy told me that the new one's name is Ari Sutherland."

"Um, yeah." I said, awkwardly and Niall smiled a little, keeping his eyes on the highway in front of us. "I did a shoot yesterday and then got hired full time."

Niall started telling me all about the magazine and everyone who worked there, making me feel a little better about taking the job. I was glad that I would know one person when I started. The closer we got to Glastonbury, Niall began to get more excited about the festival. We talked about the lineup and I pulled it up on my phone, going through it. We tried to make a plan for tomorrow about which stages and acts we would go to. I always like to have some sort of plan wherever I go so that I don't freak out and not know what I'm doing.

"The only one I really, really wanna go to is The 1975." I said and Niall nodded, turning down a road that led to the hotel. "Besides that, I'm fine with whatever."

"Works for me." He shot me a smile and finally pulled up to the hotel, parking towards the back of the lot.

We got our bags from the trunk and Niall locked his car before we walked through the parking lot to the front door. We walked in and Niall told the woman at the front desk his name so she could check us in. He handed her his card and I felt bad that he was paying. The woman gave him two keys and we went down the hallway, walking in a comfortable silence to the elevator. We went up three floors and to room 362, pushing the key in the slot and going in.