No Foundations

Lets get down to business - Chapter 5

REMINGTON'S POV

I unwillingly stepped out of the shower and onto the cold tile floor of my new flat. I quickly wrap myself up in a towel and look myself over in the mirror really quick. I didn't look that bad. My eyes looked a little tired, but not horrible, considering my long flight.

I walked into my bedroom and opened up my suitcase. Unpacking does not sound fun right now. That's when I remembered the folder from Simon Niall told me about. I walked over to the desk and found a green folder with my name on it and the SYCO Music label on the bottom. I grab it and walk over to my bed. I plop down and open the folder up. The first thing I see is a letter, I read it.

"Dear Remington Cartwright,

Congratulations on being selected to work here at SYCO Music. We are very excited to have you here, and hope to give you the best experience possible before you finish school and find a job of your own. We just wanted to give you a quick overview of what you will be doing here at SYCO Music.

First of all, we would like to point out some ground rules. For example, I am sure you are aware of this, but this is now a company you are working for, and I understand that you are young, but we expect you to be dressed in business attire whenever you are at work unless someone tells you otherwise. Also, please be on your best behavior. Your time here is a privilege, not a right. We can and will send you back home if you do not live up to our standards. (Although I'm sure you will.) Please keep in mind that you are also expected to be to work at 9am each day, unless told earlier or later. If there is ever a time you cannot attend work (please make sure this never happens) we expect to be contacted in a timely matter. These are just some of our ground rules. More will be explained at a later time.

Second of all, I'd like to remind you that we are aware that you are an intern. We are aware that you may not be able to do everything we ask of you. All we ask, is you do your best and ask questions if necessary. This is a business. If you do not know how to do something, ask. Don't guess. Guessing tends to backfire and we will not appreciate or tolerate any foolishness.

Lastly, you are one of three other interns. You will all have different jobs, and I am guessing will not see much of each other. You will be assigned your jobs after your first week of work. This gives me time to get to know you and what you're capable of. After you are assigned a job. That is what you will be doing for the next 8 months. We do expect a presentation and thesis paper talking about what you've experienced and learned before you leave, along with suggestions for our future reference.

Once again, congratulations. This is an opportunity of a lifetime and we hope you find it worth your while. I'm looking forward to meeting with you on Monday.

Simon Cowell.

After reading I felt the butterflies come back to my stomach. I couldn't believe I was actually doing this. For the next 8 months! It's unreal. Out of my excitement I ran to my suitcase and started digging through my clothes I brought. I packed mostly professional, but I have some stuff to wear on weekends and when I go out and what not. It only took me about 5 minutes to figure out what I wanted to wear. I've been dreaming about this day for a long time. After putting my outfit on I went to my bathroom again and did my hair and make up. I checked my phone quick, I had 15 minutes to have breakfast over at Niall's. I checked myself in the mirror one last time.

I looked perfect. I looked like I could run the world, and I was going to. I grabbed my keys, folder, and purse and left my apartment. Locking the door on my way out. I got it this time. I'll have to tell Niall. That's when I remembered, I didn't know whose flat the boys were in! Well, until I heard a crash coming from the room down the hall. I walked over to it.

"Goddammit Louis!" If I was hearing correctly that was Zayn's voice. I chuckled thinking about what Louis must've done. I knock on the door and it opened in seconds. Harry was standing in front of me and his eyes went wide. I knew I looked perfect. I smiled.

"Get your jaw off the floor will ya?" I tease him. "Just kidding Harry." I say patting his chest as I walk past him into the flat. Harry grabs my wrist.

"You look fantastic!" Zayn says stopping from his fight with Louis. I smile and Harry drops my wrist. His face turns away from mine and I look at him for a moment confused before I reply to Zayn.

"Hey thanks! I was hoping I'd get that reaction. It smells great in here by the way! What's on?" I ask walking into the kitchen. Niall has the island in the kitchen set for me and is making waffles.

"I'm making waffles! With chocolate chips!" He grinned a huge grin at me and I laughed. He had flour on his nose. I grabbed the napkin on my table and walked over to him. Wiping it off his face.

"I want that one." I said as he take a waffle out of the iron and puts it on a plate. The rest of the boys are sitting at the table now digging into their breakfast. Zayn walks over to the fridge, grabs orange juice, and pours me a cup.

"Thanks guys, you've really been too nice to me."

"Oh stop." Niall says, taking my plate from me after I had finished eating.

"Let me at least do the dishes!" I protest.

"Not in that outfit." Harry winks at me and walks out of the room. I didn't fight that one. He was right. This outfit was not for dirty work.

"Do you have everything you need, Remi?" Harry asks walking back into the room now.

"Yeah I believe so! Any pointers I should know about when dealing with Simon? Or how to impress him maybe?" I eye the boys. That'd be really nice to know actually.

"I think you'll impress him just fine." Liam says.

"And when Liam says that, that's saying something. Liam and Simon are like father and son. It's kind of creepy." Louis teases and Liam punches him in the arm.

"Just don't act all nervous, and you'll be fine." Harry says giving me a little shove. I shove him back and smile. I've always been really flirty. It's just kind of what I do best, but I'm a little afraid of Harry. He plays my game right back with me and I kind of like it, but I don't need any distractions. I should probably distance myself.

"Alright guys, we should probably get going." Liam says after Niall puts away the last dish.

"You ready?" Zayn looks at me with his eye brow raised.

"Yeah, let's do this." I say, jumping up and taking Harry's hand as we leave the apartment. Screw distance.