Secret Love {L. Shaw}

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|| We get so close but we never touch ||

"Don't look now, Paisley, but Luke Shaw just arrived!" My best friend, Leah, giggles as we get into our positions to take pictures for the United for Unicef gala.

"Oh yup," I nod adjusting my lens.

"That's all you have to say about probably the hottest footballer here?!"

"Yeah he's attractive, but you know that we all signed a contract saying we wouldn't date the players," I admit.

"Paisley, you gotta live on the edge sometimes, ya know," Nick says.

"Shhhhh, Nick. Don't encourage them," I laugh batting at the head journalist.

"I'm just sayin' it'd be such a great love story," he laughs.

"You need to stop," Jonas laughs, "We all know Paisley is too much of a good girl to ever break the rules like that."

I laugh with them, but if only they knew that Luke Shaw and I had been dating for over a year and a half. I roll my eyes. I smile as he and Memphis stand together to have their pictures taken. I snap a few knowing Jonas, Nick, and Leah also got pictures. There will be plenty to choose from. I smile as they move on into the venue.

"Paisley, you head in and take pictures in there," Jonas instructs.

"Got it," I nod. I head inside and pull my phone out. I quickly text Luke.

To: Luke 😘

Got a few seconds?

From: Luke 😘

Where?

To:  Luke 😘

Back hall.

From: Luke 😘

Gimme twenty seconds.

I grin and head to the back hall. I take pictures along the way. I tuck my camera into the bag and smile when I see him coming towards me from the direction of the bathroom. Luke smiled back and hugs me tightly.

"You look beautiful," he smiled and kissed my cheek.

"You're so handsome," I grin straightening his tie a little.

"I love you."

"I love you too," I smile as we quickly kiss.

"I'll see you at the flat after this?"

I nod and kiss him once more before I head back towards the gala. I stop when I feel a smack to my butt. I look back at Luke, jaw gaping. He's standing there with a cheeky grin. I roll my eyes and laugh walking away. I head back in and take my place towards the side of the stage to get good pictures. I stand next to where Jonas will be filming the event.

I can see Luke sitting down next to Memphis. Morgan, Camille, Jesse, and Felli are all at his table as well. I can see them all laughing and smiling. I find Luke's gaze and wink at him which makes him grin widely.

"Get some good pictures?" Jonas asks as he comes over.

"Yeah for sure. Do you want me to help with interviews?" I offer.

"That'd be great. Thanks Paisley."

"Sure. Who are we interviewing?"

"Luke, Chris, Marcus, and Wayne."

"Okay," I nod.

"I was talking with Nick, and we think you should do the interviews with Luke and Marcus," Jonas informs me as he adjusts his base to the right height for his camera.

"Really?"

"Yeah. You're part of MU TV."

"Wow thank you!"

"Sure thing. Start thinking about questions to ask them."

"Absolutely," I nod.

I look over to where Luke and Marcus are sitting. They seem to be having a great time. I'm anxious about the interview. I've done them before but never at an event like this with my secret boyfriend. I take a deep breath and pull my phone out to make a list of things to talk about.

"Here, What do you think about these questions?" I ask showing my phone to Jonas. He quickly reads over them nodding as he goes.

"They look great! Here, go give the four of them these."

I nod and look down. They're just slips of paper saying that we want them for an interview at a certain time. They're all ten minutes apart. I head over to the table where Luke and Marcus are.

"Luke, this is for you. And Marcus, this one is for you," I say professionally handing them the slips.

"Interviews?"

"Yes," I nod.

"Thank," Marcus says giving me a warm smile.

"Thank you," Luke nods at me.

"Sure," I nod before walking back to my spot to keep taking pictures.

* * * * *

"Luke's here. Pai, help with the mic and stuff?" Jonas asks distractedly.

"Yup," I nod, "Okay, the mic gets clipped to your jacket and the mic pack goes in your back pocket."

"Got it," Luke nods as Leah turns on the pack.

"Here you go," Leah hands Luke the pack.

"Thank you."

"Okay let's test it out and make sure there's no feedback from having two mics so close to each other," Jonas instructs.

Leah turns on my pack and immediately there is feedback. We all slightly cringe before Leah turns my pack off. Jonas mutters in German unhappily making us all laugh.

"Here we'll just go with a hand held mic," Leah takes off my mic.

"Okay. And in 3, 2, 1," Jonas says once we're all ready and points at Luke.