Changes [Paramore/One Direction au]

[Hayley]

It was weird how we were being called in not long after we finished tour. Sometimes it happened, but we were promised at least three months off, yet here we were, a month after we finished our tour and into the new year of 2014.

"Okay Adam, so what's the joke?" I opened the door before halting in my footsteps, eyes widening at the sight before me.

I looked around to see that Taylor or Jeremy hadn't arrived yet and I looked over to Adam in confusion. 

"Just, sit down Hayles." I nodded my head, taking a seat opposite the five faces that plastered so many teenage girls' rooms. 

About ten minutes later, the other two arrived and seemed apparently just as confused as I was when I entered. And then Simon Cowell spoke up .

"So, Paramore. Wonderful to meet you. Now lets get to business. I need to find someone who would be agreeable to this and I know that a lot of bands are very against One Direction because of the simple reason that they're from pop culture." 

"Well, and no offence to you Mr Cowell, but you've been forcing them into this mould that they've clearly wanted to get out of." The way his eyes studied me, I felt uncomfortable before he nodded.

"That is true Miss Williams, but all the same, we had to create an image because otherwise the music wouldn't have sold." I was about to retort angrily at that one, but Taylor placed a hand on my arm.

"Let it go Hayles." Huffing in annoyance, I let myself sit back, signalling to let him get on with it. 

"As I was saying, we need to get rid of this image. Well, not get rid of it, but more expand their image. We know that lots of your fans also enjoy the pop industry." 

"So you're basically throwing us together on a tour, expect us to get along and just go with it?" Zayn piped up and Simon simply nodded his head as the boys looked at each other in shock. 

I shared a look with Taylor and Jeremy before nodding and they each returned that. 

"Look, you guys can argue if you want, but this is happening." The tone that Simon used riled me up the wrong way. I felt angered that they were cutting our holiday short.

"Hold on, we've not long just finished touring! Adam! We were promised three months this year." I cried out, feeling my heart pick up. The anxiety was building up and I could feel my chest constrict. I wasn't leaving home short noticed, my sisters would have killed me. 

"Hayley!" His voice snapped me out of the state and the smile caused me to instantly relax as I felt a hand rub across my shoulders. "You have the three months off. I told Simon that you guys had been promised, especially with Jer's baby girl. In three and a half months, you're kicking off the tour in Vegas." My chest loosened up almost instantly and I let out a sigh in relief. 

"Sorry, but she can't stand it if they tell her she's going on tour with no time to say goodbye." Adam explained and I looked over to the five teen sensations who were staring at me curiously. 

"Well, I guess there's no harm in joining forces, is there?" Liam finally spoke up and it was like the tension had been broken and I laughed. 

"Trust me, I've had daily tweets from fans who'd love to see this kind of tour. It'd certainly be nice to see how you guys set up and perform." Whilst Zayn and Liam smiled, The other three were practically scowling. 

"Boys, what are your thoughts?" 

"It's a fucking ridiculous idea." Harry snapped. 

"How so?" I beat Simon to his question and he looked half irritated, half amused. 

"Because either we'll be mocked for trying to fit in, or you guys will be praised as fucking saints." The words were clearly meant to hurt us, or cause a reaction. But I simply shrugged.

"See, we don't see music as an image. I've changed my image so much that people have just given up caring on how I look and let me do my thing. But you guys have to be pristine and so hopefully, this'll teach you that it is about the music. You guys should have realised that when Midnight Memories was released and you actually gained a different genre of fans?" 

"Wait, so you've heard it?" Liam was first to speak and I nodded.

"I like the record. A few which I'm not keen on, but you guys pushed the boat out this time. Why do you sound so shocked that I've heard it?" Only Liam and Zayn shrugged at this. 

"We'll just discuss somethings..." Adam trailed off, and he and Simon headed out of the room, leaving the eight of us together. 

"You guys are like rock band of the year after releasing your album." Zayn muttered and we each grinned. 

"Just because we're a rock band doesn't mean we just listen to our genre. Seriously, I think you guys need to chill with us for a week and learn we're only human beings." The pair nodded yet Harry still scowled at us. 

"It doesn't change the fact that because of your fans, we're going to get so much more shit than we already do." 

"And with that attitude, I would be surprised. You guys are here for the next couple of weeks right?" Whilst Zayn and Liam responded with 'yes', the other three were adamant with their answer on 'no'. "Well, if you two are sticking around, If you sort yourself out with a hotel, we can take you around and show you our side of the turf." I shrugged and after a quick muted discussion, they both agreed.

Harry opened his lips, clearly to come back with an angry retort. But he was interrupted by the door opening once more and both Simon and Adam walked back in. With a furious glare towards them both, he folded his arms over his chest and remained silent.

"We've worked it out. You'll leave for Vegas on the 28th of February. On the 3rd of March you'll start the show. There'll be a press conference at the end of this month to officially announce the tour. We advise you to give nothing away." Simon threw a look in our direction and we each shrugged before nodding our heads. 

"If that's all?" Harry hissed out and Simon simply nodded his head. He took that as his invitation to leave, and shortly after, Niall and Louis followed his actions. Simon simply sighed.

"They've not been keen on this. It's been an on-going argument." In some respects, I felt bad for Simon, because they were teenagers, well, all of them nearly twenty, but they were still young and learning. They wanted to test the waters and the consequences landed on his shoulders. 

"I'm going to say nothing on that matter. They have to deal with it. We're fine with it so it's time to move on. Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative." I grinned and Adam rolled his eyes. 

"Unfortunately, we can't eliminate those three, otherwise there'd be riots." Liam joked and we descended into laughter before exchanging phone numbers. 

Once we'd left the building, I said goodbye to my two best friends and headed back towards my mom's house, Harry's words still playing on my mind. 

Was this for publicity or did Simon Cowell really think that we were the saints to change them?

Whatever the motivation, the three clearly didn't like it, and even I could sense the uphill battle we were about to enter.

So I was inspired by a tumblr post [got to onedimore.tumblr.com and go to her edits. You'll find it also the credit goes to her with the 1D/Paramore manip to the side which I may have tweaked a bit for the cover c:] about an au where Paramore tour with One Direction. And after talking with @Dying_Ashes I just had to do that because the inner fangirl was unleashed today and my feels needed to be satisfied. 

Just give it a try, please?