Fever For You

Waiting On A Cue

Since she had been friends with Perrie, she had been used to the fact that she had to hide the true essence of her job. Perrie was judgmental, and whenever Leigh Anne's work was brought up, she would be quick to interject that she worked at a bar, as a singer, never giving too much details and boiling it down to the bare minimum. It had become a second nature for Leigh to cover it up, simply sticking with the singer response, but after her and her blonde friend had grown apart, it never occurred to her that some of her old friends never knew what she really did. She mostly hung out with Ainsley and Jesy, they obviously knew about Bar None, so the explanation was never really needed, but as she looked at Louis, with his wide eyes and his stupid grin, she forgot that maybe this wasn't the type of singer he assumed she was.

"Me? You're a total sex god! I should have been here as soon as you started!" She felt a weight she didn't know she was holding onto lift from her shoulders. She didn't know why she had been concerned about Louis' reaction, it was girls in small clothing, it would have been his dream come true.She hadn't really noticed the shame her friend put on her til this very moment, and how stupid it was to actually keep it up. She could feel her cheeks burn up slightly, due to a mix of the guilt from keeping Louis in the dark, the stupid feeling that she actually needed to, and the fact that Louis was totally tooting her horn for her. "This place is brilliant, and you're like the fucking star!" He was going on and on, and finally she had to put her hands on his shoulders to calm him down. 

"Wait, how the hell did you know to find me here?" Louis laughed slightly, shaking his head. 

"You gonna act like you don't have your face on a poster out there?" That damn poster again. "I was walking back from a bar with some mates, and I saw it and came in. No way was I going to miss out on this, you always talked about being a singer, really getting out there. You never talked about it much, so I didn't know it was anything like this." Leigh felt the idiotic feeling creep up in her as she shrugged her shoulders. 

"Perrie always made it sound-" 

"Perrie is a twat sometimes. I love her, but it's the truth. The wedding may be the Perrie show, but this is all you babe. Be proud. I sure as hell am, my girl just ran shit up there." Louis gave her a wide grin and she couldn't help but launch herself into his arms. This was why he was her favorite. He was always a good person to talk to about things, and she really considered telling him more than she actually did. 

"Come on then, I'll give you the tour." She smiled as she took his arm, leading him to the back room. It was jesy's favorite table, she hated being in VIP, she liked being where the action was, and the table with the couch was always the best place to be. And just like she thought, there were Jesy and Niall, laughing at the table, empty shots already littering their area. Leigh shook her head slightly, waving to get their attention. She got the introductions over with, letting the couple introduce themselves, before she spoke again. "So Niall, what's it like to be a star now?" She smiled as she sat down, tugging so Louis sat on the arm next to her. The blonde held up a shot, toasting to himself. 

"I'm so glad the world knows how luscious I am. Leigh, you watch your back, I'm coming for ya." He winked before he downed the shot, putting an arm around Jesy as he did so. Jesy simply rolled her eyes. 

"He's going to be even more unbearable now for fucks sake."

"You're fucking a celebrity, you should be honored!" 

Leigh Anne shot an apologetic look toward Louis, but he was already getting into the conversation, saying how he would be honored to bed such a stunning lad. She had a feeling they would all get along quite well. She looked around the table, before raising a brow. "Where's Ains?" Apparently she was only talking to Jesy because the boys were already talking about some shot challenge or something. 

"Well we ordered a round from jade, around 20 minutes ago. And then she said something about doing everything herself and left." Jesy shrugged, obviously not concerned. "I brought good ol Wanda with me, so I'm good." Jesy pulled out her flask, and took a long pull, earning a giggle from Leigh.

"Oi! Share Wanda! We have guests Jess!" Niall motioned toward Louis, shaking his head disapprovingly before Ainsley finally showed up, a tray in hand and a proud expression on her face, which was rare because she never even wore a smile if she had was forced to take a waitressing shift. 

"So I went to the bar, bitched at your boyfriend, and boom." She placed the tray on the table. There had to be at least twenty shots on it, and Ainsley was looking at it like it was her pride and joy. "He hooked it up so that I don't have the undying urge to kick Jades cute little face in." She smiled as she sat down, noticing Louis for the first time. She looked to Leigh Anne with a raised eyebrow. "Who's the stranger?"

Leigh laughed and reached for a shot. "Louis, and he's not a stranger. Play nice." 

Ainsley crinkled her nose and shook her head. "Never!" But there was a smile on her face as she picked up a shot and handed one to him, before raising her own. Leigh figured that was as good as she was going to get, so she let it slide, taking a shot of her own. "To Niall's new career as a diva!" Niall took two shots and cheered and Jesy clinked Wanda to the small shot glasses before they all downed them. Leigh giggled before she downed the shot, crinkling her nose. 

The conversation flowed as freely as the alcohol did, the shot challenge the boys had been talking about ended up just being a competition to see which one drank more in the fastest amount of time, a feat Niall almost automatically won by downing four shots after another, before he started slurring his way through an off key version of 'We are the champions', simply replacing each 'we' with 'I mother fuckers, ME' Jesy was already pretty gone, and when she wasn't trying to clamp her hand over Niall's fat mouth, she was braiding random strands of Ainsley's hair as she would prattle on about random things, ranging from how they should all take a trip to the zoo, to her laundry secrets and whether it not Leigh ever got cum in her hair (Jesy has and she almost cried and broke up with Niall on the spot. That was news to Leigh). When Leigh wasn’t listening to Jesy’s rambling, she had the girl help her throw wadded up pieces of straw paper at Ainsley, mostly because her and Louis had entered their own world.