Now I'll Take You By The Hand (A Nathan Sykes FanFiction)

Now I'll Take You By The Hand (A Nathan Sykes FanFiction) 9

"Cuz I can feel my heart beating for the very first time, everything around me starts falling in line, I feel alive, so alive..."

- Wakin Up To Love By Shanna Crooks

“Get up!” Max called, barging into the room

            I shot awake at the sudden noise, to see Max standing in front of my dresser, fixing his shirt,

“Mate” I whined “what time is it?” I yawned, trying to pull the blanket over my head

“Oh, no, you’ve got an hour to get ready and then fifteen minutes to get to the interview” he said, pulling on the other end of my duvet

“Max!” I whined

“Your girlfriends downstairs” he said in a sing-song voice

“What are you talking about?” I grumbled

“Tori…she's downstairs with Tom and the lads” he answered

“What?” I asked, snapping up

“Yeah, so get ready and then you can go down and flirt with her” he winked

“Get out” I sighed, seeing now that he was teasing me

            He laughed, walking out, shutting the door behind me. I showered, falling asleep under the hot water a couple times, and then going to change. I pulled on khaki chinos, a white shirt, black jacket, a few chains, my watch, and my NY black cap. I didn’t bother doing my hair; the make-up team would take care of that. The ends curled around the edge of the cap as I walked downstairs. I noticed I had that stupid grin on my face again, just thinking and anticipating seeing Tori again. I smiled at the thought of seeing her first thing in the morning and then thinking about her as the last thought of my night. Sure enough, Tori was sitting with Tom on the couch. Jay was drinking tea, while Siva was digging through the fridge.

            She smiled shyly at me and I did the same, adding in a little wink before joining Siva in the kitchen. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and then joined Tori on the couch with Tom. I hoped I didn’t make it awkward since she was now sitting between Tom and I,

“So…what are you guys doing today?” she asked, trying to break the awkward silence

“Interviews all morning, but we’re free after two” Tom shrugged

“What about you?” I asked her, giving her a teasing smirk

“Ty and I are getting our music for the competition and then we’re going to start working out our routines” she said

“So…I guess you’ll be busy all day?” Max asked, sitting in the arm chair

“Yeah…probably won’t be done till eight” she shrugged

“Eh, it’s like recording” Jay grumbled, setting his tea down

“So…what brings you here?” I asked, turning to face her more

“I…just wanted to stop by and say hey” she shrugged innocently

“You want a ride so you don’t have to pay for a cab, don’t you?” Tom asked bluntly

She giggled nervously and shrugged

“Please, Tommy” she said sweetly

            She gave Tom a look that would make men wrap themselves around her finger. I would have said yes before she even finished saying “please”. Tom, being related to her, only sighed and rolled his eyes,

“Yeah, alright” he shrugged

            Ty suddenly came down the stairs. I didn’t even know he was here. I wanted to ask why he was here, but then quickly realized it would be stupid since Tori just said that she and Ty were going to start rehearsing,

“Yo, you guys got a dope place” he said, smiling coolly

“Pardon?” Siva asked

“He means you guys have a nice looking house” Tori said, smiling, stifling a laugh

“Oh, I’m sorry…forgot you guys are still new on American slang” Ty said

“It’s fine, mate” Max said, smiling, amused

“Well, we’d best be going…Nath took so bloody long” Tom said, standing

            Tori stood and followed Tom outside to the usual van that was always there to drive us around. We all piled in and Tori directed the driver to the dance studio. I managed to sit next to her and casually slipped my hand onto her bare thigh. She wore black Nike shorts, a dark purple tank top, and matching purple converse. My thumb subconsciously started rubbing back and forth along her skin. She glanced at my hand and smiled to herself, turning her head the other way. I smirked to myself. She didn’t move or push my hand away; it gave me some confidence with her. When we finally stopped, I looked through the window to see Tori’s beloved dance studio. It was just a long building, a few windows here and there, yet it seemed pretty dull from outside,

“Well…we’ll see you ‘round, Lovely” Tom said as Tori hopped out of the van with Ty following her

“Yeah” she nodded “Later, Tom-Tom” she said

            We watched them walk into the building before the van drove off. I sighed; these interviews were starting to get old. They usually asked similar questions and we had to answer with the same answers. Yeah, we seemed like we made some pretty bad comments here and there, but we still had to give legitimate answers to the questions. We had to keep ourselves interesting and half the time, when we went to commercial or when the interview was over, the interviewer would go off and ignore us.

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