Love in the spotlights. [ON HOLD]

Chapter 10 - Lovebirds with jobs

A short update because my best friend wants to read it in the plane on her way home, love y'all. xo

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The moment I opened my eyes I panicked. Where was I? A bright light came through the window. Behind me I heard a slow, steady breath. I knew it again. I was at a hotel in London, with Yasmine, Margot, the lads and a beautiful boy who made me feel like no one else had ever done. I grabbed my iPhone and checked how late it was. 8 AM. Early. I jumped out of the bed, grabbed a hoodie and tiptoed on my bare feet to the door. Once I was in the hallway, I motioned towards Margot & Yasmine's room, but when I knocked, no one answered. Surprisingly, the door was open. When I walked in, I found a sleeping Yasmine, but Margot was out of sight. I left the room again, as silent as possible, and sat for a minute against the wall when something popped in my head. Would she be with Niall? I knocked on the door of the room where the blonde and the black-haired slept, and a sleepy Zayn opened the door. ‘Don't worry,’ he whispered, ‘She's here.’ I let out a sigh of relief. I walked in and saw Margot in Niall's arms. ‘Oh my gosh,’ I stammered, ‘That's the sweetest thing I've ever seen.’ Zayn nodded. ‘I know, she came her around 2 AM, from what I heard she wasn't able to sleep, so she came to us..’ Niall had a peaceful smile on his face and Margot was all snuggled up in his chest. ‘I guess I’ll see you guys at breakfast then,’ I whispered to Zayn while giving him a friendly hug, ‘Good luck with the lovebirds.’

‘THIS ONE IS FOR THE BOYS WITH THE BOOMING SYSTEM, TOP DOWN A.C. WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM, WHEN HE COME UP..’ I burst out laughing. Harry quickly jumped of the bed. ‘I.. I was just..’ I tried to talk but I choked while laughing. ‘You.. You were dancing on Superbass in your Calvin Klein boxers.. That’s so weird..’ Harry looked like a toddler which balloon just got poked with a needle, ‘And awesome at the same time.’ His guilty glare turned into a naughty grin. ‘Wanna join me?’ ‘I would be honored.’ I took off my hoodie and jumped on the bed, in my pyjama shorts and my bra. ‘Let’s dance, Mr. Styles.’ We danced on Do It Like A Dude, This Is Love and We Are Young when the soundtrack of Step Up 4, To Build A Home, came on. Harry stopped immediately with his random dancing and stepped of the bed. I glanced confused at him. His hands grabbed my waist and lifted me off the bed. He turned around with his arms still around my waist, while my feet didn’t even touch the ground. Darn, he was strong. When the chorus came on, I felt like imitating the dance. I practiced the choreo a lot, because in my opinion, it was one of the most beautiful performances ever. Whenever I felt like crap, I danced. I danced and sang every single thought out of my body. I pretended like I was the girl in the movie, and apparently, Harry saw it too, because he danced along. He wasn’t a great dancer, but the feeling that it gave me, was simply amazing. At the end of the song, when Harry’s hands were in the small of my back and he leaned in to me, he whispered: ‘You are magical.’ I wanted to say something, but I had no idea which words were good enough to describe my feelings. My hands tangled in his curls and I pressed my lips against his. He tightened his grip and I finally understood what people meant with “sparks”. Oh yeah I felt them. Like a firework.

I heard a soft knock on the door. ‘Come in!’ Louis walked in on our room, half asleep. ‘Guys, Paul just called, he wants us to travel with the train.. We need to go in a couple of hours..’ I sighed. ‘Early.’ Louis nodded. ‘Is your bed even better than ours? I need to try that.’ He jumped on the bed and covered himself up with blankets. ‘Feels good, huh?’ I asked him. ‘Where’s Harry, by the way?’ ‘He’s getting us breakfast,’ I answered, ‘He’ll be back in 10 minutes.’ Louis facial expression went from sleepy to worried. ‘Faye,’ Louis said slowly, ‘Harry didn’t.. Do anything, did he?’ Louis fingers were crossed. ‘No, he didn’t Lou.’ The boy let out a sigh of relief. ‘Why are you all so worried about that?’ I wondered. ‘Well,’ Louis spoke, ‘Sometimes Harry is like an animal.. Not in a bad way.. I guess.. But we don’t want you to do things you don’t want to. Look, I know that Harry has real feelings for you. He didn’t told me, but I can see it. His eyes sparkle everytime when you’re near, he treats you gentle, he’s worried about you.. He’s a good guy.’ I nodded understandingly. ‘But Faye,’ Louis continued, ‘Please don’t break his heart.. He kind of fragile.. Though he doesn’t seem like he is.’ The door opened. ‘Hi Lou!’ Harry said happily, ‘Whatcha doing here?’ Louis knew how to lie. He was good at it. ‘Just chilling around with your girlfriend, - Harry’s cheeks went red by the word girlfriend – but I’m leaving now. Bye!’ He ran out of the room. Harry gave me a weird glare. I grinned. ‘Don’t worry Curly, he told me how late we should get out of here.’

‘Firstclass train.. Nice.’ I dumped my bag on the ground and sat down in a big chair. I sat next to Margot and Yasmine sat on our opposite. Her legs were pretty long, something to be jealous of, and she planted her feet on my lap. ‘You’re very welcome.’ She smirked with a wink. ‘So, Margot.. Seems like you had a pretty good evening, huh?’ ‘What?’ She stammered, ‘How do you know? I mean.. What do you mean?’ She was blushing. ‘Margot, just tell us, we know where you were.’ Margot doubted. ‘Okay, come closer.’ Yasmine sat half on my lap against the window, the other half on Margot. ‘Closest possible.’ The blonde girl took a deep breath and started whispering. ‘So, yesterday night, it must’ve been like.. 1 AM or something, I wasn’t able to sleep. I thought that maybe one of you guys would be awake. I walked over to yours and Harry’s room, but it was locked. And Niall and Zayn’s was open. Zayn was asleep but Niall was still on his phone. He asked me if I couldn’t sleep either, so I asked if I could sleep with him. We lied for like 15 minutes when he said that if I wanted to, I was allowed to come closer, so I turned around and lied my head on his chest and my arm around his waist. He smelled so good, oh my god. Niall’s arms were around me, like he had to protect me, it was so adorable.’ Margot’s eyes sparkled and she grinned. ‘I think I’m in love with him.’

Turns out that sitting with eight people on one couch isn’t really comfortable. We were in one direction’s management office. ‘So,’ one of the guys, his name was Andrew, ‘Yasmine, I heard that you just turned 16.. Happy birthday!’ Yasmine smiled thankful. ‘We have a present for you too.’ She looked confused at us, but we couldn’t give any answers either. ‘Congratulations,’ another guy, Steven, said, ‘You’re One Direction’s new support act.’ Eight people in the room were catching flies. ‘We’re.. We’re going to work together?’ Zayn stammered. ‘Yes,’ Andrew said, ‘As soon as possible.’ ‘But,’ Liam replied, ‘Our tour starts in 2 months.’ Steven grinned. ‘That’s right.’ Steven and Andrew explained the whole thing and I was getting pretty excited. Being with Harry all the time? Can’t be that hard.

‘So if I get this right;’ I said, ‘We’re gonna stay at your apartment from next week on and then we’ll tour through Europe?’ The 5 boys nodded. ‘Sounds fun!’ Yasmine said. Harry had a big grin on his face. ‘Oh, it’s going to be fun..’

========*2 weeks later* ========

‘Give it up for the three girls everyone’s talking about; Yasmine, Margot and Faye!’ A noisy applause filled my ears. ‘Let’s go girls,’ I whispered, ‘We can do this.’ Today was our first live performance on TV. We wore the most awesome clothes in the whole world. As we walked on the stage a big smile plastered to my face. This was the moment where I had been waiting for so long. It was the same show as we visited a couple of months ago, when we just met the boys. The hostess was still the same, but there was a new guy, who seemed nice. They introduced themselves for the show as Jessie and Justin. ‘Hello ladies,’ Justin said with a friendly smile, ‘How are you?’ ‘Well,’ Margot answered, ‘We’ve been pretty busy lately, but we’re absolutely fine, thank you.’ ‘That’s great to hear,’ Jessie filled in, ‘What is your planning for the upcoming weeks? Can you clear the rumours about you and one direction?’ ‘The rumours are true,’ Yas said, ‘We are indeed touring with one direction. Our first show will be in London, at the end of November. We will tour through Europe, and will visit Holland.’ Jessie and Justin asked us a couple of more questions, we did our performance and went off the stage. Justin followed us. ‘Can we help you?’ I asked. ‘Erm, not really,’ he said, ‘I just wanted to say sorry for Jessie’s behaviour. She’s a little weird..’ ‘Oh, thanks.’ We turned around as he called for Yasmine. ‘Hey Yasmine. Do you.. Would you like to go on a date with me?’ ‘Erm, we’re pretty busy these days.. But you can have my number.’