A One Direction Tea Party

Chapter One

Chapter One

“She has to go Hannah, I’m sorry”

I slowly pressed my ear harder against the door. “Please Megan, give her one more chance. She is perfect at her job” I smiled, Hannah was backing me up. I slide my loose glasses up from my nose and concentrated on the two women speaking on the other side of the room. “She just doesn’t fit in this industry, what with her glasses and baggy leggings” I looked down at my clothes and felt instantly offended. “Megan, I will make her over. Just let me take her shopping. Give her one more chance and I’ll make sure she is a different person tomorrow” I frowned but continued to listen, my heart starting to beat faster and faster.

“Fine but she better be up to my standards tomorrow or she’s gone”

I jumped back from the door and started to silently dance. I boogied quietly until i noticed someone watching me. I stopped and saluted the curly haired boy. “Good day to you sir” and I ran in the other direction. The boy looked extremely familiar but I wasn’t concentrated on him, I was concentrated on the fact that I still had my job as an assistant at “Syco Music”

I sat at my desk and waited for Hannah to come and tell me the good news. She walked round the corner with an extremely depressed look on her face. My heart dropped, had I not heard something while I was silently dancing, had Megan decided to fire me instead. “What?” I asked shakily and Hannah sighed, “I talked to Megan and I’m sorry but” she paused for an awfully long time. My chest grew tight and I nearly screamed at her but she started to talk just in time, “You still have your job!” she yelled and I jumped up, “YES!” i yelled and she hugged me. “However we have to go a make you over so grab your coat because we are going shopping”

Every girls dream was to have a shopping spree paid for but not me. I’m Caitlin, 19 years old and someone who always seemed to be the odd one out. I had been told I was pretty under my ratty ash blonde hair, glasses and baggy clothes but I never really believed it. I was different from most girls and I liked it that way. I had gotten this job by accident, i meant to apply to the dentist office next door but I ended up here, Hannah had immediately shown a liking to me and had persuaded Megan to hire the baggy clothed, homeless looking girl. I loved it at Syco but I was looked down lot because of what I wore and what I said but I guess that was all going to change today.

*

“Ok hold this, this and this. Oh definitely this and of course of this” Hannah suddenly dumped a least a million pieces of clothes on me. “Oh my god” I puffed out and almost fell over. “Careful!” she yelled and I tried to look at her, we were in the third shop, Forever 21 and I already had at least 10 bags. “Ok go try them on” I sighed but she pushed me towards the changing room.

*

“Ok that will be $1000 pounds” the shop assistant said to Hannah and my mouth dropped, “Ok, charge it to the Syco account” Hannah said again with such ease and she walked away. I stayed, staring at the woman and Hannah had to drag me away. “Alright, you can go home and remember show up wearing some of those clothes” I nodded and trudged away back to the office, 50 bags in tow.

“Caitlin, where are you going?” I turned and saw Hannah staring at me, confused. “Oh I left my bag in the office” she nodded and walked over to me, “I’ll join you” and we walked back to the Syco building.

We walked into the building and Hannah turned to the left, “I have a meeting with One Direction” I huffed but nodded, slowly making my way to the lift. I squashed myself and the million bags in the lift and eventually touched the button. The lift made its way up and the doors slowly opened, I tried to walk out but the bags wouldn’t budge.

After several failed attempts of trying to get out of the lift, I got desperate. “Help” I called, “Someone please help me” I called out for awhile and suddenly the curly haired boy from early today showed up in front of me. “Do you need help there?” he asked me and I froze, “Oh my god, you’re Harry Styles” he laughed and nodded, “Yeah I am, so you don’t need help?” I nodded my head aggressively, “I do,I do” I said and he laughed again. “Here, grab my hand” I looked at his hand but had to forget that he was Harry Fucking Styles.

“You’re lucky I’m not in the meeting yet” Harry said as he tugged me from the lift, over my pile of bags. “Yeah, really lucky. Can you please stop pulling my arm off?” he suddenly let go, “Don’t be so rude miss, I can walk away right now” I scowled at him and extended my arm again, “I’m sorry” he winked and grabbed my arm.

“Harry there you are!” someone called out just as I slipped over the bags and tumbled on top of the shocked Harry. “Wow, maybe I should come back later” I looked up and shoved my glasses so I could see the person looking at us. It was Zayn Malik.

“Jesus Christ” I said and looked down, I was on top of Harry Styles in front of Zayn Malik, could this day get any worse. “Oh sorry, shall we leave you two alone?” Niall Horan suddenly appeared from the other room.

Yes, it could.

I pushed myself self off Harry, sprouting an “argh” from him and I stood up, “Pleasure to meet you lads but however our meeting must end. Again, lovely to meet you” and I turned on my heels, my face was bright red. “Hey! Wait!” Harry yelled after me and I stopped and awkwardly turned around. “I didn’t even get your name” he smiled a crooked smile and I almost lost myself in his eyes. “Your name?” he said confusingly after I didn’t reply, “Oh! Caitlin” I extended my hand and he shook it. “Well once again lovely to meet you and you all” I waved to One Direction staring at us; Louis and Liam had joined them and turned back around. “I like the way you talk” Harry called after me and I turned around again, walking backwards. “Super, sorry must get going” and I practically ran down the corridor.

“She’s cute”

I overheard Harry say just as I disappeared into the nearest broom closest to die with embarrassment.