Walking In the Wind // 1D AU ✓

Chapter 2

~If you're lost, just look for me,

You'll find me in the region of the summer stars~

AUGUST 1ST

Despite Simon Cowell's house arrest, the group had went to get coffee and enjoy the fact that they were all back together again. For a couple of hours, the five of them caught up on everything until all the drinks were gone and Louis was convinced that Hailee was going to be tired of dealing with Infinity.

Louis Tomlinson, despite not being the designated "driver" of the group, was in the driver's seat, letting Zayn Malik pick the music that they would listen to. Unfortunately for anyone who hated Smash Mouth, that's all they were getting. All Star was on repeat for the next twenty minute drive, and they were all screaming the lyrics.

In the backseat, Harry Styles was texting his mum pictures of his new hair color, which she was bound to disapprove of. However, taking a selfie was made hard by the fact that his arm was broken and he had to keep the cast out of the picture so that she didn't worry. That meant that Liam Payne was taking the photo and forcing Harry to show multiple angles of his red hair and smile. His own hair was a deep black that left him looking very similar to the way he always looked. Personally, he thought he looked a lot more like Zayn, who had objected to the hair dying process.

Niall Horan was bouncing up and done due to the iced coffee in his system, along with the fact that it had all run through him. He was desperate to get back to the house so that he could pee. His own hair was electric orange, which wasn't unusual for the serial hair dy-er. Meanwhile, Louis' hair was purple and no one was getting used to that anytime soon.

The guards at the gate let the car in, and Zayn finally stopped the music. Perrie Edwards was sitting on the front steps, appearing to be waiting for them. "What's up?" Niall questioned as he hopped out. Her bomb-building kit was spread out on the pavement in front of her.

"It's time for the meeting. Not that you guys would care about being on time," She chastised them.

Liam rolled his eyes and hit the back of her head lightly as he passed by. "Simon never said what time the meeting was, so how can you blame us? We needed a gab session."

She looked up at the rest of the group as they kept walking inside. "I can see Harry using that phrase, but never you, Liam. Straight to the conference room with you lot!"

By the time Louis had his infant daughter, Infinity, back in his arms, and had settled himself in the chair, Zayn had their boss pulled up on the large computer screen in the office. He had arrived in New York late the prior night to conduct business, but this was very important and needed a FaceTime call. The camera showed him sitting in his office, in a suit as he always was.

"Alright, so we have a month to prepare for the biggest job ever," He sighed, running a hand through his hair.

Palmer Scott immediately rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair. The action did not go unnoticed, and Simon looked at him. "I'm having a prostethician come in to you today, so don't worry." Two days prior to this meeting, Harry and Palmer had been broken out of a hospital, where they were under police watch. In the scuffle to leave, Palmer's prosthetic leg had been left behind and he was very bitter about it.