Undercover with One Direction

Nosey Niall

I 'm re-heating Liam's omelette when Niall speaks up.

"Hey, can I talk to you?" He asks.

"Sure," I say with fake smile.

Damn it! I follow him out.

***

"I know you are lying. I was up at 6 and you weren't here." Niall accuses as soon as we are out of hearing range.

"I know," I say sitting on the couch, my head starts to hurt.

"Where were you?" He asks.

I put my head in my hands.

"I have things to do, things Liam can't know about," I whisper, my voice quivers.

I feel the couch dip.

"He is your brother, what can't he know?" He asks put a hand on my shoulder.

I shake my head and start to cry.

Niall pulls me into a hug.

"You can tell me when your ready," he says into my hair.

I nods and pull away. I wipe my tears and fix my hair.

"I'm sorry," I say.

"Never be sorry for crying," Niall says gently, "If you ever need to talk I'm here."

I smile and nod. Then he gets up and goes back into the kitchen.

I smile to myself.

Crying and vulnerability, always works.

I blink a few times, relax my face and erase it of any emotion. Now I look like I haven't been crying.

We were taught how to control our emotional appearance during CHA training, it's quite handy.

I get up and walk back into the kitchen. Everything is normal. I sit and eat my omelette.

***

"So what's the plan today?" I ask.

"Photo shoot at 10:00am and signing at 4:00pm." Liam answers.

I nod

"You can come," Zayn offers.

"You sure? I don't want to cause any trouble," I say hesitantly.

Louis scoffs.

"Naw, come on... It'll be fun... You know what you don't have a choice. YOUR COMING." Louis states.

"Ok, fine," I sigh, "but you're putting together my outfit cuz I'm to lazy!"

Louis cheers.

"Common boys we gotta get this girl an outfit." He says running out.

"I'll go help him," Harry says, "if I don't you'll be wearing a pink tutu with a tiara or something like that."

Harry runs off.

"On that note I'm going to go help them, Harry's gonna dress you up in very revealing clothes." Zayn whispers to me.

I laugh and blush. Does he know that I like, NO YOU DO NOT NICOLE, Harry?

"And then there was three," I say.

Liam and Niall laugh.

"Go get dressed," I say, "Don't worry about dishes I'll do them."

"Yes mommy," Liam and Niall say at the same time, and obey.

I wash the dishes and clean the kitchen.

***

"Boys! Does it really take that long to put together an outfit and to get yourselves ready?!?!" I yell, "you need to leave in 10 minutes!"

I hear five responses:

"Just a minute!"

"Yes, it does take this long!"

"Zayn's been hogging the bathroom!"

"Awww she's just like you Lili! Mommy direction!"

"You're gonna look amazing!"

Oh boy what have I gotten myself into? These boys are gonna be a handful!