KINGS & QUEENS - LARRY STYLINSON FANFICTION

THE RADIO INTERVIEW

The next day, the band lands in Ireland's capital city. Since it's Niall's home country, the blonde guy is incredibly hyper as if he had eaten too much sugar for several days. Niall doesn't stop talking at all. He tells everyone about how excited he is, that he can't wait for his family and friends to attend the show and he tells the crew funny anecdotes from his life before One Direction continuously. Everyone is very patient and supportive with Niall since they know how much the two shows in Ireland mean to him and especially that his family and friends are going to attend the first show.

Right after the arrival, there's an interview planned at Dublin's most famous radio station for the band. Many fans are already waiting in front of the huge building so that the band stays outside for a few minutes to give autographs and take pictures with the girls who have been waiting for hours. Because of his excitement, Niall takes on most of the talking and shows his comedic talent during the interview. Everyone including the team at the radio station Louis feels a little nervous since he hopes that the host won't mention Harry during this interview. Luckily, nothing like that happens. Like every celebrity who has reached a certain level of fame, Louis has learned how to cope with tricky situations like these during media training but still, it feels uncomfortable for him to dodge questions or lie.

"Alright guys," the host says happily, "before we're going to play your favourite song of the recent album, we have a surprise for a fan of you. A few days ago, we started a call here on radio and on social media for the fans. Everyone who took part sent us two questions they've always wanted to ask you guys and the response was mind-blowing, absolutely unbelievable! First of all, I want to say thank you for taking part in this. It was so hard to choose. We picked one girl by chance out of thousands who had messaged and now we have her on the phone! It's Marlene from Dublin, she's nineteen and a huge fan. "Hello Marlene!" the host greets the girl. "Hey Marlene!" Zayn, Liam, Niall and Louis say unison and the girl squeals at the other end. "That's so cool! Hello boys, hey Jo!"

"Marlene, now you have the possibility to ask One Direction the questions you've always wanted to ask!"

"Sorry . . . I . . . oh . . . uhm," the girl stammers, "I'm a little nervous."

"Don't be," Zayn tries to calm her, "it's just us." Everyone laughs, also Marlene.

"Okay, so uhm . . . I'd like to ask . . . what your favourite thing is that you take on tour with you from home."

"Alright," the host says, "who wants to answer first? Niall?"

"Yeah alright!" Niall says. "As you know I love Ireland and my hometown Mullingar so much so I always carry a picture of my family and friends with me. We took at my favourite pub in Mullingar and I think it was my 18th birthday."

The host signals Louis that it's his turn. "Hi Marlene, Louis here. My mum gave me a lucky charm for my first audition for the X-Factor. It's a soft pillow with the inscription "Good things come to those who wait."

"Hi, I'm Zayn. When we started our first tour, I got the names of my parents, grandparents and sisters tattooed onto the left side on my torso. They all wrote their names down in their handwriting so basically I'm carrying them with me all the time."

"Hey, it's Liam. My grandmother gave me a black leather wristband for my last birthday and that's the thing I always carry with me. It reminds me of a great day with my family."

"Are you happy with the answers, Marlene?" the host asks.

Louis can hear Marlene smiling. She seems to be really happy. "Yes, I am."

"Now you can ask your second question, love, go on!"

"Well . . . I'd like to know if the rumours are true that Louis is in a relationship with Harry Styles."

When Louis hears the word "rumours", it feels as if someone is kicking him in the guts. He balls his fist under the table but quickly comes up with a technique he has learned in media training to calm down. Louis can feel that he's nervous now but he tries to speak as normal as possible. Fuck this. "Oh . . . he's a good buy and . . . uhm . . . we both love pizza. Do you like pizza too?" If someone asks you an unpleasant question, the best strategy is to distract the other person is to ask another one. Louis hopes it will work out the way it should.

Marlene chuckles quietly. "I do."

"Which one is your favourite?"

"Mushrooms and corn, I guess?"

"Good choice, love, good choice."

The host laughs. "Wonderful, pizza is always the right answer, isn't it?"

"Yeah, yeah, it is," Louis laughs, "always." He feels calmer now, the strategy was successful.

"Alright, thank you Marlene. Have a nice day! And now we're going to listen to One Direction's favourite song of their latest album. Thank you for being here and have a great show tonight in Dublin!"