golden boys

chapter 9

Harrys POV

TW: TALKS OF ED in the SIMON POV section 

" I've tried almost everything I can to cover these hickeys up and nothing works, where did you get these anyway Harry?" says Louise, the One Direction makeup artist who gets the boys ready for their shows. " Erm Kendall gave them to me. " " Sure she did " giving a big smirk to me and Lou. Louise is one of the only ones on the crew who supports our relationship. She's like our mom on the road and Paul, our bodyguard, is like our dad. Sometimes I wished they were head of management instead of Simon they would let us do anything. " Alright, that's the best I can do Harry why don't you go get a scarf or bandana for your neck and Louis let's try to aim for somewhere below the neck next time, ok?" We all laugh until she sees what Louis's neck looks like. " Boys new rule no hickeys anywhere visible to public eyes" Louis and I look to each other " Can't make any promises Louise" Lou smirks and I start to laugh. 

"Are you guys ready" Paul our road dad walks in where all five of us are relaxing. "sure am rd ( which is the shorter term for road dad)" " yep" " okay guys we got this on three MIDNIGHT MEMORIES one two three" "MIDNIGHT MEMORIES" we all yell at once. The show had its usual shenanigans with the water guns and the gatorade and the falling. ( the falling is usually me or Niall ) It went pretty good and after the show, we all headed back to the bus since our next show was about 10 hours away. " So operation takedown Simon" " No we need to have a code name that's too obvious," Louis says to Niall " how about operation kiwi" " Man what is with you and fruits?" Zayn said " Well I like it" "So do I " "Okay so operation Kiwi is on its way" Our plan is to start slowly exposing Simon for all the things he has done starting with how mean he is to staff working up to how he treats the five of us. Were gonna tweet some fans under fake accounts and send them videos and then it's up to them to get it trending. And honestly, I'm not worried about that part I mean our fans are just a little bit crazy. 

Simon's POV

" I don't care Claire get the boys in here NOW! " All the effort put into those boys everything I have is riding on them since they technically lost the show- if they fail at this too or blow it up with that stupid larry shit, I'm screwed. I would never be taken seriously in the industry again. 

the boys walk-in 

"Boys, boys sit. How's the tour going?" "uh good thanks" Niall weakly responds " Good, Zayn how's the album coming I need those songs soon" "I'm working on it Simon it's a little hard to write 20 new songs while on tour with little to no free time" Zayn replies. " Well make the time I need those songs in 3 weeks, oh and your looking a little too skinny there's a platter of cookies over there go grab 3 or 4 ." "3 weeks?!?! But Simon- " Zayn is pretty upset about the cookie comment knowing that he struggles with ED " No buts Zayn just get to work. Niall, how's your knee?" "Well, they said I need surgery for it" " O no no no that's not happening we'll get a better brace for you" " Simon but my knee- " " take Advil or something, Liam hows your therapist" "Shes uh good says I have bad anxiety though. " Well that sucks hey if things get bad just pick up that whiskey bottle again " Simon laugh in a cruel manner " that's the whole reason I'm in- " " Louis and Harry how are the girlfriends since you two aren't a thing anymore" "fine" "El's ok but that was kind of rude Simon" " I don't care it wasn't natural anyway; bad for the brand if you know what I mean" 

the boys all look down and try not to make eye contact with Simon

"Anyway boys you better get going you have another show in about a week in the States. Now get out of my office and Harry stay here for a second. 

Harry how's your mom? " uh she's good, is that it?" "No, actually I heard things were pretty awkward on the bus with Louis since he broke your heart?" " Simon I don't want to talk about it" " Well fine then get out of here and don't you think about pulling any crap I have spies everywhere." 

" Claire get me some aspirin" These boys are so problematic with all their drama and may I say attitude. To be honest, I couldn't care less about the boys, but with all the money I'm getting from them, I might as well keep them around a little longer. " Claire, CLAIRE where's my aspirin and send Liam some whiskey he needs it" 

POV OF THE BOYS 

" I can't believe him- that son of a bit" "Niall! We're not even out of the building yet let's wait till the car" Louis says walking ahead with Niall a bit. " Hey Zayn are you okay, he said some fucked up things in there?" "Yeah Payno I'm fine it's just annoying how insensitive he is about things but how are you" "I'm fine I guess he just-" " Sir sir I was told to give you this to help you lighten the mood " Payno receives a brand new bottle of gin that has a note on it saying it was from Simon. " Zayn this is what I mean- like who gifts a recovering alcoholic a brand new bottle of gin to get them to ease up, he's such a douche bag" " Woah. Payno who gave you that " " Fucking Simon did Harry. Hey Lou, Niall anyone want this I don't even want to touch it anymore" "I'll take it Payno I'll regift it or something, thanks" " Harry what he have to say to you?" "I'll tell you guys in the car just in case anyone hears." As they get into the car with Payno driving to the airport, they ask Harry what he said. " He basically asked about how badly Lou broke my heart when we *broke up* and how he has spies everywhere and to don't even bother pulling any shit." "Wait do you guys think he knows about Operation Kiwi?" Niall asked, " Not a chance mate the first video is scheduled to come out tomorrow." Louis says " Good we'll be an ocean away from him." Zayn and Payno say almost at the same time. " It's only a matter of time before he's exposed, boys." Harry says 

" Only a matter of time"