The Six Steps - c.h

"I have six tasks for you and everything I offered you is yours, plus more." Scott started. "Your story is that you're a photographer. You're going to school next month, you have a great life and you run into these four boys. This is where your job starts.

"One. You're going to get to know them and you're going to make them trust you. You're going to assure them that you aren't like everyone else. This could be the hardest step because without it, no information for us. Looks can be deceiving, and more importantly, they are naive teenage boys.

"Two. You're going to send me at least one article every week about what they're doing for the next month. New music, tours, but mostly about the juicy gossip. Girls, hookups, parties. Throw in a little bit of your own drama, what the people want to hear.

"Three. You're going to meet him," Scott picked up a few papers and pointed to a photo of a boy with tanned skin and dark hair with blonde tips. He was smiling with his arms around three others who looked just as happy as he did. "His name is Calum.

"Four. You're going to get him to fall with you." I wanted to stop him right there. This entire thing had sounded ridiculous.

"Five. You're going to get him to chase you with all that he has. Keep him on his toes at all times, no matter how bad he wants it - or you want it. Lead him on. Wrap him around your finger and make him think that he has you in the palm of your hand.

"Six. The final job and hopefully the easiest. Once he thinks he finally has you, pull the rug from under his own feet and break his heart. The tragic love story. Shatter him to pieces. You're going to write all about it in our juiciest edition about the girl-next-door who just happened to meet these four boys and spent the summer with them."