the words you whispered.

Aria had been doing this job for far too long, but she loved every little piece about it even the crappy parts. She adored the fans she got to meet. She was a peoples person after all. She loved to chat and have a laugh with fans all around the world. However, she did not know what to expect from tonight. She had never set up meet and greets for such a big boy band before. She didn't know if the fans were going to get out of control or be cool and collective like the other fans of other bands.

She was never such a big fan of One Direction, to be honest, she never really gave them a chance after she had heard What Makes You Beautiful repeatedly on the radian. She was excited though. It was such a big job and there was always going to be something to do.

Glancing at the time on her watch she let out a loud groan. Ten minutes until they were going to let the fans inside and thirty minutes until the boys were going to be in the room. She was sure her ears were going to blow from the screams of their fans once they entered the room.

She moved her eyes again, finding her friend across the room. She had worked with Jenna a few times and she was one of the few she could stand working with. She was glad it was only her and Jenna from the touring company working this meet and greet along with a few other from the One Direction camp.

"Are you ready for all hell to break loose?" she questioned the brunette with a cheeky grin spread across her face, "because I'm not."

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Niall sat in the back of the van with his feet up on the back of the seat. He had a smile from ear to ear because he was excited for today. He was excited to be back performing after a few weeks off. He loved the thrill of being onstage in front of thousands of fans who would sing every single word back to him. He was bouncing in his seat with excitement; his eyes bouncing from one of his friends to the other. He was looking forward to the meet and greet before the show. Meeting the fans could sometimes be hard, but they were the reason for him being in the position he was in and he had to thank them all for that.

The van pulled up at the venue. Niall shifted forward to open the door and quickly jumped out. Niall walked a head of the group, but soon spun on his heels to walk backwards so he could see his mates behind him. He was a little bit disappointed that they were going to be inside most of the day considering it was such a hot day, but at least the had a day off tomorrow before they headed off to the next city

"As much as I would prefer to be on the beach right now, I'm pretty excited to be back performing" Niall stated. "Which, by the way, we have to do tomorrow. I'm not only coming here to perform."

Jenna was fairly new to the job, and hated the downsides to the job, but there weren't too many so it was usually alright. She was not very social, but did enjoy her chats with the occasional fan; she was a closet Directioner herself. This was her first time setting up a meet and greet at all, and because she knew how crazy One Direction's fans could get, she was a little worried about how smoothly the whole thing was going to go down.

She was glad that Aria was her partner for this because most of the rest of their team from the touring company were so dry and boring, but Aria made the experience a blast for both them, the guys, and the fans.

Her eyes moved to her own watchand she alsso let out a faint sigh, running her fingers through her hair and trying to mentally prepare herself for the unpredictable fangirls who would be entering in a mere ten minutes. She hoped they'd be the chill type of fans who were excited, but not scream their heads off excited.

Her hazel eyes moved to rest on Aria and she couldn't help but smile and roll her eyes. "As ready as I'll ever be. Ready to see a bunch of spoiled brats whose daddies paid a fortune for this when their daughters only know Harry?" She let out a laugh at her own question and shook her head. "I guess not all of them are, but a lot of them are."

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"Yeah yeah, we know how you love the beach Niall," Louis replied as he climbed off the bus after his blonde bandmate, a football in hand. They had a half hour before the meet and greet was to start, and as always, Louis was going to make the most of it. He wasn't as into meeting the fans as Niall was, but he kind of liked to give back to the ones who he had to thank for all of his fame and fortune, so it was alright. He glanced up when he heard the screams of the girls on the other side of a fence not too far from them and gave them a smile and a wave, yelling, "Hey, Loves!"

He heading into the building after Niall with Liam and Harry following behind after shouting their hellos to the adoring fans outside. Once inside, Louis flopped down onto a chair and glanced around, taking the place in. He glanced at Niall and kicked the football towards him, laughing when it almost hit Paul as he was heading by.

"We'll have to have a little match outside tomorrow when we have our day off. It'll be fantastic."

@ haner.

[Oh hope you don't mind me keeping Zayn in this for now. It'll bring more drama in the future with him leaving ]

Aria let out a loud laugh at Jenna's question, but soon stopped herself. "Harry is the one with the curly hair right?" she asked; cocking her head to the side. She swore she only knew one song by the boy band and she didn't really know any of the names. She knew there was a Harry, Niall, two that started with a L and the other bloke. Tonight she was going to make the fans give her a crash course on who was who.

"Hopefully these kids understand instructions. It is my favourite part of my job, telling kids what to do and not do during the meet and greet," she snickered.

"Front gate to Aria, are you guys ready?" she heard the voice call over the radio. She gave Jenna a look of desperation as a joke. She let out a laugh as she glance around the large room making sure everyone from the venue who needed to be here were.

"We are good to go. Start bringing them over."

A loud whine escaped Aria's mouth as she looked back over a Jenna. "I have no prepared myself for this. They better not make me cranky."

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Niall gave a big wave to the screaming fans on the other side of the fence before he headed inside the venue. It was such a big venue with far too many corridors to walk down. He was sure he would get lost if he was by himself. They headed into the dressing room. Niall leaned against the wall since he had been sitting for way too long these past few hours.

He let out a laugh when Louis kicked the ball which had just missed Paul's head. "Alright," Niall stated in agreement as he went to fetch the football. "It would be nice to have a kick around without the screaming," he added on before kicking the ball back in Louis' direction.

Niall hummed to himself as he pulled his phone out of his pocket to check the time and his social media. He scrolled through his Twitter feed for awhile until his was interrupted by Paul poking his head in.

"You boys ready to start heading to the meet and greet?" Paul asked; looking at every single boy and hoping to god they wouldn't cause any trouble on the way there.

(I don't mind. And I'm watching their movie right now and I am major fangirling )

A bubbly giggle escaped Jenna and she told Aria, "Yes, Harry is the one with curly hair. You know, you really should have studied up on the boys before you agreed to work this with me." She shook her head at her friend and informed her, "It's Harry, Niall, Liam, Zayn, and Louis. Come on girl, get it together!"

She glanced over to the entrance where the adoring fans were filing in and let out a soft sigh. "I like bossing them around too, but they're so exhausting when they don't listen no matter how many times you tell them not to do something." She rolled her eyes and started heading towards the lines.

"Well, don't get your hopes up. It looks like they're the crazy bunch we were afraid of. Let's get ready for a long day, Aria."

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"Yeah, I'm ready. How about you, lads?" Louis glanced around at Harry, Liam, and Zayn, who all voiced their agreement. Louis and the other three stood and moved towards the door with Louis at the back. He tried to be smooth and kick the ball back towards Niall again, but instead he kicked it and heard glass shatter.

Louis zipped past Paul and laughed, calling out, "Gotta go!" He took off down the hall in the same direction Liam, Zayn, and Harry were headed, nearly smashing into a few other crew members, still laughing.

"Niall! The time has come!" Louis shouted to Niall, looking over his shoulder, shooting his mate a goofy grin, waiting for him to join the others with him.

@ haner.

Aria put her hands up in defence as she kept giggling loudly. "I will have this down pack by the end of this meet and greet okay." She ran through the names in her head; she just had to put the name to their faces now. "We are going to have a room full of crazy ass fans and I am sure they will try and convert me into a Directioner," she chuckled.

She could here the screams and loud cries of the fans who were finally let into the venue. A few had been there since she had arrived to set up. She was sure there were a few who were there even earlier than that. "I think I may have a way to make them listen. I'll tell them to behave or the get sent to the back of the line," she grinned in reply.

A sigh escaped her lips as she spotted the meet and greet fans bolting towards them. "This is going to be so much fun," she said with far too much sarcasm. She put on her best fake smile as they began coming into the room. She walked around aimlessly; talking to a few fans here and there before she heard her name over the radio again.

"This group is a bit rowdy as expected, but the boys can start heading over if you guys are ready," she replied to Paul who was on the other end of the radio. She moved towards Jenna and stood by her side. "Roughly five minutes until all hell breaks loose," she whispered to the girl.

---

"Alright, let's do this!" Niall shouted as he looked down at the football which had completely missed him. The shattering of the glass made him quickly turn his head to Louis. He stared at his friend with wide eyes for a moment before running off after him. "Oh shit," he laughed to himself as he pushed past Harry, Liam and Zayn.

Niall was laughing to himself as he chased after Louis. He could picture Paul shaking his head at the two rowdiest boys of the group. They were always having fun and, of course, misbehaving.

"That it has Tommo!" he shouted back before clapping his hands together. He stopped running and stood beside his friend with his hands resting on his hips. He grinned back at Louis as the rest of the group and Paul joined them.

"Be on your best behaviour boys," Paul stated; pointing a warning finger at him and Louis. "We don't have much time for this meet and greet so we need to get through everyone as smooth and as quickly as possible," he told them before moving towards the door to open it. He pushed the door open and peered in; catching the attention of Aria. She gave Paul the thumbs up which he knew that it meant that all things were good to go.

Jenna snickered at the punishment Aria mentioned and said to her, "Ooh, that's cruel. But a good one. Those girls would freak if they had to wait to meet those boys any longer than they already have. Better follow the rules or we'll crack down on 'em." She put on a mock stern face and then laughed.

When she heard Aria speaking to Paul, her eyes briefly moved to where the boys were to enter and then back to the rowdy fans who had taken to singing one of the boys' songs in unison.

Jenna rolled her eyes slightly and said, "Yaay. Five more minutes and then my patience will be no more. I'm so excited." The brunette may not have been excited to deal with the fangirls out there, but she did have butterflies at the thought of possibly being able to meet the guys.

"Get ready for a whole lotta crazy, girl," She told her friend and glanced to the boys' designated door again, waiting a bit impatiently for them to walk through so they could get this craze-fest over with.

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"Okay, Dad," Louis replied to Paul jokingly and then laughed. Paul really was like their on-the-road dad. Poor guy. Always having to tell all of them, especially himself and Niall, to behave for the fans. They never really did.

When given the okay, Louis strode out the door and grinned that adorably goofy grin at the line of girls in front of him and his band mates. "Hello ladies!" He called out to them and moved towards the little back drop that was set up for pictures that the girls would be led to.

"Who's first?" Lou asked, and his eyes came to rest on Aria. He examined her for a moment before giving her another grin and then averting his gaze to the loud group of females waiting to meet the band.

He looked over at the other four and said, "Come on, lads! Let's not keep these pretty girls waiting!" This ignited a scream from the crowd of fans, causing Louis to chuckle. He'd never grow tired of the sound.

"You are such a fangirl at heart, aren't 'ya?" Aria joked. "Maybe after tonight I will be too." With a little snicker, she looked over to the door the boys were supposed to come in through. She saw Paul poke his head through which made her give him a thumbs up. She cracked her fingers before giving her friend a scared look. "Shit is about to get crazy. Lets just hope this runs as smoothly as possible because I don't want to deal with crying girls and having to stay back late." She gave Jenna's arm a small squeeze before stepped away from her as the boys begun strolling in. The screams pierced her ears and made her wish she had brought earplugs with her.

"Jesus fucking Christ," she mumbled under her breath as she made her way to the front of the line so she could keep and eye on each girl going through. She glanced to the area the boys were standing in for photos and her eyes found those of one of the L boys. She had always found him the most attractive in her opinion. She was sure his name was Louis, but she would be double checking that with the fans around her.

She smiled back at him and nodded her head before putting her focus back onto the fans lined up. She could see some holding back tears while others were jumping for joy just from the sight of them. "Alright ladies, go on up," she said to the two girls in front of her who looked no older than sixteen. "Enjoy the time with them," she winked jokingly as she ushered them through. Just from the conversations she could hear around her, tonight was going to be one long ass night.

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Niall snickered at Louis comment to Paul. He stood there bouncing on the tip of his toes as he waited for the okay to go in. The moment they did, he swore he almost pushed everyone out of the way so he could literally jump into the room. He jumped in with his arms spread wide and a wide goofy grin plastered his face.

"Hello!" he hollered with excitement. He could hear the chuckles of Harry and Liam behind him just before the girls erupted with screams. He gave them a huge wave before making his way over to the photo area. He glanced over at the brunette to one side and smiled wide at her. He had heard a fair few good things about the meet and greet girls from the tour company. He had the feeling the one he smile at was Jenna.

He let his eyes drift over her body before looking away. He kept the same big smile on his face as he looked at the line of waiting fans. He adored them, but their ear piercing screams always gave him a headache by the end of the show. It was going to be a long hour or so of smiling, hugging and laughing. He knew his face was going to be hurting from smiling so much, but it was going to be worth it. After all, he was making the fans happy.

"I am and I'm proud!" Jenna shot back at her and laughed, her head tilting bck slightly as it often did when she'd laugh. She watched the exchange between Paul and Aria before giving a reassuring smile to her friend and telling her, "It'll be alright. We can get a drink after work if it ends up being bad. My treat." She spread out then, moving over to the other side to keep an eye on the girls from a different angle. She cringed when the shrieking started up again.

"Damn," She muttered to herself, shaking her head and drawing a slow breath in, watching each fan that passed to meet the boys, her eyes occasionally flickering to the line to make sure no funny business was going on over there. Once, when she was watching the fans with the boys and she locked eyes with the blonde one, Niall. When he flashed his adorable smile at her, her cheeks flushed a bright red and she smiled shyly back at him.

When she heard some of the conversations, she looked to Aria briefly and rolling her eyes, grinning a bit. It was going to be a long ass night indeed. At least they were enduring it together.

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Louis posed every which way as the fans requested, laughing here and there and chatting with everyone. Between every few fans, though, his blue eyes would wander to Aria, checking her out and watching her interact with the fans and her friend who he'd noticed Niall taking an interest in. He'd heard that the meet and greet organizers were great at their job, and he was interested to know how and why these girls had gotten into this business.

After a while, he tried to get Niall in on being a bit mischievous against Paul's wishes. As the night drew on, the two of them would occasionally pull little pranks on the fans with Harry's help, one time telling the girls the meet and greet was over and doing other things like that to rile up the crowd.

He completely ignored Paul's warning glares because the fans were having fun with his, Niall's, and Harry's 'bad' behavior and that was what he wanted- for the fans to have a good time and enjoy themselves. He owed it to them after all they'd done for the band. Giving them a good laugh was the least he could do.

@ haner.

Even though the screams were loud, Aria was actually enjoying chatting to the fans in the line. They clearly loved and adored the boys who they were so close to meeting. She had even met a few who were following the tour. She had also gained a fair bit of knowledge of the boys. She now knew who was who and some even gave her song recommendations.

She was actually surprised at how fast they were getting through everyone, well, that was until the boys started to play up. She surprisingly did not mind. There weren't too many girls in the line and she did want the band to have their fun too. Hardly anyone she had work for actually made the night fun for not only them, but their fans too. It was always just get the photos done and then they would leave.

Her eyes found the group again and her eyes drifted over Louis with interest. There was something about that cheeky smile she liked. She bit down on her lip softly and quickly looked away before anyone actually caught her. She moved her eyes to Jenna and waited for her to make eye contact with her. She almost laughed out loud at the eye roll she had given her. "You love it," she mouthed to her. "Almost over," she mouthed again.

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Niall's face was actually hurting from how much he was grinning. He had soon given up on smiling in photos and, instead, started to pull stupid faces for his own amusement. He was surprised that the fans were crazy. They were loud, but there was no trying to kiss or grope him like some other fans they had in meet and greets. It was actually nice; he was having fun talking to the fans and making them smile wide.

He laughed to himself when Louis pulled him into play some pranks on the fans with Harry's help. He could never turn down a good pranks or, in this case, a whole bunch of little things to make the fans laugh. He looked around the room and he was actually surprised that the only person glaring at them was Paul. He was surprised that Aria was actually enjoying it, but he soon realised it was only because there weren't many people left for them to meet. It was almost over.

He shot Paul a sweet smile before laughing loudly just as another fan came over to him for a hug. He hugged the fan tightly for a few moments before pulling away. He glanced quickly over his shoulder at Jenna before settling into place for the photo to be taken.

After almost two hours, the meet and greet drew to a close and Jenna, though she did have fun, was utterly exhausted and glad it was over with. She went over to where the girls had been in line and began cleaning up various things that had been dropped and left behind, purposely picking the most antisocial job there was. She'd had enough social interaction to last her a month.

She would glance in the boys' direction every once in a while, her brown eyes settling on Niall for a moment before she'd go back to cleaning. On the channel between Aria and her radios only, Jenna said to her partner, "Bettergo get Lou's digits while you still have the chance. I saw how the two of you looked at each other. Even I felt the spark!" She then giggled into the radio and slipped it back into it's place on her hip, continuing her tidying up again.

Another thought popped into her mind and she said over the radio again, "Oh, and don't forget, we're getting drinks after this. Gosh, I really need once. This day had been a whole lotta stressful and I need to unwind. Get my drink on. Whatever you wanna say. Somewhere quiet, preferably."

--

When the whole thing was over, Louis grabbed a bottle of water and chugged it before tossing the empty bottle in a recycling bin and letting a loud, forceful breath. "Well, that was nice but insane. As always. Those girls were great though. Not so touchy feely and inappropriate." He stretched and glanced at Aria yet again, unable to keep himself from smiling.

"Go talk to her, yeah," Liam prodded, having noticed the way Louis looked at that girl from the touring company the entire hour and a half. He'd never seen his friend look at a girl that way before, so he knew there must be something special about her to him.

Louis nodded a little and took a slow breath before replying, "You know, I think I will." He collected all his confidence, adjusted his shirt and stood tall before heading over to Aria, smiling a but, searching for something to say the entire way there.

As the group of girls were ushered out of the room, Aria had slipped outside and began to walk down the long corridor to grab their tiny ass road box to begin the break down. Once she had it, she began pushing it back to the room. Her eyes glanced down at her radio and a snort of laughter escaped her when she heard Jenna's voice through it.

"Oh darling, I don't think he wants my number, but if I attempt to get it you have to get Niall's," she snickered back into the radio. "Oh yes I saw your cute little blush when he looked at you. I see everything." She slipped the radio back onto the waist band of her jeans before she pushed open the door.

The moment she walked in she saw Jenna cleaning; glancing at the group of boys every now and then. She let out a soft laugh as she pushed the road case into one of the corners as Jenna began to speak again. She turned down the volume a touch and brought her radio back up to her face.

"I was going to go for a nice glass of wine in my bath, but I could change my plans for you," she stated as she leaned her back onto the road case and looked over at Jenna. "I know a place we can go. I found it last time I was in this city. It's quiet and..." Aria trailed off and stopped talking when she noticed Louis coming her way. She raised and eyebrow at him before letting a little smirk fall upon her face. "We'll discuss this later. I have company." She quickly turned her radio off before Jenna could say something back that could embarrass the shit out of her. She placed her radio back onto the waist band of her jeans before putting her full attention onto Louis.

"And what can I help you with, Louis?" she asked the moment he stood in front of her. She cocked her head to the side and kept her eyes on his.

---

The moment it was all over, Niall had gone straight to grab a drink of water. His mouth felt dry and his voice was scratchy from how much he had laughed at talked. He took long and large gulps of the cool liquid and let out a satisfied sigh the moment he was done. He screwed the lid on the plastic bottle as he leaned against the wall of the room. He noticed Aria was the first to leave the room. He quickly glanced around the room, crossing every part of his body that Jenna was still here.

He was genuinely glad she was. He glanced a way and pulled out his phone from his pocket. He logged into Twitter and scrolled through his feed as he listened to Louis and Liam talk. He had to agree with what they were saying. Louis had his eyes on her basically the whole time, but he was just as bad with Jenna.

Niall posted a thank-you to the meet and greet fans on his twitter account before he closed out of the application and slipped his phone back into the back pocket of his jeans. He stood there for a moment; glancing between the boys and Jenna before he had decided to just go over and introduce himself. He was going to see her for the whole tour. There was no harm in doing that.

He sucked in a large breath before he walked over to Jenna with his hands shoved into his pockets. He didn't even glance back at Harry when he had asked him where he was going. Niall stood behind the pretty brunette and cocked his head to the side as he watched her clean.

"Having fun there?" he questioned with a small chuckle under his breath.

Jenna said briefly into the radio before Aria could turn it off, "Get him, girl!" She didn't turn off her own radio, but did slip it back onto her waistband and bent over, still collecting various items and putting the valuable looking ones in the venue's lost and found while she threw the rest away. She was in her own little world for a while, not paying attention to her surroundings whatsoever.

Because of the fact that Jenna wasn't paying attention, she jumped at the sound of Niall's irresistible Irish accent as he spoke to her. The brunette stood back up quickly after she was bent over, having been sorting things out and using a little broom and dustpan to clean. As she stood, she knocked her head on the metal railing that had kept the girls in line earlier that day, causing her to fall right back down on her butt.

She held her hand over the forming bump on her head and reluctantly looked up at him, her face bright red with embarrassment. "Not particularly, no," She tod him, a hesitant, shy smile curving her lips. Inside she was dying of embarrassment, though, and she was also major fangirling at this point. Aria had been right- she really was a big fangirl.

"Sorry you had to see that..I swear, I am the most clumsy person around."

--

"I don't need anything. I just figured we're going to be around each other for several months so I thought I should introduce myself. But it seems you already know my name. Your name is Aria, right?" Louis gazed down admiringly at the female, grinning a little. He tried to keep his energy at bay so she wouldn't be alarmed.

"If it's not, I'm sorry. I thought I heard Paul say that's what it was." He scratched the back of his neck and the asked her, "So, how did you and your friend get into this business?" He ran his hands into his hair and waited for an answer from Aria, a slight grin on his lips. He hoped he wasn't making a complete and total fool out of himself with her.

Harry and Liam watched the two lads talk to Aria and Jenna, amused by how they were so flustered around the girls when they were nothing like that with the fans. They usually seemed so confident and in control but they were so giddy. It was hilarious to the two band members.

Aria pushed herself off of the road case and smiled up at Louis as he spoke. "Well, I didn't know your name until I had your fans around me," she admitted with a soft laugh. "I know many things now." She gave him a teasing wink before she turned around to pop the locks open on the case and lifted the lid. "It is Aria. It is lovely to meet you Louis."

She packed up a few things around her and let out a soft hum as he kept talking. She kept glancing over her shoulder every now and then just so she could see him. To her, he seemed so... nervous. It only made her like him just that little bit more. Most bands and singers she met didn't really care who the hell she was and they never really wanted to get to know her. He just seemed like the most down to earth person. She really liked that.

"I'm not sure how exactly Jenna got into this," she admitted. She stopped packing up and turned to him once more. "I worked in a venue for years and then one day I helped out the touring company because a few people pulled out of the tour. I liked them, they liked me and offered me a job. I couldn't turn it down," she explained with a smile. "I love to travel and I enjoy music, this is the perfect job for me."

Aria paused for a moment and let her eyes glance over him. "What made you want to get into this business?' she asked.

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Niall stepped back when he watched her jump from his voice. He felt rather bad for scaring her like that; it was like she was in her own little world. He bit down on his lip hard as he tried his hardest to retrain the laugh that was threatening to escape, but his attempts failed. When he saw her fall back down, the laugh escaped. He slapped a hand quickly against his mouth; stifling the laughter that was escaping.

He removed his hand from his mouth slowly before he quickly said, "Sorry." He gave her a sheepish grin as he stepped back forward. "Didn't mean to crack up over that, but it was incredibly funny," he said with the sheepish grin unable to leave his face. He ran a hand through his hair and soon shrugged his shoulders in reply to what she said.

"Don't apologize," he stated; waving her comment off. "I've hurt myself in rather strange and clumsy ways too." He smiled wide at her and offered his hand to her, he wanted to help her off the ground. "I'm Niall and you're Jenna... right?" Niall paused as he looked around quickly, but soon settled his eyes back onto her. "Well I hope it is otherwise I am going to look like an idiot."

Jenna grasped Niall's hand and hoisted herself back up to her feet, having an adorable pouty look on her face. "Yes, I'm Jenna, and you don't look like an idiot." She sucked in a breath and smiled a little at him. "Thanks for helping me up, but I really should get back to work." She was trying to get him to go away, not because she wasn't loving his attention, but because she was still incredibly embarrassed and knew it was showing on her face.

She headed quickly across the large room and began taking down the backdrop that had been used for taking pictures during the meet and greet, trying to keep herself from dying of shame. She finally had the chance to meet the guy she had been in love with, from her favorite band, and she straight up fell in front of him.

Jenna slipped her phone from her pocket, knowing Aria's radio was still turned off, and sent her a quick text that said, 'OMG, Niall came over to me & I fricken fell! KILL ME NOW!' She slid it back into her back pocket and continued her work, now listening for someone approaching instead of going into lala land. Part of her hoped Niall would follow, and part of her wished she'd never have to face him again.

Ah, the dilemmas shy girls face while meeting their favorite boy band member.

--

"Well, I'm glad you like your job and that you're here working with us," Louis replied to Aria with a smile before leaning against the wall near them and glancing around the large venue at all the people working around them. His blue eyes then returned to the brunette in front of him and shrugged his shoulders slightly.

"I've always loved to perform. Entertain people and whatnot. And I love to sing and travel around with the lads and see the fans. But those things are just perks. It really started with the music. I'm lucky I got that opportunity on the X-Factor though. I completely butchered Hey There Delilah," He told her and laughed a little, glancing at the ground. "It's great. Meeting all these new people. I couldn't ask for a better job."

Louis took a slow breath and then looked at Aria again, asking hesitantly, "So, uhh, are you doing anything tonight? If not I was wondering if you'd like to maybe get dinner." He bit his lip slightly, that nervous look back on his face. It'd been a while since he'd asked a girl to dinner. He was used to dealing with fans, not a girl who wasn't all over him and crazy. Someone down-to-earth.

"As a thanks for your hard work today, of course. Not a date," He added quickly, more for saving his own self-esteem than to reassure her.

Aria pulled her bottom lip between her teeth to keep her smile at bay as Louis explained why he was in the business. It made her feel happy that he, even though they were crazy, enjoyed meeting the fans still, but they were the reason why he was here with her right now. She kept her eyes trained on him as she finally let her lip go. "You couldn't have butchered it too much if you are here right now," she pointed out.

She looked away and glanced around at everyone else in the room, but her eyes quickly shot back to him when he asked her to dinner. She raised her eyebrows with an amused expression on her face. He looked so damn nervous asking her and it was rather... sweet. "Well..." she began, drawing it out to make him even more nervous that he already was. She paused as her phone went off in her back pocket.

She pulled her phone out of pocket; giggling softly to herself over Jenna's message. Get his number because I am getting Louis' now. I'm sure it wasn't that bad. she replied with before she quickly got into her contacts part of her phone. She looked up at him with a wide smile. She held her phone out to him. "I'll text you when I am done here," she said softly. "You get to decided where we go."

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Niall watched as she basically darted across the room. His eyes grew wide and his mouth dropped a little. He was not expecting her to run away from him like that. Most girls would kill to just have him by their side talking to him even if they done something embarrassing; they wouldn't let him go.

He had come to the conclusion that she was an actual fan of the band, but it surprisingly didn't bother him. She wasn't acting to desperate for his attention like some of their girls in the meet and greet. He liked that about her. He liked the shy side of her; it was cute to him.

Niall bit down on his lip as he stood in the same spot contemplating on whether or not to go after her. He wanted too, but he didn't want to scare her away or anything. He could see Liam nodding towards her; mouthing to him that he should go over there. He sucked in a large breath and done exactly what Liam told him to do.

He walked slowly towards her and shoved his hands into the back pockets of his jeans. "Do you want a hand?" he asked slowly; rocking back and forth on his heels. He wasn't too sure what to say to her. She was making him so damn nervous and he didn't want her to run away again.

It took all Jenna had not to shoo him away again so she could wallow in her own self pity. Instead, she turned to him and said, "Sure, that would be great actually. I don't need to drop and smash my feet or something else; one accident is enough for today." After Niall moved in to grab the other side of the backdrop, Jenna helped him lower it down to the ground and then she began packing it up.

When she was finished, she took her phone out because she'd heard it go off and read Aria's text. She texted back simply, 'No, I can't!' before putting it back away and biting her lip. She longed to be more out there and actually chat with him, but that just wasn't her. It never had been; she'd been shy her whole life.

"How does it feel to have all these girls following you around and drooling over you?" Jenna was genuinely interested, and that was pretty much the only thing she could think to say to fill the awkward silence. She didn't was to just jump in and ask for his number; she just wasn't that confident in her flirting abilities.

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"Great," Louis replied with a big grin of his own, moving closer and taking her phone. "You're not going to tweet this out to all your friends, right?" He asked her jokingly before inputting his number into her contacts and handing the cell back to her. "And I really did butcher that song. I was just so nervous, but I think I've gotten better now." He chuckled and shrugged yet again.

"I'm going to go get showered and changed and just text me when you're finished here," He told Aria and jogged towards Liam triumphantly, still grinning like a fool. "Taking her to dinner mate. Can't believe she actually agreed." He laughed and didn't even wait before heading back to the bus to find a different outfit.

Louis was belting out random songs as he got his fresh clothes out and headed to take a shower. He really couldn't believe that gorgeous girl actually said yes to having dinner with him. 'I've stil got it,' He thought to himself, unable to hide the huge grin on his face.

Aria let out a soft laugh as Louis took her phone from her hands. "I'll resist the urge to tweet your number out," she joked back before taking her phone back from him. "Your number is safe with me," she added before biting back down on her lip. "I'm sure you've gotten a lot better," she said softly to him.

She took a step away from him and turned back to the road case. "I will," she said as she looked over her shoulder to give him a nod. "but I will need to change as well. I'll text you where I am staying and then we can work out whether you'll meet me there or I'll meet you somewhere." She grinned as she began to push the road case in Jenna's direction. "Now I must work, you are distracting me far too much for my liking," she teased before pushing the road case away.

Aria smiled to herself as she stopped pushing to collect some of the thing around her to pack away. She was far too excited to go out for dinner for Louis even if it wasn't a date. She felt comfortable around the man and she genuinely enjoyed talking to him. She glanced over at Niall and Jenna and giggled softly. She hoped that Jenna got what she wanted as well.

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Niall laughed softly at her comment. "I don't want a pretty girl like yourself getting hurt again," he grinned before helping her remove the back drop. He helped move a few things to help pack away. He had no clue what the hell he was doing, but he was still enjoying himself even with the awkward silence in the air.

He knew she was shy, but he longed to bring out a whole different side of herself. Maybe she was different with people she was comfortable with? He hoped she could eventually become comfortable around him. He didn't know if it was because she didn't know him, if it was because he was in One Direction or a mixture of both.

His brows shot up when she spoke again. His eyes quickly found her and a smile formed on his face from her question. He gave her a little shrug. "I can't deny it's nice," he admitted, "but it can be very overwhelming at times. It's hard to find genuine people amongst all these people who know exactly who you are." Niall paused for a moment as he took his eyes off of her to look down at the ground. "If I had it my way I would keep doing what I was doing without having people chase after us and mob us. I love performing, but sometimes it can get way out of hand with the fans," he said softy. "Now don't go leaking that to the magazines," he joked.

"How are you dealing with some of our, well lets face it, crazy fans?"

Jenna laughed softly at his comment and then thought about his question for a moment before saying, "Well, those girls do get really crazy. I don't understand it, honestly. I mean, I'm not going to lie, I am a huge fan, but I don't get all the girls who get all up in your personal space and scream and cry. It's just a bit odd, but they aren't too bad to handle. Aria and I just tell them if they don't behave we'll send them to the back of the line." She laughed a bit and shook her head.

For a while after while she was packing things up, Jenna didn't say much. But once most of the things around her were packed up, she said nonchalantly, "So, you guys have a day off. How are you going to spend tonight and tomorrow if you don't mind me asking?" She didn't want to just come out and ask him out, but it was an attempt to see if he was free that night.

Jenna wasn't always the most forward one when it came to dealing with guys, which was sometimes good and sometimes not so much. But she figured since this was no ordinary guy, she had to come out of her shell a little. It was Niall freaking Horan!

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Louis showered, shaved, and changed and then went around causing mischief and mayhem to ease his nerves while he waited for Aria to contact him. He already knew where he would be taking her for their dinner. Oh, who was he kidding? It was a date and he didn't care who knew it. He couldn't wait to take that lovely girl out on their date.

He checked his phone every once in a while between his pranks to see if Aria called or texted him, ending up kicking around the football with Josh for a while to keep his mind off the whole situation until his date was ready. He would just laugh and joke when Paul would yell at him about causing all the chaos when they were trying to pack up.

"Paul, I've got a date later and I have to cause you trouble so I'm on my best behavior for the lovely lady I'm taking out! I don't know why you're so surprised that I'm doing this!" He grinned and went back to horsing around.

Aria was grinning to herself as she finished packing up what she needed. She even managed to convince one of the roadies along the way to take the road cases out to the truck for her. To be honest, this was the quickest she had ever packed up. She always wanted to get out of there, but she still took her sweet ass time packing shit away. She was pretty damn excited for Louis to take her out.

Still grinning, she skipped over to Jenna and Niall to let her know she was leaving. She slid up beside Jenna and rested her arm on her shoulder; smiling at her friend before putting her eyes on Niall who she had interrupted talking. "You know how we planned to get drinks after this?" Aria questioned her friend with her grin only widening, "yeah, I'm going to have to bail on that plan." She patted her friend on the back before stepping away. "So now you are incredibly free tonight and I am sure someone will love to hang out with you," she said loud enough for Niall to hear her words.

Aria bit down on her lip hard trying to suppress the shit stirring smirk that was trying to form on her face. She was trying to embarrass Jenna just a little, but also giving her a helping hand in the matter of getting Niall's number or to even hang out with him. She let out a little giggle before running away from her friend before she could say something to her.

She headed outside and pulled out her phone from her pocket. "Heading back to the hotel now. Give me at least thirty minutes." she texted to Louis; adding in the hotel address at the end.

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Niall let out a laugh at the comment about them threatening to send the fans to the back of the line if they misbehaved. "I like that," he admitted. "Bet that keeps them in line. Incredibly nasty, but it so great all at the same time." He chuckled to himself and folded his arms against his chest as she watched Jenna. He stayed silent; not wanting to distract her too much.

Niall shrugged his shoulders; he hadn't put much thought into what the hell he was going to be doing tonight. "I know we are going to the beach tomorrow. Well, I am forcing everyone into going," he stated with a short laugh. "Trying to figure out what I am going to do tonight though." Niall paused for a moment; thinking whether or not he should see if Jenna had anything on and if she didn't, if she would want to have a drink or something. "What-" Niall tried to get his question out, but was interrupted by Aria.

He let a grin fall onto his face as she spoke. He didn't even have to ask the question, Aria had answered it for him. He let out a chuckle at her words.

The moment she left his eyes found Jenna again. "Well," he begun, "she answered my question for me." Another chuckle escaped as she shook his head at the girl who was running out of the room. "So... you're free?" he questioned; rising his eyebrows.