Chapter 31

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Chapter 31 :D

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Jesse's POV

***Recap***

"Jesse...that was...management." Harry's face was filled with worry.

"What? Why did they call you?"

"I don't know, they want all of us to meet them in a few minutes, including you..."

"Why me?"

"I guess you're involved in whatever this is, but it might not be bad, it's not always bad..." Harry said.

"I hope it isn't..."

"Harry? I'm scared..." I whispered, clutching on his arm as we were on the elevator, meeting management on a different floor. Apparently they follow them throughout all of the tours, which is weird because I never see them, maybe they stay behind a little so we don't suspect it?

"Don't be." Harry stated.

"Why? They're terrifying, I'm literally shaking, look." I nervously laughed, bringing up one of my hands, it was slightly shaking. I felt like I've done something bad, it's like being called to the principle's office without knowing what you've done!

"Because I'm here, with you." Harry showed off his dimples. They reassured me even more, I shut my eyes in relief, but then panicked when I had heard the ding of the elevator. The doors opened up, revealing a long hallway of rooms.

How did he know which one was theirs?

We stopped at a particular room, Harry had knocked on it, I kind of stood behind him. Another elevator had opened up next to the one we had came out of. Niall, Louis, Zayn, and Liam walked out of it, heading in our direction.

"Ah Mr. Styles, Miss Carter, Mr. Horan, Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Malik, and Mr. Payne, come on in." One of the men had said, allowing us room to all follow in.

I took a shaky sigh, following Harry inside. All of us went onto the large 'L' shaped couch, it was quite long, it fit all of us perfectly.

"Now I know you all must be wondering what we're discussing, but rumors are spreading, quickly."

"Rumors always spread. That's what rumors are." Louis commented. The man didn't seem very pleased with Louis' comment.

"But this one in particular is a big deal, Mr. Tomlinson...I'll start with the pictures and you all can conclude what the rumor might be..." The man headed towards the projector, turning on the screen, and a white background slowly fell down. I saw pictures of Harry and I...

Holding hands...

Hugging...

Crying...

But none of them were kissing...which I mentally thanked us for being private about that.

"Harry and I aren't dating, sir." I was actually telling the truth since we were kind of broken off...maybe there was a date tonight, or maybe there wasn't, but we're not dating.

"That's not what it seems like here, Miss Carter. You understand your contract, don't you?" He sat on a seat across from us, all attention was on me, I didn't know if I had red cheeks or not, but I was not going to let him win this. It was a rumor, we aren't dating.

"Sir, I can explain this." Harry spoke up.

"As well as I can." Louis nodded.

"Go on then, boys. Please explain to me."

"Well little ol' Harry here has a soft spot for girls who get upset. Harry has only been trying to help Jessica. Jessica is having homesickness and is missing her dad recently." Louis started to come up with. Well it isn't all a lie.

"And she cries herself to sleep which is hard to see, I wanted to be the one to be there and she seems to start getting better. I'm trying to arrange for her dad to come to one of the concerts." Harry added.

"And what about this picture of the hand holding...can you explain that?" He pointed at the picture with a laser pointer.

"He was comforting me, I went through a rough relationship before and was having nightmares. Please, don't blame Harry for being the good guy, he's only trying to help me out, as a friend." I tried to tell him. I didn't even know this man's name, but you could tell he was apart of their management.

"It'll take quite a bit to remove these rumors, but I don't want you two to be around each other as you guys are in public or around on stage. It's getting to be a distraction for the both of you. You know the rules, both of you do. I'm not afraid to pull the plug for Miss Carter because we have other choices. Now have a good day, the same goes for you boys. Oh and also, Miss Cater...good luck." The man pointed to the other boys. They nodded, we all ended up hurrying out of there. If that wasn't enough, it was a horrible feeling.

"Well I don't think I've been so scared in my life..." I breathed out in relief. We actually covered it up pretty well.

"Plus that's your first time being called into their meetings with us, usually we're the ones to get more in trouble with something really stupid." Niall told me.

"I can't imagine what kind of trouble you boys have been through..." I shook my head, we all gathered on the elevator.

"Boys, I'm taking Jesse on a date tonight." Harry said as soon as the doors closed.

"Are you kidding me? Harry, you two can't be doing this, you're risking Jesse's job. She could lose it because of you." Liam scolded Harry.

"I could've said no to his date, but I said yes..." I commented quietly.

"Alright, Jesse!" Louis held his hand up for a high-five, I gave him a funny look before trying to give him one, but he took it down.

"Sike!" Louis laughed and so did the other boys, I shoved Louis playfully and crossed my arms. I pretended to be upset with him.

"Aw is wittle Jesse mad because she's too slow for a high-five, awwww." Louis cooed, I stuck my middle finger up at him and laughed when his facial expression changed.

"Jesse has fire, I can tell you that." Zayn smirked, grabbing his phone from his pocket.

"I didn't realize how much the day has gone by." Zayn said, showing us the time on his phone, it was already noon and we had nothing planned today, except Harry and I have a date tonight...

Liam's phone vibrated and his eyes opened wide.

"What is it?" Louis asked.

"WE HAVE A MEET AND GREET IN TWO HOURS!" Liam exclaimed, showing us his reminder on his phone.

"How did we forget?!" Niall questioned.

"I didn't know you boys had one." I said, giggling.

"You realize that you have to come along, right?" Harry smirked.

"No I don't! I've seen your meet and greets on youtube, the band members aren't in it! Only the singers." I winked, knowing I didn't have to sign things for hours until everyone is gone from the meet ang greet.

"We've arranged something, fans wanted you to be in it, and management said it could work." Liam said.

"Is that why that man said good luck to me?!" I asked, walking out of the elevator and the boys following.

"Yeahh..." Zayn rubbed the nape of his neck. 

I groaned, "Why?"

"Because if we have to do it, we thought you should too." Harry slapped the back of my bum as soon as the boys were ahead of us. My mouth was wide open and I lightly slapped Harry on his arm.

"Sorry, couldn't contain it." Harry winked at me, I stuck my tongue out at him.

The two hours went by faster than I had wanted it to go! I stood up our of our car, seeing a ton of fans screaming. I straightened out my outfit, it was a Led Zeppelin black tank top, my ripped shorts weren't too short, and I wore a new pair of Supras that Niall had gotten me a little bit ago. I think they're really cute, though I'd like to pay him back.

"JESSICA!" I heard someone scream, I mean don't get me wrong, there were screams for the boys, but I heard this one next to me as we were walking in. I turned to see a girl waving and motioning me to come closer, she was behind a gate, I walked up to her, she snapped a picture of us.

"Jessica! Can I have a picture with you?!" Another girl asked.

"Jessica, we need to go inside." One of the security guards said to me.

"Ask me at the table!" I smiled, walking inside, and catching up with the guys.

The order we had sat in from left to right:

Zayn, Niall, Me, Louis, Liam, Harry.

They made sure we were in this seating order so Harry and I wouldn't be so suspicious.

"Hi everyone! Thank you guys for coming out today! So glad to see everyone! Since there were several request for Jessica to be here at the signing...we added her to the table! Let's go on and start signing!" Liam said into one of the microphones that a security guard had given to him.

The screams got louder, then started to go down, and talking was taken over. They had music playing in the background.

"And live while we're young..."

I quietly sang along every now and then, finally they let the fans come one by one.

"Hi Zayn! Hi Niall! Ahh!" She got excited, I watched Zayn sign it, then passed it over to Niall, he signed it.

"Nice to meet you!" Zayn said, Niall smiled and waved at her.  She had came to me and squealed.

"Hi Jesse! Can I have a picture?" 

"Of course!" I said, signing it and passing it down to take a picture with her, we made a silly face, and she continued down the line.

Every now and then Harry and I would exchange glances with smiles. I blushed a few times.

Hours had gone by and I had to admit...my hand sure did hurt, but I got some cool gifts, which I wasn't expecting at all!!! They were all so sweet and lovely! I can't believe they asked me to be apart of this, I'm so happy.

"Did you have fun today?" Harry whispered in my ear once we had gotten into the very back of the car. It was only two seats so Harry sat next to me.

"Yeah, I did actually, but my hand hurts from writing for hours." I laughed, looking at the red mark on my hand from the sharpie.

"I can understand that, it's your first time." Harry chuckled, grabbing my hand, and lacing it with his. I blushed and looked through the tinted windows, fans were yelling and going crazy. These boys are so lucky to have fans like them.

"The more you blush, the more I want to kiss you." Harry whispered in my ear again. His hot breath hitting my neck, I got chills.

"You know we can't right now." I whispered back, leaning my head on his shoulder, scooting down so people couldn't really tell if I was laying on Harry. I didn't want management on my bum again. 

Wait, we're still going on a date...aren't we?

"I don't think the date is such a good idea, Harry." I mumbled to him, he furrowed his eye brows.

"Why?"

"You heard your management, I really love this job, it pays too. I enjoy performing, but losing all of it will lead me back into my crappy waitress job, if that even. I'd have to search and search for jobs. This is the only one that makes me happy." I explained to him.

"You know, if you dated me, but lost your job, I have a lot of money...it's not like I'm in the world's biggest boy band or anything." Harry shrugged, smiling.

"I'm not taking your money, Harry...I just. I don't know what I would do. Can we just hang out at the hotel?" I asked him.

"Yeah...sure." Harry mumbled, looking out of the window.

I felt guilt all over me. I didn't like this, he was mad, I know he is. I practically just rejected his date, but this IS the right thing to do, isn't it?

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