| The next morning I awoke to the ringing of my mobile phone. The phone? What on earth was the phone ringing for? I glanced at my alarm clock, and at 4:10am too. I sat up and blinked. Yep it was the phone. I wasn�t imagining it. I reached out and picked it up. �Hello?� I asked sleepily. �Hi Victoria, you took your time answering. I didn�t wake you did I?� came Richard�s voice from the other side of the line. �No of course you didn�t,� I said sarcastically, �I always get up at 4 am. What do you want anyway?� �Well that�s a nice way to talk to me, I might just have to report this to your boss.� �Sorry,� I murmured, �I�m just a bit tired. What is it you want?� �Well the meeting we had with Westlife today has been rescheduled. It seems we were somehow double booked. So now we�re meeting them at 5:00am at their hotel. I�ll meet you in the lobby of your hotel at 4:30 ok?� Before I could answer he�d hung up. I looked at the clock; it was now 4:15. I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom, I had a very quick shower, and then dragged on some clothes, quickly tying my hair back at the same time. I threw my notebook into my bag and only just remembering the key, ran out of my room slamming the door behind me. Not waiting for the lift I ran straight to the stairwell. This job is gonna kill me, I thought to myself as I grabbed hold of the banister to prevent myself from falling down the stairs as I rushed to the lobby. Just as I came down the last steps I glanced at my watch. 4:35, not bad. �Come on!� shouted Richard from across the empty lobby, as I ran across towards him. �I�ve been waiting for ages!� I was about to complain when he disappeared out of the entrance leaving me to run after him. He always seemed to have the last word. I ran outside and got into his car, which was pulled up in front waiting. We arrived at the Westlife�s hotel at 4:50, so we sat down in the hotel lounge to wait for them. At 5:10 Bryan and Nicky walked in looked very sleepy-eyed. They said hi and slumped down on one of the sofas by the near wall. Shane and Kian closely followed behind them. �Mark will just be a minute,� Kian said glancing across at me, �he�s doin� his hair.� Just as he was saying this Mark came up behind him. �What was that? I heard my name.� �Oh nothing, just said you were coming.� �Oh ok, hi Richard,� then turning and smiling at me, �Vicky.� I could�ve melted from the way my name sounded dropping off the edge of his tongue in his soft Irish accent. I smiled and said �Hi.� The interview was pretty much the same as the last one, I felt my sketches to be better though as I wasn�t so nervous, and when the interview came to an end I sat expecting Mark to come over and say something. He didn�t, just got up and left the room when Bryan did. My heart sank. I�d thought that he felt something towards me, but realised now that he must�ve just been playing or had thought it funny to embarrass me. I hadn�t thought that was like Mark, but what did I know, I�d only met them yesterday, I guessed that my first impressions must have been wrong. I put my sketchbook into my bag and rose to leave. �Richard, Vicky, before you go I�d just like to invite you to a party tonight. It�s one of my friend�s 21st and well I hope you can come, both of you.� Kian said turning from Richard to me. I wasn�t sure what to answer, so turned towards Richard. Richard didn�t hesitate and accepted straight away. �You�re not to come as reporters or whatever though, just come to have some fun,� Kian said and getting a nod of agreement out of Richard he smiled and left the room. |