Rachel dropped all her papers and began shaking uncontrollably. With laughter. One of the lads had some joke glasses on and the fake eyeballs were zinging out of their sockets. They�d hit her right in the face, and she couldn�t stop laughing.
�Rae!!! For God�s sake Rae shut up!!� hissed Fernby, although she was also beginning to crack up. Rae stopped laughing and cleared her throat, her eyes watering. She giggled once or twice, then apologised.
�Oh God� I�m sorry. But there appears to be something wrong with your eyes.� Mark, who was still wearing the glasses, grinned. �Yeah.. anyway, I�m Mark. I hear you�re Rachel?�
�Yeah, that�s me. And that girl staring at your mate�s arse is Fernby.�
Fernby woke up from the dreamy state in which she had been staring at
Nicky�s arse and blushed. �Sorry?�
Nicky grinned. �That�s alright. Perfectly understandable.� The rest of the guys rolled their eyes. He stuck his hand out. �Hi, I�m Nicky.�
�I�m Fernby. Pleasure to meet you.� The rest of the introductions were made and they stood chatting for a while until Steve started screaming again, at which point the lads were hurriedly made up and plonked on the long, curvy couch, along side the girls. The filming took about an hour and a half, and you have had to be blind to not notice the looks being exchanged between Rachel & Mark. But what was really worrying Bryan were the looks being exchanged between Nicky & Fernby�
As they all piled into the van after filming Bryan pulled Nicky, who had a satisfied grin on his face, aside.
�Nicky, remember what Ann said, alright? Don�t get too involved.�
Nicky waved him off. �Yeah, yeah I know. Jeez Bry, it�s only some harmless flirting! Chill, I know that we�re not allowed to fall in love.�
�What?! Is this part of a new contract or something?� The guys looked at a confused Kian, who had obviously not heard the whole conversation.
�No, not at all Ki.. it was nothing,� Nicky explained hastily. �Come on, Anto'll scream if we�re not in the van.� Kian shrugged. �Alright.�
As they watched Kian walk off they shot each other looks.
�We HAVE to be more discreet,� mumbled Bryan.
�Nice job girls� although I think we would have gotten through it a little faster had you not been so� distracted.� Steve grinned.
Rae laughed. �Yeah, well, you take your chances.�
�Just be careful.. it was pretty clear to me behind the camera that there was something going on.. I�m sure the tabloids will pick up something as well. Watch your back eh girls?�
�Yes Uncle Steve..� They all laughed. �Alright. I�ll see you tomorrow girls.. and try not make Priscilla rush like that, you know how she frets.�
�Yes! Alright, now go before I make you!� Fernby started pushing Steve off the set, laughing all the way. After she had finally gotten rid of him they began walking off to the dressing rooms to get changed and go home. After apologising quickly to Priscilla in the hallway they headed out to the carpark.
�Well Miss Rachel, I can certainly tell you�ve got a bit of a soft spot for Mark��
�I was just flirting with him Fern.. nothing serious, you know I flirt all the time.�
�Not that much.�
�Whaddya mean that much? That wasn�t anything more than usual!�
�Did you get his number?�
�Yeah..�
�I rest my case.� The pair went quiet while Rae searched for a comeback.
�Well I wasn�t the only one flirting!�
�Damn right� Mark was SO flirting back!�
Rachel rolled her eyes. �Not Mark.. you & Nicky?�
�Me & Nicky nothing.�
�Ha! Don�t lie to me!�
�Like I said, just some harmless flirting� nothing'll come of it.�
�Got his number?�
�Maybe..�
�You like him..�
�Well if I do then we can double date.� Giggling, Fernby ran off to her car before Rae could catch her, hopped in and drove off home. Rae did the same, both of them wondering when they would be interviewing Westlife again, and hoping it'd be soon.
Meanwhile, as Ann looked down from her Heavenly Office, she bit her lip worriedly. �Bryan was right Nicky.. why didn�t you listen to me?� she whispered as she tapped the mirror and the image of the two girls disappeared. She was going to have to keep a VERY close watch on this one.