Charly

She went down the corridor to the room they had rent for the band and people to meet up. They always rent out the whole floor for the band, the musicians and the crew.
She pulled out the keycard from her bag and got in. Inside she found all 5 of One Direction and Paul going through the day until they had their second concert at night. Paul sat at the little table in the room, his laptop in front of him. Harry and Louis relaxed on the bed while Liam practiced some boxing moves with Zayn. Niall was playing a little with his guitar and looked up as Charly spoke. “I’m really sorry to interrupt, but it’s important!”, Charly said apologetically. “Wow, Charly! What happened to you?”, Louis screamed out and everybody turned heads. A few mouths dropped and everyone’s eyes got big. Charly had no time to get in on that topic. “Paul, I need to talk to you. I have quite a big problem”, she said and talked directly to Paul. Even he was astonished by her appearance and didn’t listen at first to a word she had just said. “Excuse me, what?”, Paul asked. He was always a very professional guy, but even he couldn’t hide that he noticed a difference on Charly. “I need to talk to you, we have sort of a big problem. Can we talk outside for a minute?”, she said and pointed to the door. “Yes, sure”, he said and got up.
While Paul and Charly walked out of the room Niall couldn’t help but stare at his manager’s assistant. He had never seen her like that. She looked absolutely beautiful. Of course, the other boys noticed too. “Was that cleavage I saw on Charly?”, Liam asked and grinned. The others chuckled. “I didn’t even know she had boobs before.”, Zayn choked and boxed Liam’s arm. “Looks like my pillows get some air today.”, Harry said and laughed. “I can’t believe you actually do that, Harry.”, Louis wondered. Everyone wondered how Harry just started to take naps on Charly’s boobs and Charly being totally ok with that. Niall remembered that fact with not as much amusement as the other four. “But have you seen those legs, mate? Never seen those before either.”, Zayn mentioned. “Hey! Stop talking about my pillows like that!”, Harry scolded chokingly. “It’s not nice to call her ‘your pillows’ either, mate.”, Niall finally said something and stopped playing his guitar. “Whoa, sorry buddy.”, Harry laughed. The others looked confused at their band mate. Of course, Niall noticed that. “But you’re right, she looks great.”, he quickly added and continued playing his guitar.
Outside the hotel room, Charly took a deep breath and looked up. Her mouth went dry and her hands were shaking. She hated it when she messed up. “The woman from the swiss tv station had called me. It seems like I have forgotten to confirm their interview and now the interviewer has no time and they want to move it to 7 pm, but I told them that’s not possible because they have to get ready for the show and that I will call her back as soon as possible because I have to talk to you and now I’m here”, she rattled off. “Calm down, Charly”, Paul said and took her by the shoulders. “Don’t freak out over nothing. So, to get this straight”, Paul said and talked to her very slowly. “The interview was not confirmed and they want to do it at 7 pm?”, he asked. “Yes”, she answered and sounded out of breath. “And you told them that they have to get ready for the show, alright?”, he continued. “Yes”, she confirmed. “Then we tell them that they can have a 15-minutes-interview from quarter to 7 to 7 pm at the venue. That simple”, Paul said and shrugged his shoulders. “Really? You not gonna scream at me for messing up?”, she asked and wasn’t sure if it was just the calm before the storm. “Oh come on, you should know by now that I’m not like that. Sure, it was not the brightest moment in your career, but it’s a problem that can be solved and also, the band and we are in a state right now, where the stations need us more than we need them. I don’t say that we can forego them, but we have an easier time negotiating with them”, Paul explained. “Ok, thank you so much”, Charly said relieved and felt the need to hug him. He patted her back and then she let go.
“Let’s go inside and call that lady. I want to settle this right away, so I don’t have to think about it for the rest of the day”, he said and she followed him back in. This time she was relaxed enough to not zone out the comments of the boys. “Hey, pretty lady!”, Louis said as he saw her again. “You look absolutely gorgeous”, Harry said with a charming smile. The other ones smiled at her, but didn’t say a word. “Thank you, but don’t get used to those red hot pants. I feel like a stripper”, she said and blushed. She hadn’t even seen herself in the mirror. “Do you have her number?”, Paul asked and grabbed his phone. “Uhm, yes. Just a second”, Charly said and searched through her recent call list. “Here”, she handed over her phone and he called right from hers.
“Did Lisa and Lou do that?”, Niall asked and couldn’t help but stare at her. “Yes and I actually haven’t seen it myself. They blindfolded me while doing it”, Charly explained and stepped back to the mirror on the wall in the hallway. “Oh wow”, she said as she saw herself and couldn’t believe it. Her hair was dyed in mahogany brown which brought out her blue eyes. (http://redhairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mahogany-brown-hair-dye-color.jpg) And her eyes were framed by a light line of black eyeliner. Charly was actually shocked that it was her that looked back in the mirror. She looked a lot more like a woman than she probably ever had. “Crazy”, she mumbled and got closer to the mirror. She couldn’t say it differently. She was hot. In the corner of the mirror she saw Niall looking at her, smiling.
“Blindfold? I always wondered what you girls do when you were alone”, Louis winked and wiggled with his eyebrows. “Get your mind out of the gutter, Tommo”, she warned him playfully. “Turn around, let us have a closer look.”, Harry said and twirled his finger in the air. She felt weird, but she did it. Liam just sat there and scanned her. He couldn’t believe that this was the same Charly from last night. He had always liked her, but now he looked at her differently. He had to admit, it was not completely because of her makeover, but also for last night. Suddenly her words from last night popped into his head. “It was really nice, but we shouldn’t do this again. We’re working together after all.” He remembered he promised that to her, but he wasn’t sure if he could keep it anymore.
“Lisa said, after a breakup I need a makeover, so I would feel better and I actually do. I feel different, but in a good way”, she said and gave Liam a little side look. He was also the reason she felt differently. “You look absolutely amazing, Charly”, Niall said with a stupid grin. “Oh, it hit him”, Zayn said and laughed. “Shut up”, Niall said and hit him on the arm. The last thing he needed right now was Zayn spilling his secret feelings for Charly, especially in front her. He wasn’t even sure about it himself. “Ehm, Charly. I dropped my pen. Could you get it for me, please?”, Louis asked obviously innocent, but Charly didn’t notice that. Liam had seen that he had dropped it on purpose. “Yeah sure”, Charly said and bent down to pick it up. “Hey-oh”, Louis screamed and the five of them applauded. Just now she realized that she had stretched out her ass to the guys…in those hideous red shorts. “Oh, grow up”, she said and threw the pen to Louis, but had to laugh.
Paul had finished his phone call and returned her phone. “Everything settled, so don’t worry about it any longer”, he said. “Thank you so much”, Charly gave him her brightest smile. What would I give to receive that smile, Niall thought to himself. “Okay, I gotta go now. I’ll pick you guys up at 6, okay?”, she said and as they all nodded she left. At first she wanted to get out of those shorts as soon as possible, but she had to admit the reaction of the guys was what she just needed at the moment. She was about to discover what a sexy woman she could be after all those years with Ethan holding her down and practically turning her into a boy. Now was the time for her to try out new things and acting like a stupid teenager. After she had done her work, of course. She wanted to keep the feeling she had right now and the little boost of self-confidence. It felt like the first time she ever had self-confidence. So the next time the guys asked her to go out, she would definitely say yes.
She went back to her room. “Please tell me the guys didn’t see you like this?”, Lisa said. Lou must have gone to her own room because Lisa was alone. “Then I better don’t say anything”, Charly said and went past her to get to her bed. “Oh no, I wanted to present you to the others”, Lisa whined. “It was just Paul and the boys. You can still present me to the rest of the crew”, Charly said and faltered. Did she really just say that?

Later that night, Liam knocked on her door. “Hey Liam, what’s up?”, she asked and he noted that she was still wearing those red short and her tank top. “Are you alone?”, he asked and looked over her shoulder. “Yes, but…”, she didn’t came further because he was pressing his lips onto hers and pushed her inside her room, closing the door with his foot. “Liam, what are you doing?”, she asked as she finally had the strength to push him away, still standing in the doorway. “Do you have any idea how hot you look?”, he asked and wanted to kiss her again, but she held him back. “I’m not hot, I’m just dressed up”, she found it weird to be called hot, no one ever would say that. “You know, that makes you even hotter. You don’t know you’re beautiful and that what makes you beautiful”, Liam said. Charly pulled one eyebrow up. “Really? Your own lyrics?”, she asked sarcastically. “If it fits.”, Liam shrugged his shoulders.
He bent down his head again to kiss her, but she stopped him. “Liam, we agreed that we can’t do this anymore”, she said. He gave her a flirty smile and started to kiss her neck. “Liam, stop it”, she said and her voice sounded powerless. “We work together…it’s not right…it was good because it happened once”, she tried to convince not only him, but herself. “I can make it better”, he whispered at her ear, “…as friends.” “Do you mean…friends with benefits?”, she sighed as he kissed her soft spot. “Well, we are friends…”, he said and kissed her right corner of her mouth, “…and we benefit from each other…”, he kissed the left corner of her mouth. “Does it make you feel better, Charly?”, he softly asked. “Very”, she said and bit her lip as he kissed down her neck again.
He slowly pushed her backwards to her bed. As she felt the edge of the bed at the back of her knees, she held on to his upper arms. She felt the muscles under his skin and got goose bumps all over her body. “What do you say, Charly? Do you want me to comfort you…as a friend?”, he asked, his face hovering over hers. She looked up into his deep brown eyes and had to swallow. “Be my friend, Liam”, she whispered.

Notes

This looks like the next one is going to be quite steamy... ;-)

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