Finally getting to the good bits;)
Two days later:
“We need to get the lights”
“Different viewpoints on the cameras please”
“Meeting at different locations”
Chatter sounded around the studios meeting room, producers and camera men running about everywhere.
The large table that the lads, Simon, pr team and James were sitting at had paper scatted all over it, coffee and tea sat in mugs going cold.
“Each if you will be taken to different locations in about half an hour where James will come and pick you up from” one of the ladies from management told them as they listened closely.
“You are to act surprised when called to get in the car, your not supposed to know the other lads will be there” she continued.
“But the fans have already seen us out together?” Liam said with a confused expression.
“They may have seen you out together but that doesn’t mean you ‘knew anything about this'” she said with quotation marks to emphasise her point.
They all nodded in understanding. Louis was finding it hard to concentrate on it all, not used to all the havoc and so many people telling him where to go and what to do, he had become accustomed to doing things on his own accord while being a solo act. It was all a bit much for him, and by the looks on the lads faces, they were feeling the same way.
“Can you repeat that?” Niall asked, rubbing his forehead, snapping Louis back to the real world.
“Niall concentrate for gods sake, this is important- hey don’t move that, what the fuck are you doing?!” Another member of the team shouted, running off to see to the problem.
Louis sighed and sat back in his chair, resting his head against the palm of his hand.
“Right I’ll go over it one more time, fucking listen up I won’t be repeating myself” a man said from the far side of the table.
The way management treat them had obviously not changed after so many years. Cursing at them willy nilly, ridiculing them, bossing them around. It was tiring and often made them feel insecure about their apparent ‘lack of knowledge’ and ‘inability to follow commands’
“In a moment, you will go for hair and makeup in the dressing rooms, you will then be taken to separate locations that neither of you know of. When you arrive you are to wait for a call letting you know when James is about to arrive and pick you up, when you enter the car you are to act surprised at the sight of the other lads, unless your the first to be picked up, in that case it will be you Zayn” he explained, earning a nod from Zayn.
“You should have all memorised the script and playlist by now so there shouldn’t be a problem with knowing what’s coming up next. Just be yourselves in the car and remember to be presentable for the fans, this is your first impression to them after the hiatus so if you want your fans to stick around you need to pry into them. You know by now what they want to hear from you so take that into consideration when answering questions” he said sternly.
Louis rolled his eyes at this. Once again it was all just a fucking game to them. A way to make quick cash and make it into the headlines. They don’t actually give a shit what the fans want, all they care about is having five presentable lads to sing a few songs and make them feel better about themselves.
What about what they want? Louis only wants one thing, to be himself, and he can’t even do that. Them not allowing him to come out is making it near impossible to be who he is so how can they even fucking ask him to do that when they’re taking his personality away from him.
“You will be dropped off at the studio at the end of the video where you will meet us back in here to make sure everything is in check and we don’t need to do any more re takes” He finalised.
The lads nodded and were about to head off to hair and makeup but got stopped by James.
“Is there anything I need to steer clear from? Any topics I shouldn’t bring up?” He asked their management team, at this the woman from earlier on spoke up again.
“Not much, mostly just anything to do with their two relationships” she said, gesturing to Louis and Harry at which they pulled confused faces.
Sure they were relieved to hear they wouldn’t need to answer any more stupid questions about recent ‘crushes’ and relationships, but why just them? Why not the rest of the lads?
“Okay? But why just them?” James said, almost as if he had read Louis’ mind.
“We don’t want them silly Larry Stylinson rumours starting up again, that was a bloody nightmare. Thankfully they’re not together anymore anyway, they got rid of that problem theirselves” she scoffed, rolling her eyes at the mere thought of their relationship.
Louis and Harry were fuming at this. It was there fucking fault they broke up in the first place, all due to their little scheme that they hadn’t known of.
Louis looked at Harry to see him harshly gripping the arms of his chair and his jaw was clenching, eyes burning holes into the woman’s head. If looks could kill, Harry would be a murderer by now.
“I think you should chose your fucking words wisely next time you bring up our past” Harry seethed out.
All the lads were mentally pleading Harry to not cause a scene, but their pleads were not met.
“Oh please, what you too had was merely a fling. You’ve both seemed to get over it fine enough” she laughed out.
Harry stood from his chair forcefully, getting up in her face, towering over the woman who now had a look of fear in her eyes.
“Harry-
“Wanna say that again bitch?” He spat at her.
“Harr-
“I’d have a good reason to have you fucking fired on the spot so I’d watch your mouth if I were you” he said in a menacing tone, not breaking eye contact with the frightened woman for one second.
“HARRY!” Louis shouted this time, causing the entire room to go dead silent. You could probably hear a pin drop it was so quiet.
Harry turned to look at him, eyes wild and vein prominent along his neck and forehead. Louis hadn’t seen him this angry since that day so many years ago.
Harry shook his head at Louis, letting a laugh of unbelief escape his lips.
“I know our relationship meant nothing to you, but I would have half expected you to stick up for your sorry self” he said to Louis, a disappointed look in his eyes.
“I- Haz-
“You know, after all the shit you put me through, I would have thought you’d at least be proud of what we had, even if it didn’t mean much to you-
“You know what it meant to me, what you meant to me!” Louis exclaimed in a hurry, cutting Harry off in the process.
“Really? Cuz you threw it away just fine after one drink” he said incredulously, shaking his head again.
The whole room was watching the scene, looking on guiltily because everyone in here, apart from the lads and James, had contributed to their demise. They had all been in on Simons crude plan and watched their relationship fall to pieces, laughing on silently.
Louis fell silent at what Harry said, half guilty and half disbelieving as it wasn’t entirely his fault in the first place. He loved-loves Harry, and what happened hadn’t changed his feelings for the man.
“I know these dickheads had something to do with it, of course I know that, but I still thought you would have had some fucking self control” he said monotonously, before leaving the room, slamming the door behind him.
“Fuck sake” Louis whispered to himself.
Of course this had to turn into a shit show. Of course he couldn’t have one day of normality. And now, now Louis will have to endure a whole day of filming with a moody Harry.
Simon coughed to break the silence and Louis sat back down in his chair.
“Could have done with some popcorn to be honest” Simon said with a laugh.
The lads all shook their heads in disbelief at Simons behaviour. Louis just stared at his shoes and tried to contain himself, not wanting to let Simon get the better of him.
“Your all a disgrace to the industry you know that?” Zayn spit out.
“What?” Simon replied, a scowl forming on his face.
“You heard me. How you just treat them two just then was a disgrace. Your all disgusting humans and I don’t even want to look at you. Do you seriously believe that’s any way to treat two people? Two people who all they’ve ever asked for was acceptance, and you threw the exact opposite back in their faces” he said matter of factly.
“You don’t know what your talking about. Without us you’d be nothing, we’re doing what’s best for you and you’ll thank me in the future” Simon said with a scoff.
“No, no Simon that’s where your wrong. If we got up and left right now, you would have nothing. We all know we’re your biggest source of income, that’s the only reason you wanted this reunion in the first place. We all did just fine with our solo careers, without you we still made millions and had a fan base just as big as this one, we did that without you. So you carry on treating us like shit mate, but just watch how it comes back to bite you in the ass at the end” Zayn said finally, getting up and leaving the room to go find Harry.
Louis looked at Liam and Niall and saw them nod at him to the door, indicating that they should also leave.
All three of them stood up and walked to the door, Louis turning to say one last thing before walking out.
“We will be waiting for hair and makeup in the dressing rooms, come find us when you’ve got your shit together”
And with that, Louis walked away feeling proud of himself and his boys.
Author notes:
I’m actually really pleased with how this chapter turned out. For once I wasn’t distracted by a bloody tv show while writing it✌ðŸ½
I was thinking of including some flashbacks to try explain the breakup and end of one direction after I’ve written the carpool, would you guys like that? Let me know:)
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