It's The Little Things

Girl's Day Out

Rosanna's POV:

Earlier

I looked up when I heard Louis come in and gave him a smile before turning back to the French Toast that Haz was helping me make.  He insisted that I call him by his nickname, and called dibs on referring to me as Rosie, which I thought was sweet.  He had gotten up early to make everyone food, and since I hadn't fallen back to sleep from my nightmare (something that I didn't intend for Liam to find out) I went ahead and helped him, to get to know him better.  He was a very gentle-hearted and gentlemanly soul, and a momma's boy, to be sure.  I had almost opened up a little about my family, specifically my parents, when Lou came in and I shut up.  

A shout split the air, and without realizing what they were saying, I jumped, instinctively reaching for the nearest thing that could be used as a weapon: the hot pan.  I grabbed it, lifting it up, prepared to fight to my death once again if need be, when I realized two things: one, it was Louis who had shouted and I was safe in his apartment, and two, the pan was burning my hand.

I screamed in pain, dropping the pan like it was on fire (which it kind of was), and clutched my hand, struggling to keep the tears from falling.  Liam instantly reacted, being Daddy Direction he was used to such situations, and helped me out.

Current Time

The girls and I were now walking the streets of London, looking for a flat that I could live in and afford.  We were all talking about our different taste's in style when Jess looked over at me.

"Anna, love, you never told us what your job was."  I blushed.

"Well, I don't really have one at the moment, but I'm hoping to find a publisher for a novel I just finished writing.  Other than that, my only other skill is doing hair on other people."

They all looked at me as if I had just plucked a plane from its flight.

"You're a writer!?  That is so cool!"  Justine squealed.  "Can we read it?"

"I guess, if you want to.  I have two copies of it that I have saved to my computer, so you can read one while I send the other to the publisher.  I'll send each of you copies to your email's, if that's alright?"

"Of course!"  Jess exclaimed.  "And then the boys can read it once we're done with it!"  I blushed harder.

"Don't force them to, only if they really want to read it, okay?"  "Okay!"  They all shouted.  Suddenly Lou's eyes widened.

"I just got the most brilliant idea!  What if, instead of looking for flats, we go back to your hotel and Google publishing houses?  Then we can email your story to them and see who will publish it, and in the meantime, you can live with one of us!"

The other two girls were nodding enthusiastically at her idea and I had to say, it didn't sound half-bad.  But I had some concerns.

"That's not a bad idea, girls, but will the boys agree to it?"

"Oh yes."  Jess spoke up immediately.  "Liam already thinks of you as a little sister, he loves you."

"Yes, and Harry said that he felt you were a 'kindred spirit' whatever that means.  I think it means he's quite fond of you."

"Mhmm, and Nialler loves your cooking, I'm a deuce at it so having you around makes him quite happy.  That's quite a compliment comin' from him!"

I was overwhelmed with the love and kindness of these people, their kindness rivaled Kurt's.  I had two more things I had to clear up, though.

"That's really sweet, I'm glad they like me so much.  There's two other things, though.  What if the book doesn't get published?  I would just be a burden until I could find both a job and an apartment, or a flat, as you call it."

"No, you won't."  Lou brushed it aside.  "Next issue."

"The other thing is, that I come with a lot of baggage.  You don't know it yet, but if we keep getting closer as friends, than you're going to realize that I have a bit of a past.  Meaning, that I occasionally get nightmares that leave me screaming in the middle of the night, and I get very depressed on certain days.  Do you still want me around?"

I was looking down at my feet, almost feeling physical pain from opening up so much, and examining my fidgeting feet, so I was surprised when I felt someone hug me.

They were all hugging me, actually, all three of them, and I felt myself getting teary as I wrapped my arms as far around them as I could.  They stepped back after a minute and smiled at me.

"Does that answer your question?"  Justine asked me.  I nodded, afraid if I spoke they would hear how emotional it made me.

"Let's go back to your hotel, Rosie darling."  Lou said happily, taking my arm and dancing down the street.  I guess she found out about Haz's special name for me.  It appeared that I was going to have a different name from everyone, since I was Rosie to them, Anna to Jess and probably Liam, Ro to Louis, and I had a pretty good hunch that I was going to be just plain Rose to Justine and Niall.  Oi vey.  At least I would know who was hollering for me in the future, I would just have to listen to which name they used to address me.

It took us almost an hour to get back to my hotel, because there is a lot of people in London, and the girls kept stopping to show me places and things and point out streets.  When we did get back, however, we ran up to my room, and they sat down at various places while I got out my computer.

One by one they gave me their email's and their boyfriend's email's, and I gave them my phone so that they could put their number's in, along with their boyfriend's, since the only number I had was Louis's.  I quickly emailed my manuscript to all of them, and then started Googling publishers.

"Guys!  I found one!" I exclaimed.  "Title Maker Publishers, they've published a lot of good books."

(A/N:  I don't think that's a real publisher, I made it up)

I attached my manuscript to the email and then wrote:

Dear Publishers:  

My name is Rosanna Schnieder, this is my first book but I have been writing since I was fourteen, I am twenty-one now.  It is about a skin-changer, but to find out more you have to read it.  I would very much like to get it published, and I hope that you like it enough to publish it.  If you would like, I can come talk to you in person, I'm open at any time.  

Yours Sincerely, 

Rosanna Schnieder

And with that I sent it, without hesitation.  "I hope they like it."  I sighed.  Jess patted my back.

"You'll never know unless you try.  We'll read it and let you know what we think, okay?"  

"Okay."

"Now then, let's go home and see what the lads think of our brilliant plan, okay Rose?"  

That was Justine, I was right in my hunch that her and Niall were going to call me that.

"Yep, let's go home, girls."  I stood, grabbed my computer and tucked it into its bag, and headed out with the girls behind me.

A/N:  That will be the last chapter for the next week, as I will be at creative writing camp, I will miss writing it but I will be writing other stuff.  Maybe I'll post some of the stuff that I write while I'm away, would you guys like that?  I hope you guys like this chapter and where the story is going, let me know what I can be doing better and such.  Love you guys!