Synergy

One

"You're going to be there, right?"

Alexa's pov

"Alexa! I wasn't expecting you to deliver this..What gives?" Jack, One Direction's manager said, placing his hand on my shoulder and leading me further inside the recording studio.

"Melinda's intern called in sick and she needed someone to give this to you." I said with a smile passing him the envelope.

"Oh yes! I see, well thanks! Come on in. Meet the boys." Jack nearly pushed me inside, leading me to a beautifully decorated room, furnished with top of the line recording equipment.

"Oh that's okay.. I don't want to intrude." I said immediately feeling anxious.

"Nonsense. We insist."

Instead of hearing Jacks chipper and loud voice, it was replaced with a much lower and almost mysterious like voice. Zayn.

"Nice to meet you Alexa.. I've seen you at a bunch of awards shows, but we never got to formally meet." He smiled showing off his perfect white teeth.

His nice disposition calmed me profusely.

"Hi! Nice to meet you formally as well." I breathed out a chuckle then cringed at how awkward I was sounding.

"Alexa?" The Irish accent was the immediate indicator of Niall.

I turned to face the voice demanding my attention.

His cute smile and tousled quiff gave me butterflies as he stalked over quickly. As I exchanged pleasantries with him, and the rest of the band, it was so easy to see why people loved them. Niall especially. He was easy going, funny, and cute. The total package.

As our conversation went on, it eventually led to the events of tonight.

"I saw Baseline was on the guest list for the Beach Bash.. Are you guys going?"

Niall asked slightly blushing.

I smiled and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Well I think.. For the most part anyway." I said sighing. Who knew if Ela was actually going to show up.

"Oh?" Niall questioned raising an eyebrow.

"Well Ela is actually-" my sentence was cut short but a deep, authoritative, raspy voice.

"Ela? She's here?" Harry said craning his neck to look behind Niall and I towards the door.

"No?" I said questioning his sudden concern.

"Just wondering.." He trailed off shoving his hands inside his pockets and smirking.

Weird..I thought to myself.

My thoughts were distracted by Niall clearing his throat.

"Y-you're going to be there right?" He asked rubbing the back of his neck and blushing profoundly.

My insides grew warm at how well Niall and I seemed to be hitting it off.

"Yeah, I'll be there." I smiled up at him.

***

Ela's pov

"I really need to get going now Kendall." I mumbled into his ear.

I was fed up. Our date was the same old thing. Paparazzi. It seemed like no matter what we did or where we went the paps were everywhere.

It was times like these that I almost agreed to what the rest of my band members were telling me, he was using me for fame. But, I couldn't just believe every assumption told to me. Kendall was a nice guy. Right?

"One more picture Ela" he mumbled back into my ear and turned us so we were facing a new set of cameras.

"Kendall. Come on! I'm already really late for this Beach Bash thing!" I whispered harshly through gritted teeth.

"Fine. Stop bitching so much." He said shoving me in the direction of the car before stalking off to the parked car and dismissing the paparazzi hoards.

"Ouch." I mumbled at his rough gesture.

Rolling my eyes I climbed in the car.

"Heard One Directions going to be there tonight." Kendall stated, jaw clenched.

"Yeah I suppose." I replied nonchalantly. "God I hate them." He continued on.

I wasn't surprised by Kendall's rant. It's pretty much the only conversation we had. Him complaining and me zoning out.

Before I knew it we had arrived at the beach bash. Trying to dash out of Kendall's car as fast as I could, I opened the door letting the night beach scenery fill my senses.

"Eh where's my kiss."Kendall demanded smirking. Intending to give him a kiss on the cheek, I leaned over quickly. Kendall had a different idea. He soon clamped his hand on the back of my neck craning my head to force my lips to his. His lips were cold and harsh. Not surprised, but disgusted by his actions I pulled away and jumped out of the car. Of course Kendall did that. There was a giant group of paparazzi right there.

Sighing and making my way to the groups of celebrities mingling, I spotted Alexa, my closest band mate, just exiting the bathrooms. I matched her pace as we descended back to the party together.

"Hey I'm here. Thanks for covering." I said patting her shoulder.

She rolled her eyes but proceeded to smile. "Yeah sure, it's fine!" She smiled happily.

I was shocked by her giant grin. Usually she was nasty when it came to situations where I asked her to cover.

"Why so happy?" I asked bluntly as we stopped our walking, now arriving back to designated party area.

"Just having fun." She said scanning the crowd. I watched as her smile widened when her eyes landed on a figure. Craning my neck to see who it was, I giggled. "Niall?" I asked

Her head snapped in my direction immediately.

"What?" She said in a hushed tone.

I raised an eyebrow.

"You and Niall hitting it off?" I questioned nudging her with my elbow.

"He's sweet." She said picking up a water bottle and untwisting the cap.

I laughed loudly at how girly she was being.

"Oh shut up. How was Kendell? Was me covering for you worth it?"

My attitude immediately become a bit stoic. "If I'm being honest here,

no." I said surprising us both.

"Ela, how nice of you to show up."

We were interrupted by a deep raspy voice.

An unfamiliar one at that. My face contorted in confusion and annoyance.

I swiftly turned around to come face to face with no other than Harry Styles.