~ Athena's eyes
It's been almost a week since Niall saw my cover and my socials have been blowing up. I had to change my stan twitter account and make it a personal account. We finally arranged with Niall for when to have the zoom and we agreed on today. Even if I was more than happy and thankful for having this oportunity, I couldn't help but feel a bit worried.
I don't like Niall's managment.
I told my parents about this and they freaked out. In a good way, of course. My mom loved Niall, as a musician, a person, as everything. While my dad was kinda tired of hearing me say that I was in love with him, he was still supportive. I had the amazing luck of having both supportive parents and being able of expressing myself with them without worrying about what they would think of me.
Anna was currently helping me curl my hair, since I'm quite clumsy and can't curl my hair by myself. Every single time I try to curl my hair I end up getting ten burnt fingers and straight hair. 'End up Here' by 5SOS was currently blasting through the speakers and I couldn't help but smile while listening to it.
I decided to wear some baggy jeans and a sage green crop top. While i was concentrated on the music that was coming out of my speaker and thinking about how this meeting could change my life I didn't even notice my sister talking to me.
"You should probably get the Niall cut out outside of the camera frame"
Shit
"I probably should" I laughed
And as I said, I did. I took my Niall carboard out of the way. My room was nicely decorated. I had a king size bed in the middle with a shelf on top. The shelf had a couple of pictures of me and my family, friends, and the people I loved. On the left there was a piece of furniture that had some shoes inside, and above, it had my beige record player with a big chest that had my favorite vinyls inside. I was a sucker for vinyls, which was one of the many reasons I was broke. On the right I could see my desk with my piano on the opposite wall. So whenever I was in my desk, people could see my piano with my posters on top. Together with the posters there was Louis' magazines that were framed and hung up. There was one 1D poster as a band and the rest were as their solo careers. I love 1D as a band, but I like their solo music a little bit more
You know when you are ninty nine percent sure that something you are about to do is gonna change your life forever? Like a hunch, or a gut feeling that tells you, don't do this, you'll regret it! And even though that gut feeling was telling me I was gonna regret something in the future, I decided to ignore it. Yes, i'm stubborn, but what do you expect? I'm the youngest child!
"Done" my sister's voice snapped me out of my thoughts letting me know that the curls were done.
I looked at myself in the mirror and admired my reflection. For the first time in a lifetime, i was satisfied with the way I looked.
My phone vibrated letting me know that someone had texted me. I got up from the chair to see who had texted me.
New Twitter notification:
@NiallOfficial send you a message!
Niall and I talked once in a while. Not like friends, he talked to me about how the music industry was, asked me if I had wrote any songs, etc. Everything was really professional.
@NiallOfficial: Hey Athena, here's the link, can't wait to see you xx.
I had to open my twitter in my computer to get into the zoom from there. But before I turned my computer on, I made sure to answer.
Hey Niall, thank you! See you soon xxx
My hands started to be shaky again.
"Ath, calm down, everything's gonna be fine" Anna told me while grabbing my hands
"Thank you Ann, I love you" I said and got up to hug her
"I love you too, now go, go" She said while leaving and closing the door
I opened twitter in my computer and pressed the zoom link.
This was it, this could be the start of my career.
I made sure to fix my hair before getting in, and when I was about to get in, I yelled:
"I'm about to get in! Please behave!"
"Yes, I promise!" Anna yelled back
"Okay!"
I pressed the little button that said 'Join with video' and took some deep breaths. The white screen showed that I had been accepted into the meeting, and there he was.
Do you know that feeling in which you are staring at someone and the love and admiration you have for them makes your stomach do flips? You feel as if words will never be enough to explain how much you love that person. That was the feeling i was experiencing when I saw Niall Horan in my computer. Niall was wearing a blue button up shirt with the last buttons left undone, he was wearing his usual golden necklace and his hair was styled as usual. It was such a simple look but it still managed to make my knees weak.
"Hey! Athena, right?" He said with a smile
"Hi, yes, that's me" I giggled
"Look, I know you may be nervous right now, but I promise everything is gonna be alright. I'm a normal person, don't worry"
I really wanted to answer with sarcasm but I had to stop myself from doing it, it was my first time meeting him and I couldn't answer with sarcasm, he might think it's rude
"Thank you. I'm just- It's not everyday you have a conversation with Niall Horan, you know?"
"Well, I am pretty amazing" We both laughed "No, but for real, I promise everything is gonna be fine, let's help you loosen up, tell me a bit about yourself"
"I really like pop rock music, it's one of my favs" I answered trying to keep my cool
"What part of England are you from? I mean, you have an English accent, of course"
"I was born in South London and still live here"
"I live in South London as well" he answered with a smile on his face
"Are you or parents Greek?" He asked again
"What?" I was really confused by his question
"Because of your name, Athena is a Greek name right?"
"Oh, yes Athena is a Greek name. But my parents aren't Greek, they just really liked the name"
"I like it too, it has a nice meaning" He smiled
"Thank you, I like your name too, it has a nice meaning as well."
We continued talking a bit about me. The music I liked, if I wrote music, the instruments I played. He even told me we should hang out sometime!
"Hey, my manager is in the waiting room, I'll accept him, but first, do you mind giving me your number? I had a nice time talking to you and I'm not quite good with twitter" A tint of shyness was noticable in his voice, and I couldn't help but find his shyness kinda cute.
"Yes, of course" I couldn't get my big smile out of my face
I typed my number quickly in the chat and he copied it.
And after that, the worse thing that could possibly happen, happened.
"Hi, we are One Direction. Someone's calling you, pick up your phone!"
Fuck
"Is that a One Direction ringtone?" Niall asked and I could see he was holding back a laugh
"I told you I was a big fan" I sweetly smiled while trying to decline my incoming call.
"Okay, I'll accept my manager, remember, take deep breaths" He soflty explained
And after Niall's manager was in, everything became serious. No more jokes, no more laughs, just me and my music. Niall's manager gave me his number for work purposes and I agreed. The meeting ended about an hour later and I immediately hit the pillow, sleeping always helped me clear up my mind.
This was it, this was the start of my career
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A/N: Edited as well lololol bye