CHAPTER EIGHT
Paula's POV
I was hanging the clothes in their hangers when Gemma came in followed by a girl really well dressed: she wore a grey tight dress with black leather leaves, black boots, a black hat and a long necklace.
'...And this is the wardrobe. This is Paula, she's one of the assistent stylists of the show. She'll show you this part of the building. I gotta leave' and so Gemma left leaving me with this girl
'Hi, I am Claudia, nice to meet you'said smiling
'Hey'I smiled back at her.'so... what are you doing here?'
'I am blogger. I won a competition: I'll be around here the following two weeks to see how you prepare a live show, writting about the proccess and all that'
'Oh! Cool. Well, I am Paula, if you need somethig I am always around here.'
'Good to know'she picked from her bag a notebook and a pen and wrote a few things.'Where do we start?'
I showed her how we organized the clothes by cathegories and acts, we visited the fitting rooms, the sewing room(where we made the arrangements for the clothes to fit the contestants perfectly) and the resting room.
'Here's where we look for things to buy for the acts.'
'This is all so cool!'
'Yeeeah! And...'I checked my clock' in a few moments they should start appearing for rehearsals!'
'That's cool! But I am thirsty! Do you know where can I buy a coke or something?'
'In the cafeteria, but I have to stay here finishing things up. You don't mind if I give you the directions?'
'No prob!'
Claudia's POV
I was deffinitelly lost. Even as Paula had told me how to go to the cafeteria, I couldn't find it anyway. And everyone looked so busy I didn't want to bother anyone...
'Hey, what are you doing here?'asked a boy behind me. He was tall and had beautiful blue eyes. He had irish accent.
'I kinda got lost.... do you know where the cafeteria is? I've been walking up and down this whole floor and I cant seem to find it...'
'Yeah, that's basically because youre in the wrong floor hahaha.'he said funny'I can lead you there if you want...'
'Yes, please!'we started walking' I am Claudia, by the way.'
'Chris here, nice to meet you'
We started talking as we walked. He stayed with me the whole time. He was really nice and funny.
'...and so I played at his birthday party'
'WOW'I said' Niall Horan, nothing less! That's incredible I said picking my coke can.
'Yeeeeah! Oh, wait a sec...'his phone was ringing and he picked up' 'Ello... in the cafeteria... ok, going now!'he cut off' I gotta go on stage for rehearsing, do you want to come with me?'
'I'll go with you, but on my way to the dressing room. Paula must be worried if I don't show up, and I've got things to do...'
'Oh, okay'he said a bit disappointed'let's go then!'
We kept talking about out interest the whole time. We were really alike! But we arrived to the main corridor.
'You sure you don't wanna come?'
'I'd love to but I can't....'
'And uhm, are you staying here for a while?'
'A couple more of hours'
'Perfect! I end rehearsing in an hour of so, if you want I could come to see you after finishing... just if you want '
'I'd love it' I smiled at him
'Ok then'he smiled and waved at me'see you later'
'Bye!' He dissapeared around the corner and I started walking towards the Wardrobe.
James' POV
Chris and I were walking to the dressing room. Chris couldn't stop talking about this new girl he had met before, he had been talking about her the whole rehearsal! But I couldn't pay attention to him. I was thinking of what to say to Paula. I really wanted to clear that mess.
Paula's POV
Claudia and I were sitting on the couch of the resting room, taking a look to the new items on different clothes' shops with my laptop when Chris and James arrived.
'Hey ladies! Whatcha doing?'said Chris leaning over the screen.
'Just seeing the new arrivals to different shops'
'Is that River Island? I really LOVE that shop!'he said sitting next to Claudia. I stood up and gave the laptop to her. James was standing uncomfortably on the doorstep.
'Hey'he said to me'can we talk somewhere else more... quiet?' He said glancing at Claudia and Chris.
'Yes, the sewing room's empty now' i took the lead and closed the door behind us.'So... what do you wanna talk about?'
'About what happened the other night' he sighed. I was getting nervous.'Look, I know I've been harsh to you the whole week and I want to apologize for that. You are special, Paula'my palms wouldn't stop sweating' you're nice and cool and I didn't want to mess things up.' Was he going to ask me out?
'Neither did I'
'So... Friends?' Friends? I tried not to look surprised. I expected.... well, something else.
I smiled 'yeah, sure!'
He smiled too, and opened his arms'you feel like giving me a hug?'
'Well...'I got in front of him and he wrapped his arms around me. It just felt so good I could stayed like that for years, but it was only for 3 seconds and he let go.
'Let's go back to the room'
I nodded.