A/N: Since I'm completely obsessed with the whole Nick/Katie relationship I made up. I keep thinking what I can do with them and I thought "What If?" What if they had different professions, different ages and in different stages of their lifes, nothing past the age of 35 I swear. I thought of this one as I was driving to work one day listening to Paramore – really check them out and so in this one, I'm using Paramore songs each chapter will have a song title that relates with the chapter, not necessarily the song itself just the title. Still with me? Well I hope you enjoy this and give me feedback as to whether I should continue or forget the whole idea. Either way love to hear from you.
I don't own Paramore, Nick Stokes or in this case Starbucks or it's drinks I'm just using them.
That's What You Get
No one would recognize her as she walked into the nearest Starbucks near her hotel she just couldn't last another minute without a Cinnamon Dolce frappuccinoHer schedule had been hectic and finally she had about fifteen minutes before anyone realized she was gone and they would come looking for her. Never taking her shades off she ordered her drink and waited patiently and excitedly handing the cashier a twenty and sipped silently as she waited for her change.
"Excuse me" oh no busted someone saw her, how would she explain being out here in the middle of a busy place without her bodyguards and potential fans about to maul her? Although not wanting bad press she accepted her change and grinned turned around.
"Yes?"
"I know your busy and I know hundreds have probably asked you this but are you Katie Dexter?" with her beverage in hand she slid her shades up onto her head.
"To you yes, to everyone else no"
"Oh my god!" the girl whom Katie figured could be no more than in her early teens shrieked a few looked but continued on with their business.
"Will you sign, oh no what do I have for you to sign" the younger female began to frantically search through her backpack, flipping through her notebook she found an empty page and shoved in Katie's face.
"Pen?" Katie took the notebook that was thrust into her face and waited, she was going to be killed by not only her bodyguard but her manager too.
"Oh right" just as quickly the pen was given over to accompany the notebook.
"Who should I make it out to?"
"Oh Hayley Stokes. I'm your biggest fan I know all the words to every song I love all of them but I absolutely love Misery Business the best it's like soo cool" Katie once again smiled and nodded signed it, handing it back over to the girl
"Are you coming to my show tomorrow?"
"Can't didn't have the money, and when I did it was sold out"
"I guess maybe next time, see ya around Hayley Stokes" taking a sip on her frappuccino Katie left walking rather quickly knowing just how much time she had left before she would get a lecture.
"Dad you home?" Hayley called into the house that both her and her father lived in a small but cozy three-bedroom house that had a small front yard, but a nice backyard and it just felt like home. After the divorce two years ago, Hayley only got this option after acting up constantly in school and made the suggestion to living with her dad. She hadn't spoken to her mother in three months, since her birthday to thank her for the card and money that always came.
"In the kitchen" she loved her dad to death but there are something's that he should never do. One is cook. His concoctions were less than editable and it always ended up in the trash.
"Dad you'll never guess who I ran into today!" Hayley said excitedly as she plopped into one of the chairs at the breakfast bar, her bag on the other.
"The toothfairy?" the other thing is make jokes, never in his lifetime could he keep a punch line going until the end of the joke and it still be funny.
"No just like the most famous person in the whole wide world and she was like normal like me and you, she even signed my notebook for me, look dad right here, she used my pen Oh my god wait until I tell Jennifer! She'll never believe me" Nicholas Stokes, or Nick to everyone but his mother just nodded to his daughters ramblings, there wasn't much else he could do.
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Hours later with his concoction in the garbage, the pizza box on the counter Nick was just finishing up putting the last of the dishes in the dishwasher when he was interrupted by the doorbell.
A woman who donned designer shades, and what he could only guess was designer T-shirt and jeans stood at his door.
"Is Hayley home?"
"No sorry she's at a friend's house"
"Oh okay could you just give her this" the woman handed him a white envelope, the flap open. "Do you have a paper and pen that I could write her a note with?"
"Oh ya come on in, a teacher should have some pen and paper around here somewhere" he stepped back allowing her in, the shades slipped up to her head as she followed him in.
"What grade do you teach?"
"4th but it feels likes a zoo sometimes" he gave her the pen and paper she slid into the bar stool that Hayley sat in hours ago. Scribbling a short note and signing it she folded it in half and handed him the note as well.
"Sorry to interrupt what you were doing" she stood from the stool
"Just trying to clean up from my attempt of cooking" Katie saw the pizza box out of the corner of her eye
"That's my kind of cooking too" an awkward moment stretched into three before Katie finally spoke again
"I should be going, I have people waiting on me"
"Right, let me show you the door" he gestured for her to go first and she did nodding her head in thanks.
"I'm sorry I didn't get your name"
"It's Katie and yours is?"
"Nick Stokes" his hand automatically goes out to shake her hand, blaming the warmth that ran up his arm from the open door it was autumn and still 80 degrees out not her hand that seemed to fit into his.
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"Strangest thing happened while you were at Jennifer's" Nick said later that night as Hayley was brushing her teeth getting ready for bed.
"What's that?" came out muffled and she spit peeking her head out of the bathroom
"Some woman came by looking for you and wanting you to have this" he held up the envelope of her to see. "Left note too"
Toothbrush in hand Hayley walked out back into the living room to snatch the envelope from his hand opening the letter first.
My number one fan deserves to see me up closeEyes widening she tore open the envelope to find two front row tickets and backstage passes to a concert that Hayley had never thought she would see.
A/N: See why I put the disclaimer, Katie sings Paramore's songs, although it won't be a group just her singing. Also added Paramore's leading lady's name in here. Can you guess it? Let me give you a hint: Hayley.
Let me know what you think.
