Chapter 1

The alarm went off waking me up from my deep sleep. Today's the dayI thought to myself as I picked up a pillow and threw it at my best friend who was asleep in the bed next to me.

She groaned and threw the pillow back at me. "Wake up Sam!" I shouted. This time she opened her eyes and slowly sat up in her bed. Then she gave me a huge grin, she had remembered what day it was. Before I could say anything to her there was a knock at my bedroom door.

"Come in!" I called to the person knocking. The door opened and I my dad peered in.

"Everyone decent?" He whispered before opening the door fully.

"Yes." I whined. This was a daily routine for my Dad. Finally he opened the door completely and stood in the door way.

"Excited for today then girls?" He asked us with a grin.

"Yeah!" We both said in unison.

Today was mine and Samantha's first day of our 2 week work experience. It wasn't just any normal work experience though because we had both managed to score ourselves placements at Syco records. Music is our passion and we had both put so much into getting our dream placement that finding out that we both got in was just amazing!

Since then we had planned and planned for this day, sorting out everything from staying together for the 2 weeks to what we were going to wear on our first day, and now it was finally here.

"Well you better start getting ready, you only have an hour until we have to leave." My Dad told us. We both shot out of our beds in panic. My dad laughed at us as Sam scrambled for the bathroom and I started rummaging through my wardrobe.

"I'll put you some breakfast on shall I?" He asked.

"Yes please!" Sam called from the bathroom as I nodded at him with a smile.

50 minutes later we were sat in front of the TV eating our breakfast.

"Oooo One Direction!" Sam said sarcastically at the TV. I looked up from my food to see the 5 familiar faces fill the screen.

"So Niall tell us how the album is coming along?" Asked the interviewer. I was ready to predict his reply, they always answered the same.

"It's coming along great! I mean it's the most important thing to us at the moment, making something that our fans love and will hopefully be proud of." Replied the blonde haired boy with a smile.

"One word…" I said to Samantha "Overrated." She nodded in agreement then before either of us could say anything else my Dad came in and told us it was time to leave and with that we were off.

SAMANTHAS POV.

Having an overly excited woman talking really loud on a Monday morning isn't exactly what Caitlin and I had in mind when we found out that we'd be doing a 2 week placement at Syco records but I guess it was better than what our other friends were doing. I mean teaching 5 year olds how to play football or working in a greasy garage for 2 weeks doesn't sound like my idea of heaven.

I had high expectations for this place so I couldn't help but hope that it was going to be a little more than making tea and fetching lunch.

"You must be Samantha and Caitlin" Said the overly excited receptionist as we walked through the entrance of the building.

"Yes, I'm Samantha and this is Caitlin my best friend." I replied with a polite smile.

"Two best friends working in a recording studio together? I do hope I don't get any trouble!" She said with a laugh but some seriousness behind the comment.

"We will be no trouble whatsoever and that's a promise." Caitlin piped in.

All of a sudden the receptionist seemed reassured. Caitlin always did have a way of making everyone feel calm and collected.

"Well it's nice to meet you both, I'm Pam. Now let me tell you where you'll be working!" She said enthusiastically.

She then gave us directions to the main studio where we would be spending the majority of our work experience. As we got to the top of the second flight of stairs we could see the entrance to our left. What lay behind those double doors was one of the biggest record producers ever, excited didn't cover how I was feeling.

As best friends do we stood outside the door for a whole 5 minutes going through the whole 'you go first, no you go first, no you' ritual.

I eventually got round her and Caitlin led the way. She pushed open the doors and we stood inside a small room with a recording booth on one side and on the other side a load of buttons and a few chairs. In one of the chairs sat a scary but rather good looking man.

He sat there for a while with his headphones in as if we weren't even standing there.

Eventually he took them off and said "Girls it really didn't matter who came in first, I mean it's not like I was going to eat the first person who walked through the door" and with a wink he added "I'm Frankie Knight and I'll be your manager for the next 2 weeks, nice to meet you both, now what are your names?"

We introduced ourselves and he showed us around the studio. It was what we expected and more. He sat us in front of the booth for a while going through all the controls showing us what every single one did. After spending what seemed like forever going through every little detail Frankie finally announced that we were done.

"Now before I allow you to have a lunch break I have some people I need to introduce you to." Said Frankie.

"Who?" Asked Caitlin taking the words right out of my mouth.

"For the next 2 weeks we have some very important people coming in to record their album…" We waited for him to finish.

"One Direction. You will be completely dedicated to helping them whether it be doing something as little as getting them a drink or something as big as helping them write a song."

We looked at him dumbfounded. He looked back at us as if we were lacking the enthusiasm he expected.

"I expected a little more excitement." He said with a slight laugh. Then it was like a light came on in his head as he added "Wait, you girls aren't exactly fans are you?" his laugh was prominent this time.

"Not exactly…" I replied with an awkward smile.