Chapter 2

The next day came so quick and soon enough I found myself back in the mail room. I decided that since I made absolutely no conversation with anyone that I would wear a lot more simple today. I wore jeans, a plain navy blue t-shirt and a pair of red sneakers. No one really seemed to mind so I guess it was an acceptable look for a mail girl.

I started out the day by collecting the mail from the msil truck down stairs. He handed me four bags so I had to make another trip. I left two bags down stairs and went up with the other two. After my second trip, I went back up to the mail room.

I sorted out the first bag and then the second. I was reaching to untie the strings for the third bag when Henry stopped me. 'After yer round take tis to er second floor, room 4'. I didn't even know that he was paying attention to what I was doing. He justsat there reading some jockey magazine with sipping on his coffee. I replied him with an okay. I wasn't sure what was inside but well, Henry's orders.

I made my first round as usual, giving out people's mail. Noting much interesting. I stopped every once in a while to look at the pictures on the empty tables. I took a few laughs to see people 'derp' faces in the background but that was all the excitement I got.

I got back to the mail room to run my 'secret' errand. I took the heavy brown bag out of the room. I was walking towards the lift lobby when I ran into Henry. 'Stay there, Sadie said to help em sort out the mail'. I guessed he was referring to room 4. I nodded my head and carried on walking into the lift.

The lift bell rang and I looked up to see the red digits flashing '2'. I slung the bag over my right shoulder as I walked down the hall. 'Room 1, Room 3' I turned to my right, 'ah, Room 4' I wasn't sure if anyone was inside. I decided to knock and open the door.

As soon as the door opened, I saw five people inside. I could tell that it was a recording studio since it had a recording booth. I had never seen a real one before only those in movies. I looked around as I felt all eyes on me. 'Oh gawd this is awkward' I said in my head as I bit my lower lip and looked down. I approached the lady in the suit and told her what Henry told me.

She nodded her head as she listened then she said in a stern voice 'boys, couch now' I moved away and tried not to let the bag trip anyone. Three boys sat on the black leather sofa. She then wheeled a chair behind me. 'Here you go darling, sit' And so I did. She walked to the far end of the room towards the door and switched on the lights. I heard laughter coming from outside the room then she opened the door. 'Louis, Harry' she yelled. Soon enough, two other boys came in and sat next to the other three boys on the same sofa. Another man then exited the room and all the boys waved and said 'Bye Frankie'.

Just then, it hit me that it was a record company I was working in. The office didn't seem much there was no fancy wacky furniture like in the movies but a recording studio in an office obviously meant something. I couldn't believe that I had no idea where I was working.

This was sure awkward. I had no contact with anyone from the opposite sex before this. I just sat there holding on to the bag in silence. 'Erm...' the lady in the suit said as she looked at me with her eye brows forrowed. She had straight black hair that was up in a very neat ponytail. She wore a dark red lipstick and heavy foundation. Her makeup made her look fierce and a lot older than she was. 'Valerie' I said as I looked up to her. 'Right then, boys I want as much of this mail sorted out today' she said to them as she put her hand on my shoulder. 'Valerie will help you'. Inside me I thought 'I will?'. I was always a very lazy person and I was never once told to help someone. My only help was to slow someone down. I looked at them and they all looked back smiling so I smiled back. 'Take care boys' she took up her bag from below the mixing table and left the room.

I had absolutely no idea who they were. Then one of them stood up and and held my hand. 'I'm Harry' he said as he kissed my knuckle an gave me a wink. He had curly chocolate brown hair and blueish greyish eyes. I gave him a confused look. He obviously thought he was charming but I thought it was a slight bit perverted. 'Erm, okay, I'm Valerie'.

Another one came up and shook my hand as he introduced himself 'Louis' he said and he gave me a wide smile. He had brown hair that was swept to the side and wow he had really nice teeth. He looked like he had stepped right out of some magazine or a runway. He was definitely the oldest amongst all five of them. There was just this look on his face that told me.

'I'm Zayn, nice to meet you' he came up and shok my hand. His grip was strong and it hurt just a little. He had tanned skin, dark brown eyes and spikey brown hair. He looked like one of those bad boys in my previous school but he had probably the most sincere smile I had ever seen.

'I'm Liam' another one said as he sat there and wave to me. I waved back. He had straight bronze hair, a slightly stubby nose and his eyes were like that of a little child's. I noticed his nose was a little red. 'Wouldn't want to get you sick' he raised both his hands as balls or tissues fell out. All the boys burst out into a thunderous laughter and I giggled.

'Hi, I'm Niall' he got up and shook my hand. He had platinum blond hair and a strong Irish accent. He looked up at me and his eyes were a stunning cerulean. For a moment I didn't let go and I felt my face turning warm. There was a little tinglish feeling in the hand that he was holding and I felt it travel through out my body. He look at our hands that were still together and chuckled which made me let go and he sat back down.

We then started sorting out the mail according to who's it was. Sitting in the chair was making my back hurt from bending over so I sat on the floor. Then Harry and Louis sat on the floor too. 'What's with all the mail?' I asked them. They all fell silent. It felt as if I said something potentially deadly. I looked at them as if I wanted an answer. 'Don't you know us?' Liam asked. 'No, not really'. They all seemed to look really shocked. Louis got up and said 'we are one direction!' as he lifted his head up and put one fist in front of him and the other on his hip. Much like when superman is flying. 'What?' I questioned. He laughed and sat back down. 'You mean you never heard of us?' Harry said. 'Come on babe' he continued as he got up and pressed something on the mixing board and sat back down.

Music started playing and I still had no idea who they were. 'Where you from?' Zayn asked me as he opened one of the letters. 'Melbourne' I said. 'I don't really listen to mainstream music' I continued. 'I'm sorry' I truly felt bad.

'It's alright babe' Harry said as he opened a letter I passed him and he gave me a cheecky wink. I noticed that the Irish one sitting in the corner was really quiet. He said not much to me nor the rest of them. I occasionally look at him from the corner of my eye and I could see him looking back at me. I felt a strange indescribable feeling growing inside of me. Everytime our eyes met, I couldn't help but smile to myself and look away.

Hours passed and the bag slowly shrunk. I found myself getting to know them more and more. Well, all except Niall. Harry was abviously the flirty one, Zayn was the more brotherly and caring one, Louis was the court jester and Liam was the sweet and charming one. But Niall? Well, I guess he was the quiet one.

I reached into the bag and felt around 'no more' I said. There was a loud applause. Louis said 'in only 2 hours!' They all were amazed and so was I. It felt a lot longer than that. 'Right kids, time to write back' they all sighed. 'You guys write back? To every single one?' I was dumbfounded. I never thought that celebrities actually read their fan mail let alone write back. 'Yeh, we love them all you see' Harry said as he gathered his pile of letters. 'But we have to wait for Sadie's instructions' Zayn interrupted.

I decided that it was best to go back to the mail room as I still had my second round to do. I said bye to all of them and left the room. Harry went to open the door for me. We hugged and said bye and I left.

On the way up, I couldn't help but think about Niall. His deep soulful eyes and his voice. I replayed what he said to me in my mind and I felt my face turn warm. I smiled to myself. I snapped out of it as soon as I heard the lift bell ring.