*Note - anything in italics is a FLASHBACK!*

"Gallop apace, you fiery footed horses…no…ponies…reindeer? No, doesn't sound right. Creatures? Oh, gosh, what f*ckery IS this? "Gallop apace, you fiery footed…"

"Steeds" came a voice from behind me. I turned around, and bumped straight into someone, dropping my books.

"Watch where you're going" I muttered to someone, not really noticing.

"Romeo and Juliet?" asked that same voice.

"Uhh….yeah….how'd you figure?" I asked, still picking up my books

"Had to do it at my last school" He bent down to help me pick up whatever had spilt out of my bag, and I got my first look at my mystery answer-provider. His hair was tousled messy, brown with lighter flecks.

"Umm, you new?" I asked.

"Yeah" he replied, turning to me. I held my breath for a millisecond, before exhaling.

*Really blue eyes*

"Eric" he said, "and you?"

"Umm, Lara"

"Great. I was actually wondering, can you show me around?"

"Umm, yeah"

"Thanks, and do you start every single sentence with 'umm'?"

"Umm…" he burst out laughing, and I was forced to as well.

"So, what do you think?" asked Jess

"Huh?"

"HUH? You weren't listening?"

"Nah, sorry"

"I just told you what I normally wouldn't tell even my mother, and you weren't listening?"

"Sorry"

"You were thinking about him again, weren't you?"

"Him?"

Jess rolled her eyes. "Don't pretend I don't know that you still think about Eric, dude."

"Yeah"

"Aww, dude, when are you gonna get over him?"

"I….I don't know"

"Ok, forget about that, and listen to me. I think I like Danny" My ears perked up at this.

"But that's great!" I said.

"Yeah, but what if he doesn't like me?"

"Mate, how can he not? If I were a guy, I would've!"

"You're a lot like him, you know. Always talking, and mostly rubbish, hyper"

"See? I like you, so why shouldn't he?" She just smiled back.

Just then, we reached our destination. I breathed in, and said "Well, here we go; work"

"Can I come in?" I asked. The blond girl at the desk turned around and smiled at me.

"Hey ya, you must be Lara? I'm Hayley, gonna work with you!" Looking at her made me feel a bit better, as everyone else around was so dressed up, but she was just dressed in shorts, a singlet and jandals. And it made me feel better to hear that accent again.

"You're Australian, right?" I asked.

"Yeah! You're…"

"Indian, but I've lived most of my life in New Zealand."

"No wonder! My uncle stayed there, so most holidays were there. Do you need anyone to show you around or anything, since you're new?"

"Thanks, but we've got great neighbours"

"We?"

"Yeah, my friend Jess' here as well. We've known each other since ages. Actually, our neighbours said they work here, but I haven't really seen them around"

"Who are they? I'd probably know"

"Umm, four guys. Dougie, Danny, Tom and Harry"

"Wait…you don't mean the MCFLY guys do you?"

"Huh?"

Suddenly, she paused, and said "Wait a sec. I'll be right back" and left the room. I looked at the door, but saw no one.

~x Hayley's P.O.V x~

"Wait…you don't mean the MCFLY guys do you?" I said. Whoa, how lucky would she and her friend be? I mean, living next to one of the most epic bands, and Harry Judd! Yeah, I know, he's famous and all, but he IS hot! Then, speak of the devil all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Danny Jones, their lead guitarist, crazily waving his hands, trying to catch my attention, in front of the window. Lucky Lara had her back to it. I excused myself, and went out.

"Umm, you wanted something?" I asked. Outside MY office, standing were Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter, three – fourths of McFLY. Wow, girls would've killed to be me!

"Well, we figure you're working with Lara now, right?" said Tom. I just nodded, still shocked, but a bit disappointed that Harry wasn't there.

"Yeah, so, we were wondering…"

"Oh shut up! We don't have the time, mate!" interrupted Danny "What's happening is that Dougie here doesn't want Lara there to know that we're a band. No I don't know why, but she knows that we're assistants to Son Of Dork. Can you just keep up with that?"

"Don't see why" I replied. Slightly shocked at the fact that I wasn't feeling shocked at seeing possibly three of the most popular guys in the nation at my doorstep anymore.

"Wow, that was easy. Thanks! See you around!" said Tom. Dougie just stood there, slightly red in the face.

"Ok, bye!" I said, "and say hi to Harry from me!" Wow, how gutsy WAS I being?

I thought I heard Danny say "He's gonna like that", but decided to ignore that. It's really funny; they're just like that they are in interviews.

~x Lara's P.O.V x~

"Hey" I said as Hayley came back

"Just someone" she replied, smiling.