Bella's POV

After I arrived at the hotel, Cynthia, who had insisted on coming along for moral support, ran out to the cab and helped me with my bags.

"How did it go?" she asked, sincerely concerned.

"It went better than I thought it would. Of course, Danny never came downstairs." I replied with a frown. Cynthia hugged me and when she pulled away from me, we went back into the hotel.

"He'll come around, Bella. He just needs to understand your point of view. Did you give them the book?"

"Yeah. I just hope you're right." I replied as we got in the elevator.

The rest of the night went fast.

Cynthia and I watched movies and laughed at the lousy acting of the actors and actresses.

Cynthia dyed my hair for me. She, of course, was ecstatic about the way it turned out. I had to get used to it. It went from a blonde to dark brown or black.

She also offered to do help me style my hair and do my make-up before I leave for the interview. I accepted and went to quickly take a shower before bed.

I went over things in my head while the hot water washed away all the stress and relaxed my muscles. When I had finished with my shower and had brushed my teeth, I went to bed and thankfully had dreamless sleep.

The next morning, I was woken up by falling off the bed. The sound of laughter filled the air.

I grumpily looked up at Cynthia and she immediately stopped laughing and rushed me to the shower so I could get done with that.

Today was going to be a long day.

Tom's POV

After Bella left, I excused myself because it was late and I wanted to be able to be ready ahead of schedule. I also wanted to be able to find out if Danny had gotten off his ass to read the book that Bella had requested he read first.

I had known for a few months now that Bella cared more for Danny than she did for me. I had told her that when I hugged her.

I also realized that she needed a friend. She has Dougie and I'm not saying he isn't a good friend but he is immature 99.9% of the time.

I guess what I'm trying to say is Dougie is the kind of friend who you can hang out with and get away from all your problems.

Anyway's, as I went upstairs so I could get ready for bed, I stopped at Danny's door and knocked on it. When I didn't get an answer, I cracked the door open and looked inside.

Figures. Danny was in fact asleep but after taking a second glance, I saw that the book was in his hand and it was open.

I smiled and closed the door.

I had been thinking about how Bella and Danny reacted around each other and noticed Bella zoned out when she thought about him.

I didn't think tomorrow was gonna be any easier for her so I had a plan on how to help her out. I only had to tell Dougie and Harry in the morning when I rudely wake them from any amazing dreams they might be having.

The thought made me smile before I snapped out of the thought and went to get to bed.

Dougie's POV

Last night was a good night although I woke up thinking it was a dream.

Strange though, seeing how Tom woke me up early this morning, saying something about a plan he had to help Bella with the interview today.

When I had fully woken up and gotten dressed, I went downstairs and got a cup of coffee.

As I sat down Harry and Tom came downstairs with a handheld tape recorder.

"What's that for?" I asked, which I know is a stupid question but if you remember, I practically just woke up so I was still pretty much asleep.

"Okay, have you ever noticed how Bella zones out?" Tom asked.

"Yeah, but just that one time when she was trying to figure out if she had pissed Danny off somehow." I said.

About two or three minutes later, I understood what Tom was getting at and we started figuring out how we were going to do this.

Danny's POV

I didn't want to get up this morning, but I didn't exactly have a choice.

I reluctantly dragged myself out of bed and started getting ready before going downstairs.

As I was walking down the stairs, I heard Tom, Harry, and Dougie talking amongst themselves.

As I got to the kitchen, the doorbell signaled Bella's arrival. Tom went to escort her in and when she appeared in the doorway, I lost my breath.

I was shocked for one. I almost didn't recognize her but I could never forget her ocean blue eyes.

Her blonde hair was now black and she had a lot of eyeliner which only made her blue eyes stand out more. She had dark eye shadow on as well and lipstick that was a color somewhere between red and purple. She looked amazing and I think she knew that.

Everyone but me went into the living room and when I realized that I was still standing in the kitchen, I mentally kicked myself before walking into the living room. Strangely enough, the only available spot to sit was next to Bella.

"I'm, uh, I think I'm gonna sit on the floor." I said, realizing that I wasn't gonna get away with it before I finished my sentence.

"Sit by Bella, dude. She isn't gonna bite you." Dougie said, chuckling.

I reluctantly and awkwardly sat down beside her and tried to avoid any contact with her.

While she was asking us questions, I kept my gaze averted to the floor and kept my mouth shut. It was probably a good thing though because I wasn't focusing all too much on the interview.

It seemed like it was only a thirty minute interview but when I looked at the clock after she had left with Tom, I realized that it had started an hour and a half ago. I then went back upstairs and to my room and continued reading.

No one expected me to read this book that Bella brought with her but I'm gonna prove them wrong and finish it before we have to go on tour next month.

Bella's POV

During the interview, I had a problem staying focused. I kept zoning out and thank goodness for Tom, Dougie, and Harry because they kept getting my attention again.

After I had finished asking all the questions that I needed to, I stood up to leave and Tom followed me out.

"Did I forget something?" I asked, knowing my tendency to leave important things in random places.

"No, I just wanted to take you out to lunch. Not as a date. Just as friends. No worries." Tom said, doing a halo over his head, causing me to smile.

"I see you found your halo." I said, which caused him to smile.

"Yep. It seems it was hiding from me for a while. I had to trick it out of it's hiding place."

After that comment, I couldn't keep from laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried.

"Okay okay. Let's go to lunch." I said, attempting to keep the laughter under control.

While we were waiting for our food to arrive and after I had persuaded him to let me pay for my own, he handed me a handheld tape recorder.

"What's this for?" I asked, looking at the tape recorder and then at him.

"I knew that you would most likely need the interview on tape. I figured out the thing that triggers your zoning out most of the time."

"Danny." I mumbled, looking down at the table.

"Bella, it's not something that you should be ashamed about. It's understandable. Just consider it a friend helping a friend." Tom said as the food arrived.

While we ate, we joked around and chatted about how things were going for us.

While we were leaving the fast food place, Tom handed me an envelope.

"I know that you have a busy schedule and all now but if you have the time, I would really like it if you could come to one of our shows. Dougie was actually the one who brought this up. Harry and I thought it was a great idea. Just don't worry about Danny. He is just being an ass."

I smiled at Tom and for once, I felt like taking a chance.

"I'll be there. I plan my own schedule anyway's."

Tom looked almost shocked at my quick answer but then smiled before hugging me goodbye and getting in his car and heading back to his house.

I walked back to my hotel, which was luckily only a block from where I was at the moment, and smiled the whole way there.

When I got to the hotel, Cynthia met me at the elevator. This girl has got to have some weird power or something! She noticed my huge smile and asked me what I was smiling about.

"I don't know. I just think things have gotten easier somehow."

I wasn't going to tell her about the concert just yet. I had to figure out how I was going to do this. I didn't know this new feeling that had just started. It was weird and alien to me. This felt like the start of something new but what?