An Official 1D Girlfriend

Songs of the chapter:

1. Ours by Taylor Swift

2. Bright by Echosmith (attached song that I really think fits what Rose feels for Niall)

3. Hotel California by the Eagles (because why not)

If anyone wants to make a trailer for this book, I'd really love it! You'd receive a dedication and I could make you a cover. 

The picture above is Joslyn (the one on the left) and Ryland is in the middle. The woman on the right is another host on Clevver.

I was rummaging through my part of the closet on the bus, looking for something wearable on Clevver News. The four of us had divided the minuscule closet space in the bus between us, and we all hung up whatever was most important. I settled on a long sleeved navy blue skater style dress with a high neckline and some comfortable white boots that were on the floor in the middle of the bus. They were probably Lottie's, since we have the same shoe size. I hope she won't mind me borrowing them for today. I applied some makeup, since I wanted to look nice on the video.

I left the bus around 8:30, and everyone was still asleep. My phone's GPS led me to the building - thank God I upgraded my iPhone a few months back. I stopped for a quick frappe at Starbucks first and posted a picture onto Instagram with the simple quote 'good morning from New York', and I stepped inside the studio building. 

First thing, the building was huge. I mean, like skyscraper. The recording studio, as a secretary informed me, was on the 37th floor. Can you believe that? This is amazing! I walked in and was immediately greeted by Misty, who was producing the video, setting up the table and everything. Within a few minutes, Ryland Adams showed up. I didn't even try to cover my excitement and surprise.

"Oh my God, you're Ryland Adams," I said, smiling. He grinned, "Hey! It's so awesome to meet you! Rose, right?" he asked, and I nodded. He pulled me into a hug before I could even register what was happening.

Soon enough Joslyn came bustling in as well. She came and gave me a hug, and the three of us made small talk while Misty finished setting up the area. Once she was ready, we sat down at the table. I was sitting in the middle with Ryland on my right and Joslyn on my left. 

I was nervous, but at least I was going to have fun! We quickly took a selfie and posted it on my Instagram with the caption: On Clevver News with the amazing @ JoslynDavis and @ RylandAdams! Thanks for having me!

Misty did a countdown and we got everything in order, when she pointed at us, it was go time.

Ryland began, "Good morning Clevver fans, I'm Ryland," he pointed to Joslyn, who said, "And I'm Joslyn," and they both pointed to me and I said, "I'm Rose!"

Then Joslyn began, "Welcome to a... special edition? Of Clevver News?" It came out as more of a question than a statement. I shrugged and Ryland nodded. "So, hey everyone, in case you don't know who Rose is, she is currently working on tour with One Direction and has... ties with Niall Horan."

Joslyn turned to me, "Which is exactly what we are here to talk about today. Rose, what is the relationship between you and Niall?" 

I bit my lower lip in nervousness. "We're... uh, don't hate me. He's asked me to be his girlfriend last night."

I heard squealing to my right and I saw Ryland doing a happy dance in his seat. I laughed and asked, "What in God's name are you doing, Ryland?"

"I AM SO HAPPY YOU TWO ARE PERFECT TOGETHER!!!!" he yelled a bit too loudly. Now all three of us were laughing. Joslyn stopped and said, "Okay, moving on. Well congrats. How is Niall doing anyways?" she asked me. 

"He's great. Actually the boys have a radio show this morning, and then we have the Madison Square Garden concert tonight."

Ryland piped, "And you have a job one this tour?" I nodded. "So what do you do?"

"To put it simply, I check all of the instruments and microphones and make sure everything is plugged into the right speakers, see that the BluTooth is working, stuff like that," was my answer. Close enough.

Joslyn said, "And, seriously, we the public know absolutely nothing about you. And I don't believe what gossip magazines say, so tell us a bit about yourself."

I was flustered by now, not knowing what to say. I started off, "Well... I'm eighteen years old. I was going to go to college in Ireland but since I got offered this job I took it." I paused and added, "My favourite colour is purple!" which made both of the news anchors laugh.

Ryland butted in, "Now let's get to the mushy stuff." He leaned on the table with his elbow and rested his hand on his palm, asking, "How did you and Niall meet?"

I blushed and said, "Well my older brother and I work in a guitar shop. Niall came in to buy a guitar and I guess we hit it off after that. We started hanging out and now that I'm working on the tour we get to spend more time together."

Joslyn grinned, "Isn't that adorable?" Ryland nodded enthusiastically. "And this is a rare thing right, that you are literally on tour with your boyfriend? None of the girls in the past got to do that."

"Well, I guess. But I'm just working on the tour, so I don't know if it counts. I share a tour bus with Lottie, Lou, and Kelsey. I love those girls, they're the stylists. Plus, I get amazing tips for fashion and they do my makeup for fun," I laugh a bit at the end.

"So, I'd like to ask you a bit about the hate you're getting on Twitter and Instagram," Joslyn said.

I shrugged and replied, "I really don't care what they say about me. That's their opinion. I just don't look at it unless it's brought to my attention. As a directioner myself, I always say that 'if the boys are happy, I'm happy'. Which is true." 

"That's a good thing to think of. Directioners out there, you should listen to this girl. She's pretty awesome," Ryland told the camera.

We talked for a few more minutes and I disbanded a few rumors that were going around. We ended the video, and Joslyn asked me if I wanted to go to lunch with them. Of course I said yes.

We gathered our things, mainly Joslyn running around frantically looking around for her phone, and went to a nearby lunch place. It was a cute little restaurant named Fran's Eatery. Ryland and I sat down at a booth while Joslyn went to the ladies' room, and my phone buzzed with a text message.

N: how did the Clevver thing go ?

R: Awesome! How was the radio show?

N: pretty good . I'm happy that now I can have a heart emoji next to your name when I text you :)

R: Yeah. I told them we were dating. The video is going to be published in an hour or so.

N: I did too, so half of New York already knows . C ya at the Garden in an hour ?

R: Sure :) see you there!

Ryland nudged me. "Who are you texting?" he said with a childish grin on his face. I stuck out my tongue at him and said, "Niall." 

"You were smiling so cutely down at your phone so I guessed it had to be him."

"Wait, what was I doing?" I asked, confused.

Ryland rolled his eyes and said, "You had this small smile that totally meant 'I'm texting my world famous boyfriend'."

I sighed and ordered a vanilla milkshake. Joslyn returned with the news, "So, the video just got posted on YouTube." I answered, "Nice! Is it good? Was I okay?" 

Joslyn chucked, "You were actually really good. This is the first time we've done something like this so a ton of people watched it already. Want to see the comments?" she offered me her phone. I took it and scrolled, skimming through YouTube comments like:

-Niall's mine leave him alone

-i like what she said about being happy if they are happy. If Niall's happy with her, then i am too.

- #Riall just got official! They look so cute together!

- this story is sooo fake. I hate how Niall has to get a fake girlfriend for media attention

- Guys, stop being negative. What Rose said: If the boys are happy, I'm happy.

It made me really happy that people were starting to use that. And it's true. If we are real fans, we will be happy if the boys are happy. I handed the phone back to Joslyn and smiled. "I like the effect it's having."

Ryland got very serious and asked me, "How do you withstand all the hate you get? I don't understand how you can just dismiss it."

I shrugged. "Honestly, I get used to people hating me in middle and high school. People talked behind my back, played me, and thought I was a tool. So I after being completely affected by it for such a long time, I decided that I wouldn't care. Sure, my old high school mates still comment shit on my Instagram photos, but who cares?" I ranted, taking a sip of this delicious milkshake. Ryland, Jos, and I got along pretty well and we agreed to meet again whether or not it was for Clevver purposes.

After eating, I excused myself to go to Madison Square Garden to start preparing everything. 

*******

Someone covered my eyes from behind, and a strange, yet American accent said, "Guess who?" I started giggling, "Niall, did you really think I'd not know it's you?" He took his hands off of my face, and I turned to look at him. He had his hands up and said, "Guilty as charged." He then proceeded to wrap me in a hug, and he kissed my cheek.

Taking my hand in his, he led me to one of the back lounges where Louis, Harry, and Liam were. Louis clucked his tongue and said in a menacing voice, "Well, well, well, it seems like you are part of the One Direction Girlfriends club. Or should I say girlfriend, because it is currently population one." I laughed and Niall sat down on an armchair and pulled me down to sit in his lap. 

It felt a bit awkward at first, but I leaned back and he linked his arms around the front of my waist, his head on my left shoulder. Harry then said, "Well. I was actually thinking you might not want to be the only one in the 1D girlfriends club." All of us gave him a confused look. 

"Taylor and I have been thinking of going official again." I shipped Haylor in 2013, and I ship it now. Again, here comes my saying: If Harry's happy, then the fangirls should be happy.

Liam was the first to speak. "Mate, that's a good idea. The whole thing back then was a mess." Now I was confused again, so I decided to ask, "Wait, what's the deal with the 2013 relationship.

Louis sighed and answered, "Let's just say management wasn't the best and forced us to make and break relationships. That's when Harry got the 'womanizer' title from media. He actually wanted to be with Taylor but he wasn't allowed to be."

"That must've sucked," I said, pitying the guys. "Yeah, but Taylor and I are really getting along together great again and I want to ask her to be my girlfriend tonight. She's going to be here backstage for the concert."

That news caused me to squeal. "Can I meet her?" I asked in a very high-pitched voice. Harry let out a hearty laugh, "Of course you can."

I turned to Niall and whispered, "Oh my God, you know how much I love Taylor Swift, what am I going to do? What do I say to her? Holy shit this is crazy. First you, then the rest of the band, now Taylor. Is she going to be nice? Please tell me she's-"

He cut me off by pressing a short kiss to my lips, and when he pulled away, he said, "Don't worry, Rose. She'll love you because we love you too." Hearing him say that made me blush. Our faces were still centimeters away from each other. 

"Okay, okay, keep the PDA to a minimum," Louis said with an annoyed huff, making Liam and Harry chuckle while Niall winked at me. I got up and told them that I'd be back later, but right now I had to go make sure everything was all good in my department.

Seeing that literally nothing was in order, my OCD kicked in. I organized all of the microphones on the side table by the entrance to the stage, as well as I placed the guitars on their stands. The drums were thankfully already set up. I'd rather not reminisce on how badly that went at a previous concert. Harry had tried to help me but it was not helping at all:

"Harry, stop it!" I scolded him, as if he were a child. He kept on trying to attach the cymbals to one of the sticks. I have no idea why we even have cymbals, don't ask me. I ignored him and went about setting up the rest of the drum set for Sandy. Next thing I heard was a large clang of metal and Harry giggling, "Oops." I turned to see that he had somehow dented one of the cymbals so much that now it barely even made a 'cymbal' noise. Sandy got pretty pissed about it, and when I told him Harry was messing around with it, Harry blamed me. The whole thing was stupid and we all ended up laughing it off, but to this day I still don't let Harry help me set up.

I finished everything and went back to the lounge to find only Liam sitting there, tapping away on his phone. I crashed on one of the open couches and asked, "Where are the others?"

"Hair and makeup and getting dressed."

"And you're the only one done?"

"Yep," he popped the 'p'. (I'M SORRY I HAD TO)

He reached over to me with his phone and said, "If you google your name a ton of articles have been published about you and Niall." I took his phone and scrolled through article after internet article, most of them stating something along the lines of Niall Horan's Official New Girlfriend. I handed it back to Liam. That reminded me to ask Liam, "Oh, by the way, how did the radio interview go?"

He shrugged, "It was okay. The interviewer was pretty annoying though. She kept on trying to flirt with Louis but he wasn't buying it."

I bit my lip and asked, "And did Niall say anything about..."

Liam looked up and said, "Yeah, he was so happy too. Like more lively than I expected. You can probably listen to it on their website." It seemed like a good idea, so I quickly searched it up on my phone and found it within a few second. I plugged in my earbuds and listened to the first two minutes, then it finally got to the part that I was dying to hear.

"So, Niall, you've been spotted out and about with a certain girl lately. In fact, you were seen on a date last night here in New York with her. Any comments?" asked a feminine voice with a think New Yorker accent.

"Er, about that," Niall sounded a bit nervous. I could imagine him wringing his hands as he sat there with oversized headphone on. "That's Rose Pilla. She's my girlfriend," his voice perked up, just like Liam said it did. I finished listening to the interview and saw that it had something like five hundred thousand listens already, meaning it was spreading in the fandom like wildfire. 

Since I still had a few minutes before the rest of the boys would return to the lounge, I logged onto Twitter to see what was happening on that end. My feed loaded immediately with a tweet from Niall at the very top from a few hours ago:

In case you heard rumors , yes, I am dating Rose Pilla . She's one of the most wonderful people I know . See you tonight, NYC !

I smiled - Niall had even gone as far as tweeting it so that the whole thing is not confused in the fandom. I replied to it with: Thanks, Niall! Who's going to the concert tonight?! Get READY FOR 1D @ madisonsquaregarden!

I'd just gotten up into a sitting position when I heard a very familiar voice down the hallway. I just didn't think it was real until I saw the blonde-haired, blue-eyed singer that I'd only ever dreamed of meeting.

Happy Thursday! Wanna know why it's happy? BC I FINISHED MIDTERMS TODAY BOOYAH

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