Victoria POV

I stood at the bathroom mirror, finishing getting ready. Ricky would be here any minute to pick me up to get me over to the studio where the boys were being interviewed. I have to admit, I was quite flattered when Niall asked if I would like to join him. It is still crazy to me how in his glamorous world, he still chose to be around average me.

I finished pinning my hair in a bun on the side of my head and applied some light make-up before deciding I looked pretty good. I was wearing a pair of dark-wash skinny jeans and a light blue quarter-sleeve blouse with my white flowered Toms. It wasn't very flashy, but it was one of my cuter outfits and decided it would have to work.

I grabbed my purse and headed down to the entrance of the building. It was a beautiful spring day, and when I exited through the front doors, a smile took over my face when I saw the sun was shining brightly. The sun always had a way of brightening my spirits, as strange as that sounds.

I immediately saw the big, black vehicle with Ricky sitting in the front seat, parked in front of the curb. I hurried over and opened the door, hopping in.

"Hello Victoria. How are you?" He asked politely, as I buckled my seatbelt and got situated in the car.

"Very well thanks. You?"

"Pretty good. So I'm taking you to the boy's interview?"

"Yes please!" I said with a smile.

"Wherever you want." He said, and with that took off down the road.

The ride there was quiet, but I didn't mind much. Before you knew it, he pulled up to a building and parked.

"I'm supposed to make sure you get in okay." He said when I gave him a questioning glance. "Niall wanted to make sure there were no issues." It was very sweet of him to make sure I got in okay. It just proved how caring he was.

"Okay!" I said, and followed him in. At the door, there was a big man with huge arms standing there waiting. Ricky pulled out a card and the man opened the door for us and let us through. We went down a long hallway, which almost looked like a warehouse, when we soon arrived to a small room. Ricky knocked on the door, and when it swung open, Niall was there standing on the other side, a huge smile plastered on his face.

"Hey there!" He said, pulling me into his arms.

"Hi." I said, squeezing him back.

"Thanks Ricky for making sure she got in here okay." Niall said, shaking his hand.

"No problem. I'll have my phone on all day if any of you need anything else." he said, and with that, walked back down the hallway we came from. I looked around the room to see Lou Teasdale doing Zayn's hair and the rest of the boys just sitting, waiting for the interview to start. Lux was sitting on the ground, playing with some blocks.

"Long time no see." Niall joked, pecking me on the lips. I blushed in response, embarrassed that he kissed me right in front of everyone.

"Yeah."

"Hey Torre!" Harry said from his seat on the couch.

"Hey guys." I said back. I would never get used to the fact that all the boys seemed so normal. It was like the fact that they were famous was totally oblivious to them, and they just went in with their daily lives. It was quite intriguing really.

"So you're here to watch the interview?" Liam asked as Niall and I took a seat on one of the couches in the room.

"Yeah. I had nothing else going on today and Niall asked if I wanted to come." I said and Niall nodded his head in agreement.

"Good. It makes these things less dreary when there's friendly faces and lots of company around." he said, giving me a smile.

"What? I'm not good enough company for you Liam?" Louis joked.

"No, Tommo, quite frankly you're not." Liam joked and all the boys just laughed.

"We all sat there for about twenty minutes, just talking and joking around before the boys had to go. Niall grabbed my hand and held it in his while we sat, making my heart beat faster in my chest. Even the simplest touch had my heart fluttering.

"Okay guys, we need you all out in the studio." A woman with a headset and clipboard in her hand peeked her head in the door and gestured for the boys to follow her.

"Uhhh..." I said, not quite sure if I was supposed to stay back here or follow them.

"Do you want to stay back here with Lou and Lux, or watch from the side stage?" Niall asked me.

"You can stay here with us if you'd like. Watching from the side will be pretty boring." Lou said to me. She was so nice. It still shocked me how nice everyone was to me. They all just met me, but acted as if we had been friends forever. Niall gave me a curious look.

"I'll stay here with them." I said happily.

"Okay. It shouldn't be long." Niall said in reply, kissing my lips quickly and following the other boys out of the room.

"Come over here, Torre." Lou gestured me over to the blanket she was playing with Lux on. "That is if you don't mind playing with blocks." She laughed.

"No, I don't mind." I said with a smile, taking a seat and building a tower of blocks of my own.

"So you and Niall are becoming pretty close, huh?" she asked.

"Yeah." I blushed.

"He's a great guy, Torre. I know he really worries about you. How you're adapting to all of this, ya know?" Just hearing her say that made me giddy. Niall really does care about me.

"Yeah, it's all a bit much. And I'm afraid the worst hasn't even arrived." I said. I hadn't really talked about this with anyone else, but I feel like Lou would understand.

"It can be pretty harsh sometimes, you just can't take it too seriously. People will say hateful things, and I know it's hard to ignore, but you just have to learn to."

"Yeah, that's what Niall has told me too. I think I'm strong enough to handle it."

"Torre, I know you are." she said. My heart leapt at her compliment."

"Mommy! Build me a tower!" Lux shouted and Lou laughed, starting to stack the blocks.

"So when and you two going to go public then?" she asked me.

"I don't know." That was an excellent question. I'm ready for it, but I don't know if Niall is. "I told Niall it was up to him, since it affects him more anyways." I shrugged.

"I'm sure he'll wait for the right moment." Lou said, giving me a sympathetic smile.

"Yeah."

Niall POV

The boys and I took a seat on the long couch they had prepared for us. They always liked to smash us onto these couches and I had no idea why. Most of the time we all just ended up messing with each other because of it.

We waited a few more minutes while they were getting the cameras and stuff ready and Mr. McClain ran through my mind. I guess I'm still not in the clear to tell everyone about Victoria and I. I'll just have to 'keep my mouth shut' until he says I can. It's so stupid. I'm ready to tell them now. I want the world to know how happy Torre and I are together.

An overly excited middle-aged woman with too-high of heels and too-short of a dress came in and sat in the chair opposite us.

"Hi boys! so wonderful to meet all of you! How are you guys doing?" she beamed.

"Really good," Harry said, but I could tell he was already annoyed with her too.

"So let's talk about the new album. It's dropping here in the US next week, correct?"

"Yeah next Tuesday, actually. We're really excited about it and can't wait for all the fans to hear it!" Louis said, smiling toward the camera.

The same thing went on for the next half hour, her being ridiculously fake, and us trying to find the least bit of enjoyment in this torture. We don't mind doing interviews, but she was flat out annoying.

It was soon over and I couldn't be happier. It's not so easy to concentrate on an interview when I know my gorgeous girlfriend is somewhere backstage. We were dismissed and I bolted straight for backstage.

I opened the door, to see Torre hiding behind a couch and Lou crouched underneath one of the counters, with Lux up against the wall. "2, 4, 5, 8, 3..." They both brought their finger to their lips and sushed me. Hide and go seek I guess. I hurriedly hid myself behind the door as Lux opened her eyes. She pranced around the room, looking for us. She found her mum first, and then discovered Torre. Yet she had no idea I was even in here. She was walking back over to her blocks, when I reached out and picked her up.

"Ahhhh!" she giggled, realizing it was me. I slumped her over my shoulder and let her sit there as the rest of the boys walked into the room. They all laughed and teased Lux, while grabbing their belongings.

 "Well shall we go to lunch?" Niall asked everyone. Everyone murmured in agreement and we all exited the studio together. We split up into different cars, Niall and I being in one, Liam, Louis and Zayn being in another, and a few security guards, Harry, Lou and Lux in the last. We decided on a restaurant to meet at and were on our way.

 {A/N: Sorry it's been so long for the update! I'm on Easter Break, so hopefully I'll get a lot of writing done! How are you all liking it still? What's been your favorite part so far? I love to hear from you guys, it makes writing this all the more worthwhile! Love you all <3 ~Macy}