Niall POV

I was sitting there thinking she may not show up and I might be off the hook until a later time, when I saw the doors to the restaurant open, and in walked what seemed would be the death of me.

There stood Spencer Collins at the doors of this restaurant, a whole string of people standing behind her, very much to my displeasure paparazzi included. She stood there for a minute, definitely making an entrance. She stood there giving the restaurant a calculating look for a minute and carefully moving her black cat-eye sunglasses from around her eyes and perching them above her ears. She was wearing a black romper with a red sweater and belt. She had sparkly tights on. I was a bit underdressed compared to her, but what did I care?

She peered around the restaurant and her eyes settled on me. She smiled knowingly and slowly sauntered her way over to me. She was short, but in a cute way and had light brown dark blondish hair. She would be pretty if I wasn't dating Torre. I was so busy giving her the once over I momentarily forgot the disaster she brought in with her.

The flashes reminded me though. The photographers weren't allowed inside the restaurant, but they didn't need to be. They could see plenty clear through the open doors and windows. Spencer was now nearly at the table and turned around and waved to the paps. I already had a major headache and I haven't even talked to her yet.

She turned around and gave me a sweet smile before sitting down.

"Hello Spencer." I forced out. If I wanted her to cooperate, I would have to be nice.

"Hi Niall. Nice to finally meet you!" She said.

"Yes, same."

"I've been a fan for ages, by the way."

"Really, uh, thanks." I hadn't even heard of her before two days ago. "Your stuff is pretty good too." I lied.

"Why thank you." She dramatically. I didn't know exactly what to say, so I just decided to dive right in to the situation.

"So, um, obviously we both know the situation here." I started.

"Yeah, our teams have made an agreement to have us date publicly." She said flat-out.

"Well yeah. The problem is, I have a girlfriend and I was told that I needed to find a girlfriend, so I did. Well now they want me to dump her and date you, and no offense to you, but I actually really like my girlfriend."

"So you don't want to be with me." She said. She didn't sound offended or upset, if anything, she gave me a sympathetic looked and seemed as if she actually cared about my situation.

"Well, I wouldn't say it like that. It's just, I'm already with someone. And the main point is that I don't like management trying to control my life. It's not fair to me and it's not what I signed up for. I don't mean to offend you, but I'm not going to even pretend to date you." She was quiet for a long moment, and I thought this would be the moment where she freaks out on me and tells me off. Finally, she spoke.

"I totally respect your decision." was all she said. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. This had to be a dream. It was all too easy.

"I-I'm sorry. I wasn't expecting you to react like that." I admitted, not quite sure what to say. She sighed.

"Yeah, most people don't quite understand me. They pin celebrities down as these robots, sort of. Robots with no feeling, no emotion, no morals to stand for, and believe me, I've met lots of other celebrities who are like that. As much as I love you and your band Niall, I understand you're still a person, just trying to be happy. You're not a puppet to control for other people, you're your own person." I sat there in shock. For being as young as she was (not that I was any older) she sure seemed wise beyond her years. The words she just spoke to me was one of the truest things I think anyone has described to me, and for that I will always be grateful for. "Plus, I never really liked this plan in the first place, and now I especially don't like it that I found out you had nothing to do with coming up with it. I just go along with some things because my management has a hard time keeping up with me and my plans." She started laughing at herself, and I couldn't help but chuckle at her carefree, random attitude also. "I definitely keep them on their toes."

"I'm really sorry about all of this. For bringing you into this and everything-" She cut me off.

"I'm sorry I brought myself into this. I'd never want to mess something like this up for you." She said apologetically.

The two of us talked awhile longer, about the situation and how we were both so sorry it happened and that it was all just a big misunderstanding.

"So what are we going to do then, I mean what should I tell my management?" She asked me.

"Well, I'm not telling my management I'm not doing this. I'm basically waiting to deliver the blow." I nervously chuckled, because, quite frankly, I was nervous about them finding out.  "When I'm asked in the next interview about a girlfriend, I'm going to tell them about Torre."

"That sounds like a good plan. So I should just go along with it too, but just not say anything publicly."

"That would be absolutely amazing." I said. "I'm sorry about all of this." I apologized again.

"I know a way you can make it up to me." She said with a smile.

"And that is..?"

"I just want to meet the rest of the band." She sort of squealed. She was cute, she really was, but I'm happy with Torre.

"I don't think that will be a problem. Would you like to do it today?" I asked.

"Today? Wow, Horan, you really know how to act fast." She giggled.

"Let me just make sure all the boys are home." I said, taking my phone out and dialing Harry's number. He picked up on the first ring.

"Hey mate? How'd it go?"

"It went really well. Actually, I was calling to see if you guys were all there. Spencer here wants to meet the rest of you guys."

"Um, well Liam and Louis just went out to see a movie, but they should be back by the time you guys get here."

"Perfect. I'll see you then, I guess."

"Yeah."

"Kay, bye." I said, almost hanging up.

"Wait, Niall." He caught me.

"Yeah?"

"I'm really glad this is working out for you."

"Me too, me too." I said and we hung up. I turned back to Spencer who was anxiously awaiting.

"Soooooo?" She said in a sing-song voice. She definitely wasn't shy.

"Yeah, it's a go. Did you drive here or do you want to ride back with me?"

"Um, I'll have my driver take me so it doesn't look all suspicious, us getting in the same car together and all." She said. Thank goodness she thought of that, because I sure didn't.

"Oh, good point. I'm glad you thought of that."

"I mean, I think of everything." She said sarcastically. I got the waiter and asked for the bill, which was really only for our sodas since we didn't even eat anything. Then, we both headed out at separate times to mislead the paps. Ricky was waiting on the curb, and luckily there weren't many fans waiting outside.

***

 Spencer and I arrived back at the house at about the same time. We both got out of our cars.

"So this is where we're staying while we're in LA. " I said, as we walked up to the front door.

"Wow, this is big." She said.

"Go big or go home." I nodded and she laughed. We walked through the door and I heard voices, several voices, coming from the living room. Yep, they were all here.

We walked in and all their heads turned toward us.

"Hey there." Harry said.

"Hey guys. This is Spencer Collins."

"You know, his perpetual doom." She joked. She was witty, that one. They all laughed at her. I'm assuming Harry told them all our "meeting" went well.

"Hello, nice to meet you." Louis was the first one to come forward and he gave her a hug. All the others followed suit. We were all just sitting in the living room talking and playing video games. Spencer was actually very good at FIFA and gave Louis a run for his money. They actually hit it off quite well, surprisingly. They were very alike, in their nature and all. I guess opposites attract doesn't apply to everyone.

She hung out with us the rest of the night, and you could say I was more than relieved to have solved that problem. Now I have to deal with tomorrow. I'm Torre's first boyfriend, so she's never brought a boy home before. I'm nervous, but more excited than anything. If it's anything like today, hopefully things will turn out in my favor tomorrow.

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