Everywhere || N.H

Interviews // Chapter 23

~ Athena's eyes

"Ath, we are locked in"

No, no no no no no, this couldn't be happening.

"Niall I have an interview in 2 hours. I need to get back to my room!" I yelled

"Okay, I get that you're upset but yelling at me won't make any difference, okay?!" He yelled back

I exhaled and looked down to my feet "You're right, I'm sorry, I'm just scared"

He sighed "It's fine, let's just ring Richard and see if he can help us"

After several minutes Rcichard picked up his phone.

"What" He sounded mad, what a surprise

"Richard, it's Niall, Athena and I got locked up in my room, can you please help us?"

"You what?! You better not have done anything because I swear to god-"

"We weren't doing anything Richard, just come help us please" I interrupted him getting annoyed

Panic was growing in my chest with every single second that passed by. My heart was beating fast and my hands were shaking.

"Ath, calm down please" Niall softly told me

"No I can't, it's my first interview ever and Richard is gonna hate me and he's gonna fire me and nobody would ever want to interview me again, and it's easy for you to say because you're world wide famous and everybody loves you and wants to interview you but-" I was cut off by two large hands cupping my cheeks

Niall's blue eyes were shining without stopping and seemed bluer than ever since the sun was in contact with his whole face making it shine. His tanned skin seemed golden as every ray of sun came in contact with his face. His thumb caressed my cheek and every single ounce of anger I had towards this human being decided to leave my body. My eyes traced all over his face, remembering every single detail I may have missed, every mark, every freckle, every color, everything. The panic washed away leaving me with only a fuzzy feeling in my stomach.

"It's gonna be alright" He reassured whispering "You're gonna do great"

"Do you really believe that?"

"Yes, you wanna know why?" He asked and I nodded "Because I believe in you"

I looked down to the ground before looking at him again, every memory came rushing back and I couldn't help but feel a bit of deja-vu. Without even noticing we both started to lean in, my breath hitched when I felt his forehead against mine but whatever this was didn't go further when we heard a knock in the door and our heads spun to the side while walking away from each other.

The door brutally opened showing a hotel worker and Richard behind him. Richard's expression was unreadable and I couldn't help but feel intimidated at his sight, well, I always felt that way towards him, but this time was different.

"Athena, go get ready, you have one hour and a half, go!" He hissed

Flinching a bit at his tone I gave Niall a last look before heading back to my room. In the moment I stepped into the bathroom I connected my curler and turned it on, waiting for it to heat up so I could curl my hair. Heading to my suitcases I grabbed a white dress I had prepared and a puffy black jacket. The dress was tight and came up to mid-thigh, the sleeves were short and that was the reason why I paired this outfit with a jacket, since it's winter. When the curler was finally hot I began using it and curling my hair until I was satisfied with it. When I finished doing that I grabbed my make-up bag and began applying a bit to my face. Covering the dark bags under my eyes, curling my eyelashes, applying a bit of mascara and blush, etc. After finishing with my makeup I stripped from my clothes and put on the ones that I was gonna wear for the interview. Moving on to the mirror located on the other side of the room I stared at myself and for once, I'm able to say that I felt happy with the way I looked.

Walking out of my room I met my whole team including Richard and we all took the lift to the lobby. The interview was gonna take place in the hotel, and it made me happy that I didn't have to leave the hotel because if I'm being honest that flight killed me. Sitting in one of the sofas I grabbed my phone and started scrolling through twitter, liking some tweets, retweeting important information, and laughing at some memes. After a while the interviewer finally got here and we both shook hands. He was an older man which reminded me a bit of Bryan May, since his hair looked a bit like Bryan's. His face was skinny and I could notice the crinkles beside his eyes.

"Should we take a seat?" His deep voice suggested

I nodded and smiled a bit. Everyone in the room began to prepare the lights and cameras and I was becoming nervous again. After a while the whole crew gave us a thumbs up indicating that the interview was about to start

"Three, two, one, here we go!" A member of the crew yelled

"Hello everyone, I'm Marcus Knight and we are here with the beautiful Athena Rivers who is here to tell us a bit about her first debut album coming out. Athena, how are you feeling?" Marcus asked

"I'm good Marcus, how about you?" I politely asked

"I'm good, so Athena, tell us a bit about your album"

I sighed "As a singer who is just recently starting in the music industry I have to admit that I'm very proud of the album, I write songs since I'm very young and to finally be able to show my work to the world is an amazing opportunity that I will be forever grateful for"

"How long did it take for you to write the whole album?"

"Well of course I didn't write it alone, but it took about a month on non-stopping work"

"Tell us a bit about yourself, your family, any boyfriends?"

I laughed a bit "I have one sister who is actually with me in this tour since she is part of the crew, and no i'm not with anyone right now, i'm single"

"Yeah, it makes sense" He laughed and my smile dropped

"And what about you Marcus, are you married?" I asked giving him a smile

"Oh no, I'm single as well"

"Yeah, that makes sense" I laughed. Being aggressive in a pacific way was my speciality.

He cleared his throat and continued asking questions about the album, which made me happy. I answered the questions politely as I was raised.

"So Athena, have you met Harry Styles?" He asked

A smile grew on my face "I have, he's a lovely man"

"This Harry, always going from woman to woman" He laughed and once again my smile dropped

"Excuse me?" I asked

"Oh well, you know, it's Harry Styles, he's always with a different woman"

"With all respect Marcus, I think that what you are saying right now is an extreme case of disrespect towards him and me considering that he's a good friend of mine. I really think that you should start measuring your words" I honestly told him completely forgetting that we were on camera

He cleared his throat once again "Alright, moving on...."

The interview finished a bit after that and I got dirty looks from Marcus and his whole team. I didn't even bother to find Richard when I saw him trying to find him, I ran to the lift and quickly made it to my room. Changing into my pajamas, I closed the blinds and layed down in my bed, almost instantly I drifted to sleep, making all my worries disappear for a while.