Behind The Mask
Chapter 1
-SAMS POV-
"Mark come help me with this last bag!" I yell down from my room. Suddenly I hear footsteps coming up the stairs.
"You could say please sometimes you know." My older brother grumbles clearly annoyed.
"Yeah! Like that will happen! Have you even met Sam? She doesn't even know the meaning of please and thank you!" My best friend since birth, Scarlet, laughs from the bathroom across the hall.
"So what! You don't need manners!" I giggle. Mark rolls his eyes and carries my last suitcase to the car.
Oh. You are probably really confused. Well Scarlet and I are getting ready to jump on a plane and ship off to Los Angeles because our manager called this morning and told us we have a great job with a very famous band! Scarlet and I are make up artists and we love it! I have loved make up since I was very little. We are so excited! She, as In our manager, won't tell us who the band is which makes our excitement ten times worse then it already is.
Scarlet and I have lived together for years and Mark has been our guardian since he was 18. He is an awesome older brother. You always hear about siblings hating each other but that has never been the case for Mark and I.
"Ummm, hello? Samantha! Back from Sammie World yet?" Scarlet waves her mascara brush in my face. Whoops. Must have zoned out again.
"Huh? Sorry." I giggle and she scoffs.
"I asked if I could use your eyeliner because mine is packed already!" She laughs. I start to laugh with her and dig mine out of my makeup suitcase. Yes, I did say suitcase.
I hand it too her and as I do, I take a glimpse in my vanity mirror. There are pictures of me and all of my friends and I, and pictures of Mark and I around the edges.
http://factiionbe4blood.tumblr.com/post/62546353619
That one was when Mark and I went into a photo booth. I was about 4 and he was around 10 ish. I can't really tell from the picture.
http://toxic-ant.tumblr.com/post/61728322281/jane-doe-via-tumblr-no-we-heart-it
That was last summer for my birthday party, we couldn't decide what to do so we ended up throwing paint at each other. There were tons more like it so I just grabbed all of them and stuffed them into the outside my makeup suitcase.
"SCARLET! SAM! GET YOUR ASSES DOWN HERE! YOU ARE GOING TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT!" Mark bellows through the house.
I laugh slightly as I realize how much I am going to miss my brother.
I check my outfit ( http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_94/set?id=99728075#fans )once more in the mirror before We grab the rest of our stuff and stomp down our wooden stairs.
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"Bye Mark." I mumble quietly. I am usually the sass monster but it feels awful leaving my brother behind.
"Don't forget to visit me and give me all of the numbers of the hot girls in the band you work with ok?" He laughs as I hug him. Scarlet and Mark hug and say goodbye.
"Flight 23A to Los Angeles is now boarding." The dude over the annoying ass intercom says loudly.
I give my older brother a kiss on the cheek and he tells me the usual guardian stuff like to be safe and to call if anything is needed.
Scarlet grabs her carry-on as I take a hold of mine and we board the flying vehicle waiting for the fun-filled plane ride ahead of us.
God, I fucking hate planes.
/////////
"Finally! I was so uncomfortable!" Scarlet says to me as we wait for our bags in baggage claim.
"I told you not to wear those jeans on the plane." I scold her. (Scarlets outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_95/set?id=99728876 )
"But my ass looks great in these!" She giggles.
After we get our bags and hail a cab, we find ourselves at our hotel.
Brook, our manager, is supposed to be waiting for us in our room on the top floor so Scarlet and I head straight for the elevator not being able to hold in our excitement.
"Eek! What famous band do you think we are going to be assigned to?" I squeal excitedly.
"I don't know! Maybe like Maroon5 or something! OMIGOD do you know how awesome it would be to put make up on Adam Levine!" Scarlet fans herself with her hand.
"Imagine if we got to work with Katy Perry or Lady Gaga!?!"
"I think I would die." She gasps as the elevator finally dings telling us we have reached our destination.
Scarlet practically sprints to the room as I scramble after her.
200......201.....202.....203! Yes!
I rush in front of her and knock on the door.
It swings open and Brook is standing there smiling.
We all scream and hug each other, Scarlet and I dropping what we had in our hands to the ground.
Brook, Scarlet, and I are more like friends rather than employees.
"Okay girls, this will be you hotel for the next week and I'm going to be in the room next to this one okay?" She tells us.
"Blah, blah, blah! Who are we working with!?!" I scream and jump up and down in excitement.
"Sorry girls, but you will have to wait until tomorrow and see." She sighs and smirks.
"But before you send glares my way, I have gotten us a limo to take us to an awesome club that is here in LA! My treat!" She smiles innocently.
"You're lucky we love clubs or else u would be digging you own grave right now." I scoff and Scarlet just giggles.
"You have one hour to get ready." She says.
Scarlet and I take a glance at each other before racing to the shower.
/////////
My outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_96/set?id=100485020
Scarlets outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_97/set?id=100485535
I was sliding into my shoes when Brook banged on the door telling me to hurry the hell up.
After taking one last check on my outfit, I race outside to meet my best friend and my manager.
When I get out there, I see a long, white stretch limo waiting for us.
"Holy Cow!"
Brook just chuckles at me as we all climb into the Limo.
"So what club are we goin' to Brookie?" Scarlet asks as she watches the city pass by.
"It's called Club Infinite. It's an awesome club don't worry. I go to it every time I'm in LA." She reassures us.
I hope this club is as good as she says it is.
////////////
"This club is so (hiccup) awesome!" I slur to Brook. I was drunk.
"I know right!" Scarlet squeals. Also drunk.
"Glad you girls are liking it." She chuckles at us. Of course she is totally sober.
"I'm gonna go get some more drinks!" I yell over the blaring music.
I make my way to the bar and ask for a few more shots for us to share.
I freaking hate wearing high heels when I'm drunk because as I was skipping happily back to the table where my friends are when I rolled my ankle and slammed into someone, spilling my drink all over both of us.
"Shit, I'm so (hiccup) sorry." I giggle.
"Jesus, can you watch where you're going?" A husky, British accent spat at me.
"Actually, with that attitude, I'm NOT sorry!" I spit back.
"Heyyy!! Harreh what's going on over here!" Another British accent giggles as he walks over. He was pretty cute, wearing caprees and TOMS.
"Well I tripped and accidentally spilt my drink on your friend and was apologizing when he RUDELY gave me attitude." I cross my arms and shoot the one with curls my 'bitch look' as Scarlet calls it.
"Ooh Harry what did you do to piss this pretty little lady off?" A very pretty boy with an Irish accent strolls over.
Getting bored of the confusing accents, I just scoff and shuffle back to Brook and Scarlet with out the drinks I went for in the first place.
Ugh, that douche really put a damper on my drunk happiness.
"I am going to catch a cab back to the hotel, I don't want to be here while that dick is here." I say to Brook and Scarlet after I explain what happened.
After giving them some hugs, I stumble outside and climb into a cab.
When the cab driver pulled up to the hotel, I gave him a tip and shuffle into the tall building.
After the long elevator ride up to the top floor, I unlock my door and strip down to my underwear and a t-shirt.
I climb into bed and pull the duvet up to my shoulders, falling asleep instantly.
/////////
"Sam! Wake up!" Scarlet shakes my shoulders.
"No."
"Sammie! Come on darling!" Brook coos.
"No."
"Samantha Reece you better get your ass up or I will call Mark!"
"IM UP!" I shoot out of bed and run into the bathroom.
Time for a nice hot shower.
I undress myself and step into warm water.
After my shower I find a cute outfit and slip into it. ( http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_98/set?id=100616518 )
I put a flower band around my straight hair and zip up my combat boots, running out of the my room.
Brook and Scarlet were in the small in-suite kitchen eating breakfast.
"Good morning sleeping butt head! Sleep well?" Scarlet chuckles and I narrow my eyes in her direction.
She tosses me an apple and we head out of our hotel room to the car waiting for us on the street.
We climb into the black Mercedes and the driver takes off to a mysterious location.
"Brook please just tell us who we are joining! I'm dying here!" Scarlet begs. Brook just giggles and pretends to zip her lips.
Scarlet just groans. This is going to be a long car ride.
\\\\\\\\\
After what felt like hours, we finally arrived at another big building.
I was literally trembling with excitement when we reached the front desk.
"Hi, I'm Samantha Reece and this is Scarlet Jones." I stammer to the old lady.
"Yes, Ms. Reece and Ms. Jones, right this way." The lady steps off of her stool. She was wearing a boring ass pantsuit and she was probably 4 foot 5. The hag had a frown plastered on her face and loafers she was wearing were slapping against the white tiles.
The women led us down a bright, narrow hall way and to a door at the end.
The word 'MEETING ROOM' was painted in black ink on the door.
She opens the door and pushes us through.
"Sam, Scarlet, meet One Direction!" Brook says excitedly.
I look up and see four handsome guys and in walks in a guy with brown curly hair.
"YOU?!?!"
Oh Jesus.
"Mark come help me with this last bag!" I yell down from my room. Suddenly I hear footsteps coming up the stairs.
"You could say please sometimes you know." My older brother grumbles clearly annoyed.
"Yeah! Like that will happen! Have you even met Sam? She doesn't even know the meaning of please and thank you!" My best friend since birth, Scarlet, laughs from the bathroom across the hall.
"So what! You don't need manners!" I giggle. Mark rolls his eyes and carries my last suitcase to the car.
Oh. You are probably really confused. Well Scarlet and I are getting ready to jump on a plane and ship off to Los Angeles because our manager called this morning and told us we have a great job with a very famous band! Scarlet and I are make up artists and we love it! I have loved make up since I was very little. We are so excited! She, as In our manager, won't tell us who the band is which makes our excitement ten times worse then it already is.
Scarlet and I have lived together for years and Mark has been our guardian since he was 18. He is an awesome older brother. You always hear about siblings hating each other but that has never been the case for Mark and I.
"Ummm, hello? Samantha! Back from Sammie World yet?" Scarlet waves her mascara brush in my face. Whoops. Must have zoned out again.
"Huh? Sorry." I giggle and she scoffs.
"I asked if I could use your eyeliner because mine is packed already!" She laughs. I start to laugh with her and dig mine out of my makeup suitcase. Yes, I did say suitcase.
I hand it too her and as I do, I take a glimpse in my vanity mirror. There are pictures of me and all of my friends and I, and pictures of Mark and I around the edges.
http://factiionbe4blood.tumblr.com/post/62546353619
That one was when Mark and I went into a photo booth. I was about 4 and he was around 10 ish. I can't really tell from the picture.
http://toxic-ant.tumblr.com/post/61728322281/jane-doe-via-tumblr-no-we-heart-it
That was last summer for my birthday party, we couldn't decide what to do so we ended up throwing paint at each other. There were tons more like it so I just grabbed all of them and stuffed them into the outside my makeup suitcase.
"SCARLET! SAM! GET YOUR ASSES DOWN HERE! YOU ARE GOING TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT!" Mark bellows through the house.
I laugh slightly as I realize how much I am going to miss my brother.
I check my outfit ( http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_94/set?id=99728075#fans )once more in the mirror before We grab the rest of our stuff and stomp down our wooden stairs.
/////////
"Bye Mark." I mumble quietly. I am usually the sass monster but it feels awful leaving my brother behind.
"Don't forget to visit me and give me all of the numbers of the hot girls in the band you work with ok?" He laughs as I hug him. Scarlet and Mark hug and say goodbye.
"Flight 23A to Los Angeles is now boarding." The dude over the annoying ass intercom says loudly.
I give my older brother a kiss on the cheek and he tells me the usual guardian stuff like to be safe and to call if anything is needed.
Scarlet grabs her carry-on as I take a hold of mine and we board the flying vehicle waiting for the fun-filled plane ride ahead of us.
God, I fucking hate planes.
/////////
"Finally! I was so uncomfortable!" Scarlet says to me as we wait for our bags in baggage claim.
"I told you not to wear those jeans on the plane." I scold her. (Scarlets outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_95/set?id=99728876 )
"But my ass looks great in these!" She giggles.
After we get our bags and hail a cab, we find ourselves at our hotel.
Brook, our manager, is supposed to be waiting for us in our room on the top floor so Scarlet and I head straight for the elevator not being able to hold in our excitement.
"Eek! What famous band do you think we are going to be assigned to?" I squeal excitedly.
"I don't know! Maybe like Maroon5 or something! OMIGOD do you know how awesome it would be to put make up on Adam Levine!" Scarlet fans herself with her hand.
"Imagine if we got to work with Katy Perry or Lady Gaga!?!"
"I think I would die." She gasps as the elevator finally dings telling us we have reached our destination.
Scarlet practically sprints to the room as I scramble after her.
200......201.....202.....203! Yes!
I rush in front of her and knock on the door.
It swings open and Brook is standing there smiling.
We all scream and hug each other, Scarlet and I dropping what we had in our hands to the ground.
Brook, Scarlet, and I are more like friends rather than employees.
"Okay girls, this will be you hotel for the next week and I'm going to be in the room next to this one okay?" She tells us.
"Blah, blah, blah! Who are we working with!?!" I scream and jump up and down in excitement.
"Sorry girls, but you will have to wait until tomorrow and see." She sighs and smirks.
"But before you send glares my way, I have gotten us a limo to take us to an awesome club that is here in LA! My treat!" She smiles innocently.
"You're lucky we love clubs or else u would be digging you own grave right now." I scoff and Scarlet just giggles.
"You have one hour to get ready." She says.
Scarlet and I take a glance at each other before racing to the shower.
/////////
My outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_96/set?id=100485020
Scarlets outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_97/set?id=100485535
I was sliding into my shoes when Brook banged on the door telling me to hurry the hell up.
After taking one last check on my outfit, I race outside to meet my best friend and my manager.
When I get out there, I see a long, white stretch limo waiting for us.
"Holy Cow!"
Brook just chuckles at me as we all climb into the Limo.
"So what club are we goin' to Brookie?" Scarlet asks as she watches the city pass by.
"It's called Club Infinite. It's an awesome club don't worry. I go to it every time I'm in LA." She reassures us.
I hope this club is as good as she says it is.
////////////
"This club is so (hiccup) awesome!" I slur to Brook. I was drunk.
"I know right!" Scarlet squeals. Also drunk.
"Glad you girls are liking it." She chuckles at us. Of course she is totally sober.
"I'm gonna go get some more drinks!" I yell over the blaring music.
I make my way to the bar and ask for a few more shots for us to share.
I freaking hate wearing high heels when I'm drunk because as I was skipping happily back to the table where my friends are when I rolled my ankle and slammed into someone, spilling my drink all over both of us.
"Shit, I'm so (hiccup) sorry." I giggle.
"Jesus, can you watch where you're going?" A husky, British accent spat at me.
"Actually, with that attitude, I'm NOT sorry!" I spit back.
"Heyyy!! Harreh what's going on over here!" Another British accent giggles as he walks over. He was pretty cute, wearing caprees and TOMS.
"Well I tripped and accidentally spilt my drink on your friend and was apologizing when he RUDELY gave me attitude." I cross my arms and shoot the one with curls my 'bitch look' as Scarlet calls it.
"Ooh Harry what did you do to piss this pretty little lady off?" A very pretty boy with an Irish accent strolls over.
Getting bored of the confusing accents, I just scoff and shuffle back to Brook and Scarlet with out the drinks I went for in the first place.
Ugh, that douche really put a damper on my drunk happiness.
"I am going to catch a cab back to the hotel, I don't want to be here while that dick is here." I say to Brook and Scarlet after I explain what happened.
After giving them some hugs, I stumble outside and climb into a cab.
When the cab driver pulled up to the hotel, I gave him a tip and shuffle into the tall building.
After the long elevator ride up to the top floor, I unlock my door and strip down to my underwear and a t-shirt.
I climb into bed and pull the duvet up to my shoulders, falling asleep instantly.
/////////
"Sam! Wake up!" Scarlet shakes my shoulders.
"No."
"Sammie! Come on darling!" Brook coos.
"No."
"Samantha Reece you better get your ass up or I will call Mark!"
"IM UP!" I shoot out of bed and run into the bathroom.
Time for a nice hot shower.
I undress myself and step into warm water.
After my shower I find a cute outfit and slip into it. ( http://www.polyvore.com/untitled_98/set?id=100616518 )
I put a flower band around my straight hair and zip up my combat boots, running out of the my room.
Brook and Scarlet were in the small in-suite kitchen eating breakfast.
"Good morning sleeping butt head! Sleep well?" Scarlet chuckles and I narrow my eyes in her direction.
She tosses me an apple and we head out of our hotel room to the car waiting for us on the street.
We climb into the black Mercedes and the driver takes off to a mysterious location.
"Brook please just tell us who we are joining! I'm dying here!" Scarlet begs. Brook just giggles and pretends to zip her lips.
Scarlet just groans. This is going to be a long car ride.
\\\\\\\\\
After what felt like hours, we finally arrived at another big building.
I was literally trembling with excitement when we reached the front desk.
"Hi, I'm Samantha Reece and this is Scarlet Jones." I stammer to the old lady.
"Yes, Ms. Reece and Ms. Jones, right this way." The lady steps off of her stool. She was wearing a boring ass pantsuit and she was probably 4 foot 5. The hag had a frown plastered on her face and loafers she was wearing were slapping against the white tiles.
The women led us down a bright, narrow hall way and to a door at the end.
The word 'MEETING ROOM' was painted in black ink on the door.
She opens the door and pushes us through.
"Sam, Scarlet, meet One Direction!" Brook says excitedly.
I look up and see four handsome guys and in walks in a guy with brown curly hair.
"YOU?!?!"
Oh Jesus.
Notes
Hey guys! So here is the first chapter! This is a coauthored story so some notes might be a ill different! Anyway we hope you like it and give us some feedback in the comments! Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and vote!Thanks Luvlies!
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4/11/15