My Neighbour

forty seven

Riley

"Are we sure the boys are up for it?" Giselle asked as we sat with Chloe and Amanda waiting for the boys to show
"What do we really have to lose right now?" Chloe asked
"You need to have more faith in the boys. They wouldn't get involved with something if they didn't think they could do it" I said making them all nod

"Ladiessss" West sung his usual line as he walked in with James, Eldon and Hunter
"Hey guys" I smiled, James came over instantly pressing his lips against mine
"Are we ready to do this then?" Hunter asked
"Actually, we are putting you boys through the test first" i smirked looking at James who raised an eyebrow with a smirk too
"We want to see what you can do before we commit" Thalia said spoiling the fun
"Easy" James smirked kissing me again before getting pushing away by all of the boys

The boys were pretty confident, cocky even but that's the boys for you
"Are you guys ready?" Amanda asked, the boys exchanged looks before nodding
Here goes nothinggg

As the boys came to end, all of us stared at them a little shocked, a little taken back. They had never mentioned this before and I think all of us now want to know why
"That was incredible" Thalia cheered rushing straight to Eldon
I looked at James who had the same smirk on his face from the moment he walked through the door

"You dabble huh?" I asked reminding him of once he told me when we went to my hometown
"I dabble" He chuckled wrapping an arm around my waist
"I don't know, that looks like a lot more then just a dabble" I said making him chuckle pressing his lips on mine again 
"What else are you hiding from me?" I asked making him smile
"I guess only time will tell" He smirked making me smirk back

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"Okay then from here, we got da da da" Chloe said showing us the added choreo she wanted to include
"That works" Giselle said confidently
"Are you boys not going to work on your count?" Amanda asked, I looked over to see all the boys look at James who looked at me with a smirk
"Don't even worry about it" I said in a mocking tone making him chuckle nodding in my direction

"That is everything then" Amanda said, finally we had it polished enough to record it
"you guys ready?" I asked and they all nodded taking our places

"I think we got it" Giselle smiled as we all finished
I honestly don't think we could have done it without the boys. Trust them to swoop in the moment we need them the most

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Sitting in front of my laptop right now. I know I made James the promise I would at least apply but I don't know
I can't shake this feeling that there isn't any point, I'm not their typical candidate. Hell I don't even think they'd give me a second of their time
But yet why is it I also feel the need to try

"Hello hello" James sung climbing through the window
"I feel no matter how many times I tell you I have a door, it isn't going to matter" I laughed as he came up behind me kissing my cheek
"I feel like no matter how many times you tell me you have a door, it'll never get old" He said before slumping down on my bed
I chuckled looking over at him

"What are you working on this time?" He asked making me glance back over at my laptop before sighing about to close it all
"no no, Riley what is it" James said coming over scooping the laptop out of my hands
"James don't" I warned before he looked at it and sat down on the edge of the bed

"Ri, I thought we spoke about this. Why are you hiding it?" He asked looking up at me
"Because I still haven't decided what I'm doing" I said and he shot me a look

"Riley, I don't say this lightly okay? You are great and they would be stupid to not even consider you" He said and I sighed looking down
"It's a lot more complicated then that James" I said and he look at me with a raised brow
"It doesn't seem that complicated to me, you apply, you either get it or you don't" He reiterated
"At least you can say you tried" He said before fumbling around on the laptop

"James what are you doing?" I asked before he continued, moments later he looked up with a smile on his face
"done" He said making me look at him confused, worried, anxious

"done? done what?" I asked and he smiled putting the laptop down in front of me 

'Thank you for your application. Please check your Emails regularly. Sometimes important Emails may end up in your Junk File. 
You should hear back no later then 3 weeks after today's date.'

I looked up at him a little speechless
"Why did you do that?" I asked and he smiled at me
James took my hands lifting me off of my chair guiding me to the window seat before pulling me onto his lap

"Because Riley, I have faith in you that you don't have. I know you needed this push and I can't wait to see what you accomplish from it" He said, I looked at him and sighed before placing my hand on his cheek
"you are more then good enough for that place Ri, you are going to smash anything in your way. I promise you" James whispered looking up at me
"I love you" I whispered making James smile as he leaned up to kiss me
"I love you" He said we pulled away