This One Time At Band Camp {A One Direction Fanfiction}

Chapter 25- Strife and Santa Claus

                “No, Valerie. When I said what I did, I meant it. I don’t know when you’re lying or telling the truth, either. What else are you hiding? Are you Santa Claus or something?”

                She stood there, openmouthed for a few moments before saying, “Simon is my uncle, actually.”

                “Simon? Now I know that you really are just trying to get attention. He’s never mentioned a niece to me.”

                “I’m not lying.”

                “I don’t understand why you couldn’t just be straight with me.”

                “I’m being honest right now, Liam.”

                “Goodbye, Valerie,” he said sternly.

               And, when he turned away from me, I couldn’t help but feel like the goodbye was final.

               After my classes, when I was in my room, I opened my phone to see Twitter. As I opened it, I couldn’t help but regret doing so for what I saw.

               Don’t you just hate it when people lie and deceive you just because of you are? One tweet from Liam had said and I knew he was talking about me.

               But, I could play with fire, too. Don’t you just hate when people blow up over tiny situations? Yeah, I know. I can’t believe I actually just did that too.

               Then, I looked and saw all of the tweets tagged with my username. All of them were nasty and harsh. Without even trying, they lowered my mood, accomplishing what they had been made to do.

               I just hate @valtrombones. She’s tearing Liam apart! She’s awful for him!

               Someone, please, just get rid of @valtrombones.

               A blade of grass would be better suited for Liam than @valtrombones

               The list went on and on. Each one, however, packed its own special punch. What fun. I bet their mothers are extremely proud, too.

               I moaned and buried my head in my pillow.

               What am I going to do about Liam? I thought in my head.

               Nothing, replied a pessimistic voice. He obviously hates you, so just get on with your life.

               I just groaned again. A few minutes later, I pulled myself out of my hole and read some good ole Harry Potter.

               “Harry! Hold on,” I said, trying to imitate the actors from my favorite line in the second movie.

               “I can’t, Ron!” I said, switching voices. “Your hands all sweaty!”

               In that moment, it hit me full on that I was leaving tomorrow night. Well, not technically tomorrow night, since Simon was going to be taking me back to his place to spend the night, but by Saturday afternoon, I would be home in Texas.

               I had officially run out of time to fix things.

               My chapter with the boys was officially over. In a week, they probably wouldn’t remember me. In a month, the name Valerie wouldn’t bring up a single face to mind. And, although I seemed repairable on the outside, on the inside, it hurt to think like that. To think that Liam would move on. To think that Liam would fall for some other girl that wasn’t me.

               Instantly, I knew what I had to do. I pulled out five sheets of paper and got cracking.

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