"None of us want to go!"
"I'm not asking you, Tomlinson. You and the rest will go, because I said so."
Louis sighed in discouragement, as he knew that he, once again, couldn't say no to Simon. The boys just gave him an apologetic look, wishing they could do something.
"We don't want anyone thinking you and her are on bad terms. It's bad publicity and we do not want that before the tour tickets dropping." Cowell stated, still staring at the blue eyed one.
"But-"
"No buts! Every single one of you will attend Eleanor's birthday party and that's final. She invited you all so you have to go, okay?"
Simon raised an eyebrow, starting to get pretty pissed at Louis for not answering his question.
"Alright." Tommo finally whispered, looking at the ground.
"What? I didn't quite hear you." Their manager exclaimed mockingly.
"He said alright, are you fucking deaf?" Harry spat, glaring at Cowell.
The older man looked at Styles from head to toe, as the others remained speechless.
"If I were you I'd stop with the attitude."
"Or what?" Harry snapped right back, taking a few step closer to him. "What would you do Simon? Fire me and make everyone believe I quit? Because this scenario sounds quite familiar."
Everyone's eyes widened, as Louis tried as hard as possible to cover his laugh.
This was so funny to him, he taught his ex boyfriend well.
Silence filled the room as Simon glared at Zayn. The Pakistani one just smiled at him sarcastically, holding himself from flipping him off.
Cowell finally decided to clear his throat.
"Be ready by nine o'clock. Paul is coming to pick everyone up." He said calmly, ignoring what Harry said earlier.
"Oh so what now?" Zayn asked after letting out a breathy laugh. "Suddenly you have no crappy comebacks anymore?"
"Z, just let it go." Niall expressed in a soothing voice, which made Zayn's eyes soften.
"Yeah Malik, you should listen to your little girlfriend over there." Simon said before smirking, as the black haired one clenched his fists. "See you soon, boys."
With that, he quickly walked out of the room. Zayn turned around, so bloody ready to follow him.
Liam quickly grabbed his waist, stopping him from going any further.
"I'm gonna fucking kill him!" Zayn shouted, trying to escape his mate's embrace with no luck. "Give me one good reason not to punch that old bastard in the fucking face!"
"I don't know Zayn, jail maybe?!" Payne replied, not letting him go. "This is not how you solve problems, chill."
Malik glanced at his other bandmates, as they all nodded at him in order to agree with Liam. He took a deep breath, calming himself down as Payno took a step away from him.
"See you at nine." Is all that Zayn said, before disappearing off of the room.
Niall quickly followed him, as Louis smiled weakly at Harry, trying to thank him for defending him earlier. Styles grinned right back, staring into his ex boyfriend's beautiful ocean eyes.
"We should go get ready too." Liam said, ruining their little moment.
"Yeah." Harry unenthusiastically replied, not looking forward to tonight at all.
And he had all the rights not to be.
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"Louis, are you back with Eleanor?"
"Does that make you bisexual and not gay?"
"Was she by your side during your mother's passing?"
"Are you planning on getting back together with her tonight?"
Louis and the other boys just walked right past the paparazzis, not even giving them one look. Zayn had his arm wrapped around his best friend's shoulder, as he was trying to show him his support.
"Ignore them, we'll be inside shortly." Zayn reassured him after Tomlinson took a deep breath, already wanting to go home.
The English one just nodded, as they all finally made their way inside.
Luckily for them, no paps were allowed in. However, a lot of celebrities were there and Simon made it very clear to behave. Which meant that Louis and Harry should stay away from each other, Niall and Zayn as well.
The party was held inside Eleanor's huge mansion. Louis have been there before, it's quite nice.
"Louis!" A feminine voice screamed from behind, as the music was blasting through their ears.
"Hey El!" He replied as she got closer to him. "Happy birthday!"
"Thank you!" She answered before pulling him into a small and friendly hug.
Harry just looked at them hugging, as his blood started boiling. God knows how much he hates this woman, she's probably one of the fakest people he have met in his life. She acts all innocent and nice in front of Louis and the others, but when she'd be alone with Harry... It would be a completely different story. They all thought Styles hated her because she was Louis' beard, but it was way deeper than just that.
As for Louis, he really didn't mind her. She was always sweet and understanding of him, and she never forced him to do anything he didn't feel comfortable doing. However, he just didn't want to deal with the paps and all the rumors again and that is why he didn't feel like showing up tonight.
Even if he came out, people still wanted to assume things.
Crazy right?
"Hey Harry!" She exclaimed with a smile, letting go of Louis' embrace. "Thank you for showing up."
"Not like we had a choice anyway." He murmured, which made Louis look at him with big eyes.
She just smiled awkwardly, not looking at him anymore.
"Well um..." She stuttered. "The bar is on the other side of the room, feel free to get anything you want. I'll see you later."
She walked away after saying that sentence, not giving any of them time to respond.
"That wasn't cool mate, it's her birthday." Liam said to Harry, which made the curly haired lad roll his eyes.
"I'll just go grab a drink." He expressed, getting ready to leave.
"Liam is right, you should go apologize."
Harry turned around, frowning as he heard these words coming out of Louis' mouth.
"Are you fucking serious? You didn't even want to be here a few minutes ago and now you want me to be nice?"
"Well, she was always nice to you. You could at least try."
"Only in front of you! Why don't you ever believe me when I say that?! She was never nice to me when you guys weren't around!"
He gave all of them a look, as they just stared at him. Harry really felt like, once again, none of them really believed him. He just took a deep breath, finally deciding to give up on trying to convince them.
"I'll be at the bar." He said, now looking at Louis. "When you realize she wants to fuck you, come back to me."
With that, he walked away.
Liam just gave the boys an apologetic look, before following his curly bandmate.
"I'll go check on El." Louis said to the other two before exhaling deeply, and soon enough leaving them behind.
Meanwhile, Niall and Zayn just watched everything go down, without really intervening or saying anything. They were both already pretty annoyed that they couldn't be seen together a lot, and they really didn't feel like adding more fuel to the fire.
"Nialler!" A familiar voice exclaimed, as she ran towards the Irish one.
"Hey Juli- Oh."
He had no time to finish his sentence that she jumped into his arms, giving him a very tight hug. Niall awkwardly hugged back, not wanting to be this affectionate. Zayn just stared at them, as he raised an eyebrow.
"I missed you, you didn't text me back last time." Julia said as she let go of his embrace, now playing with his collar.
"Um- been busy. Sorry." Is all he replied with, as he was getting quite uncomfortable with all the touching.
Zayn bit his lower lip aggressively, wishing he could stop her and tell her off.
Fucking Cowell, he thought.
"It's okay love." She replied, now grabbing his hand. "Let's go dance!"
"Erm..." He stuttered, as he gave Zayn a quick look.
"Have fun, I'll see you later." Malik said in a sad tone, trying as hard as possible to sound neutral.
Horan took a deep breath, as him and Julia soon disappeared into the crowd.
Zayn just watched them leave, trying as hard as possible to keep his cool. I guess he solely have to trust Niall on this one, he is a grown man after all.
"I need a drink." He murmured to himself, before making his way to the bar as well.
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"Hey!"
"Hey!"
Louis finally found Eleanor, as she was sitting on a booth alone, a bit far away from where everyone was.
"Why are you here?" He asked, sitting next to her. "It's your birthday, you should go have fun!"
"You're right." She replied, exhaling deeply. "I just don't have much energy."
"Yeah, understandable. How about I get us a drink, so we can chat?"
She looked at him, with a smirk now forming her lips.
"Actually you know what?" She said. "I'll get us the drinks! Don't move, I'll be back."
Louis just nodded, as she soon went out of sight.
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Meanwhile, Zayn was sipping on his vodka soda. Quite frankly, he had a lot of trouble keeping his eyes off of his Irish princess and that bitch Julia.
Does he know her personally? No.
But does he know she's a bitch? Yes. Definitely.
He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down as he watched her being all over his man on the dance floor. In Niall's defence, he seemed quite uncomfortable, however it didn't stop Zayn from wanting to push her off of a fucking bridge.
"Two gin tonics, please."
Zayn was snapped right off his thoughts when he heard a familiar voice next to him. He later turned around to see Eleanor, as she was now whispering something in the bartender's ear, handing him a hundred dollar bill.
Malik raised an eyebrow, as he took another sip of his drink. He suddenly got the chills, as he remembered what Harry said about her earlier that night.
He now felt that there might be something off with her but he chose to let it slide for now, thinking that it isn't any of his business. After getting her drinks, Eleanor quickly got away from the bar, as Zayn couldn't help but follow her with his eyes.
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It's been a few minutes since Eleanor was last seen, and you could definitely tell that Zayn wasn't happy about that at all. Maybe it was nothing, however, he couldn't help but worry about his best friend.
'something is definitely wrong.' He thought to himself.
He decided to get out of his seat, trying to search for her in the crowd, but she was nowhere to be found. Malik took a deep breath, as frustration started taking over him.
He turned around to the bar, hoping that Harry and Liam were still there, but they weren't. He then tried to find any familiar face, and the only one he could see was Niall's.
With no hesitation, he went on the dance floor, grabbing his Irish princess' arm.
"We need to talk." Zayn said, dragging him a little bit further.
"Hey! I wasn't done with him." Julia pouted, as Zayn gave her the ultimate death glare.
"Relax fake barbie, he'd much rather be with me right now."
She stared at him, taking full offense of Malik's statement. He just gave her the fakest smile of all time as he took Niall's hand, getting him away from her.
"That was hot. I think I like jealous you." Niall teased with a smirk.
"Shut up, I'm pissed at you." Zayn snapped, not looking at him.
"How is it my fault?"
"Could have pushed her off of you, but you're way too nice and awkward."
"Exactly, can you really blame me baby? I'm just lovable." Horan said in an adorable voice, which made Zayn cackle cutely.
He really can't stay mad at him huh?
"Anyway." Zayn said, trying to keep a straight face. "We need to search for Louis, I don't know why but I feel like he's not in good hands."
"What? Why?" Niall asked, frowning in confusion.
"I'll explain later, for the meantime you go search for Harry and Liam while I go check on Eleanor and Louis, alright?"
Horan just nodded as they both ran in opposite directions.
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"I think it's time to tell him."
"I can't!"
"Harry c'mon now."
Liam and Harry were sitting in the backyard, ad the curly haired one was sipping on his martini.
"And why would I do that? Just so he'll call me a liar like he always does when I tell him about how manipulative Eleanor is?"
"He won't call you a liar." Payne reassured. "He's already sensing that something is off, so I'm sure he will believe you. Haz, I really don't think I'll be able to keep your secret any longer. I feel like I'm going to fucking explode."
Harry chuckled for the first time tonight, as Liam rolled his eyes.
"It's not funny!" He pouted. "If you won't tell him I will, and this time I am for real."
"You wanted to know the full story so badly, it's not my fault you have to live with knowing the truth now."
Liam took a deep breath, as Harry took another big sip of his drink.
"So, about Eleanor..." Payno started as he got Harry's attention. "Is it true that she's not nice to you? She seems to like you."
"Don't be fooled." Harry replied, staring at his drink. "Believe me when I tell you she's a homophobic bitch. She kept calling me a fag, and telling me that I don't deserve Louis. Also that Louis is not gay and he should be with her, and you know stuff like that."
"Oh my God... I'm really sorry Haz." Liam said, now getting a little bit upset.
"Yea it's ok-"
"Liam! Harry!"
They both turned around to see their favorite Irish man running towards them.
"What's up Ni?" Liam asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I-it's Lo-Louis." Niall said, trying to catch his breath. "I- I don't think he's- he's fine."
Harry got up brusquely as he heard his ex boyfriend's name, worry started taking all over his body.
"What's wrong with him?" Styles asked, getting frustrated.
"I-I don't know, he's with Eleanor."
"Shit!" Harry screamed as he ran inside, immediately followed by the other two.
This wasn't about to be good, he thought.
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Hello cuties!
Hope you enjoyed this chapter and that it wasn't too boring :(
Btw absolutely no hate to Julia I love her, I just needed someone make Zayn jelly and couldn't think of anybody else oops
Hope you enjoyed the cute Ziall moments nonetheless <3
I haven't spilled the tea on Harry yet I KNOW I'm sorry its coming in the next chaps don't hate me
Tysm for reading, don't forget to comment/vote!
All the love,
L x