"For what vacation?" I asked. "No honey." my mom shook her head. "We're promoting the album." Niall said. "That's great Nye!" I cheered happily, but my smile faded. Niall had a guilty look on his face. "Let him finish." Maura interrupted. "When are you guys leaving? This summer, after we graduate. Right?" I was starting to get worried. Niall didn't answer me. He looked hurt. I looked around the table for any sort of answer. No one even made eye contact with me. "Mom? Dad? Maura? Bobby? Anyone?" I wanted an answer. I needed an answer. Now. "We're leaving... Monday morning." Niall responded, looking down at his hands in his lap. "As in this coming Monday?" I needed clarification. "Yeah." Niall practically whispered. They were leaving? Why didn't they tell me earlier? Or did they? It all makes sense now. Why Simon told the boys he'd see them soon. I'm beyond happy for them, but Monday? This can't be happening.
"That's amazing, I'm excited for you all. Excuse me." I stood and exited to my room. I could feel eyes on me as I left the dining room. "Char! Wait up!" Kay and Niall were only a few feet behind me. I ran faster. I sat down on my bed and whipped out my laptop. I needed to talk to Liam. Why didn't he tell me? "Don't you dare turn on that laptop Missy!" Kay yelled. She wasn't even in my room, and my laptop wasn't on, so it wasn't making any noises. Kinda sketchy. "How the hell?" I started as the two of them barged in. "What do you want?" I glared at them. Not sure why though. I was upset, not pissed off. "Why'd your run out so fast?" Kay asked. Niall sat down next to me on my bed. "Kay. Um... could we be alone?" Niall asked shyly. She didn't move. "Please?" he tried again. Kay stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
"Mood much?" Niall tried to crack a joke to break the ice like he normally would. Normally, I would laugh at his pathetic jokes. But right now, it didn't work. "So, why were you so quick to leave?" he wrapped his arms around me. In a backwards hug type of thing, and pulled me into his lap. "My life revolves around the five of you. It's pretty sad, but it's true. You five are my entire world. You're what makes me smile everyday. Now you're leaving. Going back home, leaving me behind with nothing. It's won't be the same without you guys. I love you all." I let it all out. "I feel like you guys are going to become all big and famous, and you'll forget about me." I continued. "There's now possible way any of us can forget you. I mean, it's you. The unforgettable you." he smiled. I couldn't help but crack a small smile also.
"I'm gonna miss you guys so much. There won't be any craziness at school, or any laughs either. School's gonna be really depressing." I started thinking about it. "But I promise we'll all Skype, text and call you everyday. It'll be like we never left." Niall said. "But in reality, you'll be gone. And what about time zones? You're five hours ahead of me." I had to be technical. "We'll find a way. You're worth it." he squeezed me into his chest. I felt hot tears welling up in my eyes. I wanted to hold them back, but couldn't. "Why are you crying?" Niall wiped a stray tear from my cheek. "I'm going to miss you. A lot, you have no idea how much." I continued crying. Tears were now falling freely. Niall placed the laptop in front of me. He logged in and pulled up Skype. "Here." he handed me a tissue. "Thank you." I wiped away tears and probably half of my make-up. "I'll be right back." Niall skipped over to the bathroom. The boy's gotta go I guess.
I pulled Liam up on Skype. "Hi." I waved. "Hi. How was dinner? You look pretty." Liam was chewing as he spoke. "Thanks. What are you eating?" I asked. "I don't exactly know." he looked off camera. "You're strange." I concluded. "You never answered my question. How was dinner? Have you been crying?" he asked multiple questions. I'm not sure which one to answer first. "Well, my mom made everybody dress up. For pizza." I started. "Did she make the pizza?" Liam asked excitedly. I nodded. "Is there any left?" he asked. I nodded again. "Save me some. Anyway, continue." he leaned back on his bed frame. Niall then emerged from the bathroom, taking a deep breath. "You're scaring me." I told Niall. "How?" Liam didn't realize I wasn't talking to him. "Not you." I looked at Liam. "Oh. Who are you talking to?" he asked, moving around trying to see who I'm talking to. He doesn't seem to know that it won't work.
"Nye." I answered as he sat down next to me. They didn't talk to each other. "Continue." Liam brought me back on topic. "Then this one over here cold barely get the words to come out of his mouth." I poked his arm. He poked my stomach back. "Then he made me cry." I announced. "Did not! You made yourself cry!" he protested. "If you didn't tell me this to begin with, we wouldn't be having this problem. Now would we?" I shot back. Niall gave up. I always win arguments. I always get the last word. It's not even worth fighting with me sometimes. "I'm leaving. Kay's probably freaking out by now, she's been alone for like ten minutes." Niall kissed my cheek and left the room. I swore I could hear Liam mutter "Thank God." under his breath. I'm determined to find out what happened between them. "I'll be down later." I said as Niall left the room.
"So, you okay with this?" Liam asked. "With what?" I asked. "With us leaving." he clarified. "Liam, I hate that you're leaving me, but I'm also super happy that yo get to go do the thing you love. Sing." I smiled. "I'm gonna miss you." he said. "I'm gonna miss you more. No hitting on other fans. I'll have Haz keep an eye on you." I said. "You're joking right?" he couldn't tell. I had a straight face. "Of course. Mostly." I smiled. "No more crying though. It makes us all sad." he did a puppy dog face. "Kay." I smiled. "That's what I like to see." he smiled back. "Char!" My mom yelled from down stairs. "I gotta go babe." I said. "Okay, bye." he waved. "Love you." I said. "Implied" he said before ending the chat.
I changed out of my dress and back into my pj's since I noticed Niall left his clothes sitting on my closet floor. "What were you doing up there?" Aria asked as I came back down. "Talking to Liam. What else would I be doing?" I said as if she was stupid. "What happened to your dress?" my mom asked. "I changed. I wanted to be comfortable." I sat down on the couch next to Niall. "We forgot to mention that we're visiting the boys over winter break and any long weekends that come around." my mom told me. "How long are they going to be gone for anyway?" Iayed my head on Niall's shoulder. "We're not sure yet. At least two months." Maura informed me. "That's a long time." I said. "But when you see them, it'll be even more special." Kay tried to help. "True. I used to go months without seeing Nye when I was younger." I said aloud, but it was mostly for myself. "See? You'll be fine." Bobby said. "Yeah. I guess." I suddenly became super tired.
"Well, I think we better head home. You ready Niall?" Maura stood and stretched. "I was planning on staying here tonight. Hang out with Kay and Char." he said. "That's fine. We'll see you tomorrow morning then sweetie." Maura gave Niall a kiss on the cheek. She gave each of us one. Bobby stood back more and kinda waved. "Goodnight everyone." they waved as they headed out the door. "I'm tired." Kay announced. "I think this one over here is too." Niall said. I'm guessing he was talking about me. "I'm awake. Just, resting my eyes." I sat up straight, and had my eyelids start drooping down over my eyes. I guess I was tired. "You two have school in the morning anyway." my dad reminded. "Your mini vacation's over." my mom said, clearing glasses from the living room. "Aw, I liked staying home." I was basically asleep now.
"Let's get you upstairs." Niall picked me up bridal style and headed to my room, Kay right behind us. "I'm not tired!" I complained as Niall placed me in my bed. "Sure." Kay said. Her voice sounded distant. I could feel the exhaustion take over me. I don't get why I'm so tired either. I slept for over twelve hours this morning. "Sleep tight Char." Kay said as one of them placed the comforter over my body. I drifted off to sleep almost instantly.
I woke up to my normal alarm. When did I set that? I opened my eyes slowly, looking around the room. Niall was half on the chair and Kay was curled up in a ball on the floor next to me. "Turn the freaking thing off!" Kay rolled over and threw a pillow at my phone. I realized it was still playing and scrambled to shut it off. "Morning Kay." I smiled. "I'm going back to sleep." she recurled on the floor and light snores were heard less than a minute later. "Nye, get up. We've got school." I got out of bed. "Go away." he groaned. "Suit yourself." I walked into my bathroom, getting a cup of ice cold water. I walked back to him, readying to pour the cup all over his sleeping body. "I'm going to ask once more. You getting up?" I wanted him to say no badly. "Not a chance." he gave me a more complex answer. I smiled and pour the water over him. "What the?" he got up faster than I've ever seen. "I'll be in the shower." I handed him the cup and walked into the bathroom.
When I stepped out of the shower and blow dryed my hair, I decided I wanted dress up a little today. I went inot my closet and picked out apurple and pink flowered mini skirt. I paired the skirt with a black long sleeve shirt with ruffles down the middle. I also wore light pink flats, with bows on he front. I straightened my hair and placed a purple flower clip slightly behind my left ear. To finish off the outfit, I put on my locket. I checked myself out in the mirror before leaving my room. I looked good. "Took you long enough." Niall was ready to leave as I hit the kitchen floor. "It takes time to look this good." I joked, grabbing my bag and a bottle of water. "Let's go." I led him out the front door to my car. "Can I drive?" Niall begged as I sat in the driver's seat. "Keep dreaming." I laughed and pulled out of the driveway.
The drive over to school felt like two seconds. Niall and I screamed lyrics to whatever song came onto the radio. He didn't know one of the songs, so he made up his own words. It was funny. "Why did I want to come back here again?" I asked as I pulled into my parking space. We were the last ones to arrive. "Great question." Niall laughed. "What took you guys so long?" Liam asked as we got out of the car. "Char!" Harry, Louis and Zayn came charging at me. "Nice to see you guys." I laughed as I was flung over Harry's shoulder. "Put her down Hazza!" Louis complained. "I wanna hug her." he whined. "If I have to." Harry pouted and placed me back on the parking lot. "Thank you." I fixed my outfit and turned to Louis. "Hug me!" he stuck his arms out and grabbed onto me tightly. I thought I was going to suffocate. "You need to share Lou, she's not yours." Zayn unwrapped me from him. "Hi." I gave him a quick hug. "Vas happenin'?" he asked cheekily. I laughed at him.
"Feeling the love here." Liam sat on the hood of his Camero. "I was saving you for last." I sat next next to him. "Good morning." I leaned in and kissed him. "Good morning." he had a giant smile on his face. "You look extra pretty today." he commented, checking out my outfit. "Why thank ya." I stood and spun around. "Where are the girls?" I asked, noticing Maddy wasn't all over Niall by now. "Is it wrong that we don't know?" Harry said. "Very. Let's go look for them." I pulled Liam's arm, causing him to fall off the hood of the car. "I'm hungry." Niall complained as we all started walking. "Did you eat this morning?" I asked. "No. I was to lazy to make something." he whined, holding his now growling stomach. "Typical." I rolled my eyes and picked up speed. As I walked down the main hallway, it seemed that everyone had to say hi to me. Kinda weird. Was I missed? I kinda hope so.
I still couldn't find Maddy, or Hanna or even Skye. Neither of the three of them were answering their phones. "Have you seen Maddy, Hanna or Skye?" I asked Kaitlyn. First person I happened to see. "Computer lab I think." she said. "Kay, thanks." I smiled and headed off down the hallway. "Char! Wait up!" Liam yelled behind me. I heard various "Sorry", "Coming through" and "'Scuse me's." as the three guys scrambled to catch up. Wait, three? I looked behind me to find Louis flirting it up with some random girl. "Not the time Lou." Harry grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him off down the hall. laughed and quickly took off again. The computer lab was empty, except for Maddy, Skye and Hanna siting in the corner. They were huddled around a single computer. "Hi." I waved, but was ignored. All of their eyes were glued to the screen.
"Hello?" I tried again, but as a question. "When did you guys get here?" Hanna finally broke her stare from the screen. "A second ago... Is everything okay?" I noticed Maddy face was red, and a little puffy. Has she been crying? She never cries. Hanna didn't answer me. She walked over to Harry and hugged him tightly. What the hell is going on? Harry returned the hug, but looked to me. I shrugged. I walked up behind Hanna's empty chair. looking at the screen. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was a website. About One Direction. Well, One Direction's Whores it was called. "What the hell?" I gasped at the homepage. "What's wrong?" Liam came up behind me. I didn't answer. I kept reading. There was a short paragraph under the page's tittle.
"This is a fan page... well, more of a hate page. It's dedicated to all the bitches that our lovely boys date. The latest including four little whores... Maddy, Hanna, Skye and Char. Ciao! xx"
I don't understand why a person, or people would do that. It's mean. If they call themselves fans, I'm ashamed. Don't you want the boys to be happy? Let them be in relationships? They're not robots, they're normal people too. It's just plain mean. "How could someone do this?" Niall broke the long silence as we all had our eyes still glued to the screen. That wasn't even the worst part though. It was the first post. The only post.
"Our first whore is Maddy. She's dating our precious Niall. Hopefully not for long. She's probably the most fake of the whores. It's said that she's a long time friend of Niall, they supposedly grew up together. They've just recently noticed feeling for each other. We know that a freaking lie. Every celeb uses that excuse. Been there, heard that. This little whore has recently been seen on Niall's personal You Tube channel. He sang Justin Bieber's "U Smile" it was pathetic. Though his voice was angelic (as always), it was clear that it was previously rehearsed. The bitch. Check back tomorrow for our next little whore. Our Hazza's whore, Hanna. xx"
I now understand why Maddy looks so upset. I would be too. I am upset though. I'm freaking pissed actually. But I've already ranted about it. "This is ending. Now." Niall took the keyboard and commented. It showed up as a person Facebook. His Facebook.
"Why would you people even think of making this website? Can we not be happy? Don't hate on them, hate on if you have to hate on something. It's not their fault we're dating them. It's not your job to make it look like that either. I love Maddy, and I always have. So just stop it. You don't know these girls. You don't even know us. If you think you can call yourselves fans, you're wrong. Delete this website, or we'll have it personally shut down for you."
Niall hit enter and posted the comment. "Let's go. Don't let it bother you." he closed the Internet and logged off the computer. He was pissed. When Niall's pissed, it's serious. Maddy was still staring at the now blank screen. She began to cry. I'm guessing for the second time. Skye had walked out of the room with Zayn by now. Hanna and Harry were gone too. "Mads?" Niall grabbed her hand, but she didn't respond. She kept looking forward. "Maddy." he tried again. Nothing. "We should probably get going. Class starts in a few..." Liam started backing out of the room. "No, Li. Stay." I didn't know how to react either. I just called him Li, didn't I? I never do that. The next thing I knew, I was being hugged by him. Louis slowly backed out of the room and took off down the hallway.
"I'm sorry I called you that. I know you don't like it." I apologized, now resting my forehead on his. "It's fine. I think you should call me that more. It has a nice ring to it." he smiled and kissed my nose quickly. I managed a smile back. He always knew how to make the best of moments like these. "We should probably leave them alone." I looked over to Maddy , who was in Niall's lap full out sobbing. "Sounds good." Liam took my hand and led me to our lockers. "Are they still in the computer lab?" Hanna asked asked on our way to first period. "I think so. If Nye doesn't hurry up, Mr.Bedoin's gonna kill him." I said as we walked into the room. We took our seats, which were halfway across the room from each other and stared at the clock. Niall finally rushed in just as the bell rang. Good, he made it.
So class was as torturous as usual, actually worse. Mr.Bedoin gave me enough make-up work to last me a lifetime. I had Biology after that and once again, I got a boatload of work. Though I had till Monday to get it all done. Mr.Bedoin wants it all tomorrow morning or I'm getting zeros. During free period, I ignored Zayn, Niall and Harry. I need to get this math crap done. I turned on my iPod and even forgot they were all sitting at the same table as me. The bell must've rang because next thing I knew, Liam was sitting next to me. "Wht'cha listening to?" he asked, taking a headphone. "Ah, nice choice of song." he hummed along to "Tell Me A Lie". "I didn't even realize it was on." I picked up my iPod and turned it off before the song was over. Liam pouted. "You wanna hear it so bad, sing it." I said as I picked up my stuff from the table.
We walked into the cafeteria a few minutes later after we hit my locker to drop off the unneeded math materials. "There you are." Maddy said as we sat down at the table. "Yep. Here we are." I answered, just feeling the urge to say something. Liam started humming the tune to the song I just played, starting his verse quietly.
"Can't ever get it right. No matter how hard I try. And I've tried."
He got louder as he sang. Zayn smiled and continued the song.
"Well I put up with your fight. But your words, cut like knives. And I'm tired. As you break, my heart again this time."
The five of them looked at each other and kept singing. It was starting to attract attention. In a good way though. It was just weird how they were singing. In the school cafeteria.
"Tell me I'm a screwed up mess. That I'll never listen, listen. Tell me you don't want my kiss. That you need you distance, distance. Tell me anything, but don't you say it's what you're missing baby. If he's the reason that you're leaving me tonight. Spare me what you think and tell me a lie."
The guys finished the first chorus, laughing. Cheering erupted behind our table. I guess it's pretty hard to avoid five singing teenage boys. Especially hot ones. "You told me to sing it if I really wanted to hear it. So I did." Liam smiled next to me. "I, I didn't mean...you're adorable." I gave up arguing and kissed his cheek. A few loud claps were heard behind us. "So the little British ballerinas are a boy band. How cute." Vince and Mandy stood before us. "What do you want?" Skye asked. "Oh, nothing much. Just the past five minutes of our lives. That was terrible." Mandy said. "Well no one else thought so." I stood, becoming face to face with her. "They clapped because they wanted to be nice. I don't have to be nice to you." she fakely smiled. "So you think we suck?" Louis tried to clarify. "Very much." she looked past me to Louis.
"And what is up with your outfits? No wonder why girls don't like you." she was still talking to Louis. "Okay enough. I don't care what you say to me, but when you bring my boys into it, I'm not gonna listen to it. They have a giant fan base back home. Go on You Tube and look at them perform on Friday at Kaitlyn's party. Millions of hits, in not even a week. Then tell me no one likes them." I turned around and sat back in my seat. "I'm not done with you bitch." Mandy said. "Leave her alone. She's done nothing wrong." Liam stood up for me. "Oh, she's done everything wrong. For one, dating you." she looked him up and down. "Cause you just want me to yourself. Let's go." he shot back and led me out of the cafeteria. Everyone else followed.
"Way to go Liam! Daddy Directioner for the win!" Harry cheered as we headed out to the cars for the rest of lunch. "It was nothing." Liam shrugged it off, but not without blushing a little. "What do we do now?" Hanna asked, realizing we didn't have food and we didn't have enough time to go somewhere. "Just relax." Maddy said, hopping up on the hood of her car. "You're gonna dent someone's hood one of these days." I laughed, leaning up against the driver's door. "We're not bad singers are we?" Louis asked as silence took over the parking lot. "Have you ever heard yourselves? You're far better than anyone I know." I answered. "You sure?" Harry didn't believe me I guess. "Anyone know where Zayn might be?" Maddy asked. I didn't notice he even left. "Not a clue." I said. "I'm not his mother." I was sick of him disappearing. He must not like us enough anymore. Skye must be more important to him than his friends. Feeling the love.
I gained looks from everyone as I finished my last remark. "What?" I asked. Everyone changed what they were looking at. The rest of the school day was normal. The guys became more antsy as the end of the day approached. They were really excited for their interview. Each one of them must've texted me at least five times in like two hours. Simon finally sent them the details right after lunch. The interview was a live video chat at 6:00 tonight. The guys are set to sing none other than "What Makes You Beautiful", which is going to be their first single. Maddy, Hanna, Skye, Kay and I are allowed to be in the room during the interview, but not allowed to talk. Management's very strict sometimes. They don't want the boys to have "public relationships" right now. They annoy me.
"I'm so excited!" Niall sprinted out to the cars and was in my car, ready to go by the time the rest of us even came close to reaching our spaces. "I'm driving, I don't trust you with my baby." I said, making Niall swap to the passenger seat. He pouted, but didn't protest. That would be wasting precious time, since I always win. "See you in a few." I waved and set off for my house.