Ariella's POV

"ARIELLA!" He yelled. I turned around to see Niall panting at the door. The whole room went silent as their gaze fell onto him.

"Niall?" I asked. He didn't say a word.

"Niall!" Louis exclaimed, but Niall's eyes did not leave mine, as he slowly strutted towards me, still staying silent.

"Everyone, back to what you were doing, shoo everyone!" Head Mistress quietly whispered to the students watching us. They all slowly retreated back to classes and soon, the lobby became quiet. Too quiet for my liking. I looked back at Niall who was still focused on me, right in front of me.

"Stop staring, your freaking me out.." I mumbled. He just smirked at me. Louis soon walked over to us, patting Niall on the back.

"You alright mate?" He asked him. So far he has not said a word. I looked over to Louis and he just shrugged. Before I knew it, Niall embraced me into one of his Horan Hugs, and swung me around, lifting me off the ground. Niall's hug was getting really tight that the pain in my arm was slowly returning.

"Oww, Niall stop!" I yelled. He immediately released me and placed me back on my own two feet. He looked at me with a scared/concerned look on his face.

"What's wrong? What hurts?" He fired off.

"Nothing.." I responded. He knew I was lying and placed his hands on my upper arms and gently squeezed.

"Mate, I wouldn't.." Louis trailed off.

"Shhh." He shushed Louis. Louis put on a fake hurt face, which made me chuckle. Niall began to squeeze a bit harder, to the point where the pain came back. I winced. He quickly removed his hands and began to examine my right arm. He then saw the faded black and blue mark that trailed from the elbow to halfway up. He frowned.

"Black Cove did this to you didn't they.." He said quietly. I nodded slightly. I removed myself from his grasp and slowly began to walk upstairs to my dorm since leg still has not fully recovered when they both began to follow.

"What, no hello Niall? Nice to see you again?" Niall ranted on jokingly on my left side. I just continued to walk, ignoring him.

"Ariella.." Louis trailed off, while coming to my right and holding out his arm which I gladly took. Less effort on my end.. Niall looked confused and angry at the gesture. I sighed.

"Hello Niall." I said with the least enthusiasm I could.

"Ari.." Louis said again, disappointed.

"What? I said hello! Why don't you guys say hello?" I said, slightly increasing my pace and letting go of Louis' arm, now going up the stairs to the dorm wings. It suddenly got quiet but I continued to walk up.

"LOUIS!!!" Niall exclaimed a little too loudly.

"NIALL!!!" Louis responded the same way. I turned around to see that they were in a bro hug and smiling while laughing. I ended up smiling at the sight but continued to walk to my dorm, leaving them time to catch up a bit. Niall already knows where my dorm is apparently, so I figured that I would see them later.

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I walked down the wing before stopping at my door. I heard chatter inside so I slowly opened the door and stuck my head in. I saw Nicki and Carie with their backs to me while they were cleaning the room, and saw Drake, Seth, and Josh dusting and organizing the room. I opened the door all the way and stepped in. No one acknowledged my presence yet, as they were in a deep conversation so I cleared my throat. Quite loudly if I may add. They all turned around at the sound and smiled immediately formed on everyone faces.

"ARIELLA!!!!" They all yelled in happiness. I laughed and waved.

"I'm baacckk!!!!" I said while laughing still. Nicki and Carie came running at me, nearly toppling us over to the ground. The pain came back and I winced. They immediately let go of me and saying sorry a thousand times.

"Guys, its alright! It's not that bad... Just hurts when there is a lot of pressure on it. " I explained.

"Does it hurt anywhere else that we should know about, before us guys tackle you?" Josh said, slightly smirking. My eyes widened slightly.

"My leg hurts as well so I can't really walk on it as much, nor support myself." I said quickly. They all nodded their heads in understanding, before charging at me and tackling me to the ground.

"GUYS!!! GET OFF!!" I screamed while laughing really hard. They all laughed along with me and soon got off, Seth helped me up and walked me to my bed so I could sit. Nicki and Carie sat at each side of me, while the guys sat on Carie's bed which was next to mine, so we were facing each other. The room was cleaner, which means they did a good job, I must admit. They weren't much for spring cleaning.

"So wait, if your leg hurts, how did you get up here?" Nicki asked.

"I, walked up the stairs..?" I said as if pointing out the obvious. She rolled her eyes at my answer.

"Seriously Ari?"

"I'm serious! Niall and Louis were catching up in the stair well so I left them there.." I said, trailing off at the end. Drake's eyes widened.

"What's wrong Drake?" I asked him.

"Shit, I was supposed to clean our room before he got here!!" He said while smudging his face in his hands.

"Then go! Before they come up as well!!" Carie said while pointing at the door..

"Alright.. Bye guys, bye girls, bye babe." He said in a rush before coming across, kissing Carie on the forehead and running out of the room. I was wide eyed, as were the guys. Josh and Seth looked at each other before getting up as well.

"Bye girls, nice to have you back Ari!" they said in unison before walking out the door.

"Thanks guys! Josh wait!!" I called out to him. He came back and stuck his head into the room with Seth behind him in the hallway.

"We will talk about you on my phone later.. Right?" I said while eyeing him. His eyes widened.

"Go, go, go, go!" Seth said while quickly walking away from the door and dragging behind Josh that soon ran in front of him. We all laughed. I then faced Carie. She began to blush and look anywhere but at me.

"Well..." I started, crossing my arms.

"What?" She spoke innocently.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'What?' WHAT DID I MISS HERE??!!" I yelled joyfully. She explained what happened, including her being in the nurse's office, found unconscious.

"So you don't remember anything?" I asked her. She shook her head. I looked around the room, scanning every inch, until my gaze fell upon the hallway and seeing a small security camera. I then remembered something. I looked back to the girls.

"What?" They asked in unison. I smirked.

"Wait." I said to them, while getting up slowly and walking over to my desk that went untouched during the spring cleaning. I shuffled some papers and books around before finding what I was looking for. My mini spy camera that I got as a child from my mom when I turned four... I held it up to the girls for them to see and they smiled.

"Welcome home, Ari. We missed you." Nicki said in pure happiness.

Notes

Heyo! Decided to update for a couple reasons:

1) Lollipop2644 said I should. :)
2) I had nothing else to do :P

I went driving for the first time guys :D I didn't crash, and I drove onto a snow bank once! My dad is not ever going to let that go.. I know it. I also went to the dentist today to get a cavity done (I bad girl ik ) and they numbed my upper lip.. Any way to make it go away?? (that rhymed.. XD ) First time they did this.. So I'm writing with a numb lip.. Lol..

ANYWAYS, enough of my boring life.. Ariella is now officially home with her friends and is happy again.. Or is she?

Niall and Louis are reunited once more! Anyone in for a game of jealousy? ;)

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Love you all for reading!!!



qt.. I will accept that.. for now.. Lol <3


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