Louis’ POV

After countless minutes of everyone convincing Carie that Ariella’s disappearance was in fact, not her fault, she believed it. Right now we are all chilling out in my dorm, eating a couple snacks and watching a movie. If Niall and Ariella didn’t come back by the time the movie ended, we are going to call it a night, and hope for morning. Drake and Carie were cuddled up in his bed while I sat alone in my separate bed. Nicki sat in Niall’s bed.

“Do you think she’s going be okay?” Carie wondered out loud.

“Well, this is Ariella we are talking about. Judging by what I went through with her, she’s pretty strong. Both emotionally and physically.” I spoke with honesty as I remembered what happened back at the hotel.

"So don’t judge me by the way I do because maybe that girl you see is probably not the real me."

This still rung in my head and it won’t leave, honestly bugging me. Let’s just say she isn’t the only one that is very curious around here. I for one, have many secrets as well, but don’t we all?

“Yeah, and you’ve know her since your early years. You three,” Drake gestured to Nicki and Carie, even though Ariella isn't present. “You’re all practically sisters.”

“Don’t worry about Ariella, Carie. She’s with Niall, so for sure she isn’t alone. She’s alright.” Nicki said reassuringly.

“Yeah... You're right.” She sighed. Drake whispered something in her ear that I couldn’t catch, and she began to blush and cover her face with her hands. Drake tried prying her hands away from her face. This time I was able to catch what he said to her since he said it out loud.

“Don’t cover your face. It’s too beautiful to be hidden.” Which only made her blush even harder. I chuckled to myself as I saw them interact. Nicki awed them while squealing which made me laugh. Carie turned so she was now buried into his chest, hiding her face even more.

At this point we forgot about the movie and just began laughing really hard. It was an adorable sight to see. Just then we heard voices from the other side of the door. They were speaking quite loudly and quite rude if I may add. As the voices got closer, we realized that they weren’t the voices of Ariella and Niall. The girls’ faces were concentrating on the sound, as they looked at each other, their confused faces quickly turned into angered faces.

“What’s wrong?” Drake asked. The girls immediately shushed him as they slowly and quietly made their way to the door, pressing their ears against it. Drake and I looked at each other in confusion before walking over and doing the same thing as the girls.

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Brittney’s POV

“LOOK, if you’re not going to help me, then might as well leave and explain to Walter why you are back so soon.”I whispered harshly.

“Sorry! This is my first real mission so I’m going to be a bit rusty, don’t’ blame me.”Matt defended himself.

“Well, better clean up or else…”I trailed off.

“No B.J.?” he asked as my jaw hung open.

"Hell no." Matt is not attractive whatsoever. He is in general: a NERD! I hit him against his groin with my knee and he groaned in pain as he doubled over.

“How’s that for a B.J.?” I hissed.

“Sorry, sorry.”He apologized while catching his breath. I huffed. Why Walter… Out of all of the cute guys that you recruited, why did I get this?

“Focus! Do you hear anything?” He was about to press his ear to the door, but tripping on his OWN FOOT, colliding into it instead and having the door break his fall. I slapped my forehead in shame. Luckily, the door did not collapse. Since he probably weighs like 90 pounds… He started to wince in pain.

“You’ve got to be kidding me…” I mumbled to myself. "Oh hush up." I whispered to him harshly. I pressed my ear against the wall and heard them laughing. I could tell that Louis was there, his laughter just as strong.

Found You.

They got quiet and small feet were heard coming to the door. Happy chatter from down the hall could be heard as well, as it’s Niall's beautiful voice. Plan B!

“Okay Matt. Time for plan B. Do you think you can manage running and locking yourself into the Janitor’s Closest?” I explained slowly. He nodded his head and picked himself off the ground, stumbling into the Janitor’s closet. I checked myself before causally strutting my way down to the direction of his voice.

Just as I was about to turn the corner to the stairs, I heard her voice. Two for one. Score. I saw her head coming up the stairs, and then his, realizing that Niall was helplessly carrying her up the stairs in a piggy back.

“Poor baby. I would get tired of carrying her too.” I said as they came up to the final step. Niall stopped in his tracks, obviously shocked to see me. Ariella looked confused. Hmm, she probably heard that I was ‘expelled’. They made a BIG mistake to put me in a room that had easy access to an air vent. Stupid faculty.

“W-what are you doing here?” Niall asked me, stuttering. I giggled my fake one and slowly approached him, ignoring the glares I was getting from Ariella on his back. I placed my hands on his arms that were supporting her ugly legs. Ugh this girl.

Ariella’s POV

I watched helplessly as she walked over and placed her dirty hands on his arms that were supporting my legs from slipping off of him.

“Well, you texting me saying,” she said while pulling out her phone.

“’Hey babe, want to come over to my dorm for a bit? ; ) I got somethin’ in mind that I wanna do.’

So, of course, I came. I was at your dorm for a while actually. At least, knocking on it. I think the boys are already asleep. So I waited for you.” She said while batting her fake eyelashes. She slides her phone back in its place before looking up at Niall. She moved her hands up and down against his arms, slowly. I was in shock. Before my could process what I was doing I reached over and slapped her hands away. She then makes eye contact with me and sending daggers my way.

“Hands off.” I said to her coldly.

“Why should I keep my hands off of my boyfriend?” she said, dragging the word my. Niall gripped my thighs softly, as if telling me that she is lying, bringing slight comfort in the situation.

“I’m not your boyfriend. I’m hers.” He said while gesturing his to me, a smile forming on my face as I held onto his neck a little tighter, but not enough to choke him.

“You’re always funny Niall. She moved on to Louis remember?” She said while laughing and snorting, which was not CLOSE to attractive, while placing her hands back where they were before I swatted them away. Again.

“Seriously though, what did you have in mind for tonight?” she said while tracing her hands across his chest, right to where my arms were linked together around his neck. Niall slowly backed away.

“Although I appreciate being funny, right now I’m not trying to be funny. I never texted you, and I never wanted you come to my dorm. You’re supposed to be expelled.” He said seriously. She looked away as if thinking, then faced back to Niall, leaning into his ear that my head was next to.

“I was, but I’m off the hook. Besides, I thought you were going to return the favor for making you feel good in my dorm before any of that happened… Remember that?” she whispered seductively. Niall gulped. Wait, what? She backed away, smiling up at Niall, a questioning look on her face. Alright, I had enough. I quickly got myself off of him and walking away as fast as I could without the pain on my ankle getting in the way.

“Ariella wait, she’s-“he started but I turned around on the spot, noticing that I have only moved a few yards away..

“It’s okay. Just tell the girls that I’m going to be in the dorm." He takes a step forward but I shook my head. "I’m pretty tired, anyway. I’ll see you tomorrow.” I said quietly, ignoring the satisfied smile on Brittney’s face. He jogged over to me and before I could turn around to leave again, he held me by my arms and pulled me in for a kiss. In front of Brittney. I smiled slightly into the kiss before he pulled away, knowing he felt my smile.

“I love you.” He says out loud with the most serious face I’ve ever seen, only receiving a sigh from me. He pecked my forehead.

“Don’t go just yet.” He said, gesturing for me to stay put. He then jogged back to Brittney. I should take this as an offence but then again if I went back, she would be brutally murdered.

Litterally. Better to be safe than sorry.

“What was that about?” I heard Niall say to Brittney, snapping me out of my thoughts.

“What was what?” she says, playing dumb.

“Why the hell did you say that? You know that it wasn’t true! It was only a kiss, not frickin’ sex! I already told her what actually happened. So your tricks won’t work. Are you seriously this stupid to think that I won’t tell her?!” She was about to speak until he cut her off. “Oh wait, yeah ya are!" He states before continuing. "Stay away from Ariella, stay away from me. In fact, stay away from all of us, ya cunt.” He sneered. Maybe I did the right thing by giving him the second chance. I watched as Brittney was storming down the hallway in disbelief and Niall turning, facing me. I smiled at him, thankful that he did that. He cupped his mouth with his hands.

“I love you!!” He yelled out to me. I giggled as I saw Brittney turn around, only to be even more angered to see that he wasn’t talking to her and continued walking away.

“Then come here!!” I yelled back. He stretched his arms out for me to run into. I didn’t want to run, because I was actually getting tired. I shook my head. He looked confused and gestured his arms again, this time standing in a stance as if I was going to jump into his arms. I gestured my leg and his mouth formed an ‘o’ before he started running to me.

“Niall...” I started as he became close enough so I didn’t have to yell, holding out my hands in front of me. Before I could take a step back, he picked me up again, but this time placed me on his back. I laughed.

“Better?” he asked me.

“Very.” I said as I tried to contain my giggles. He laughed along with me.

“I remembered this time.” He said proudly as our laughter died down.

“Let’s see how long you will, before you do forget.” I said.

“Once you tell me something, I won’t ever forget. Ever.” He said as we slowly walked down to the dorm, swaying around every once in a while. Once we reached his dorm, he leaned down a bit so I was being supported by his back and not his arms as he used a hand to knock on the door.

“She’s gone. You can open the door now.” Niall spoke through the door. We heard scrambling from the door and bed springs right after. The door knob clicked, signaling that the door was unlocked. He opened the door and I closed it once we were completely inside. We looked to the tired gang that sat in the beds, eyeing us, unsure of what to say, most likely.

“Somebody has some explaining to do...” Nicki trailed off. Niall and I sighed simultaneously. The gang laughed at our action.

“Can’t it wait until morning? Ariella and I are tired.” Niall explained. Everyone nodded their heads, agreeing. We stayed in the dorm for a little while longer until we decided to go to sleep. The girls and I got up and said bye to the guys. I kissed Niall on his forehead since he was already asleep. Drake was asleep as well so Carie repeated my action.

“You know… It’s sad that I don’t get a kiss goodnight.” Louis said while pouting. I laughed quietly as I walked over to him and tucked him in, giving him a kiss on the forehead as well.

“Goodnight mommy.” He said quietly. I flinched at the word mommy, thinking myself in that position years ago. Louis realized what he said and what it meant to me. “I’m sorry Ariella.” he said, fixing what he meant.

“Don’t worry about it Louis. Go to sleep.” I smiled reassuringly. I got up and met up with the girls at the door.

“Goodnight Care Bear. Is that better?” he called to me nervously. I shook my head while smiling.

“Yeah. It is. Goodnight Teddy Bear.” I said back to him, before shutting the door behind me quietly. The girls smiled, as they don’t know what he meant, since I haven’t told them. So far, only Louis and Niall know. I’ll tell them in the morning, as it is midnight already. Once we reached our dorm, we changed into our P.J.’s and turned the lights off, saying our good nights. We began to sleep until Carie spoke up to me.

“Ariella, you still awake?" She asks quietly. I respond with a hum, letting her know I was awake still." I’m sorry." She says. Instantly I knew what she was talking about.

“Don’t be, if anything, I should be the one apologizing. I shouldn’t have stormed out like that… Niall told me what happened and I guessed that you took my storming out as your fault. It’s not. So, I’m sorry Carie.” I said. I heard shuffling from her bed before I felt my bed dip and a pair of small arms wrapped me in an embrace. I sat up and hugged her back.

“Nicki, you wanna hug too? We can make this a group hug if you join.” Carie spoke out to her. Immediately she got up and we all got into a group hug. Unfortunately, the bed was only big enough for one person, so our group hug ended up tumbling onto the floor. We all laughed and separated into our own beds, agreeing that we will fix it in the morning.

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