Ariella’s POV

As I saw Niall on the couch with Brittney, with his arm around her shoulders, and her head on her chest, both eyes closed, the image of them kissing from my dream came to my head. I tried pushing it away but every time I tried to it would just come closer. My head was now pounding and that’s when I knew I had to get out of there. I silently walked passed them, and made my way to the cafeteria.

I went and got some waffles with mixed fruits and orange juice before making my way to the table where the gang usually sat, the only people missing were Niall and Brittney… Already know where they are…

“Hey, about time! What took so long?” Louis asked me. You have no idea. I really need to talk to you…

“She was talking to Niall in the dorm.” Nicki explained to him. His mouth formed an ‘o’ shape, eyeing me before continuing on his breakfast. I sat between Carie and Nicki since that is where they saved my seat. Drake sat to the left of Carie and Louis sat across from me, while having Seth and Josh on either side of him.

“Hey, Louis?” I asked him. He looks up at me and slightly smiles.

“Yeah Care Bear?” he said while smirking.

“Can I talk to you? In privacy?” His face then got serious. He nodded his head. He wiped his face of the milk that he was drinking before standing up and waiting for me to lead the way.

“OOOOH, Louis is in trouble!!!” Josh joked. The guys joined in laughter while the girls sent me confused looks. I sent them a look saying ‘I will explain when I get back… Promise.’ They gave me genuine smiles.

“You will be back, right?” Drake called out to us. I forgot. Today’s the day. I turned around and faced him, sending an excited smile to him before nodding. I then walked out of the cafeteria with Louis on my tail.

Louis’ POV

When Ariella asked to speak in privacy, I knew something was wrong. I ignored the comment that Josh made and kept my focus on Ariella that was walking in front of me. A million thoughts immediately ran through my head, is she going to tell me what happened between her and the Head Mistress? Did something happen between her and Brittney? Niall?

I didn’t focus on where we were going until she stopped a couple feet in front of me, peeking over a corner to the Lobby before facing me.

“Look…” she gestured her head to the corner, and I hesitantly walked over to see around the corner, seeing my best mate holding that disgusting Brittney girl. My face scrunched up in anger, as I turned to see Ariella, beginning to cry again. I immediately walked over to her and held her, slowly pulling her away to walk to my dorm.

She was able to hold in her tears until the moment when we reached my dorm. I checked inside to make sure none of the other lads were in there, before letting Ariella step in first. I closed the door behind me gently, turning around to see Ariella on the edge of my bed, burying her face in her hands, sobbing quietly. I walked over to her and sat down next to her, pulling her into an embrace.

“Maybe it isn’t what it seems. I don’t think Niall would ever do such a thing.” I started. Ariella just shook her head. She sniffled before speaking.

“At the same time, he could. He thinks I don’t trust him.” She stated. I furrowed my brows together.

“What? What are you talking about?” That was when she told me everything, and I mean everything. From her dreams of Niall and Brittney, to what happened in the dorm this morning.

“Does he know about this?” I asked her. She shook her head. “He should know about this Bear, he’s your boyfriend.” I spoke sincerely.

“I know, but I just can’t bring myself to tell him.” I gently rubbed her arm to comfort her. She slowly stopped crying as I did so.

“Hmmm. What if I talked to him?” I suggested. She immediately got out of my grasp and shook her head quickly, wide-eyed. “And why not?” she sighed.

“He will think I’m weak, and afraid.”

“But that’s who you will become if you don’t.” I said to her sadly.

“Part of the dream already came true, what if the other part comes true?” she questioned, while placing herself back where she was before. I placed my head on top of hers and held her tightly.

“It won’t.” I assured her.

“But what if it does Lou? What if he realizes that I am no good for him? That he is actually better off with Brittney? Head Mistress was right…” she trailed off on the last sentence I almost didn’t catch it.

“What do you mean she was right?” I questioned her. She became stiff as realizes what she said. She shook her head.

“Nothing.”

“Ariella…” I slightly scolded her. She sighed.

“Alright.” She began to when Niall left, how she reacted, and what she told her before she left her alone. I felt my own tears slowly pooling up in my eyes. How can a mother figure tell her daughter such things??

“Then that was when you found me on the ground. I must have cried myself to sleep.” She finished. I shook my head in disappointment.

“That isn’t right. Hell, that’s not fair to you. None of this is Ariella.” I stated, anger slowly building up in me.

“I know, but that’s life at its worst… It will get better soon.” She shrugged, her words relaxing me.

“It’s good to stay positive. I like that.” I said while poking at her sides, making her squirm for being ticklish. She started to playfully slap my hands away from her sides, but with no success. I was waiting for the reaction I was hoping for, but it hasn’t come yet.

“Lou, st-top it!” she stuttered, while holding in her laugh.

“Not until you crack a smile or a laugh, my dear.” I said as I began to tickle her harder. She was trying really hard not to laugh, so I tickled her even harder to the point where she jumped out of my embrace and stood up on the bed. I looked up to her and chuckled while standing up on the floor.

“Like that is going to help you. It’s only going to make it easier for me.” I said as I pulled one of her legs down, so she fell onto the mattress and I began to tickle her again. “Come on, I know you want to, just do it already.” I said as I continued to tickle her. She eventually gave in and started to laugh. I cheered in happiness as she finally showed some happy emotion. Lately she has just been down in the dumps, and now I know why. I pulled her arms up so she could sit up. She hugged me out of nowhere.

“Thanks, Lou.” She said happily.

“Anytime. I’m always here. Remember that.” I feel honored that she feels comfortable enough to talk to me more than her friends and even Niall, even though I’m his best mate… At the same time I feel bad for him, since he doesn’t know what’s going on in her mind right now. I held her for a bit longer, rocking her back and forth slightly.

“Do you feel any better now?” I asked her after a while. She nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Do you want to go back now?” She became wide eyed as if remembering something. She immediately stood up and grabbed my wrist, pulling me up with her before she started racing down the hallway.

“A yes could have been alright as well you know!” I said to her as I tried catching up with her.

Eventually I caught up with her, and even began to run ahead of her. She took that as a challenge and before we knew it, we were racing to the cafeteria. When we raced by the Lobby, Niall was up but Brittney was still cuddled up against him. Ariella didn’t seem to notice as she just focused on getting to the cafeteria first. Niall shot glances at me and I just shrugged. He got up, leaving Brittney there on the couch, passed out and chased after us.

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Ariella’s POV

Once I beat Louis to the cafeteria, I cheered to myself and did a little victory dance. Louis just laughed, looking both amused, and out of breath. I looked behind him to see Niall chasing after us, with a mad face. Uh oh. I grabbed Louis’ wrist and guided him to the table. Everyone’s eyes was on us as we came closer.

“What happened?” Carie asked me once I sat back down. Louis looked at me sympathetically, and I just nodded my head telling him it was alright. Niall sat at the end of the table, next to Seth. They greeted each other while I thought of a way of telling her without Niall having to over-hear. I will tell him soon I promise, just no now. He doesn’t seem to be in the mood to hear my problems.

I then remembered my phone (Duh) and opened the notes section. I began to type the event that occurred just moments ago onto my phone. Once I finished, I handed the phone to Carie so she could read it. I played with my waffles as she read. Once I heard her gasp, I knew she finished reading. I nudged Nicki and showed her my phone. She read it and did the same thing. Carie snatched the phone from Nicki and began to type underneath.

C: Give him time, he will come around. If I see him with her still by the time we leave, I WILL BEAT HIM DOWN!!!

I read it and chuckled to myself. Nicki snatched the phone back and began to type as well.

N: Same!! I swear, if he does a repeat of what happened freshman year… Oooooooh it will not end pretty. We all know how ugly this will turn out!

By her comment the three of us just began to laugh. The guys had confused looks on their faces which just made us laugh harder.

“What’s so funny?” Seth asked, genuinely confused. The three of us just shook our heads as we calmed down.

“It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.” Nicki said. The guys gave each other confused looks but shrugged it off.

I looked over to Drake who was fidgeting in his seat all morning. I remembered my line.

“Drake?” I asked him. He looked at me with both nervous and confident eyes. Everyone else’s focus was on him as he didn’t answer me. Carie placed her hand on his arm, mentally asking what was up. He nodded before standing up. A smile plastered onto my face as I could not wait for what was about to happen next.

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Notes

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