I had only walked about a mile when a car drove up beside me.

“What are you doing?” Brooke called to me from the inside of her car. I didn’t stop walking, so she just kept driving very slowly to stay by my side.

“Walking,” I replied.

“Get in the damn car,” she commanded. I figured arguing with her wouldn’t be the best decision so I got in on the passenger’s side.

“What is going on, Ev? We were all worried about you when we saw you weren’t outside. All the guys and I are out looking for you.”

I let out a huge sigh. “You shouldn’t have left. I would have made it home eventually.”

“Ev, it is fifteen miles to your flat from here.”

“Maybe I would have been picked up by a stranger and then murdered. I don’t know.”

She pulled over the car and looked at me. “What the hell, Evelyn?”

“I let Harry do stuff to me while we were there. Niall was so close to me sleeping, doing nothing wrong, and I was letting Harry touch me with his dirty hands.”

Brooklyn didn’t say anything. She just kept looking at me. I didn’t know if she was going to speak, so I continued.

“Harry is an asshole, and I fell for his damn tricks even though I told myself I wasn’t going to. Niall is so fucking special, Brooke. I don’t deserve to even look at his fucking face anymore.”

“Ev, what do you mean that he touched you?”

“His hand was in my shorts.”

“Good god, Ev, it’s not like you fucked him again.”

“But that’s not the point! I really like Niall, Brooke! I can’t have this little stupid fling keep going on between Harry and I. Harry treats me like an object, and Niall treats me like a princess. And Harry knows Niall and I are talking, and Harry is Niall’s best friend, but he doesn’t even care…..so why do I keep feeling so attracted to Harry?”

“Because you’ve slept with him and you know what he’s capable of. Before he came along, you haven’t had any action since you were in Georgia. It’s been awhile, and you know Harry wants it all the time.”

She made a lot of sense. I guess every time I saw Harry, it just reminded me of how good he was in bed, and I never had sex anymore.

“Well, you know what, as of right now, I am going to do everything I can to avoid Harry Styles. Every time I see him, all I can think about how good he is when it comes to sex. If I can’t see him, then I won’t want him. Maybe after a while, my attraction to him will completely be gone!”

“I like your plan,” Brooklyn said to me with a smile. She pulled back on the road and we continued to drive back to my flat.

“Oh, by the way, what is up with you and Zayn?”

She started to giggle. “I don’t know, but I hope it’s good.”

-x-x-x-

Brooke dropped me off at my flat around eleven, and it was now two in the morning. I was in bed wearing an old zebra print bra with matching pajama pants, but I couldn’t sleep. I just kept thinking about how Niall and how hurt he was when I told him I slept with Harry, and now I was going to hurt him again. How could I even tell him? My thought was interrupted when I felt my phone vibrate.

Im sorry. – HS

Just stop texting me. – ev

Can we talk about this? –HS

I don’t want to talk, Harry. Please. – ev

I then heard a knock at the door. I sprang up and walked to my front door as quietly as I could, so I didn’t wake up Madelyn. When I opened the door, Niall was standing there in a t-shirt and sweatpants. Before he could speak, I took his hand and brought him inside my room and closed the door behind me.

“What are you doing here? It’s two in the morning,” I said to him.

“Do you … want to get dressed first … or …“ he asked, eyeing me. I forgot I wasn’t wearing a shirt over my bra.

“Just answer me,” I stated.

“Harry told me what happened.”

My heart sank. I didn’t know what I could say to him. I just stood there, with a blank stare on my face. Then I finally spoke up.

“Niall, I…”

“He told me about how it was his fault and you stopped him,” he said. “You must like me a little bit to deny Harry for me, yeah?” He let out a small chuckle.

Harry took the blame. He even worded it better than I would have. He may have ruined one of his most treasured friendships just to make things right.

I pulled in Niall by wrapping my arms around his neck. He nuzzled his head into my neck and put his hands on my bare back, pulling me in closer to him. The feel of his hands on my skin caused me to get goose bumps.

I pulled away from him just a little, making sure to keep my arms around him. “Niall, will you stay here with me tonight?”

He smiled and nodded his head. I grabbed his hand and directed him to my bed. He laid down and I laid down right beside him with my back facing towards him. He pulled my comforter over us and placed his arms around my stomach, pulling me closer to him. Within minutes, I was asleep.

-x-x-x-

It was about twelve in the afternoon when I woke up. I wasn’t as warm as I was when I went to sleep, though. I turned over to see no one there. I pouted, but I stopped when I noticed the smell of French toast coming from the kitchen. I threw a shirt on, grabbed my phone, and walked into the kitchen to see Madelyn eating alone and looking at stuff on her laptop. She noticed I entered the room.

“Afternoon,” she said. “I made Niall and I some toast this morning. I figured you’d want some too, so I made more.”

I sat down beside her and grabbed a piece. “When did he leave?”

“Around nine thirty. He had a meeting. He said he would text you afterwards or something.”

I pulled out my phone to see that I indeed had a message.

Meeting was good. I have some exciting news! Xoxoxo niall

I just woke up. What is the news?! – xx ev

“He said he had exciting news. I wonder what happened,” I said to Madelyn.

“I don’t know. Maybe a new music video or a new perfume or something,” she answered. Then I noticed the look on her face fell. She kept her eyes fixed onto her laptop screen.

“Is something wrong?” I asked.

She turned her laptop towards me and let me read what she was worried about.

It was pictures of Niall outside my house last night. There were even a few with me answering the door. The headlines were ridiculous.

“Niall Visits His Personal Whore!”
“Niall ‘Up All Night’ with Harry’s Girl? She’s trash!”
“C’mon, C’mon, Niall – isn’t she Harry’s skank?”

I put my toast down and looked away from the screen. I then looked at Madelyn.

“You should have put a shirt on before answering the door, huh?” she said.

“I’m not worried about me. I’m worried about them. After living with you, I know what stories like this do to their reputation.”

“Ev, it will be okay. The worst that will happen is a few fans will be like ‘OH MY GOD HE IS MINE’ and talk bad about you on social media sites.”

My phone vibrated before I could say anything.

Meet me @ your work in 30 minutes please? – niall

I could feel tears starting to build up. He always ended his texts with ‘xoxoxo niall.’ I was assuming he saw the articles, but he couldn’t be mad about them. Could he? I tried to shrug it off and put on a pair of light blue skinny jeans and a Coldplay t-shirt, and then I made my way to the coffee shop.

-x-x-

When I got there, it was surrounded by paparazzi, and of course as soon as I saw them, they saw me. Half of them stayed at the shop and half of them moved over to me. They were all in my face and I could barely walk towards the shop. The worst part of it all was what they were all saying to me.

“What’s it like sleeping with all of One Direction?”

“Why are you trying to break up the band?”

“Is this a cry for attention because your sister is famous?”

It got so bad to where I had to stop, cover my hands over my face, and start to cry. I’ve been in the public eye before, but this was ridiculous. I stayed in that position for about a minute before I felt something get thrown over my head. I then was grabbed by the wrist and someone was pulling me.

“Liam! Liam, are you in this love triangle as well?”

“Liam, what is Danielle going to say?”

He didn’t say anything back to them; he just kept pulling me through them until we got into the shop. He didn’t pull whatever he had thrown on me until we were in the break room of the shop where no one could see us. When he did pull the cloth off my head, it revealed him, Brooke, Niall, Zayn, and an older man who I didn’t know in the room. Brooke was sitting on Zayn’s lap with her head nuzzled in his neck, Liam had one of his hands on Niall’s shoulders, and the older man just stood to the side.

“Hi everyone … who is the guy?” I asked.

“Part of our management,” Liam answered.

“We’re going on a European /North American tour,” Zayn revealed.

I let a huge smile form on my face. “That is big news! That’s pretty awesome.”

“But, there’s some bad news,” the man stated.

“What?” I figured he was going to say that they’d be gone for a long time or something like that. That was understandable and I was fine with hearing.

“We’re not allowed to be seen with you in public anymore,” Zayn murmured.

That I wasn’t fine with hearing. “…What?”

“When stories like this get published, the sales and overall popularity of One Direction goes down. Since you’ve entered the picture, this has been the worse it’s ever been for them. The fans are disappointed in the boys and we just think it’s best if you’re not in the public eye with them anymore.”

“I … can’t see my friends anymore?”

“No, you can. It just has to be in total private. We can set up a secret meeting spot and you and the guys can show up at different times, and –“

I didn’t stay in the break room. I didn’t want any of them to see me cry. I should have never accepted Niall’s invitation for a date. I should have never accepted Harry’s apology. I should have never gone to that party with Madelyn. I should have known being involved with one of the biggest groups in the world was just going to be a huge pile of trouble.

I rushed out the front door just to be attacked my paparazzi again, but this time I didn’t care to hide my face. I just kept trying to get through them as I let my tears fall. I could hear Niall calling my name, but I just ignored it and tried to make my way through the crowd. They kept yelling things at me and I just couldn’t take it.

I started pushing all of them out of my way and I finally got through when I made it to the street.

I looked back behind me to see Niall screaming for me and running towards me. The last thing I remember him yelling was, “Evelyn, no!”

And then everything went black.

Notes

sorry the past two chapters were lame, its just building up to something awesome. its midterm time at my college so updating will be iffy for a little bit. also, i know zayn is dating perrie but you know this is my story and my friend is based off of brooke and she likes zayn. :P

another thing ... i just found out im seeing one direction on june 16!!!!!
thanks for reading :)