Louis' POV

I walk into the quiet restaurant, immediately scanning the room for Holly. I can't even explain how hard my heart is thumping right now. A part of me feels pretty numb, especially as I've just received a text from Emily. She sounded pretty worried as she wanted me to meet her, but for once, I'm putting Holly first.

"Hi.." I look to my left as Holly approaches me. She's wearing a casual t shirt and skinny jeans. I like her natural look, she looks naturally pretty. I try not to think about what she looks like any longer as I know I am here for a reason.

"Hey.." I answer with a nervous smile. It feels weird being here with her, she's not her usual bubbly self. She guides me to our table whilst explaining how busy it was so we are pretty much shoved in the back corner.

"So, I didn't think I'd be seeing you again." Holly says as we sit down, I look away as I notice a pint of beer on the table ready for me. "It's the one you always order." She adds and looks away.

"Thank you Holly." I say quietly as I take a sip. She looks at me and leans on the table, I glance back at her as I place my glass back on to the paper coaster.

"Well I know you're here because of Emily.." She sighs and I know how annoyed she must be at me. Another person I have treated like shit.

"I just need answers, everything is just getting weirder and weirder. I know for sure Emily won't tell me if I ask." I snap as I hate talking like this, it's so frustrating. Holly's eyes widen as she smiles.

"All this time I've tried to be there for you, then you basically tell me to go away and then all of a sudden you need me again." She shakes her head and I frown as I know I've got alot to explain, but I don't want to be going into this with her.

"You wouldn't leave me alone Holly, what did you expect me to do?" I snap again and Holly rolls her eyes. I can't help but lose my temper as I feel she's playing me. Was she even intending on telling me anything? Or is this some sort of sick twisted revenge? "I don't understand how or why you're obsessed with me? It's weird, it's odd and can also be quite scary." I snap as I look at her sternly, I bore my eyes into hers and she sighs.

"I'm far from scary, you've got it all wrong." Holly says and I sarcastically laugh as I sit back in the chair. Well at least she's talking.

"Well," I pause as I open my arms out towards her, "Enlighten me. Because if you don't agree with me that this whole thing is fucking creepy, then don't be afraid to explain." I humour myself as I cross m0y arms, she looks at me and smirks.

"How on earth is it creepy?" Holly asks defensively and I raise my eyebrows.

"Well, maybe the part that I'm dating your best friend and then you try and try to get me to meet up with you. Do you not find that odd?" I ask in shock at her. She sighs as looks away from me.

"You really have no idea Louis." She says quietly as she leans forward and skims her finger in a circular motion on the rim of her glass.

"Then tell me!" I snap as I lean forward and I hit the table. She looks at me and stops as her eyes flick above me, "If you're not going to help me with Emily, then at least explain why you were so clingy and obsessed." I add and she looks past me as she sighs. I turn around to be met by Emily. What's she doing here?

"Hi.." Emily says warily as she looks from me to Holly. The look of fear on her face worries me and I look back to Holly. She's currently looking away whilst sipping her drink.

"Why are you here?" I ask as I look back at Emily. She looks at me and takes a deep breath.

"To stop the truth from being revealed." Holly says and I glance back at her. Does she not realised how wound up I am? Her sarcastic little remarks really aren't helping. Breathe.

"Stop with the fucking hints and just get to the point" I say as I snap at Holly once more.

"Please.." Emily says and I look back at her as she looks at Holly. I don't like how Emily comes over on edge. Holly quickly stands up forcefully sending her chair back into an empty table behind. I look at her as she glares at Emily. I'm going to get dizzy from these two in a minute.

"You're a coward." Holly snaps at her best friend and she storms out the pub. I quickly stand up as Emily just looks away. I don't know what the fuck is going on here, but I need answers. I chase Holly outside with Emily calling after me.

"Holly!" I shout as I grab her hand and I spin her around. "Whats going on?" I ask and she sighs. I ignore Emily shouting at us because for once, I need Holly.

"All I've wanted to do is protect you." Holly says as she pulls her hand away from me. I frown as she becomes more angry. "You were so blinded by her, but it's lies. All of it." Holly adds and I just fall completely confused.

"Don't listen Louis.." Emily pleads as she takes my hand. I stiffen at her touch, I can't look at her as I'm focused on Holly.

"How could you protect me? From what lies?" I ask and Holly looks at Emily who's now frantically shouting at me. I turn to her. "What the fuck is going on?" I shout as Emily begins to cry. I turn to Holly,

"Are you doing this because you're jealous? That's what it is, isn't it?" I snap and Holly takes a deep breath. "Seriously how fucking low can you get? You just don't give up do you." I add and Holly shakes her head in disbelief.

"Can we go?" Emily shouts as she tries to pull me away.

"You're fucked in the head-"

"IT WAS A BET LOUIS!" Holly screams and I stop shouting at her. Emily stops pulling me and I keep my eyes on Holly. "It was a bet that seemed to be out of control." She says quieter and I look away. A bet. What the fuck could be a bet?

"Louis.." Emily sniffs and I turn to her.

"What does she mean by a bet? Explain what this bet of your's was?" I snap as I look at Emily with anger that it is about to spiral out of my control. She looks away. "Look at me."

"It wasn't like how you're thinking.." Emily whispers.

"Then tell me how it fucking was!" I shout but Emily turns away as she bursts out crying, right now her tears mean nothing to me.

"We saw you in that club." Holly starts and I turn to her. "I liked you, I have done for a while. But I just didn't know how to approach you. Then Emily suggested we should see who could pull you that night." Holly adds with a blank face. The anger that fills me is deeper than I've ever experienced before. They made a bet on me, I don't know what's worse, a bet or because it was Emily's idea?

"It wasn't supposed to come to this." Emily cries. I glance at her but I step away from both of them.

"This whole time I thought it was real, how fucking stupid am I?" I laugh angrily as I run a hand through my hair. "You.." I turn to Emily. "You made me chase you, I felt like I really had won the prize. But it wasn't real, was it? I was the fucking prize!" I snap and Emily looks at me.

"Of course it was real, I fell for you Louis. Everything I have said to you, I meant it from the bottom of my heart." Emily pleads and I really don't know what to think. I hate how she does this. I'm so pissed off for the way she's lead me on and how fake our meeting was, I can't get round the fact she was using me as a bet, but at the same time I've fallen for her and her words help sweeten the situation. I lose focus as Holly laughs.

"Is this funny to you? Because I don't see the fucking funny side of it." I shout as I look at Holly. She stops and looks at Emily.

"How can it be real?" Holly asks and I look from Holly to Emily. They both glare at each other. "Tell him Emily! Because this is all far from real isn't it? There's a reason to why I've been so forward, so demanding. Tell him." Emily looks away and shakes her head. I look at Holly.

"I tried to protect you, to make you fall for me so you wouldn't get sucked into this selfish trap. Because you're the one that comes out with nothing Louis." Holly adds and I turn to Emily. "They always do." Holly adds.

"They? What do you mean they? And what trap?" I ask as I can't even think straight. Emily slowly looks at me and she starts to apologise.

"I can't do this, you're different. I just can't " Emily cries and turns away as she starts to walk away.

"We're not done yet." I shout as I grab her. She starts screaming at me that she can't tell me and how much she loves me. I try not to let her words ease my brain, but Holly soon over powers her,

"SHE'S GOT A BOYFRIEND!" Holly yells so loud that it makes my heart jump. She's got a boyfriend? Max. I feel sick, physically sick. Everything I wanted to know has just been thrown at me.

"That's why Harry saw you with Gary and why Ben saw you with Max. Max fucking Farley." I mutter under my breath as I try to take this all in. I was expecting to hear something like she was friends with him and that would have been bad enough, but to be going out with him. How the fuck do I get past this?

"Louis.." Emily cries as she touches my shoulder and I quickly push her away. I'm trying to process all of this but I can't. "I was going to tell you.."

"Get off me." I snap as I step away. She tries once more to touch me and I push her hand back. "How the fuck could you do this?" I shout and Emily looks away as she tries to explain but she's full of empty words.
Holly falls silent as I slowly look back at Emily.

"I wasn't supposed to fall for you. I deleted a digit from your number so I couldn't text you. I'm hopeless at remembering things and I couldn't fight the temptation." Emily sighs as she rubs her forehead. Emily corrupted my number, not Holly. I feel as if someone has punched me in the stomach. Can this seriously get any worse?

"Temptation? " I question and Emily bite's her lip. "Do you not understand that I'm real? I have a life and I have a purpose of actually being here. I'm not some imaginary game, not a prize that you can wave around in the air." I shout and Emily frowns at me.

"But it was okay for you to constantly try and get my attention? To keep me as a secret from all your friends?" Emily snaps and I smile an evil smile.

"I didn't have a girlfriend, I didn't make a bet like you're some game. I wasn't fake and my friend's knew, I always had to stick up for you." I grit my teeth during the last part as Harry and Bella both tried to warn me several times.

"I wasn't fake either-"

"YOU LIED TO ME!!" I shout but I stop as I take a deep breath. I need to try control my anger but right now, I'm seeing red.

"How could you do this to me?" Emily cries at Holly. I turn to face them.

"It wasn't fair Emily. I've put up with watching you mess people around for far too long. But to do it to someone who you knew I liked was horrible. I may not have got Louis, he didn't like me and that's fine but you turned me into someone that he hated and you didn't even care. You didn't give a shit about my feelings, or about Louis'. Then you try and have a fling behind my back, it's selfish and unfair." Holly says and Emily turns to me. I look away from her.





I take a couple of steps and I leave them both. There's no way I can think straight, all this time I've been obsessing over her and it's all been a lie. How could I be so fucking naive? I lose my temper as I turn towards a wall and I clench my fist as I hit it, the pain soares through me and it actually feels nice, so I hit if again. I hear Emily faintly shout after me. How could I be so stupid? Why didn't I listen to Harry or Bella? Bella. Oh god, she confessed how she felt and I treated her like shit. I stop hitting the wall as I walk on as Bella keeps appearing in my head. Beautiful, kind Bella. Fuck.

"Louis.." Holly says softly as she approaches me. I sit down on a local bench, she sits beside me. I look down at the blood covering my hand, I look away again as I glance at Holly. "It really wasn't meant to come to this." She adds and I just stare ahead, so many thoughts flying around in my head.

"Why did you do this?" I ask and Holly reacts in shock. "Why? You should have just kept quiet and kept laughing behind my back." I add and Holly sighs.

"I was never laughing behind your back Louis. When Emily mentioned that bet, I had to do it. I liked you from the garage, you were a nice guy and yes I was attracted. But I knew Emily would get your attention, she always does." Holly says and I continue to listen. "But it doesn't mean that the whole bet thing was acceptable, it wasn't fair on you and I'm sorry on my behalf." She adds and I look away.
" I walked upto you and pretended to spill my drink over you. From then on I just tried to gain your attention because I had to stop Emily. I wanted to divert you away from her." Holly sighs and I glance at her.

"Why?" I ask as I don't get why she cared so much.

"Because you're not the first Louis. I've never agreed with Emily's behaviour. She has a boyfriend who she's been with for two years, he recently found out that Emily was texting some other guy called Luke. They had a massive fight and that's when your friend saw Emily with Gary, she was visiting Max in hospital." Holly looks away. I scrunch my nose up as Emily did mention Max, but she clearly lied because Harry had caught her out. Fuck.

"I guess Max and Gary will be coming for me" I sigh as I run a hand through my hair. Holly looks at me.

"I can back you up, Max should understand." for the first time I actually smile a meaningful smile at Holly.

"I don't need you to. I'm ready for them, I've no fear for those two." I answer and Holly looks at me distressed. I frown as I change subject, "Back to the whole bet,were you so forward because of protecting me? You didn't actually like me either?" I ask and Holly laughs and apologises.

"Of course I liked you, I was so bloody annoying because I knew Emily so well. I got the hint straight away Louis, but you're a nice guy and you didn't deserve this shit. I knew this was going to happen and I sort of felt you didn't deserve this. Although I left it far too late." Holly says and I can't understand her.

"I didn't exactly give you a chance. All those times you asked me to meet up with you, was it because you wanted to tell me?" I ask and Holly nods and runs a hand through her hair.

"I wanted you to know what you were getting yourself into, but at the same time, I was angry and jealous that the one guy I said I liked, Emily jumped in there and made sure she got you over me." Holly sighs and I frown.

"How did she make sure? She fucked my number up to even resist texting me?" I ask and Holly sighs.
"She knows how to plant seeds, she kept telling me that you were into me and often she would help me text you. Sometimes, she wrote the text and deleted it. Even your replies, so then I would text you not realising we'd already had a conversation." Holly breaks a little as she looks away. How could Emily do that? How could she be so disloyal?

"I'm sorry, I had no idea that you weren't the one texting all the time." I anwer and Holly smiles as she looks at me.

"Don't worry about it, I did find it odd when I'd pop in and you'd be really off or distant with me. All of it makes sense now of course." She laughs and I look away. This is all far from funny.

"She's ruined so much, she doesn't realise. I've lost Bella and Harry, two of my best friends. They tried to warn me about her but I thought I knew best, like I did with you." I sigh as I hate how dumb I sound.

"Don't beat yourself up too much. I'm sure your friends will come around, it all eventually takes time." Holly says, "I know for sure I'm done with Emily." She adds.

"But why chose me at the time, a stranger, instead of your best friend?" I ask and Holly looks away.

"Emily has been like this for years. I've never agreed with how she lures guys in and spits them out. I tried not to get involved before, but with you it was the last straw, especially because she knew I liked you." She pauses and smiles an annoyed smile. "She made me react as a crazy psycho who was just obsessed and couldn't take no for an answer. But as you know, it wasn't always me harrassing you." Holly adds and I feel like such a dick.

"I don't understand why you kept it up after the way I treated you." I ask and Holly looks at me.

"You were brain washed Louis." Holly answers and I nod in agreement. I look at her and I feel as if I could just take everything back. "I sort of felt like an idiot too."

"I'm really sorry for how I treated you." I say and Holly smiles and nods.

"Don't punish Emily too hard, she did like you, I knew that. She feel in deep and she lost herself in her own game." Holly says and I can't believe how nice this girl really is.

"I can't forgive Emily, I'm done with her." I snap and Holly sighs.

"Give her a chance to explain before shutting completely off. " Holly sighs and I shrug as I'm not in the right frame of mind to think about talking to Emily.

"No," I shake my head. "You're done with her, so am I." I answer and Holly looks away as we both fall silent.

"Why don't you try and see your friends? I think you need some support and company." Holly suggests and I shrug.

"I think I need to give them time." I say and she nods. "So, what are you going to do about Emily? It's going to be hard living with her after this." I ask and Holly frowns and I suddenly feel as if I've spoke a different language by her confused reaction.

"I don't live with Emily.." She answers and I look at her as I now frown. "She lives with Max." She adds and I laugh in anger as I look away.

"She told me she lived with you, I always had to pick her up at the end of your street. I never understood why I couldn't come outside. She did say it was because of you, but obviously not." I can't believe these words are being exchanged between us. My phone starts to ring and I ignore it.

"That doesn't surprise me at all. She used to go to the other's house, I hardly saw her. I should have picked up on it as she was round mine hell of a lot." Holly says as she looks equally as angry as me.

"I think you might need to get your hand checked out." Holly says changing the subject and we both look down to my bleeding knuckles.

"I'll be alright, it will stop bleeding soon." I mumble and I look ahead at the passing people, some give me weird looks and I just stare them out. Holly does the same as we both just sit in silence. So much is going on in my head, I don't know what to think about first. I do know that Max and Gary are going to be involved soon once he finds out, I need to prepare myself. I won't bother Harry, he doesn't deserve any of this shit. I'm alone now, so I'll face them alone.

Notes

Well the twist is out!
Did anyone have their suspicions about Emily? What do you think about Holly, I have to feel sorry for her!
And Poor Louis, if it isn't bad enough losing Bella and Harry, now he's had to face the reality of Emily.
We all knew more trouble is around the corner, Louis knows too. ;)
I hope you liked this as it's the first time I've ever tried to write like a mystery twist into a story, I just hope it worked for you to read :)

Please let me know what you think,
Dont worry, just because the main twist is out, his story is far from over.
xx