We had been practicing for about two hours when Niall called a break. I was glad because I was exhausted. I didn’t want to complain because he did this for a living. We were sitting in his living room, both on the couch. We were both leaning back, practically lying down, when he spoke.

“You sound really good, Jo.” I blushed and shook my head.

“Thank you Niall.” I shrugged and stood up. He looked at me with a questioning stare. “Bathroom.” I pointed towards where I knew his bathroom was and rolled my eyes. I walked in there and did my business and when I came out Niall was talking to someone on the phone. When I looked closely I noticed he was talking to someone on my phone.

“Lou, she’s in the bathroom.” He waited for a moment while Louis said something. “Lou, you know it’s not like that.” I didn’t like where their conversation were going so I cleared my throat. Nialls head turned to look at me before he told Louis I was out. “She’s done now.” He handed me my phone and I rolled my eyes at him when he gave me a sweet smile.

“Hello.” I smiled as I spoke.

“Hi.” His voice was short and he sounded angry.

“What’s wrong?” I became worried in two seconds and bit my lips as he stayed silent for a few seconds. He sighed.

“Nothing.” He paused for a little moment before sighing again. “Look, there are some kids here that are looking for you.” I furrowed my eyebrows and became confused. But instead of asking any more questions I nodded, even though he couldn’t see me.

“I’ll be right there.” I hung up the phone and looked at Niall. He waited for me to explain what the heck Louis wanted. “Apparently there are some kids at the flat that’s looking for me.” I shrugged and grabbed my keys from the kitchen table. “He sounded upset so I better get there before he rips them apart or something.” I laughed lightly and Niall shook his head.

“He isn’t upset because they are there. He’s upset because he thinks you’re sleeping with someone else.” I was about to open the door when I froze. Nialls words stabbing me in my back. I turned around to face him, shock written all over my face.

“What?” My voice didn’t sound as strong as I wanted it to be. I sounded weak and pathetic.

“Well it isn’t cheating or anything. You guys aren’t official yet!” I took a deep breath and opened the door.

“Bye Niall.” I walked out before he could say another word. I heard him shout my name but didn’t turn around. I walked to the flat I shared with Louis and Harry. I couldn’t believe Louis thought that I would do something like that to him. As I walked through the door I pushed those thoughts aside when I saw Sasha, Lindsey and Marcus. I shot them a smile as I walked over to the kitchen table where they were sitting. “Hello guys.” I smiled and waved to them, I walked past them to fetch a coke from the fridge. When I had one I sat down at the table with them. Louis was nowhere in sight.

“Hi.” They all chanted and looked at me with smiles on their faces. I kept a smile on my face as I tried not to sound annoyed. Not that I was, but I was just wondering how they got my address.

“Do you guys mind if I ask how you got my address? It’s not listed anywhere.” I cracked open my coke and took a sip. Lindsey spoke up first and blushed a little when she did.

“We actually just asked the principal for your address and she gave it to us.” Sasha nodded and continued.

“We told her that we were going to give you some flowers for you’re time with us.” She snorted and the others laughed. I looked at them with a question in my eyes.

“We wanted to talk to you about coming back to the school.” Marcus sounded really happy with his suggestion that I felt bad for him as I shook my head before looking down at the table.

“That’s not up to me kids.” I shrugged and looked up to see Louis walking across the living room. He walked towards the bathroom. I sighed and looked back at the kids in front of me. They were all smiling.

“We were thinking about that…” Marcus started.

“The principal is the worst we have ever had and…” Sasha continued.

“We reported her with the help of the other teachers at the school.” My mouth fell open as Lindsey spoke. I had also thought about reporting her but didn’t have the guts. And if the story got big they would want an interview and that couldn’t happen.

“The board is having a meeting next week about it. Miss Rosenberg’s going.” Marcus spoke again and I nodded. Miss Rosenberg was Yvette, I know her name is hilarious. Before I could respond Louis came out into the kitchen, he came into the kitchen from behind me but I noticed because the girls eyes became huge. I sighed and turned around to face him.

“Are you guys done soon?” He asked very politely, and for others he would seem like the normal happy self. But I could see he was a little mad and hurt underneath.

“Yeah actually we are.” Marcus spoke and grabbed Sasha arm to pull her up, the two were a couple. He looked a little annoyed that Louis had come into the kitchen but at the same time I knew he respected him. Sasha cleared her throat and pulled her arm from Marcus.

“Yeah, we need to head out. Good seeing you Miss.” She gave me a smile before walking towards the door, Marcus and Lindsey following her.

“Hey guys!” They turned around when I called out. “Don’t tell anyone about this, okay? Where I live and so on?” They nodded and walked out the door. I sighed once more before remembering that Lou was standing behind me. As I turned around in my seat he just stood there staring at me. I felt the anger from before fire up. I waited for him to start speaking. He took a deep breath and then looked at the floor. I felt a pang in my heart but decided to stay mad and not fall for his stupid act. Instead of waiting for him to speak I turned impatient and spoke first. “Just come out and say it Lou.” I didn’t sound mad, I sounded defeated. I felt like no matter how much I felt like I was opening up to him something was pulling us apart. I wasn’t sure what it was.

“Fine.” He looked up at me and he looked mad now. “Why were you at Nialls.” I sighed and shook my head slightly.

“Because he’s my friend, Louis.” I stood and walked over so that I was standing on the opposite side of the small island. I placed my hands on top of it and leaned slightly forward.

“You’ve never gone over there before.” My eyes that had been looking at the counter shot up to stare at him.

“Yes I have.” I gave him what felt like e death glare and he returned it.

“Oh really? When? Huh? When did you ever go there?” I slammed my hand onto the counter in pure rage.

“During the fucking time when you didn’t give a shit about me!” I was breathing hard and my face was probably red. I was so mad that nothing made sense anymore.

“There has never been a time when I didn’t care, Jo.” He looked at me seriously and I just snorted.

“Yeah right, just like you care so much now?” His didn’t move a muscle as I walked around the island towards him. “Just like you think I am cheating on you, even though you’re not my boyfriend? Do I look like a slut to you?” I pushed him lightly and saw him balling up his fists. I felt myself start to panic as I saw the raw anger in his eyes. I backed off a little. He was breathing slowly as if to keep in control and after about a minute he spoke.

“I see now why he started hitting you.” I gasped and felt tears form in my eyes. I couldn’t believe what he had just said. As the tears ran down my cheeks I shook my head and started to back up. Realization flashed across his face and he began walking towards me with a regretful look. He touched my arm and I slapped it away, hugging my own body.

“Get away from me.” The words were meant to sound strong but once again I didn’t manage that. My voice was to weak at the moment. When he tried to touch me again I pushed him backwards and he stumbled a little. “GET AWAY FROM ME!” I screamed and ran to the door. I threw it open and ran to the stairs. I didn’t want to wait for the elevator. I was so mad and sad at the moment that all I wanted was to get out of there.

I knew I had pushed him to say that. I knew I was the reason he had beaten me before. I wasn’t safe to be around. But the way he said it. His words were filled with so much hatred. The pain of those words would follow me through the rest of my life. He knew how much I blamed myself for what happened and yet he actually said that. I was in complete shock as I walked around in the cold London air. It was beginning to become nighttime and I didn’t have a jacket on. After about an hour I hadn’t stopped crying and I tried to figure out what I was going to do. I couldn’t stay with them any longer. I had to get out. But I couldn’t move right at this very moment. I didn’t have a job and I didn’t have an apartment. After thinking about it for another half hour I decided to go back to the flat. I had a plan, and in the end everything would be alright.

As I walked into the building I welcomed the warmth of the lobby. This time I took the elevator and rode up to the right floor. As the doors dinged open I took a deep breath and walked to the right door. When I opened it I was instantly squished between several bodies. When they all backed off I noticed Perrie, Zayn, Yvette, Harry, Niall and Liam standing around me. They all looked really worried. All I could do was stare at them blankly before noticing Louis a few steps behind them. He looked at me with sad eyes and I felt my face harden. He opened his mouth to say something but I cut him off.
“I’m going to bed.” Without looking at them all I walked into my room and sunk down on my bed. I’m not sure I could do this anymore.