Chapter 6

Ariana POV

I had been at the school now for about 3 months. I had made good friends with Niall, Zayn, Brittany and Liam. I was friends with Louis and Harry but we didn't really talk much. I think they were still a bit weird about my first day. They had said sorry for walking out and not talking, saying they had a lot on their minds. I didn't want to have people hate me so I accepted their apology, they looked really sorry.

They were all a laugh. I was told Louis is really funny, but I had never seen that side of him. There is obviously something wrong, but I don't know what it is. I am definitely closest with Brittany. She is really fun.

I was sitting in maths. We had 5 minutes left of the lesson and I was dragging. I sat next to Liam in this lesson, but we weren't allowed to talk or else we would get detention and I didn't want to be here longer than needed. We were doing algebra. Fun. I looked over to the right of Liam to where Louis and Harry were sitting. Harry was doing his work, but Louis was just sitting there doing nothing. It looked as though he was thinking, but not about the work. Harry looked up from his work and at Louis. He then tore some paper out of his book and wrote something on it. He passed it over to Louis, who then read it and wrote something back.

The bell rang for the end of the lesson and everyone stood up. Harry and Louis got up and Harry picked up the note, screwed it up and threw it in the bin on their way out. I was last to leave the class. As I walked past the bin I quickly took the note out and opened it up. Harry had written 'what's up?', and Louis had replied 'tell you later'. I screwed it back up and threw it in the bin, disappointed that there was nothing of importance on it. I know it is invading someone's privacy but I want to know what's wrong with him. I met the others outside the classroom and we walked to the canteen to get our lunch.

Once we had all bought it, we walked to the field we usually sit in. we sat down and started eating. Harry and Louis started talking.

"We'll be back." Harry said to all of us. Him and Louis got up and walked further into the field.

"What's up with them?" Niall asked to no-one in particular.

"God knows." Zayn replied. We all carried on easting but I kept looking over every now and then.

"I'll be back in a minute guys." I said to all of them. They nodded and I walked towards the other two. I stopped a little way away. I could just hear what they were saying. It sounded as if one of them was crying, or close to it. They couldn't see me from where I was standing as I was behind a tree.

"I just can't take it anymore." Louis said.

"It's hard but you just have too." Harry said back to him. I walked from behind the tree. Louis had his back to me so he couldn't see me but Harry looked up, obviously hearing my foot steps.

"Um, hey guys. Are you alright?" I asked.

"Fine." Louis replied bluntly.

"Well clearly not." I said back.

"Just leave it Ariana." Harry said calmly.

"No. Ever since I got here, you two have been off with me and don't exactly talk to me. Have I don't something wrong?" I asked, raising my voice.

"Why can't you just leave it? It's nothing. Just stop trying to get involved. Go away!" Louis shouted at me. I stared at both of them, Harry looking at the ground, and Louis staring back at me with a look of guilt and anger.

"Fine then. I was just trying to be nice. So you would actually like me. I've done nothing wrong and yet you both hate me." I shouted back and turned around, walking away.

"Wait, Ariana." I heard Louis shout to me. I ignored him and carried on walking.

"Ariana. Please." He shouted again.

"No Louis. You told me to leave you alone so I am." I shouted back. I went the long way so I didn't have to face everyone else.

I could hear heavy footfalls behind me, meaning Louis had caught up. He grabbed my arm.

"Please. Can we just talk?" He asked me. I looked at him; he had tear trails down his face and tears in his eyes. Something was seriously wrong. I also had tears in my eyes from anger and upset. I carried on walking and walked over to a bench close by and sat on it. Louis looked over and then followed.

Louis POV

Today, I just felt so annoyed and upset. I don't know why. Today was just like any other day. The walk to school was quiet. Neither me nor Harry talked much. Just asking about our weekends.

I was sitting in maths. I was next to Harry. Everyone else was doing work, but I just couldn't focus. I was thinking about Erika. I know I shouldn't, but it was still bugging me how only two people remembered her. We had five minutes left. The longest five of my life. I wanted to go to lunch. To just get away from everyone.

I was just sitting there when I saw a little bit of paper slide over to my side of the table. It was from Harry. I looked at it. It said 'what's up?' I looked at Harry; he was just pretending to do the work, obviously not getting it. I wrote back 'tell you later' and slid it back. The bell rang and I couldn't get out of there quicker. Harry threw the note away and we walked out of the class, waiting for the others. A minute later, we were all out and heading to the canteen to get lunch.

Once we had bought it, we walked to the field. We all sat down and started eating. Liam, Zayn and Niall were talking about some football game that had been on, and Ariana and Brittany were talking about some band. Me and Harry were just sitting there in silence.

"You gonna tell me what's wrong then?" Harry asked me quietly so no-one else would here. I looked at him.

"We'll be back." Harry said. None of them said anything. We both got up and walked further into the field and sat down again.

"So, what's up?" Harry said, getting straight to the point.

"I don't know. I guess it's just Erika. How can no-one remember her? It's just so frustrating. I can't take it anymore" I said, tears falling down my face slowly.

"It's hard but you just have too." Harry said back. Harry looked behind me and I heard foot steps. I had my back to the person so I couldn't see who it was.

"Um, hey guys. Are you alright?" Ariana. She was part if the reason I was annoyed and upset.

"Fine." I replied bluntly, not turning around.

"Well clearly not." She said back.

"Just leave it Ariana." Harry said calmly.

"No. Ever since I got here, you two have been off with me and don't exactly talk to me. Have I don't something wrong?" She asked, raising her voice.

"Why can't you just leave it? It's nothing. Just stop trying to get involved. Go away!" I shouted at her. I don't know what came over me. I didn't mean to shout, I just snapped. She stared at both of us, Harry was looking at the ground, and I staring back, the feeling of guilt and anger inside me.

"Fine then. I was just trying to be nice. So you would actually like me. I've done nothing wrong and yet you both hate me." She shouted back and turned around, walking away.

"Wait, Ariana." I shouted after her. She ignored me and carried on walking. This was just like at the party. I couldn't let anything bad happen this time.

"You should go after her and say sorry." Harry said to me, nodding towards Ariana. I got up and ran after her.

"Ariana. Please." I shouted after again.

"No Louis. You told me to leave you alone so I am." She shouted back. She was clearly avoiding going past everyone because she went the long.

I had almost caught up with her now. I grabbed her arm.

"Please. Can we just talk?" I asked her. She looked at me; I probably looked a mess. I have been crying and I still had tears in my eyes. She also had tears in her eyes probably from when I shouted at her and when she shouted back. She turned and carried on walking. She walked over to a bench close by and sat on it. I looked over at her and then followed. We sat in silence for a minute. I broke it.

"I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to shout. I just snapped. I'm really stressed at the moment." I looked at her. She was staring ahead. I could see the tear trails down her face. She didn't say anything, just carried on staring. I stood up, ready to leave.

"Is this about that girl?" she said, quietly. I sat back down. Now it was my turn not to say anything.

"Erika, right?" I nodded.

"Who is she?" she asked.

"She was Harry's twin." I said, staring ahead of me. I saw her nod out of the corner of my eye. She was still staring ahead.

"What happened?" she asked, finally looking at me. I looked back at her.

"We were at a party. You know Kayla?" I asked. She nodded.

"Well, it was her party. We decided that because we weren't invited, we would gate crash. At the party, me and Erika got into an argument. We were both shouting at each other and she walked out. When she left, I followed her and as she walked across the road, a car came and hit her. I saw it all happen and it was the worst thing I had ever seen." I said, tears falling down my face again.

"You liked her, didn't you?" she asked me. I nodded.

"When you walked away after I shouted at you, it just reminded me of that night and I didn't want something else to happen. I know it probably wouldn't of but I am paranoid now that something might happen." She put her arm around my shoulder and hugged me. I just broke down and started crying. Luckily, there was no-one around.

After about five minutes of me crying, I finally stopped. I wiped the last of the tears away with my jumper sleeve and sat up straight.

"Sorry. This is the fist time I've talked about it since it happened." I said to her.

"It's fine." She said back.

"Do you believe me?" I asked her. She didn't say anything for a minute.

"Well, you and Harry both seem to believe this. But I don't know." She said. Then, I had a great idea.

"I can show you." I said, looking at her hopefully.

"Go on then." She said.

"Not here. Come with me and Harry after school to my house. I will show you there." I said to her.

"Ok then." she said, not quite sure of what I was going to show her.

"Well, I should get back to Harry. He will be getting lonely." I joked.

"Yeah, me too. I said I would be back in a minute. I think it's been about 10." She laughed. We both got up and walked back to Harry, who was sitting there singing to himself. We crept up to him.

"Having fun there mate?" I asked him, making him jump.

"Don't do that." He looked at both of us.

"I take it you've made up then?" he asked.

"Yeah, we're cool now." She said smiling.

"Are we cool?" Harry asked her.

"Oh, definitely." She said to him.

"Good. Now give me a hug." He said, getting up. I just laughed.

We all walked back to the others.

"Here they come." Liam said.

"Back from their threesome." Zayn joked. We all laughed. My mood was happier after that.

The rest of the day dragged. Probably because I was excited to prove to someone that Erika really did exist. We walked out of afternoon registration and we all walked home together, something we haven't done properly in a long time. Usually one of us is somewhere else, but it was all seven of us. Of course not the usual seven though. We all parted ways, except me, Harry and Ariana, who all headed to my house. I unlocked the door and walked inside, the other two following. I walked into the living room, where my mum was watching TV. She heard the front door shut and turned as I walked into the room.

"Hey darling." She said.

"Hey mum." I said back. Harry and Ariana walked into the room.

"Hey Harry. Oh, who is this then?" she asked, referring to Ariana.

"Hi, I'm Ariana." She said waving.

"Hi. I'm Jay." My mum said to her.

"We're going upstairs, ok?" I said to my mum.

"Sure. Are you two staying for dinner?" She asked.

"You staying?" I asked them. The both nodded.

"Ok. Well it will be ready in about 20 minutes ok?" She asked.

"Ok then." I said, walking out the room and up the stairs, Harry and Ariana following close behind. We sat down in my room in silence.

"So, what are you going to show me then?" Ariana asked, breaking the silence.

"I think we should wait until after dinner." I said, Harry nodding in agreement. For the next 20 minutes, we just talked about random things, getting to know each other.

"DINNER GUYS!" My mum shouted up.

"Race you down." I said to the other two. We all shot up and ran downstairs. Me being the clever person I am, jumped over the banister to get ahead, falling in the process, causing Ariana and Harry to fight down the stairs and Ariana to win.

"How does it feel to be beaten by a girl?" she asked, holding a fake microphone to both of us. Me and Harry looked at each other and knew exactly what each other were thinking. We both started tickling her. She screamed and my mum came out to see what was going on.

"Guys, come on stop it. That's hardly fair, two against one. Come on, dinners on the table." She said, laughing. We walked through and sat down, immediately starting to eat. We just talked about random things over dinner.

After dinner, we went back up to my room.

"Are you going to show me then?" Ariana asked. I walked over to my laptop and turned it on. Once it had loaded, I opened my pictures. I opened the first one. It was a picture of me, Harry and Erika.

"See." I said, pointing at the screen. She didn't say anything. I went on to the next picture; it was of all seven of us. I went through all of the pictures, there were over 200. Then, I went on to my videos. I showed her videos of me, Harry and Erika mucking around. There were also videos of just me and Erika, and just Harry and Erika, and all seven of us.

"We really were telling the truth." Harry said to her, after watching all the videos. She was speechless. She was just staring at the laptop.

"Ariana?" I said, waving a hand in front of her face.

"I've got to go." She said, rushing out the room. I heard the front door close.

"Great." I said, flopping down on my bed.

Ariana POV

"I've got to go." I said, rushing out the room, closing the door behind me. I ran down the stairs. I picked my coat up from the hook that was on the wall.

"Going already love?" Jay asked me.

"Uh, yeah. It's getting late so I have to go." I said, coming up with something quickly.

"Oh, well you're welcome anytime. Bye." She said, waving.

"Thanks. Bye." I rushed out the door. I ran to my house. It was only round the corner. When I got in, I slammed the door and ran up to my room.

I immediately turned my laptop on and waited for it to start up. When it did, I quickly opened up Facebook. I searched 'Erika Styles' in the search bar. There was a load of memory pages about her. Then, I found her profile. '50 mutual friends', it was definitely her. I clicked on it and waited for the page to load. It seemed to take ages. Finally it did and there was a picture of Harry, Louis, Zayn, Liam, Niall, Brittany and Erika as her profile picture. On her wall, there was a load of 'R.I.P Erika' and 'Hope you're in a better place now' messages. I looked through her pictures. She looked exactly like me. They weren't lying. So why does no-one remember her then?

By the time I had finished looking, it was about 11pm so I decided to go to sleep. I turned the laptop off and got changed and brushed my teeth. I closed my curtains and turned the light off. I tossed and turned for hours but I couldn't get to sleep, to busy think about the situation. This must be how Harry and Louis felt.

The next morning, after have about 2 hours sleep, I did my usual routine, have a shower, get dressed and do my hair. I got my breakfast and then left for school. I walked to school thinking about Erika again. When I got in, I went to my tutor room and sat in my usual seat. Everyone but Harry and Louis was there. I got a load of 'Hey's, I just nodded in reply. About 10 minutes later, Harry and Louis walked in. I didn't look at them or say anything when they said hi to all of us. They didn't seem to want to talk either.

The day dragged and it was quite awkward between me, Louis and Harry. After school, I went home straight away, not bothering to wait for everyone else. I texted them saying I didn't feel well and I wanted to get home. When I got home, I turned my laptop on again and went back onto Erika's profile. After about an hour of stalking her, I decided I should sort things out.

I got changed and then walked out my door. I walked to Louis' house and knocked on the door. Jay answered.

"Oh, hello dear." She said to me.

"Hi, is Louis here?" I asked politely.

"Yeah, he's up in his room with Harry. Go on up." She said, moving out the way so I could come in. I made my way upstairs and to Louis' room. I stood outside wondering if I should just turn around and forget about it but decided that I should face this so I knocked on the door.

"Come in." I heard from the other side. I opened the door and poked my head round it.

"Hey." I said awkwardly.

"Um, hey Ariana." Louis said getting up off the chair. I walked in and closed the door behind me. I stood there awkwardly.

"I'm sorry for just running out like I did yesterday and ignoring you at school." I said, breaking the silence.

"It's ok, you were shocked. We get it." Harry said, standing up also.

"I want to sort this out." I said.

Ok guys. I am so sorry I haven't updated in forever. Here is Chapter 6 anyway. A big thank you to cupcake. universe, HadiqaJ and onelifeonedirection for reviewing the last chapter. I really appreiciate it. Please review so I know what you think about the story.

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