Hi guys. So I just wanted to let you know that I started a new Fanfiction. It's another One Direction one, of course. It's called Stole My Heart. If you haven't already, please check it out in a review and let me know what you think. Thanks! xx
Ella's POV
I reached the door of my room and walked through. Without saying a word to Melanie or Meike, who were on the floor playing monopoly while The Notebook flashed across the screen, I walked to our fridge, grabbed a pop tart, poured myself a glass of milk, and then sat cross legged on the floor next to Melanie. I bit a chunk out of the pop tart and washed it down with milk. Melanie and Meike looked at me expectantly. I just smiled back at them, enjoying making them wait.
"Well?" Melanie finally exploded, after about two minutes of silence.
"Alright! So let me tell you how it was amazing, then bad and confusing, then amazing and magical again." I grinned at my confusing statement. They stared at me with question mark faces.
"Explain!" Meike ordered.
I went over the events of the date. When I was finished I watched their faces in amusement. They seemed to not be able to decide which emotion to feel, their faces flickering between emotions.
"So, does that mean…?" Melanie trailed off, not know what to finish the sentence with.
"I don't know what it means!" I burst. "I had an amazing time with Liam. It was magical, and probably one of the best dates I've ever had. The thing is, I haven't given Harry a chance, yet. I think I may have rushed things."
"Harry just crashed your date though." Meike countered.
"Yeah, he did. But even though he was crashing my first date with Liam, and it really pissed me off, I still got butterflies when I saw him. I don't know what to do. I don't know what's going to happen when I see them together again." I sighed.
"Well, you're going to find that out sooner than you think…" Melanie mumbled.
"What?" I froze, pop tart halfway to my mouth.
"Well, uhm, Zayn asked me if we wanted to come over for a pool party on Friday, and I told him yes, and err, I don't want to back out now. I kinda said we would all be there." She looked at me sheepishly. My first thought was wondering how many parties they actually had, my second thought was panic.
"That's four days away…" I didn't know if I would be ready for that in four days. My feelings were a jumbled mess.
"Well, five if you count today." Melanie said uneasily.
"But I mean, it could be good. You could realize which one you like more." Meike quickly defended.
"Yeah, I know, but I don't think I want to realize yet."
"What!" they both stared at me with wide confused eyes.
"I don't know!" I groaned.
"But why would Harry bring Danielle and her new boyfriend? That's what I want to understand." Melanie asked after a few minutes of silence.
"I'm not sure. Danielle's really sweet, and from what I understand she and Liam just fell out. Maybe Liam was really upset about it and Harry thought he would completely flip when she showed up and that would turn me off?"
"Well, crashing my date would kind of turn me off." Melanie muttered.
"Yeah, I don't understand it either." I laid back and let out a huff of air. Maybe there was something I was missing.
Liam's POV
I drove back to the house, my hands clenched around the steering wheel. Yes, the date had been amazing and Ella was just perfect, I was so pissed at Harry, words could not describe. He completely crashed my date, with my ex-girlfriend. The more I thought about it the angrier I got. He's lucky Ella was so cool about everything.
I slammed through the door and banged in the living room, searching for Harry.
"Hey mate." Niall greeted me with a smile. A smile that vanished the second he saw the look on my face.
"What's wrong?" he asked, concerned, getting up from his spot on the couch.
"Where's Harry?"
"Dunno. He left a bit ago. Are you okay?"
"Did you tell Harry where me and Ella were going tonight?" I asked, anger bubbling up. I wasn't mad at Niall, and I felt bad about getting mad, but I couldn't help it. My fury was boiling over.
"Yeah… He asked me so I told him. Why?"
"Because him and Louis just happened to show up with Danielle and Corey." I spat.
"What?" Niall gasped. Zayn's head popped up off the sofa.
I quickly explained what happened, annoyance lacing every word.
"What the hell?" Zayn looked confused when I finished my story.
"Harry did this to you?" Niall confirmed. "Harry Styles?"
"What about me?" Harry's deep voice drifted through the hall. I could practically hear the smirk in his voice.
"WHAT THE HELL!" I exploded as he appeared in the doorway.
"I think we went over this…" he sneered, starting to turn away.
"Uhm, no we didn't. I want to know exactly what went through your mind when you came up with your idiotic plan."
"What went through my mind was I was trying to think of anything I could to win Ella."
"She isn't a prize, first of all. Second, you ruined both your chance by doing that. She probably thinks you're a real prick."
"You don't know that." He muttered.
"Uhm, did you see her face? And why did you bring Danielle? What could did that do!"
"I thought maybe you would get mad, freak out, and Ella would totally not want to be with such a maniac. Or, you would storm out, leaving Ella to me."
"Why would you do that?" I asked in disbelief. "You knew how hard it was for me to finally get over Danielle."
"All's fair in love and war." He sang.
I glared at him, he glared right back.
"She probably won't want to see either of us again, thanks to you." I said through clenched teeth, not breaking the glare.
"Actually," Zayn piped. "She, Melanie, and Meike are coming over Friday for our pool party."
"What?" Harry and I both gasped.
"Uh, yeah. Well I didn't know about this uhm, issue, when I invited them…"
"Well, I personally can't wait to see how that goes." Harry said cockily.
"Same here."
"Game on, Payne." Harry said. Unlike earlier in the week, he wasn't playing around now, he was serious.
"Please, Styles, I've already won." I said fiercely, storming up to my bedroom.
Laying on my bed, I stared at my phone, debating whether I should text Ella or not. Eventually nerves got the best of me, and I threw my phone on the floor. I buried my head in the pillow and fell asleep. The last thing I remember thinking is that we broke our vow, we let a girl come between us. But she was worth it. I don't regret anything.
Ella's POV
I woke up early the next morning, Melanie and Meike still snoring lightly in the room. The clock read 8:30, so I knew they probably wouldn't be up for a while yet. I crept through the room and dressed as quietly as I could, throwing on a pair of jean shorts and crop top. I closed the door lightly behind me and walked through the deserted hallways. I put my earphones in and cranked the music as loud as it would go. I searched the campus for a shady tree where I could hide from the sweltering heat.
I found a perfect shady tree with pretty purple flowers dipping off the low branches. The purple flowers hung on stringy vines like a curtain, hiding anything behind it. I parted the vines and leaned against the rough bark. Closing my eyes, I tried to clear my mind. Of course whenever I do that, the things I don't want to think of pop right into my mind. Harry and Liam's faces appeared behind my closed lids, looking adorable as ever, even in my head.
A hand tapped my shoulder. I jumped and gasped, whipping my head around. A tall, really pretty girl with blonde hair and hazel eyes was standing next to me, staring down at me curiously.
"Hello." She said with a smile, like she didn't just give me a heart attack.
"Hi."
"I'm Jess," she offered a hand.
"Ella." I shook her hand. She fell gracefully to the ground next to me, sitting Indian style.
"Are you okay?" she looked at me like she was concerned.
"Yeah. Just some drama. And you just almost made me pee my pants, cause I wasn't expecting anyone else to be out here this early." I laughed.
"Yeah, I wasn't either. But your music was really loud, and I heard it, so I thought I would see who it was."
"Just me." I grinned.
"You're new." It wasn't a question, but I nodded anyways. "I would have remembered seeing someone so pretty around campus."
I blushed. "Why thank you, lovely. You're pretty gorgeous yourself."
She brushed my compliments away with a wave of her hand and a smile. "Are you a dancer?"
"Yes… How'd you…?"
"Your shirt." She pointed to it. I had forgotten I had put on my crop top from Florida State Dance Camp last year. "But anyways, so am I. We have a competition team here. That's why I'm here. Me and the team stay over the summer for some extra practice. We place very well at competitions. You should come to our practice, that's where I'm headed. If you're good, we could put you on the team."
Thinking dancing would probably help me clear my mind, I agreed, and followed her through the winding maze of trees to a separate building. I walked in and realized it was a huge gym. State of the art exercise machines and what not were placed all over the room. There were side doors leading off to different rooms, there looked like a yoga room, a room with a tumbling mat, and a bunch of other cool things. I followed Jess through the shiny machines and we entered a room.
There were mirrors lining all the walls. Blue mats were piled in the corners on the hard, shiny, wood floor, and there was a long glossy wooden bar lining one of the mirrored walls. It was almost identical to my dance studio back in Florida. This school just got better and better. There were four other girls sitting in tight dance shorts and tank tops. They looked up questioningly at me as Jess and I entered the room.
"Hi!" I greeted cheerfully, beaming at them. "I'm Ella."
"I met her this morning and she's a dancer, so I thought we could give her a shot. We need one more person to make an even number anyways." Jess explained in her chipper voice.
The four girls nodded, but didn't say anything. Two of them had blonde hair like me, one had long glossy black her, and the last one had bright red hair, the kind that's obviously fake but looks really good on some people. It definitely looked good on her.
"So what you got for us shorty?" The girl with red hair asked, though she was only two or three inches taller than me.
I decided on my hip-hop solo from last year's state competition. It won first place, so I figured I should probably show them all I had to offer. They plugged my iPod into the sound system. The super upbeat, crazy, remix of 'Freak' from Step Up 3 started blasting through the room, bouncing off the mirrors.
I did my dance, executing all my moves perfectly. The music ended, I struck a pose, and breathed deeply. With sweat pouring down my face, I straightened, waiting for the girls' responses.
They stared at me. One actually had her mouth gaping open.
"So guys, what did you think?" I ask cautiously.
"Uhm, you're freaking amazing!" the brunette burst.
"Oh my gosh! That was one of the best performances I have ever seen!" Jess yelled.
"Thanks guys!" I smiled, pulling my hair away from my sticky face.
"You're definitely on our team!" One of the tiny blondes said.
"Yay!" I cheered happily.
We spent the next four hours stretching and working out. I got to know them very well too. Their names were Lily, Morghan, Skylar, and Ariana. When we were done, we all said goodbye and promised to meet at the same time. Jess offered to walk me back to my room, so we strolled through campus, chatting.
On impulse I asked randomly. "Do you like One Direction?"
"Well, I like them. They have really good music and are cute and everything, but I'm not one of those overly obsessive girls who stalk their lives." She laughed. "Why?"
"Would you believe me if I told you I met them at Milkshake City, instantly connected with them, went to a party at their house Sunday night, and went on a date with Liam last night, which Harry crashed with Danielle, and am going back to their house Friday for a pool party?" the words tumbled out before I could stop them.
She looked at me a little weirdly. "Uhm no, probably not."
I pulled out my phone and tapped the Home button. I had my background as one of the pictures of all of us cramming ourselves around my phone, making stupid faces.
"Oh wow!" she gasped, examining the picture.
"Yeah, basically that's all I can say too. I didn't even know who One Direction were a week ago."
"That's pretty crazy." She laughed. Jess was really easygoing, I liked her. So again, on impulse before I could stop myself, I spoke again.
"I could probably get the guys to let you and the other girls come along to the pool party, if you wanted."
"That'd be really cool!" she beamed.
"Alright," I said as we reached my room. "I'll ask them then let you know tomorrow. Text you later!"
"See you!" she gave me a hug and headed off down the hall. I smacked myself on the head. I really needed to learn to control myself when it comes to talking.
The rest of the week passed quickly. The boys had said we could bring whomever we wanted, the more the merrier, so Jess, Skylar, Ariana, Lily, and Morghan were all coming with us. I texted them all often, but I was texting both Harry and Liam 24/7. They were both so amazing, confusing me further. Dance was a good distraction for the few hours I let the music take over my mind and body, but once we finished up and I checked my texts, they were always there again.
Sooner than I would have liked, the Friday came, and I was more nervous than I had ever been. Being with both of them, at a party, with minimum clothing on, was sure to be a difficult and confusing thing.