My Brother the Popstar

Chapter 17: The Truth Comes Out

A/N: Hello and Merry Christmas! This is chapter 2 of the five golden chapters I promised to write you! Have a good Christmas! Comment on what you think will happen next! Vote if you like! And Remember, Keep Readin! <3

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*Louis' POV*

So just like that, Rachel and I are over. It feels like things were finally starting to go my way this summer, and now we're back to square one. After all this difficulty, it feels so hopeless and pointless.

I go into the den after Rachel has walked back up to her room. Sitting down on a couch next to Harry, I put my head in my hands.

Harry looks at me worriedly. "You okay?"

"Huh?" I say. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine."

"Obviously you're not." Zayn comments, turning off the TV. "Tell us what's wrong, lad."

"For fuck's sake Zayn. If you must know, Rachel just broke up with me, okay?" I snap. Zayn looks a bit hurt and taken aback. Miley, on the other hand, seems genuinely surprised. After a moment of silence, she turns to me.

"Are you sure you understood her correctly?" The ginger girl quirks an eyebrow at me.

"Pretty sure, yeah. There's not really another way to take 'We need to break up.'" I comment with a roll of my eyes. Miley looks bewildered.

"That doesn't even make sense, Rachel was so into you." She comments, looking in the direction of her friend's room. "She talked about you every second you weren't around. This isn't like her at all. Something must be wrong."

Despite how bad things are, I can't help but smile a bit at this piece of information. The thought of Rachel Payne cutely babbling on about me to her best friend makes me like her even more.  Though it doesn't change the fact that she just broke up with me, it gives me some type of hope for our relationship. Maybe there's a way I can get her back.

"Well, she claimed it was because of all this hate mail she's been receiving from fans lately. They came down pretty hard after we went public. She seemed really upset by it."

Miley's eyebrows furrow and she shakes her head slightly. "Rachel is sensitive, don't get me wrong. There's no doubt that those comments hurt her. But to break up with you in response? No, there's definitely some underlying cause here. It must be something else."

"I have no idea," I shrug sadly, sharing a look with Zayn. My black-haired friend pats me on the back supportively. Harry moves over and does the same.

"We've all been there, mate." The Cheshire boy regards sadly. "Sometimes as much as you want things to work out, they just don't."

"I'm going to go check on her." Miley mumbles, getting up and swiftly walking out of the room.

Zayn turns to me. "Well Lou, wanna watch some Friends? It'll get your mind off of everything. We can even order some take out or something."

"Don't let Nialler hear you." I chuckle.

"True, the man has a trash can for a stomach." Harry comments. Zayn and I laugh in agreement.

*Miley's POV*

I rush up to Rachel's room, unable to believe what I've just heard. Rachel dumped Louis! After everything I've witnessed between them, she dumped him. It's obvious that she's completely into him. I mean, the girl never shuts up about Lou! There was a time I was worried she was too into him, even.

I know Rachel hasn't dumped this boy because of hate mail. There has to be something else about all of this that's bugging her. Why does everything between them have to be so incredibly dramatic and complicated all the time? Quite frankly, it's starting to annoy me. I also don't enjoy seeing two people who care about each other so much go through all of this.