Cascade | Jade A. Thirlwall |

Chapter Seven

5 days later
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I was currently sat in our hotel room in New York, while Leigh was asleep in the other bed and the other girls were getting food. We had just arrived the day before and today was our day off, though we were all spending it resting and laying around.

Rain was falling outside, hitting the window in ways almost cinematic. An ominous feeling lingered in my stomach, while I heard Leigh's soft breathing from the other bed. I sat with my knees to my chest and my hair falling on to my shoulders as I pondered thoughts and watched the rain gently hitting the window. She was all I could think about, and it was absolutely tearing me apart. She wouldn't leave my head, no matter how hard I tried to forget, she just wouldn't go. 

Every day, every night, every dream and every thought, it was all her. 

Ever since that night, that show in Boston, where we cried and poured our feelings into every word we sang. Realizations seemed to hit me around ever turn I took, and it had me questioning everything I've ever thought to be true. 

I knew it to be true, but I couldn't seem to say it out loud. I knew Perrie could tell, yet I still couldn't seem to let the words leave my lips. 

The sound of the door unlocking pulled me out of me deep thoughts, and I quickly wiped the silent tears that had fallen. 

"All hail the burger queen" Perrie shouted as she walked in the door with the Burger King crown on her head. The other two followed her holding the bags with the food, before they set them down on the end of my bed. 

Jesy threw a fry at Leigh, waking her up, though she didn't look all too happy to have a fry thrown at her face. 

"Oi, come back you ass, you couldn't have woken me up normally?" She shouted as Jesy tried to run away.

"I'm sorry! Please! Spare me!" Jesy said between laughs.

"Absolutely not, Revenge must come your way!"

We all began laughing as Leigh started hitting Jesy with a pillow, and before we knew it, we were all caught up in jumping in smacking each other with the pillows, as usual. I was standing up on my bed, (the burgers had been moved, of course) and I watched everything happen with a pillow in my hand and a smile on my face. 

The smile didn't last long, though, as soon after I was hit and knocked down, before bouncing on the bed and somewhat gracefully falling onto the floor. The catch? I fell directly onto Jade Thirlwall. 

"Oh my god, I-I'm so sorry, I" I started to say. 

No, no! I-it's okay, um-"

"No, I- It was Perrie's fault, she hit me." I said, both of us still looking mortified. 

"Ye, sorry about that." Perrie said, and I glared at her. "Not like I did it on purpose or anything" I very faintly heard her mutter behind me, though I just ignored it. 

me and Jade looked back at each other, before both of us quickly stood up and went to our separate beds. 

The events seemed to stop the pillow fight, which finally let us eat.  Me and Jade kept our distance, though I'm not sure why she's so embarrassed, it's not like she has any reason to be. Yet, she still sat on the other bed, as far away from me as possible, and still refuses to make eye contact. 

Later that day were all lounging about with the tv on in the background, and I felt like I needed to get out for a bit before tears began falling once again. I quickly got up and put a sweatshirt and a hat on as I walked toward the door, and without a word, I walked out into the hallway and toward the elevator.