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Chapter 42

I can't believe Luke knows. I just wanted Beau to myself. I bet he's down there telling everyone how twisted I am. I am twisted. How could I do this to everyone. I guess by the time I realised what I was doing it was too late to stop it.
"I'm such an idiot" I shout and throw my pen at the wall in anger. I groan and sit on the floor. There is no way I can go out there. No way.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Ruby comes in knocking on the door. "I heard you yelling. You alright?" She's repeats. I look at her in confusion. She clearly doesn't know. Has Luke not told anyone?
"Yeah. I'm fine. I can't find my foundation. Have you seen it?" I ask and she looks at the dressing table right next to me with the pot of foundation on it. "Ah. There it is" I say hastily and grab it, sticking it into my make up bag.
"You sure you're alright. Have you had another note?" She asks and I start to flush with panic. Maybe she did know but wanted me to say it.
"No. I'm fine. I'm just stressing. You excited to go home?" I ask changing the subject.
"Yeah, I suppose it will be good seeing my family again and having the boys so close so we can stay at home. I just love having our own adventure" she sighs. We decided that we are going to go home for a bit whilst the boys do some filming in Birmingham for a new video. Beau will hopefully stay with me if he doesn't find out about what I've done and breaks up with me, and Luke will stay with Ruby. James, Daniel and Jai are staying in a hotel about 10 minutes away from ours so we aren't that far apart.
"Yeah. I know what you mean. I suppose it has been months since we last saw our parents. We should see them" I say. Adding more positivity into the topic. "right. I'm ready. Shall we go?" I ask and she nods helping me with my suitcase and hand luggage. "I'm glad I got to spend this adventure with you" I say cheesily and drop the luggage to hug her.
"Hey, hey, hey it's not over yet. And me too" she smiles. It may not be over for her, but I can tell my adventure is coming to an end.

We finally get to the bottom of the stairs with no help from the boys whatsoever. I place my suitcase by the door and sling my bag over my shoulder and follow ruby to where everyone is. "Ready to go?" I ask and they all answer with an excited 'yeah' like 5 years olds going on a road trip. All apart from Luke. Luke just stares at me in disappointment.
"Can I talk to you Danni?" He asks, sending shivers of panic through me.
"Sure. Why don't you guys put my suitcase in the car?" I direct at the boys.
"Why don't you do it yourself" Skip fires back catching me off guard. Just before I can reply he starts laughing. "Of course. Your face then" he says in hysterics. I watch him walk out the door before Luke pounces on me asking me questions.
"I haven't told anyone" he whispers and pulls me by the arm to the sofa. "Just incase you were wondering"
"Luke I"
"No I get it. I really do" he says, surprising me.
"Get what?" I ask confused, tilting my head to the side.
"You wanted Beau to pay more attention to you. I get it, Ruby had that 'talk' with me the other day. She said that because we were all focusing on our movie and getting videos sorted and tour and that we have been ignoring you two a little" he says. He literally says what I was thinking, and obviously what ruby was thinking too. "but writing the letters was not the correct way to go about it" he says and my attention is drawn away by the sound of someone falling.
"You wrote the letters?" Beau says as he's standing in the doorway. "You are the crazy fangirl that wrote the threatening letters?" He repeats. My mouth wide open but unable to say anything apart from stutter random letters.
"Yes she did. She has a reason for that. Just listen Beau" Luke jumps in and saves me. I mentally thank Luke for the time to gather my thoughts.
"I wanted you Beau" I say and he sighs.
"Is this because we've been busy lately with tour?" He says. How come everyone knows what I'm thinking?! I nod surprised and he sighs louder and walks towards me. He takes my hands in his and looks into my eyes. "You should've just told me Danni. I would've understood" he says, sounding disappointed. I drop my head in shame, making him cup my chin, making me look at him. "Hopefully this time at yours will bring us together more yeah?" He smiles and hugs me tight. His radiating warmth and security makes me know that he means it.