"Phil, how long till dinner?" I yelled as I stepped out of the shower, almost slipping on the wet tiles. I got dressed in a hoodie and jeans and slipped my feet into my favorite moustache slippers. I headed into the living room to find Max, Tom, Dan, Siva and Jay all still sprawled out on the couches. Phil was cooking and Nathan and Yasmin were nowhere to be seen. "Ten minutes, tops!" Yelled back Phil.
"Hey guys, where are Yasmin and Nathan, and why have you not showered yet?" They all looked at each other and smiled. "Yaz and Nath, are um... having some alone time" Max said awkwardly. I gasped as the realization hit me. "Yea" Tom nodded. "Well Dan, you have your own room, why haven't you showered?" He smiled lazily "I'm too lazy" I laughed at his stupidity.
We sat and laughed and then Nathan and Yaz appeared, looking slightly ruffled. We all took one look at them and burst out laughing. Yaz looked slightly confused then it hit her and she turned bright red.
Phil chose that moment to walk into the room and announce "Dinner's ready!" We all piled around the table and he served us all some spaghetti Bolognese. We all began to eat. Phil was quite a cook; we just had to convince him to cook because he was reluctant. Something about a kitchen blowing up when he was younger, it’s just better not to ask.
I couldn't help but stare at Tom shoveling spaghetti in his mouth. He paused for a moment and caught my gaze. I quickly looked away, only to find Nathan and Yaz sharing a piece of spaghetti, ending the strand in a kiss, like that moment in Lady and The Tramp, except intentional. The kiss they shared got deeper until it turned into a make-out session. "Oi, not again guys, stop making out at the table" Max shouted. They broke apart looking sheepish.
I laughed at the craziness of my new friends, amazed that they would want to hang out with me, when I had no other friends, just Phil, Dan, Alex and Charlie. It was strange, I had never felt this happy before, my parents had never made me feel so loved before, they just gave me money and left me to it.
That was how I had bought this apartment, Phil and Dan tried to pay rent but I refused, it’s not like I was going to go bankrupt anytime soon. As well as his high salary my dad inherited a trust fund from his father consisting of a 15 digit sum, yeah a lot of money. Dad doesn’t use much now so he gave me an EFTPOS card connected to a bank account which had 2 million dollars in it. I think he gave Yaz the same thing as well.
My whole life has been spent as the rich girl, no one wanted to know the real me, they just wanted my money. But then who would want to be friends with me? I'm fat, ugly and stupid; I know this because people tell me this so much. I try to be myself but I am constantly pushed down and so I hide my true self deep inside. When people try to find out the real me, I push them away so I won't get hurt. I can't reveal myself to the boys yet. I could tell Yaz, she is my sister; she hopefully won't leave me like the others could. And they will leave. Everyone does.
My parents don't care, my friends aren't my true friends, my boyfriend abused me, I am bullied, I cannot trust anymore.
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Lightning (A The Wanted fanfic)
FanfictionIf I hadn't hidden under the bleachers that day, none of this would have happened. If that storm hadn't blown over that day, everything in my life would have stayed the same. I wouldn't know Tom, I wouldn't know any of the boys, I wouldn't have gain...
