It's Complicated - One Direction

Chapter 14

Ariela's POV

I heard a thud and the next thing I know Liam is on the ground groaning in pain. Let me catch you up a bit. I admitted that I kissed Liam and Harry totally spazzed out. We don't call him Haz the spaz for nothing. Liam then said that he loved me and that sent Harry over the edge. So now I'm being restrained by Louis so I won't go and help Liam who Harry had just punched.

"Liam!" I yelled out trying to break free from Louis' grasp.

"Ariela stay calm and let them settle things!" Louis said in my ear.

"No! I need to help Liam!" I squirmed out of his arms and rushed to Li's aid.

"Ariela." He said clutching his face. Damn, Harry packed quite a punch. The bruising was starting already.

"Yeah Li?" I asked worry in my voice placing his head in my lap.

"I need to know, do you love me or Harry?" He said rubbing his head and getting to his feet. I held his arm to steady him. I looked from Harry to Liam trying to decide my answer.

"So Ari, who's it gonna be? Your best mate and boyfriend or your, your, snogging buddy?" Harry spat at me.

"It doesn't matter if you love him Ari, I will always love you no matter what Harry says or does." Liam said turning to face me. Once again I glanced between the two boys. Which one am I in love with?

"Choose me!" Harry said coming towards me and taking me from Liam's grasp. "I'm your best friend and I'm your boyfriend, is that not enough to love me? We have had so many good times together and Ariela, I love you more and life itself. So please Ari, just choose me and this can be over with." He told me with tears welling up in his eyes. How could I not choose him, he is practically crying over me. Just then Liam dragged me away from Harry's embrace and looked me straight in the eye.

"Ari, choose me. I know he loved you first but when I see you with him it just tears me apart. I love you and I showed you that I did first, so I think it would only be fair for you to choose me over him." I backed away from Liam and glanced between the two boys.

"I can't do this." I told them and ran out the door. I raced through the front door and out into the cold autunm night. I kept hearing someone call my name. It wasn't Harry or Liam, and I couldn't help but hear the desperation in his voice. I couldn't place the voice to a face but I could tell that this guy was worried.

I ran and ran and ran. I didn't know where I was going until I got there. I was standing in the graveyard in front of my mother's grave. I fell to my knees and started crying my eyes out.

"Mum, help me." I said between sobs. "I love both of the boys but I don't know which to choose. They both have good arguments but I just can't deal with them right now. Help me please." At that point I collapsed to the ground and leaned against a big oak tree that stood next to my mum's grave. I sobbed uncontrollably for another few minutes and then everything went black.

Louis' POV:

"Look what you boys have done now!" I screamed finally having enough of their dispute over Ariela. I ran after her calling out her name trying to get her to stop. But to no avail, I stopped running as I was out of breath, damn she was a good runner. I guess running track in 8th year really paid off for her. I turned and ran back to Harry's house.

I pushed through the front door to find Daniela crying on the sofa with Anne and Robin trying to comfort her. Liam was leaning against the kitchen door with bloodshot eyes and a nice shiner with Niall at his side, and I heard screams coming from Harry's room which I could only assume were directed at Zayn for trying to calm him down.