The Wild Popstar

Chapter Fourteen: You Deserve This

She finally confessed. "I did it, the video." She dreaded their reaction, but she kept looking them.

A look of astonishment spread across the faces of the two boys. There was a deafening silence in the room. "The video?" Liam asked, trying to confirm whether he had heard the right thing. She tried to hold back her tears as she nodded solemnly.

The room was thundering silent. The two males sat on the bed, shell-shocked while the girl's eyes were tightly shut. The air inside the room was thick with tension. All the occupants were dead silent, trying to take it all in. Lexi felt the weight of the guilt being lifted up from her shoulders, but the anxiety in her stomach remained intact. Her breathing was irregular and her tear ducts seemed to have again found their water reservoir.

The bearded male had an unreadable expression on his face. His eyes looked hurt and his jaw was tightened. His body was almost as still as a statue. The younger male next to him kept looking at the girl in front of him. His large hands running through his long hair, he rubbed his face slightly. He looked much older than his twenty years.

"What exactly did you do?" Liam's gruff voice broke the tension. He rubbed his eyes slightly before asking. His shoulders were down and his back slightly bent. His face was still unreadable. It gave no hint of his state of mind.

"I- I am, I am s-sorry." The girl sniffled almost incoherently. She opened her eyes to look at him and then at next person. They both stared at her intently. Liam shook his head.

"What did you do?" He repeated sharply. His eyes pierced through her. She sobbed, first looking at him then at the floor.

"Answer the goddamn question!" He yelled, standing up from the bed. His jaw tightened yet again. Lexi flinched at his tone. Her hands were shaking slightly. Although 5' 5", she looked like a tiny girl lost in the park, crying for her mother.

Harry sat on the bed watching the scene unfold, he didn't know how to react. His mate looked absolutely furious and Lexi looked completely shattered. He was torn between yelling at her and calming her down. He felt betrayed, yet at the same time, his heart went out for her. He didn't know why.

"I d-don't know what t-to s-ssay. I d-didn't mean to. I'm sorry-yy." She stuttered.

"Like hell you didn't! I want to know what you did, right now!" Liam yelled. His hands clenched into a fist and the relaxed, he kept clenching and then unclenching. His muscles were tightened.

Lexi flinched yet again and her little frame shook violently. Recording her reaction Harry stood up and reached Liam's arm. He placed a calming hand on Liam's arm, indicating him to stop. Liam ignored him. He was glaring at the brunette in front of him.

"Liam, stop. You're scaring her." He said lowly.

"She should be scared." He retorted harshly but then backed off a little. Harry then turned his attention to Lexi.

"Alexia, sit down and calm yourself. Calm down and then tell us." He directed. She knew she wouldn't get any comfort, she knew she didn't deserve any, but Harry's words were enough calm her a little.

After two minutes when she appeared to be calm, Harry asked her in an even voice. "What did you exactly do?"

"I really didn't mean to-" She started off, but he quickly cut her. "That's not the point. I want to know what you did." He demanded. She looked at him and then at her feet before she began the tale.

She told him everything, from the bad day to the call she made. As she narrated her day's goings, she felt worse and worse. Liam's fist clenched and unclenched several times. Harry seemed to be boiling too. She hesitated a lot when she confessed to leaking the video but ultimately told them. By this point Harry was pacing around the room. The usually calm soul was agitated.

"So let me get this straight, you were just randomly angry and were having a bad day, so instead of talking it out, you tried to practically ruin our careers?" Liam's voice was incredulous. He couldn't believe how silly the girl was.

"Liam, I swear it isn't like that!" She quickly protested. "I didn't really think that it would ruin something until it was too late."

"That's the problem! You just never think!" Harry cut her sharply. He was livid. She looked like she'd been slapped on her face. He had never spoken so cruelly. "And how did you even get the video?" He asked. Lexi paled at that. She was shamefaced. Fresh tears rolled down her cheeks.

Harry sighed heavily at that. He'd had enough of comforting her. In the beginning, he'd actually felt sorry for her, but after hearing the story of her 'adventures', he was absolutely livid. He felt like he'd been stabbed in the back. His patience was diminishing at a rapid rate. But Liam spoke his mind.

"For heaven's sake stop crying and answer his question." Liam spoke. His voice laced in anger was covering the hurt he felt from the betrayal.

Lexi tried to calm herself but she couldn't. Both her arms were wrapped around her own torso. With a cracked voice, she finally managed to say, "I saw it on his computer the other day."

They waited for her to continue. When she took too long, Harry lost it.

"Alexia for fuck's sake just stop with your pity party! I've have had enough of them. Just fucking give us some answers. It's the least you could do after what you've done." The green eyed boy spit out. She looked at Liam, but he wasn't even looking in her direction.

Her reddened eyes widened at Harry's statement. It felt like a dagger ripping you up. You deserve this, she told herself. You deserve every moment of this.

"I found it on his Cloud." She informed in a shaky voice. "You have his Cloud password?" Liam asked skeptically. She shook her head.

"You hacked into his Cloud?" Harry asked incredulously. They all knew the answer to that. "I can't believe this!" He gasped.

"This is absolute breach of privacy! You don't even let people touch your phone, how the fucking hell did you think that hacking into his storage was even remotely okay?" Payne yelled.

"I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't-" She begged.

"Oh just shut up! Shut the fuck up. I don't want to hear it. I don't even want to look at you. Just go away." The oldest Brit in the room boomed.

She looked at him with horror-struck eyes, her body froze at his statement. She felt physical pain. You deserve this, she told herself. She turned her gaze to look at Harry. He looked away.

"Liam, I'm really-" She moved towards him. "Just shut up." He said before stalking out of the room. She watched him walk past the door and turn left. He was gone. The guy who cared about her the most had just walked out.

Harry was now looking at her. His eyes displayed various emotions from hurt to disappointment, anger to betrayal. Despite all of this he placed his hand, although only for a second before he walked out himself.

The brunette collapsed on the floor. Heavy tears rolling down. She was a sobbing mess. Her body hurt from both crying and emotional pain. She realized at that moment how much they really meant to her. She would do anything to seek forgiveness. This was just Liam and Harry, she was their clear favorite. If this was their reaction, she didn't know if she could ever be able to face the ones she'd directly offended. Louis and Zayn would probably murder her. She didn't know if she could even wake up tomorrow. The morning had nothing to offer but hatred. "You deserve this.", she said yet again.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

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