Friends with the Sidemen// A Miniminter Fanfiction

Chapter 13

Hollys pov
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I race into my house. I see my mom and Jake sitting on the couch, talking quietly.
"Come over here please, hun." My mom says. I walk over. "Okay so, Jakes mother lives in New Zealand, and he wants us to go see her, but you would be staying here. What do you think?" She says.
"Uh, I'm fine with staying here alone. I'll lock the doors and school doesn't start for over 3 weeks so I wouldn't be going anywhere. How long would you be going for?" I ask.
"We were planning on going for 2 weeks." Jake says from behind her.
"I think that you should go." I say. "When does your plane leave?" I ask. Jake types something into his laptop.
"About 8 hours." He says.
"Well then you better go pack." I say with a smile. Jake pops up and goes upstairs, my mom hugs me and thanks me for agreeing and says the other reason that they're going is that Jakes aunt is dying and he wanted to see her before she died. I tell my mom that I'll be fine here, and that she should go get ready. She stands up and traces Jakes steps up the stairs.
After supper Jake and Mom call a cab. I hug them both goodbye and wish them a good trip.
"No parties." Mom says.
"'Mom, I don't know anyone here anyway." I respond.
"No going out without your phone, or someone, like Josh!" Mom says. I think mom wants me to date him, she seems to like him more than I do!
"I understand." I say, I kiss her on the cheek and shut the door. I watch their cab pull out of the driveway and down the street. I walk over to the couch and fall onto it. I turn my phone on. 7:02. I text Josh.
-Hi Josh
-Hi Holly
-Waddup?
-The boys are recording a vid
-What kinda vid?
-Fifa, Simon is blindfolded playing against Vik.
-Hows that going?
-Simons winning HAHAHAH
-Oh my. Did Jake tell you about New Zealand?
-No, whats happening in New Zealand?
-Jake and my mother went to New Zealand for 2 weeks.
-So you're home alone for 2 weeks?
-Yep.
-Sounds like Simon would love that.
-What do you mean?
-How about I come over later and we can have a nice talk.
-Ok.
And with that our conversation ended. What does he mean? I don't know. I scroll through my Twitter. I have a billion mentions since Simon posted the video of him and the boys 'saving' me from Vik. They're all like 'Are you dating miniminter?' and 'Goals' and 'Holly and Simon 4 ever' there was gifs of us. Also some things like 'Im way prettier than holly.' and 'slut. i bet she fucked all of the boys'. I don't really take any of the hate to heart, I don't really care. Like, what are they going to do?
Hours go by of me scrolling on social media, I gained so many followers on Instagram and I had to adjust my snapchat so that everyone who adds me can see my story but I won't get their snaps. I get a text from Josh, its now 10:33.
-Hey you wanna come over? We can just talk in my room. I wanna have a convo, just us.
-Sure, give me a second.
I grab my phone and lock the door. I run over and knock on the door. It opens a few seconds after I knock. I see Harry standing there. He steps out.
"None of the other boys heard the door and I want to talk to you." He says. I nod. " Well, I thought that, well, You, I don't know. I thought we had something. I like you but it doesn't seem like you like me back." He stutters. I stand there and stare at him.
"Harry. I like you. You're amazing, but honestly, I have my eyes set on someone else. I really want to keep you as a friend." I say, he nods. I hug him tightly and we just stand there for a bit. I kiss him on the cheek and let go. "Can we go inside now? I'm kinda cold." I say, laughing. He agrees and we walk in. I tell Harry that I'm here to see Josh so don't tell any of the boys that I'm here.
I walk up the stairs and to Josh's room. I knock on the door. He opens it and motions me inside. I go in and sit on his bed.
"So, why did your parents go to New Zealand?" Josh starts.
"Jakes aunt is dying and they want to see his mother." I say.
"Oh. So you're staying home alone?" Josh questions.
"Yep. And speaking of alone, you know the guy that tried to kill me? Ya. He's not facing any charges or anything because he's mentally unstable and forgot to take his medicine so 'he couldn't think'." I say. Josh's eyes get big.
"So where is he now?" Josh asks, sounding concerned.
"At his house." I say.
"Oh my god." Josh says.
"I know, but lets change the subject." I say. " What do you mean Simon would enjoy that I'm home alone?" I ask.
"Well haven't you seen him? How he looks at you? Admires you? He likes you." I look at Josh in shock.
"Really? Do you think?" I say excitedly.
"I know." Josh tells me. My face gets hot and I start smiling. "Wait. Do you like him too?" Josh asks. Once I realize what he said I force the smile off my face.
"What? No. Pshhhh. Never." I say. He raises an eyebrow at me. " Okay, just a little though, but he can not know. Do you hear me? You can't let him know." I warn.
"Why?" Josh asks.
"Because I'm 16, and he's 21. Also I don't know how much I actually like him." I say. Josh agrees. We talk about Simon and I tell him about Harry, we talk for another hour.
"Okay, I think I'll go see Simon and the rest of the boys and then I'll leave." I tell him. He nods. I get up and leave his room, quietly shutting his door behind me. I walk up the stairs to Simons room, I knock on the door. Nothing. I open the door, its dark in there, I decide to walk in anyway. I see him in his bed, he's asleep. I walk closer and shake his leg.
"Simon" I whisper. "Simonnnn" I whisper a little louder.
"Whaa?" He says as he wakes up.
"Oh, sorry that I alarmed you." I say.
"Holly?" He asks
"Yeah. Its me." I say.
"What are you doing here?" He says.
"I was just visiting Josh and decided to come see you." I say.
"Okay, well come over here than." He jokes. I walk closer and kneel by the top of his bed. "You look really pretty right now." He says.
"Thank you, and I'm sorry I woke you." I say.
"I'm glad you did." He says.
"Oh, well I can't stay too long." I tell him. He nods and mumbles something I can't hear.
"I'm really sorry about what happened the other night." He says.
"Simon, don't be. You have nothing to be sorry about." I tell him.
"I should've offered you a drive there and back. I'm so stupid." He says.
"Simon, there nothing you could do. It's not your fault." I say.
"If anything or anyone hurts you, I don't know what I'll do." He says.
"It won't. Don't worry." I say. He nods. We say nothing for a minute or two. He starts snoring. I kiss his forehead and leave.
Ethan is across the hall from Simon, I would say goodnight to him but I haven't really talked to him.
Next is JJ. I go to his room and knock on the door. I hear him get up and walk over to the door. When he opens it hes wearing nothing but a pair of shorts.
"Uh, well this is awkward." He says and laughs.
"Yeah." I start, laughing awkwardly, trying not to check him out. "I was just here and I thought I would come say goodnight, and stuff, yeah." I say. He nods and hugs me. I think he saw something in me that he wasn't supposed to. Maybe it was the fear in my eyes or the sadness in my smile. Whatever it was that he saw, he fixed it, for those seconds that he embraced me, I felt happy.
"Okay, well goodnight Holly." Jj says as he lets go. I nod and walk away. As I walk away I feel everything falling apart again, but I gotta pull through. I head to Vik's room. I listen against the door.
"Okay, well thats all for today guys. Don't forget to leave a like rating down below and a comment on what you'd like to see next time. Thanks and goodbye." He says. I hear him sigh. I knock on his door. His computer chair squeaks and he opens the door.
"Hi." He says. I hug him. He's in shock for the first second but then wraps his arms around me and holds me.
"Hi." I say into his shoulder. We hug for a few more moments
"I'm going home now. But thanks for the hug, I really needed it." He nods.
"Stay strong." He says, I give him a faint smile and walk away. He shuts the door. I walk down the stairs, once I'm to the bottom I look outside into the darkness. Something inside me triggers the memory of the man following me, and pointing a gun at me, and telling me to meet him outside. I turn around and run back upstairs, tears streaming down my face.I knock on Josh's door when he opens it he takes one look at me and picks me up. I wrap my legs around his torso and bury my face is his shoulder. He shuts the door and just holds me. I cry for what seems like an eternity until I fall asleep sitting up against the wall and leaning on him. I feel artificially safe.