The Sweetheart

Chapter 10

First day of senior year. Fun. At least I had Louis. We did all homework and projects together. All of the teachers knew we work well together so we always got put together.

"You could do so much better Louis!"

"What a loser!" girls would say. But Louis was there. He'd sass them till they cried. I feel so lucky to have him. Now that his mum was ok with me, we'd sleep over during the week. Mine on Monday, his on Friday. His mum would leave when I got there, giving us time to ourselves. But the worst we do is cuddling, and maybe a few kisses.

He'd also make me watch horror movies after dark. Only so I'd grab onto him in terror. He was kind of a jerk in that way. He also knew I'd be holding onto him for dear life when we went to bed. That night, we watched Pitch Perfect. But there was something wrong. He never lets me choose. He also invited Jesse. My head was in his lap, and my feet in Jesse's. When the movie ended, Jesse went to the bathroom. That's when I pounced.

"Louis I know something's wrong. Out with it." He sighed, and sat me up. Taking my hands in both of his.

"Ella, next week I'm leaving to audition for the X-Factor." Those words made me feel empty. My best friend, my boyfriend, was leaving me.

"W-What? Louis, you can't just leave me, I need you!" I cried. I ripped my hands away, and covered my face with them. He pulled me closer and tried to make me stop crying.

"Hush, we don't even know that I'll make it in."

"I know you'll get in Louis!" I said between sobs. I'm not a selfish person, but I need him. I need him to get through school. The bullying.

"You have Danny, Jesse, Carter, and, Kyle," he said trying to cheer me up.

"They're not you Louis. I need you, and only you." Right then, Jesse walked back in. The scene was kind of ugly, me crying into Louis, Jesse not knowing what was going on.

"You told her?" I felt Louis nod, and I snapped up.

"You told them already?" I snapped.

"Yeah, about a month ago," he said, bracing for the explosion.

"A month?! You told them before you told me! Why Louis? I'm your girlfriend, I think I should be one of the first to know!" I shouted.

"Look El, I'm sorry. I didn't want to see you cry when I told you," he sid calmly.

"I would've cried more if you just left without telling me!" To say the least I was hurt. Hurt that he told my best friends and made them keep it a secret. Hurt that he wasn't telling me about this until last minute.

"I'm sorry Ella. I won't keep anymore secrets from you. I promise."

"Promise?" My anger had diminished, and was replaced with sadness. I didn't want him to go, but this is his dream. I couldn't stop him from doing what he wanted for me.

"Promise." His last week in Doncaster was required to be awesome. I was going plan a whole bunch of fun stuff for the 6 of us to do, and we were going to have fun. Not in the dirty way, I'm still a virgin if that's what you're thinking.