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Chapter 21

Shaunee's POV

I was stuck thinking about what Harry had said. I knew that I loved him but I didn't want to admit it to myself.

It's not like I didn't like the boys they were just....a little out there?

I didn't even understand myself anymore. I was mad and confused. We had worked our as*ses off! How did we not get that record deal?!?

For Harry to just call me a brat wasn't right. It's not my fault he didn't work hard enough. Now I have to be stuck with the boys for another month.

Awesome.

I stuffed my head in my pillow. I wished I had never met them. I wish my career was fine and we didn't have to hire some opening act to fix me. It made me angrier as I thought about it.

"Shaunee? Are you okay?" Rachel's sweet voice echoed as I heard her stupid two inch heels clank up the stairs.
I groaned. "Get lost Rachel! I'm so not in the mood!" The threw a pillow at the door dramatically.

She slammed it, leaving me alone.

My mind started to wander and eventually I started thinking about Harry. I wondered what he was doing right now. Was he thinking about me?

He probably as pissed off at me as I to him. I couldn't decide if I liked him or not. I felt like he wasn't good enough for me....but then again it was almost as if I was trying to hide my feelings for him.

I heard another loud knock on the wooden door. Okay, Rachel was about to get on my last nerve.

"Rachel, I swear to f*cking god if you knock on my door one last time.."

"It's me." A deep voice answered.

Harry? Why was he knocking on my door? Did he want to talk to me?

Why would he be knocking on your door Shaunee?

"Um...what do you want?" I huffed, playing as if I didn't care for his presence. In the back of my mind, I knew I could really use one of his hugs right now.

Give him a chance, maybe he's ready to apologize.
"We're all going out to dinner and thought I'd be rude if we didn't invite you." I could practically see him shrugging.

"Uh...sure I'll come...whatever. I'll be down in five." I waited till I heard his loud footsteps disappear before getting up.

I decided to dress up a bit since I looked like a slob and I was dying to get out of these jeans.

I grabbed my slim black dress and set it on my bed. I threw off my jeans and stripped down, carefully stepping into the dress. I felt so such better, I felt like I had been sleeping and crying for years.

I then went to the bathroom to clean up. I could barely look at my face, black streaks of mascara and line liner running down my face.
I wiped it all off with a wet rag and re-applied.

After finishing, I slipped into my black pumps and walked downstairs. It had taken my ten minutes to get ready....oh well.

When I entered the living room, everyone was waiting at the door.

"Harry told me you were gonna be ready in five minutes not the next day." Rachel rolled her striking brown eyes at me. Hm, guess she was mad at me too. Awesome.

"Keep rolling those pretty little eyes of yours, maybe you'll find a brain back there." I remarked.
Rachel just looked away, huffing.

"Look, are we gonna have a good night or argue the entire time?" Liam said as he brought me into a side hug.
"Yeah we were nice enough to invite you." Harry smirked, as if trying to make me angry.

"Let's go celebrate!" Louis bounced down the rock trail leading to the car. "Celebrate?" I questioned, seating myself in the front. "What's there to celebrate about?"

"You!" Niall laughed as if it was obvious.

"Me? What did I do?"

Niall exchanged glances with Harry, abd motioned him to tell me.
"Hey, even though we didn't get the record deal, we got this far right?"

"Yeah...I mean I guess. What does that have to do with me?" I said, still confused.
"Your the one who got us here, right?"

I just stared at the five smiling boys at me.

"Wow...that's really sweet." Harry made eye contact with me and I spun around so he couldn't see me blush.
Zayn started the car and we were off.

I couldn't believe them. All the sh*t I did to them and this is what I get in return? A party.
I felt like the most ungrateful b*tch in the entire universe. My eyes started to fill with hot tears and I just broke down.

"You guys are the greatest people I've ever met." I blurted.

They all stared at me.

Niall chuckled. "Well thanks Shaunee! Are you okay? I mean...it's not a huge party or anything...I mean we just wanted to give back to you."

I wiped a tear as it slide down my cheek. "Yeah...it's just really nice....the party and all." I mumbled awkwardly.

At that moment I was so tempted to tell them that I've been lying to them all along. They didn't deserve this. They deserved to know they I was using them for my own good. They would never understand the really reason for my tears.

I almost did it. I opened my mouth.

They have to know. This is wrong.

I closed it.

This could ruin our friendship forever. What if they never wanted to speak to me again? Just when things were looking up.

"What Shaunee?" Harry asked, I turned around and he was staring right at me.

"Oh...never mind." I stared straight ahead.

Well....I guess I could hide this secret just a little longer...