The Theater Room

Chapter 10

Erin's POV:
*Monday of next week*

The only class I had before drama got canceled for today, so my day has consisted of sitting in the coffee shop and talking to Tom when he wasn't busy. "So how has drama stuff been going?" Tom asks as he walks over and sits at my table, "It's been going pretty well. Their's a couple of people who can be a hand full but i'm not gonna let them drag me down." "Oh who are they? Why would they be mean to you?" "Um it's this girl Jackie and this guy," Now what do I say? I can't say Harry. "Henry." I say then mentally facepalm. Really Erin, Henry..

"I don't know if I know them." he replies with a cute thinking face, "Jackie is dating Harry Styles." I reply. Why the fu.ck did I just say that? I sure as hell hope he doesn't put too much thought into the Henry Harry thing. "Ohhh yeah. I know who she is. She's a bit daft isn't she?" he chuckles, "To say the least." I chuckle in reply.

"Hey it's like twenty minutes till drama practice starts. I should head out being that i'm walking." I say and stand up and begin to gather my things. "Oh yeah you should get going. If I had a car i'd totally give you a ride." he grins, "And i'd gladly accept the offer if you had said car." I grin in reply and sling my bag over my shoulder, "Walk safe." "I will." "Text me when you get there?" "Yeah sure-" I pause and a smirk pulls at my lips, "Is that your way of asking for my number?" I ask and he shifts his weight and looks down then he glances back up at me and smirks, "Well yeah.. did it work?" he chuckles, "Smooth." I giggle, "But yeah. Give me your phone." I say and he smiles widely and we hand each other our phones and exchange numbers.

"Alrighty, i'll text you when I get there," I pause and look at the contact name he put, "Tommo." I grin, "Why Tommo?" "Not sure, wanted to do something different." he chuckles, "Be safe, remember to text me, bye," he pauses and does the same thing I did, "Eri." he says and looks up at me with a cute smile. "Bye." I blush and wave and he returns the gesture, "Bye."

**

I arrive and sit in the auditorium and I decide now would be a good time to text Tom, *"So I made it safly! ~Eri"* About thirty seconds to a minute passes and I get a reply. Thank god, he's the type that'll actually text back quick. *"Good! I just got swamped with customers:(. You at least made working fun;)-Tommo"*
I feel a blush work its way onto my cheeks, *"Well if it's so busy maybe you shouldn't be texting me ya goob.lol ~Eri"* *"True.. But I like talking to you:). But you do have a point :|. I don't wanna get fired, I'll text you later :D -Tommo" * *"I look forward to it :)~Eri"* I reply, and a few seconds later I get a smiley face in reply. *":)"* I lock my screen and set my phone in my bag and wait for drama to start. Little did I know real drama was to follow.

**

"You didn't sing that in pitch." Jackie says aloud after I do a run through of On My Own again. "Excuse me?" I spot her and proceed to glare at her, and of course Mrs. Canton isn't in here at this point in time. "You heard me. You were out of pitch." "No I wasn't." "Just face it, you can't sing." Jackie smirks and i'm about ready to lunge off this stage and attack her. "I know this musical and its music like the back of my hand. I wasn't off pitch." I say in as calm a voice as I can. "You must not know the back of your hand very well then." she quips, I take a few steps forward and eye her then look over at Harry who sits next to Jackie like a dog with its tail between its legs. "Are you gonna do something?" I question Harry and he shrugs, "Why should I?" he replies and adjusts his arm that's around Jackie, when he looks back at me I can tell he regrets what he just said. "Ohh okay then." I seethe , "You know why." I add in a raised voice and Harry's face falls.

By know Canton storms back in, "What is the meaning of all this?!" she asks sternly and eyes everyone then turns to me when no one answers. "I finished my song and Jackie kept insisting I was off pitch when I know I wasn't." I say then look down, I hear Canton exhale a deep breath, "Who all here thinks Erin was out of pitch?" Canton asks and I look up only to see Jackie raise her hand. When she notices she's the only one she elbows Harry and he raises his hand as well. I roll my eyes and look away but I start to smirk knowing what's coming next. "And who all thinks Erin was on pitch?" Canton asks and everyone but Jackie raises a hand. I was surprised to see that Harry had even raised a hand. But little does he know it's gonna take more than that to win me over considering he raised his hand when Jackie elbowed him. Potential friends my ass.

"Alright, i'd say we have a verdict. Jackie stay back after everyone else leaves, we need to have a little chat. As for everyone else, you may go." Canton says and Jackie huffs and walks in the direction of Cantons office. I on the other hand grab my stuff and try to leave as quickly as possible.

I get out the theater building and someone grabs my arm. "Harry not now!" I state firmly and pull my arm from his grasp, "Erin I didn't mean that." "Doesn't mean you didn't say it." "Erin I know, please.." "So what Harry? Every time you're around someone who doesn't deem me as "cool" you're just gonna treat me poorly?" I stop and ask and Harry seems lost for words. "I shouldn't have done that." "Damn right you shouldn't have." I spat and start back walking but Harry is soon to follow.

"Where are you going?" he asks and I don't reply, "Erin?" he presses and I huff, "The practice field." "No." "You bet your ass I am." I say in a nonchalant tone and keep walking. "Erin please." "Harry I warned you not to be rude or break my trust. I trusted that you would hold up to your word." I say and he stops walking. "Erin.. please don't." he says sternly and I halt in my walking and turn around and take a few steps toward him, "What is the big deal Harry!" I shout and his eyes widen, "So what you're in drama! God forbid you like something your friends don't particularly like!" I add and he take a few steps forward closing the gap between us, "Shhh.." he urges, "Don't you dear fu.cking shush me." I seethed at a normal speaking level and he backed away from me a few steps.

"I'm sorry." "Dammit Harry sorry doesn't fix everything!" I exhale and turn around and continue on my walk and yet again Harry follows, "Please give me a second chance." he says as we walk but I don't reply, "Erin.. please? A second chance?" he begs, and by now we had arrived at the practice field and a few guys are already out practicing. I come to a halt and turn to harry who was standing behind me. "Erin.. I beg of you.. Don't. I'll tell them eventually." he says and I feel a part of me giving in, but whats the big deal if they knew? What's so bad about being in drama? I hope I'm not gonna regret this.

"Fine." I mumble and he perks up a little, "What?" he asks, "Fine. I won't tell them." I say and he shrieks like a little girl and pulls me into a hug and spins me around. "Put me down!" "Ohh sorry." he chuckles, "This is your one and only second chance Harry. If you want to make a friendship work don't let something like what happened today happen again." I say and he smiles. "I swear to god. Cross my heart swear to die I won't let it happen again." "Good." I sigh and look up at him, "What's so bad about being associated with the drama crowd?" I ask, "Nothing. It's just.. the guys.. they wouldn't understand." "And why's that?" "It's two different worlds, football and drama.. They just wouldn't understand." "That was vague as sh.it Styles." I chuckle and he cracks a smile, "Sorry, I just don't know what else to say. When it comes to me in the right way i'll tell you." he replies and I chuckle and nod my head, "Okay, I look forward to finding out." I reply and begin to walk off.

"If another slip up happens I am telling them Styles!" I say and wave over my head, "Erin you can't be serious?!" he shouts and I turn around and walk backwards, "As a heart attack!" I shout back and smirk, "Erin!" "Bye Harold, have fun at practice!" I chuckle and wave again then turn back forward. This friendship sure is going to be interesting in the making.

*A/N: I hope these past three updates have been good. I've updated the last three days, yay for no writers block!

And I know that Louis' nickname is Tommo but I didn't know what else to use, and I didn't want to use Tommy. I just really liked Tommo. And considering his name is Thomas (Tom) it just goes well.

Anyway, thanks for reading!

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