Love at the X Factor (on hold) :(

Chapter 13

There was a knock on the window above my head and I looked up to see Niall. He smiled at me and I just kept crying as he got into the car and sat next to me in the backseat. He pulled me onto his lap to the point where I was straddling him while I cried into his shoulder. He rubbed his hand in circles on my back until I calmed down.

"Bella, he didn't mean it. He was too caught up in the moment. Harry feels really bad, babe." He forced me to face him, wiping the tears away from my eyes.

"I'm still mad at him. I trusted y'all with that one mistake I wish I hadn't made and he made fun of me." My voice came out hoarse and ragged as I finally stopped crying.

"I know, Bells, I know." He smiled sadly at me, when my phone started ringing.

"Will you answer it?" I asked, handing him my phone as I didn't recognize the number. He nodded and answered.

"Hello, Bella's phone and it is I, her lovely boyfriend speaking, who is wondering who this is?" He said with a smirk, making me laugh. He tickled me slightly as the voice spoke. His blue eyes grew dark and he said, "I'm pretty sure she blocked you, now leave her the hell alone." He hung up and handed me my phone.

"Who was it?"

"Dan. Is that the guy who you blocked?" I nodded. "Well, he got a new number or something so he could call. Who is he exactly?"

"He was a guy I dated freshman year. We broke up when I moved because he didn't want to do long distance." I explained. "And I got over him a long time ago and he doesn't know how to take a hint."

"Well, maybe I need to kick his ass." Niall said as he kissed me passionately on the lips. I laughed in the middle of the kiss. "What do you say we go back to Demi's and you change into your swimsuit and we go swimming?" He asked.

"But, babe I gotta practice a song." I said as I slid onto the seat as the others were walking to the car.

"You can do that later tonight and tomorrow. Please?" He grabbed my hands and looked into my eyes, begging me.

"Ugh fine! Only because you're adorable when you beg."

"I can keep begging if you want." He wiggled his eyebrows and kissed my nose as the others piled into the car. Natalie gave me a look to see if I was alright as she had obviously been informed to as why I ran away. I nodded, but I was still pissed. She climbed into the back on the other side of Niall and Harry seated himself up front with Louis, while Zayn and Liam sat in the middle row.

"So, uh, who wants to listen to the radio, yeah?" Louis said, sensing the awkwardness. He turned on the radio that was currently blasting Really Don't Care by Demi Lovato. I sang along quietly.

"You should sing that tomorrow!" Natalie said.

"What the heck? How'd you hear me!?"

"You were singing pretty loud, Bells." Louis laughed from the drivers seat and I blushed.

"I really do like that song, but wouldn't it seem like I was trying too hard since Demi's the judge?"

"Not if we change it up to your style. I got this." Natalie smiled mischievously and I raised my eyebrow. "We can work on it tonight." I nodded and went back to singing along to the radio. The boys and Natalie eventually joined in and we sang all the way back to Demi's.

"Y'all are staying at the hotel, right?" I asked the boys.

"Yeah, but we are probably going to the beach later. Wanna come?" Liam asked.

"I'd love to! Say..." I looked at my phone. It was now a little after eight and Natalie and I needed to rehearse. "Ten o'clcok? We can meet y'all at the hotel."