Story of My Life (One Direction)

Chapter 14

Jacob's PoV

I am in shock that Ally didn't tell the lads about her twin brother. I'm not judging her or anything, but it is a pretty big part of her life that should be shared with her brothers/fathers. I know it is hard for her to talk about her past, and I get that, but I still think Ally should have told them. It is only fair to her new family.

I hold Alex in my arms. I want her to tell Louis and all them about Austin, but I can't and won't force her to. It really is Ally's decision to tell them, not me. I never actually brought Austin up because I thought it was a subject that was never spoken not unknown. For a family to work, you have to not keep big, important secrets from each other. Maybe the secret that you spilled your milk and didn't clean it up isn't that big of a deal, but never mentioning your secret twin brother is huge! It's unbelievable that you would keep it from someone. I am trying my hardest not to judge Ally for it because it is her decision, but it's hard to imagine that Alex would keep a secret like that. She was never one to keep secrets because she was horrible at it. I just hope that Alex makes the right decision by telling her brothers/fathers about her actual brother.

"Are you mad?" Alex asks in a whisper.

"It's your decision not mine so how can I be mad at you?" I ask with a laugh.

"Because he was your friend too," Alex says.

Austin and I were friends, but I was always closer to Alex. It was just what it was. I remember the first time I brought up Alex in front of my mom when I saw her again for the first time in years. She asked about Austin, but I told her I didn't know where he was or if they even still living with each other. That is the one and only time I talked about Austin since I saw Ally.

"Well, yeah," I say and rub the back of my neck.

Alex waits for me to say something. "And?" She asks.

"It's not my decision. It's yours," I tell her. Alex frowns. She always hated making decisions.

Alex lays her head against my shoulder. I kiss her forehead and rest my head against hers. I hold Alex tight as she thinks things over.

Niall's PoV

Well now I feel kind of bad. Scratch that, I feel horrible. I sit on the couch hunched over. Idiot is who I am. I know I crossed the boundary asking who Austin was behind Alex's back, but I got to know. I hate when Alex keeps things from us, like her entire past. It is something that is hard to accept, that Alex doesn't want us to know how to help her.

Zayn walks downstairs. "Zaynie!" I exclaim. Might as we be happy about something. He sits next to me.

"Hey, Nialler," he smiles. "What is going on with everyone? Everyone is all upset and just down in the dumps."

I sigh. "You are, too?" Zayn yells.

"You should be! Alex isn't too happy with you either," I tell him.

"What did I do?" Zayn asks, shocked.

I know that he really didn't do anything, but I might as well tell him why it all started because he kind of is involved. "Alex found out about your girlfriend, and she's mad that we didn't tell her," I sigh.

"So why is Harry mad because I tried talking to him, and he is pissed," Zayn tells me.

"He's upset that he isn't the 'favorite' in Alex's eyes or something like that," I explain.

"Oh," Zayn says. "He's just mad about something else."

"What is it?" I ask.

Zayn shrugs. "I'm just guessing. He knows that isn't true," Zayn tells me.