We spent nearly the entire drive home in silence. The only sounds were the occasional coughs and the tires grinding against the gravel on the road.
I got fed up with the deafening silence.
“What is it?” I blurted out, “Why are you so angry? What’s the big deal?”
“What’s the big deal?!” spat Louis, his head shooting towards me to look me in the eye, “Well, I’ll tell you what the big deal is. There were PAPARAZZI, if you didn’t happen to notice. They tell outrageous lies about anyone and everyone that would make a good story. It’s their job. What they happen to come up with could ruin you. It could tear you apart, and rip everything that you had worked so hard for into tiny shreds of nothing. Don’t you get it?!”
“Oh, okay, I get it now,” I sat up in my seat, “So this is all about you, huh? You’re scared that I’ve just ruined your reputation. That I’ve just crashed your dream. Well I’m sorry if I didn’t know. I’m sorry that I didn’t expect anything like this. I’m sorry for being so STUPID, okay?! You know what? It’s fine. Just go blame it all on me if everything turns for the worse. Just blame every fucking thing on me – “
“Oh, for Pete’s sake,” Harry grumbled, stepping on a brake, making the car come to a screeching halt. He turned around in his seat so that he was facing me. “No, Jennifer. It’s not about us. It’s about you. We’re worried for you, don’t you see that?!”
I stared at him.
“We’re scared for you,” Liam said, “We know you’re not used to this kind of thing, and we were angry because you didn’t know what you put yourself into. We don’t want this to break you, Jenn!”
I continued to stare at Liam.
A few moments passed, and the tension became unbearably thick in the car.
“Let’s go home,” Zayn said quietly. I then realized that he was the only guy that didn’t yell at me yet, other than Niall.
With a huff, Harry stepped on the gas again, and we drove home, yet again, in silence.
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“We’re here,” Harry said gruffly, pulling into the driveway of a house.
What? The last time I checked, they were still staying at a hotel.
“We have a break from our tour,” Niall answered my unspoken question, “so we decided to stay here as our little vacation.”
I nodded in reply.
Everyone clambered out of the car, me taking a little longer because of my bloody knee, which still stung a little bit. Danielle noticed my suffering, so she kindly helped me to climb out. I smiled at her in thanks.
We wobbled over to the front door and went in the house, where Danielle slowly let go of me and walked over to join El and Emily.
“Jenn, come over here,” Niall called, waving me over to follow him.
I limped over and walked behind him as he led us into the washroom.
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