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17. Weird

*Lizzie's POV*

The plan is set. Everything is ready.

Operation sidekick is a go.

*Katrina's POV*

Something weird is going on. I can tell. The boys and the girls of Little Mix, also Eleanor, are the same as usual but it's Tia. Something's off about her. She hasn't been very talkative for the last day. Which is a first. Tia is practically the queen of gossip. So this is quite worrying. Though before I can help her, I need to know what's going on.

*Tia's POV*

The message is completely freaking me out right now. I'm trying to keep quiet about it and not tell anyone as it will just cause trouble, just look at what happened to Kat. After she had talked to Niall about the messages she had been getting she got her own bodyguard that follows her around like a dog with its owner if she's not in the house. It's crazy.

The message said:

Tia,

You have been chosen to participate in Operation Get-Rid-of-Target-1.

Only specially chosen, skilled people have been chosen to be a part of such a hard 'task'. You will not get to know about the Operation until you have made your decision and signed the forms required.

If you do not agree to do this, there will be a... suitable 'punishment'.

DO NOT TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS OPERATION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

We will be watching.

From,

XxX

I still don't know what to do. Do I sign the forms or do I not. I really wish I could tell anyone but 'they' most likely have cameras around and I would get caught. That wouldn't be good.

I know that Kat has already started to notice my 'strange behaviour' so now I have to try to at least act happy, chatty and cheerful.

Yipee.. Notice the sarcasm.

*Louis' POV*

Something is going on between the girls. Tia hasn't been her usual self and as a result of that, neither has Kat. I don't like seeing either of the girls like this. I need to do something though. Maybe talk to Kat. I should do that now.

I walk upstairs to Kat's room and knock on the door. "Come in!" I hear her yell out. When I am in the room I see Katrina laying flat out on her bed facing the ceiling. She looks really down. "What's wrong?" I straight out ask her. She sits up on the bed and says "What do you mean?"

"I mean, you haven't been acting yourself lately."
"So, you noticed, huh?"

"Yes I have, why is that?" I ask her.

"Well," She begins then stops.
"Go on." I urge her.

"Tia has't been exactly acting herself lately. It's getting really worrying though. She has never acted like this before, really strange."
I think for a moment before talking. "Yeah, it is. Do you have any idea of what could have made her like that"

Her face scrunches up as she tries to think. "No. Yesterday she was fine, then this morning she is acting all wierd. I don't get it."

"Hmm, neither do I, Kat. I'll think about it though. Alright?"

She looks at me and nods. "Where is everyone else?"

"Eleanor is in the kitchen cooking tea and I think the boys are downstairs in the game room."

She nods her head in understanding. "When do I start school?" She asks.

"Two weeks from tomorrow. Is that okay?"
"Yeah, that's fine."

I get up and dust my trousers off.
"Well then. Tea should be just about ready. You want to come down with me?"

She sighs but nods. Kat gets up form her bed and walks out of the door. I follow her, the heavenly smell of our tea invading my nostrils.

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*Katrina's POV*

It's even worse today. She isn't speaking to me at all. She has shut everyone out. I really need to know what is going on. The plan starts now.

~30 minutes later~

I am outside Tia's house right now. I am going to go in there and have a very important conversation with her then try and get her to spill it. Seems easy enought, right? I don't think so.

I knock on her front door then about 20 seconds later Tia opens the door. I take one look at her and gasp. She looks, how do I put this nicely, not very pretty. Her hair is everywhere, she has giant bags under her eyes, her eyes are also red and puffy, probably from crying and she is wearing a pair of black joggers and an old band t-shirt. 

She looks at me, smiles slightly then says, "Hi." That's it? Hi? I don't know about anyone else but I think I deserve more than that. 

"Hey, can I come in? I need to talk to you about something." She hesitates but agrees and holds to door open wider for me. We go up to her room and sit on her bed. All of a sudden Tia's eyes go wide and she jumps up from the bed and makes sure all of the doors and windows are fully closed as well as the curtains being shut as tight as they can be. 

I look at her with a confused expression when she sits down. She just shakes her head, dismissing my mental question. I decide to get straight to the point. 

"What is wrong with you? Why are you so jumpy today and no offence, but why do you look like that?" I say, gesturing to all of her. She sits there for a moment, not saying a word. Tia looks up at me, her eyes glistening with tears. "Excuse me a moment." She says. 

I nod and she gets up and runs to the bathroom, or so I presume. I look around her room out of boredom. Something catches my eye. 

A piece of paper, on her bedside table. It is crumpled as if it had been touched many times. I stand up, walk over to the small bedside table and pick the paper up. I can now also see tear stains on it in numerous places. I frown and start to read the letter.

By the time I am finished, I am sobbing. Tia then chooses this moment to come back through the door again and catches me with the letter in my hands and my face dripping with tears. She looks at me with pain. 

I throw the paper on the bed, speed walk over to the side of the room Tia is on and pull her into a giant hug, she breaks down in my arms. We stay in that position for a while, just standing there comforting each other.

Finally, I am able to catch my breath again, stop crying and say something.

 "I had no idea." It was the only thing I could bring myself to say at the moment. Tia stops crying too and we sit back down on the bed. 

She says. "Of course you didn't. No one does." I frown. 

"How long ago?" I ask. 

"Two days. They are now watching my every move and waiting for an answer. But I don't know what to say or do. Who will the target be? What will they make me do? What will they do with me at the end? I have no idea what to do about any of this. I just sit there, thinking. 

"I don't know either. But now I get why you have been so jumpy, afraid. That is some scary stuff. Do you know who sent it?" I ask her. 

She shakes her head, "No idea" she adds on. 

"Please don't tell anyone. Not any of the boys or girls. They will get all worried and fussy over me. The people will notice and attack them or me or something. I really don't want that to happen at all.

We sit here for a while longer until Louis phones Tia's house phone and tells me that I've to go back. Throughout the journey back, only one question is on my mind. Should I tell?