Secrets (On hold)

Chapter Thirty Four

I literally listened to Why Don't We Go There, Happily, and Better Than Words on repeat while writing this. (Just thought I would share)

*Lauren's POV*

"Ellie, this isn't Niall. Don't hang up." I'm surprised by how calm my voice sounds, it's the complete opposite of what I feel.

I wait for her to respond, or hang up, but there's silence. I hear a door shut on her side of the line.

"Who is this? Serena?" She sounds curious, not nervous at all.

What the fuck? She should be shitting her pants. I'm about to flip out at her.

"No, it's Lauren Teasdale." I doubt she will know who I am.

"Oh! Lauren? How have you been?" Okay so she does remember me.

"I'm good but that's beside the point." I lean back against the wall and let my body slide down so I'm sitting on the floor. "Ellie what are you doing?"

"What do you mean? Like right now?" She sounds confused. This is an act. This has to be an act.

"No, with Niall. Obviously you know who Serena is." I notice my fist is clenched and I relax my fingers.

"Well of course."

"Is Niall cheating on her with you?" There. It's out in the open.

She laughs. "No we are just friends."

"Yeah I bet. Friends text each other hey babe all the time right?"

"You read our texts?" She sounds more surprised then anything. God now I look creepy.

"Lucky for you he deletes his conversations, but I did read your most recent text." I admit feeling slightly embarrassed.

"And you don't think that's wrong?"

"No I know it's wrong. I only did that because you are causing their relationship to go to shit." I spit out and she's silent for a few seconds.

"I am?"

"She knows he is talking to another girl. He won't say who or anything just that you are a friend. The only reason I know he's talking to you is because of Harry..." Fuck I didn't think about how mad Harry will be at me.

He keeps telling me to stay out of Niall and Serena's issues, but I can't help but get involved. I feel protective over Serena, I don't want her getting walked all over.

"Why won't he tell her it's me?"

"I don't know. That's why I know something is going on between you two. Please just stop. You should have seen him the other day when Serena nearly drowned, he was a wreck." I feel exasperated. I don't know what to say to her. I should have wrote down what I wanted to say.

"I know I talked to him."

"What?" Really Niall....

"I talked to him on the phone not long after it happened. Actually he was quite upset. I tried to give him the best advice I could for the situation."

What the fuck? I'm so confused.

"What are you talking about? You expect me to believe you?" I scratch up and down my leg, I shouldn't have called her.

"Lauren we are just good friends." She tells me, sounding slightly concerned. I can't keep up with her.

"I don't know if I believe you..."

"I have a boyfriend." She cuts me off and I stop talking.

"Who?" She's lying.

"Harry hasn't said anything to you?" She asks. Instantly my guard goes up.