Simon Cowell's Daughter

Chapter 11 : Apologies

Ariel POV:

"Ariel wake up honey." I hear somebody say as that person shook me lightly.

" Huh. Good morning Simon." I say to him as I slowly sit up on the couch.

"Good morning Ariel. What are you doing sleeping here?" Simon asks me.

"I couldn't sleep so I decided to explore around the house. That's when I ended up in your office and started looking around." I explain to him.

Simon looks down at my side and saw the photo of my mom with the ring. "I didn't mean to snoop around your drawers. I just opened the top one and that's what I saw the ring and the picture of my mom." I give the picture and the ring back to Simon.

"It's fine Ariel. I literally have nothing to hide here. I keep no secrets between the boys and I. And I promise I have no secrets between you and me. I will always tell you the truth." Simon tells me.

Nothing came out of my mouth. All I did was nod my head.

"Well I think we spent enough time here. Let's go eat some breakfast." Simon says as he holds out his hand. I grab Simon's hand and we both head out his office.

When we arrive to the kitchen ,I see that all of the boys are awake and eating breakfast. I look at Zayn and Niall but they weren't looking at me.

"Good morning Ariel." Liam greets me as he got up and gave me a plate of food.

"Good morning Liam and thanks." I give him a smile. I decided to sit between Harry and Louis. Niall and Zayn were obviously not talking to each other . Neither was I. Right now I didn't want to talk to them because I'm still mad at what happened yesterday.

"So how is everyone's morning ?" Simon asks us. Nobody answers and it was awkward.

"My morning was great. Thanks for asking Uncle Si. I think I have a new song ready for the next album" Harry tries to break the silence.

"That's great news Harry. We'll look over it later at my office." Simon says to Harry.

"How's your wrist doing Ariel ?" Louis asks me. When Louis asked, Zayn and Niall looked at me. Now you pay attention to me. I thought.

"It's not that bad. The sling I have to wear everyday is a little annoying but I'll get used to it . Plus there's no pain." I reply to him with a smile.

"That's awesome Ariel. For sure your wrist will heal right away." Harry says.

"Hopefully." I look down at my wrist.

"Excuse me. I'm not that hungry." Niall excuses himself as he gets up and decides to go out to the back.

"Niall not hungry? That's not like him." Louis says surprised.

"I'm gonna go check on him. I'll be right back" I get up from my seat and went to the kitchen. I pack a sandwich, a couple of rice krispies and two juice pouches . I know for sure he will get hungry later.

I make my way to the back and see Niall sitting at the edge of the pool with his feet dangling down in the water.

"Do you mind if join you ?" I ask walking near him. He looks up and sees me.

"No. Not at all. " He says to me . I sit beside him, took off my shoes and put my feet in the water too.

"So what are you doing here all by yourself?" I ask him.

"Just wanted to be alone for awhile." Niall tells me as he looks down at the water.

"Ah I see. So it has nothing to do with you avoiding me." I look at him.

Niall took awhile to answer. "It's not that I'm trying to avoid you. It's just that I don't know how to say sorry to you Ariel. Every time I see you I just feel ashamed of myself. Thinking of what happened the other day. What I did to you was messed up. I actually hurt you. I'm really really truly sorry Ariel. I never wanted to hurt you . It was an accident. All I wanted to do is protect you." Niall explains to me with a frown on his face. Tears were forming in his eyes and he wiped them with the back of his hand.

"Look at me Niall." I say grabbing his face with my hand gently. He looks straight into my eyes. "I know it was an accident and I know you would never hurt me. But you need to know the truth. Everything that you saw that day was all a misunderstanding ." I tried to explain to him.

"How was that a misunderstanding ? I know what I saw Ariel. He was on top of you and you were calling for help. Thank God I was there." Niall starts to raise his voice.

"It was nothing like that Niall. Zayn never tried to hurt me or did anything bad to me. We were playing around with each other. The only crime he did was tickle me to the point I couldn't breath. That was it. When you heard me calling for help was when I couldn't handle it anymore." I explain to Niall.

"Are you serious? That's it? I'm so stupid. How can I think my best friend would actually hurt a girl or do anything bad?" Niall yelled at himself. He looks down at his lap feeling ashamed.

"Don't beat yourself up Niall. All you have to do is apologize for what you did and let him explain." I reassured him.

"Your right Ariel. Thank you." Niall says giving me a hug.

"Anytime Nialler." I hug him back.

After the whole talk, Niall and I went back to our old silly selves.

"So what's in that bag next to you?" Niall asks looking at it.

"Well since you barely touched your food. I decided to pack you a sandwich and some other goodies for you. Just incase you got hungry." I say to him' grabbing the bag next to me.

"To be honest I am getting a little hungry." Niall rubs his tummy in circles.

"That's the Niall I know. When are you not hungry." I joke giving him the bag of food.

Right away Niall ate the sandwich and the rice krispies with the juice pouches. "That hit the spot" burping loudly.

"Yeah  I can tell" I laugh.

"Well I'm gonna go back inside and find Zayn. I think it's time to apologize to him." Niall tells me getting up. "Are you coming?" He asks me.

"Yeah I'll go inside in a few." I say to him. He nods and smiles at me. He goes back inside the house and I decide to  stay outside for a few more minutes just to get  some fresh air.

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It was night already, all the boys and I decided to watch a movie. Niall and Zayn still haven't made up . I want everything to go back to normal and happy again.

Simon was in his office doing work as usual. But sometimes I think Simon just wants to be alone and just stare at the photo of my mom.

Sometimes I get home sick and wonder how Aunt Karen is doing. Is she missing me? Same thing with my best friend Mark. For sure I miss him so much. Hopefully I get to see him soon. After with all that thinking I slowly close my eyes and drift off to a deep sleep.