Resistance (Harry Styles)

Chapter 12: Choices

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Eleanor's POV

"Hey El," Perrie said through the phone. "When are you reaching?"

I gave myself one last glance in the mirror and skipped towards the door to grab the house and car keys.

"Another twenty I think," I smiled, genuinely and cut the line with a quick bye.

Louis was in Bosnia and I had no company. Apart from him, I was only close to Aishwarya but sadly she was away, in Cape Town. Perrie and Zayn being the adorable couple invited me over for a movie night so I wouldn't feel left out.

The drive to Zayn's place barely took me half an hour. Once I reached, I was let in by a smiling Liam.

"Hey," he mumbled.

"Hey," I replied. "Where are the rest?"

"Oh Perrie's in the kitchen, Zayn is mastering the techniques of starting the home theatre and Niall couldn't make it." He chuckled. "And I'm here."

I laughed in response.

We both joined an irritated looking Zayn in the living room as he asked, "how about Catching Fire?"

I mentally rejoiced the moment he asked me that, given my huge likeness for The Hunger Games series.

"Love it," I and Liam said in unison as Perrie emerged from the kitchen, that second, clutching a three bowls of popcorn. She quickly handed all of us our bowls and we started the movie.

About seventy minutes into the movie, Perrie's phone rung loudly, snapping all of us out of our concentration.

"I'll go get this," she stammered a little and I noticed her face go pale. But then again, the lights were off and the only illuminance in the room was the one emitted from the Tv screen which was making us all look whiter than usual.

Zayn paused the movie as we all waited for her to come back and then we'd resume it. A few minutes into mindless talk with the boys, I decided that I'd go and get my bowl refilled, since the movie was paused anyway.

I entered the kitchen, but I had no idea Perrie was in there. I expected her to be talking in the balcony, given kitchen is definitely the last place where someone would want to attend a call.

I heard her talking in hushed tone but I was least bothered until I heard the one name that made anger ripple through my veins.

"Rebecca I tried my best, okay?"

I inched closer but not enough that she'd see me as I started eavesdropping on her.

"It's not my fault Harry still likes her."

What?

"Shut up Becca. I did all that I could. Don't blame me if it's all blowing up."

I inched further close but much to my dismay, I accidentally put too much pressure on the door and that made it move.

Shit, I blew my cover as Perrie stopped talking midway.

"No-"

I quickly regained composure so as to not look like a criminal and accused Perrie first.

"You were helping Rebecca in this?"

My eyes grew big as I realised while speaking what was actually happening.

"Eleanor, I can explain-" she said.

"No, Perrie," I said as a look of perplexity formed on my face. "Shit. It was you all along? Oh my God."

My voice was really high and that, obviously, attracted the attention of the two boys as they ran towards us.

"How could you?" I scowled.

"Okay, what's happening?" Zayn intervened as Liam looked puzzled and shocked.

"She's a bitch," I yelled and stepped closer to Perrie but Liam pulled me back. Her eyes started to moist but I had no mercy after what she'd done.

"Eleanor," Zayn tried to calm me down a bit as Perrie started to sob.

"She set Rebecca and Harry up. She messed Aishwarya and Harry's relationship. She's a selfish fuck," I moved my finger in her face to make my point as the noise of her sobs heightened.

Zayn's eyes nearly bulged out of his socket and so did Liam's.

"I did not, she blackmailed me-"

"Shut up. Atleast have the courage to admit your mistake. She's your friend. She's in your band crew and that's why you-" I was angrily speaking before Zayn interjected.

"Is that true, Per?" He asked her and she just averted her gaze, unable to meet his eye giving him the answer he needed.

"I did not expect this from you-" Zayn said.

"She's just a mean-" I started but Liam stopped me.

"Eleanor," he said. "I think we need to give them some space to sort things out." He pulled on my wrist to drag me out of the house.

We left a bleary eyed Perrie and a baffled Zayn behind as we started to head towards my house. I was so proud of myself because I didn't slip a single tear all through this.

The drive was silent while my mind raced at a hundred miles an hour speed and it shook to a stop, as the car did, in front of my house.

"Thanks Li," I sighed and before I could get down from the car he spoke.

"Eleanor, everybody is selfish. Everyone thinks of their own self before anyone else, no matter how much they love them. Perrie is a beautiful person at heart and I'm pretty sure she had her reasons. So whatever you say or do, do keep that in mind." He put his hand on mine in a friendly gesture.

I smiled nervously at him as I realised what I was expected to do, out of my moral and my principles.

I'm sure Per had her reasons but it's all about Aishwarya and she deserves to know. People make choices depending on situations and after hearing Li, I don't blame her. But Aishwarya was the one who succumbed to bad outcomes of this decision and I had but one choice left with me.

To call her

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