Denial

Chapter 13

"We're home!" Liam shouted, assuming I was upstairs. Only, I was about five feet away from him on the couch.

"Liam! I'm right here, no need to shout." I scolded as I rubbed my ear.

"Oh, sorry. How was your weekend?" Liam asked obviously wanting to know if I broke any of the restrictive rules.

"Liam, I didn't break any of your stupid rules, so you don't have to worry." That was all lies, but I couldn't tell the difference anymore. All of the boys dropped their bags and looked at me skeptically. "What?"

"I thought you were 'too cool for rules'." Louis mocked the stereotype he believed me to be.

"Just ask Anne, she'll tell you that I followed the rules." Anne hadn't seen anything, so I was in the clear.

"Fine, I'll call her later." Harry said and eyed me as if I was some sort of unknown animal. There was an awkward silence as Zayn slipped away to his room.

"I'm going to bed," I announced as lifted myself from the couch, "if anyone cares." It was only when I was walking up the stairs, did I let out a sigh of relief. They bought it and Anne didn't see a thing! I got the best night of my life and I wouldn't have to spend two weeks at their cookie-cutter studio. Life was finally starting to look better.

Harry's POV

"Um, Liam, I'm not really sure how to tell you this," I staled, trying to find the right way to word it. "but half of my box of condoms are gone." I felt extremely awkward being the one that had to explain this. I was also enraged at my hypothesis, for if it was correct, I would punch the little twat's face in.

"What do you mean by that?" Liam asked slowly, unwilling to accept the obvious possibilities.

"I mean, that Sophie might've broken a LOT of the rules while we were gone." I don't think either of us could bring ourselves to say that Sophie had had sex with my kid brother. It was always better to beat around the bush anyways.

"Are you serious? How do you know?" Liam understood exactly what I was saying, making the conversation a hundred times more awkward.

"I was, you know, just taking inventory and I hadn't even opened the box yet. She was the only one here all weekend, without any supervision. Do you seriously believe that she didn't break any rules?" I elaborated and the anger rose in Liam's face.

"How could she?! With him?!? While we were?!? Ugh!!" Liam couldn't even make one sentence, he was so angry. I put a hand on his shoulder and made him sit back down in his chair.

"You're gonna wake her up!" I warned him and he seemed to get a hold of himself. "We should talk to her about it, or maybe just you." I suggested, hoping that he would pick the second option. I couldn't imagine how awkward it would be to talk to Sophie about having sex with Edward. She made a huge mistake.

"She broke her end of the bargain and she will pay the price. But yes, I do need to have 'the talk' with her, don't I?" Liam asked worriedly. It was sad to see Liam worried about her, but I knew no matter what she did, he would always worry.

"You don't have to do it alone, the boys and I can help. Or Louis can just scare her into not having sex ever again with one of his lectures." I offered optimistically, but he still seemed disappointed. "Come on, cheer up mate. She's a teenager, she's going to do stupid things and mess up every once in a while. We are here to make sure she knows what could happen if she chooses to keep making those mistakes." I didn't know where that string of knowledge came from, but I was willing to take full credit for it.

"Thanks, I guess I should talk to her about it when she gets up." Liam said while running a hand through his hair.

"She's going to be so pissed that we found out. I can't even imagine, Edward and Sophie..." I trailed off as an uncomfortable shiver struck through my body.