The Exchange

Chapter 27

"Hey everyone I'm back with another video! Yay! This diary is just to tell you about something that I learned very recently. You know, everything always ends up working out for the best so sometimes I guess you just have to do things you don't want to do. I don't know, I guess what I'm trying to say is London isn't what I was expecting it would be but I'm glad I ended up here. Alright that's it. Au revoir from London. Bye guys." I waved into the camera as I shut it off thinking about how everything worked out the way I've always wanted it to be.

"Is everything okay Mira?" Harry asks, eyeing me from the love seat. "You did that very spontaneously."

"Yeah." I shrug, putting down my Ipod just as Louis storms in the front door from his date with Eleanor. He basically ignors us except for giving a lame wave while he passes us to get the container of chocolate chip cookies I made, on the counter. I don't know why but recently I've realized that he's always so tense after seeing Eleanor.

"How'd it go?" I ask, sitting up straight on the chair. Zayn extends his arm behind me and rests it on the back of the couch just over my shoulders.

"Fine." he mutters, sitting in his chair and vigorously biting into a cookie. He roughly slides the container onto the coffee table for anyone else to take, which no one does. "Like always." he adds.

I don't press or pursue like some people would. I sit back on the couch trying to avoid the elephant in the room.

"Lou, can I speak to you for a minute?" Harry asks, breaking the obviously awkward silence. Louis grumbly stands up and they walk into the kitchen. Harry closes the door behind him but doesn't remember the door between the living room and the kitchen table.

"What happened this time Lou?" Harry asks solemnly. His voice crisp in the air. Niall slightly turns down the volume on the tv and listens to what's going on. Trying to remember my mothers words I pick up my iPod and open a random game but I can't help my suddenly big ears.

"She knows." Louis says sadly. His voice breaks at the end and I want nothing more than to hug him and take away his sadness. What could she know?

"You told her, didn't you?" Harry presses.

"Well what was I supposed to do!" Louis raises his voice but returns his composure after a deep breath of two. "I felt like I was under an interrogation or something."

"I'm guessing she's not happy." No voice follows that and I assume Louis nods. I'm so confused as to what's going on right now.

I look to the other boys for an answer. Liam examines his fingernails keeping quiet and looking troubled, Niall listens intently to the conversation going on in the other room, Zayn tries to avoid my stare but being so close I assume it was difficult.

"What are they talking about?" I ask, looking for clarification. Zayn takes a deep breath and rests his hand in his palm, pondering over something. He takes a deep breath before answering.

"You."

"What?!" I whisper yell more confused than ever. Worriedly I look towards the closed kitchen door making sure they didn't hear me. They continued smoothly with their conversation which I'm now not listening to because my mind is trying to figure out why I've done.

After a moment of being in shock I stand up and pull Zayn's arm with me leading him to my room.

Zayn immediately moves to the bed and sits on it looking frightened and distressed.

"Zayn, what's going on?" I ask sitting next to him and sinking into the bed more. I place a hand on his arm, prompting him to tell me the truth.

"Eleanor doesn't like the way her Louis sleeps with you every night." Zayn finally reveals, pausing between words.