The One

Untitled Part 2

I woke up to yelling and screaming coming from outside the house. "What the hell?" I said to myself as I  walked over to the window.  The gate to my parents house was surrounded by screaming fans.  Some were holding up signs, others were throwing flowers and other various things through the gate. "How did they know One Direction was here?It hadn't even been 24 hours yet."I thought heading toward the bedroom door.

I descended down the marble staircase to find the guys sitting in the living room.  I just stood there, an angry expression plastered across my face. "What the hell?" I yelled staring at them.  They were used to this I suppose, but I wasn't. "It's alright Tess.  Simon is calling us back right away.  Then we'll know what happened." Louis said trying to calm me down. 

"I'm supposed to go to work in an hour.  How am I supposed to get out of the house?.  There are no other ways out." I exclaimed looking at Louis.  He knew I had a problem with the papz and fans.  When people started finding out about One Direction in the US, and that Louis was my cousin, the fans would not leave me alone.  Always asking me questions about them, the paparazzi taking pictures of me while I was out.  It was bad for about a year, that's why my dad had the gate built. 

"I know and I know how you are with the paparazzi, and fans.  You might have to skip work for today.  It's your moms restaurant anyway, she won't care." Louis said patting me on the head.

 "I knew this was going to be bad." I said turning on my heels and marching up the stairs.  I wasn't mad at the guys, but at the situation.  I was the kind of person who didn't like staying inside a house all day.  I liked getting out and going places.  That was going to be hard since the guys are here for the whole summer. I slammed my door sighing.

Harry's POV

We heard Tess's door slam and Louis sighed.  I looked at Louis and frowned, I didn't like seeing my best friend like this. "Can you go talk to her Harry? You're the best when it comes to this stuff." Louis said walking over to me and hugging my side.  I smiled and shook my head.

"Yeah i'll give it a try." I sighed walking up the huge white staircase to Tess's room.  I didn't know her at all.  We had just met yesterday.  What was I going to say to make her feel better? I came up to her room and knocked on the door. "Hey Tess, its Harry.  Can I come in?" I waited for a reply and was about to say something again when she opened the door.

"Hey." She said in a tone, I could tell she was annoyed and bothered.  

"Louis nominated me to come and talk to you." I said laughing a bit.  I crossed the room and sat on a huge pink fluffy chair she had.

"I shouldn't have reacted like that.  It's not Lou's fault or any of yours.  He just knows how much the fans and paparazzi bothered me when you guys became big in the US.  After people found out about him and I being cousins. " Tess paused looking at me, "They would not leave me alone.  They followed me everywhere, asked me questions, and took pictures me of.  That's why my dad built that gate." I said playing with my hair. 

Harry frowned at me." Trust me, we get it way worse than you, everyday, all day.  Some fans bully each one of us.  Niall the most which is horrible.  He's a good person, singer, and awesome guitar player.  It got bad to the point where they started saying he shouldn't be in the band."I paused remembering those moments.  Tess gave me a look of pure shock. 

"Really they said that about Niall?  He's so shy and adorable thought.  All my friends love him." Tess said. I just nodded my head.

"Yeah people are just plain mean sometimes.  But anyway, you just have to learn to ignore the fans and paparazzi.  They just want to know what's up with Louis and us, that's why their asking and following you.  They don't know, maybe they think you're going to meet up with him and your family.  That's why they follow you. " I said comforting Tess, trying to make her understand.  "It just comes with the territory of Louis being in a successful band.  It would be worse if you were dating one of us." Harry mentioned before I turned to look at him. "I could only imagine." I said looking at him.