Bad Influence

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«I'm so ready for Eleanor to come. I really miss her.» Louis exclaimed a few days later. «I can't wait to meet her again, she seemed like such a sweet girl.» Mum said. I nodded. «She really is the sweetest girl.» Louis said. «So you're in love with her?» I asked. Louis blushed. «Maybe.» He mumbled. I smiled. «You loooove her.» I sang. Louis rolled his eyes. «Yeah, maybe I do.» Louis said. I smiled. «That's adorable, little Louis has a crush.» I teased. Louis stuck his tongue out. «Grow up you two.» Mum said with the slightest smile on her face. I finished my toast before mum took my plate. «What will you be doing today then Angel?» She asked. «I'm going over to Nikki's.» I said. Mum nodded. «Will you be back for dinner?» She asked. I nodded. «Yeah, I wouldn't miss dinner with Eleanor.» I told her. «Will Nicole come as well?» Mum asked. I shrugged. «I'll ask her, but you know her parents. They've gotten worse since the whole London thing.» I said. «Chad's an abusive psychopath and he deserves to rot in hell.» Louis mumbled. «Too bad the judges didn't agree with you there.» I said. Louis huffed. «They should have. I just hope Harry can fix it.» Louis said. «Why does Harry care so much? Does he really have a crush on her or is he just trying to get into her pants?» I asked. Louis shrugged. «I think he has a crush on her. He talks about her non-stop and blushes when I ask him, he also refuses to answer the whole crush question.» Louis said. I smirked. «I think he has a crush on her.» I said.

«Angel! How lovely to see you. How are you and how are your mum?» Nicole's mum asked as soon as she opened the door to let me in. «It's nice to see you too. And I'm great. And my mum is great too. It has been rough with the whole divorce thing, but she's doing good.» I said before I snuck past her and into Nicole's room. «Hey Nikki, how are you holding up?» I asked as I plopped down on the bed next to her. She smiled. «I'm doing good considering that someone gave Harry my number.» She said and looked at me. I held my hands up in defense. «He kept nagging me when I was talking to Liam on tour. I had to give it to him or he wouldn't leave Liam's phone alone.» I explained. Nicole sighed. «Whatever, I'll deal with it.» She said. «You sure you don't like him?» I asked. Nicole sighed again. «I just got out of a toxic and abusive relationship.» Nicole said. «I know that, but it doesn't answer my question.» I said. Nicole rolled her eyes. «I don't like him like that. He's just so annoying, he won't take no for an answer.» She said. I smirked. «You enjoy it. You like that he's not giving up and that he's chasing you.» I said. «I'm not enjoying this. It's annoying, that's what it is!» Nicole said. I laughed. «I'm just messing with you.» I told her. She shoved me with a pillow. «Oh shush it you.» She said. I laughed, this time she joined me. «So, is your parents letting you come back to London with me and Lou?» I asked. «Well, yeah. Besides I'm 18, I'll do whatever the fuck I want to.» Nicole exclaimed throwing her hands dramatically in the air. We burst out laughing. «But they are cool with it. They know he can't touch me.» Nicole said. I nodded. We had stopped saying the name Chad, just like we had stopped saying Brad. I'm not sure if it helped or not, and I had once heard that fear of the name only makes the fear of the person bigger (Dumbledore said it in Harry Potter once, I think), but it just felt easier. Nicole tensed up when his name came up, just like Louis flinched when we said Brad. I had seen him on my way over, but it seemed like he was busy fighting with Dan over something, although I saw a pretty brunette girl calming Brad down, I wondered who she was. I decided to not think of Brad or Chad anymore. I wanted to be done with both of them, I needed to be, for everybody's sake. I had some guilt in my way of treating Brad, but I also remembered what he did to my brother, and somehow the guilt turned to anger. I wish I could forgive him, and he would forgive me and somehow he and Louis would be friends again and everything would be alright, but as he would say, it isn't a fucking Disney movie and sometimes people are shit. I sighed loudly. «What? Is this still about Harry?» Nicole asked. I got dragged back into reality. «No, I'm sorry. I was just thinking about some stuff. I'm not going to talk about Harold unless you want me to.» I said. Nicole smiled. «Thanks.» She told me.