Love at First Sight

Chapter 15

*After school*

We were all lounging around the living room, including Allison and Drake. I was laying across Niall, Drake, and Louis. I had my head in Niall's lap with my feet in Louis' lap. Allison was sitting in the middle of Harry and Liam. Zayn was just chilling on the floor.

I decided to go to my room. Like always Allison came with me. She wasn't alone though, Drake followed us. I'm fine with him up here, but he usually stays with the boys.

"You guys." I said. "After I came out of the principal's office Anna said she could start a rumor just like that. What do you think she's going to do."

"Don't worry." Drake stated. "She's all talk" I was happy he was talking to me more. He usually just listened.

"I'm scared. This is weird. I'm usually the brave one." I said shakily. Allison looked confused that I was actually scared.

"The fans hate me already. I don't think I can take more hate." I said my voice trembling.

"Aubrey, your strong. I know you can handle this. You have us here for you and you have the best brother in the world. The fans are just jealous." Allison stated.

"You don't understand. Niall doesn't even know I'm getting this much hate. I lied and told him I was only getting a few mean comments. I get hate after hate on twitter. On Facebook all I see is Anna calling me a slut and a whore. I even had to lie to all of the boys and you guys saying the cuts on my wrist were from her. Well they are sort of, but I did it myself." I said. I didn't even notice the tears streaming down my face. Allison and Drake looked shocked.

Drake came over and comforted me. I loved Drake's hugs. They always made me feel better. Then there was a knock on the door. I made a squeak sound and ran to my bathroom and closed the door.

"Aubrey, are you alright?" Zayn asked. I was surprised it was Zayn. Mainly because we don't really talk.

"Yea." I lied. I think he could tell because I heard a few clicks and the door was opened.

"I could hear you crying from my room. Well it is next door, so it wasn't hard." He said, awkwardly.

"Did you hear anything we were talking about?" I asked. I forgot he had the room right next to mine. Oh my gosh, I really didn't want any of the boys to ever see or hear me cry.

"About that." He said. "I heard about everything. I'm sorry we didn't pay attention to all the hate you were getting. Niall really cares about you though. He didn't notice because he's been really busy, but whenever he's not busy with singing he's busy worrying about you."

I looked down at the ground. "I didn't think he cared that much. He never texted me telling me if he was okay. I was worried, so I would go on twitter and see if he posted recently. If he did I knew he was okay, but I was still scared he was going to get hurt. Zayn, can you make sure he doesn't get hurt when I'm not with you guys? Please?" I begged.

"We all try to keep each other safe. We also have Paul and other bodyguards, so we are protected. Niall will be fine. You on the other hand have some explaining to do." He said.

"Where should I start?" I asked.