simon cowell secret daughter •one direction•

Chapter 10-

Julie's POV:

It's been a little over a week now since Niall and I kissed. It was also the last time we saw each other. Neither of us made the effort to call or text one another but I think it was better this way. I never told Sophie about it because I was afraid of what she might say. Of course I didn't tell my dad, he'd probably have a heart attack. Things have just been awkward ever since. I didn't eat much, or do much at all really.

"Hey, Jules. Are you okay?" Sophie came and sat on my bed.

"Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" I faked a smile, and looked down at my phone.

"Oh, please. You're anything but fine. You've been acting all weird this entire week. You're off of punishment, and you still haven't gotten out of the house." She rolled her eyes.

"Just...not in the mood. It's cold." I lied, not really paying attention.

"It's always cold!" Sophie snatched my phone out of my hands. "Jules, really. What's up with you?" She sighed. I sat up on my bed so I was sitting next to her, but looked down at the ground. Should I tell her? Or would she just be mad at me? Afterall, she is my cousin...I might as well.

"Something happened last week that I never told you about..." I sighed. "Niall and I were making a twitcam, and afterwards..." She gestured for me to continue. "We kissed." I blurted it out. After a while I looked over at her but she didn't look at me.

"Thank god...I thought you were anorexic or something! You've hardly touched your food in 2 days!" she exclaimed. I just scoffed and layed back down, covering my face with a pillow.

"Sophs...what do I do? We haven't talked since then, or seen each other." I groaned into the pillow.

"Well do you like him...?" She asked me, and I shot right up, uncovering my face.

"No. Plus, I promised daddy that I wouldn't date one of them." I sighed.

"Then why did you kiss?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders.

"It just sort of...happened?" I replied. I was just as unsure as she was. I honestly don't know why we kissed.

"Well what if Niall actually li-" I cut her off, surprised by what she would even try to say.

"Sophie, don't even say it. Niall would never like me. We're best friends. Best friends don't date each other." I shook my head and laughed at her thought.

"Oh come on. You've seen the movies. The long-time best friends always end up dating." She scoffed unconvinced by my answer.

"We just became best friends, so ha. Trust me, Niall agrees with me. We both don't like each other like that." I smiled, and snatched my phone back from her hands.

Niall's POV:

"YOU WHAT!?" They all shouted. Did I really have to repeat it again?

"I ki-" Louis cut me off.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know. But why? Do you like her? Does she like you? Are you guys dating now? When's the wedding? Did you get her preg-" Before anymore comments came out of Louis's mouth, Liam hit him in the back of the head.

"Lou, don't even joke around about that. We don't like each other, I promise. It just sorta happened..." I shrugged. It was just one little kiss, and I'm sure Jules didn't think it was anything really. I feel really bad for not talking to her about it, but we've been super busy. I'm always too tired after rehearsals and such, that I don't have the energy to text or call her. I'm sure she doesn't mind though. Harry's sudden actions cut off my train of thought.