the only one that stayed.

five

(I'm pretty sure this day was before Perrie broke down crying in real life but oh well.)

Today the girls were going on the Late Late Show with James Corden to perform Black Magic and have a little chat. Perrie was worried about being asked about the breakup as usual, but Jade was telling her the night before how she will help her if she needs any so she felt more calm.

They were all stood in front of the camera with James, Jesy and Leigh on his left and Jade and Perrie on his right. Perrie wasn't close to James for a while so she just played along with the questions he would ask, afraid he would bring up the breakup.

"Now, Perrie, I want you to switch places, come here," James said as he grabbed onto Perrie's wrist gently and pulled her close to him. She felt a little worried, knowing what was coming next. He gave her a big hug which she accepted since she felt like she needed one.

"Oh, darling," she said in her joking voice.

"I want to make sure. Are you okay? It's been a tough couple of weeks. Are you alright?"

The feeling of sadness still shines through in her body but knowing that Jade and the other girls are there for her made her feel better. "You know what I'm good," she said, making the crowd scream in happiness.  "We are having an absolute blast in America. Things are going so well. And I just wake up everyday and thank my lucky stars I have these three girls."

The crowd screamed and cheered in happiness. Jade gave the blonde a big smile which made her lean into her a little more in an attempt of a small hug. They smiled at each other and Jade felt a little bit better about Perrie.

—

They got back to their hotel and Jade gave Perrie a big hug, her arms wrapped around her waist and pulling her close to her. "I'm so proud of you," she whispered into her ear, smiling softly. "I know things will be better. I swear they will."

Perrie felt like crying, instead of sad tears they would be happy ones. But she blinked them away and held Jade close to her. "Thank you, petal."

Jade moved her face away from her, her arms still wrapped around her waist. The blonde did the same and looked down at her, their eyes looking into each other. Jade felt Perrie's breath on her nose and she felt how slow she was breathing now. Their faces were really close and she didn't know if she was meant to feel uncomfortable or okay with it.

Before she could even think, she felt the blonde's soft lips against hers. Her eyes widened for a moment because she didn't know if she was into this or not. She never truly thought of Perrie in a romantic manor. But then she slowly felt herself close her eyes and kiss back, her hand traveling to the back of her neck and keeping it there. She didn't know if Perrie was doing this because she was upset over her breakup and needed someone to kiss and love her again or if Perrie truly felt this way toward her.

While in thought, Perrie pulled back, looking shocked that she even did that. She pulled away and shook her head. "Um, I'm going to bed." Before Jade could protest, the blonde was walking off to her bed and shoving herself underneath the covers.

They didn't talk about the kiss all night.