Meant to be (Harry Styles Love Story)

Chapter 16

"And now the results you've all been waiting for…" The X Factor host said. It was week ten and we were in the top 3. Only 2 would make it to the finale. I stood as far away from Louis as I possibly could, I didn’t want to look at him right now. My arm was around Liam's shoulders and I squeezed him tightly out of nervousness.

"The act that will be sent home tonight is….." I closed my eyes but quickly opened them.

"One Direction." The host said softly. I let go of Liam and all of us looked at one another. Simon was speechless and he couldn’t believe it either. The crowd booed and it seemed like the world was going to end in our minds. Simon said a few words on how we would now be stronger than ever and will succeed outside of the show.

"Let's take a look at how far you've all come." We turned to the mega screen and watched our entire journey right in front of us. From the auditions, to the judges houses, to our live performances. It was incredible. It still wasn’t my week though. First Victoria with my best friend, now this. Life couldn’t be worse.

We were all sent back to the hotel and already we were going to prepare a single and follow up with an album. The lyrics to this song were catchy and I knew from the start after hearing it for the first time that it was going to be a hit.

"Baby you light up my world like nobody else. The way that you flip your hair get me overwhelmed. But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell. You don’t know-o-oh, you don’t you're beautiful!" We all recorded the rest of the song and headed out having the rest of the day off.

"Wait a minute mate." I heard Niall say towards me. I turned around and saw him slow down as he got closer.

"Can you please explain to me why you've been so bummed lately?" He asked. I couldn’t look him in the eyes.

"Please?" He pleaded. I eventually caved in and told him.

"I saw Victoria kiss Louis." I said firmly.

"Are you sure she did it?" I looked at him.

"Why would--?"

"How do you know he didn’t do it?" He pointed out. I never looked at it like that and I guess he was right.

"Still." I said.

"I know. But you don’t know what happened afterwards you know?"

"Yeah…" I said quietly. I wasn’t going to ask Louis, no, I refused to do that. I'd keep my distance for a while longer before asking. I haven’t talked to Victoria since I blew up at her and I didn’t have the courage to talk to her either right now. I just nodded at Niall and started to walk off. He didn’t follow after me; he just left me alone which was good. I needed time to think.

Victoria's P.O.V

3 days. It's been 3 days since I've made that call to Harry trying to clear things up. 3 days it has been that all I've done was cry and mope all day and night. I've talked to his mum and explained what happened over the phone and she said he'll come around eventually once I tell him the truth, but Louis had to tell his part too. A rerun of X Factor was on and I watched it. I knew it was the new episode and was surprise to see One Direction get voted off. I wish I was there to comfort them but I couldn’t. I quickly turned the TV off in my room and crawled underneath the covers. I haven’t seen daylight since I got home and even then it was dark out. All I've done since then was stay in bed. I only got up to go to the bathroom and get something from the kitchen to bring back up to my room. With school being over, everyone was away and I didn’t bother making plans. I thought I'd be with Harry. I guess that changed though.