A Twist in Fate (A Harry Styles Arranged Marriage love story)

Chapter twenty <3

                          I woke up the next morning, to Louis shaking me slightly. “Ari, Wake up Love,” He cooed quietly. “Hmm” I mumble turning over to face him. He was lying beside me smiling ever so slightly. “I know I said I wouldn’t give you your phone back, but you have to see this.” He whispers quietly. I look over at the bright screen, to see some very positive tweets. Most of the tweets on my Twitter were positive and they were all saying that after watching that interview and seeing that most of the things being said were rumours, they respect and like me. They re-welcome me into the directioner family properly. I was so happy I couldn’t stop smiling. “Well, just thought I’d show you that real fast. I better get back to my bunk,” Louis says before kissing my cheek and heading up to his bunk. I lay awake for about a half hour, just thinking about how a heavy weight has been lifted and things are going to get better.

             I just close my eyes and start to drift back asleep, when suddenly someone jumps onto the bunk causing my eyes to shoot straight open. I roll over onto my side to see a very happy Bailey sitting there. “Good morning!!!” She screams happily. “Ugh, why are you up so early?” I mumble throwing the pillow over my head and closing my eyes again. “I was wondering if you want to go to the mall today, while the boys are out and busy,” She says super hyper. “Ugh, sure, why not!” I say getting up and following her to the kitchen. As we sat down at the small kitchen table, I look over to see Harry on the sofa smiling at his phone. I wonder who he was texting. My thoughts of who Harry would be texting, were interrupted when Liam and Niall made their way to the table with some bowls and boxes of cereal. “Thanks Liam,” I say smiling at him. “No problem,” He says sitting down next to me. I had to laugh, when I saw he was using a fork to eat cereal. Not even a couple seconds later, Niall brought Bay and I some spoons. As Niall went to hand me mine, Liam flinched back. I laughed and Liam looked down, his cheeks looking a little flushed. I gave him a big side hug and he seemed to come back to normal.

                     Once we were done eating, Liam and Niall got ready, while Harry continued to ignore everyone and text. As I was sitting on the floor colouring A Peter Pan Colouring book with Bay, I heard someone walking into the room. I look over to see Louis with a giant smirk on his face. He was wearing nothing but a pair of gray sweats, and his hair was messy. He looked incredibly sexy. I had to bite my lip and look down in order to stop staring at him. For a moment he, just stood there smirking at us colouring then he shouted, “Peter Pannnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!” while diving down next to me and grabbing a dark forest green crayon. I smile and look over at him. His bright blue eyes were staring into mine. I had the urge to kiss him, but I couldn’t. I hate this. I quickly look up at Harry, to avoid the awkward eye contact. Harry was sitting there texting god knows who not even caring about what was going on. I quickly grab a navy blue crayon and get back to my colouring, trying to forget about what just happened. It was wrong of me to like Louis. He is Harry’s best friend. I mean, Harry really likes me, I really like Louis, and Louis really likes me. This is just all one big terrible mess. I feel guilty, for even finding Louis attractive and day dreaming what it would be like to date him. I’ve liked him ever since we met, and I just don’t know what to do. “Well, I better go get ready,” Louis says sadly while getting up and heading for the bathroom. I couldn’t help but watch as he walked away. He was just so perfect.

                 --- As Bay and I made our way to the mall, I was completely silent. I was lost in a deep thought and drowning in guilt. “What’s wrong Ari?” Bay asks sensing something was wrong. “Nothing,” I answer while kicking a small pebble on the path in front of me. “Arianna, I know something is wrong. Now spill.” She says sternly while stopping and turning me towards her. “Can we go to Starbucks first and then walk the nature trail,” I say while pointing across the street and then at the cobble stone path next to it. “Sure,” She says smiling. So after we got our frappuchinos, we head out on the rough dirt trail. “So, what’s been bothering you lately?” She asks. “I’m confused.” I say while sitting down on a rundown bench and fidgeting with my hands. “Confused about what?” She asks sounding scared. “I feel like…like I’ve cheated on Harry,” “How? What? When? Why?” She exclaims. “I don’t love him, I love Louis. Ever since I’ve met him, I’ve had deep feelings for him. Louis is nice, sweet, caring, and funny. He’s just everything I don’t see in Harry. He actually makes me feel safe. That night at the carnival, was probably one of the best nights of my life, since my father passed away leaving me in depression. I just don’t know what to do, I feel like I’m cheating on Harry.” I say looking down at my lap. “Ari, I know you may not see it, but Harry has all those same qualities too. And he loves you so, so much. Every time you walk into a room his gaze makes its way over to you and his eyes just seem to light up. Arianna, you should just really try to give him another chance. Even though he may act like a moron sometimes, he has a really good heart and would never do something to intentionally hurt you.” Bay says looking over at me and giving me a hug. “I guess I’ll give him another try, but I still feel weird.” “It’ll fade,” Bay assures. “I hope so,” I say with a chuckle while standing up. “Ready to do some shopping” Bay asks excited. “Yeah” I say as we jog back down the beaten up path kicking dirt up behind us.

                 (Zayn’s POV) After all the press conferences and photo shoots were done, everyone but Harry came back to the bus. Louis had asked if we knew where he went, but of course, we didn’t. Instead of sitting in the bus all day, I decided it was a beautiful day out and I wanted to get some photography in. “Hey Niall, want to come with me?” I ask walking into the lounge area with my camera slung over my neck. Niall eating his sandwich finally looked up at me. “Umm… Sure,’ He says finishing the last bite and getting up. I thought we were heading straight out, until I realize Niall wasn’t following me. I turn around, to see Niall digging through the cupboards. “Niall, what are you doing?” “Grabbing some food for the road, eh” He says shrugging his shoulders. “Of course,” I say under my breath. “Okay, I’m ready,” He says stuffing the food into his hoodie pockets. As soon as we started walking, Niall was full of questions. “Where are we going? Did you ever find out where Harry went? Where’s Bay? I better text her.” Niall rambled on and on. Finally, once he started texting Bay he went silent. “Here, let’s go on this nature trail, there has to be some nice nature pics in here.” I say as we head for the beaten up dirt path surrounded by shrubs. As we walked, I could hear Niall chomping on something and the people laughing in the distance. As we got further on the trail, I saw a clearing. In the clearing there was a picnic set up and I saw two people sitting there laughing and flirting with each other. I was about to continue and walk through it, but Niall yanked me off the side of the trail behind a bush. “What the hell,” I whisper hiss at him. “Look,” He says grabbing my head and turning it at the people. At this angle, there was no doubt in my mind that the guy was Harry. “What the hell is Harry doing out here?” Niall asks. Right when He asks that I go to snap a picture. I was expecting to just get the two laughing, but as soon as the camera took the picture, the blonde brought herself forward and passionately kissed him. He kissed back and rested his hands on her face. By this time, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.