The Boy Next Door

The Secret is Revealed

I almost told him about Jess! That could not happen; Jess was too important to me. 

The next few days, Harry refused to be in the same room as me. Was he mad at me? Or did he actually think I would beat him up?! Wasn't Louis coming out of the room all bloody good enough? I mean seriously. Me? Beat up JESS?! I hope the lads didn't think the same.

It was killing me not telling Harry. I think it was time to talk to Jess. I decided that if anything else would trigger her, I would lock her in my room, tell the lads, then give her her punching stuff. When she had all of it and was in my room, I would tell her and get the hell out of her way.

I trudged up the steps, deep in thought. If she said no I would respect that, but I really want her to say yes.

"Going to talk to Jess, don't bother us!" I shouted down the stairs.

Harrys POV:

"Let's eavesdrop!" Was the first thing that popped into my mind. The lads nodded. Oops. I guess it popped out of my mouth as well. We tiptoed up to Bella's door, ears against it.

"Jess! I can't do this anymore!" Bella said, only to be cut off by Jess, saying

"I'm sorry! But-" And then was cut off by Bella:

"It's killing me not telling them! Harry thinks I'm beating you up and I just can't take it! Give me your stuff, I'm giving it a shot."

Jess mumbled something to her and Bella said something unintelligible back. 

"Fine. One. You can take the other, but we share it." What was Jess talking about?!

In a few seconds, there were screams and thumps coming from inside. Were they beating each other up? My eyes widened, of course they weren't!

Three minutes later, it subsided. "Thanks," Bella said quietly. "Babe, I love you, but I can't cover for you anymore." Were they lesbo? I hope not!

"Aww, little boobell likes Harry!" Jess cooed, and the boys snorted quietly. I could almost picture Bella blushing, just like me.

"Maybe a little, but that's beside the point! Let's be honest, you need to not let it take over your life! And besides, I know you like Niall!" With this, Niall blushed bright red.

"Yes I do! Fine! You caught me! But YOU CAN'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT!"

"Jess please?" Bella asked. Her voice sounded so different. It sounded pained and heartbroken. This wasn't just about Niall, was it?

"You can tell Niall. I don't want him to think I'm normal but with a problem. We both know I'm different from most people, and we also know I won't take being a charity case. If anyone alse finds out, I will seriously be so pissed. I will kill all of you."

"I'll tell Niall. Here's my advice for you." She whispered the next part. "Have you considered therapy?"

"BELLA!" Jess shouted.

"Sorry, sorry. You have your punching bag, anyway. I'll just sit here. Fire away." Bella was going to be a punching bag for Jess? What the hell was going on? The lads all looked slightly sick. Niall did too, but his face was still kind of red.

"Bella! I don't need my punching bag right now. I only need it when I'm angry. You can take it away. AND ONLY NIALL!"

There were footsteps on Bella's side of the door. We all scrambled like mad. We darted into the room next door, pretending to play charades. 

Just then Bella walked in, carrying a punching bag. I guess Jess'. 

"Niall, can I talk to you?" She asked in a calm voice, avoiding my eyes. 

Bellas POV:

It was time to tell Niall. He nodded and I sighed in relief. Grabbing his wrist, I pulled him outside to my treehouse where I know we won't be overheard. Yes, I know treehouse sounds childish, but really it's not a treehouse. It's a ditch behind a pile of logs, witha river running around it so it's sort of an island. Then surrounding the edges of the island was a bunch of tall grass. It was really beautiful, and it smelled like fresh pine.

I gave Niall a minute to look around before talking. "Niall, I know you guys were listening to me and Jess. And it pisses. Me. OFF. Any rumors you'd like me to clear up?"

He looked taken aback before nodding slowly. "Do you beat up Jess or vice versa?"

"No."

"Do you like Harry?"

Had to be proffesional, had to be..... "Yes."

"Are you and Jess gay together?"

I snorted. "No."

"Is Jess pregnant?"

I sighed uneasily. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about."

Niall turned slowly on his heel, like he was about to bolt at any minute.

Grabbing his arm, I continued. "No. But Jess wanted me to tell you not to treat her any different, and you can NOT tell the boys. She will legit beat you up."

Niall looked nervous, but I knew Jess would in a heartbeat.

"Niall. Jess is bipolar. But only partly. She's completely normal, but a different, lesser known type of bipolar. She isn't fully bipolar; she only has mood swings to anger, and they are not random. Just, I guess, an exagreation of the feeling. And JUST for anger.  But that's the secret. Jess isn't preganant Niall, she's bipolar."