Over The Edge - Bars And Melody

5) I've Known All Along

A/N - Hey guys thanks for reading! During this chapter it says "Someone's P.O.V". This is because I want to build up suspense and I don't want you guys to know what's happened. I want you to guess what goes on :) Once again thank you all for reading! x

*Leo's P.O.V*

I'm sat here crying, waiting for Charlie like Mel told me to. The tears are real though, just the thought of losing everything we've worked so hard for makes me break down every time. As soon as he realised that it was me he came over and sat down next to me. He said nothing and there has been a two or three minute silence since. I thought he would have said something to comfort me, but neither of us have moved. I need to break the silence.

L: "Charlie I...-"

C: "Leo I'm sorry. I can't do this. I can't do it any more. I never meant for any of this to happen but maybe it's for the best. I can't keep pretending that I'm happy because I'm not. We need to have a serious conversation about the future."

L: "You're not seriously still going on about that Carter girl are you? You can have her, I don't want to upset anyone!"

C: "I wasn't talking about Daisy Leo, I was talking about this. The show, Blair, everything. I need stability, I can't keep moving around doing tours and interviews everywhere, it messes with my head and confuses me. I just want to be normal again. I'm 15 Leo, I'm about to go into the most important year of my school life and he expects me to just drop everything. And all for the sake of what? A year, two years max, of tours and screaming girls. It'll be horrible. Fame messes with people, screws them up. People who get famous young end up troubled. I don't want to be like them. I want to be normal again. I want to go back to school and continue my work. But I can't do that can I? Because the audition gets aired soon and after that I'll never be the quiet kid in the corner again. I can't deal with publicity, I'll hate it. I know I will. Which is why I want to stop all of this now, before it's too late. Before we both regret it."

L: "Charlie, you can't be serious? What about me? What about what I want? What I've worked for? Don't you care anymore?"

C: "Of course I care Leo, I'll always care, you're like my brother."

L: "But clearly I don't mean that much to you if you're willing to forget it all at the drop of the hat and ditch me."

C: "I'm not saying that Leo, I'm saying that I don't want to carry on with BAM. I'll still hang around with you, you're my best mate. How can I not?!"

L: "Oh so now you're only going to continue speaking to me because 'you're my best mate'? There isn't some sort of contract you know! You don't have to like me! No one else does!"

C: "Don't play the 'I was bullied so you should feel sorry for me' card Leo. You know it doesn't work for me. Stop trying to make me feel sorry for you. There are loads of people who like you. All of the people out there who (raises voice so everyone outside hears) TRICKED ME INTO SEEING YOU think you're amazing. They all like you. So don't you dare say no one does. You're not the only one on the planet to ever be picked on. Life's tough Leo. Get over it. (baby voice - mocking Leo) 'Keep your head up' or whatever crap it is that you're always saying."

L: "How could you say that?!

C: "I've grown up and realised that this stupid dream will never become a reality. Maybe you should too."

I can't say anything to that. What's he thinking? I don't want to believe a word he says, but he sounds so serious!

*Jordi's P.O.V*

I can tell it's getting really heated in there. Why isn't Blair doing anything?!

*Someone's P.O.V ;)*

I feel really ill but I have to front it out. I can't let him know the secret. I can't let anyone know. No-one knows. Except.....

*2 hours later*

*Dan's P.O.V*

I feel really bad, I should have stayed. I wouldn't have been able to help though. I hope I did the right thing. I hope he's okay. I'm scared.

*Blair's P.O.V*

I hope none of this is my fault. He's been under a lot of pressure lately. Was it something I did?

*Harvey's P.O.V*

I don't even understand how it happened. It was normal -

We were all waiting outside the living room door for Charlie and Leo to make up and come to join us, but they didn't. We could hear them talking but we couldn't quite make out what they were saying. About 7 or 8 minutes in to their 'alone time', I heard Charlie raise his voice. I knew it was aimed at us because he said "tricked me" which is what he meant by Blair making him go in the kitchen. I looked at Blair, worried. He put his hand up to signal "five" meaning that he would go in there in five minutes. All of a sudden I heard a really loud thud and a scream. And now... one of them's lying there in hospital, dying. All because of that... They thought I didn't know their stupid little secret. They thought no one knew, but I know alright. And he's going to be sorry...