Maybe A Little

Crushed

a few cuss words in this chapter...... but hey. They are very necessary in the specific situations explained below. I promise... very necessary.

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Elizabeth P.O.V

When you write a song, its not just about making it catchy. Its about making it real, pouring your heart out into it. Making it relatable... Making it mean something. Whether your audience knows your inpiration or not doesnt matter, because the whole vibe is set by you and you alone...

I sat up in bed.... Lou's bed... hm. I must've fallen asleep after i sang him my song. I wonder where he is... I walked quietly down the hallway and opened the door to Liam's room. Nope, no Lou. I then opened the door to Zayns room. Still no Lou. I laughed quietly at my stupidity. Of course he would be with Harry! I opened the door to Harry's room to see Lou sprawled out on the bed and Harry in the fetal postion on the carpet with a small blanket wrapped around him. I smiled. I skipped a little further down the hallway to my room. Time to get dressed. I looked around my closet. What do you wear when youre going to the recording studio? I sighed and pulled out a dark blue flowy shirt and some white shorts. I straightened my hair and put on just a bit of eyeliner and mascara. I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled. I felt pretty. I was just in a good mood. As i walked down the stairs i could hear the boys talking. Oh great, theyre up. I smiled as i passed the living room where Niall, Zayn, Harry, and Louis were eating cereal and watching Spongebob. "Good mornig!" i said as i cheerfully skipped past them. "Someone's in a good mood." Zayn said and smiled at me. I shrugged and continued to go on my way to the kitchen. As i walked into the kitchen i saw Liam getting a bowl. "Good morning Lili(lee-lee)!" he laughed a bit. "Good morning El." he said as he handed me a bowl. "why thank you." i set my bowl down on the counter and got the milk and handed it to Liam. "Could you pass the cereal?" i said to a now humming Liam. He handed me the cereal and i tryed to identify the song he was humming. It sounded alot like..... Oh God. "What song is that?" i said as nonchalantly as i could while pouring my cereal. "Oh its um.... a song that i heard on the radio this morning." Liam smiled at me and quickly left the room. I shook my head. Louis wouldnt tell anyone. I poured the milk, grabbed my bowl and went into the living room. I sat down on the couch next to Louis and Zayn, who suddenly started giggling. Strange.... and i caught Harry staring at me with a huge smile on his face a few times. Maybe this is just what boys do. Maybe this is how they normally act and i had never noticed. Niall, however, avoided making eye contact with me. My heart sank a little. What had i done? But then i looked up. Niall was staring at me and quickly turned away and gigled a bit. I looked back down at my cereal. There were two little devil pieces of cereal left that refused to claim defeat. As soon as i got them on my spoon, I looked up and dropped it in embarrassment. All of the boys were now staring at me with huge smiles on their faces. "Okay, now this is weird. What is going on?!?!?!?!?" They all looked at me for a few more seconds. They then exchanged some slightly creepy glances.

Before I fall Too fast

Kiss me quick But make it last

So I can see How badly this will hurt me When you say goodbye

Keep it sweet Keep it slow Let the future pass And don't let go

But tonight I could fall too soon Under this beautiful moonlight

They all sang in unison. Zayn burst out laughing while Niall just sat there and stared at me. Harry and Liam were the only ones still singing, but they continued, obviously trying to embarrass me further. I swear, my face mustve turned beat red, because when i looked at Louis, he had this accomplished look on his face. "LOUIS!" he shot up out of his seat and ran away, a smart move on his part. i chased him down the hallway and onto the sunporch. He was attempting to run into the backyard when i dove and caught his foot. i pulled his down and immediately grabbed his arms,as he tried to push me away. "What is your problem?!" i yelled as he laughed histerically, still trying to push me away. Liam and Harry came out onto the porch and pulled me away. They started to pull me down the hallway when i broke free of Liams grasp and managed to pull Harry back towards the porch. Harry grabbed my waist and threw me over his shoulder. Despite all of my attempts to get away, he managed to carry me up the stairs and into my room where he threw me on my bed and ran out, shutting the door behind him. As i scrambled towards the door, i heard a click. I grabbed the doorknob and attempted to turn it. Harry had locked me in my room. "HARRY LET ME OUT SO I CAN BEAT LOUIS' ASS RIGHT NOW." "THAT IS PRECISELY THE REASON I CANNOT LET YOU OUT." I hit the door a few times. After 10 or 15 minutes of having screaming conversations with Harry, i gave up and sat with my back against the door. I had yet to go through the next three stages of being locked up. In case you didnt know the 4 stages are as follows: raging fury, whining, desperation, annoying, and resignation. I was now passing into the whining stage. "harry. let me oooouuuuutttttt." he sighed. "no." "pleeeeeeeaaaaasssseee?" "no." "harrrrryyyyyyyyy..." that went on for a good twenty minutes until desperation struck. "harry please, i promise i wont do anything." i begged. "for the last time El, i am not letting you out." "ill do your laundry for a week. Ill make you food. Ill pay you, Harry." Annoyance... "please please please please please please please please please please please please, Harry? PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSEEE? pretty please? with a cherry ontop?" no reponse. "i already told you 50 times no." you could literally hear the frustration in his voice. "but i said with a cherry ontop, Harry!" i sighed. "I. Dont. Like. Cherries. Elizabeth." After about another 15 minutes i gave up. i got up, and flopped on my bed. I grabbed my guitar and played it for a little while. I turned on my radio and danced around my room. I fixed my hair and makeup. That was when i looked at the clock. My eyes widened and i grabbed my phone and my purse. i ran up to the door and pounded on it. "HARRY LET ME OUT I HAVE TO BE AT THE STUDIO IN 15 MINUTES." the door immediately swung open and i ran past a startled Harry. Niall and zayn were asleep on the couch, and Liam was doing a twitcam. "oh and that's lovely miss Elizabeth Ross. Shes the one who itold you has been locked in her room for the last 40 minutes." Liam smiled and pointed at me. "HI!!!" i waved to the camera. "Liam, have you seen Louis? I promise im not going to attack him." Liam gave me a suspious look. "Lou? can you come here?" liam yelled. seconds later louis burst in the room, and, by the horrifed look on his face, was not expecting to see me. "OH MY GOD LIAM YOURE TRYING TO HAVE ME KILLED." Louis said as he hid behind Liam. The viewers must be enjoying this... "Look, Lou,Im sorry i tryed to kill you, okay? but i have to get to the studio and some one needs to take me and i need to be there in like 10 minutes and youre the only one who can drive me because i dont know where it is come on lets go." i yelled all in one breath. Louis sighed. "alright lets go. oh and Liam if i dont come back, you know what happened." i rolled my eyes as louis grabbed the keys and followed me out of the room. i could faintly hear Liam apologizing to the fans as we left.

as we drove, Louis turned down the music. "so, do you have any songs for simon?" i facepalmed. Simon said that if i didnt have a song when i got there, there was no deal. I didnt have a song. I had nothing to record. Just like everything else, I had screwed this up. Only this time, it would cost me my dreams.

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poor el. are you aware of how much it would hurt to come that close to having your dreams come true and then all because of one little mistake, they were crushed instead? that would be a pretty sucky day. sorry if im depressing you, but the rollercoaster of life has to go down in order to come back up. that was bad wording..... how about 'you cant have a rainbow without a little rain". yeah. i like that better. hope you liked this chapter! ill be posting more... sometime... relatively soon. i hope.