Destiny

Chapter 24

Ruby's POV

Not long after we got off our plane we left the airport and made our way to the hotel in a taxi Jeremy had booked for us. The hotel was very grand and quite posh, well for me anyway.

A few fans had waited outside of the hotel for the boys, which had kind of became normal now although it was still a bit unusual when people asked me for photos.

We hung around with the fans for a bit, but couldn't spend too long out there as the guys had to prepare for the show later. I followed the others into the elevator, rather excited to see what our rooms looked like. Apparently Luke and I had our own room that was connected to another room where Beau and Danni would sleep.

I followed them into our room for the next couple of nights as Jai, Daniel, James, Ronnie, Jacob and Jeremy and the others from the crew went into their own rooms. I smiled over at Luke as he began to unpack his bags, watching him and his innocence, he really had no idea who I really was. No one did.

He quickly turned his head in my direction and flashed me a smile, catching me before I had the chance to look away. "Alright?" He asked politely.

"Yeah." I smiled as I lifted my suitcase onto the bed opposite him and unzipped it.

He stopped unpacking and sighed slightly, looking down at his hands with an expression on his face that made him look very unsure. He looked up at me as I watched him, trying to figure out what he was thinking about.

"Are you okay?" I asked, beginning to get slightly worried at his unusual behaviour.

"I'm okay, it's just I," He paused, as if trying to find the right words to say. "I feel like you're hiding something." He finally admitted, making my stomach drop.

I immediately started to feel uncomfortable, I tried to look as casual as possible but failed. I plastered a fake look of confusion on my face and raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know what you mean?" I said, shaking my head slightly as he continued to look directly at me.

I heard a shuffling noise come from Danni and Beau's room so I turned my head, but saw no one. "Is it something Danni said?" I asked, remembering how inquisitive she was of me about it all.

"Kind of - well it was Beau that pointed it out to me. I hadn't really noticed until he gave me the reasons." He said, looking from me then down to the bed.

"And what might they be?" I asked quickly, beginning to grow inpatient now.

He took a deep breath as he scanned the ceiling. "The mystery texts and phone calls, the way you're acting about them." He said before I interrupted him.

"So you're basing it on that alone, even though I told you who they were?" I answered aggressively, I couldn't stop myself from getting wound out, even though he was right about me hiding something anyway.

"Well I'm sorry, but you haven't been yourself since you came out here. Oh and what happened at the party that you seem to be so reluctant to tell us?" This one hit me like a knife, I couldn't tell him.

"You hardly even know me anyway! How do you know I'm not being myself?" I almost shouted at him, dropping the clothes that were in my hands down onto the suitcase.

His face dropped from the slightly angered expression and he walked over towards me. "Sorry, I just care about you." He said sadly as he offered his arms out to me.

I took them and wrapped mine around his body. "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have said that." I replied, feeling comforted by his hold.

"You know you can trust me with anything? I just want us to be honest with each other." He said as he looked into my eyes. I nodded, trying to stay strong although inside I felt broken.

We sat down on the end of our bed in sync, relaxing our bodies from the tension. "So what is wrong?" He asked, I knew he wouldn't give up.

I took a sigh and faced towards him, looking at his big brown eyes that looked into mine. "It's just this guy from back home, he won't leave me alone. He came to my party last week and that's when it all started, I can't get away from him." I revealed.

"Who is it?" He asked quickly, I could tell he was angry already.

"I've known him for years, his names Wayne. I used to hang around with him, until I realised that was a big mistake. He's one of those.." I paused, not even sure how to describe him. "Troublesome boys."

"You should've told me before Rubes, come here." He said, pulling me into his chest and resting his chin on the top of my head. "I'll sort him out when we're back." He said.

"No, please just leave it." I panicked, if Wayne found out then he'd tell Luke everything. "I've told him to stop now anyway." I lied.

"You don't need to hide anymore, I'm here for you." He smiled, standing up and holding his hands out for me to take. I wish I had never told him, it was all to go down hill from here.