The Forced Arrangement [Harry Styles]

4: Please Not Him

Chapter 4:

Ashley POV:

"Can we please talk in some privacy? It's really crowded here," Jack said politely and without waiting for anyone to respond, he spun on his heels and walked towards a door. 

The boys followed him and I turned to look at Colin but he wasn't there. Simon touched my elbow, gesturing for me to walk. I lifted my foot and followed Jack and the boys and Simon followed behind me.

What the hell was going on? I thought and I looked back at Simon curiously but he was avoiding my gaze at all costs. I sighed in frustration and walked inside the room and Simon closed the door softly and turned the lock.

"Why did you lock the door?" I asked him, starting to panic.

I was in a room with 7 boys. That specific thought was on my mind but I was 101% sure Simon wouldn't do anything to me, right?

"No need to worry Ash, please sit down," Simon demanded and I walked towards one of the present cream leather sofas.

Simon walked over and sat down next to me while Jack and the boys sat in front of us on the huge red, leather sofa. I chewed on my lip and looked at each face in the room.

"So, what did you want to propose?" I asked, directing my question to Jack.

"Well, I'd first like to congratulate you on winning the XFactor," Jack began and I arched my eyebrow at him. "You have an amazing voice and you have the right attitude on the stage and all of your performances have been so amazing and professionally done and I know that you said-"

"Stop beating around the bush, just spit it out!" I said, starting to get annoyed.

Simon lightly elbowed me and I rolled my eyes.

"Right," Jack said and breathed out heavily. "We all want you to become a successfull singer and become more famous and have more number one hits and your upcoming album to be on top and win many awards and Simon and I, together with many other people that want the best for you, have talked and decided that we would like to help you."

I furrowed my eyebrows at him, confused.

"Help me how?" I asked him.

"Well, One Direction here have been very successfull themselves and we thought that you should start dating one of them," Jack said and my mouth dropped in shock.

I wasn't expecting that. Nothing close to that. I thought maybe I would be an opening act for someone really famous or promotions or more songs and I don't know! But nothing close to that. For sure.

"What do you think?" Jack asked, hesitantly.

"What do I think?!" I asked him, sounding pissed off and frustrated. "I don't need anyone's help, for all I care I could become the least known singer out there! Little Mix have become famous on their own and not on whom they are dating!"

"But you're a solo singer, you're not in a band, you don't have the others help and it's an amazing idea for you to date one of the One Direction boys!" Jack persisted but I shook my head.

"I don't want to," I said firmly but Simon shook his head.

"This isn't something that you do it if you want to," he said and my eyes widened. "You're going to do this whether you want to or not."

"But I don't want to date any of them!" I said with my eyes wide in disbelief. "Three of them aren't single!"

"Your point is?" Harry asked, talking for the first time tonight.