Butterfly ✿ h.s.

Chapter ✿ 6

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Holly's POV

After the shoot finishes, Poppy and I drive home. Inside I feel gutted. He never told me he had a girlfriend! Why did he want me to find out this way? Is this a game he thinks I'm willing to play? Well I'll show him. I'll find a hot guy and show him and that Taylor. With newfound confidence, I run upstairs to my apartment and unlock the door. I rush into my wardrobe and thrust it open. 

"Where are you.. come on.Where are you..." I murmur, pulling out all my dresses. "Aha!" Finally I find it. The dress is red, skin tight with a high neck and cut outs on the side. I reapply my makeup, a little bit heavier this time, smoking out my eyeshadow and adding a bold dark pink lip. I spray on some perfume, grab my clutch and slip on my heels. "Poppy are you ready?" I call out. 

"Yeah just a minute!" She calls back. I walk into the bathroom where she is getting ready and apply one more coat of lipstick. "Wow. You are really dressed up. Why?" I shrug my shoulders, suddenly feeling uncomfortable. 

"I just feel like I should show him what he's missing out on."

"Atta girl." She smiles. 

"Is Niall going tonight?" Poppy looks down and blushes. "I knew it! You like him!" She looks at me. 

"Do you think he likes me?" She whispers. I pull her onto the couch. 

"I think he does. But I think whatever happens you should take this slow. No matter what happens, don't forget that he is just a star He'll still have to get up and leave you in the morning, and half the time you'll be by yourself. You'll never be truly happy as you know he's never really there. Never really listening to you. Really loving you. His mind is always somewhere else. But one thing that will always be there is me, okay?"  She nods and I hug her. "Now, lets see. You look so good!" Poppy's wearing a black dress with little bits cut out of the neckline. She's done a complex smokey eye, and is wearing a dark red lipstick, and on her feet are black pumps. 

"Ready?" she asks. I take a deep breath and grab my clutch. 

"Yeah." I spray myself with perfume and we head out to my car. On the way to the club that the afterparty is held at, I brace myself for whatever will be inside that club. After we have arrived and valet has taken our car, Poppy and I push open the heavy, dark doors to the club. Inside, the music pounds, and the flashing lights make my head spin. In the almost darkness, Poppy and I make our way over to what looks like Louis, and a girl. 

"Louis!" I yell, and he turns around.

"Hey guys!" He yells back and hugs us both. "This is Eleanor, my girlfriend." Louis motions to the girl dancing beside him. 

"Hi!" She says and hugs us both. Eleanor is pretty. She has a small face framed by locks of dark hair that stop just below her shoulders, and her chocolate brown eyes crinkle as her whole face smiles. 

"The others are just over there," Louis says and points to almost darkness. 

"Thanks," Poppy calls and we head off. We push through clumps of people dancing until we find a small group that Louis pointed to. I spot Liam and tap him on the shoulder. 

"Hi!" He cries and gives me a big hug that lifts my feet off the ground. I look around for Poppy and I find her with Niall, so I decide to let them do their thing. 

"How are you feeling?" 

"A lot better. A couple drinkies make Liam feel hap-py!" He says, and I notice that he's beginning to slur his words. I place my hand on his beer and move it away.