The Wild Popstar

Chapter Ten: The Day That Led to the Mistake

Had he seen that? How much more dreadful could this day get?

I kept looking at his face to gauge if he had witnessed that embarrassing moment. He looked at me and then at Liam and then again at me and then finally I could see a slight smirk playing at the corner of his mouth.

Holy Virgin! Why?!

"C'mon get moving." Liam said before grabbing my bicep and dragging me along. With his excruciatingly painful grip dragged me so quickly that we reached the conference room in record time. All I wished to do was punch Liam hard and tell him that I could walk by my self.

As we entered the room, all seven pair of eyes turned to look at us. Oh great!

"How nice of you both to join us." The lady in a funny looking red suit mocked. Bitch.

I just rolled my eyes. Liam still hadn't loosened the grip on my arm. I'm sure it was going to bruise. I was trying had not to wince.

He led me towards the big glass table. I wanted to tell him that I was not a toddler, but I decided against it. He dropped me near the chair between Zayn and Louis and urged me sit between them.

Although I had the urge of asking Liam to fuck off, I tried to retain a little civility. Sourly I plopped down on the seat between two monster. Liam sat on the chair opposite to that of mine. Thank god! At least I wouldn't have been able to endure his presence next to me.

"The sales have been going up and MTv called up they want...." I zoned out completely. The meeting was so boring. I'm sure no one expects a sixteen year old to remain attentive and patient during these meets.

The day was so bad, all I wanted was for it to get over. I didn't want to go all the way back to the hotel, hell, I didn't even want to go to rehearsals. I just wanted to go lie in my bed and cry out all the frustration.

". . . . think Alexia?"

Did someone call me?

A painful nudge to my offended arm brought me back to the conference room.

"Ow!" I yelped trying to soothe the pain and then turned to glare at Louis. What the heck is is problem?

"Alexia? What do you think?" A lady asked.

About what?

I just stared back blankly. Why is she talking about?

"I wasn't listening. Could you repeat?" I asked her.

She sighed heavily.

"We think it'd work great if we cut the duration of your act. Let's say remove three songs? What do you think?"

WHAT? Why the heck would I want to do that?

"What?! Why would you think that's a great idea. What is wrong with the current set list?!" I exclaimed almost jumping out of my seat.

"There is nothing wrong with the set list, we're having a few issues with the duration of the concert. With the new act adding on, we're having some issues. The event cannot be extended beyond 10:30pm so we need to alter the duration of the side acts."

"New act? What? What is going on here?!" I exclaimed. Looking around to see if everyone was as confused as me. To my disappointment, no one was.

"Were you even listening? Oh Lord help! We can't have business arrangements if you aren't even fucking serious about your career girl!" She cried out. She slammed the paper in her hand on the table.

Not serious? What the fuck?! Who the hell does she think she is?

"We can't have business arrangements if you keep talking like that!" I yelled back. Bitch.

"Lex calm down." Zayn said. He placed his hand on mine, rapping over my knuckles.

"My name is Alexia." I snapped back at him. "And don't ask me to calm down." I removed my hand from his reach. Honestly, I'm not his biggest fan right now.

"I think we should have this meeting some time later." Louis suggested.

"No! I need to know what is happening here before the meeting ends." I exclaimed.

"Well you should have listened when we were discussing it." The lady almost sneered. What is she? A professional?!

"Oh just fuck you!" And at that, everyone in the room went silent. The room was so silent that you could almost hear the cars honking 14 storeys below on the road.

I felt a hard kick on my leg which almost made me lose my balance. "Ouch!" I yelped glaring at the person whose leg had hit mine. Zayn was glaring back at me. Liam was literally boiling with anger, Louis had an amused expression on his face and Harry and Niall looked sorry.

"We'll reschedule the meeting for tomorrow then. We'll tell you the time." The man in the grey suit said grimly. Everyone but me nodded in agreement. Soon they started filing out of the room. I started to walk away from my chair towards the door. I just wanted to get out of that place. Zayn quickly grabbed my hand pulling me back toward my chair.

"What?" I asked irritated. What is his problem now?

"Wait." He bawled out in the most serious voice I'd heard.

"What do you want now? You just ended the meeting. Oh wait! You might want to spill another drink." I jeered at him. "Or maybe kick my other leg!"

"Shut up!" Liam's voice boomed. For the second time today, the room was absolutely quite.

"Honestly, I don't know what your problem is, but you need to stop acting like a bitch." He berated. Ouch.

"Well I'm sorry that you think like that, asshole." I yelled back at him trying to keep my tears at bay. He had never called me a bitch. Like never. No matter what I did.

It's not the words that hurt, it is the way they're said that hurts. Sure 'bitch' is not a big word, but it coming from Liam is a big thing. When I cuss, it is mostly out of habit rather than reason except for today. Today seemed to be the worst day of my life but at least I know what they really think.

I just stalked out of the room at that. I don't give a two-shit anymore. They can go to hell for all I care.

"Lex!" I heard Harry call out. Right now, I really don't care.

"Harry let her go, let her do whatever the fuck.." I didn't want to hear anymore. My mood seemed to change from angry at the world to more angry and rolling in self pity. And it was that mood that made me commit this huge mistake.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

What do you think she did? COMMENT BELOW. I want to know what you think she might have DONE. The closest will get a DEDICATION. ;)

I had my exams, which is why I didn't get time to post. They haven't ended, but I had some time today, so I decided to write. I'll try to write soon. Until then. xx

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