wonderlani

Chapter 28

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I felt something heavy against my chest, I opened my eyes and met a huge head of curls. I screamed so loud that the ice cream fell in the bed, I pushed Harry out and landed on top of him.

"Oh shit I can't breathe!" Louisa clutched her stomach on the ground as she continued to howl. Zara shook her head and kicked her in her lower back. Nattie wrapped her arms around me and hugged me against her chest,

"Louisa, that isn't funny! Harry and Harri could've gotten hurt and then what, huh?" Nattie shook her head and looked down at me, "Harri, we love you and we all make mistakes!"

"True true, plus I'm sure Harry's fine," Lizzie reassured with a smile as Louis walked into the foyer. Louisa continued laughing on the ground as he approached Zara, he stood with his arms crossed against his chest as he waited.

"Get, get, get outta here-Fruit Lou! No one wants you here!" She laughed even harder, Louis rolled his eyes and threw his arms up. He yanked Zara away by the arm hard. Lizzie, Nattie, and I watched from the couch as everyone soon started to pile into the room with breakfast foods. Harry wandered over to me, laying over the couch and looked down at Louisa. 

I looked back at him and smiled, "She's having a moment," I stood up as he laughed. He rested his arm around my shoulders as we wandered into the kitchen. I sighed at all the people in the room, my body frozen in my tracks. Harry looked back at me and gently tucked my arm.

"Harriet,"

"Um," I swallowed and took his arm from around my shoulders, "I'm sorry, I think I'll eat something later on. When there aren't so many people you know?" I joked. Harry's eyes soften but he nodded at me and walked more into the kitchen with everyone else. I ran back to the couch, Louisa finally stopped laughing. Her gray hair flew everywhere and for a moment, I felt at peace. I shook my head and walked over to her.

"Oh shit, hey Rockstar! Not eating with the rest of the losers?" Her gray eyes brighten like a ray of sunshine in a dark room. My cheeks heated up but I covered them and nodded at her question. Her dimples popped out at my remark, dimples? I didn't notice. 

"I'm sorry for all the laughing Rockstar, but that's fucking cute. Two of you falling into each other's arms-it's like you two were met for each other!" Her voice hitched toward the end. I felt lightheaded and swallowed as a reply, but I let my eyes wander down to the envelope in her hand. A question suddenly popped into my mind, "What is with this beef with Simon?"

"He's a racist," Shit. "You know? If you're thinking out loud like this, you'll ruin your career before it even starts you know?" Louisa reaffirmed, but this only made my head spin more. She sighed and lifted the envelope up to read the next prompt for this week, "Simon's narcissistic. He only wants to fall the next big star, emphasis on him. And he has this image in his mind of the perfect band, and sadly..." And for the first time, she looked... sad. "That doesn't matter. wonderlani is an amazing band, and if I have to swallow a few pills to get us to finals, so be it right?" 

Her laugh was warm, but the statement was cold. Is she serious? Or is this just a joke? I nodded and looked at the letter, the word 'Heroes' in bold. We stood ad read through the rest of it together; I gently rested against Louisa, she stood strong and a smile crept onto her lips. 

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"Louisa, I know this is a bit personal but I gotta ask; who the fuck-" Lizzie covered her mouth with her hands, a hard blush on her cheeks. We all stood around the piano, waiting for our voice coach to arrive. Nattie and Zara sat behind the keys, Lizzie was next to Nattie and Louisa and I stood in front of the piano with sheet music. Louisa's eyes peeked over the piece with a smirk.