wonderlani

Chapter 30

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"Listen! That wasn't my fault, she had it fuckin' comin'! I mean who does she think she is? Just because she adds, 'drama' doesn't fuckin' mean she can go around here, degrading me or anyone else!" 

Louisa. Was. Pissed. 

She paced back and forth in our room in the X-Factor house. Zara was reading through a comic book her eldest brother had sent her. Lizzie and Nattie were back to back on my bed. I was tucked under my sheets as I sighed deeply to myself. My eyes wandered back and forth between Louisa's pacing and Zara's page flipping. 

"I just don't understand why Simon would keep her on the show! She's proven she's a heat magnet. Fuckin' awesome! Now she's pissin' me and all the other contestants off, and if it wasn't for you Madison-I would've finished her off,"

Zara threw her book down on the bed and stood in front of Louisa, "My fault? Louisa, I was stopping you from getting thrown in the clink-" Louisa held her hand up in Zara's face, making her stop mid-sentence. Zara bite down on her lip and took a few steps back, crossing her arms against her chest. Lizzie and Nattie sat up from each other, swinging their legs over the edge of the bed. 

"Look Madison, I know why you did it, but what I'm sayin' is-"

"I didn't have to do it." Zara finished the sentence, a soft nod in Louisa's direction. Louisa swallowed down a visually lump in her throat. Her soft grey eyes turned to deep sliver as she looked down at the spot next to her. Zara uncrossed her arms as she slowly walked toward Louisa.

Zara held out her hand, "Louisa we're in this together, and we're going to make it through this-" Her hand rested softly on Louisa's shoulder as she forced it off hard. Her head snapped back up to stare daggers into Zara. Her breath hitched as Louisa's neck rolled slowly in figure eight. I swallowed hard and tucked myself, farther, under my blanket. I'm not afraid of her. I'm totally not afraid of her, we smoked together. We're okay. 

"Don't. Touch. Me," Louisa pushed through gritted teeth. Her cheeks relaxed as she took a few steps back from Zara. Zara swallowed back a lump and turned her back, picking up her comic book and plopping back down on the bed. Louisa shook her head and swirled around on her heels, disappearing into the daylight-like the moon. 

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"Halloween themed, ooo! Finally!" Nattie hopped up on her feet and held the paper against her chest. We're currently standing around the piano of our vocal coach. Simon finally gave us our theme for this week after everyone picked their song for the week. All the good Halloween songs were taken, no surprise there. I sighed deeply as I rested my arm on the music stand open on the piano. Lizzie sat down next to me and started to play a song from Nightmare Before Christmas.

"I finally get to wear my pretty red dress! I brought it when I found out what Niall's favorite color was-"

"Isn't it like... Green? Because he's Irish?" Zara questioned as she stood up from off the floor where she was sitting. Nattie pouted down at Zara, shaking her head, "Louis' favorite color is red."

Nattie shrugged sadly, "Ah... Man, that sucks... All sales were final. And now I'm stuck with the dress," Her pout got bigger as she looked over at Lizzie with soft blue eyes, "Lizziepoo... What's a girl to do?"