Through It All

Chapter 15

By the way, Rachel's picture is on the side :)

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Rachel's POV

Ugh. Niall and Emily were probably all snuggled up in there little place telling each other how much they love each other. It makes me sick. That should be me. All of a sudden, That Should Be Me by Rascal Flatts and Justin Bieber ran through my mind, which definitely matched my mood. Honestly, how could Niall not see how much I love him? I just didn't understand. All my life I've been turned down. I never had any friends as a kid, all the guys went for the prettier girls, so Niall was everything to me. This was the only reason I wanted to be with him. Forever. I guess I got jealous of Niall and Emily because they had everything I've wanted. Maybe I have been a bit crazy. I think I need to talk to them. Show them the real me.

Harry's POV

Lexi was on her way home and I didn't have much time to finish setting every up.

The table had a beautiful, white tablecloth set out with a single candle in the middle of us. A rose was placed on her plate and a note that said 'I'm yours'. Everything was perfect, and I finished just in time as Lexi was walking through the door.

"What's this?" She gasped, looking very happy.

"For you, my love." I pulled out her chair.

"Aw, thank you Harry." She gleamed up at me.

I kissed her on her forehead and helped her put in her chair.

The lights were dimmed down and everything was fantastic.

For dinner, we had a pasta with Pepsi for drinks. A little cheesy but very romantic, if I do say so myself.

The entire night went perfect, just as planned.

"Harry, this is just incredible." Lexi said to me right after we finished eating.

"I'm glad you liked it."

"But, why did you?" She asked, being her cute, curious self.

"Well, you left the pancakes for me this morning so I figured I owed you something." I winked and she blushed slightly.

"Oh Harry, that was simple. You didn't have to do all this!"

"I wanted to, because, I really like you."

She smiled, "I like you too." She kissed me and I kissed her back. The rest of the night we were on the couch, wrapped in blankets, watching a movie. It was incredible.

Louis' POV

Emma and I had nothing to do but plan for our honeymoon. We both decided on Hawaii and we couldn't wait to be alone together, let alone another country! It was so exciting yet very stressful at the same time. So much money and planning and all sorts of other things. As long as I was hanging out with Emma though, I didn't care. It was worth the entire time.

"Louis, do you think we should take the first plane to Hawaii or the second next week?" Emma asked me.

"I think we should take the first one. Its earlier but that means more time to spend in Hawaii."

"Good plan." She said. I think she was stressing over this a bit more than she should've so I decided to try and calm her down.

"Emma, you're stressing a bit too much. Just relax. This is supposed to be the best week ever. We need to make it special." I wrapped her in my arms and she leaned her head against my chest.

"I know. Maybe I could chill out a bit more. I just want this trip to be perfect." She looked into my eyes and I kissed her, softly.

"It will be. As long as we're together, nothing can go wrong."

"Don't jinx it!" She joked and we kissed again.

Niall's POV

Emily and I were walking down the street, hand in hand. We were inside all day and it was time to get out and about. We had just heard that Zayn and Julia were now promised to each other and we thought it was the cutest thing ever. Sooner or later that had to happen so when it finally did, I don't think anyone was surprised. It also made us realize that life is short and you need to spend time with the ones you love more often. That's why we decided to spend time together outside of the house.

"This is nice. The fresh air and the birds singing. Its a beautiful night as well." Em said.

"I agree. I'm glad we got to do this." I smiled, holding her hand tighter.

"Nothing could get in the way of this." She reached up and kissed my cheek and laughed a little.

"I agree." I said and reached down to kiss her soft lips.

We both smiled and kept walking. Except, we almost stopped dead in our tracks when we saw Rachel standing about 20 feet in front of us.

"Hi." Is all she said.

Emily started to slowly stand behind me and I stood in front of her.

"What do you want Rachel?" I asked her sternly.

"Look, I just want time to explain." She said.

"You have 15 minutes." I told her.

She told us everything about her childhood. From no friends, to no guys, to relying on me. After she was done, we were all quiet a moment when Em spoke up.

"That doesn't mean you have to be a freak about it. Do you know how much you scared me?! I had nightmares about you coming into Niall's place and killing me! I woke up screaming so many nights and Niall had to comfort me, keeping him from sleeping as well! Why couldn't you have that about your innocence before hand! Why now?!" She scolded Rachel.

"I'm sorry." Rachel said quietly.

"Rachel," I started, "I had no idea you felt that way about me. I'm sorry I didn't come to realize this but I was too busy protecting my girlfriend from you!" I think Em blushed a little when I said 'girlfriend' which was very cute.

"I know. I was wrong to do that and I'm terribly sorry. Maybe we could start over." Rachel stated.

"Its going to take a lot more than sorry and 'starting over' to fix what you've done to my life. We can maybe take baby steps but nothing more." I said to her strongly. All she did was nod and walked away.

"That was weird. I wonder what changed her mind." Em said.

"I don't know, but I don't care." I said and we sat inside a small coffee shop discussing what had just happened. "Whatever happens Em, just know that, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm not sure if this is another one of Rachel's schemes or she actually changed but nothing will ever come between us. What I'm trying to say is that, I know we've only known each other for a couple days but...I...I....love you."

Emily's (my) POV

Niall just said he loved me!

"Really? You mean it?" A smile crept across my face.

"Yeah, I really do." Niall smiled back.

"I love you too." I whispered and he kissed me gently.

Author's Note: Was it just a scheme or an actual change in Rachel? Who knows! More chapters to come, thanks for reading! Make sure to check out 'The Truth' from my other account The_EmilyAnne :)