Meant To Be

30- "Here goes nothing."

Chapter 30

"Oliver! Leo! What are you guys doing here?" I asked excitedly as they make their way towards us through the studio.

They walk over and I hug them. "We just wanted to see how the practice was going on," Oliver tells me. "Oh right right cool. And how's the search for the new place going?"

He scratches the back of his head. "Not great." He bluntly replies. "Oh okay," I reply with furrowed eyebrows. He didn't look like he wanted to elaborate so I let him be.

"Position girls!" Jhope yells, catching my attention. "Gotta go guys." I quickly tell them. "Go get them, tiger," Leo tells me. I laugh and give him a thumbs up.

We've been practicing for around 3 weeks now and we were waiting for the official date for the audition. Not a lot has happened since the day Ethan and I had the conversation. 

Tae barely talks to me and we avoid each other all the time, after the awkward, sexual encounter.

It was Zoe's and Mia's birthday last week and we didn't have a huge party. It was just the boys, Leo, Ethan, Oliver and me. 

We went out to a fancy restaurant and that's pretty much it. I got Zoe some Gucci slides and Mia some lingerie from Victoria Secret. 

Mia and Zoe wanted to go to the club because they were finally 18 but I wasn't in the mood so I went back home while the others headed to the club.

Music blares over the speaker and I can feel my body dancing to the rhythm. I make sure I move along with the beat. The song finishes and we end in our poses. 

The second the music stops, all the boys cheer loudly. I turn around and bow and start acting all extra. "Thank you, peasants!" I yell. "Yeah right," Zoe says with a laugh and we all smother into a group hug.

"Now that's what I call perfection," Jhope calls to us. "What can we say, we learned from the best," Mia tells him. All the other members tell us how amazing we did. 

When Tae's turn came, he didn't even face me and kept looking at Mia and Zoe the entire time. After he was done, I scoff and mutter, "Pussy."

"Huh?" Mia asks.

"Oh no, nothing." I smile at her.

They give us a ten-minute break after which we had to give our individual performances. I made my way over to Oliver and Leo. 

"So? How did I do?" I ask them. "That was fucking dope!" Leo exclaims and pulls me into a hug. "I'm so proud of you."

"Thanks, bitch," I tell him.

Oliver, however, was least bothered. I raise my eyebrows towards Oliver to Leo and he responds with a shrug and shakes his head.

"Hey, Oliver let's go get some fresh air." I pull him by his arm. 

"No, I'm fine here."He says and slips his arm off my grip but before he could, I grip him harder. "That was not a question."

As soon as we leave the building, I face him. "Clearly something is not okay and you're hiding something. You wanna talk about it?" I ask him with my hands on my hip.

He does not make eye contact and keeps looking at the ground and fiddles with his fingers. I wait for a few more seconds. 

Still nothing. I move closer and hold his hands. "Oliver hey look," He looks up at me and it's obvious that his eyes are teary. 

"You know you can tell me everything alright? I know we aren't best friends but I'm here for you and you can talk to me about anything." He smiles at me and I smile back. "Are you free today?" He asks.