Chapter 1: They Don't Know About Us

"Shut up Louis." I shouted as he poked fun of me.

"Oh Courtney! You're trying to tell me that you don't have feelings for your long time bestfriend Harry?" He joked as he pushed me a tad.

"No I don't Louis. Besides, He has Brittany. Why would it even matter?" I snapped back.

"Uhh it would Courtney. You've been his friend for how long?"

"12 years. But we're friends nothing more!"

"So she thinks.." Liam said as he walked through the door of Louis' apartment.

"You too? Gosh guys give me a break. Last thing I need is for Harry to find out!" I said punching Liam in the arm.

"So you admit it?" Niall chuckled as he threw the grocery bags on the table.

"Admit what?" Harry asked as he walked through the door.

"Nothing!" We all shouted.

"Umm okay?" He said with the cutest confused face.

I glanced over to the boys and gave them a look. "Where is Zayn?" I asked.

"He and Perrie are on a date." Harry answered. "Speaking of dates I need to call Brittany." He said with a huge grin on his face.

I rolled my eyes as I turned around to see the other boys mouthing the words "Told you!"'  to me. 

"Ughh I do not!" I shouted. Harry turned around and looked at me as if I was an idiot. "Sorry." I said sheepishly.

I grabbed my bags and the car keys. As I walked towards the door I whispered to the boys. "Say something and you'll regret it." They all nodded and continued about their business. I walked out of Louis' apartment towards the elevator. When I got into the elevator a little tune was playing and of course it was the Piano version of One Thing. Arriving at the lobby floor I got off. I was rushing out of the lobby when someone ran into me and dropped their bags. I looked up and it was Brittany.

"I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention!" I said as I picked up her things.

"You should be. You scuffed my shoes and those bags probably cost more than you." She said as she jerked the bags out of my hand.

"Well okay then..." 

"Oh my gosh! Courtney is that you? I'm so sorry how rude of me!" She said as she got a better look at me.

"Yeah it is."

"What are you doing here? I thought you were done being a nobody? I told you hanging out with those boys makes you look bad. You just look like a tag along. Unlike me ya know being a French Model and all." She smirked.

"I was just dropping off something for Louis." I said quietly.

"Oh well okay then. It was good to see you! Call me sometime. We need to go on a shopping spree. You have got to stop wearing tacky clothes." She shouted as she got on the elevator.

I hated her. My style is fine. I just went to the grocery store. You'd think sweats and a tshirt would be okay for that but apparently not. She's treated me like that for almost a year now. I could never tell Harry though she makes him so happy and ruining that relationship would ruin our friendship. The only person who knew she treated me like that was Eleanor. She found me crying one day after she told me I couldn't see the boys anymore or hang out with them because I was a nobody and being seen with me would kill their publicity and careers. To this day Eleanor has kept it a secret for me but she keeps telling me to tell Harry. I just can't do that though. Speaking of Eleanor She's my roommate. We've lived in the same apartment together for about a year and a half now. You might as well call her my Bestfriend! I walked into my apartment to find Eleanor making some popcorn and turning on the TV. 

"What are you doing?" I asked chuckling at her. 

"I'm getting ready for a girl's night! Perrie is coming over and we are all going to watch some chick flicks and talk about boy drama!"

"Sounds exciting! When is Perrie getting here?"

"When she gets done with her date with Zayn silly!"

"Oh yeah I forgot Harry told me that."

"You saw Harry today?"

"Yeah.. I went to the store with them."

"Was Brittany there?"

"No she did run into me as I was leaving though,"

"And how did that go?"

"She was being Brittany. She basically said that I was pathetic and a nobody again and she even said I have no sense of style."

"Well we will just have to do something about that. Tomorrow morning before the Teen Music Awards Perrie and I are going to take you shopping! No budget shopping spree.. How does that sound?"

"Great! But one problem Brittany is going to the awards tomorrow. Harry invited her on the phone when I was over there earlier."

"Seriously? I need to talk to Louis!"

"No El! Please don't tell Louis!"

"Courtney this isn't acceptable! She shouldn't get away with treating you like that. Besides we all know you like Harry! He deserves someone like you! Not that slutty tramp!"

"ELEANOR!"

"What? Truth hurts. Even the fans are shipping you and Harry! They actually like you."

"I don't like Harry..... that much. Our friendship is great and I don't want to ruin it!"

"I understand. We'll have to wait and talk to Perrie about this when she gets here."

"Sounds good. By the way El... Your popcorn is burning..."

"Oh my gosh!" She shouted as she jumped up and ran towards the kitchen.

 Perrie opened the door and stormed in soaking wet. 

"Uhhh Perrie.. Wanna explain?" I asked.

"Yeah! Zayn decided to suprise me with a picnic but it started to rain therefor it was ruined!"

"Ohh my gosh that is so sweet and yet so terrible." Eleanor said as she made another batch of popcorn.

"You know what, their will be other dates. I need a girl's night though so let's get to watching these Chick Flicks!" Perrie said as she sat on the couch.

"Sounds like a plan." I sighed.

Eleanor came in and placed the popcorn bowl on the floor. We all curled up and started to watch Love Actually.