selfish | salia

Chapter 27

Before you guys say anything,,, yes I know the picture I use in this chapter is of Talia, Freya and Gee. Eloise (in my mind, anyway) doesn't look anything like Gee! I'm purely using the picture to pose as their friend group!

We had arrived back in London last night. Freya hadn't been with Josh in the car, I wasn't too clued up on why, but I also wasn't complaining. It made the journey less awkward for us all.

We got back to the house near to midnight, and no one was downstairs. I thought we would be giving Eloise a little send off party, but it looked like we were not.

Instead, I went straight up to my own room and straight to bed without seeing anyone else. I needed a long sleep, because the next day was going to be a long and tiresome one. And I was right.

I woke up the next day with a sinking feeling in my chest. Eloise was leaving today, and we all knew that the dynamic in the house was going to change massively. To my knowledge she was  still managing the guys from America, but even in the house she acted like the glue.

She was the reason that JJ was finally coming back to England, something I had just learned last night from Josh.

It was still pretty early in the morning, but I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep now so I forced myself up and out of bed. There was no point making an effort today, I wasn't going out, filming or streaming. Instead I stayed in my pyjamas, making my way down to the kitchen, knowing someone had to be down there.

The person down there definitely wasn't someone I expected.

"JJ?" I asked in surprise, not knowing if my eyes were deceiving me.

"Talia!" he spoke cheerfully, making his way over to me, to give me a hug.

"No," I told him, stepping back, and holding my arms out. "I might be glad that you're back and safe, but you caused so much shit back here whilst you were living it up in LA."

It might have been rude of me to say, but his diss track was the root of everyone's problems. I wasn't going to just forget that.

"Yeah, I know. I've already reached out to Sophie and Harry and his family to apologise," he told me. Suddenly, I felt a lot lighter.

"You did? What did Sophie say?"

"She said thank you for apologising, but she needed a little more time. I told her it was okay, I said some shit I regret." He told me.

"That's good of you JJ, I'm glad you did that," I smiled at him. His hands were practically begging for a hug, so I rolled my eyes and allowed him to hug me.

"I missed you! Next time you go flying across the world, come and say goodbye first!" I chastised him. Even though I was a lot younger than him, and practically everyone who lived here, I had been made aware that I scared the boys. Especially JJ and Simon.

"I'm not planning on it anytime soon, but I will," He laughed, and we were interrupted by a surprised squeak from the other side of the kitchen. That sounded like-

"Eloise!" I grinned, turning around and speed walking over to her. She looked questionably at me, and back to JJ.

"Oh yeah, not sure when he arrived but he was here when I woke up this morning," I explained, watching the two of them interact with an amused smile on my face. She reacted the same way I did, relieved he was back but annoyed he had been gone for so long, and without contacting any of us back home.

I left them alone, knowing they had some things to talk about before Eloise left. I was hoping no one else was awake yet, but I was wrong. Just coming down the stairs was Freya, and she looked like she had been up for quite a while - her hair was wet, I assumed she had just showered.