On stage, Victoria and Louis are bandmates. Off stage, they're soulmates-hiding a love their management swears would destroy the band's image. For years they've kept their relationship secret, even from their fellow band mates, but the pressure of living a lie finally tears them apart. Heartbroken and lost, Victoria drowns her pain in alcohol/ the party scene, threatening the perfect image, Simon Cowell worked for. But what the everyone doesn't know, is Victoria has dirt on Simon that he doesn't want to get out. Will Victoria find her way back to Louis? Or will Simon's demands preside? For clarification TAKES PLACE IN 2013/14 First few chapters take place in 2010* Started: 03.08.25

Louis Tomlinson had always been the problem child of One Direction: sharp-tongued, rebellious, reckless, and a constant thorn in Simon Cowell's side. The stereotypical bad boy: tattoos, cigarettes, attitude for days. He was a bad influence that couldn't be controlled- it was the reputation he wore like an armour. It was easier to be hated than to be understood. But the last thing Louis expected was to become completely, irrationally obsessed with one girl - a raven-haired disaster with a voice he couldn't ignore. Mikayla Cowell's life had never been clean or easy. She had spent her whole life suffocating in her father's shadow: groomed to be perfect, polished, untouchable. Instead, she became everything he despised: loud where she should be quiet, reckless where she should be careful, broken in ways that couldn't be fixed with money or PR. If she was going to be a disappointment anyway, she might as well choose it. When One Direction's opening act pulls out days before tour, Simon makes a desperate, humiliating decision - he puts his own "failure" and her band on stage. Suddenly, Mikayla isn't just the daughter he keeps hidden. She's the opener. The risk. The scandal waiting to happen. Thrown onto tour together, Louis and Mikayla clash instantly - sparks flying in all the wrong ways. Louis hates her on sight. She's everything he can't stand- privileged, volatile, and worst of all, Simon Cowell's daughter. She hates him right back. He's arrogant, infuriating, too head strong, and exactly the type of guy her father warned her about. But hatred starts to blur into tension. Tension turns into something sharper. Softer. Far more dangerous, because in a world built on fame, secrets, and impossible expectations, falling in love might be the biggest mistake of all. PLAYLIST : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31ejNkYXNuuQzaR6t1GTMb?si=XnL8pIW-SsegThflhxM9Hg&pi=IOvoZe_UQE-k4

Calum believes that he's got everything a guy could ever wish for: popularity, a band with his best friends, and pretty girls in his high school swooning over him. He always thinks that whatever Calum wants, Calum gets. But of course, nothing stays the same. It all started when a girl named Kristen bumped and crashed into his life and asked him to pretend as her boyfriend for a month. Calum knew it would be nothing but a stupid deal until that stupid little thing started changing every single thing about what he always believes in. He woke up one day realizing three things. One, not everything he believed in is always true. Two, he knew something in his life was missing. And lastly... He's sure as hell that he's not pretending anymore. * Published: September 2013 Completed: March 2014 Status: Major Editing