FREYA'S P.O.V -

(1 Week Later)

"And I thought, why not give it a shot?" Ally was talking about a guy she met two days ago at a music festival we attended in Manchester.

We moved to manchester right a day after when me and Niall said our goodbyes. It sucked, to be honest. Sucked that I'd never see him again. I was wishing that the promise ring he gave me would be an engagement ring?

Thinking about the promise ring made me look at my hand, the promise ring still settled on my index finger. I never told anyone about this ring. Not even Ally.

"You still miss him, don't you?" Ally said.

"No, I was just checking my ring out."

"Was this ring given by Niall to you?"

"Uh... Yeah. Um, it's time I should tell you what really happened." I said.

"Oh! Come on now spill!"

And I told her everything. From our little fight to our kiss. And I was glad that she was smiling at me, and not judging.

"Honestly, I kind of know about it." I was shocked at he remark.

"You knew?!" I gasped. "How?"

"Harry."

"But Niall said he wouldn't tell anyone about our break up! We are still together for the media eye!" I freaked out.

"Anyone, except his mates." Ally smiled. "But I didn't know the whole kissing detail."

"Oh come on... I wish we were still together." I looked down.

"Aw. Come here..." She engulfed me in a big hug. I narrowed my eyes when a familiar fragrance came to my senses.

"What the hell you wore my perfume!" I shouted, pulling away.

"Yeah, mine are old." She said.

"Mom!!!" I rushed to her bedroom. "Mom she used my perfume!"

When I walked in my parents bedroom, I quickly closed my eyes.

"What the hell mom. We're inside the house!" I screamed.

My parents were kissing. French kissing. Ew.

"It's not like you never did anything." mom remarked.

"Come on Debby..." Dad walked over to me. "Don't remind her."

"It's okay dad." I smiled at him.

"I know I-"

"Mom she used my perfume!"

"Who?" She asked.

"Ally, who could it be?"

"Sharing is caring, kiddo." Dad smiled at me.

"I know but..."

"Yeah sharing is caring." Ally was standing at the doorway of our parents bedroom.

"She's right. It's not like she ate your perfume, Frey! Don't be a spoiled brat!" She scolded me playfully.

"If sharing is caring, do I get to eat her Reese's and KitKat?" I smirked at her.

"No way, chocolate can't be shared." Ally narrowed her eyes at me.

"Why not?" Mom said, winking at Ally.

"Mom you know- FREYA!! YOU ASS!"

Before I knew it, I was running down to the kitchen to retrieve the chocolates.

"Don't you dare you bitch!" She yelled.

"Hey! No swearing!!" Mom shouted too. Dad was just laughing at how I kept dodging her, running in circles around mom and dad.

"Your phone's ringing." Ally said, fixing her shirt.

"It can wait." I smirked.

"No really, it could be an important person!" She squealed.

"I don't care!" I said.

"Honey, would you accept your call for a second? I think it's important."

"Uh, okay!" I huffed and looked at my phone's bright screen, on the couch.

Niall.

"Oh fuck." Ally said from standing beside me.

I answered the call and spoke to the person on the call.

"Hey, how have you been?" Niall's deep voice said.

"It's good." I said.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, just-... Um-"

"It's okay, uh... I'll talk to you later." he said.

"Oh." and the line went dead.

"What the fish was that?" I shrugged at Ally's question, and sat beside her, under the warm blanket, eating ice cream.

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(On last day of December)

"Three, Two, One! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" Everyone cheered.

I was in some kind of party, a new year party to be exact.

We were on some building, and with we, I meant Ally, Taz, Ayesha, her boyfriend, and even Daniel too.

"Hey babe!" Daniel appeared abruptly in front of me.

"Don't call me babe." I spat verbally at him.

"Why not? Least you can do is dance with me." he smirked.

"I'd rather dance with a creep than to dance with you!" I said over the loud music.

"Oh come on! I'm your best friend!" he whined.

"Dance with someone else. I'm going home." I said.

"But you're drunk. You can't drive."

"I did not drink. Got it? Now step out of my way." I tried to push myself past him but he wouldn't let me go. And I didn't want to touch him either.

"Oh feisty. I like it..." he leaned in closer. My nostril flared in anger and I raised my hand up to his cheek level and slapped him.

My hand seemed to sting after the smack, my eyes wide and adrenaline was pumped up.

"Did you fucking-"

"Freya?" we both heard a girl's voice from Daniels back, and we both looked that way.

"Eleanor? What are you doing here?" I said.

"Um, can you excuse us a minute? I want to talk to her." Eleanor said to Daniel.

I watched smugly as Daniel stepped away from in front of me and disappeared in the crowd.

"Are you okay? You seem like-"

"Yeah I'm... Okay." I smiled, cutting her sentence off.

"And what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Same question from me to you. What are you doing here?" I giggled.

"Let's walk outside or somewhere quieter. I'll tell you everything."

I nodded and we both walked out of the room, and into the elevator.

"I live here, can we talk there?" she asked politely.

"Sure. I'll just have to text my friends." I texted them quickly and we padded towards Eleanor's room.

We entered the room, she turned the heater on and sat on her bed. I sat beside her and she sighed.

"You don't know anything, do you?" she asked.

"Anything? What happened?" I asked confused.

"That me and Louis broke up."

WHAT?!

"What? Why?!!" I said frantically.

"He kind of, kissed another girl, I guess." she broke eye contact.

"No, why would he do that?" I said without thinking.

"Well... We're not officially broken up yet. But he said he needed a break."

My mouth was practically on the floor.

"So what now?"

"Now?" she giggled humorously. "Now I'm living here, don't want to face mom and tell her. She'd not keep her mouth close for Louis. Actually, I guess I'm not ready to forgive him yet. And- HEY! You didn't tell me you guys made it official! You and Niall huh?" she winked.

"Actually, I have to tell you something too." I looked down.

"Oh? What is it?" we were now laying on her bed.

"I, uhm... Me and Niall broke up, too." I said.

"What happened to you guys? You guys were perfect!" she gasped.

"Um, yeah. I kind of cheated... On him. I don't know what came over me. But I... We're okay now. Don't worry. Not together, but we're friends." I smiled sadly.

"That's great... Oh, not the cheating part, but, it's good that you guys are friends. Louis hardly ever text me now." she spoke.

"Yeah, so I live here with my family."

"But you used to live in London?" She asked.

"I was born here." I smiled.

"Same!" She said.

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"Eleanor? Wake up! Your phone!" her buzzing phone woke me up.

When we were talking last night, I don't know when sleep took over us, but we slept at the same bed.

"What? Ugh." she groaned in sleep.

"Your phone." I said.

"Oh, okay." she opened one eye and took out her phone from her tight jeans. "Hello?"

And she abruptly sat up. Her eyes wide. I was concerned immediately.

"What happened?" I mouthed to her.

"Um, yeah... Happy new year..." She looked down.

I told her to put the phone on speaker.

"How was last night? Did you enjoy?" I gasped softly, to hear Louis' voice on the phone.

"It was good, yeah." she answered quietly.

"I... I miss you, El." he said over the phone.

"Um, I'll, I will call you later, bye." Eleanor cut the call.

"Why the fuck would you end the call?" I gaped at her.

"I'm not ready for this shit to be honest." she threw her phone on the bed and hide her face behind her hands.
I heard her sigh into her hands but then, the sigh turned into sobs.

I pulled my brows together and took her hands away from her face to see that she was actually crying, with tears streaming down her face.

"I'm so sorry..." I pulled her body onto mine to hug her calmly.

"I miss him but I don't want to get hurt again." she sobbed harder onto my dress from last night.

"You don't have to get back with him... Maybe it's for the best?" I am not so good at comforting crying people whatsoever. What am I gonna say huh? That it's gonna be okay when it's clearly not going to? That's bullshit.

"I know, but- just- I love him! I want him back without getting myself hurt!" she whined on my shoulder.

Why does it feel like Niall's and mine story? I'm Louis in that and he's Eleanor.

"I'm so sorry that he cheated. I'm- I am truly sorry." I don't know what I was sorry for. Louis' actions or mine.

"Don't be. It's over now." she sniffed and blinked, returning to her old position. "I know I can get over him. I have to."

"So, you're gonna give up on him that easily?" I could not help but think that its what Niall was probably thinking about.

"I think. Is it okay to give up on him this fast?" she asked me.

"Um, if you ask me... No. Honestly, because I did something like that too and I'd feel way too fucking bad if Niall would give up on me. Not to mention, because of my huge ass mistake." and now, my eyes were getting glossy.

"So you cheated? Like, literally?" she questioned.

"Not that literally you think. I'm still a virgin. But if you were in my shoes what would you do?" I ask, using example of her to make her feel like me or even think of my side of story.

"What do you mean I'd do? About what?"

"If you were with Louis still, and you old crush comes back and tries to befriend you. A crush, like a real perfect crush. I was double minded. I didn't know what to do, honestly, I cared about them both but in a way, I love Niall more."

"I understand... But you should make-"

"Oh fuck no. I did many times and even let him touch down there! I was so freaking stupid and an idiot to do so! You have every right to call me a cheater and never talk to me again." I broke eye contact and looked away, with slight tears pricking my eyes.

"Oh no no no... I'm sorry you got it that way... I was just- I thought that maybe-" she stopped. "I'm not gonna judge you, of course people always get double minded and do loads of mistakes but that's what sorry is for. That's why we are humans. We all make mistakes, we all cheat. It's normal. I was just saying that if you want Niall back, you should make an effort to get him back. Like show him you care or something."

I sighed loudly. "I know. I did it many times but he won't listen to me this time. He just said he needed a break and than, BAM, he broke up with me and said it was for the best."

"That's why you were applying those words on my when I was filling rivers of tears here." she crackled.

I laughed along with her. "Let's have breakfast? I'm hungry."

"Actually, I was thinking of. Starbucks on this new years' day, shall we?"

"Sure, but I don't have any money with me..." I frowned.

"Dont worry it's on me today! New years' treat!" she chimed.

I giggled. "Okay."

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"Your order will be ready in fifteen minutes. Have a great day and happy new year." the female waitress smiled at us before dismissing.

"Do you have any idea she recognised us?" I asked Eleanor.

"I think not." she shrugged.

"And I hope so." I smiled.

Silence jumped between us for a minute.

"So you guys just made it official for the paps?" she asked.

"Yeah, he said they were paring him up with another so called 'bitch' and he just wanted me." I said, using air quotes.

"Really?" she chuckled.

"Yep. He even said he doesn't like kissing anyone else beside me."

"That's so cute. I wonder if he loved you that much, he'd have never let you go in the first place." she said.

"I didn't go away, we kind of... agreed on breaking up."

"What the?!" she gaped.

"I know it sound stupid but there was no choice. The only possible way to make it out was to fight every single night, cuss at each other for pointless things and sleep in different places. And then next day, be all buddy buddy until you start fighting all over again." I shrugged.

She laughed lightly to lighten the mood. "I remember when you guys fought over my mascara. And then you became okay, sort of."

I still remember the day. The day when my great grand mother died. The day when Niall lied to me and met Kiarra at her place. When we both acted like a child.

Speaking of, I haven't seen Kiarra lately. I wonder who she is planning to hook up with.

"Yeah, that day... My great granny died on that day." I watched as the waitress put down our pancakes and coffees.

"That was the day we actually talked, like friends." she smiled.

"It feels like ages ago, it's only been seven or eight months isn't it?"

"Yes. And look where we are now, broken up with their boyfriends..." She took a bite of her pancakes.

"Mhmm..." I hummed, welcoming the sweet taste of chocolate chip pancakes and maple syrup.

The rest of the breakfast went silent except small talk here and there, before three paparazzi with cameras flashed in our face.

"I'm afraid I can't answer any questions." I said politely.

"Only one?" one of them asked.

"Did Eleanor and Louis broke up?" the blonde lady asked me and I looked at Eleanor. She face recovered form shock quickly and pulled on a fake one.

"No! Why would you ask that?" she held a façade which was hard to comprehend but I could easily tell she was faking it.

"I heard a fan saying that. Anyway, I hope not. You guys are the best couple ever!" the female gushed.

Eleanor was trying so hard not to cry. Instead, she smiled. "Thank you, I can never imagine being away from Louis."

The paps then disappeared and we walked back home without being seen. By home, I meant Eleanor's place.

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"Hello?" I asked over the phone.

"I need to see you." a male voice said, Daniel. Why was his voice so shaky?

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I just... I want to see you. Please tell me where you're staying." he sniffed.

"Are you crying?" I asked out of blue.

"Dammit! Just tell me where you're staying!" He shouted over the home. "I'm sorry, I just- please."

"I'll text you address, meet me in 10 there."

I hung up and texted my home address to him.

"El, I'm leaving. Thanks for letting me stay and paying for breakfast." I said and she smiled.

"No problem. Call me again if you need a girl time." we shared a hug and I left.

What was so important that Daniel wanted to see me and he was crying?

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