Recap:

Niall hasn't been the only ass lately, Harry is getting on my last nerves. He hasn't bothered to get to know me much and for the rest of the time he acts like he owns me. It's fine if he wants to be my protective brother all the time. But I'm not going to only be his sister when it is convenient to him. Sometimes I just wish he could be more like David. Who is my real brother, in terms of love.

"I'm going home for awhile" I blurt out as Tori sits on the bed. I have decided to go back to Houston for awhile. I really need to talk to my family and get away from this life. My decision is probable from me being over emotional and doing things too fast, but that's the kind of person I am. I do stupid things then regret them later.

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You and I

We don't wanna be like them

We can make it till the end

Nothing can come between

You and I

Not even the Gods above can

Separate the two of us

No nothing can come between

You and I

I sing the lyrics effortlessly as I pack one of my two suitcases. Our flight for Houston leaves in a couple of hours and I have yet to tell Harry. Lexi and Tori told Zayn, Louis, and Liam by accident but Niall and Harry don't know yet. Harry is probably going to overreact and take it personally and I don't feel like arguing with him. Although our flight leaves in hours we leave in one. I don't want to spend my last couple of minutes with them screaming and shouting.

My decision to go back home has only been enforced more by the way Niall and Harry have been acting lately. Niall hasn't even looked at me and Harry has made no effort to get to know me. All Harry does is boss me around like I m seven years old. I also got a call from Anne and she wants to see Harry and I soon. Thinking about meeting her only made me feel worse about not talking to my Houston family in months. Oh and Harry and Niall got into another fight yesterday and Niall gave Harry a black eye. I don't know what is the matter with those two but I am so over it. 

Tori and Lexi are already packed up and their suitcases are stacked by the door. We should be in the car in an hour so this is the best time to tell Harry. Everyone is in Louis and Zayn's hotel room playing some kind of game. As soon as I walk into the door silence falls immediately, did I do something? 

"Um can I talk to you for a second Harry" I ask awkwardly as everyone stares and continues to be silent. A strange feeling that they were just talking about me fills the pit of my stomach. What they were talking about is beyond me. Niall's eyes actually meet mine for the first time in days, holding my gaze. As usual he looks extremely attractive with his blonde hair messy and partially wet. He has a little chocolate on the side of his mouth and is wearing my favorite shirt of his.

"Can we talk here? My dare is to not get up for two hours" Harry smiles punching Liam on the arm. Tension is thick in the air but everyone is pretending it is not there. I guess it won't be so bad to have everyone here, this way he won't explode on me. Plus I can tell Niall without having to actually tell him. Zayn, Liam, and Louis begin texting on their phones already anticipating and not caring about what is going to happen.

"We, I mean Tori, Lexi, and I, are leaving for Houston in an hour. It is only for a month though" I blurt out quickly. Harry's smile drops off his face as quick as the words leave my mouth. Niall on the other hand stares daggers at Harry with a smug smile. Yep, something definitely was said before I came into the room. Harry doesn't say anything and just sits there staring up at me. I hope he doesn't get too mad, I don't feel like going through that right now.

'What why?" He stutters getting off the floor. I would like to say that he is annoying and controlling but that would be a little too mean. I also want to say that the guy I like who I thought liked me broke my heart and won't speak to me, but that sounds bad since I have only known him for a short time. So instead I summarize, leaving out the bad parts, and wait for harry's anger to bubble up.

"Oh" is all he says, looking around at everyone. He runs his hand through his hand sucking in air loudly through the gap in his teeth. He is taking this a lot better than I thought he would. At this point I thought he would have flipped a table or something. He did it once after one of his many fights with Niall. If only I knew why they have been fighting so much lately, it's probably over something stupid.

"Are you alright?" I ask watching his leg start to bounce up and down. It looks like he is about to have some kind of stroke right in front of me. He just nods looking at anywhere but me. So now Harry won't look at me but Niall is practically staring into my soul.

"Yeah fine, I'm going to the bathroom" Harry sighs leaving the room like it is on fire. I sigh letting out all the air I was holding inside. I can't feel bad for leaving, I'm doing the right thing here. I have to leave before I talk myself out of this. Saying last goodbye's to the guys, I practically drag the girls to get our stuff and leave out of the back of the hotel. The rented car waits for us out back, away from the paparazzi which are waiting for us out front. We hoist our bags into the escalade, almost ready to leave for what seems like forever.

The decision to leave did not come easily at all. For a long time I was having such a great time with the boys, and it's hard to leave even for a month. 

"Hailey can I talk to you?" Niall's voice with a thicker accent pants from behind me. Oh come on I was almost gone. If he wanted to he might be able to convince me to stay but I can't let him do that. Tori and Lexi close the doors giving us some privacy. I sigh for what feels like the millionth time today, leaning back on the car door. 

Niall scratches his head cutely staring right into my eyes. My breath hitches at the realization of how beautiful they are. I can't read his facial expression but  know mine shows fifty shades of pain. Niall is attractive, funny, a great singer, nice, everything I could ask for and he couldn't even give half a crap about me. I was never 'that girl' but usually when I really liked a guy they liked me back. It just hurts to know that he probably knows how I feel about him and he doesn't return the feelings. That's why I pretended and will keep pretending that I have no feelings for him at all.

"Yeah?" I ask taking shallow breaths. Niall and I are mere inches apart causing my stomach to flip and heart sink to my knees. Thank god I was chewing gum a couple minutes ago. He takes a deep breathe finally looking away from me and instead at his shoes. 

"I don't want you to go" He sighs scratching the back of his head again. See this is the crap I did not want to hear.Harry must have put him up to this to mess with my feelings and make me stay. It isn't going to work and I can't believe Niall would do something like this. Still a part of me lit up at the thought of Niall actually caring whether I stayed or went.

"Why?' I ask quietly biting my lip. I shouldn't go down this road, I should just turn around and leave. If he lies and says something that a part of me wants to hear I will just fall apart... again.

" I like you, I lied! I don't know why I did it but I really have feelings for you. If you stay I can make it up to you" Niall smiles very convincingly. For some crazy reason I don't think he is lying but that makes it hurt all the more. Silent tears start to fall down my cheeks making this very awkward moment even more uncomfortable. Whether he actually has feelings for me or this is some cruel set up Harry put him up to, I can't do it. I need to go home to my family and sort things out. 

" I can't" I say as the tears fall even faster down my cheeks. Niall reaches up wiping them right off of my face. His hand smells of peppermint and my face feels warm even after his hand drops back to his side. 

"Why?" He asks staring into my eyes again. It only furthers my suspicion as to why he would admit to liking me right here right now after Harry acted suspicious back up in the room. If Harry really is behind it I don't know what I will do. Harry might not act like a brother or a twin but I didn't think he was this much of an asshole.

"You pretty much said you would never like me and now all of a sudden you say you have feelings for me? Niall this isn't a movie, I am not just going to jump into your arms" I say breaking our stare. I can not only feel Niall watching me but also the stares from Lexi and Tori who are undoubtedly watching me from inside the car. I can't do this right now, we are going to miss our flight.

" I lied because I took bad advice but You and I could work. I really have feelings for you. I promise if you stay I won't ever lie to you again" he says making it sound so nice in his Irish accent. He slowly leans in closer, erasing the gap in between us. I mumble weakly No's and I can'ts but they seem to get lost in the wind. In the blink of an eye Niall's lips are pressed against mine for the second time. This time it is different. All the rush and sexual tension is completely gone. Now all that springs between us is something different, something I have never felt before.

"Niall" I whisper, crying even harder. I push him away looking to his eyes that are filled with confusion. I am not going to do this I have to go. If I stay and it turns out to be fake I will die. I don't want to think about what i just felt when he was pressed against me. 

Getting into the car and leaving Niall standing exactly where he was is one of the hardest things I have ever in my entire life had to do. He couldn't have faked all that happened during that single kiss. That is why it hurts so much and that is why I don't say a single thing until the plane ride back to Houston is practically over. I am just thankful Lexi or Tori didn't bring it up.

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"Ah it is so nice to be back home" Tori sighs trying to get a cab. It is nice to be home, where everything makes sense. Since we all live far apart we are taking separate cabs to our parents houses. Lexi and Tori have already disappeared in two separate directions leaving me alone, waiting on the hot pavement.

Despite popular belief Texas is actually not the worst place to live in America. Sure it's hot and you do run into a couple of people who don't have open minds but all in all it is fairly nice. It's hard to think that way after seeing all the cool places around the world that the boys brought us to for the three months that we were with them. 

Hurried footsteps and the beep of a cab snap me out of my thoughts. Hopefully if the cab isn't slow I can be home in a half hour. I grab my bags, hoisting them into the cramped back seat, I will hardly have any room to breathe.

"Wait Hailey wait!" Two girls of about 14 run up to where I am almost ready to get into the cab. Judging by their bracelets, which are practically cutting off their circulation, they are 1D fans. I haven't had a lot of run ins with fans by myself and have no idea with what they could want with me. I am just Harry's sister, Gemma doesn't get all this attention!

"Hi" I put on my best fake smile. It's not that I am not happy to meet a fan, but this is sort of my free from 1D vacation. That sounds awful but it is the truth. Hopefully they won't ask too many questions about Harry and I or even Niall and I. 

"I'm Bridgett and this is Lucy and we are literally your biggest fans. I love the way you dress and the way you stood up to that paparazzi,and we just wanted to know if you could sign these!" Bridgett squeals in less than two seconds. I haven't had a fan before, well at least not on this level. I can't believe she even cares about what happened with the pap. The guy snuck into the tour bus somehow and was looking through the boys personal things. I just yelled a bit and got him away, it wasn't a big deal.

"Yeah sure, it's nice to have fans" I smile genuinely this time. I take the magazine and sparkly sharpie from Bridgett's shaking hand. The magazine looks sort of familiar except it has my face right on the front of it! My jaw literally drops. I never posed for a magazine! Why am I even on a magazine, who cares about little old Hailey Scott? What could it possibly say about me, I never had an interview.

I sign the magazines quickly and even right a little message. The girls shriek again and leave with a quick 'thank you'. As soon as I get home I need to look up that magazine. What exactly could I have done to receive a  whole two pages on one of the best magazines for teenagers? I jump into the cab thinking even harder about the magazine. I don'tknow how the boys deal with seeing their own faces everywhere they go. i have one picture on one magazine and I'm practically having a heart attack.Confused, I stare out of the window of the car as we pass by countless places that I hung out at in High School. That life with Roach, David, Daniel, and the rest of my friends seems like such a long time ago. The last time I talked to David was like three or four months ago, that is awful. 

My stomach which is empty of all foods feels like I was just at a Thanksgiving dinner. Not only do I feel butterflies at the sight of my parents house looming up but I also feel like it is filled with anxiety. My parents', or shall I say kidnappers, house stands in front of me. As always the large for Texas blue green and white house waits for me as I step out of the cab. The smell of paint and wet dog meets my nose immediately as soon as the cab drives away. Tammy ad Josh must be having paint wars with Boriner our dog. When David and I were younger we created the game and it has been a family game ever since. Those are the things I want to remember as I ring the doorbell. Not the the bad memories like David getting kicked of the house and having to live in our shed secretly. Not like when my parents missed my fifth grade ballet recital because they thought it might be too hot in the room. And definitely not like when I found out that my parents ripped me from my true family for reasons only they can justify.

Finally the door opens as the smell of paint comes in with the wind, stronger than ever. I take a good look at my mom and all those horrible memories go away. Instead all I see is the woman that wiped my tears when I fell, and spent all night making my dance recital dress. The woman who actually thought she was helping taking four kids away from their families, to give them a better life.

I look her up and down seeing the same person I have known all my life. Except the eyes... Where I usually see love and happiness I see rage and sadness. It couldn't be because of me could it? God I came to Houston to get away from stress and drama, what now?

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Hey guys it's my birthday tomorrow (1/22) So can I get 315 likes for my birthday present from you guys? 

I hope you liked this chapter because it surprisingly took longer to write than usual. Oh and can you go read the 1D fanfics of the person this book s dedicated to? She is my friends and a shoutout/dedication is my birthday resent to her :)