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The New Family Member

Get Your Head Out of the Clouds

Noortje’s POV

I was casually walking down the corridor in the venue we were going to play at when I was suddenly grabbed by the arm and pulled into the room the the left of me. The door was quickly thrown shut and locked. I looked to see that Mike had done all of this, but we weren’t the only two in the room. Vic was there too. I rolled my eyes and pulled my arm out of Mike’s grip.

“Ok guys, very funny. But I actually had a destination to go to,” I said matter of factly.

“Too bad, you’re not leaving,” Mike stood against the door, so any attempt for me to escape would fail.

“Well, I really have to go,” I looked at my watch and counted the hours, “It’s been way too long already.”

“I’m sorry, you’re not leaving.”

“So you won’t mind me changing my tampon here?”

“Oh god, please don’t.”

“Then let me out.”

“Not until you talk it out with Vic.”

I looked at Vic who looked just as confused as I felt. He had been quietly listening to Mike’s and my conversation and probably wished he wasn’t here anyway. But maybe he did want to be here, he probably still wanted to know everything that was going on with. He got to know I was on my period, so that probably made him very happy.

“There’s nothing to talk about,” I tried to reach for the door but Mike got in the way again.

“No, Noortje, there is,” Vic finally decided to contribute.

“You might have something to talk about, but I don’t. You messed it up, I didn’t. I’m not going to forgive you just like that.”

“I’m sorry to interrupt, but may I ask what it is that he did?” Mike questioned.

“Oh my, Vic. Your own brother doesn’t know? What about Danielle, does she know? I’m pretty sure she deserves to know,” I said, completely ignoring Mike and putting all the pressure on Vic.

“Look, it was a mistake. She doesn’t need to know,” Vic said through gritted teeth.

“Really, because it didn’t seem like that at the time,” I snarled, “it still doesn’t seem like it because you won’t stop annoying me.”

“It’s been over half a year ago! Can’t you see that I didn’t mean it!”

“You didn’t mean it! Of course I’ll believe that. Like kissing your best friend and confessing their love for them is something you don’t mean.”

“You did what!” Mike shrieked.

“Oh come on, don’t act like you didn’t suspect it,” Vic scoffed, “you’re the one that told me to do you.”

“What!” I spun around to Mike. He looked furious.

“I did not tell you to do that!” Mike shouted, “I just asked you if you were sure that all your decisions weren’t because you actually loved Noortje.”

“You basically made me confess I loved her, even though I wasn’t sure about it. You got inside of my head and made me think I did. Don’t lie to me.” Vic spat and got up on his feet.

“I am not fucking lying to you,” Mike took a step closer, “you interpreted it that way!”

“Guys stop!” I screamed, “I’m not causing a fight between two brothers. Mike, stop being mad at Vic because he understood you differently than you had intended to. Vic, I forgive you, tell Danielle, and stop trying to protect me from Tony, he’s not doing anything wrong. Now stop fighting and let me out.”

Vic and Mike both stopped in their tracks. They looked at me, surprised by my outburst, but Mike quickly shuffled over to the door and unlocked it for me. After I had closed the door behind myself I heard the shouting starting again. I couldn’t let myself think this was my fault. But it was, it really was.

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Vic’s POV

I knew I had to make this right. Noortje said she had forgiven me, but I knew it wasn’t that easy. She had just said that so Mike and I would stop fighting, which obviously didn’t happen. Mike got pretty mad at me, but I deserved it. I messed up a friendship and nearly messed up a relationship. What even went through my mind when I kissed her? I actually didn’t know what I was doing till she pushed me away. But I really don’t know why I said I loved her. I did love her, but as my best friend. I just wished I never had done what I did.

We had a twenty more minutes before it was time for us to get on stage. That was more than enough time to talk to her, right? I walked toward the green room and heard two voices talking. It sounded exactly like Noortje and Tony.

“Don’t lose hope just yet. It’s only been 8 months. I love you.” I heard Tony confess. Eight months since what? What were they doing/trying to do? Was this something about her family, did something happen to them?

“I love you too. There’s nobody I would rather-” I knocked on the door before Noortje could finish her sentence. I know I said I didn’t feel about her that way, but I still felt some jealousy. My mind and heart were so confused, and I couldn’t tell which was on which side.

I opened the door and saw Tony and Noortje cuddled on the couch. There was nobody else with them. I guess they were having a private conversation, I should have continued to eavesdrop. Wait, no. If I wanted Noortje to be my friend again I would have to give her space and not try to stalk her relationship, just like she had asked me to do.

“I’m sorry if I’m interrupting something,” I got Noortje’s and Tony’s attention, “but I was wondering if I could talk to you, Noortje. I could always come back later.”

Noortje looked like she was about to object, but Tony nudged her and urged her to go with me and talk. At least he wasn’t mad at me anymore. I thought it would have taken Tony longer to forgive me than Noortje. But he almost instantly forgave me, or at least a couple of days later. Noortje sighed, got up and kissed Tony’s cheek before coming with me. They looked so in love.

I took her down the corridor for a bit, “So… umm… I’ve been thinking, and I want to tell Danielle. You were right, she deserves to know if I really do love her.”

“That’s really good Vic,” She gave me a genuine smile.

“And, umm, I was wondering if you could help me. I’m afraid she might want to break up with me.”

“Uh, sure, I guess,” She nodded a bit uncomfortably, but still asked me to take out my phone and dial the number.

The phone was answered quicker than I would have liked it to, and the voice of my beautiful girlfriend ame from the other end, “Hey Vic.”

“Umm, hey Dani.”

She immediately noticed something was wrong, “Vic, is everything ok?”

“Umm yeah, you’re on speaker by the way, I’ve got someone here for moral support.”

“You aren’t dying, are you?”

“No, no! At least not that I know. But I did something a couple of months ago, and I feel guilty I hadn’t told you… I messed up,” I said meaning everything in general.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean that…” I looked at Noortje, who gave me a reassuring nod, “I mean that a couple of months ago I… I kissed Noortje. I shouldn’t have done it, but it happened and I’m not proud of myself.”

“Oh..” Danielle sounded so confused yet so emotionless, “she’s the one sitting with you right now, isn’t she.”

“Hi Dani,” Noortje chimed in, “I just want to let you know that nothing happened. Let’s just say Vic wasn’t exactly sober and it was a mistake. I knew this and immediately pushed him off of me. There’s no way that I want him in any way like that. I promise to make sure he won’t do anything like that to anyone again, whether it be me or another girl. Vic’s never done anything like this before and he never did it again.”

Noortje was lying to cover for me. Or maybe not for me, maybe she was lying for Danielle’s sake.

We finished off our conversation with Danielle, who promised she was ok and wouldn’t break up with me. She understood that it was a mistake and that it had happened. At least it had been Noortje, somebody she could trust me around, and not some random girl. The only problem was was that I wasn’t sure if I could be trusted around Noortje.

“I know you’re not sure if it was actually a mistake, and I know you were completely sober, but I had to comfort her. At least she believed me, so you’ve got her for a bit longer,” Noortje pat my shoulder in an awkward way.

“Thank you, Noortje. Really, I know you don’t exactly want to be my friend anymore, but I appreciate it,” I thanked.

“Look, we can try being friends again, but let’s take it slow. I don’t want to make myself feel uncomfortable, and I don’t want to give you any false hope, I really love Tony and plan on staying with him forever.”

“Yeah, I get it, and I’d like that.” I looked at her and admired everything. Her red hair that fell into it’s natural curl and the curvature of her nose-

“Please don’t look at me like that, no offense, but I feel a bit weird when you do that.”

“Ooh… yeah… umm sorry.”

Maybe we would one day be friends like we used to be. I wanted nothing more than to be the person she came to if Tony couldn’t help.

Notes



So I almost posted chapter 4 instead of chapter 2. That would have been a really big mistake. Luckily I realised just before I hit submit. And now I actually have something to write in the notes which nobody really ever reads.

- DSN

Comments

@Nickyvlxx
You still have one epilogue to go ;) but it's still in progress, so now you also have to wait patiently :P
Good luck with the ATL stories, by the way, I hope they don't bore you.

YASS I FINISHED IT I loved it a lot darling ♡ i will move on to ur atl stories now

@aweirdkindofyellow
Wow, someone's been keeping busy ;) but don't push yourself, if you don't have time, you don't have time. I mean you're doing 3 at once! That's amazing! Just let me know when you've posted the new one! ;*

@Thebandobsessedgirlwithnolife
Yep, it was my first, and you can definitely tell by how badly The New Member is written at the very beginning. And I'm thinking of starting a new story, I have an idea, but I already have three stories going on (two on the ATL website and the collaborative story I'm writing on here) so I'll have to see when I can write it. I first want to plan it out completely, so it might take a while.

@aweirdkindofyellow
That was your first?! Holy! I can't wait for you to write more then! You did an amazing job! <33