IV

Part 22

"Ooh, room service!" I squealed as I ran to the door.
But unfortunately it wasn't. I was going to close the door on her but she yelled, "WAIT. I need to tell you this."
I opened the door again.
"What do you want, Lexi?" I replied, serious.
"Can I come in?" She pleaded.
"No." I said, threatening to close the door again.
She gave me a look of disgust.
"I've had it with you, Y/N. I tried to be nice to you. I was gonna make you look good in front of the cameras tomorrow. But you can forget about that. Nobody treats me this way. Nobody." She huffed.
"Is that it? Or are you gonna keep talking nonsense? Cause I have better things to do." I told her, raising my eyebrows.
"Karma's gonna get you back. Or maybe I will." She finalized.
I shut the door in her face, resting my head against it.
"Oh my god. I almost told her." I heard Lexi say.
I tried peeking through the crack between the door frame and the door, but no luck. I stayed still, listening. It seemed she was talking on the phone. "I know. I will contain myself. The result of all this will be even better. I can't wait." She said.
And then there was silence. I supposed she had left. I sat thinking about our confrontation.
How did she even know where we were staying to begin with? But then I realized it. I hadn't been thinking straight before.
She was stinking rich. She had all the contacts she wanted. I sighed, knowing I wouldn't escape from her.
I tried to keep my mind off all the drama by studying, but it was no use. My head hurt too much to even think.
Room service came just in time. I took my food to bed and took my books with me. I wasn't in the mood to do anything else.

I woke up abruptly. The room was dark and Harry was sleeping by my side. How long had I slept? I sat up, running a hand through my hair.
The test was tomorrow. Was I gonna pass it? Harry grabbed my hand. "What's wrong?" He asked, his voice raspy.
"Nothing. Let's go back to sleep." I replied, hugging him.
Sleeping was always a good idea. Tomorrow I would just have to wing it.

My alarm startled both of us. But I woke up without hesitation. Today was exam day. Harry stirred in bed.
I decided not to wake him, he needed to rest. I quietly had breakfast while revising all I could.
It was almost time, so I turned on my laptop taking a deep breath. It was only ten percent of the final grade. But still. I needed all the points I could get. I pressed the 'Start Exam' button and got to work.
When I was almost finished, Harry appeared. He walked to the kitchen to get breakfast. I could feel his eyes on me as I fixed my eyes on the screen again. I decided to ignore him since I would be done in a minute. I nervously pressed send and turned off my laptop.
"Good morning." He said, walking up to me.
"I know you were watching me." I told him, giving him a kiss.
"Same." He replied with a smirk.
"We have to get going in a while." He added.
"Oh. Where to?" I asked.
"Sheffield." He replied.
"Great. We should get packing then." I suggested.

In the late afternoon, we finally got to our destination. Harry and I had a quick dinner and went straight to bed.
"I forgot to ask you how the exam went." He said, cuddling up to me.
"Meh. I don't know." I shrugged.
"Why's that?" He asked.
"Well because I didn't study all I wanted to because of-" I stopped myself.
I hadn't told him about Lexi's visit. But I didn't know if I wanted to either. He would get really angry and where would that lead him? But then again, he is the person I trust the most in the world.
"Because of?" He repeated, waiting for an answer.
I was too stressed out already, so I told him everything.
"But you didn't even call me." He said, hurt.
"Haz, you were having the time of your life doing what you love the most. I wasn't gonna ruin it for you and especially the fans." I explained.
"You know I love you, Y/N. But these things are important. If I hadn't asked, would you have told me anyway?" He questioned.
I stayed silent, knowing he wasn't going to like my answer.
"I'm upset because we both say that honesty is an important part of our relationship and where has that gone?" He spoke.
"Harry, I wanted to-" I started.
But he interrupted, "It's okay. Let's just get some sleep."
But I couldn't. So many things were going through my mind, I had too much to think about.

I woke up in an empty bed. I looked for Harry everywhere, but he had left. I then checked the time. Eleven. He must have gone to the arena with the boys to help set everything up.
I got nervous, not knowing how he would be like when he got back. I then remembered today was the day Lexi would appear on a show to talk about me.
I decided to study since I didn't have anything better to do. But while I did only two people were in the back of my mind: Harry and Lexi.