Getting the Band Back Together

Chapter 28 (Brandi's POV) Are You Happy With Yourself?

(Brandi's POV)

B-"Hey, have you seen my phone charger?" We arrived at the hotel in Vienna, Austria late this afternoon and went out to dinner at a little café down the street. Being in Europe is nothing less than amazing, and being here with Lauren and Mary make it ten times better. I do need to find my charger though so I can talk to the one person who is missing-Niall. I miss him so much. Being sick on the trip isn't helping. It's kinda scaring me. I mean, I could...no. I'm just over thinking things. I couldn't be...could I? Lauren's reply snapped be back to my current frantic state of finding my phone charger.

L-"Sorry love, I haven't seen it."

B-"What about you Mare?"

M-"..." (blank stare into space)

B-"Mare? Are you okay?"

M-"Huh, what?"

B-"Have you seen my charger"

M-"Umm, no. I haven't seen it since before we left the last hotel." Shit, I guess I can either use Mary or Lauren's phones to call Niall.

L-"Umm..." (digs through bags) "Has anyone seen MY charger?"

M-"Are you kidding me guys? Am I the ONLY responsible one here?"

B-"Shut up Mary. Your the one who's gonna suffer with all the minutes we'll be using up by calling our boyfriends on your phone. You should have told us to double check for them."

M-"You're not gonna use my phone."

B_"Ya we are. How else are we supposed to communicate with the outside world? What will our parents think when neither of us are answering our phones?"

M-"Brandi...we all have the same phones, babe. We have for the past year now. Remember, we went to the opening of the iPhone 10 together and bought them together." Mary seemed annoyed, but I guess she was right, She's usually really patient with my blondness. I wonder what crawled up her butt?

B-"Oh, well. Ok. Can I borrow your charger?"

M-"After my phone's done charging " Her tone was rude and harsh. Something is definitely up. I guess Lauren sensed it too cause she came over and sat by her on the bed to try and fix it like she's always done for us.

L-"Mary, is everything okay?" Mary sat for a while before standing up from the bed.

M-"I'm fine, I'm going on a walk. I'll be back in a minute." She reached over and grabbed her phone off the charger, slid her grey moccasin slippers on and turned to the door. As she walked out, I noticed her reach up and wipe a tear away from her face. She is definitely not fine. Mary never, EVER cries in public. EVER. Unless it's really bad. The last time I saw her cry was 3 years ago when her great grandmother died, and that was only because I was there when she found out. She didn't cry at the funeral or any other time so I guess it wasn't very public.

Suddenly my phone started ringing. I quickly plugged it up to the charger before the call killed it. When I looked at the caller ID and saw Niall's face on the screen, my stomach filled with butterflies. I quickly hit answer and put the phone up to my ear.

B-"Hey babe"

H-"Hey, is Mary there. Harry says it's urgent and she's not answering her phone."

B-"Well that's not what I expected to hear you say, but you just missed her. She seemed really upset and stormed out of the hotel room when Lauren tried to figure out what was wrong." I heard Niall start talking, but I don't think he was speaking to me. I guess Harry was there with him. I listened in though to see if I could find out what was going on.

N-"(faintly) She must have already found out.

H-"(muffled sound) this is bad (more muffling) she has to believe it was a misunderstanding." I couldn't make out everything Harry said, but it seems he might know why Mary's upset.

B-"Niall? You there?"

N-"Ya love, I'm here. Listen carefully. Has Mary said anything about why she's upset?"

B-"No, she just got mad when we tried to help. It's not a sad upset or a mad upset. It's unique. I've only seen her do this once before when her heart was broken by her highschool sweet heart, Adam." Suddenly it clicked. Harry said something about a misunderstanding and Mary looked heartbroken. Harry did something. I bet he cheated on her like Adam did. How can Niall be friends with someone like him, unless Niall would do it too. No, this is about Mary and Harry. Don't even think those thoughts Brandi. "Niall?"

N-"Yeah, what is it?"

B-"I don't know, why don't you let Harry explain. Let me speak to him." I heard muffled sounds again from the phone switching hands.

H-"Yeah?"

B-"What did you do? Why is Mary heartbroken? You know when you asked her out, Lauren and I had to convince her that you would be good for her. That you would protect her and never hurt her."

H-"Brandi, I-"

B-"Save it Styles. You hurt one of the sweetest and gentlest girls in the world. Are you happy with yourself?" I hung up quickly before throwing my phone down on the bed, picking up a pillow and screaming into it. How could he do this to her after she finally fell in love again for the first time in years? I thought he'd be different. With Adam, Lauren and I knew right away what his relationship with Mary's fate would be. We knew his reputation, but every time we tried to warn Mary, she got mad at us and told us that people deserve second chances and that he deserved forgiveness and that he loved her. But when Mary wouldn't sleep with him, Adam branched out to other girls, leaving Mary in the dust with broken heart by her senior year. They "dated off and on for 3 years until she finally had enough. That was another first for Mary. I head never seen her yell till I walked outside the building at lunch and found Mary yelling at Adam with her fists clenched. I knew Mary was strong. She really is, but she always keeps it inside. She just doesn't use it. I guess he made her blow. The rest of that year, Lauren and I hated Adam even more than before and Mary's wall became taller, only allowing old friends that had always been true, like Lauren and I, inside. I can't imagine what Mary's first year at college has been like. She says she's made friends and gone on a few dates, but hasn't met anyone special. I know Harry's special to her though. She talks about him constantly and stares into space after they have cell phone conversations. I can tell she though he was the one so I can't imagine how hurt she is. Just then Lauren walked back into the room after getting out of the shower.

L-"You think we should go find Mary now?"

B-"Ya, I found out what happened."

L-"What?"

B-"I'm pretty sure Harry cheated on her"

L-"What? That doesn't make any sense. He liked her so much."

B-"Yeah, I thought so too, but I guess he's just another Adam"

L-"Brandi, we can't jump to conclusions or let Mary jump to conclusions. We don't know what the situation was or what really happened."

B-"Are you having one of those 'What would Mary do?" moments?" We have those some times when Mary's not around to show us how to react to something.

L-"Maybe, but that's beside the point. Mary's gonna be hurt by this and we don't want her to hurt if there's not actually something to be hurt about"

B-"I guess, but I mean, there IS something to be hurt about. He CHEATED on her."

L-"We're not sure of that. Lets just go find Mary, calm her down, and figure this out together."

B-"Ok"

L-"K, let's go"