kilby girl [hs]

chapter 21

Harry Styles

It's been a little more than a day since Levi's showed me the new song she'd written. I can't say I'm surprised by the shit Tate pulled with her.

But that doesn't mean that what he said to my girl didn't keep me up last night. I mean what the fuck? He already got punched for bringing up her personal shit in front of me. Does the fucker not learn?

After I went home last night I talked to my mum. I needed advice and I didn't know where else to go or who else to talk to. I asked her what to do about whatever it is I feel towards Levi.

"I don't think it's healthy for her to be put in all these situations by herself." Is what my mum told me after I explained to her what happened between Tate and Levi at the diner.

I obviously know it's not healthy but there's nothing I can do about it. I constantly ask her to tell me when she is unsafe but she's too scared to ask for help from me because it makes her feel like a burden. I wish I could show her there was nothing to be scared of. Yesterday was better though. She was honest when I asked her if she wanted to talk and that's all I could've asked for.

This morning I woke up to a text from Zayn telling me Niall is free to practice today. I'm excited to potentially have another member in the band, I feel like it will elevate our sound a fuck ton and really bring us alive.

That brings me to now, leaning against a wall in Drew's garage waiting for Niall. Drew's garage looks nothing like it used to when we were younger. When we started our band Drew's parents immediately jumped at the chance to convert their garage into a mini practice studio for us all to use.

"Harry, are you sure about this?" Drew asks me from her spot on the red leather couch. "A whole other person in the band? What if he's a total dick?"

"It'll be fine, might take some time getting used to it but Niall seems like a good guy. He'll fit right in, and if you don't like him say the word and he's out." I assure her.

Zayn walks up to the couch to lay beside her, putting his head in her lap. Them being all PDA in front of me is still something I'm getting used to. Kind of makes me wanna throw up because I see them as my family and them together weirds me out but I've sorta gotten a little more used to it.

"How are you feeling about the song?" Levi speaks up from the carpet covered floor where she sits with my guitar in her lap as she switches from plucking at the strings to running her finger along the outline of the few stickers covering the surface.

"I love it." Drew smiles. "I'm a little nervous though, I've never had a solo song, I'm usually just back up vocals." She furrows her eyebrows as she plays with Zayn's hair.

"Don't worry about it,you'll be fine." I tell Drew before making my way over to Levi, sitting on the ground beside her so I can see what she's up to. "Whatcha doing?" I bump my shoulder against hers.

"Figuring out how I want your parts to sound." Levi says, still concentrating on the guitar in her hands. "Listen to this." She tells me before playing a riff. The notes flow magically together and both mine, Drew and Zayn's head peel up at the sound.

"Levi that's-" My praise is cut off when the side door opens, "Niall!" Zayn exclaims as he gets up from Drew's lap, the rest of use quickly following him to greet Niall ourselves.

Zayn gives Niall a quick hug before Drew and I introduce ourselves "I'm Harry." I shoot him a tight lipped smile and shake his hand. "And I'm Drew." Drew speaks up from beside me to shake Niall's hand.

"Niall," He nods, "You guys are killing it right now. I heard you played at Vera on Halloween, it was sick."

"Thanks mate, we're hoping we'll walk out our next show with a record deal in the works. There'll be a few producers scattered about the audience so we gotta step it up."