Real (Niall Horan Love Story)

Love Triangle-Chapter 21

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys! So what do you think? Zayn came back? Liam's tetnus?? Whats next??

-HARRY'S POV-

  I hadn't seen Christie since the night Lou went out with Morgan and it worried me. She had acted pretty strange that night. She was texting all through dinner and even stepped out for about an hour on the phone. I managed to catch a glimpse of her screen at one point and saw the text was from a "Jared<33333". Who was this guy? It couldn't be her boyfriend could it? I mean, she was rather flirty with me and agreed to come on the date....

  I had to talk to her about this. If she had a boyfriend, I would have to be the gentleman and give her up. Give her up. I couldn't do that! How could I just walk away from Christie? Every time I looked into her eyes my heart skipped a beat. How would I even begin to bring this up? Let alone walk away if she was dating someone! I would have to use the time away from the hospital to get her alone. I pulled my phone from my pocket and dialled her number.

Two rings.

"Hello?" She was whispering, almost trying not to be heard.

"Christie? It's Harry."

"Hey...um, what's up?" She was still whispering. I heard a voice in the background. "Yeah it's just...family stuff. Be there in a second." Who was she talking to and why was she lying.

"Family stuff?" I questioned.

"Yeah..I'm um..a-at a friend's house. What do you want? Something wrong with Liam." There definitely was something wrong with Liam, but I wasn't going to get into that.

"No, I-I just needed to talk to you about something."

"I'm kinda busy.." She was still whispering.

"Yeah o-okay...um, how 'bout you come over tonight? To the hotel?" I needed to get her alone.

"I'll see if I can. I gotta go Haz, see you later?" I loved it when she called me that.

"Ok Christie." Then there was a beep. Looks like this was going to be an interesting night.

-CHRISTIE'S POV-

"Hey babe, who was that?" I had been at Jared's when Harry called me. Of all times the two were always talking to me when I was with the other. This is getting bad,I almost called Jared "Harry" today. I had to tell Harry tonight, I can't go on with this. I just hope he doesn't hate me. I really care about him. And I also really care about Jared. I don't know when I'll tell Jared but I will have to eventually.

"Just a friend." I covered. Wait, I had said it was a family problem. Jared looked at me slightly confused. "A family friend."

"Well what was the problem?"

"Nothing major." Would he just leave it alone. I cuddled up into him as he flipped on the game. My mind drifted to how I was going to tell Harry. I should have told you earlier, I'm sorry...Harry I have a boyfriend. No....guess I'll just have to wing it.

The game ended I said goodbye with a rather long goodnight kiss.

"Text me when you get home, so I don't worry." Jared had no idea that I knew the boys, though his sweet gesture made my mind go back to Liam, then to Harry. Focus Christie.

"Will do." I gave him one last peck before heading to my car. This was going to be a long night.

    -ONE HOUR LATER-

I had changed into some nicer clothes, hoping to get rid of the scent of Jared's cologne before I headed to Harry's hotel. Looking myself once more in the mirror, I headed down the stairs. As I reached the small living room, my father jumped up out of his place in the recliner.

"Hey darlin!"

"Hey?.." I said unsure. My father sounded unusually happy.

"Where are you going?" My cheeks flushed. He knew about me and Jared. He also knew I was friends with Harry, but if I told him that was where I was heading, well, let's just say, he isn't dumb.

"Madi's." I lied.

"Oh, you going to check up on Liam?" He also knew about that.

"Yeah."

"Well why don't you sit down for a second." I slowly lowered myself to the sofa, eyeing my father suspiciously. He sat back down on the recliner, smiling like it hurt.

"What's going on?"

"Well, me and your mother noticed you seemed a little stressed lately." It was true, between Liam and this love triangle between Harry and Jared, I was starting to get grey hairs.

"Yeah?..."

"And we decided that instead of sitting around here, we would get out. Explore the world!" What the hell was he talking about.

"What."

"We're going on a cruise!"