Me Or Him [Harry Styles Fanfiction]

Chapter Two

I slept with him. It was a lack of judgement on my part and I honestly don't know what it means. As James slept soundly beside me, I couldn't help but think how much of a mess I made myself. Was this a sign that I forgave him? It didn't feel like it. It felt dirty.

We made a real connection last night after talking about our feelings. Our feelings in him cheating on me, I had to remind myself. And one thing led to another, I'm in our bed, naked, beside him.

I slipped out of bed and took my time in dressing myself. I quietly made my way around the room to pick up all the evidence of last night's events as well, just in case his grandmother decided to peek in after I leave.

It was embarrassing doing the walk of shame out of our bedroom this morning as his family was sitting in the kitchen enjoying their breakfast. They were shocked, to say the least.

"Annabelle!" His grandmother widened her eyes and set down her coffee on the island. "What a surprise! So good to see you again." She then rushed over to me and gave me a light hug. She pulled back, keeping her hands firmly on on upper arms to take a look at me. "Looking lovely as ever."

Thankfully I live here so I had everything I needed to get ready this morning. That is a lot better than walking out with last night's makeup and clothes.

"Good to see you too." I offered her a smile. I then looked at John. "Good Morning." I greeted.

He nodded as a greeting and took a sip of his coffee. "How is everything, Ann?"

I slept with my cheating fiance, your son, after a heart felt night because I'm weak. How do you think? "All is well." I chuckled nervously.

"Well, Dear, let's not just stand here. I made breakfast! Come join us." She insisted, letting go of me and gesturing for me to follow her into the kitchen.

"Thank you, Charlene, really, it smells so good." I dramatically emphasized the 'o' in 'so'. "But I'm already running late to work and I can't miss another second."

"That's okay Dear. We will just see you tonight then." Charlene smiled reassuringly at me. Tonight? Oh, no. They must think...

"Oh, um, actu-"

"We were actually thinking of going down town tonight for dinner. Since non of us have been able to catch up." John added. "it would be nice, don't you think?"

I gave a tight smile. "Yes. That sounds nice." This was definitely a mistake.

I gave each of them a hug goodbye and as I made my way to Charlene, she pulled me in real tight and whispered in my ear. "I'm glad we had that talk the other day, Ann."

I pulled away and gave her the best smile I could muster despite the earring dread filling my stomach.

I left the house before anyone else could say another word to me. I had no answers for them and I definitely couldn't act like everything was fine. I especially didn't want to be there when James' woke up. I had nothing to say to him as of right now other than the not-so-obvious thought that we are not okay.

I made it to work early. Despite my excuse of running late, I was no where near the dead-line of being late to work. I just needed to get out of there.