Dreaming With A Broken Heart - (A Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Chapter 17

"Vic! Oh my god! I'm so glad you're home! I've missed you!" Katherine shrieks as I set my luggage down in the living room of our flat.

"Hey, Kat! I missed you too," I say, as I give my best friend a hug.

"How was your trip?" she asks, curiously.

"It was good, for the most part. I got to spend a lot of time with my family, which is the most important thing."

"That's good. I thought you weren't supposed to be back for a few more days?"

"Yeah, well... Some things came up," I answer, picking up my luggage and carrying it to my bedroom.

"Oh, what sorts of things?" Katherine asks, following me to the bedroom.

"Just things. We can talk about it later, but for now, I'm starving."

"Okay, that's good to know because Niall texted me about a half hour ago saying that he's going to come by soon. I'll just text him and tell him to bring some food with him."

"No, don't worry about it. I'll just go to town and get something. I'm sure you two lovers need some time alone."

"Vic, really, you don't have to. It's fine."

"Seriously, it's okay," I smile. "I need to get out and have a walk anyway, especially after that flight."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I'll be back soon," I reply, grabbing a coat from my closet and heading to the front door.

"Okay," I hear Katherine say as I close the door behind me.

Once outside, I grab my phone from my pocket. Scrolling through my contact list, I find the name that I'm searching for and press 'send' as I put the phone up to my ear. As the phone rings, I walk down the stairs of my flat to the sidewalk. Finally, after a few rings, he answers. "Hello?"

"Hey," I smile to myself.

"Vic! What's up?" Ed asks through the phone.

"Not much, I just landed a little while ago. Bout to head out to get some food. Whar are you doing?"

"Eh, nothing really. Just watching Game of Thrones."

"Nice. Well, I was just about to head out to get some food. Are ya hungry?"

"Yeah, I'm always hungry," Ed chuckles. "But why don't you just come over here? I can cook us up some food."

"You sure? I don't want to trouble you with having to cook."

"It's no trouble at all. See you in a few?"

"See you in a few," I agree, ending the phone call.

I slide my phone in my pocket and set off on my walk to Ed's place. As I walk, I feel the cool air hitting my face. This was a nice change. Back in the States it had been warm, I missed the cool London air. A few minutes into my walk, I hear footsteps behind me. My mind starts flashing to every horror movie I've ever seen as if I'm about to be killed. I feel my heart begin to race as I turn around. I jump at the sight of a man dressed in all black. "Didn't mean to startle you," the man says in a very deep voice. I watch as the man raises his left hand. "Just trying to get some pictures of you," he says, showing me his camera.

I sigh in relief that the man wasn't trying to kill me, just snap a few pictures. "Why do you want pictures of me?" I ask the tall, black haired man.

"Everyone wants to know how you're doing since your split with Harry. I was hired by a magazine to get some pictures of you," he says, scratching his beard.