You Should Be With Me (Harry Styles Fanfic)

Chapter 36: Fly When You Fall

    I decided to go spend the last 10 minutes of school in the office where I usually was when I was an office aid. I knew it would be better to be there instead of being in a classroom where everyone was talking about the lunch incident. I walked in and saw Zayn's cheek was a bit pink. He also had a bit of red on his knuckles. He had an ice bag on his lap. Had he been in a fight?

"Zayn, what happened?!" I said running to him. I grabbed the bag and put it to his cheek.

"Just got in a tussle," he said calmly.

"With who?"

"Collin. We heard what he did."

"'We' as in you and the other boys? Where did this happen? When?"

 "Yeah, in the field by the soccer goals just about 20 minutes ago."

"Are the rest of the boys o.k.?"

"Yeah, they're fine. Just a few scratches. Collin got beat the most. He deserved it, he had it coming."

"Why'd you do that?!"

"Because, Alannah. He beat you, cheated on you. Overall, he hurt you. We were just standing up for you and showing him a lesson."

"Thanks, but please don't get into trouble just because of me."

"For the record, Harry started it. He was just as furious as me. But Collin said something that made him lose it."

"Do I want to know?"

"No. Just know it was rude, not true, and mean. It got Hazza very angry."

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    When the bell rang, I went straight to see the other boys to see if they were o.k. Amber was there, cleaning Harry's cut on his lip.

"Hey, guys," I said a bit ashamed.

"Hey," they all said standing up, giving me a hug each.

They obviously knew what had happened. They all gave me comforting smiles. Even if they were a bit banged up from the fight.

"Zayn mentioned you guys got in a fight with.. him. Thanks. You didn't have to. But thanks," I said.

"We were all a bit fired up from what happened," Niall said.

"He's a low life," Louis added, putting his ice pack down from his head.

"Harry, here, was the first to beat him. Harry finally gave him what he deserved," said Liam, grabbing Harry's shoulder.

I looked at Harry who just half smiled shyly. I noticed he had a little swell on his lip. I grabbed the ice pack I had in my bag from my lunch.

"Here, let me help," I said, moving Amber to the side.

I placed the pack on Harry's lip. He winced for a bit, then looked up at me. His eyes were sparkling like they had when we almost shared a kiss.

"Oh, wow. Already moved on, Alannah?" I heard Amanda's voice say from behind me.

"Be quiet. You're the tramp who was hooking up with her boyfriend," Zayn said defending me.

"Oh, yeah. Well he's mine now," she said, giving him a passionate kiss after.

I let go of the ice pack and walked away. I felt tears form in my eyes. I walked as fast as I could home.

   During the walk home, all I heard the other walkers talk about was about Collin, Amanda and I. I heard rumors. Some disturbing, some hurtful, some very false. I started crying. I wanted to block them out. I couldn't. I had forgotten my headphones at home. I walked faster, I desperately wanted to get home. Once I got to my street, I ran.

    Once I got in my house, I took Samson from outside. I ran up the stairs with him running behind me. I locked the door to my bedroom and jumped on my bed. Burring my head into my pillow and letting the tears flow. After a while, I just grabbed my pup and hugged him. He licked my tears away. 

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   My mom came home and knocked on my door. I unlocked it and went back to my bed. I fell back with a loud thud to my mattress.

"Hey sweetie. How was school?" she asked.

"I don't wanna talk about it please."

"Must have been a hard day. Anyways, you ready for your trip tomorrow?"

"Just about," I said starring at the ceiling.

I grabbed my phone and turned it on. I had missed calls and texts from the boys. They all said they'd be at Harry's house for a bit. The doorbell rang just as I was about to reply.

"I'll go get it," my mom said walking out of my room.

   As I got up to finish packing, Harry walked into my room. I grabbed all what I needed left and put it in my suit case. Harry stood there quietly. I zipped up my luggage and put the suit case off my bed onto the floor.

"Where's the other boys?" I asked.

"They all went home to pack and spend time with their families before leaving."

"Oh."

"I'm sorry for what happened, Lanna. I wish I could have prevented it."

"It' ok. Your text earlier made me feel better."

He came up to me and hugged me. I felt tears form. They slipped out, and I lost it. Harry just smoothed out my hair. He gave me a strong comforting hug.

"Don't cry. He's not worth it."

"I know, Harry. It's just that, I was so stupid. I should've seen the signs. He was almost always spending time with her. Now I doubt they even had a project to work on."

I just kept crying. The only thing you could hear were my sobs. He sat on my bed, with his back against my head rest. He pulled me towards him. I laid next to him. With my head on my pillow and him hugging me, pulling me into his chest as we laid on my bed.

"Let me tell you a story about a girl and a boy" he began singing.

I heard him unlock his phone. Soon enough, there was a song playing:

I'm here to make you happy

I'm here to see you smile...

Who's gonna make you fall in love?

... You can't fly unless you let yourself fall...

Did you know that it breaks my heart

Everytime that I see you cry?

He was singing Fall by Justin Bieber. I felt myself slip away into sleep. Harry's voice always comforted me. I was happy to have him around. He was into Amber though. I was happy I was going to spend time with him in London though. I felt him kiss my forehead. Next thing I knew, it was Saturday morning. I thought about how Harry sang me to sleep. You can't fly unless you let yourself fall, I thought.