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Friends

Virginie's Point Of View

October 7th

It's been two days since I last saw Harry. Two horrible long days. He was flying to Glasgow today.

I got through another challenging week and knowing he will be out of town will motivate me to do my readings tomorrow. I'll get them all done so I can surprise him and drive to Birmingham on Friday. For now, I get ready to go to bed early since I haven't slept that much lately. I take a quick shower and when I get back to my room I see a missed call from home on Skype. I pick a pyjama and dress to call them back.

Mommie answers and she looks desperately happy to see me. It only has been a few days... She asks me how I am and how I feel. She looks very worried and it freaks me out.

"Qu'est-ce qui se passe Maman?" I ask her scared that someone might have died or something.

"Es-tu toujours avec Harry?" She asks me out of the blue about Harry and I still being together. "Il y a une entrevue sur Internet Virginie et des vidéos..."

I ask her to wait and click on the link she sends me. I play the video and smile at the sight of the boys. It was Sunday, Harry was wearing that black shirt. He looked so good. He looks tense though and Liam answers most of the questions. What is wrong with them? I suddenly get sick to my stomach. What happened to them to be this down when they seemed so happy on stage that night? The conversation softly drifts to my angel. About me!? The journalist talks about a video and pictures. I press pause and open another tab to Google... Me? Us? "Harry's Girlfriend" I write. Lots of pictures. Taylor and all of her perfection and somewhere in between, there's me. Me leaving his home, in his car, at the show backstage kissing him in a very bad resolution it could have been anybody, but I recognize my school sweater and pictures of us kissing at the karaoke. There are pictures of Harry wearing my sweater at Holmes Chapel proving everything.  I click on the link to see the video. This is bad... Not for myself but for him... But why is it bad for him?! He never talks about it... I save the video on my laptop, the video is really funny. We really had fun. I'm glad it happened. It was one of the best night of my life by far.

I close the tab to watch the interview where I left it. I press play and watch Harry closely as he is about to speak.

"Well someone is being very silent... Harry? How about you? We've seen pictures around the Internet, fans are going crazy. I have to ask! Who is she? Is she your girlfriend?" The journalist asks eager for a scoop.

"She's a dear friend of us, a really nice girl..." Liam says looking quickly at Harry. I smile at the screen, he's so sweet.

"Well we've seen the video and we've seen the pictures from last week's show too, she seems more than just a friend... Unless you like to kiss all your friends Harry?" The journalist jokes, but I see Harold's jaw getting tense, but he keeps a cool face. I hate this journalist, it's not his damn business!

"I think I can just say that, hum, we all got to hang out yesterday and had fun, but hum... Yeah, we had maybe too much to drink... But yeah, she's a dear friend..." I see him mumbling following Liam's lead shaking. It must be from anxiety. It's OK baby, you did what you had to do...

"So you're denying there's anything between you two..." He adds not believing anything he said. What a rat this interviewer, it's not even journalism, it's harassment!

"Yeah... She's just someone I like to hang out with..." Harold mumbles getting all the hair on my body to stand in a wave of chills.

What did he just say!? Is that really what he thinks of me? Just somebody to kill time with, his little toys when he needs it? "She's just someone I like to hang out with..." I repeat in my head... Just! It feels like a dagger through my heart. Our weekend was literally perfect and I find out he maybe doesn't even love me... He just likes hanging out!