The ODD Couple

7. Rejected

HARRY

@ saschabrew-
NO!

I'd been sitting and staring at the words on my screen for the past 5 minutes with Liam in turn looking at me curiously. I shrugged him off and left the room.

Had she just said no to meet me? Me? Harry Styles?
Don't people just get overly excited to meet 1D?

Then again, she wasn't just any other girl. She was a friend. One who had made a decision. A decision that actually hurt.

What did she actually think about me even though she accepted me as a friend? The thought itself sort of hurt and sat deep within. Sometimes, we think we know ourselves too well, but we actually don't.

Not wanting to delve more into it and doubting my awesomeness, I shut my phone and went about my normal duties.
Off to the interview.

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SASCHA

When he said he wanted to meet me, I was just blown away by the simple request. I know it wasn't something huge to do for him. He was just meeting someone unknown to the rest of the world.

But me? My mind was in overdrive. I was just an ordinary girl who had a chance conversation with one of the world's biggest popstars.
I was just plain lucky. I didn't work hard for it.

What about all of those people who wanted to be so close to him but cannot? Even after all the trouble they take?

Does he consider me as a friend because I don't take the effort at all?!
Will he still consider me as a friend after this rejection?

Saying no to him actually hurt. How could I be so bad to a friend? Did I even consider him as a friend?

Why did I go onto defensive when I thought about him as a friend? Why did I want to run away the moment he asked me to meet him?

Because your and his worlds are different Sasch.

It was true. We were just online buddies. Who wouldn't and couldn't go ahead. It would bring our disastrously different worlds together. Those that cannot be aligned even for the sake of friendship.

It would have it's repercussions. He would be seen with an anonymous girl. The headlines would go all the way to capture me. The tabloids would go one step further and research into my history.

No it would be too much to bear. I still had a boyfriend I very much loved. He couldn't be put through all this how much ever he didn't seem to care. There was no reason to meeting Harry Styles.

So the decision had been made.

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HARRY

@ harrystyles -
Are you sure about that? You don't wanna meet the fabulous me?

I had to play it cool. I couldn't let her know it affected me in any way. She was just a normal girl who wasn't allowed to have any power over the way I feel.

@ saschabrew -

Sorry Mr. Fabulous. But I can't meet you.

She said can't. Not don't. What did that mean?

@ harrystyles -
Can't meet me? What does that mean?

I waited for exactly 3 whole minutes before she replied.

@ saschabrew -
It meant the same as don't wanna meet.

Seriously? She thinks I'm a 21 year old fool?

@ harrystyles -
You and I both know that's not the truth.

@ saschabrew -
For once, let's pretend it is. I'm protecting myself.

@ harrystyles -
Protecting? From what?

@ saschabrew -
From you!

Two simple words. But they had already done the damage. She was protecting herself from me. Protecting? Was I a storm that would have wrecked her life?

@ harrystyles -
Why do you need to protect yourself from me? What the hell girl? Why did you say yes to being my friend then?

This girl was getting on my nerves

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SASCHA

This boy was getting on my nerves.
Was he so perfectly dumb?
Couldn't he understand we were so different?

Couldn't he understand the extent to which my life would get affected by taking such a big step? Didn't he realise the magnitude to which his status would affect me?

@ harrystyles -
You're a 20 year old Sascha Brewston.
You can decide for yourself.

@ saschabrew -
I can't meet you. That's a final decision. I don't wanna take the friendship to the next level. I can be your online buddy. That's all.

@ harrystyles -
Yeah fine.

Just two words. But they had already done the damage. He wouldn't even take the effort to know what was going on with me?
God! Boys are so difficult.

How did a simple request turn so ugly a fight?

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HARRY

Even though she didn't say it, I know she was affected by my status. Ultimately I couldn't protect this simple friendship from my humongous status.

I couldn't show myself affected anyways. I could've asked her what went wrong and yet I couldn't. Harry Styles shouldn't be bothered about a simple rejection. Had it been sex it would've been an entire different ballgame.

Well that reminds me, I need to get a distraction. Maybe tonight's party would work for the best.

Glancing down one last time at my phone, I was left wondering how did such a simple request turn into such ugly a fight.

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Well, this is sad. I hate fights.

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