Graceful Departure// Harry Styles Fan Fiction

Chapter Eleven

I got up from the pew after sitting in the empty church for a few hours. I had just sat there in the seat I had taken for the funeral thinking things over in my head. I yearned to have Louis next to me telling me an awful joke that only he laughed at but instead there was an eerie silence filling the large stone building. As I got up I heard the door open and Jennifer stepped inside. Her eyes were still swollen and red from all the crying she had done but she still looked beautiful in the tight black dress she had worn.

“You were brilliant today.” She said quietly when I reached her in the middle of the room. I tried to smile but I knew it hadn’t quiet made it. She took my hand and we walked out into the grave yard. “The song was beautiful.” She whispered when we sat down on a bench near Louis and Samantha’s grave. “I know it meant a lot to his dad that you had music in the funeral. I don’t know how you boys got through the song. I broke down.”

“It was our first song together. We had to do it.” I replied, looking down at the freshly made grave stones. A tear fell down my face and Jennifer sat up right and wiped the tear away.

“You’re not alone Harry.” She whispered before kissing me on the cheek gently. I looked her in the eyes and mouthed her thank you before getting up and walking to my car. I couldn’t deal with anyone right now. I just wanted to be with Grace.

When I got home I saw that Johanna was already there looking after Grace so I went into the music room and closed the door shut so they wouldn’t be able to hear me and began playing the piano. The tune that came out was ‘Come Home’ by One Republic. My voice was breaking at every word I sung, but it felt good to get it out.

Hello world, hope you’re listening

Forgive me if I’m young, for speaking out of turn.

There someone I’ve been missing,

I think that they could be the better half of me.

They’re in the wrong place trying to make it right 

but I’m tried of justifying

So I say to you

Come Home, Come Home.

Because I’ve been waiting for you for so long, so long.

And right now there’s a war between the vanities

But all I see is you and me.

The fight for you is all I’ve ever known.

So come home.

My hands stopped playing and wiped away the tears from my face. I took a deep breath and got up to see Jennifer in the door way. She took the seat I had been sitting on and began to play the song again.

I get lost in the beauty

Of everything I see

The world ain’t as half as bad

As they paint it to be

If all the sons

If all the daughters

Stopped to take it in

Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin

It might start now..Yeah

Well maybe I’m just dreaming out loud

Until then

Come home

Come home

Cause I’ve been waiting for you

For so long

For so long

And right now there’s a war between the vanities

She sighed and looked me straight in the eye to sing the next few lines before dropping them to look back at the piano keys again.

But all I see is you and me

The fight for you is all I’ve ever known

Ever known, So come home

Everything I can’t be

Is everything you should be

And that’s why I need you here

Everything I can’t be

Is everything you should be

And that’s why I need you here

So hear this now

Come home

Come home

Cause I’ve been waiting for you

For so long

For so long

And right now there’s a war between the vanities

But all I see is you and me

The fight for you is all I’ve ever known, Ever known

So come home, Come home

She got up from the piano and took a few steps towards me, placing one of her hands on my chest as the other snaked it way up my neck till it was resting on my cheek and leaned closer to my face.

“I miss you.” She whispered before pecking my lips lightly. Her hand slid up from my chest and wrapped around my neck pulling me closer to her. She began kissing me passionately trying to make me follow her to the piano stool but I did nothing. Barely kissed her back. I had wanted to do this with her for so long but right now it didn’t feel right. She was just upset about everything. I pushed her away gently and looked at her red, swollen face. 

“You don’t want to do this.” I said quietly. “You’re only here for Grace.” I turned around and closed the door behind me to see Johanna asleep on the sofa with Grace in her arms. I leaned down and picked Grace up with one hand and pulled a blanket over Johanna with my free hand. ”Come on you. Let’s go have a play.”