MINE

Chapter 21

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I wiped away the few leftover tears and stared into the distance. The cool night breeze gushed past me, reminding me of the horrific beginning of the year. All of a sudden, I felt a water droplet on my shoulder.

Great, just great!

Out of all the times, it had to start raining now?

The rain soon turned heavy and carried away my tear droplets with it. It actually felt good, but the fresh memory of Harry's lips on mine overtook it.

Suddenly a hand tapped me on my shoulder and I jumped at the sudden contact. I turned around to see the cute, Irish boy standing there. Water dripped down his forehead and then down from the bridge of his nose.

"What're you doing here?" He screamed over the loud tip tapping of the rain.

Just as he asked the question, it struck me. What the hell was I doing out here, mourning over a sick bastard?

Yeah well, Harry just kissed me, so I'm thinking about that.

No....not the right thing to say.

"Just came out here for fresh air when it started raining," I made up an excuse instead.

"Whatever. Will you come in now?" He asked, shielding his head from his hands.

"Hmm," I hummed and followed him inside the house. Niall closed the door behind me and turned to me. I looked ahead to see everything the same. The cool AC air surrounded the room, making me shudder.

"Happy new year darling," Anna greeted, hugging me from behind but immediately retracted.

"Oh god, why are you dripping wet?" She asked me, her face scrunched on confusion.

"Because I got wet in the rain," I shrugged as the others appeared behind my best friend.

"Happy new year!" All of them chorused and I beamed at them. They knew how to make me happy even after that horrendous incident.

"Happy new year," I murmured.

I scanned through my friends. All of them were there, except Styles. Huh, why was I even finding him? Of course he won't be here and I was cool with it, anyway I wasn't in the best mood to see him.

"Where's Harry?" Zayn questioned all of us and I groaned internally. Why ask about him now?

"I don't know," Liam shrugged, unsure of where was his friend.

"Shouldn't we find him? Its already time to leave," Avery suggested, looking at her watch and they all nodded.

"Let's split up then. Its such a big house, he could be anywhere," Ainsley ordered.

All the lads paired up with their girlfriends. Just as I was about to back out, Niall chimed in, "I and Camilla will check the upper floor,"

I glared at him with annoyance clearly written on my face. He just gave me a blank expression, making my annoyance grow.