Meeting The Lads

Chapter 17

The whole car ride was filled with explanations to Ebony of what just happened. I feel so done with everything. I know he knew it was coming, he was just too chicken to tell me. We climb out of the car and walk to our room in silence. We still had most of the day ahead of us but I don't really know what she had planned.

"Did you wanna like take a small nap then go downtown and check some stuff out? There's a festival there today." She explains to me.

"That would be great. I need some peace for a bit anyways." I say getting under the covers, closing my eyes and thinking that, well... Hoping that I could go the rest of the day without my mind crashing into thoughts of Harry...

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I jump out of bed after about a half an hour of sleeping, I felt better rested than before but it felt like another day. I find myself in the kitchen before I know, and see Ebony making grilled cheese.

"Yeah, you'll be cooking for now..." I promise, knowing I can't cook barely anything.

"Alright, how was your nap? Start getting ready." She tells me. I nod my head for both of the answers and plug in the hair straightener in the bathroom. I hear the vibration of my phone on the counter and go to check it out. It was Harry. Of course.

'Listen please forgive me. This wasn't meant to happen. I need you with me. Come over please. It's not even that bad.' The phone reads. But it is that bad. Especially when I'm not told. I don't bother answering because he doesn't need my attention. I quickly go over my hair with the straightener and run over to the closet. I throw a pair of jean Hollister shorts and a white crop too with a hot pink tank top for under, on the bed. Ebony catches the corner of my eye and she's fully ready. She's wearing pink shorts and a black top with her brown short boots that I'm in love with. I watch her as she steps into the bathroom and closes it.

I peel off the clothing that I wore to sleep and slip on the cleaner pair for the festival. This day was screwed up already and the only person that could make it worse was Harry. I know the thought was cold, but it was true. I slipped on my grey pair of vans and grabbed my car keys. And put grilled cheese in between the fold of a napkin and bite into it, grabbing a water from the fridge. I take my phone and see a voicemail. The number isn't shown but I listen anyways. " I know, I screwed up everything. I'm a jerk I know. But I need to see you, you're beautiful and I treated you like a piece of shit. I made it look like I didn't give a crap about anything. Please call me back. Please." He begs, it was Harry, he sounded so desperate. So needy in his tone of voice. I yet again ignore but feel guilty this time. Ebony opens the door and lets me out and follows me to my car.

"Might meet some cute guys there huh?" She asks.

"No thanks, I-"

"Oh yeah, you got Harry." She says and cuts me off. I look away and nod my head in a different direction from her face into the elevators mirror. It's not long until we get to the bottom floor and I watch the doors open.we walk to the car in silence and I start driving. Good thing my car has good mileage, it helps.

The festival is full of lights and the sky starts to fade into darkness. The moon shines bright over the downtown area and it looks beautiful. I snap a few pictures from my phone and think about what a bad decision it was to leave my camera at home. Well, hotel room.

"Lets go on that one!" Ebony shouts pointing to a roller coaster. I nod my head and smile. I haven't had fun in a while, and this trip is amazing, other than the thought of the damage Harry has done. We set ourselves into the cart and the ride starts. I just remembered that I have my sunglasses on, they could fall any second now. The winds sweeps through my face and my sunglasses go flying. Ugh.

"WOOHOO!" I yell and raise my hands after we get off of the ride. We keep walking and I get stopped by someone grabbing my arm. I jerk it away and look back. It's a brown haired guy, about my age. He has hazel eyes and is wearing a white T-shirt with black rolled up skinny jeans.

"Hey, I caught your glasses." He says, but it sounds almost impossible to know who they belong to all of the sudden. I look to his hands and take my glasses from him, wow. It is possible.

"Thanks." I say and walk away.

"That was weird..." I say to myself and see Ebony beside me.

"Yeah." She agrees, I look back and see the kid still following me.

"My names Brent by the way, wanna hang out sometime?" He asks. What. The. Hell.

"Uh... Brent? I don't even know you?" I question the desperate boy.

"But, but you could!" He shouts.

"I could if I wanted to, you're a stranger... That's a no no, thanks for the glasses though." I say and roll my eyes, starting to feel uncomfortable by this sweet-looking boy. But it made me think. So was Harry, I didn't know him and then I let him get to know me. And then we DID hangout and we all know what happened there, it wasn't how it should've turned out.

"I'm gonna buy you a lemonade and an elephant ear, we could talk." He offers, well not offers, he tell me.

"Fine. But that's all." I say and he smiles. Ebony follows in line for the food, we take a picnic table towards the set up performing stage, which nobody is at. There isn't really an awkward silence between us, it kind of just went smoothly.

"So.... What have you been doing here in London?" He asks. I try to keep Harry out of the question but it doesn't happen.

"Well, me and Ebony have been going to lots of places, and we met one direction!" I say waving my hands in the air, just remembering that Harry is actually apart of a boyband.

"I saw a pic of Niall and you on twitter not too long ago." He smiles. I look away trying to cover my face, Ebony just glares at the guy.

"Yeah. It was all a mis-"

"You're with Harry now." He cuts me off. What did this guy want from me? How does he know all of this about me?

"No... I'm not. I- I have to go. Bye." I tell him and grab Ebony's hand. I felt very uncomfortable by him and didn't know why he was doing this. We manage to get to the car without him following. I was overly confused at his words and actions. We get back to the hotel and just plan on grabbing some food from the hotel restaurant and eating in our room.

"Hey, Liam wants to take me out tonight" Ebony says.

"Go ahead girl, have fun!" I say to her. I watch as she applies eye shadow to her face.

"Where is he taking you this time?" I ask her.

"I don't know, but he's picking me up in five minutes, so I gotta go!" She rushes her words out and gives me a hug. I hand her a room key and she leaves with a smile. Lucky her, Liam is so good to her. If only Harry was more like him. I turn on the tv turning the channel to E news. I grabbed my phone and checked twitter, it's been a long time since I've been on here. There wasn't much news but I could tell it was begging for some. I find myself sitting on my bed staring into space. Knowing Liam is so much better... kills me, by the fact that Harry is not at all. I slept in, took a nap, an I'm still yet so tired. It's been a long few days. I fall into a great sleep and don't want to ever get up.