Cute as a Button - Harry Styles

Chapter 4 ~ what are friends for?

Lydia's POV:

I read the text and chucked the phone down on the seat next to me. It carried on pinging as Ryan sent message after message.

I ignored them all and dug my nails into my palms to hold the tears back. 2 years we had been together, 2 whole years of wonderful memories and joy, now what?

They probably meant nothing to him, was he fucking someone else the whole time, even when he told me he loved me.

I couldn't process this, he told me I was everything to him, when we moved into together, he was my first and my only. God knows how many women he has been with but I always thought I was special to him. Obviously not.

I ran off the bus when it finally pulled up on Lizzie's road, I ran off and rang the doorbell impatiently.

I needed to see my best friend, she's the only one who I can be myself around and she'll know how to make things right.

Lizzie's POV:

"I'll get it mum" I yelled as I skidded along the floor to answer the door, I hoped it was no one important as I was wearing my little shorts, old t-shirt and my long blonde hair was pulled up in a messy bun.

I opened the door and saw my girl Lydia, something bad had happened, it was written all over her face, I knew this girl like the back of my hand.

But since she started living with Ryan I haven't seen her that much lately...he keeps her pretty much to himself...

"Lyds what's wrong?!" I throw my arms around her and pull her into the hallway. "What happened?"

"Ryan...he..he" she sniffled. I could tell this was a big deal, she normally kept her Ryan thoughts to herself and I didn't pry and I didn't tell her I thought he was a giant prick...

"Mum" I called, "it's only Lyds!" she ran down the stairs and pulled her into a hug the way Lydia's own mother would and stroked her hair as she let the tears out, hiding her face in my mums shoulder.

I grabbed her hand when she was released from my mum and pulled her upstairs.

"2 spoons and a big ice cream tub please." I shouted down toward the kitchen.

Once we were in my room we sat on my double bed, Lydia hugging my pillow, I said, "talk to me, what's happened?"

"Ryan...Starbucks..car...locked... cheated." All her words fell out in a jumble and she burst into tears. I pieced together the bits of what I could hear through her tears and held her hand whilst my best friend cried over someone she loved.

Lydia's POV:

It was so comforting to be at Lizzie's, it was my second home really and I just let it all out. Lizzie stayed with me all night and looked after me while I cried.

She was the best friend I could ask for, once I explained to her what happened, I saw her shoulders tense, she had always been protective of me since we were little even though we were the same age, it was just the way things were.

"I'll kill him." Lizzie muttered under her breath.

"Fucking prick thinks he can get away with sleeping with whoever he likes, well I'll tell him." she threatened.

"Lizzie calm down, it's okay."

"You know it's fucking well not okay Lydia, what he did was so wrong." She said angrily.

"You can't just be hurt and not let him pay for it. Don't be such a pushover." She paced up and down her bedroom floor.

In spite of everything I smiled at my best friends reaction, she was amazing.

"Why are you smirking at me like that?!" She asked. "I'm only telling you the right thing to do!!" She started laughing too when she heard the words come out of her mouth.

She pulled me into a hug. "Love you Lyds" she murmured.

"Love you more." I replied.

"Let's watch a film and finish off this ice cream yeah?" I nodded in reply and we snuggled down in the bed as she switched on our all time favourite film 'Mean Girls'.

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My alarm on my phone rang and I turned over to reach for my phone before realising it wasn't in its usual place. I sat up and moved Lizzie's arm that was draped over me.

I padded across the carpet and picked it up off the floor where I must have left it last night.

I checked the time, 7:30. "SHIT" I yelped. I ran over to Lizzie,

"Lizzie get up!! I have to be at work in half an hour!! Gimme some clothes!! She shook me off and so I pushed her out of bed and then ran in the shower.

After a 2 second shower I tugged on some of Lizzie's sweats, I couldn't be bothered with anything more and anyway I was going to be given an outfit when I got there.

I looked in the mirror and nearly passed out when I saw the state of my hair and face. "OHMIGOD, how am I gonna fix this?!"

"Don't worry I'll do your hair and you for your face." Lizzie commented. She pulled my hair back into a bun whilst I put some blusher on my cheekbones and some coppery eyeshadow on my eyelids.

"Fabulous" Lizzie exclaimed. "shut up." I said pushing her out the way as I ran down the stairs. I grabbed a coffee and ran out the door.

I just made the bus and fell into the chair. I pulled out my phone and saw 25 messages and calls from Ryan. I deleted every single one. He had left a hole in me and he thought a couple of sorry's would make it heal?! Lizzie was right, he doesn't deserve it.

I was so lost in my thoughts about Ryan and the whole fucked up situation that I nearly missed my stop.

I walked into the studio and saw 1D in their dressing rooms with their stylists. I turned the corner to my own room and accidentally bumped into Harry.

I didn't realise at first and then I saw the coffee on the floor. "Sorry sorry." i said quickly. "That's okay, doesn't matter," he grinned, I smiled and then stopped remembering Ryan...

Harry's POV:

I bumped into Lydia on my way to my dressing room. She was so lost in her thoughts that she barely registered me.

She was so pretty, I would normally have said HOT, but she was different, more natural and soft.

When her eyes met mine, I saw a sadness that wasn't their yesterday and the tired look on her face along with the dark bags under her eyes all showed the signs that something had happened, I bet it was that prick Ryan... I had to find out.





HEYY lovelies!! Did you like it?! How will Harry find out about Lydia and Ryan? What will he do?!

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