These Things Take Time.

Chapter 25

Ness POV

I'm walking down the path to get home, next to Harry. I look up at him just to smile, I never in a million years thought I could be with someone who is so..so..

Before I can finish the sentence in my head, a loud slam rings at my right ear. I shoot my head up and glance at Niall who is as red as dawn. Not in a good way. Harry looks at me for assurance to let go and run to him, I nod and run up with him.

"What's wrong?" Harry places his large palm on Niall's shoulder, he moves his shoulder in a circular motion to shuffle Harry's hand off.

"What happened in there?" I ask hoping it isn't bad.

"They were right." He whispers under his breath. I look at Harry and mouth 'Who?' He shrugs and I look back at Niall.

"Who? What's going on?" Harry asks my question.

"I need to get out of here." He hops in his car and speeds off leaving Harry on the sidewalk in silence. I look up at him, he's just staring at the road, probably wondering what the heck happened.

I finally decide to run inside to see what happened. The door handle is loose from the slam, I creep through the door scared of what to find. In my surprise, the house is perfect, but when my eyes detect something, I turn my head and see Jasmine sitting on the couch.

"Jasmine? What happened?" I crouch down in front of her and place my hands on her knees, Harry walks in and notices Jasmine as well.

"I didn't get to explain."

"Explain what?" Harry kindly butts into the conversation. Jasmine turns her head to him and a tear rolls down her face. If she was acting, she would get an Oscar.

"I.........I can't." She whimpers and splashes her head onto her weak hands. This is bad.

"It goes back to June...this girl named Katie, she tried to make a deal with Jasmine. If Jasmine took Niall to Nick's, the girl would give her 100 dollars." I explain.

"It was 1000...." She whispers in her palms.

"We'll you didn't agree to it.....right?" God boys are clueless...why else would Niall be mad.

"She didn't. But Jasmine, she kind of forgot I guess....and she took him to Nick's." You can't blame her, Nick's is really good. It's probably the only fancy fancy restaurant in our town. "Jasmine said Katie tried giving her the money but she didn't want it, the girl dropped the money and when Niall was coming back she kind of freaked and picked it up."

"Oh." Is all he says, which leaves the room in an awkward silence. "Did he give you anytime to explain?"

"Yeah....but he found the fucking money first instead of letting me explain and then....yeah." The curled up ball manages to get out.

"This may sound pretty rude, but your making a big deal out of nothing. Niall wouldn't give up that easy. He really likes you. Give him a chance to cool off and then explain." I try my best to sound comforting.

"She's right. He really does like you." Harry adds in, I look up at him and smile. I'm glad he's here to help, how else would I get Jasmine to cheer up if I didn't have confirmation.

"Thank you. But what if he doesn't believe me, and thinks I'm lying?" Her voice whines, giving a warning that tears might come.

"I will talk to him. Don't worry about that, just when you explain, tell him the complete truth." Harry commands and Jasmine nods.

I tell Jasmine to clean herself up and rest. She can't stay up all night. After she heads to bed, I walk over to Harry who is now sitting down on the couch. He's so dashingly handsome, it's crazy. When I was younger I liked straight hair, barley tall, dark skinned boys. And Harry is different...