My Boyfriend's Best Friend

Chapter 9

"Wait," he said turning back around. "This probably sounds crazy but, I think I still love you," Niall said.

"What? No, you can't. You-"

"I know what I did and I'm sorry it was stupid but you have to believe me. When I just kissed you I felt something. It wasn't very big but it was there," he said. He felt it too? I wasn't just imagining things?

"Well it doesn't matter because I'm dating Harry and I love him," I said.

"Julia, I fucked up and I know that but you have to give me another chance," Niall begged.

"That's where you're wrong. I don't have to do anything for you. Now please just leave," I said walking past him and into my living room hoping that he wouldn't carry on this discusion in front of my parents.

"I'll call you later," he said giving me a quick hug before saying goodbye to my parents and finally leaving.

"So how's my baby been since we last talked?" My dad asked once Niall was gone.

"I've been good daddy. How have you been?" I asked.

"Great, I was actually planning on having you come out to see me. I have a nice little apartment by Santa Monica beach. You can see the pier from the balcony," he said bragging about his new living arrangements. My dad was always moving so this came as no surprise to me.

"It sounds lovely, I hope I can visit soon," i said.

"I would love that darling. You could even bring Niall, he seems like a very nice young boy," he said. My stomach churned at his words and I was glad that he couldn't tell that I was feeling uneasy.

"Yeah he's great," I lied. I couldn't possibly mention to my dad all he'd put me through lately.

"Well, I'm glad you have someone like him in your life. Someone who will treat you right. He's a keeper," my dad said. I mentally scoffed. I decided to ignore his comment and change the subject.

"How long are you staying?" I asked.

"Unfortunately not very long. I have to leave tomorrow morning because I have to get back to work," he replied.

"Oh, I wish you could stay longer," I said. Not only did I miss my dad, but I also needed a distraction from my love life.

"So do I honey," he said.

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I sat on the couch next to my dad and put on the movie we decided to watch, Love Actually. I'd never seen it before but I remember Harry telling me about it. It was on Netflix so I figured it couldn't hurt.

Within the first few minutes I fell asleep. The movie wasn't boring I just had so much going on that I didn't have enough energy to keep my eyes open. I felt bad because my dad and I were supposed to be spending time together while he was here and I fell alseep on him.

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When I woke up the next morning my dad was gone and I had several texts from Harry. I didn't read them and I just called him instead.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hey," I said.

"Niall told me what happened last night. Why?" Harry asked. I could hear that he wsa hurt and I wondered exactly what Niall told him.

"I'm sorry babe, I didn't kiss him I swear he kissed me. We were talking  and I thanked him for brining my dad home and then he kissed me. I wasn't expecting it," I said.

"That's not what Niall told me," Harry said. A frown formed on my face as my brain thought up all the things that Niall could have said to make Harry want to end things with me.

"What did he say?" I asked.

"He said that after you found out that he brought your dad home you were all over him like you guys never even broke up," he said.

"That's not true. I may have been excited but all I did was hug him and that was after a long conversation in which he practically begged for my forgiveness. He came on to me and I stopped it as soon as I could and told him to go home," I said. The line was quiet for a long time. "Harry?" I asked. If he didn't believe me I didn't know what I was going to do.

"Can I come over?" Harry questioned. I was confused but I agreed.

"Yeah sure when?" I asked.

"I'll be there in 15 minutes," he said .

"Alright," I said. I hung up the phone and went to my room.

I wasn't even going to bother with a change of clothes or make-up. While trying to keep myself intertained during the longest fifteen minutes of my life I texted my dad to make sure that he's okay.

"Hey daddy! How's the flight? Text me when you land! xx"

"It's great and I definitely will my love. I hope to see you again soon." 

"Me too!!"

That took up a good five minutes so for the rest of the time I layed on my bed comtemplating who Harry was going to believe about last night. A knock on the door broke me from my thoughts.

"Hi," I said shyly as I opened the door for Harry. I didn't know what kind of mood he was in but it didn't look like he slept very well last night.

"Hey," he mumbled.

"You can come in," I said gesturing for him to come inside. Harry nodded and stepped inside.

"So why did you need to come over?" I asked.

"Do you love me?" Harry questioned taking me by surprise.

"Of course I do," I said. Harry and I had only been dating for a week and a half but I new there was something really special between us.

"Did you kiss him?" he asked.

"No he kissed me and then I pulled away," I said explaining myself for the second time today. Harry took a while to respond to me. "Ae you mad at me?" I asked.

"No, I just don't know what to think. I don't see why Niall would lie to me because he should know that even if we aren't dating that he's probably not getting you back. But then I don't see why you would kiss him after what he did," he said.

"Why would I lie to you? If I kissed him I would have told you," I said.

"This is hard for me because even though he did do some really fucked up things, Niall's my best friend so I don't know what to believe," he said.

I didn't know what is was but something strong came over me.

"Are you serious? Even after what he did to me you'd still believe him over me? Your girlfriend? Why would I kiss him? Up until last night I wouldn't even talk to him. If you find it so hard to believe me then I think you should just go," I said. Tears were brimming in my eyes daring to spill over.

"Julia it's not like that I just--"

"If you can't trust me then I can't date you so make up your mind," I said.

"It's not that easy," Harry argued.

"Then go. I don't want you here," I said running off to my room and letting the tears fall down.

[Hey! Sorry I haven't been updating I'm going to try to update a lot over winter break but I can't promise it will happen. Please vot and comment!! Thanks for reading, I love you all]