Who Won The Girl (Harry Styles)

Chapter 37

[Ross' P.O.V]

''Wait!'' I chase Mai after a couple of seconds of her leaving.

''Stop walking, wait!'' I yell again and this time she stops. 

''What?'' She huffs.

''You told Molly something.'' I confess out of breath. In those few seconds she left, I remembered Molly's words. 

You, Mai, everything.

''And?'' Mai smiles. ''What did I say?''

''I don't know. But you said something and now she won't talk to me.'' I build up on my thoughts, secretly hoping it wasn't the plan. 

''Take a guess.'' Mai's dimple does not leave her left cheek as she continues to smirk.

''The plan? You told her about the plan.'' I suggest and she shakes her head. 

''What then?'' I ask, more relieved than I was a few seconds ago. ''Did you..did you, tell her we're together or something?'' 

Mai slowly claps in confirmation and I feel a pull of horror. 

''Well done,'' She stops clapping. ''that took you a while to figure out for such a smart boy.'' 

''Why? Why would you want to do that to me?!'' I clench my fists. 

''Jealousy, envy, lonliness..I don't know, the exact same reasons you did it to Harry.'' Her answer surprises me. I'm starting to see the trend here, she's trying to show me what I've done, through her actions. It's genius and I hate it. I could easily tell Molly it was a lie and things will be sorted, it's just the pain of betrayel.

''I didn't do that to Harry because of any of that.'' I lie. ''Besides, you were in it!'' 

''I know.'' She answers part of the question. ''I was until that girl came along, and you left me hanging.'' 

''What do I do now?'' I sigh.

''I don't know, what did Harry do when he was a victim?''

''Will you stop comparing this whole thing to Harry?! He's sorted now and I regret doing it!'' I step back from her. She keeps making me more and more guilty.

''Too bad I've told him now!'' She yells in frustration and my eyes widen. 

''You told him..what?'' My voice is shaky as I ask her the question I already knew the answer to. 

''About the plan. He knows.'' Her reply makes me realise Harry's unusual behaviour. His shuffling when I sit next to him, his dirty looks I see in the corner of my eyes, him being suspiciously close to the bookshelf when I walk in. 

''You didn't.'' My mouth gapes. If she did, he would've killed me by now.

''Oh, I did. He was even in on the Molly thing.'' She coughs before speaking again. ''I introduced her to my family friend Josh, Harry came up with the idea in general.'' 

I think about what I can do to him when I get home and the anger I feel towards him, then it hits me, I've already done it to him. 

''You're sick.'' I spit. ''I can't believe I trusted you.'' 

''I'll be sure to tell Harry I told you, now he'll crack from his nutshell.'' Her laugh wasn't the usual cute contagious laugh, it seemed more like a cackle. 

''What next? Telling Alexis?'' I challenge. 

''She knows, too.'' With her words, she turns around and walks away from me.

**

I'm going to own up to Harry. It's better than him realising I know about him knowing my plan  from Mai, and suddenly storming into the room and pinning me up against the wall, with Alexis watching. 

''Harry,'' I knock on the door. 

''Come in.'' I hear the irritation in his voice. If he's already irritated, I don't want to know what will happen next. 

''What've you got there?'' I try to change the mood and forget what he's done to me. 

''A remote..nothing new.'' He fixes his eyes back to the television.

''Yep, I knew that. And..what's that?'' I ask again, nodding my head at the direction of his hand.

''My ring! Listen, what do you want?'' He sits up. 

''To talk about something.''

[Harry's P.O.V]

I really hope he's owning up to his little ''plan'' because I've been waiting for so long. I didn't want to hear it from anyone else but him.

''I'm sorry.'' He sighs.

''About what?'' I act oblivious and he notices. 

''Mai told me you already know, don't put on an act.'' The attitude in his voice makes me angrier. So he's only apologising because Mai told him I already knew, what an idiot.

''You're the one who put up an act in the first place!'' I yell. ''Dressing like me..'' I mumble to myself and laugh in pity.

''I helped you get back together because I felt bad!'' As soon as the world leaves his mouth, he's off the ground and slammed on the wall.

''You shouldn't have done it in the first place you little..'' I ramble in his ear. He's still lying to me, I know he only helped us get back together because he didn't want me to interfere with Molly. 

''Put me down!'' He demands and I hold tighter in protest. 

''Really? You set Mai up with me to make Alexis jealous?!'' I shout, practically growling. ''Congratulations, you won!'' I push him onto the ground. 

''I know what you did to me, too! Setting Molly up with Josh, was your idea!'' He has the nerve to tell me as he shuffles back up. 

''And why did I do that?'' I remind him and he doesn't respond. 

''You're not sincere at all.'' I come to a conclusion. ''In fact, I don't even see you as a brother anymore. Tell Molly what you want now, but you got a taste of your own medicine.'' I take the neatly folded towel from the cupboard.

''Let's talk about why I did it in this first place shall we?'' His voice makes him sound smarter than he is right now. ''Constantly stealing girls off me, you got a taste of your own medicine first.'' 

I take the clean clothes and storm into the bathroom for a shower. That's enough talking to him for today, or tomorrow, or the rest of this year if I'm honest.

I can't believe he's using the fact that I was able to socialise more as an argument. I wasn't the one who started some ridiculous notebook plan to ruin my brother's relationship. I had this urge to tell him my plan worked out first time and I didn't need to try three times but I stopped myself. 

I strip and step in the shower, and  let the hot water relax my muscles I didn't realise I was tensing. I try to think Happy thoughts. Like the night in with Niall and Louis.

We played video games and board games like little kids all night, we shouted because of how competitive we were, ended up in tears of laughter. Or the little things, like when I call Alexis babe and she smiles a very satisfying smile. Or when Gemma and I go back in forth bantering, my mum ocasionally joining in. I should pay attention to things like these more.

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