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~note that I wrote the first half of this chapter before the sad news of Jay's passing. May she rest in peace.

Ariana's POV

Yesterday when we arrived back from dinner, Harry never got a chance to tell me whatever it was that was on his mind. I showed him a song that was clearly about him and I never got the chance to hear his opinion on it. I know  that I might have waited too long to let him know how I feel, but I was scared. Nothing's holding me back anymore and I will gladly dive head first into this.

I remember that when he dropped us off, I was bending down to Mia's height to tie her shoes. Someone had called out my name and I turned Mia around to wave hello when I saw who it was. I stood and happily met Louis' family. He had four younger sisters and all of them just so happened to be fans. I laughed in amusement as I saw them a bit starstruck. I complimented the oldest, Lottie, on her makeup. As well as the others on their outfit choices. I finally met Louis' mother, Johanna, and her fiancé, Dan. Mia, being the friendly girl she was had went and was talking nonsense to the two youngest, Daisy and Phoebe.

I was in conversation with Louis and his parents about Danny's condition when sudden flashes started going off and our names being yelled. The first thing that had come to my mind was Mia. I quickly took her from Fizzy's arms and shielded her face.

"Ariana is it true your son's in the hospital?"

"Why is Louis from One Direction here? Is he your boyfriend of the week?"

"How does Harry feel about his bandmate playing 'daddy' to his kids?"

"From Tony, to Harry, back to Tony, to Nathan, to Louis. Are you testing out all of the bachelor's in Hollywood?"

Slut-shaming at it's finest. I was frozen in my spot as they kept throwing accusation after accusation. Someone's arm eventually wrapped around my shoulders and led me away from the paps. Once inside and safely hidden, I turned into that person and wrapped my empty arm around them as I tried to calm my breathing. Louis kept whispering comforting things in my ear to calm me down, his mother rubbing my back softly in comfort.

How does one get used to that? I don't think I'm cut out for this job if that's what it consists of. It feels like the entire world is set out to be cruel to me.

I heard a somewhat familiar voice enter the hospital, then another even more familiar voice call out my name, asking what was wrong. I leaned back from Louis' arms and realized I was crying as I saw the tear stains on his shirt. I looked over at Harry and shook my head, wiping the remaining tears from my face. Mia, not knowing what was going on, started to tear up as well. I pulled her head closer to the area where my neck and shoulder met and spoke softly in her ear. Harry came over and gently took her from me, wiping her eyes as he tried to distract her mind. He tried to place an arm over me as well, but I just shook my head and hugged myself. The paps were still outside and I didn't need anymore rumors going around at the moment. I nodded my head and mumbled out a few words about looking for Frankie before I walked away into the elevators.

Louis and his family must have felt how distressed I was and left for the evening, passing on the message that they would return the following day, which would be today.

I shook my head to rid me of yesterday's memories. I was unprepared and let what they said get to me.

I smiled as Danny wanted me to play with his dinosaurs with him. I picked up a random one and started making the weirdest of sounds, all to get him to laugh, which it did. My laugh soon turned into a yawn, reminding me of the little sleep I've had the past few days. Just then Harry walked in, hair still dripping wet from the shower I assumed he had while he went back home to get a few more clothes. I smiled tiredly at him.