Let's Try This Again / h.s

Chapter 17

California's POV

"Do you think we can have talk now?" He stood there with his hands shoved in his pocket. I open the door a bit wider for him, he walks inside looking around I expect him to walk to the living room instead he went straight.

I closed the door and followed him he turned his head in every room but continued walking.

I knew far too well which room he was trying to find he stopped at the end of the hall and opened up the door and walked in the room. He didn't say anything but touch the piano the keys and the name right above the keys.

He then looked at me and sat down on the bench we didn't say anything but just looked at each other.

It felt like time between us and around us stood still I can feel his eyes only looking at my face, neither of us said a word.

"So are we going to sit here till we grow old or what?" I said.

"Well I'm sitting your standing" he joked I rolled my eyes and turned around "California wait I'm just trying to lighten the mood" he told me before I left the room.

I turned around and crossed my arms "Harry what do you want to tell me? I have things to do-"

"Oh yeah like what?" I didn't say anything I was just making an excuse to escape.

He stood up and walked over to me, he walked pass me and closed the door and turned to face me "enough running, enough of this! You aren't leaving my life again! I waited for more than a year for you! And now you are trying to run away! I don't care if we have to stay here all night or even a whole day! I would stay anywhere just to be here with you!"

He was breathing heavy and he was so angry I was a bit scared of him but I wouldn't let him know that.

"Harry you had a girlfriend! You know how hurt that made me?! THAT DESTROYED ME! THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WASN'T WANTED ANYTHING TO YOU! IT KILLED ME INSIDE HARRY TO SEE SOME OTHER GIRL BE ABLE TO CALL YOU HERS I JUST COULDN-"

"I love you."

"What...?" I kept closing my eyes and trying to figure out if I heard what I heard was right. I opened my eyes and he couldn't stop smiling at me he then started to laugh and shake his head. He walked up to me still laughing, he cupped my face and looked in my eyes.

"I, Harry Styles love you California Jones" before I can say anything else something great happened.

He kissed me and oddly enough I kissed him back.

I was kissing Harry, I'm thinking the same thing.

What the hell.

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Niall's POV

I lay my head down on my bed thinking about everything that has happened in the past year. I honestly don't even care about anything else besides Beverly.

She's all I want right now and for some reason I'm losing her.

I heard a pounding on the front door I quickly run to it opening up seeing Jane holding Harry by the arm. She flings him and he stumbles inside she walks past me and starts pounding on all the lads doors.

I look at Harry and I give him a 'what-is-going-on' look he looked really sad.

"Jane what is going on" Louis comes outside rubbing his eyes and yawning it's almost two in the morning.

"All of you sit down" we did as we were told "I found Harry here leaving that girls house. I told you boys to stay away from her or that you'll suspended but seeing as I can't do that I thought of something else" Jane crossed her arms and looked at us with a devilish grin.

"Jane what did you do?" I asked her.

"Seems that a position opened up for someone to write for the world's number one top magazine. And why would you look at that California just got offered to be their editor/chief. Unfortunately it's in the United Kingdom-"

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Liam stood up.

"Oh but I can, and you boys can't do anything about it because thanks to Harry he's the one who got her the job isn't that right Harry?" Harry didn't anything but look down at his feet.

"Jane you can't just send her away from us!" Louis stood up from the couch and walked a bit closer to her.

"Yes I can! And thank you Harry for the great idea, you'll get your car tomorrow, now get some sleep you boys have signing tomorrow" she smiled at us and walked out the apartment. Liam looked at Harry and I can see that from just the way his body was positioned he was going to beat the living shit out of Harry.

I quickly leap towards Liam before he can attack Louis helped me out by holding back Liam "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS! I THOUGHT YOU LOVED HER!" he screamed.

Harry stood up and Zayn held him back "I DO LOVE HER I HAD NO CHOICE!"

"YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE AND YOU JUST THREW AWAY EVERTYHING FOR WHAT!!!? A FUCKING CAR YOU TRADED HER FOR A CAR!!!?" the more Liam shouted he tried his best to get away from our clench.

"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND! LIAM I LOVE HER I ONLY DID THIS TO PROTECT HER!"

"HOW ARE YOU PROTECTING HER IF YOU ARE SENDING HER AWAY HALF WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY YOU IDIOT!!! LET GO OF ME!" Liam tried to squirm away I did my best to hold him I'm not as strong as Liam so this is harder than it seems.

Zayn did his best to hold back "let me go, there's no point in me even fighting with someone who would trade the first girl who would ever really love him for a car" Liam looked at us I looked at Louis and he just nodded.

Liam turned around and walked over to his bedroom "I will never forgive you for this Harry and once California finds out she'll never forgive you either."

"You're not gonna tell her are you?"

"I don't know Harry, maybe you should bribe me by buying me a car so I won't tell her" and he walked in slamming the door behind him.

I looked at him and shook my head "how could you do that Harry? I know this sounds mean but I would have probably done the same thing Liam did. I'm really disappointed in you Harry" Louis said and walked into his bedroom.

"Let's go to bed it's getting late" Zayn looked at me and Harry and walked into his bedroom.

It was just me and Harry staring at each other "why dude?"

"It's not what it looks like Niall if you guys would just let me explain-"

"You traded her for a car... you don't need to explain any further man" I turned and walked to my room leaving Harry to think about what he has done to not only himself but to everyone around him.

He threw away the best thing that has ever happened to him.