All That Matters

Twins

Paisley p.o.v

"Hi Paisley"

"How..", I half whisper to myself.

He has the same orange hair, and crimson blue eyes.

"Who...", I stutter.

Ed. That's who this is. He is an exact replica.

"How are you alive?", I finally ask, putting together a sentence.

He gives me a confused look, and I stand from my feet.

"My dad shot you!", I yell, gaining everyones attention.

"You don't unde..", he begins before I cut him off.

"Shut the hell up!"

"Paisley, calm down", whispers Eleanor while grabbing my arm.

I rip it from her grasp and slap the ginger in front of me. He falls to the ground and puts his hands onto his face.

(Yes I hit hard).

People gasp and I'm suddenly brought from my rage.

He looks up at me with a pink hand print across his face, and sighs.

"I'm not Ed..", he says.

"My names Dan. I'm Ed's brother".

I stand in shock and become very uncomfortable. Just to know there is two kind of the same person I'm afraid of in this world, scares the shit out of me.

Eleanor helps Dan up and he thanks her.

"How do I know you're not going to try to rape me also?", I ask him.

He looks down at his left hand, then holds it up.

"Because I'm happily married and have 2 children at home".

I take in the words he says and calm down a bit. I'm still scared shitless, but I know with Harry here, I'm safe.

"I came to the show to find you", he tells me.

My heart begins to quicken and my hands shake.

Should I run now?

"I know what my brother did to you was horrible, and believe me he was tortured by it. He hated the fact he put his hands on you.."

I think back to his slimy hands groping my body and shiver.

"When I found out he died and your father shot him, I totally understood. I have two younger daughters, and if anyone ever did what he did to you to either of them, I would do the same", he says.

I'm shocked by his words, and taken back. His eyes scream honesty.

"I want o tell you something Ed said...before he died."

I scan the teary eyes of the scary, familiar man in front of me, and listen as he speaks.

"My brother told me if he died, he deserved it. He also said he wanted to let you know he was sincerely sorry".

I cringe at his words, and breathe out slowly.

"I don't expect you to forgive him, but I feel if you did, it may give you some peace", he adds.

I consider his words, and realize he is right. I have been living my life since Ed died with hatred and anger inside of me, and I want to let it go.

"I forgive him", I blurt out. It would have sounded crazy for me to say this a few months ago, but right now it feels peaceful.

"I'm glad", Dan says, while putting his hands in his pockets.

"Well, it was nice to meet you and I hope you have got the closure you've needed", he says while standing up.

I nod and watch the ginger walk away, with the same walk Ed used when he got into the police car that terrible day.

Sometimes, the dead comes back in more ways than one..

Harry p.o.v

"You guys ready?", asks Paul.

I nod as my insides do somersaults.

You can do this Harry.

"We're on in 3...2...1!", yells the stage manager.

The curtain opens and I hear our music begin.

I see Paisley in the crowd, and she blows a kiss to me. I smile at her and take a deep breath before belting the first line of "Midnight Memories" out.

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"You guys were amazing!", yells Eleanor while giving us all hugs. Paisley hasn't come back from the bathroom yet, and I'm beginning to get worried.

"I'll be back in a sec", I tell them.

I push through the crowd of stage crew, and the equipment before I see her sitting at a table with a man.

He has orange hair, and I can't see his face, since his back is facing me.

"Hello", I say, walking up to the table.

The man turns around, and I almost vomit.

"Dan?", I say.

He smiles and stands from his chair to shake my hand.

"Hey how are ya Harry!"

I look over to Paisley, and she gives me a "You know him?" look.

"Long time no see!", he says.

I nod and sit down next to Paisley, then kiss her cheek.

She blushes and I turn to Dan.

"How are you? With Ed's death and everything?", I ask.

He awkwardly scratches the back of his head, and Paisley steps on my foot underneath the table.

Ok, too straight forward.

"Um.. Actually I've learned to except it", he says.

I nod and grab Paisley's thigh under the table.

She jumps and slaps my hand away.

"Good for you lad. How are the wife and kids?", I ask.

"Great actually. My oldest just started preschool", he says, as a proud father.

I smile and nod, before bidding him goodbye. Paisley says goodbye as well, and surprisingly hugs him.

What the fuck?

"So you've met before?", I ask her after Dan's out of earshot.

"Yeah I actually slapped him", she says.

I gasp and she laughs.

"Why the hell would you do that?", I ask her.

She shakes her head and says,

"I thought it was Ed. I don't know I was in the heat of the moment".

She shrugs and squeezes my hand. She doesn't seem to want to tell me the whole story, but I already know what happened.

"Did he tell you what Ed said before he died?", I ask her.

She looks me straight into the eye and asks,

"How did you know?"

"Dan called me a couple of days ago. He told me to tell you, but I didn't think you needed to hear that bullshit. I know you want closure, but I didn't wanna bring up the past", I tell her.

Paisley nods and swings our hands back and forth while combing her fingers through her long, red hair.

"Well I have closure now. And it feels nice", she says.

I pull her into my side and kiss the top of her head as we walk back to the gang.

*****I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while! I will try to update more often. Also, I just wanted to point out that this chapter may be weird to you, but I felt that Paisley needed to close this chapter in her life. Meeting Dan and hearing what he had to say, gave her closure. Anyways, please Vote and Comment! Love you guysss :*~~ mwahh <3