Nothing More, Nothing Less (A Harry Styles Love Story)

Chapter 43

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The whole day went by way too fast. An hour before he had to leave, we were in his room packing his suitcase and duffle bag. I looked through his drawers and threw in whichever shirt looked nice to me. I had my back to him so he couldn’t see how upset I was getting. We were pretty quiet.

            “Um…” Harry said trying to break the silence in the room.

            I nodded, not saying anything. I felt my voice would crack if I did.

            “Maya?” Harry said but I didn’t look at him. I continued folding his shirts and placing them neatly in his suitcase. I swallowed and turned back around to face his dresser. I couldn’t look at him. I would start crying, I just knew it. I closed his drawer and looked into his mirror on top of the dresser. I could see the tears starting to form… Stop Maya! You’ll be fine… it’s only a month. A month away from your fiancé. Why did he have to propose before he left? Now I would only miss him more…

            “I um…” I mumbled. I pulled my hair out of my face and I saw him walk towards me.

            “Maya, are you okay?”

            I wanted to say yes, everything was fine. But I would be lying. I wasn’t fine. I was practically dying inside knowing that Harry would be away for a month. I only continued to stare at my reflection in the mirror. I couldn’t stop myself. A single tear fell down my cheek and I tried to wipe it away without him noticing. It didn’t work.

            “Oh Maya,” he whispered. I shook my head and looked down at the dresser, trying anything to avoid making eye contact with him. “Look at me Maya,” he whispered. He was standing next to me watching me stare at the dark wood of his dresser. Another tear dropped and fell onto the wood. It absorbed it and it was gone, lost forever. I wiped the spot on the dresser and Harry took my hand in his. I looked to the left, away from him.  

            “I hate seeing you like this Maya,” Harry whispered rubbing the back of my hand.

            I didn’t know what to say, or do for that matter. I couldn’t look at him. Harry pulled me into a hug and rubbed my back. I buried my head into his chest and cried silently.

            I pulled away and wiped my eyes. Harry kissed away some of my tears and I sniffled.

            “We um… we should finish packing,” I nodded my head at my suggestion and looked around his room for something to pack. I think we were basically done though. Harry put his hands back on my waist and I looked at the floor. He held my face in his hands but I didn’t look up.

            “Maya… Baby look at me…”

            I didn’t want to, but my head tilted up and I finally locked eyes with him. His thumb wiped away what was left of my tears on my cheeks. We heard his door open.

            “HARRY!” Louis called. He walked into Harry’s room and saw us together.

            “Hey Lou,” he said still holding me.

            “You packed yet? We’re leaving now…”

            I looked up at Harry. “Yeah, I’m all ready,” he replied.

            “Cool, the other guys are waiting in the hall.”

            We nodded and Louis took Harry’s suitcase from the bag. Harry grabbed his duffle bag and we looked at each other. I nodded and we walked out of his room and into the hallway. He didn’t lock his door.

            “Hey Maya,” Niall said.

            “What’s up Niall?” I asked trying to make myself look happy for them. They should be excited, but the only ones who looked excited were Niall and Louis. Liam looked kind of upset also and Zayn had his serious face on. I looked at him and we locked eyes.

            “Okay guys, let’s get going,” Louis said. I started giving hugs to everyone.

            “Don’t get in trouble while we’re gone Maya,” Niall told me after I hugged him (one of my first Horan hugs by the way) and I nodded.

            “Maya,” Liam said. He turned around and picked something up from the ground. It was a cat carrier cage, “Would you mind taking care of Cuddles while we’re gone?” there was also a bag of whatever I would need to take care of him with.

            I smiled and took the cage from him, “Not at all. Cuddles is my best friend…”

            I put the cage in my apartment and let Cuddles out. He ran into my living room. I walked back out into the hallway and gave Liam a hug.

            “I’m gonna miss you Li, make sure Harry doesn’t get into any trouble…”

            Harry smiled.

            “I’ll make sure he behaves himself,” Liam said.

            I nodded and moved onto Zayn. I wrapped my arms around his neck and gave him a hug. He smelled really nice and I smiled, “I’m gonna miss you too Zayn…”

            “I don’t want to see your name in any bad headlines missy,” he said and he kissed me on my forehead. I pulled away and moved onto Louis. He picked me up and gave me a huge kiss on my cheek.

            “I’M GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH MAYA!” he exclaimed pretending to start crying.

            “Aww Lou, it’ll only be a couple months or so, I think you’ll survive…”

            He pulled me into a too tight hug and I put my arms around his neck. “I can’t live without you Maya…” he said and I smiled.

            “Aww, I love you too Louis,” I patted his cheek and stepped back. They started to walk down the hallway and to the elevator. They said their last goodbyes to me, but Harry didn’t move.

            I smiled, “Go, or you’ll be late…”

            “No goodbye hug?” he asked making a pouty face.

            I hugged him around his waist. “Or kiss?” he said looking down at me. I looked up at him and he leaned down to give me a kiss. I put my hand on his neck and he kissed me passionately.

            “HAZ!” Louis called from down the hallway, but he stopped himself when he saw me and Harry kissing goodbye.

            I pulled away and smiled, “Now go, I don’t want you being late because of me…”

            “I love you Maya…” he said picking up his duffle bag and slinging it over his shoulder. I took his hand and walked with him slowly down the hallway and to the elevator where the guys were waiting. I was trying to extend the time I had left with him. They all looked at me sympathetically for some reason. I smiled at them. I squeezed Harry’s hand and he let go. Louis had his rolling suitcase; they all walked onto the elevator. Harry stood in the middle of the five of them. He smiled weakly at me and Louis put his hand on Harry’s shoulder.

            “I love you,” I said waving as the elevator doors closed.

            I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Okay, I was going to be fine. It was only a month. I could distract myself for a month. It wasn’t like I didn’t have any friends. I had Alyssa and Camille and Danielle that I could hang out with. I would be able to survive a month without Harry.