The Worst Best Man | h.s. fanfiction

Chapter 15

      As I sat there and watched my best friend dance with her now husband, I felt at peace. Seeing Arabella happy made me happy and that's all I've ever wanted for her, happiness.

Yes, I was sitting all alone at a table staring at the bride and groom dancing with each other like a loser, but I just felt better this way. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not ready for a relationship yet. I loved Harry and he loved me, but I just couldn't deal with that right now. Today is all about Arabella and Zayn, not about my love life.

Suddenly, I heard someone sit in the chair next to me and I didn't even look to see who it was. The person then spoke up.

"This was a nice turn out wasn't it?"

I knew exactly who that person was. Harry.

"Yeah. They just look so happy." I responded back to him.

I felt Harry look at me and he sighed. "Look, Avery, this is killing me."

I looked down and sighed. "Harry, after this I'm going back home. There's nothing that's going to keep me from going. I'm sorry, I just can't."

Harry stayed silent for a second until he got up from his chair, causing me to look up at him.

"Well, since you're leaving, I hope you won't mind if I ask for you to dance with me. Just once." He said extending his hand out in front of me.

He was right. I was leaving and I guess one dance wouldn't hurt. I took his hand and he led me out onto the dance floor. We both didn't say a word to each other. We just swayed to the music. Until Harry spoke up.

"Wow, you're good at this. Whoever taught you must've been a real pro."

I gave him a look that caused him to chuckle which made me laugh too.

"I don't know if this is the right time to tell you this, but in high school I only called you those stupid names because I liked you." Harry admitted.

"So you admit that the names were stupid."

Harry laughed. "Yes they were stupid. But the point is, I guess I was just too afraid to tell you how beautiful I thought you were. You were just different from every other girl and... I guess that's what made me attracted to you."

"By different do you mean fat? Is that what turned you on?" I asked.

"You're ruining the moment." He said making me chuckle.

I had this feeling inside and I couldn't tell what it was. It was the feeling I had the last time I danced with Harry, and of course that didn't end well. I then pulled away from Harry, told him I was sorry, and ran off.

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It was time for people's speeches and I wasn't really looking forward to mine. I wrote mine down and rewrote it so many times that I just decided to wing it. I saw Liam sit down next to me and he smiled.

"How are you, Avery?" He asked.

"Happy. I'm happy for Zayn and Arabella, I'm just glad that everyone is happy." I said with a smile causing him to grin back.

Harry then got up with a microphone and tested it a few times before speaking.

"Okay, hi I'm Harry. I'm Zayn's best man and I've known Zayn pretty much my entire life. He's a wonderful man, quite the charmer if you ask me. I remember one day, when Zayn and I were in high school and he said he met the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. After his first date with her he told me that that was the girl he was going to marry. And I just thought that I wanted to have that feeling about someone."

I saw Harry looking straight at me and I felt my eyes go wide.

"That feeling you get when you meet a girl and you just automatically know that she's the one that you're going to marry, that's the feeling that I wanted to get."

I couldn't take this anymore so I got up and walked towards the door. Harry then said something that made me stop in my tracks.

"There are also some people that you don't even expect to fall in love with. You can act like you hate them as much as you want, but inside you love them. You want to be able to say that that person is yours and you want to care for them and love them forever."

I looked back at him and saw the hurt in his eyes as he looked at me. I wanted to run up to him and kiss him and tell him how much I did love him, but the other side always wins and gets what they want. I did the most stupid thing I could ever do, I walked straight out of that church and cried.

~ If it was me, I would've ran up to Harry and been like I DO LOVE YOU BOO I WON'T LEAVE YOU! But no y'all I gotta be extra lol. I think the next chapter might be the last soooo yay ~