My Favorite Mistake (1D / H.S./ Harry Styles)- REVISING

Chapter 76

Sam's POV

"Sorry. I got lost on the way over there. But, I did get the popcorn!" I attempt to dodge a bullet.

All I hear is cheering coming from upstairs. I finally exhale as I throw the popcorn into the microwave. I am consumed by my own thoughts about what just happened in the last three hours.

I absolutely adore Liam and can't begin to fathom my world without him. I was centimeters away from completely fucking that up! My life is exactly where I want it to be.

That was really nice meeting up with Harry though. What is it that keeps pulling me towards him? What does it mean when you have absolutely no contact with someone for years and they still haunt your thoughts and dreams from time to time? If Harry and I were meant to be, it would be him upstairs right now.

Okay. I can maintain a friendship with Harry...just never see him in person. That is the only way it can work.

I pull the popcorn out of the microwave and head upstairs.

"Yay!" Diana starts cheering while Kevin shushes her.

I begin to climb into the fort and Liam smiles at me while patting the space on the floor next to him. He takes the snack from me so I can crawl in and winks at me. The butterflies in my stomach begin to flutter. I truly do love this man.

I get myself situated with Liam on one side and Kevin on the other. Diana is shoveling handfuls of popcorn into her mouth on Liam's other side. This is exactly where I'm supposed to be.

* * * *

It's been about a month since the whole Harry incident. It took him three days to finally text me. I left him alone because I didn't want to send something around his wife and be the reason for an unwarranted fight.

We have never discussed that close to but never happened kiss. There are so many unanswered questions I have about that. I have come to the conclusion for myself that I was so caught up in the past that I lost myself there for a moment. I never once claim for that to be a good excuse for my behavior. One thing I do know is that it will never happen again.

My phone goes off...speak of the devil! It's Harry.

"Can you video chat sometime within the next couple hours?" He asks.

Liam is at work and the kids are busy playing upstairs.

"I can swing a small window. How about in 5 mins?" I respond.

"Perfect!" He immediately shoots back.

I check on the kids and tell them I will be on the computer in the office for a little bit. Kevin shakes his head without looking up from his Legos and Diana continues to look in her picture book responds with an "Okay, Mommy!".

I make my way to the office and place an earbud in my ear so to keep Harry's side of the conversation between us. Just then, he begins to ring in.

"Hi." I greet him as his face pops up into my phone.

"Hi, Beautiful!" He smiles.

"Long time, no see." I joke.

"It has...although it isn't the same though." He chuckles and smiles at me.

"What?" I'm confused.

"It isn't the same as seeing you in person...in a good way, before you start questioning that too." He sarcastically responds and I stick my tongue out at him.

I see a small window of opportunity and decide to crawl in, "About that, I was wondering something."

"What's that?" He leans forward and rests his head on his hand.

"What exactly happened just before we said our goodbyes?" There. I asked.

He sits up straight and begins, "Well..." And pauses for a second as I see a distant look come over his face. It makes me wonder if he is reliving that memory right in front of my eyes.

"Well?" My impatience takes over.

He looks back at the screen and smiles. "Well, I'm not proud of it...but...uh...I didn't know of or when I was going to have you to myself again...I mean...uh...See you again. Just you and I, you know?"

He's looking at the screen trying to study my reaction. I do my best to keep a poker face. I can't begin to wrap my head around that explanation. There is no "just you and I". Is that where my head was at too?

"What are you thinking about?" Harry snaps me back from my own thoughts. I don't know what exactly he wants to hear from me.

"I'm just trying to completely understand where my head was when we were saying our goodbyes." I answer.

"So...Where was it?" He boldly asks and has every right to inquire.

"I'm definitely not proud of where we were headed. I think I got caught up and lost in our history." I pause for a minute and add, "You are a huge chunk of my history."

"And you are mine." He responds immediately.

He puts his finger up to his lips to indicate I should be quiet and looks up from the screen.

"I think someone is up from their nap. I should go. I'll text you later." He says quickly and hangs up.

He texts me within ten minutes later, "Sorry for hanging up on you."

"It's okay. That would have been hard to explain." I reply.

"It was Sydney. There would have been a shit ton of 'why?'s'. I'll text you later."

"Not like you don't deserve that! :P Smooches!" I reply back as I smile at my phone.

It was that text later from Harry that put our big chunk of history together into perspective.

A/N- Looks like we've got one more chapter left...ONE! I've got a couple more stories in the works. It was suggested that I take each of Sam's relationships with the boys into their own books for more detail. Don't be surprised if that ends up happening. Thanks bella_secret1D for the suggestion! :) Don't forget that you can follow me on twitter @Mama_Mofo_ . Please vote, share, and/or comment! As always, thank you so much for reading! Without you, this would have just been a crazy idea that I kept to myself. :)