When in Pittsburgh

Chapter Six- Still the One

Harry's POV

Tears are falling silently down my cheeks. "Stop this. Stop this now!" I say out loud to myself. "He made his decisions and I made mine. Things cannot be like that no matter how much you want them to be.

You suggested it, after all." "Are you guys ready to rehearse or what!?" Sam's voice takes me out of my thoughts. "First Louis now you?! Get your asses out here."

I clear my throat and speak in the calmest voice I can muster. "I'll be right out. Tell the boys to start without me." I had been listening to Louis talk to that fainting girl, Jenna from inside out trailer just outside the Consol Energy Center. I had heard their whole conversation. That girl, Jenna, sure was pretty. If Louis hadn't gotten there first, he probably would have carried her in. Just to get his mind off Louis of course. Lou and I had broken up three weeks ago. Management was constantly on our case and we had already been going behind Sam's back for a month. We had been dating since X-Factor. We were terrible at hiding it at first. But we had to learn quickly.

Just before we... split up, I had tried talking to management. Plenty of fans support out relationship. I would even say about half. But that isn't enough, management won't be happy unless all our fans support our relationship. No matter what happens we can never lose sales on tickets, CDs, anything or we're done! Right now were doing amazing! We are the in the top five most popular boybands in over 37 countries. Being gay can change that. Therefore we stay in the closet. But I had been the one to call if off. Things were getting too stressful for the band. With being on tour, writing songs, and everything else on our plates, I figured it wasn't a good idea to be in a relationship.

Especially one I had to hide. Louis had agreed of course. It was me who had asked him out in the first place. For all I knew, maybe the only reason he had agreed to go out with me all those years ago was to so that it wouldn't affect the band. Well it has. The boys don't look at us the same, because of it. All those dates we had, had felt so real. I was so sure he was my soulmate. It hasn't matter that Management was threatening them in to silence. All that mattered was that Louis and I belonged together.

Now I wasn't so sure. The way he talked to Jenna make it sound like he was serious. He wanted us to forget about what we had together. Well if that was what he wanted, I wasn't going to stop him! Tears burned down my cheeks again and I put my head in my hands. "Alright I don't care if you are bloody superstars! Get out here right now to rehearse!!! The concert is in five hours! And may I remind you, you have screwed up on the lyrics to "Over Again" the past two nights!" "Alright alright."

I sigh and take a deep breath hoping to leave my thoughts for Lou behind in the trailer.