Sneaker

Chapter 16

Harry's POV 

I take a deep breath and start into my story.

"Two years ago I saw you, right before my X Factor audition." 

She sucks in a breath and I know shes thinking about her brother.

"I was at a bar one night, in Miami on vacation, with my buddy Tom. I was only 16, I don't even know how they let me in there. Tom was getting drunk, I was too nervous to, I thought that I wouldn't get kicked out if I just stayed away from the drinks. So I was sober the whole night. Suddenly, Tom left, I thought he went to the bathroom, after a couple minutes though, he didn't come back and I went in there, but he wasn't, so I checked the lot and his car wasn't there," I stop my story to take a breath and I look at her, she's crying quietly because she knows where this story is going, but I continue, "I jump into my car and go on my way home, hoping I could catch up to Tom and convince him to pull over and get into my car. But I was too late. I passed by a car wreck," she's bawling now and i don't do anything, "what I did next i'll never forgive myself for. I passed by the car and called 911 and told them the story, but I kept driving. I couldve stopped and helped, but I was too scared, before I passed though, I looked inside from my car and saw a girl my age, and her mom and brother, she wasn't injured, but I could tell that they were. Maybe if I had stopped I could've saved their lives, but I was too scared, I was too chicken."  I'm getting mad at myself. I start pulling at my hair and clenching my fists, now I'm shouting at myself, "If I wasn't such a coward, maybe you would've had a brother and a mom today," she's crying so hard her whole body is shaking. 

"I am sorry Monet. I just wanted you to know, I didn't want to keep a secret from you. I-I haven't forgiven myself, I never will. And I sure don't expect you to forgive me." 

She takes a deep breath, "You should forgive yourself, it's not your fault. And I can forgive you because you couldn't have saved them. They died instantly. The firemen came about 5 minutes after you drove by. I can remember it all now, they pulled me out without looking at my brother or mom, because the were already dead. So, Harry, I can forgive you." She leans into my chest and I hug her tightly. 

"thank you," i whisper into her hair. We leave the beach and I hand her my towel to dry off with. The other boys had left when they saw us talking, and were waiting for us in the main cabana. I fill them in on what happened and they all applaud me for finally telling her. Money came back, in a cute white romper and Louis hands Lux back to her. 

"I changed her diaper for her. You're welcome." He says which makes her laugh. 

"Let's  grab sandwiches and head home," Niall suggests and we all agree with him. 

Louis, Sneaker, and I head to my car where I pull out Luxs spare car seat from my trunk. Louis straps her and Sneaker takes the seat right next to her and Luxs little fingers curl around her finger.

I look back and smile, "I guess Lux found her new favorite!" 

She laughs and grins at me, yes, I finally made her laugh. 

"I've always wanted a little sister," she says.

"You should tell Lou that!" Louis says, "she's always looking for a babysitter!" 

"Yeah, and then you can hang with us more!" I say, "Hey, when's your birthday?"

"Next Sunday, why?" 

"Just wondering," I reply, We should do something for her, I should tell Louis about my idea. Liam texts Louis that their Todd and them will pick them up and drop them off.

"What do y'all wanna eat fer dinner?" Louis says in an Country accent so different from his English one. 

"I'll have a turkey sandwich on sourdough with everything on it," Sneaker says, mimicking a British accent.

"And I'll have a pastrami, with just pastrami, no bread," I say in Zayns unique accent. Sneaker starts laughing again, I swear, she and Niall could be best friends.

Louis texts all of our orders to Todd and we arrive at our flat. We were staying at the 4 seasons in Miami, and let me tell you, it was amazing. It seemed like we had our own house within the hotel. Sneaker walked in and gaped at her surroundings so I offered to take her on the tour. We walk through the front door into a spacious room, "This here," I say in a snotty English accent, "is the kitchen and the dining room and the living room, they are all attached because big rooms are what we do here at 4 seasons. Humph." she is so in awe she doesn't even laugh at my attempts at humor, it really is beautiful. It's  rather modern, but you get a sort of retro beachy Miami feel from it. The counters are granite and the backsplash is made of circular blue tiles. The stools are made of old (or faux old) surfboards and the dining table seems to be a big slab of driftwood. The L shaped couch is a pale blue with a large plasma screen TV in front of it. There are 4 bedrooms, Louis and I share one, Zayn and Liam share one, and Niall gets one to himself. The last one is empty. The bedrooms have two massive beds with blue and white striped bedspreads and have their own bathrooms with big jacuzzi tubs and white tile everywhere. It was certainly impressive. 

"So, welcome to Casa de uno, um, directiono!" 

"it's gorgeous!" she exclaims as she looks out the window of my bedroom window to the view of the ocean below. 

"Let's do something crazy before the rest of them get here!" she suggests. I wiggle my eyebrows at her. 

"No, you pervert! Like, let's go run down to the beach and grab some boards and go surfing!" Well that would be an adventure. Me likey adventures. 

"Let's do this poo!"