Typical Life (Harry Styles Fan Fiction)

Chapter Nineteen: The hardest decision

Chapter Nineteen: The hardest Decision

[Harry’s POV]

I woke up earlier than usual this morning. Zoe was away for the weekend visiting her friend Tilly who had just gotten back from the United States. They had become really close and I was extremely happy for her and Zayn, they were quite cute together. I smiled at the thought of my relationship with my own girlfriend, I absolutely adored her, and I was perfectly fine with admitting it! I made breakfast, got changed and did the normal routine. Today the five of us boy’s had the weekend off as we were having a break from touring and work and were getting to spend some time with our families and friends. I was all set to head off to my mates place when I got an unsuspected phone call from Paul our body guard, he had asked me to come into the office for an hour or so this morning, as he said it was important and that I needed to have a face to face discussion with the managers. Shit, I thought to myself. Just my luck! On one of my rare days off, I had to go into the office to do crap related with work. Absolutely Fantastic! I sighed, and agreed to what he had asked as I hung up and phone and remained seated on the lounge. It was probably just something to do with the fact that I met a few fans when we were told it was too dangerous, no biggie, it would probably just be a warning or something. I sighed a breath of relief and managed to occupy myself with the TV for half an hour or so before I heard a car pull up out the front of the house. It was one of our body guards; Dave, and he was here to take me to my meeting.

After a short amount of time we arrived at Sony headquarters, it had been a while since I’d been to this place, and I knew it would be great to see Simon again, well ‘uncle’ Simon as we liked to call him. We got out of the car and into the elevator, floor number 9 was where we were headed and once we were there, there was a bunch of managers standing around waiting for us.

“Ah Harry! How lovely to see you. I’m glad you could come in on one of your days off! It means a lot to us” I heard a familiar voice say to me. It was Simon; he spoke his words happily as he walked over and hugged me. “Hey there Simon, good to see you too” I chuckled back. As I returned his hug.

“And how is everything going?” He asked nosily.

“Perfect. I couldn’t ask for a better life, I’m living the dream, I’ve got the most supportive friends and family, and the best girl I could ever imagine. Everything’s really great” I said sounding enthusiastic. As I flashed a smile in his direction only to see a slight frown spread across his face.

“I really feel for you mate” He said as he patted me lightly on the shoulder and guided me towards the meeting room where the others were already seated and waiting for me. I was confused at what he had meant by his words, how he could be apologetic towards me when I had just told him my life was amazing, I didn’t understand. Remaining confused as I waved goodbye and headed into the room closing the door on my way in and took I seat next to a Julie, a manager who had been working with One Direction for a while now. She comforted me with a smile and I greeted her with a hello. “Okay” I heard a male voice break the silence. “I’m sure most of you know why we are here today?” He said shuffling a few papers and glancing around the room. “Harry” He said shifting his focus on me and placing his hands down on the desk. “We are all aware that you are currently dating a girl by the name of… Zoe Welsh. Is this right?” He asked looking for some form of an answer.

 “Yes, that’s right.” I said confused and curious as to why he may be bringing up my personal life.

“Well, it has come to the concern of many people sitting here before you, that… being in a boy band, touring around the world and having a girlfriend while there are hundreds of thousands of girls chasing after you is not really the right… how should I put this… ‘Look’ to be giving yourself.” He said sounding serious. I shook my head not understanding his ‘train of thought’ so to speak.

“Yes, I am in a boy band, yes I tour the world, and yes I have a girlfriend. Could you please somehow explain to me where this is leading?” I asked even more confused now.

“Well, simply we just don’t think it is a good idea for you to have a girlfriend at this stage in your life” He spat the words out like they wouldn’t affect me and like they meant nothing.

“Right, so right now you are sitting here and telling me that you think I should break up with my girlfriend who I am deeply in love with, because you don’t think I am ‘portraying’ the right image? Am I correct?” I asked sounding annoyed. Who were they to be telling me how to live my life?

“Yes, that is correct Mr Styles” He replied. Instantly my heart sank. And a sense of anger washed over me. “Well that sounds like a fucking terrible idea!” I hissed back at him. I was extremely pissed off, these people didn’t even know me, and they didn’t even know her! What she was even like, and what she meant to me, and now they were just expecting me to all of a sudden break up with her out of the good of the band? I don’t think so. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself down, but I failed to succeed. “I’m afraid you don’t have a choice Harry” The man replied keeping a non-breaking eye contact with me. I chuckled “is that right?” I asked smartly.

“Mr Styles, you WILL break up with your girlfriend. You have no control over this matter. And I regret to tell you that if you fail to do so, you will be evicted from One Direction.” My Heart sank as he spoke those words. This was completely unfair and absolutely heart breaking. I wouldn’t have this, I wouldn’t let this happen!

“But before you give me your final answer, I just want you to think about this. Just think about how much you will be letting the four other boys down, the ones you call your ‘brothers’. You are in a group Harry and you have to think about other people right now, not just about yourself and your own personal needs. This is the best decision for everyone’s benefit, you can cure a broken heart Harry, you just need to forget about her and move on…” He said his final words but before he could continue into another heart shattering sentence I stopped him,

“You people are sick. Sick you know that! Making me choose over my best friends and the girl I love. That’s disgusting!” I shouted as I removed myself from my seat and stormed out of the room. As much as I hated to admit it, he was right. I really did have no choice. I was in a group and I couldn’t let the others down! I let various tears fall from my tear filled eyes as I stormed my way downstairs and out of the building, I hopped into the car where Dave was waiting in the driver’s seat.

“Take me home please” I said in a shaky voice as the realization kicked in that breaking up with my girlfriend was the only realistic choice in this situation. I was sure my heart had stopped beating, and I didn’t give a shit what Dave thought of me, so I collapsed in the car and cried my heart out. I was broken, I felt like nothing could be worse than this situation right now. And as I began to imagine the scenario in my head of how I was going to break up with Zoe, my heart broke even more. I was absolutely shattered, destroyed you could even say. My world was so perfect, you could even say that I could never possibly be happier, and all of a sudden things just came crashing down. I was crushed and I continued to let the tears slide down my face as Dave drove me home. As soon as I had arrived back at the house I ran up to my bedroom and took my frustration out on the door, I slammed it shut as hard as I could and felt myself collapse onto the ground. The tears in my eyes made my vision blurry as I reached for my phone and typed in a familiar number. I let it ring and then a voice answered on the other end of the line.

“Niall. I need you Man!” I said through cries. I hung up and starred up at the ceiling. How could this happen, why was this happening to me!?