Gone ~H.S~

Chapter 2

"Coming" Johnny yelled from inside the apartment. 

"Hey" I slurred as soon as he opened the door. 

"Hey big sis" he said putting me in a headlock and giving me noogie. When he moved to London a year after me we started to hang out a lot more so it wasn't strange to randomly show up at each others houses. Even at 3 in the morning, drunk. I was older than him by a year and I have to say when I left for college I felt bad leaving him by himself but I didn't really have much of a choice. 

"What's up?" he asked giving me a cup of coffee. I didn't drink it. I knew I wouldn't be able to do this sober.

"Mom is divorcing Dad" I said looking down at my feet. I looked up and I could tell he wasn't angry, yet. 

"He blamed her for" I started. "He blamed her for Wyatt's accident" I told him. It only took a moment for him to flame up. He turned away from me, ran his fingers through his hair before punching the wall, leaving a dent. 

"Johnny-" I started.

"Don't try to defend him" he told me. "After all the shit he put us through he has the nerve to do that to her" he said pounding his fist into the wall again, not as hard though.

"Trust me, I want nothing to do with him but I do know this, getting angry though isn't going to change anything. It's  not going to change that we hate him, he hates us, that I'm disowned, that you ran away, that Wyatt's dead or that mom is finally leaving him" I said standing behind him. He nodded and gave me a hug before asking if I wanted to stay here for the night. I considered it but decided I needed to go home. 

I spent the next three hours until I had to leave for work still looking over the designs. I finally gave in and texted Harry. Even with everything going on, I couldn't get him out of my mind. He's always had that affect on me. 

Me: Meet me outside Phillipa Lepley's studio at 5

I also texted Harry's cousin Sarah back and asked her to meet me at the office at 9. If she wanted to wear one of my dresses she should have a say in what I brought to life.

"I'm so ready to leave" I said as Harry walked in my office. 

"Long day?" he asked as I grabbed my bag.

"I had three appointments scheduled when there was supposed to be none. Got an idea of how my day went?"  I said as we walked out into the war London air.

"Got it" he said following me.

"So where are we going?" I asked as we reached a crosswalk.

"For a picinic" he said. Only now did I notice he was holding a basket.

"Cliche, you never change do you Styles?" I asked as we crossed the street. I could see the park now.

"And you have?" he asked

"True true" I told him as we neared the park. We sat in the middle of the park and watched everyone as we ate.

"So hows your family" he asked before taking a bite of  his sandwich.

"Are they ever good?" I asked raising my eyebrow.

"What've they been up to?" he asked chuckling.

"Um..Johnny is going to uni and has an apartment a few blocks from mine. Ty is still Ty, he's been playing some festivals or something up north, and Jess is still in Homes Chapel. I think she wants to open a bakery soon but she doesn't know whether to open it back home or go somewhere else"  I told him before taking a bite from my own sandwich.

"Interesting lifes they live. What about Wyatt?" he asked before taking another bite. I stopped chewing.

"You- you didn't hear?" I asked. It wasn't  exactly fun telling people what happened.