closer // harry styles

Chapter 80

Chapter 80

"I have to go back home now, so I'm just dropping you off." Harry said as he pulled back in the driveway. I had forgotten about our... that house. I missed that house, and I wished it could still be ours. Technically it still is, but I wish things weren't like this between us. I hadn't even realized Harry still lived there because he was always at this house.

"Oh... okay." I nodded.

"Is there a problem?" He asked, and read my facial expressions.

"No, no problem." I lied. I think I was only saying that to convince myself more than him though.

"Alright... we'll talk soon though, right?" He sounded like a brother or something. Not my ex-fiancé. I needed him, especially right now. Every time someone touched me, I flinched, every time we wanted to go out to eat, I refused. I was eating less, and I was starting to feel more and more sick as I talked this through.

"Talk soon." I repeated, and got out of the car. Without another word I slammed the door and walked back inside the house.

"Hey Ariana." Louis smiled from the couch.

"Hey." He was the only one sitting there. "Where is everyone else?"

"They went to pick up some food."

"But you guys just got a bunch of groceries." I reminded him.

"Yeah but they didn't like anything. Niall wanted Nandos, of course, and Liam-"

"Okay." I cut him off after hearing that restaurant's name again.

"Are you mad with me, love?" He asked, and got up and walked over to me.

"No , I promise I'm not." I smiled.

"You're sure?" He stared at me with wide eyes.

"Yes, I'm sure." I nodded.

"Good." He smiled, and hugged me, tighter than usual.

"You okay, Lou? You're squeezing every last breath out of me."

"Sorry." He laughed and pulled away. "I just want you to know I'm here for you. With everything going on, I just..."

"Thanks. I do know I'll always have you, and that's why we're friends."

"You're lucky, you know that, right?" He asked me and I contemplated his question for a minute. I never really thought about it, but once you put it into perspective, my life was pretty amazing. Besides the recent events, I got to move to another country, which I'll admit, was pretty cool. At the same time I was upset because I was going to live with someone I barely knew. Then I had to find out I was also living with the five young boys he worked for. One of these five happened to be terrible, but as I got to know him, I realized he was really just alone. And I think I helped change him into a better person.

"Yeah." I smiled. "I know."

"Go get some rest, I doubt you've slept in days." He smiled and tapped my back. I shivered a little bit and he apologized as I walked up the stairs.

When I reached my room I flopped down on the bed, and instantly fell asleep. It felt good to fall asleep, and for five minutes, everything felt so serene and peaceful. When I opened my eyes again, only ten minutes had passed. I had woken up because I had felt hands on me, as if someone was touching me. I opened my eyes and was relieved to find out no one was around me, but scared at the same time.

"Ariana, come eat!" Niall yelled and I heard Louis shush him.

"She's sleeping!" He said. I smiled and walked downstairs, letting them know I wasn't in fact asleep.