An hour later, I'd finally stopped crying. Josh and I ended up on the floor, me sitting in his lap, my face buried in his neck, so, naturally, when Rosemary walked in to find her husband comforting another woman, she wasn't too pleased. I got up when she walked in. Even though she tried not to show it, I could tell it didn't sit well with Rosemary. She grabbed Savannah from her crib and immediately left the room.
"Rose, wait!" I called as I followed her down stairs.
"Shay, you know I love you, but, was THAT really necessary?"
"Rosie, please sit down and let me explain!" We both sat down in the living room as she started feeding Savannah.
"Of course you know Josh and I are close, that much is obvious, but, there's a whole other world that's so much deeper than us just being close." She nodded for me to go on.
"When I was little, my dad would beat and rape me and my mom. When I was six, my mom left me with him and that night, I ran away. I somehow made it on the streets until I was thirteen. When I was ten, I discovered drugs. You'll have to ask Josh about this part, because I don't remember it, but, one time when I was thirteen, I had just shot up and got high when I blacked out. When I woke up, I was on Josh's couch.
I lived with his family until I was seventeen and that was when we moved out. Josh made me get clean and helped me stay clean. That's why I have this tattoo." I said as I held my arm out for her to see my tattoo. "Josh has been my rock many times over throughout our friendship, so, I had to get this.
"Rose, when we were younger, Josh had well over five girls leave him because they didn't like how close we were, and I asked him to not tell my secret to anyone. You know how many people know what's gone on in my life? Josh, Niall, and you. My secret ruined so many of his relationships and not once did he tell. I vowed to myself that when he found his Cinderella, even though she didn't know why, she would respect that we are so close and I would tell her why we are. Rose, you've done that and this is me telling you, you've got an AMAZING guy here just don't leave him because of me. I'm sorry, it's just he's my best friend in the entire world and he gets me. I'm sorry."
By now, Rose was crying.
"I'm sorry, Shay, I didn't know!"
"It's perfectly fine, love. I wanted to tell you because I don't want to come between you two."
She pulled me into a hug before we heard Josh 'Awww!'
That night I got back to my flat to find a text from Harry.
"What happened with you and Niall, love?"
":( I wish I knew:/"
"Can I come over? :)"
"Of course, babe xxx"
Twenty minutes later, Harry was standing in my kitchen with two twelve packs of Corona.
"Look at you, being a good friend, helping me solve problems THE SOBER WAY." I said sarcastically.
"Of course." He said as he passed me one he had just opened.
I shook my head but none the less started drinking.
The next morning I was waking up next to Harry in my bed.
"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap." I mumbled as I threw the covers off of me and sat up much too quickly. As soon as I sat up, I was forced to lay back down because of the worst migraine I'd ever had. I rolled over and buried my face in my pillow before groaning a bit too loud from pain and frustration.
"Morning, love." Harry mumbled in a voice that made me melt.
Snap out of it, Shay. You're in no position to be drooling over Harry. I thought to myself.
