Antidote ;Sequel to Kryptonite;

Chapter Two: Breaking Out

             "Are you sure you are going to be, okay?" My overcautious mother asked for the millionth time in the span of a two minute phone call. "I can come pick you up."

        "I'll be fine Mom, I promise. Now I really gotta go, they're waiting on me." I hung up quickly and turned back to an awaiting producer. I smiled and let him lead me to the studio, not really listening as he prepped me for my final interview as Tina, the temporarily famous girl who dated Harry Styles. After a year of hiding, she was ready to talk about the relationship. On my walk Saturday I realized in order to let go fully I had to finish the last task I was dreading in the contract- have one last positive interview. When news leaked that we were over, I had been swamped in phones calls by all sorts of media and magazines wanting interviews but I couldn't face the facts. Now I was ready to let go of it all.

        "Got it, Tina?"

       "Crystal clear," I lied as I sat down, letting a girl attack me with a makeup brush and fix my hair. I went for a simple look; fitted jeans and a fun top that Louis had given me. When the assistant left my appearance alone, I looked down and sighed. I wanted this to be over already. Before I knew it, a girl named Lauren from 'The Inside' television show walked up and introduced herself. We made small talk before the camera crew was ready to roll.

        "Are you ready?"

        "As ready as I'll ever be." Lauren looked at me before turning back to the cameras, her entire persona changing.

        "Goodevening viewers, I'm Lauren Delane and you're watching The Inside. Tonight we have our special guest; Harry Styles' latest girlfriend, Tina Green is here. We are the only program to have the chance to interview. Stay tuned as I ask her the questions you sent to us." She turned back to me, her large smile growing even bigger somehow. "So, after the breakup we couldn't spot you out for months. Was it too hard to face?"

        "Well," I swallowed as the camera turned to me. I looked down before I realized how long it had been since I actually talked to someone that wasn't my mom or a teacher. "I had a lot of... family issues come up but.. I didn't mean to disappear like I had."

        "Did Harry break your heart?" Yes. I wanted to scream from the roof top that he tore my heart into pieces. Instead I smiled and faked a small laugh.

        "Harry... was a great guy... He still is. It was a mutual thing," I said the rehearsed line. "He was going off to tour and we didn't want to add the stress of keeping up with a relationship to come in either of our way as we tried to focus on seperate things."

        "What was your favorite thing about Harry? I absolutely adored you guys as a couple. Every new photo released to the public was fabulous. Did you know people loved you guys more than Brad and Angelina?" The fake smile turned into a real one. I didn't know people liked us that much.

        "I couldn't possibly choose one single thing... Everything about him... His smile, the way his eyes sparked at something that interested him.. His voice when he first woke up... How much he cared for the fans, his career... He truly valued every relationship he had with every person he's ever met... It's impossible for me to choose just one thing." I lost myself at some point in the interview- no, I didn't cry even though my body begged to. Finally, I got to talk about Harry. And not in a forced light, no I finally got to share the Harry I saw to the world. The next ten minutes I went on to discuss all the great things about the boys.

        "Did you love Harry Styles?" I looked up at Lauren and she raised her eyebrows. I looked back at my hands and then cautiously peaked at the camera. The answer everyone basically knew but I had never spoke those three little words.