Chapter One: Let Go

33.5K 129 15
                                    

**UPDATE: I HAVE MOVED THIS FROM CHAPTER TWO TO CHAPTER ONE. Because it made more sense. Okay thanks for reading!

Chapter One: Let Go

*Harry's POV*

"We have to let you go. I'm sorry Harry." The words were hard, cold and precise. The man spoke them without a trace of emotion.

I felt my entire world stop spinning. I leaned back into my chair, shocked to my core. Management was letting me go?! Me?! Harry Styles?! I was speechless. It's not like I was actually doing anything wrong...I was eighteen after all.

I looked around me at the four other boys in the room. Their heads turned to face the floor, their eyes looking everywhere but at me. If I didn't know any better, Louis was crying. I knew they saw this coming. They had warned me to keep any eye on myself. They told me to not chase after her last night. But what did I do? I slept with a woman seven years older than my mum. A new personal best in my opinion. But now there were headlines everywhere about my "problem." About my "addiction" to older women.

"You can leave now boys. We'll discuss replacements later on in the week," the man said and I heard the sharp intakes of breath around me. As for me, I was almost hyperventilating.

I couldn't help it. I started tearing. "Please! Isn't there anything I could do? Please," I said begging for some kind of redemption. There had to be a way for me to fix things. There just had to be. I was Harry Styles, one fifth of One Direction! Hell, I named our band!

The man just shook his head. His mind was set. "No, Harry. There's not. This was the seventh one this month. We can't cover you anymore. We're letting you go. You no longer have any business here. Please see your way out," he said before he stood and walked away, the door left open for us to exit through. If only he were female. I knew I could have changed his mind.

NO! That's what ruined my career in the first place. I mentally swore at myself. Women were the cause of my downfall.

"Come on lads. We can discuss things back at our hotel room. Harry don't make me carry you," Liam said when I made no effort to get out of the chair. I didn't want to. Leaving here meant I'd lost. I never lost.

Hands wrapped around my arms and pulled me out of the chair. I stood unwillingly but didn't protest. I knew Liam would be willing to put me into a headlock and I had no desire to deal with that at the moment.

We all walked out of the building silently, waiting a couple moments for Niall to get food out of a vending machine. As soon as we got outside we were swarmed by paparazzi.

I saw the flashing lights. I heard the roaring screams. And then I felt the hard concrete on my face.

Someone cursed a stream and the world went black.

*AUTHORS NOTE*

Thanks for reading ! I hope you're enjoying it. Please leave any questions, comments, etc! (:

-Kathleen

Uncontrollable Desires: A 1D Fanfic (Completed)Where stories live. Discover now