How long will it take?

Chapter 21

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Harry's POV

I jumped into my car, my heart racing so fast I didn't know what I was doing. All I could think about was her running into my arms and forgiving me instantly when she saw me but deep down inside I knew she was stronger than that.

I sped through the streets of London and as I came closer to Camden and her flat I thought about what I was going to say and every time I thought of her, my mind would stop and go blank. I rounded the corner to her flat and parked opposite, as I usually did but as I squinted into the dark I saw Dani stood at the bottom of the stairs, her arms loaded with bags and picture frames. My stomach flipped when I saw Lola following her with two suitcases, she was definitely not going on holiday.

I had to stop her, it was the only way to make us both better and if I didn't do anything I'd end up losing half of my heart again.

Lola's POV

"Are you sure you want to move away from us, Lo? We'll do everything we can to protect you, you don't have to leave." Dani said to me, wiping her eyes to stop the tears from showing.

I folded my last few tops and shoved them in my case before walking over to sit next to Dani on my newly bare bed.

"It's not that I want to, it's that I need to, Dan. You've seen the news, you've seen how people look at me in the street. Everyone knows who I am because of Harry bloody Styles. I just need some space, I can't have this stress of him in my head. I don't need it." I told her, shaking my head lightly.

"But what if you need him, too. You could try and talk with the other boys, I'm sure they could help." I looked at Dani and shot her a look of disgust.

"I don't need him, Danielle. He ran away from his problem," I shot up from my seat and pointed to myself.

Talking about Harry made me angry and aggravated. All I wanted him to do in that hospital, on that night was hold me and tell me it was all ok but he didn't. He didn't even try.

At that point I lost every inhibition in my body and screamed.

"He doesn't want to be seen walking around with some cancer ridden teenager and I sure as hell do not want to cause him anymore angst because apparently he had a lot of that when he was younger. He wouldn't ever want to love me, nobody does, look at my dad, he fucking killed himself because I was useless."

"Don't you dare say that, Lola. Don't be so fucking stupid." Dani stood up too, she was level with me and her eyes flared with anger. She pointed to me.

"Anyone would be lucky to have you so don't you go around telling me that you're useless. You cannot give up on life because Harry Styles got a bit nervous and walked out on you, you're living with fucking cancer, Lola. You can get through anything, for christ sake!" She screeched so loudly that her voice broke and she looked defeated.

She slumped onto the floor with her head in her hands and looked up at me one last time.

"If you leave tonight, Lola everything you've ever worked for will be over. You can't let Harry Styles defeat you. How long will it take for you to realise that?"

I looked at her one last time before stepping out into the hallway and grabbing my bags. As I wandered onto the landing I stopped to look at the pictures hanging on the wall. A tear formed in my eye as I took in all the memories that surrounded me. There were hundreds of them plastered onto our wall, but 3 caught my attention.

The first was a picture of Matty and I on the beach together, in Spain, it was our first holiday together and we had both bought coconut bras and a hula skirt each so we clambered onto the beach bar and did a dance together. We promised each other we would go back for our 21st birthday and do it again.

There was another one, of all of the dance company in formal wear, ready for the Dance Award Ceremony, we'd taken 2 months to sort our outfits out so we could all match and look remotely interesting! We all huddled together to fit in and we all beamed to the camera, Dani was the only one unprepared, she was flicking her hair out and her full body was out of focus!

The last one made my stomach churn. It was of Dani, Matty, Jake and I. We were in our flat when we had just moved in and we had squished onto our new sofa with our takeaways piled onto our laps, our smiles could be seen from a mile away we were that happy. It looked like the perfect family. As I turned away I could see my face fading away in that picture, I'd no longer be there in a couple of months, not because I moved away but because God would take me away.

Dani's rough voice tore me away from my thoughts.

"I'll take the heavy ones, get the car keys and I'll take you now."

I just nodded my thanks and grabbed her keys and the map to my new destination.

As I walked down the stairs I heard a sharp gasp coming from Dani.

His voice was the only clarification I needed.

"So you're going to run away too?" He said.