Secret Identity (Haylor)

Chapter 23: Studio.

Chapter 23: Studio.

Harry's POV

I enter the room, smelling lemon scented air freshener, and gaining silence and stares from the three lads.

"Uh, lads," Louis starts to speak up, "I'm pretty sure that you know Harry, our bandmate." He says awkwardly because of the death glares everyone gave me.

I asked Louis to take me to the studio where the Liam, Zayn, and Niall are, after his little invitation and convincing to make me talk to them.

"Hi." I hear Niall greet me without a hint of color in his voice.

"Now, lads let's all give Har-"

"You let this monster in here?" Liam asked, rather offensively, and cutting off Louis. "Unbelievable." Liam smiles sarcastically, making me feel unwanted.

"Liam, come on now, he's the youngest member here, and probably the most naïve-"

"I'm out of here." Zayn now cuts Louis off and walked away, bumping my shoulder as he exited.

I begin to sweat, knowing I'm being rejected.

"Louis, I know you're an idiot, but I didn't expect you to be this idiotic." He laughs sarcastically.

"Bringing Harry Edward Heartbreaker Two Timer Lying Self-Centered Styles? The best move yet." I can sense that Liam's beginning to be sarcastic, meaning that I'd probably be beaten up in awhile.

"Liam, stop it." Niall says softly.

"Stop it? I think Harry here should stop it. Right, Harry? I think you should stop thinking about that Taylor of yours. Nah wait, he's Ed's, my bad." Now I'm getting sick of all these sarcastic answer he gives, making me form a fist.

"So, Harry," He crosses his arms. "how's it been going? Wait, should I even ask you? You broke your own heart, am I right? Oh, let's not even forget of the fact that Taylor Swift dumped you!" He throws a fit of sarcastic laughter that pisses me off more.

"Face it, Harry," he stands up and walks to me, "she'll. never. love you."

He reached my boiling point, that I immediately punched his nose, making it bleed.

"WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THAT?!?!?!?" I scream at him.

"What? Hate the truth? Stop living in a fantasy, Styles. This is reality, I HATE to break it." He smirks annoyingly.

I take deep breaths to calm myself down, but nothing could stop me from that point.

I started making my fist make its way to Liam's face, but then a hand stopped me.

"Come on, lads." The person said peacefully. I looked at my right and found Ed to save the day.

"This is very immature of you two." Ed says firmly as if he was a mother. "Liam, go home. So do you two." He refers to Niall and Louis. The two innocent men made their way out, patting my back before exiting.

"Liam, forget about the song for today. Go home." He advices the beast, and the beast walks to the door, giving me a glare before getting out.

"Stressed?" Ed asks, giving me a cup of coffee as we both sit down.

I gave him a shrug as an answer, unsure of my own emotions.

"It's fine, let it out." he tells me.

Ed always had his way of comforting people, especially me, it feels like everything's being solved by just sitting down with him. I'm really, really thankful to have him as my best friend.

"I heard everything you lads talked about." He immediately switched to be serious.

I just nodded, losing my ability to speak for the whole day.

"Harry, if it traumatizes you so much-"

"I'm not traumatized, Ed. I'm fine." I assure him.

He looks at me for a moment, then quickly looking away.

"I invited you to the baby shower." He informs me and I quickly look at him.

"You what?" I asked shockingly. "Harry, I've done so much wrong to you. But I just want you to know," he pulls out two little rattles that are nearly identical but one is blue and one is red. "I may not be there all the time, nor will I know how to prioritize." He gives me the blue rattle, "But you know how to. In fact, you'd probably be better at taking care of Tanya." He a little tear forms in his eyes.

"Ed, what do you mean?"

He sighs, getting ready for his own answer. "I love Taylor, but not in a romantic way." He pauses, "I love Athina, that's whom I romantically love. Taylor's your responsibility, mate." He rubs my back.

We sit in silence for a few moments, letting Ed cry a tad. "Remember when you broke in Taylor's home?" He asks, smiling through his tears.

I nod in reply, also smiling and slightly letting tears fall.

"And then when I saw you, you gave me the responsibility to take care of Taylor?" He asks once more, causing me to nod again. "Yeah." I say, sniffling.

"Well, I think I took my part in doing so. Now it's your turn to take over." He secures the rattle in my hands.

"I can't take the responsibility to raise the family that is deserving of your care. So now, I guess you'd have to take care of them." Another tear falls from his eye.

"I'd probably have the opportunity to lead a family someday, just not now. Plus, I took Taylor away from you, now I'm giving her back." He stands up and fixes himself.

"Good luck, Styles." He smiles encouragingly.