Change Your Ticket

Chapter 3

After getting off of the plane and grabbing my luggage, I found my best friend waiting for me (i'm going to give her a name of Ashleigh so it's easier for me to write). I felt the smile starting to form on my face as it did on hers and we ran up to each other and we hugged each other very tightly.

A: "Come on, the car isn't far away and we've got SO much to talk about!"

Y/N: "I know, it's been about 2 years since I've seen you!"

A: "Yeah except for this time you don't when you're going back."

Y/N: "Or if I'm going back..."

I swallowed the now developing lump in my throat and looked at Ashleigh a bit warily. I continued dragging my suitcase behind me and following her to her car and she sighed.

A: "I know you Y/N, you say you give up and you make yourself believe that you've given up but I know for sure that deep down you haven't given up hope on Harry."

Y/N: "I hate to disappoint you Ashleigh, but I have given up all hope. There was countless amounts of times when I still believed in us and had a spark of hope still in me but now that's gone. Harry and I were getting toxic, it's over now and I don't think I can go back."

A: "You two just need a break, that's all..."

She paused what she was saying as I put my suitcase in the boot (or trunk) of her car and we both hopped into the car.

A: "The problem with you and Harry was that you two never really got a break. It was always flashing cameras, in the spotlight, all that shit for you. I think your problem was that you were getting tired; you two were constantly busy and I reckon it just all became too overwhelming for you."

Y/N: "Ashleigh you do realise that Harry verbally abused me, physically hurt me and emotionally messed me up?"

A: "Yeah I realise that Y/N but after a long enough break I know for sure that you will both find your way back to each other."

Y/N: "I'm not going back to a toxic relationship, he was like an acidic drug. I'd take him in and he'd completely burn me and yet I didn't see it until it got seriously bad...like ending up in hospital."

A: "Alright babe, you know what? Trust me on this one but you'll be crawling back to each other and this time you'll be even stronger than before-"

I couldn't take it any longer, I moved away from America so that I could get away from Harry so I didn't expect Ashleigh to keep on talking about him so I stopped her.

Y/N: "Ashleigh just please be quiet! I didn't sign up for a counselling session!"

A: "I'm sorry I was only trying to help."

Y/N: "I didn't mean to snap but all I'm trying to say is that I moved away from him and to a different country for a reason."

A: "Alright well how about we drop your stuff off at my apartment and then we go and grab some lunch, yeah? On me?"

Y/N: "You don't have to pay its fine."

A: "I insist."

Y/N: "Fine then, I love you Ash."

A: "I love you too babe."

★★★★

We were just finishing eating at this little cafe and Amanda paid and we headed back for Amanda's apartment. We opened the door and headed out and suddenly some teenagers came over to me and Amanda.

?: "Hey Y/N! I'm a huge fan, can we get a picture?"

Y/N: "Um sure..."

I smiled into their camera and then another girl frowned.

?: "Where's Harry?"

I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs what he did but I knew that I couldn't.

?: "Y/N?"

Y/N: "Yeah sorry um...we needed a break. But whatever the media decides to put out it's probably not true, we had a little disagreement that's all."

?: "Did you argue?!"

Y/N: "Um...a little bit but we're both okay. I'm still friends with Harry but I think in every relationship you eventually need a break, especially given the fact that I've been pushed a bit into the spotlight."

?: "Oh well you came all the way to England for space?"

Y/N: "Yes I did now I'm sorry girls but I won't answer anymore questions, I've got to go."

We said bye and me and Amanda headed to the car and she started to drive back.

A: "You've got to be careful what to say sometimes, Y/N."

Y/N: "Yes I realise that Amanda, I've been in the spotlight long enough to know that!"

A: "I'm just telling you. And am I going to have to keep on getting these experiences with fans?"

Y/N: "Probably and I'm going to have to tell them the same thing about Harry..."

I sighed and pinched my temple realising that this was unfortunately going to be much harder than I had intended.