Midnight {One Direction/Vamprie} -- O N H O L D

Chapter 15

 "... And that's the truth." Harry finished, fixing his eyes on Valerie for her reaction. He was expecting her to burst out into a dramatic pool of tears, or scream at him in fury and angrily stomp out. Instead he got.. silence. She stared at him blankly, her brown eyes filled with confusion. Her lips pressed together in a thin line as she tried to find the words to say. Her mouth felt numb and her fingers nervously entwined and locked together as she tried to process everything Harry had just told her.

Emily and him had kissed. Harry had completely lied to her for two weeks; were the two main points that she could extract from Harry's long explanation.

"Harry, I-- I don't know what to say." she choked out, her brown eyes not focussed on anything in particular.

"I'm sorry. I really am, Val." Harry admitted, looking at her with sad eyes."I just.. I didn't want to hurt you." Valerie bit back tears as she whipped her head around so that she didn't have to face Harry.

"Well," she breathed. "You did. I just wish you had told me.." her voice broke and she tried to choke back tears.

"I'm sorry, Valerie. I love you, I would never try to hurt you."

Silence filled the room as Harry anxiously rubbed the back of his neck awaiting Valerie's response. She exhaled deeply after a moment, turning around so that her eyes locked with Harry's.

"Bye, Harry." she breathed against the icy cold silence of the room. Harry's eyes widened in shock as he fumbled with his words.

"But," he tried to say. "But.. We're perfect together. You can't leave me, Val!" he pleaded, caressing her cheek in his cool hands. She hastily pulled away, trying her hardest to refrain from breaking down right in front of him.

"We we're perfect. I loved you, and you lied to me. I'm sorry Harry, I have to leave.." Valerie couldn't process the words to say after that, so she simply pushed herself off of the couch, and through the door.

And gone.

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"We're going out, whether you like it or not!" shouted Liam from the bottom of the wooden staircase.

"No!" Harry called back stubbornly as he crossed his arms and resumed 'Torn' on his iPod. From downstairs, Liam cocked his head to Louis, who nodded in agreement.

"That's it, Louis' coming!" warned Liam as the Doncaster lad marched upstairs and through Harry's bedroom door. He placed his hands on his hips sassily and Harry remained seated.

"Well?" questioned Louis, raising an amused eyebrow. "You just gonna sit there and weep, or are you gonna go out with the lads and have some fun?" Harry sighed, running a frustrated hand through his chesnut curls.

"Lou, it's only been a week --"

"I know, Harry," Louis cut him off, making his way to sit beside his best mate. "But, you have to move on, Haz. It's best for you." he patted his back soothingly as Harry threw his face in his palms.

"I just.. I want her back."

"I know you do," Louis whispered from beside him. "Just.. just try and have fun, okay? You just need to have some time to relax, 'is all." Reluctantly, Harry agreed to go out with them, though no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't forget.

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"And then she told me..." drawled Caroline; a girl that Valerie had met at the beginning of the year, before she had met Harry. Valerie laughed along with the rest of the 'friends' she had met before Harry, not really engaged in the conversation. Sighing, her eyes wandered through the club in search of nothing in particular.

"Valerie?" said Bryan, who was now arm-in-arm with Kristen.

"Hm?" she replied absentmindedly.

"Are you okay?" he asked, obviously concerned at her lack of conversation.

"Never better," she smiled, unconvincingly as she drank another sip of her Coke -- as she had insisted she didn't want anything alchoholic. Bryan shot her a quizzical look, but quickly returned to his animated chat with Kristen, leaving Valerie silent.

Meanwhile, Caroline and John had long ago drifted away from their conversation and were now too consumed in snogging the life out of each other. Valerie tore her eyes away, as any couple reminded her of her curly-haired ex.

Alex, a tall, tanned boy who had tagged along with the group, attempted making conversation with Valerie, who only nodded and laughed half-heartedly occasionally to try and act like she was listening.

"And then Marie was like 'Oh, so that's how it is," he paused for a moment to laugh at his own comment before continuing on about whoever this Marie girl was. Valerie smiled weakly at him as he excitedly bubbled on about his story.

Something from across the club caught Valerie's eye, making her face have some expression for the first time tonight. "Valerie, you okay?" asked Alex in his deep, husky voice. Valerie didn't respond, but instead hopped off of her barstool and started making her way through the crowd of people.

"Valerie?" he said, his eyes now focussing on her, and only her as she shot through the crowd in search of this 'something' she had seen...

Or someone. 

Author's Note!

P L E A S E  R E A D

'Ello lovelies c: I decided to put the author's note at the end this time. :) Anywhoooo.. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I've had some major writer's block for this chapter, so sorry it's short and not that great.. /: I promise the next one will be better! I guess the reason the chapters have been so short lately is because.. *drumroll*...

I'M DOING A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

*Cue Confetti* So yes, I'm oober excited for the Christmas special! It'll probably (note, PROBABLY) be only five chapters long, but they'll be a GREAT five chapters! I have a lot planned for it, and I realllllly hope you like it x) (I've been planning it since like.. October ^.^)

Annnd.. it'll be a Niall fan fiction! :D Wooo c: Nialler is just so ah-ma-zing and I thought it's about time I write him a story. :) Who's excited?

Also, this chapter is (as promised) dedicated to @TayTay2001 for being my 100th fan! Thank you!

Thank you all for being amazing and wonderful fans! Vote, comment, fan, all that lovely stuff c:

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. x)

-Zoya <3