The Sexton House - Harry Styles * COMPLETED*

15.

I almost have a heart attack at the young girl sitting in front of me.

"Hello, Harry," she whispers, getting up and embracing me.

"Madison, what are you doing here?" I'm shocked. I have no idea why she would be here, I thought I made it pretty clear that we couldn't see each other, since I was moving to Kentucky.

"I missed you, silly! You can't just up and leave your best friend in New York and not expect me to follow." she laughs, hugging me tighter. I've tried to forget about Madison. We've been friends since I moved to NYC. I had... well, still have, a big crush on her, but ever since she got a boyfriend it was pretty clear he was a keeper for her.

"Very true, but you know how much I wanted to move," I tell her. I was hoping that if I moved away from her, my existing feelings would just vanish, and they had... up until she showed up.

"I know, Harry, but still you're my best friend, and I miss you." she smiles, finally letting go.

"How did you get in my house?" I have to ask. I look around, expecting to see a broken window, but thankfully there isn't one.

"The door was unlocked," she simply replies. She starts to head towards the kitchen, so I follow. Madison has always been the type to make herself at home; she's very open about things and pretty much just says what she want. She doesn't really have a filter.

"Are you hungry?" I say, coming up behind her.

"A little, we can make dinner later though." I wonder how long she is planning on staying. "It's a nice house, kind of old, but still really cool." her hazel eyes scan the kitchen as she runs her hands along the granite counters. Her long blackish-brown hairs is in loose curls, a few strands are covering her flawless tan skin.

"It's got character," I say, shaking my head. Madison is a very distracting girl. Her beauty catches any guy's attention, and her personality is almost perfect. She's girlfriend material.

"Yeah... Oh, and by the way, I put my stuff in the guest bedroom. I hope that's okay," she tells me.

"Yeah, that's fine- wait, which guest bedroom?" I ask, raising a brow.

She smiles sweetly before saying, "The one upstairs." As soon as she says that, I sprint towards the living room and head for the staircase. "Is everything alright?" I can her Madison following closely behind. I ignore her and take the steps two at a time. "Harry, what's wrong?" I feel her hand touch my shoulder.

"The bedroom is old and dusty, I wouldn't want you up here," I lie, and continue my way up the steps.

Once I reach the door, I walk in with a slight hesitation. I spot her bags on the ground, she must have brought her whole apartment. I grab a handful and she does the same.

"Are you sure it's not alright for me to stay in here?" I have no idea why she even wants to claim this room as her own, since there is a thick layer of dust covering everything.

"Did I mention there's rats?" as soon as the words leave my lips, she screams and runs down the steps. "Works every time," I mutter to myself. I shut the door behind me and drag her bags down the steps and to the other guest bedroom that's located right across from mine.

"Is the whole house infested with rats?" she screeches, fright written all over her face.

"No, just that room." hopefully she'll believe it. She nods her head before placing her bags on the bed. "So how long on you planning on staying?" I ask, eyeing her bags.

She hesitates for a minute before saying, "I'm not really for sure... I was hoping for a while though." she looks down almost ashamed, a sad expression taking over her beautiful face.

"Is everything alright?" Madison has always been this happy, giddy girl everybody loves- you hardly see her down.

"Not really," she admits, sitting down on her new bed.

"What's wrong?" I ask, sitting down beside her. She shifts a bit before facing me.

"It's Carter. W-we broke up." Madison's head hangs low as a tear runs down her cheek.

"Hey, it's okay, he's a jerk," I tell her.

She lets out a laugh before saying, "Yeah. Too bad I didn't know that two years ago."

"What happened between you two?" they seem like the perfect couple; they just fit, it was like they were meant to be.

"He cheated," she simply says, throwing her hands up.

"With who?" she stands up, shaking her head.

"It would be easier to tell you the girls that he hasn't slept with!" her face turns red, the tears no longer in sight as rage takes over. "I just don't get how I didn't know! I was so stupid, all the signs where there," she scolds herself. I'm not really sure if I should tell her it wasn't her fault, or that she's not stupid... but I think it would be better for her to get it out of her system. "He was cheating on me for a year! A freaking twelve months and I didn't know!" Her hands go in different directions as she paces the room. I'm worried she might burn a hole at the rate she's going. "Harry, am I stupid for not knowing? For not seeing the signs?" She finally stops pacing as she stands before me.

"No, you weren't, everybody thought you guys were in love," I tell her the truth. Even I thought they would grow up and get married and have adorable little Madison and Carter babies, but I guess that's all bullshit now.

"Really? So I wasn't dumb to believe he actually had feelings for me?"

I stand up, grabbing her face and saying, "No, you weren't." the urge to kiss her, since we are already so close in proximity, is weighing on me. My body says kiss her but my mind screams bad idea. Just as I think she's thinking the same thing, I hear a crashing noise coming from upstairs. We both pull away, our attention directed upwards.

"What was that?" fear is written all over her beautiful face, and I know there's no way I can tell her that a ghost lives in my house and she so happens to not like me. "Harry? What's going on? What was that noise?"

"I-I... uh..." This is really bad.

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