Never Again~ a Haylor fanfic

Chapter 2

~Harry~

The day after I saw Taylor at the restaurant I couldn't stop checking my phone. I just wanted her to call me so we could talk. And it probably sounds like I'm a desperate ex boyfriend who is waiting for his girlfriend to take him back. But that's not what it was like. I was a guy just wanting his friend back.

I realized that I couldn't just sit and wait by my phone all day so I went over to Liam's apartment where all of the other guys were. I let myself in since Li gave me a key. The guys were just watching tv in the family room so I joined them.

"Look who finally showed up," Zayn said. "Did you finally realize that Taylor isn't going to call you?" I rolled my eyes.

"Shut up," I told him and he laughed.

Just then I heard a familiar voice come from the television. I looked up and none other than Taylor Swift was on the screen. It was her the target ad for her new album. All of the guys started cracking up. Well all except for Niall who was singing 'Style' that was playing in the background.

"You guys are so immature," I said and got up and walked into the kitchen. I went to the fridge and pulled out a diet coke. I closed the fridge and sat down at the table. As I opened my can, I felt a buzz in my pocket. I pulled out my phone and it said I had a new text message. It was from Taylor.

T: Hey Harry. Do you maybe wanna meet for dinner?

H: Sure. Where?

T: Is Bellini's ok?

H: Yeah. I'll meet you there in 30.

T: See you then :)
I stood up and walked out. I didn't tell the boys I was leaving because I knew it would just lead to them being annoying about meeting Tay. I got in my car and started driving. It should take about 25 minutes to get to the restaurant so I should be there right on time.

As I drove, I had so many thoughts going on in my mind. What was going to happen? What was going through Taylor's mind? Would we be able to be friends again? I started to lose focus on driving so I tried to push all of the thoughts out of my head.

When I got to Bellini's, Taylor wasn't there yet so I got us a table. I waited nervously for her to arrive. Other then last night, we hadn't talked in months and I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what was going on in her life.

My thoughts were interrupted when Taylor walked in.She looked around and then she saw me. I waved at her and she smiled. She walked over and sat down at the table.

"Hi Harry."

"Hi Taylor," I replied with a smile. "How have you been?"

"I've been good. Yeah life is pretty good right now," she answered. "And what about you?"

"I'm good. I've been keeping busy."

"By the way congrats on your new album," she said. "It's amazing."

"It's you I should be congratulating. Your album is the best selling album this year. I love the whole album."

"Really?" she asked.

"Really," I said with a smile. "It feels like I can relate to all of the songs. It's like your writing about my life. Style especially." She laughed.

"Oh my god Harry," she laughed. "You know I wrote some of those songs like two years ago right?"

"I know I just like pushing your buttons," I laughed.

"Did you really just say that?" she asked smiling.

"C'mon you practically handed that one to me, Swift." I grinned.

"Harry, I've missed this," she said after we finished laughing.

"Me too," I replied.

I looked at her and I could knew she meant what she said. I could see it's in her eyes. There was a nostalgic look in them that I've have seen in mine ever since we lost touch. Maybe she was thinking about being friends again. Maybe she wanted back that friendship we had before.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked.

"You just did." I rolled my eyes. "Okay go ahead."

"Do you miss us being friends?"

"I am so glad you asked that," she said. "To answer your question, yes, I do. I just don't know how it could work."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I mean you know there are going to be stories about us everywhere. And I don't usually care about them, I actually laugh at them, but eventually don't you think it's going to get to us? Don't you think it'll ruin it all? Before I got here I hadn't thought of these things and I was hoping we could be friends again. But now I just don't know."

"Let's just try. If we fall apart, then at least we'll know we tried. Let's give this a shot," I begged.

"I'm sorry Harry," she told me. "I just don't know if I can." Taylor stood up and walked out of the restaurant. I got up and followed her out of the restaurant. I looked through the crowd and finally found her I grabbed her hand and she turned around.

"How about this," I started. "We make a promise to each other."

"What kind of promise?"

"We won't read any articles about us. If we don't know what they're saying, it can't hurt us," I explained.

"Okay," she replied after a few moments. "But I have another promise we need to make."

"What is it?" I questioned.

"Since we are trying to be just friends, never again can we act on any feelings we might have for each other. So that means if I start liking you again, I can't do anything about it."

"Never again," I said as a promise.

"Never again."

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Hi! Sorry that's it's been a long time. I've been busy with the holidays and other things. But now that it's finally here, what do you think?