Past, Present, No Future. (Harry Styles)

78. Truthful Lies

A knock on the door made me strike up from where I sat on my living room sofa and prepare myself for who was at the door.

So yes, I tricked my friends into getting together. But for good reason, I was tired of the constant silence whenever Mel was mentioned to Gen and I missed seeing Mel. Although what she did was bad, she's still human.

Checking through the peep hole, I breathed out opening the door to Mel.

I welcomed her in with a hug and Pepper sniffing at her shoes. Thanking her for coming we both walked to the living room.

"I haven't been here since that last get together" Mel breathed out sitting on the couch.

I looked at her confusingly, "Last get together?"

"Oh," her eyes got apologetic, "That was when you weren't here, last month"

I pushed my angst away sitting next to Mel, "Harry had a get together?" I asked.

"Well, Zayn and Niall planned it" Mel tried making me feeling better.

I faked a smile and looked to her, "What happened? During that get together?"

"Nothing much, it was actually kind of boring" she explained, "I mean everyone was there, even Michael and Ashton" she sighed looking down at her fingernails.

She didn't just say everyone, she pointed out Ashton and Michael.

"About them" I began, making her look up, "I'm guessing you're all still not talking?"

Mel shook her head, "I just don't get it. He forgave Ashton, why can't he forgive me?"

"Did you apologise?" I asked her.

She slowly shook her head, "N-no"

"Then that's why he hasn't forgiven you. You need a apology in order for it to be accepted" I told her.

She opened her mouth, no words coming out.

"I try" she finally choked out, "But I can never face him, both of them. I feel like absolute shit about all of it"

I stayed quiet, enthusing her to continue clearing out this weight.

"I just feel as if I ruined their friendship, it'll never be the same. I know it won't"

At the moment she finished her sentence, the door bell rang making her look at me with a confused look.

I told her I'd be right back as I skipped up to the front door, hearing Pepper's claws scratch against the wooden floor behind me.

Before opening the doorway I looked through the peephole seeing the three figures standing at the front porch. Breathing in deeply, I scanned through my head the plan I had in mind.

Opening the door I greeted Gen, Michael, and Ashton with a series of hugs.

The moment they started to overly talk and their voices rose, I knew Mel could hear them.

She stood up from the sofa and walked over to where we stood, stopping midway by the kitchen.

"What is she doing here?" Michael asked, "You said it was just going to be the four of us" he turned to Gen.

"Because that's what Vanessa told me" she answered, "What's she doing here, Vanessa?"

"I invited her" I but down on my lip.

Mel looked at me in panic as she switched her eyes between Michael, Ashton, and Gen.

"We have nothing to do here with her" Gen said looking to me.