Liam’s POV:
“Niall, get up mate.” I nudged him lightly, but got no response. “Niall, c’mon.” I sighed, shaking him. He still didn’t budge.

“Is he up?” I heard Harry’s voice coming closer to me, and saw that he stood next to me. I shook my head, running a hand through my hair.

“Great. You’re going to make us all late.” Harry groaned, walking away. He was still mad at Niall, and only made little conversation with him, but the rest of us have tried to move past the whole situation.

It’s really hard not being able to hear from one of your best friends. We were super close, and she practically told me everything when she just couldn’t handle it anymore. I’m sure she tells Christa all this stuff now, but I just miss her dearly…

~FLASHBACK~
“I’m sorry, Liam. I’m so so so so so so so so sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t know that this could be the outcome. I don’t wanna die. I’m sorry. I hurt all of you, and I was being so stupid. I’m so sorry…” Was all she could say. Hearing her like this almost made me start crying. I felt the tears starting to form in my eyes, but I tried my best to stay strong. For Julia’s sake.

“Jules, shh, don’t worry everything will be fine. Where are you?” I asked her.

“I’m at the park. I didn’t have the heart to even do anything. I just couldn’t stop crying.” She still wasn’t crying and by now I’m sure all the boys could see the single tear falling down my cheek.

“Where’s Christa? Haven’t you called her yet?” I asked starting to worry even more.

“She won’t answer her phone. I only called her three times.” She told me, her voice shaky.

“Okay, I’ll try to contact her, okay? Stay where you are. Isn’t it already around eight o’ clock over there? It’s dangerous to be alone, Jules.” I tried making sure she was safe, but my stern voice made it sound like I was lecturing her.

“No, don’t leave me. Please stay on the phone.” She began to cry again, and I wished I was there, to comfort her.

~END FLASHBACK~

She was so broken that day…and I was there for her through everything. I was there when she called me up while she was alone in the park crying, when Harry had told everybody about what he and Julia did that night… I was even there for her when she didn’t want Niall knowing he had a daughter...

I was there for her. Whenever she needed me.

I looked over at Niall. He still wasn’t himself. He was broken in every way. He never acted the same way, either. I sighed.

~

“Lads, we have a lot of work to do so let’s get down to business.” Simon greeted us without a hello. We sat in front of him as he was behind his desk looking through papers. Never looking up at us once, and I know exactly why. He didn’t want to see Niall. The one who broke his daughter’s heart.

“Your tour is in less than a few weeks, so we need to start setting up more rehearsal time.” He rambled on and on, but I didn’t pay attention to any of it. I was only thinking of Julia. After all, she is Simon’s daughter, it was sort of hard to look at Simon and not see Julia.

“Liam, c’mon.” I heard Zayn’s voice. I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up at Zayn and the rest of the lads who were already by the door. I quickly stood up, following them out of the office.

“Liam and I are going to catch up with you guys, later.” Harry said, taking my arm and walking in a different direction than the rest of the boys. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion as to why, exactly, but just went with it.

“Harry, where are we going?” I asked, tilting my head to the side.

“Out.” He said bluntly. I sighed, as the two of us started walking down the cold streets of London. I shoved my hands in my pockets, as the silence grew between the two of us.

“Why did he do that?” Harry said, breaking the tension in the air.

“Do what?” I asked, completely off guard. I knew what he was asking, but I just didn’t want to say it. It still felt all a little unreal to me.

“You know what I mean, Liam.” He scoffed.

“I honestly don’t know. He was dr—“

“Being drunk isn’t an excuse!” He interrupted, suddenly getting louder. I jumped a little at the shock of him yelling.

“Harry don’t you think you’re being a bit hypocritical? You and Jules were drunk that night three years ago and you slept with her. You can’t just blame this all on Niall, when the same things happened a while back. I understand what he did was completely wrong, but don’t act like you didn’t do the same thing. I don’t give a fuck if you love her, either. She belongs with Niall, mate, and you need to learn to back off. We may not even be able to speak to Jules or talk to her ever again, so stop being a selfish dick and help your best friend out!” I snapped back at him.

I honestly couldn’t believe that that came out of my mouth. I never snapped at anyone let alone Harry. He’s one of my best mates. But everything I said was true. Could I have said it a bit more nicely? Sure. But it sure as hell was true. He was being selfish. Harry was being immature and acting as if Julia was his girlfriend. He needs to let go of what happened and be there for Niall.

Harry stood there, frozen, not saying a word back. I walked along the sidewalk without him. He could meet me home. He knows where we live.




Julia’s POV:
“Hey there lil’ lady.” Matt greeted me in a terrible country accent.

“Hey..” I smiled weakly at him before turning back to the TV.

“What’s up with you?” He asked, plopping himself next to me on the couch. I shook my head, not wanting to use my voice. If I did, I would probably just start crying.

“Hey, why are you crying?” He asked. I put my hand on my cheek to see that I was actually already crying. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a hug.

“What am I going to do?” My voice came out in barely a whisper. He just rocked me in his arms, trying to calm me down.

“Hey, listen to me. You don’t have to do anything. It’s his loss. You deserve someone who would never do that to you. Julia Cowell, you are a beautiful girl and any guy would be lucky enough to have you. Don’t cry over someone who obviously wasn’t a good boyfriend to you. You deserve better, and you will get over him.”

Notes

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~Cam