“Hey Harry,” I said while I hugged him. He didn’t hug me back. “What’s wrong?” Harry looked down while he spoke. “Liz, I can’t stay with you.” “What do you mean?” It’s not like I expected him to be around every day. I knew he was busy with the new album and the tour coming up. I knew I’d have to do most on my own, but I was willing to do that. If that meant we could do everything together again when he was back, then that was fine. “Between the recording sessions, interviews, concerts, I don’t have time to worry about somebody like you.” “What?” “I can’t take care of you.” “I’m not asking you to.” Melissa appeared out of nowhere and wrapped his arm around him. “I told you, he doesn’t need you.” I wanted slap that smile from her face, but she was right. God, I hated to admit that to myself. “You want somebody your fans like, not somebody you love?” “I love you Liz, but like a sister. And face it, you’re Louis’ little sister. You should know that there was never anything serious going on.” “I’m not. And you can’t leave me right now. I need you.” “Too bad missy. He’s mine.” Melissa said. “Please, I need you.” “You’ll be fine. Bye.” They disappeared and I fell to the ground. I wrapped my arms around myself. Why? Why did I have to lose every person I loved?

Mila is waking me up. “Hey, what’s wrong?” She gave me a tissue. I hadn’t noticed I was crying. “I… I… Harry… and Melissa… he was…” I choked on my words. “He’s on his way. Whatever it was you dreamt, it wasn’t real.” I’m still shaking. “I know, but… Wait, what are you doing here?” “Come on, my best friend is in the hospital and you think I wouldn’t come to see you. Davy is on her way as well.” “Aren’t you supposed to be in school or something?” “Well, Christmas break starts today, so I figured I wouldn’t miss anything special in school.” I smile. “You would’ve ditched it anyways, even if you were in the middle of your finals.” “Well, that might be the only exception, but, I was so worried.” She hugged me carefully. “I’m sorry,” I said. “I should’ve known better, but I was so upset and…” “Listen, you don’t have to explain anything to me.” I sighed. “But, somebody is waiting to talk to you. I’ll come back later, I need to dump my stuff anyway.” She hugged me again. “How do you know?” “My phone is vibrating and it tickles.” I laughed. “You’ll never change.” “You want me to.” “No, that is impossible.” “See you tonight.” She left and Harry nearly ran through the door. “Hey sweetheart.” He kissed my forehead. He seemed excited and troubled at the same time. Weird combination. “I have one thing to tell you and one to ask.” “Well, go ahead.” I lay back. “Ehm, first of all… The police wants you to testify in court. But, before you do, I thinks you should know that it is not only what happened the past six weeks, but also about your father.” I frowned. “What, why?” “He…” “He killed my father?” I knew that Tyson was an idiot, but he claimed he loved me, so, why would he do that? “Don’t cry.” Harry wiped away my tears. I hadn’t noticed I started crying again until he mentioned it. “And, I wanted to ask you something… And I understand it if you say no, because it is kind of big, but you don’t need to worry, I’ll take care of everything…” “Harry. Come to the point.” I said. “Liz, when we leave for the tour, do you want to come with me?”

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