PIPER'S P.O.V.

Who told him about Matthew? I didn't even know what to say? Did he already know and just asked to give me the chance to explain? He didn't seem to know. He seemed jealous and if he knew who Matthew was, there's no way he would feel that way.

"Piper, please. I want to know. Did he hurt you? Is that what your brother was talking about?"

"Well, not on purpose, at least."

"Yeah, he said something along those lines, too. Then, I saw that picture of you at prom with him. It seemed serious, but you've never mentioned him. You know about Karen and Andrea. I just want to know everything about you, Piper. Good and bad."

He kissed my forehead, encouraging me to continue.

"Well, he was my boyfriend. We were together for four years, all through high school and even when we started college. He started before me but we lived on campus together for a few months. I really loved him, Harry. I'm not saying that to hurt you, I just want you to understand what I went through. About a year and a half ago, we were driving back to campus from visiting his parents and-"

My tears broke my sentence and I buried my head in his neck. I had never told anyone that story. Everyone who knew, knew because they were around at the time. I had never had to tell someone new about Matthew that didn't know him.

"He was such an amazing man, Harry. He really was." I choked back sobs so that I could finish. "We stopped to get gas and I went inside to get water since we were out at home. He told me to get coffee for him too because he had to study for a big test. So, I went inside and while I was making his coffee, I heard some noise coming from outside, men yelling. I peeked out the window to see what was going on and right as I did, I saw," I paused to gather my thoughts, "I saw a hooded man pull a gun out of his jacket and shoot Matt in the chest two times." The crying was uncontrollable at that point and Harry was even tearing up, but I talked through the tears "The person who worked at the gas station called 911 immediately but the man ran off as soon as it happened. I ran outside, screaming like a lunatic, but Matt was already gone when I reached him. According to another person who was outside when it happened, the man asked Matt for money to get gas and he apologized, saying he didn't have any cash. He kept bugging him and told him that he would go ask his 'fine ass bitch' for some and that sent Matt overboard. He yelled at him to go away and to leave us alone, which is when I heard them and walked to the window."

I couldn't get any more words out; my lamenting taking over. Harry was legitimately crying at that point, holding me close to him, feeling as though he would never let go and I didn't want him to. After a few minutes, he lifted my face up so we were looking into each other's glassy eyes.

"Piper, I am so sorry for bringing it up. I can't imagine how hard that was on you. You're such a strong woman, you know that?"

"Not really. I took it really tough. I didn't leave my parents' house for months. I developed severe depression, anxiety, and OCD, all three of which I still struggle with. I began to hurt myself and really wanted to die. I told myself that it was my fault that he died and even though I know now that isn't true, it still seeps into my head now and then. I thought that maybe if I wasn't there, Matt would have never snapped at him and maybe he would have just moved on. That's actually why I got that tattoo. 'Living is easy with eyes closed'. As long as I don't think too much about it, I can't blame myself, which is how it should be. I let my thoughts get in the way of reality and the tattoo is to remind me not to over-think things. It took me at least a year to get back to school. This is technically my first semester back."

"Sweetheart, it was in no way your fault, and I hate to think of you feeling that way. I'm so sorry. Do you talk to anyone about it?"

"I still see a therapist, but I have never told her everything I just told you. I tell her what she wants to hear and hope she'll leave me alone. I'm not close to that woman; I know that she doesn't love me." How did I let the L word slip again? "I didn-"

He stopped me with a meaningful, emotional kiss.

"I love you, Piper. I really do and I don't care if people think it's too soon to say it."

I wiped away a few tears from my face and smiled, probably looking like an insane person.

"I love you, too, Harry."

I kissed him again, him pulling my body toward his.

"And I'm sorry about James. I didn't think about how it must have looked an-"

He had been rolling his eyes and kissed me, this time rolling me on top of him to deepen it. I could easily feel him harden through his thin hospital gown and my lack of underwear.

"This isn't exactly the right time or place, mister."

As if on cue, the door opened, revealing his nurse and doctor. I jumped off of him and scurried off of the bed, my cheeks burning from embarrassment.

"Hello Mr. Styles, we haven't actually met, but I'm Dr. Williams and I've been looking after you today. I, uh, take it you're feeling better now?"

He looked at me and then back to Harry, chuckling just a little to lighten the mood again.

"Yes, thanks."

"Well, I'm sure your girlfriend already yelled at you about the amphetamines so I won't go into much detail, but you really need to be careful. I understand your job is stressful, but taking high doses of amphetamines can really harm your body. The amount that was in your system wouldn't have been very harmful if you hadn't elevated your heart rate through, erm, other means." Listening to a doctor bring up the sex we had that day was extremely awkward.

"Basically, lay off the pills and you'll be fine. Any questions?"

"No, thanks so much."

"No problem, Nurse Leslie will take your vitals once more and then you may be discharged. Have a nice day."

We both waved to the doctor and he left the room. The nurse immediately pulled the covers down from Harry, exposing his boner through the gown. She laughed and continued her business, paying no attention. I covered my face to contain my hysterics and Harry looked at me, amazed by the lack of privacy. Once she was done, she told him he could get dressed and take his file to the office around the corner. I handed him the bag with his clothes and he changed there in front of me. Why did he have to do that? My emotions were already running high and then he gets naked in front of me.

"Oh, here's your phone. Don't get mad at me, but I may have called Liam and your mom."

I was scared of his reaction; I almost forgot that I had talked to them. While he was asleep, everything seemed to be a blur.

"It's fine, I'd rather her hear it from you than by seeing pictures of me in an E.R. waiting room on the news. Did you like her?"

"Well, we didn't exactly chat it up but, yes, she was very nice. She told me she can't wait to meet me!"

"Then, I think we need to take the woman up on that! I better call her when we get in the car."
I smiled at him as he put his arm around my shoulders, walking toward the door as I held on to his file. We brought it to the office and within minutes, we were being escorted to my mom's car. It was only 6 so the party had another few hours to go. Maybe that night still had a chance at being normal. As we drove, Harry called his mom and talked to her the whole time.

"Hey, mum."

"Yeah, I'm fine. I- yeah, I know, it was stupid."

He paused for a long while, listening to his mothers speech without interrupting.

"I promise-Yeah! Isn't she great, mum?"

He winked at me and gave me a grin so that I knew he was talking about me.

"No, I can't wait for you to meet her either. Soon, yeah. Okay, love you too, bye."

When he hung up, he held my free hand as we turned onto my parents street.

"Thanks for taking such good care of me, love."

He pulled my hand up and kissed it softly, seriously thankful for what I did.

"It was nothing. I couldn't just let you die from the amazing orgasm I gave you."

He scoffed jokingly and leaned over, kissing my neck and face sloppily.

"I'll give you that. It was killer."

I looked at him, shaking my head at his cheesy pun. When we parked in the garage once again, we walked back into the house to find it full with family and friends. Harry found my hand and intertwined our fingers so that I could lead the way. We found Riley and she immediately hugged Harry.

"Way to scare everyone, asshole."

She slapped his arm as soon as she pulled away from the embrace.

"Ow, I guess I deserve that."

"Yeah, and then some, but I'm sure you've heard it already. You should call Liam though, he was worried."

"Oh, when isn't he? I'll call him. Need to call the other guys, too."

He looked at me as if to ask permission to do so in a quiet place and I shooed him upstairs. When he ran off, James walked over.

"Interesting day, huh?"

"You could say that again."

"Were you aware of his drug problem?"

Drug problem? Why was he acting so cool toward Harry. Well, I guess their first meeting wasn't ideal.

"He doesn't have a drug problem. He's fine now."

I really wanted to change the subject, quickly.

"I'm really sorry to have left you here like that; I feel awful."

"No, don't worry about it. It's good that he's alright now; but, that was more important. I was fine; your parents are really nice."

"Yeah, they are. Where's my mom, by the way? I want to tell her that we're back."

"Over there."

He pointed with the hook he was holding that went along with his pirate ensemble, to a woman dressed as a flower child. Yep, there's mom. I thanked him and walked toward her. She hugged me when she noticed me.

"Piper, honey, so glad you guys are back. So, Harry's fine?"

"Yeah, he's totally fine. He's upstairs calling some of his friends."

"Good. Poor thing, he's got to be so overwhelmed with that kind of a job. I hope it doesn't wear him down anymore. For your sake, baby."

"Thanks, mom. I think he'll be alright. I told him about Matt."

"Good! I'm guessing it went well, then."

"So good. He's so good to me, Mom."

"Oh, I'm so glad."

I hugged her once more and saw Cory walking toward us.

"There's the graduate! Congrats, baby brother."

He smiled brightly and pulled me into a tight hug.

"I'm glad you're back, Pip. Is he okay, then?"

"Yeah. He is."

"Good, because I kind of liked him. I was looking forward to giving him a chance with you."

"Oh, I'm glad you think you have some sort of control over that!"

"Well, he has to get me to approve and you know I'm a lot harder to get past than Mom and Dad."

I scoffed at him and saw Harry walking back down the stairs, in his leather jacket once again. I waved him over and he stood in between Cory and I.

"Glad you're alright, man."

Cory patted Harry on the shoulder and Harry smiled and thanked him. Cory dismissed himself to talk to other people as the DJ announced the beginning of dancing. The first song was a slow one; 'Give Me Love' by Ed Sheeran.

Harry chuckled to himself and pulled me onto the dance floor.

"Remind me to text Ed later and tell him that I danced to his song at a graduation party."

He held me close to him and placed both hands around my hips, resting them there comfortably. I laid on his chest, my hands around his neck, simply swaying slowly to the music.

"I'm so glad I met you, Harry."

"Me too, Piper. You mean everything to me."

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