You Make it Real {A Harry Styles Fan Fiction}
Chapter 70
HARRY’S P.O.V.
The day that Piper’s family arrived with Riley and Karen went by quickly. Everyone spent most of their time unpacking and trying to relax. After a few hours of us catching up, Karen gathered Andy’s things and brought them to her room so that they could spend some time together. While I felt melancholy about Andrea spending some time away from me after our time together, I was also exuberant at the prospect of having more alone time with Piper. We could have morning sex without waking up at six to do it.
It’s the little things.
“Babe, cuddle with me.”
I had thought Piper was already sleeping when I got into bed after helping Karen put Andy down for the night. I grinned to myself and rolled over in the dark to pull Piper close to my body.
“Sorry, love; I thought you were sleeping.”
I kissed her forehead and brought her head to my chest where she usually laid. She rested one hand on my abs and brushed her thumb softly over the inked moth there.
“S’alright. Did Andy go down easy?”
I nodded and breathed in the familiar scent of her hair.
“Yeah, she passed out real quick. She had too much excitement for one day.”
Piper took a deep breath and I could feel her body moving away from me slightly.
“Yeah, I’m sure she’s happy to have both of her parents at the same time.”
Her words were more like mumbles with her lips pressed against my shoulder. I could still catch the tinge of jealousy in her voice.
“What’s wrong, baby?”
I trailed my hand down her back and pulled her closer to me again.
“Nothing, Harry. Sorry, I’m just tired.”
Yeah, right. If I knew anything about women, it was that ‘just tired’ meant that she was sincerely upset about something.
“Don’t lie to me, Piper. I know you’re upset about something.”
She sighed and pulled away from me completely, rolling over to face the opposite side of the bed.
“Piper, please-“
“Harry, I said I’m just tired. Let me sleep.”
“No, you might be tired, but that isn’t all of it. Be honest with me, please.”
I scooted closer to her and as soon as I placed my hand on her arm, she pushed the covers off of her and stood up, wearing only her lacy blue panties. I sat up in bed and watched her find her robe on the nearby couch and slide it on.
“Piper, talk to me!”
“Harry, I’m fine. I just- I’m gonna go see Riley. We haven’t talked since she got here.”
My jaw dropped as she walked toward the door. I was at a loss for words, entirely thrown by her behavior. When she walked out of the bedroom, it hit me that she was actually leaving without telling me what was bothering her. I threw the sheets off of me and stood up, following her in my tight black briefs.
“Sweetheart, wait! What’s going on?”
She turned around and I saw the glint of tears in her eyes. I rested my hands on her shoulders and grasped her attention.
“Harry, just let me go! I’ll be back; I just- I need to talk to my friend. Is that too much to ask?”
She snapped and I pulled my hands away, taken aback by her outburst.
“Of course not; I just- I want you to talk to me if something’s wrong. I don’t- I want you to be happy.”
She grinned and sniffled, wiping away a few tears.
“I am happy, baby. It’s nothing. I’ll be back soon, okay?”
I nodded and felt like crying just watching her cry and knowing that she wasn’t letting me in.
“Okay, I’ll wait up for you,” she opened her mouth to protest, “and don’t tell me not to. I won’t be able to sleep until you’re back. Take your time, though. I love you.”
She finally nodded, stepping forward to kiss my cheek.
“I love you, too.”
And then she turned around and left. For no apparent reason.
RILEY’S P.O.V.
“Okay! I get it, Liam! Just drop it already!”
He gripped his shirt to contain his anger. I knew I was pushing this argument too far, but he had to get used to the fact that I was always going to be around Cory. That wasn’t even where our argument had lead to. We somehow started fighting over where we were going to go for dinner the next night. I didn’t know how we got there, but it was one of those fights that turned into a fight about anything and everything.
“Riley, I don’t know why you have to have an attitude about every damn thing I say. It’s getting old-“
He was interrupted by a light knock at the door.
“I’ll get it.”
He huffed and sat down on the couch while I approached the front door and looked through the
peephole. When I saw Piper in tears, I swung the door open quickly.
“Piper! What’s wrong?”
She walked toward me and buried her face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around her waist and
stroked her back comfortingly.
“Shhh. Talk to me.”
“I- I just-“
She stopped talking when she looked up and caught Liam’s eye. I turned around and silently plead with him to cooperate.
“Liam, I’m sorry, but could you give us a minute?”
And Liam, being the gentleman he usually was, stood up, shoving his hands in his pockets.
“I’ll go check on Harry.”
I mouthed a thank you and made a mental note to apologize to him and finish making up with him.
Once the door was shut, Piper wailed again, collapsing on the couch behind me. I followed her and sat down, pulling her over to lay on my lap.
“I think Harry still loves Karen! And I think that maybe they should be together. Like... Andy could
have a real family if I just let it happen. I don’t know what to do, Ri!”
Her words were choppy and broken with cries.
“What on earth are you talking about, Piper? Harry loves you! Not Karen!”
“How could he? I’m broken, Riley. James broke me. Matt broke me. I’m fucking broken. Why
would he want anything to do with me?”
Matt? She had been so much better since Harry had been around. Why was Matt an issue again? It seemed to me that she was making excuses for something else entirely.
“You aren’t broken. Harry keeps you together and you know that! What’s really bothering you?”
She leaned against my shoulder and wiped away excess tears.
“What if I am keeping them apart? What if the three of them could have a perfect family and I’m
standing in the way?”
“You’re forgetting one thing, Piper.”
I didn’t continue because I wanted her full attention. She looked up and I captured her focus.
“What?”
I gathered her hand in mine and squeezed tightly.
“You’re forgetting that Harry didn’t even want to speak to Karen before you came around. You’re forgetting that you brought Harry closer to his daughter. It’s all you! You aren’t standing in the way of anything, Piper. You’re making it possible for Andy to have a family; you’re just going to be a part of that. No matter what you say or think, Harry loves you, and he has you to thank for his relationship with Andrea. Don’t let all of this fog up your mind. You can’t possibly think that after all of that he could end up with the woman he used to hate. Hell, he probably still resents her, but you’ve helped him move past that. It’s all because of you.”
She was still sobbing, only her cries only consisted of dry gasps for breath at that point.
“I just want what’s best for him, Riley. What’s best for him and what’s best for Andy. I love them so much-“ she chokes and takes a shallow breath, “-so much that I’d give anything for what’s best for them.”
I wrapped my arms tightly around her waist and kissed the top of her head.
“You’re what they need, Piper. They need you.”
I rocked her back and forth in a comforting hug until she began to breathe steadily again. Moments pass in soothing silence, small sniffles filling the room.
“I just feel like I can’t be enough, Riley. What if I can’t?”
She was calmer now; nothing like the hysterics she entered the room in.
“You already are. You don’t have to try, Piper. You’re exactly what they need. Sure, there are
going to be bumps in the road; especially when Karen’s in the picture, but guess what! You’ve already handled that perfectly and she loves you so much. I don’t think she would have felt comfortable with Andy being here if you she didn’t know that you would be there the whole time. You don’t even realize how much you mean to all of us, do you?”
She honestly didn’t and I couldn’t fathom how that worked. She was so important in so many of our lives. She didn’t say anything; only laid on my shoulder in contemplative silence.
“Look, let’s order a bottle of wine up to the room and watch a super sad movie just to let it all out.”
“But, what about Liam? This is technically his room, you know...”
I giggled and kissed her forehead before standing up and finding the hotel phone.
“I’m sure Harry will keep him company. They can cuddle and talk about how annoying yet perfect their girlfriends are.”
Piper laughed and I felt immediately at ease from just seeing her smile.
This was a night that we both needed.
The day that Piper’s family arrived with Riley and Karen went by quickly. Everyone spent most of their time unpacking and trying to relax. After a few hours of us catching up, Karen gathered Andy’s things and brought them to her room so that they could spend some time together. While I felt melancholy about Andrea spending some time away from me after our time together, I was also exuberant at the prospect of having more alone time with Piper. We could have morning sex without waking up at six to do it.
It’s the little things.
“Babe, cuddle with me.”
I had thought Piper was already sleeping when I got into bed after helping Karen put Andy down for the night. I grinned to myself and rolled over in the dark to pull Piper close to my body.
“Sorry, love; I thought you were sleeping.”
I kissed her forehead and brought her head to my chest where she usually laid. She rested one hand on my abs and brushed her thumb softly over the inked moth there.
“S’alright. Did Andy go down easy?”
I nodded and breathed in the familiar scent of her hair.
“Yeah, she passed out real quick. She had too much excitement for one day.”
Piper took a deep breath and I could feel her body moving away from me slightly.
“Yeah, I’m sure she’s happy to have both of her parents at the same time.”
Her words were more like mumbles with her lips pressed against my shoulder. I could still catch the tinge of jealousy in her voice.
“What’s wrong, baby?”
I trailed my hand down her back and pulled her closer to me again.
“Nothing, Harry. Sorry, I’m just tired.”
Yeah, right. If I knew anything about women, it was that ‘just tired’ meant that she was sincerely upset about something.
“Don’t lie to me, Piper. I know you’re upset about something.”
She sighed and pulled away from me completely, rolling over to face the opposite side of the bed.
“Piper, please-“
“Harry, I said I’m just tired. Let me sleep.”
“No, you might be tired, but that isn’t all of it. Be honest with me, please.”
I scooted closer to her and as soon as I placed my hand on her arm, she pushed the covers off of her and stood up, wearing only her lacy blue panties. I sat up in bed and watched her find her robe on the nearby couch and slide it on.
“Piper, talk to me!”
“Harry, I’m fine. I just- I’m gonna go see Riley. We haven’t talked since she got here.”
My jaw dropped as she walked toward the door. I was at a loss for words, entirely thrown by her behavior. When she walked out of the bedroom, it hit me that she was actually leaving without telling me what was bothering her. I threw the sheets off of me and stood up, following her in my tight black briefs.
“Sweetheart, wait! What’s going on?”
She turned around and I saw the glint of tears in her eyes. I rested my hands on her shoulders and grasped her attention.
“Harry, just let me go! I’ll be back; I just- I need to talk to my friend. Is that too much to ask?”
She snapped and I pulled my hands away, taken aback by her outburst.
“Of course not; I just- I want you to talk to me if something’s wrong. I don’t- I want you to be happy.”
She grinned and sniffled, wiping away a few tears.
“I am happy, baby. It’s nothing. I’ll be back soon, okay?”
I nodded and felt like crying just watching her cry and knowing that she wasn’t letting me in.
“Okay, I’ll wait up for you,” she opened her mouth to protest, “and don’t tell me not to. I won’t be able to sleep until you’re back. Take your time, though. I love you.”
She finally nodded, stepping forward to kiss my cheek.
“I love you, too.”
And then she turned around and left. For no apparent reason.
RILEY’S P.O.V.
“Okay! I get it, Liam! Just drop it already!”
He gripped his shirt to contain his anger. I knew I was pushing this argument too far, but he had to get used to the fact that I was always going to be around Cory. That wasn’t even where our argument had lead to. We somehow started fighting over where we were going to go for dinner the next night. I didn’t know how we got there, but it was one of those fights that turned into a fight about anything and everything.
“Riley, I don’t know why you have to have an attitude about every damn thing I say. It’s getting old-“
He was interrupted by a light knock at the door.
“I’ll get it.”
He huffed and sat down on the couch while I approached the front door and looked through the
peephole. When I saw Piper in tears, I swung the door open quickly.
“Piper! What’s wrong?”
She walked toward me and buried her face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around her waist and
stroked her back comfortingly.
“Shhh. Talk to me.”
“I- I just-“
She stopped talking when she looked up and caught Liam’s eye. I turned around and silently plead with him to cooperate.
“Liam, I’m sorry, but could you give us a minute?”
And Liam, being the gentleman he usually was, stood up, shoving his hands in his pockets.
“I’ll go check on Harry.”
I mouthed a thank you and made a mental note to apologize to him and finish making up with him.
Once the door was shut, Piper wailed again, collapsing on the couch behind me. I followed her and sat down, pulling her over to lay on my lap.
“I think Harry still loves Karen! And I think that maybe they should be together. Like... Andy could
have a real family if I just let it happen. I don’t know what to do, Ri!”
Her words were choppy and broken with cries.
“What on earth are you talking about, Piper? Harry loves you! Not Karen!”
“How could he? I’m broken, Riley. James broke me. Matt broke me. I’m fucking broken. Why
would he want anything to do with me?”
Matt? She had been so much better since Harry had been around. Why was Matt an issue again? It seemed to me that she was making excuses for something else entirely.
“You aren’t broken. Harry keeps you together and you know that! What’s really bothering you?”
She leaned against my shoulder and wiped away excess tears.
“What if I am keeping them apart? What if the three of them could have a perfect family and I’m
standing in the way?”
“You’re forgetting one thing, Piper.”
I didn’t continue because I wanted her full attention. She looked up and I captured her focus.
“What?”
I gathered her hand in mine and squeezed tightly.
“You’re forgetting that Harry didn’t even want to speak to Karen before you came around. You’re forgetting that you brought Harry closer to his daughter. It’s all you! You aren’t standing in the way of anything, Piper. You’re making it possible for Andy to have a family; you’re just going to be a part of that. No matter what you say or think, Harry loves you, and he has you to thank for his relationship with Andrea. Don’t let all of this fog up your mind. You can’t possibly think that after all of that he could end up with the woman he used to hate. Hell, he probably still resents her, but you’ve helped him move past that. It’s all because of you.”
She was still sobbing, only her cries only consisted of dry gasps for breath at that point.
“I just want what’s best for him, Riley. What’s best for him and what’s best for Andy. I love them so much-“ she chokes and takes a shallow breath, “-so much that I’d give anything for what’s best for them.”
I wrapped my arms tightly around her waist and kissed the top of her head.
“You’re what they need, Piper. They need you.”
I rocked her back and forth in a comforting hug until she began to breathe steadily again. Moments pass in soothing silence, small sniffles filling the room.
“I just feel like I can’t be enough, Riley. What if I can’t?”
She was calmer now; nothing like the hysterics she entered the room in.
“You already are. You don’t have to try, Piper. You’re exactly what they need. Sure, there are
going to be bumps in the road; especially when Karen’s in the picture, but guess what! You’ve already handled that perfectly and she loves you so much. I don’t think she would have felt comfortable with Andy being here if you she didn’t know that you would be there the whole time. You don’t even realize how much you mean to all of us, do you?”
She honestly didn’t and I couldn’t fathom how that worked. She was so important in so many of our lives. She didn’t say anything; only laid on my shoulder in contemplative silence.
“Look, let’s order a bottle of wine up to the room and watch a super sad movie just to let it all out.”
“But, what about Liam? This is technically his room, you know...”
I giggled and kissed her forehead before standing up and finding the hotel phone.
“I’m sure Harry will keep him company. They can cuddle and talk about how annoying yet perfect their girlfriends are.”
Piper laughed and I felt immediately at ease from just seeing her smile.
This was a night that we both needed.
Notes
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