HALF A HEART

I heard a knock at the door and I ripped my ear bud out and threw my pencil on my open textbook. I ran down the stairs and threw it open…

“Louis?” I asked.

“Hey Annie.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I need to talk to you…” He said stepping around me and into my house, stuffing his hands in his denim jacket.

“Okay?” We walked into the kitchen and we both sat at one of the island chairs. “What’s up?”

“Harry’s a mess Annie…” He said bluntly and I looked down at my twiddling thumbs. “He can’t take this anymore. He’s losing it. He needs you.”

I looked back up again, “Then why did he make out with Celine Lou? Why?” Tears pricked at my eyes as I used my stare like daggers.

“I can’t make excuses for him Annie. I don’t know what was going on his head. But I’m disappointed in both of you…”

“ME?! What the fuck Louis!? I didn’t do anything!” I stood up from my stool and pointed to myself.

“Exactly!” He yelled also standing up from his stool, “He made a mistake Annie! Don’t even pretend like you’ve never fucked something up in your life. Don’t tell me that you wouldn’t give anything to go back in time and change it! He made a mistake and you disregarded everything that he’s ever done for you!”

“He still cheated on me Lou! I can’t just ignore that!”

Louis’ eyes rolled as he began to talk again, “Yeah and he also waited for you for a MONTH until you were ready because that’s how much he cared about you!” He threw his hands in the air at his next words, “He wrote you a fucking SONG! He has NEVER done that for ANYONE! NEVER! And we’ve been writing songs for three years and he’s had girlfriends.”

Tears streamed down my cheeks at his words. I knew he was right but I couldn’t ignore what he did. Obviously he still has some feelings for Celine regardless of how small they are and I can’t just push that away and forget about it.

All I could do was look at him as tears poured out of my eyes and my throat knotted. Lou gave me a small, “I don’t know how you’re gonna counter that,” smirk.

He started to turn around and walk away and then he turned back around with his index finger held up, “There’s only one other thing I can say,” He said, “ And it’s that he loves you Annie. And he hasn’t stopped telling me that ever since he met you.” He finished, and with that he turned around and left, leaving me in my kitchen in a shaking, sobbing mess. I sat back down on the island stool and rested my elbows on the counter as I buried my face in my hands.

Harry’s POV

I lay on my bed on my side with my hand under my cheek. I was staring at the picture Annie had painted me as pain washed over me and I rolled onto my back. I stared at my ceiling for a few minutes, maybe hours. I couldn’t think.

I heard a knock on my door, “No Gemma, I don’t want any sweet popcorn…”

I heard the door click open and shuffle across the carpet, “It’s me.”

“Hey Lou…”

“H-How are you doing mate?”

“Other than the fact that my heart has been ripped out and shattered into a million pieces, I’m just peachy…”

“I have to tell you something.”

“Yeah?” I sat up in my bed at the hint of concern and worry in his voice. Louis was never nervous to tell me anything.

“I went over to Annie’s house to talk to her…”

“You WHAT?!” I felt my eyes grow wide and my eyebrows shoot up. “Why?!”

“Because you’re a mess and she needed to know that! I didn’t want her to think that you didn’t care anymore because you literally have done nothing to get her back!”

“She doesn’t even want to talk to me Lou!”

“Because you’re showing no sign that you actually still care!”

I slumped back on my pillows, “Ugh. You’re right…”

“So do something about it Haz! She was crying SO hard when I left…”

“You left her there crying!?”

“She needs time to think about what I told her!”

“And you told her what exactly?”

He paused, “That you still love her.”

I felt tears prick my eyes and I put my face in my hand. “Yeah I do.”

“You want to know what Eleanor told me this morning?”

“What..”

“Annie fucking slept with your Jack Wills sweater the other night. She misses you Harry.”

“What do I do?” I asked helplessly.

“Like I said before, do something about it!”

“Get her to come to the restaurant today.” I shot back up into a sitting position. “I’ll try talking to her.”

“I’ll see what I can do.” He shrugged and got up to leave.

“Hey Lou?”

“Yeah mate?”

“Thanks.”

He just smiled and nodded as he exited my room.

Annie’s POV

I answered my phone as Eleanor’s ringtone sounded throughout my room.
“Hey El.” I said as I put my pen on my notebook and closed my textbook.

“Hey girl! You’re coming out with me Dani and Perrie tonight and I won’t take no for an answer!”

I laughed, “I have homework.”

“Girl. It’s Saturday! Do it tomorrow!”

I rolled my eyes, “Fineee.”

“Good girl! K I’m gonna be there in fifteen minutes!”

My eyes grew wide, “Gee thanks for the heads up El! Okay I have to get ready!”

I hit the end button and went to my closet. I put on a pair of dark skinny jeans with a black and white shirt that draped around my one shoulder. I added volume to my natural curl before slapping on my makeup and my Keds. I stumbled downstairs as I heard El’s car pull in my driveway.

“I’m going out with the girls mom!” I called.

“Have fun honey!” She replied. After Harry and I broke up she had been letting me do almost anything I wanted. I think she just felt bad for me.

I ran and got into El’s car.

“Hey Annie!” Dani said.

“Ladies!” I greeted.

“I’m so glad you decided to come.” Perrie said.

“Yeah me too. I needed to get out.”

We drove to the restaurant and I smiled as I saw that the building was on top of a hill and at the bottom of the hill there was a beautiful river that meandered around the building. We walked into the restaurant and El walked straight to a table set for nine people.

“El, I don’t think this is our—“ I started but I was cut off.

“Hey baby.” Louis greeted Eleanor by embracing her in a hug and kissing her.

My eyebrows knitted in a frown as I looked at Perrie as she greeted Zayn and Dani as she greeted Liam. Fuck…

“Hey Annie!” Niall walked around to face me.

I smiled and gave him a hug, “Hey Niall. How have you been?”

“I’ve been great!”

Someone walked past us and Harry’s cologne wafted into my nose but I refused to look at him. I can’t believe Eleanor and the girls tricked me…

I looked over at El and she was already looking at me for a reaction. I let me eyes squint slightly and pursed my lips too. Her face hinted that she was trying to apologize for not telling me. I walked around the table and grabbed El’s wrist and dragged her away.

“Um. What the fuck El?” I said raising an eyebrow at her.

“I’m sorry! You wouldn’t have come if I would’ve told you that the guys were coming!”

“No. I wouldn’t have come if you told me HARRY was coming.”

“Please don’t leave.” She said.

“You’re my ride home. I can’t leave.” I turned back around and sat down at the table as the waiter brought glasses of water. Harry sat further down the table but I could tell his eyes were on me the whole time. I tried desperately not to look at him but it was so hard. I missed staring into his emerald eyes…

The whole lunch was normal except for the fact that Harry and I didn’t say a single word. I just pretended to be fixated on the lettuce in my salad, occasionally glancing up to see that Harry was either looking at me or pretending to be mesmerized by the bread on his sandwich. We are so similar it’s ridiculous…

The lunch concluded and everyone started getting up to leave. I whirled around and grabbed my coat off of the back of my chair. I just wanted to go home. This lunch was just awkward and hard. Seeing Harry just made me even more confused. I still have incredibly strong feelings for him yet I hate him all the same.

I started to walk behind Eleanor, desperate to leave and go home. I felt a hand latch onto a wrist and pull me back. Fuckkkk…

“Can we please talk?” Harry whispered, his breath hitching.

I stared into his emerald eyes, the eyes I’d been trying to avoid the whole afternoon. “Harry…”

“Please? I’ll drive you home. I just really need to talk to you. Please Annie.” He didn’t try to hide the desperation in his voice.

I looked down trying to hide the tears that were threatening to escape my eyes. “Fine…”

He grabbed me wrist and dragged me outside. I missed how blunt Harry was. He didn’t ever try to hide what he was feeling or thinking, and made sure I knew it by how he handled me physically. He led me down the hill so that we were standing by the river. I tried not to stare at his curls as the sunlight illuminated the single gold strands and made his eyes look hazel just like when we were on the beach…

“What Harry…” I said when he didn’t say anything.

He turned away from me, “I don’t know what to say. There is no excuse for what I did and I’m so sorry. I wish I could change what I did. I wish there was something I could do to prove that I still love you,” He turned back towards me when he started to speak again, “Anything. I’ll do anything. Please tell me what I can do.” His voice cracked at the end of his ramble.

My heart ached. “You cheated on me Harry…”

“I know I did. I just wish there was something I could say that could convince you that I didn’t mean to and I’ll never ever do it again.”

“I already thought you wouldn’t when you told me you cheated on Celine…I already gave you my trust and you broke it Harry. I don’t know what else you expect me to think. You gave me your heart and then went to your ex. How do you think I’m supposed to take that?” I said quietly.

“Annie, I didn’t mean to! It just happened!”

“Nothing ‘just happens.’” I imitated him. “No one FORCED you to fucking make out with her Harry! Once a cheater always a cheater and I should’ve known better! This was bound to happen eventually!” I started to walk away from him.

“I’m not a cheater Annie! I told you why I cheated on Celine and I thought you understood what I was going through!!” His voice rose.

Anger immediately overcame me as tears poured down my cheeks and I whirled back around. “I never did anything to you!!! I never told you that I was unhappy! I never told you that you made me stressed! I never told you that I would be better off without you!” Tears flowed down my cheeks and blurred my vision but I could tell that he had started crying too. “I—only ever told you—“ My voice caught as sobs began to escape my mouth and a knot grew in my throat. “I—I only ever told y—you how much I l—loved you and how I was s—so lucky to h—have someone like y—you.” The emotions and thoughts that had been clouded in my mind and heart finally released.

“Annie…” He choked.

I didn’t wait to hear his reply. I whirled back around and walked back up the hill ignoring the gentle sound of the river beside me. How could anything in the world be so beautiful when I feel like my heart has been ripped out multiple times?

I got to the top of the hill and saw Eleanor standing next to her car. I smiled so thankful for her rescue. She held her arms out and embraced me in a hug when I reached her. I let the sobs escape as I cried into her shoulder.

“C’mon honey. You’re spending the night at my house.”

I nodded not able to say anything around the knot that was choking me. We got into her car and started driving.

“I’m sorry I lied to you Annie. Louis had told me that Harry wanted you here today so that he could talk to you about what happened.”

I shook my head, “It’s okay El. That conversation was bound to happen eventually…"

Notes

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