HALF A HEART
Chapter 35
Three days later…
Harry’s POV
I ran to my door when I heard someone knocking. I threw it open and my eyes grew wide as I felt my stomach do a summersault.
“Celine!” I croaked and I couldn’t hide the hint of happiness I felt to see her again, yet I felt slightly pained and confused as well.
“Hey Haz.” She smiled softly and embraced me in a hug. “I’m so glad you’re home and doing better.
“Yeah me too I guess. I’m not really able to tell you anything though. I don’t really remember the past five or six months,” I started chuckling nervously at my next words, “I honestly thought we were still dating when I woke up and I still have no idea who Annie is.” I started scratching my head as I spoke. Maybe I shouldn’t be telling her this..
“You don’t remember who Annie is?” I flinched at the sign of satisfaction in her voice. “I mean, you thought we were still dating?” Yeah nice save Celine…
“Uh yeah actually.” I laughed a bit more to try to move past this awkward subject. “And the worst part is, is that I don’t even know why we broke up!” She walked into my house and I closed the front door and followed her quickly when she walked straight to the living room and sat on the couch.
“So no one has told you why?” She said quietly.
“Nope.”
“It was mutual Harry. We both just agreed that we would be better off as friends so we separated. It killed us both though, and then you met Annie. I don’t know why you started dating her when you still had feelings for me and I had feelings for you.”
My heart hurt as she spoke. “Celine, I’m so sorry. I don’t have an excuse for what I did because, like I said, I don’t even remember it.”
“Well, we should hang out sometime and maybe I can help you. Don’t worry Harry. I know this transition is hard for you, but I’m here to help you through it.” She embraced me in a hug and her cookie perfume wafted into my nose but for some reason it didn’t comfort me like it used to. She got up from where she sat, grabbed her coat and left without another word. Seconds after Celine closed the door behind her I heard shouting coming from outside. What in the world? I leaped up from the couch and peaked out the window next to the door. I could hear the voices more clearly over here.
“You can’t control what I do!” Celine shouted.
“Stay away from him Celine! I don’t know what kind of shit you just planted into his head but don’t you dare pretend like you care!” Louis shouted back.
“How can you say that!? I loved him!?”
“Bull shit Celine! You told him you hated being with him every fucking day for a month and then you broke him and Annie up! You turned him into an utter mess! Are you happy about that huh?! Do you think you won?!”
“Ugh, I don’t need your attitude Tomlinson.”
“Yeah, because you know I’m right!”
“Fuck you Louis!” She screamed and started walking down my driveway.
“Just stay away from him!”
Louis crammed his hands into the pockets of his denim jacket, spun on his heel and started walking back toward the front door. I took a few steps backward so that when he came in, the door wouldn’t hit me. I fisted my hands in my hair. The information I just heard hung in the air like smoke choking the breath out of my lungs.
Louis walked in a few seconds later. “Haz, you okay?”
“No Louis! No, I am not okay!”
“What’s wrong? What did Celine tell you?”
“Louis, I can’t take this anymore! People keep telling me about my life and it’s starting to clash! I’m so confused I feel like my head is going to explode into a million pieces!”
“Harry! What—Did—She—Tell—You?”
“That our breakup was mutual and she didn’t know why I started dating Annie because we still had feelings for each other—“
“That BITCH.” Louis cursed.
“Lou, let me finish!”
“Okay sorry. Keep going.”
“But then I heard your fight with her outside! Is all of that true? She said that to me? And she did WHAT to Annie and I?” I all of a sudden felt angry with Celine and sympathized with Annie. Why would Celine do that to us…
“Yes, it’s all true! But Annie wanted to talk to you about it! I didn’t want to be the one to fill you in and you needed time to let everything else settle!”
Annie’s POV
“I don’t know how to get him to understand El. He still doesn’t remember me.” I expressed my concern to Eleanor as we walked into the school.
“But I see you guys talk and I see the chemistry there.”
“Yeah we talk as friends. It’s like we just met again and we’re repeating everything again, but he doesn’t remember everything that’s already happened.”
“Maybe you should show him the scrapbook? Or have him listen to the songs he wrote you?”
“Idiot!” I hissed.
“Ouch Annie,” Eleanor chuckled, “It was just a suggestion.”
“Oh no no! I mean I’M the idiot. I can’t believe I haven’t thought to do that yet.”
“So do it girl! I’m sure he’ll remember and if not, then maybe he’ll at least start to feel the same feelings he had for you before and then your love can develop all over again.” She smiled at me.
“I’ll try it. Thanks love.”
We stopped and talked by our lockers but my attention was caught when I saw Harry walk through the school doors. It was his first day back and his eyes stayed glued to the floor as he walked. His beanie covered his wild hair though some of his chocolate curls escaped by his ears and curled around the edge of the hat like they always do. However, his beanie was not what caught my attention. I flinched when I saw how pale he was and the dark circles that rimmed the under part of his eyes. His lips looked chapped and his cheeks were red and blotchy like he’d been crying.
“Harry.” I breathed and started walking toward him, ignoring Eleanor’s confused yet hesitant words of caution to not go talk to him. I ignored her and listened to my heart pounding against my ribcage and the pain I felt for him Oh Harry…
He had stopped at his locker to grab his books out. He was looking at his locker combination written on a piece of paper because clearly he wouldn’t remember the locker combination of this year.
I reached him and spoke softly, “Harry, are you okay?”
He looked at me with a sad emerald gaze and his face softened for a second and then hardened just as quickly. “Annie.” He whispered tears rimming his eyes.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” I asked and saw him close his eyes in slight frustration. I looked down at the floor when I spoke again, “I’m sorry Harry. I didn’t mean to call you that… It’s kind of a habit.”
“Oh Annie that’s not why I’m upset. I just can’t take this anymore. I don’t know what the truth is and what the lies are? Everything that I’ve been told his clashing and I don’t know what to believe. I can’t get back into my life if I don’t even know what life that was,” He looked at me when he started to speak again, “I need to talk to you about it. I need to hear what you have to say.”
“Come to my house tonight Harry. We can talk then.” I smiled at him in an attempt to make him feel happier. He looked down at the ground and nodded as he released a large breath that I hadn’t realized he was holding. “Hey,” I moved his shoulder so that he would look at me and he did, “It’s gonna be okay.”
He nodded again and I turned him farther so that he was facing me full on. I wrapped my arms around his and pulled him against me in a hug. He seemed hesitant at first but then he relaxed and wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me tighter against him.
“Thank you.” He whispered and I tried desperately not to cry as my heart ached.
Harry’s POV
I ran to my door when I heard someone knocking. I threw it open and my eyes grew wide as I felt my stomach do a summersault.
“Celine!” I croaked and I couldn’t hide the hint of happiness I felt to see her again, yet I felt slightly pained and confused as well.
“Hey Haz.” She smiled softly and embraced me in a hug. “I’m so glad you’re home and doing better.
“Yeah me too I guess. I’m not really able to tell you anything though. I don’t really remember the past five or six months,” I started chuckling nervously at my next words, “I honestly thought we were still dating when I woke up and I still have no idea who Annie is.” I started scratching my head as I spoke. Maybe I shouldn’t be telling her this..
“You don’t remember who Annie is?” I flinched at the sign of satisfaction in her voice. “I mean, you thought we were still dating?” Yeah nice save Celine…
“Uh yeah actually.” I laughed a bit more to try to move past this awkward subject. “And the worst part is, is that I don’t even know why we broke up!” She walked into my house and I closed the front door and followed her quickly when she walked straight to the living room and sat on the couch.
“So no one has told you why?” She said quietly.
“Nope.”
“It was mutual Harry. We both just agreed that we would be better off as friends so we separated. It killed us both though, and then you met Annie. I don’t know why you started dating her when you still had feelings for me and I had feelings for you.”
My heart hurt as she spoke. “Celine, I’m so sorry. I don’t have an excuse for what I did because, like I said, I don’t even remember it.”
“Well, we should hang out sometime and maybe I can help you. Don’t worry Harry. I know this transition is hard for you, but I’m here to help you through it.” She embraced me in a hug and her cookie perfume wafted into my nose but for some reason it didn’t comfort me like it used to. She got up from where she sat, grabbed her coat and left without another word. Seconds after Celine closed the door behind her I heard shouting coming from outside. What in the world? I leaped up from the couch and peaked out the window next to the door. I could hear the voices more clearly over here.
“You can’t control what I do!” Celine shouted.
“Stay away from him Celine! I don’t know what kind of shit you just planted into his head but don’t you dare pretend like you care!” Louis shouted back.
“How can you say that!? I loved him!?”
“Bull shit Celine! You told him you hated being with him every fucking day for a month and then you broke him and Annie up! You turned him into an utter mess! Are you happy about that huh?! Do you think you won?!”
“Ugh, I don’t need your attitude Tomlinson.”
“Yeah, because you know I’m right!”
“Fuck you Louis!” She screamed and started walking down my driveway.
“Just stay away from him!”
Louis crammed his hands into the pockets of his denim jacket, spun on his heel and started walking back toward the front door. I took a few steps backward so that when he came in, the door wouldn’t hit me. I fisted my hands in my hair. The information I just heard hung in the air like smoke choking the breath out of my lungs.
Louis walked in a few seconds later. “Haz, you okay?”
“No Louis! No, I am not okay!”
“What’s wrong? What did Celine tell you?”
“Louis, I can’t take this anymore! People keep telling me about my life and it’s starting to clash! I’m so confused I feel like my head is going to explode into a million pieces!”
“Harry! What—Did—She—Tell—You?”
“That our breakup was mutual and she didn’t know why I started dating Annie because we still had feelings for each other—“
“That BITCH.” Louis cursed.
“Lou, let me finish!”
“Okay sorry. Keep going.”
“But then I heard your fight with her outside! Is all of that true? She said that to me? And she did WHAT to Annie and I?” I all of a sudden felt angry with Celine and sympathized with Annie. Why would Celine do that to us…
“Yes, it’s all true! But Annie wanted to talk to you about it! I didn’t want to be the one to fill you in and you needed time to let everything else settle!”
Annie’s POV
“I don’t know how to get him to understand El. He still doesn’t remember me.” I expressed my concern to Eleanor as we walked into the school.
“But I see you guys talk and I see the chemistry there.”
“Yeah we talk as friends. It’s like we just met again and we’re repeating everything again, but he doesn’t remember everything that’s already happened.”
“Maybe you should show him the scrapbook? Or have him listen to the songs he wrote you?”
“Idiot!” I hissed.
“Ouch Annie,” Eleanor chuckled, “It was just a suggestion.”
“Oh no no! I mean I’M the idiot. I can’t believe I haven’t thought to do that yet.”
“So do it girl! I’m sure he’ll remember and if not, then maybe he’ll at least start to feel the same feelings he had for you before and then your love can develop all over again.” She smiled at me.
“I’ll try it. Thanks love.”
We stopped and talked by our lockers but my attention was caught when I saw Harry walk through the school doors. It was his first day back and his eyes stayed glued to the floor as he walked. His beanie covered his wild hair though some of his chocolate curls escaped by his ears and curled around the edge of the hat like they always do. However, his beanie was not what caught my attention. I flinched when I saw how pale he was and the dark circles that rimmed the under part of his eyes. His lips looked chapped and his cheeks were red and blotchy like he’d been crying.
“Harry.” I breathed and started walking toward him, ignoring Eleanor’s confused yet hesitant words of caution to not go talk to him. I ignored her and listened to my heart pounding against my ribcage and the pain I felt for him Oh Harry…
He had stopped at his locker to grab his books out. He was looking at his locker combination written on a piece of paper because clearly he wouldn’t remember the locker combination of this year.
I reached him and spoke softly, “Harry, are you okay?”
He looked at me with a sad emerald gaze and his face softened for a second and then hardened just as quickly. “Annie.” He whispered tears rimming his eyes.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” I asked and saw him close his eyes in slight frustration. I looked down at the floor when I spoke again, “I’m sorry Harry. I didn’t mean to call you that… It’s kind of a habit.”
“Oh Annie that’s not why I’m upset. I just can’t take this anymore. I don’t know what the truth is and what the lies are? Everything that I’ve been told his clashing and I don’t know what to believe. I can’t get back into my life if I don’t even know what life that was,” He looked at me when he started to speak again, “I need to talk to you about it. I need to hear what you have to say.”
“Come to my house tonight Harry. We can talk then.” I smiled at him in an attempt to make him feel happier. He looked down at the ground and nodded as he released a large breath that I hadn’t realized he was holding. “Hey,” I moved his shoulder so that he would look at me and he did, “It’s gonna be okay.”
He nodded again and I turned him farther so that he was facing me full on. I wrapped my arms around his and pulled him against me in a hug. He seemed hesitant at first but then he relaxed and wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me tighter against him.
“Thank you.” He whispered and I tried desperately not to cry as my heart ached.
Notes
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