Harry’s POV

We’re playing Fifa at Louis’ flat, waiting for the others to come. We’re supposed to have an amazing evening, playing games, drinking, just like normal, careless people of our ages would have. We already prepared everything, drinks were ready. Now the only thing we need is our best pals! It’s going to be amazing! We will order pizza or Chinese food when everyone is here, after all it’s just 7 p.m.! We still have lot of time!

Louis was losing the game when someone rang at the door. He was happier to stop the game than he used to be! He’s usually always complaining about the people who are interrupting his game, who are always there at the worst moment. Blah… I stopped listening to his complaints a while ago actually, but I know it hasn’t changed.

Everybody joins me in the living room and we hug. I expect to hug one last person that I haven’t seen yet, but Charlotte isn’t here. Usually, she’s always ready for a sleepless night! She's even the most motivated! Where is she?
‘Dani, aren’t you with Char?’ I ask the person who’s the closest to Char except me.
‘No, she’s not coming tonight. Our lovely French has a date tonight!’ she says this in a seductive voice, addressing to everybody.
‘Isn’t she with the dancer you talked me about? His name is Luke, isn’t it?’ Eleanor asked, while taking off her coat. It’s still freaking cold out there! We’re in January after all!
‘Yes, the very sexy dancer!’ Liam frowned at Danielle’s comment, and she reassured him with a kiss on the cheek.
‘But I’m more a singer girl, don’t worry babe.’

I don’t like it. If she missed a ‘party’ with us to be with that guy, it doesn’t sound good! And anyway, all the dancers are flirty guys, he will just hurt her. I should do something for her. No! I MUST do something to avoid her pain. She’s my best friend after all, isn’t she?

**

The evening is going pretty well, we’re having a real good time! We’ve been drinking a bit too much, but we all handle it quite well. It does help spending dozens of night in random nightclubs all around the world, drinking different cocktails. Danielle is in the garden with Eleanor, spending some time in the alcohol-free atmosphere. Zayn and Perrie are with them too, Zayn’s smoking a cigarette. It smells alcohol in here, this is unbearable! We should open the windows! But before I can say anything, Niall stood up and opened wide every single window of the room.
I drank my last glass of beer an hour ago; I wanted my mind to be clear. I grab Dani’s phone discreetly, and lock myself in the toilets. Considering all the glasses of juice, alcohol and water I’ve been drinking since I’ve arrived, it won’t seem strange if I stay a while in here. I unlock her phone; fortunately, she did it 2 minutes ago so I don’t need her password. Everything’s going pretty well! My plan is amazing! I look for Luke in her contact list, and call the guy.

**
I exit the toilets as soon as I can and run to give Dani her phone back before she even notices it’s missing. If she did, I will have to act and say it was there from the beginning! It honestly would be easier if she didn’t move from the garden. I get into the living room to see that she’s still out, still speaking with El. I really am surprised sometimes to see how long their conversations can be! They see each other almost every day yet they can speak during hours like they met for the first time after months of being apart! That’s insane! Only girls can do that though! Well… Sometimes we have this kind of talk with Zayn, it’s pretty late, and often, I’m pretty wasted… But it happens once a week at best! Anyway…

**
Someone knocks at the door, and Louis puts his cards down on the table to go and open the door.
‘Where is HE?’ I hear her voice coming for the entrance of Louis’ place. She doesn’t seem to be happy. I could make up it was a joke, but I’m quite sure she won’t believe me.
‘In the living room with everyone if it’s Harry you’re looking for. What’s going on, Char? Is everything alright?’
‘No it’s not. You should call Modest and Simon to ask for a new band mate, because One Direction will soon be a four-piece band, because I swear it, I'm gonna kill him! Harold Edward Milawrd Styles, who do you think you are?!’
She does sound upset, doesn’t she? My plan may not be as amazing as I thought it was though… She enters the room and throws her bag on the sofa. Fortunately, nobody was sitting there. Dani and El come back among us, and everybody’s quiet around Charlotte and I.

‘You had a great time with Luke?’ I try to joke, but she doesn’t seem to like it.

‘I had until you ruined everything by calling him! He thought I was a depressed alcoholic! I felt so humiliated explaining that it was a lie, and I’m pretty sure that he didn’t trust me! Who would have? It’s pretty usual to see alcoholics pretending they’re not! What happened in your bloody head? Why did you do that? Do you’ve got any idea who bad I felt? How ashamed I was?! Why did you do that?! Why Harry? Do you hate me or what?!’

She was few inches away from me, staring at me directly in the eyes. I’ve never seen her so angry before. And unfortunately, I was the one she is mad at… I did made a mistake calling her date. But I never thought she would be that mad! It was a pointless date after all! She doesn’t seem to understand that I was trying to help her!

‘I do not hate you! I tried to protect you! I care about you, that’s why I did this!’ We were now both yelling at each other. I could feel all the lads’ stares on us now.
‘Who do you think you are? Are you my brother, my father or my boyfriend? You’re none of these Harry! You’re nothing!’
‘That kind of guy isn’t good for you Char! He’d have hurt you one day or another!’
She took a deep breath, tears rolling down her cheeks. I want to hug her, to tell her that I’m sorry, that I regret. I want to ease her pain, and apologize.
‘Maybe, but he never could hurt me as much as you did.’
‘I didn’t want too! Let me fix this! I’m really sorry! I didn’t think about it before! Please! Let me call him and tell him the whole truth! I can fix this Char.’
‘There’s nothing that can be fixed. If I ever see him again, he will be weird. This is over, you ruined it. I liked him Harry. He was nice to me, and we had an amazing time.’

Charlotte’s POV
We both stopped shouting, our voices are now back to normal. I’m still crying. Harry make a move to me, but I don’t want him to touch him. He hurt me so much. He wasn’t here when Luke looked at me with eyes full of pity. He wasn’t the one who had been rejected. I was. I still am.

‘Please Char. Trust me, I really am sorry. I didn’t know you liked him. Let me be here for you. I won’t do this again.’
‘I don’t want you to be here for me Harry. You’ve done enough. I'm tired of your crisis and the drama. Now I just want you to forget about me. Please do it’ With those words, I grab my bag, leave the room and Louis’ place without a glance back.

Harry’s POV
Is she serious?! Everybody’s still silent. None of us knows what happened here. I can’t move. I’m frozen by her words. Forget about me. Is she… breaking up with me? I know we’re not a couple, but still! She’s my best friend, I can’t forget about her! Who could? My knees are weak and can’t support me anymore. Are they leaving me too? I stay there, crying in the middle of Lou’s living room.

What have I done?

Notes

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