Harry's POV

The noise of happy chatter filled my ears as I slowly woke up.
The sun shine directly onto my face. I stumbled getting out of bed, shutting the curtains. Stupid hangover.

I trudged into the kitchen, swiping a muffin and some aspirin from the counter.

Everyone was in the kitchen, either sitting on the counter or at the table.

"Morning." Zayn said.

"Hey." I replied, taking an aspirin with a swig if tea.
"Where's Sophia?" I asked.

Mikey and Niall sat on the counter, eating cold pizza. They glanced at each other.

"She went out." Niall said. "With Ashton." Michael interrupted.

"Why on earth would she do that?" I asked, placing my glass in the sink.

Louis and Liam stared at me.

Why is everyone acting so odd?

"You broke up with her." Calum said.

"What the hell? Me?" I asked.

Luke tossed me his phone.
A full article on what happened last night.

"It's all for real. Apparently when Sophia and Niall got home, Sophia video chatted Perrie. Perrie told me everything this morning." Zayn said, frowning.


"Oh well." I said, shrugging my shoulders.

"'Oh well'? Really, Harry? Jesus Christ.." Niall said, running his hands through his hair.

Everyone seriously needs to mind their own business. At least for one god forsaken minute.

"I'm going to call Cass." I muttered, leaving the kitchen.

"Avoiding the problem. Typical." Liam scoffed, talking lowly, but a tad loud enough for me to eavesdrop on.

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Sophia's POV

"Thank you." I told Ashton, as we slide into a booth at some Columbian breakfast diner.

"No problem. All that's at the hotel is muffins and cold pizza."
Ashton said, smiling.

My gaze wandered off to the side if the street.
A girl stood with her back to her boyfriend, his arms around her. That little moment of theirs was so simple.
I felt a longing. A need. A want.

"I'm sorry." Ashton sighed.

"What for? You've done nothing." I scoffed.

"That's it. I've done nothing. From now on, I will make sure that you and I are there for each other. No matter what." Ashton stated.

"Thank you. I just wonder, why do they hate me so much?" I said sighing, and placing my chin in my hands.

A couple of minutes ago, I turned off my phone to ignore the incoming tweets.

"They don't know." He replied. "You can't let it get to you."

I rolled my eyes.
"Right so I should forget the death threats? The trending tags stating for me to rot in hell? The boos I've gotten?" I muttered, letting a tear or two loose.

"Hey. Don't cry. It'll be alright. I promise." Ashton said, climbing over to my side of the booth, wrapping me in a hug.

"I just need to move on. Focus on the music." I assured myself. "You don't need Harry."

"Good job. It's the past. Memories." Ashton said, smiling.

"God your dimples are so tempting. Can I?" I asked, grinning.

Ashton sighed. "Fine. Poke to your heart's content." He said, deepening the hollows of his dimples.

I placed a finger on one, another on the other.
"Dang. It's deep." I exclaimed.

He smiled. I unclenched my fingers slowly, eventually cupping his face. We were so close.

Ashton leaned his forehead against mine.
I closed my eyes, keeping the moment.

The waitress laid our food out, not noticing the moment we were having.

I leaned away. The small moment was shattered.

"Gonna taste delicious." Ashton said, picking up his fork.

I mentally groaned. I was finally starting to realize my break up was for the best, starting to feel those butterflies in my stomach, still hoping he never pulled away.
Who was I kidding. He doesn't like me.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Ashton asked.

I shook my head.

He set his fork down and took my hands in his.

"I don't want you to get sick. Eat." He pleaded.

I know I just got dumped, but I still blushed to think my hands were being held my Ashton. Was he just a caring friend?

"No. You eat. I lost my appetite." I said, shaking my head.

"Fine." Ashton placed a tip on the table. "Then I won't either."

"Ashton. Eat." I told him.

"No." He said, pulling me up and out the booth.

We left the diner, walking slowly.

Ashton's phone received a text.

He looked at me.
"Gonna need to go check out of the hotel."

"Oh. Right." I responded.

Notes

Small chapter but I'm super tired bc I earthed Soiderman, then my friend were at the cinema as well, so we decided to see The Quiet Ones...

Excuse the sloppy chapter.

I'm just 23976251% done .
NEED SLEEP...

xx