Bella's POV

"Belle?" My Sister calls and I ignore her. I pull my duvet cover over my head hoping that she will just disappear. I haven't slept, eaten or got out of bed yet. It's only twelve, but I never usually miss breakfast. "Bella, come on." Cassie sighs and I hear my door unclick as she tries to quietly sneak into my room. I quickly push my duvet off of me and I frown at her. She laughs in fright as she steps back from me.

"What do you want?" I snap and Cassie sits at the edge of my bed. I look away from her as I know I have no right to take this out on my sister, plus she's two years older than me so she's more likely to 'sort me out'.

"Harry is downstairs, he said he needs to talk to you." Cassie says and half smiles. My eyes widen as I panic about Harry seeing me in such a disgusting state. I go to climb out of bed but he suddenly appears in my doorway. Cassie looks behind her as she spots Harry, she stands up and makes her way out of my room.

"Hey.." Harry says softly as he walks in. I pull my duvet over me tightly as I quietly greet him. I can't believe he is in my room and I look horrid. I've not even brushed my teeth, that's how disgusting I am. "I hope you don't mind me coming here." He sighs and I shake my head. He closes my door and takes a seat where Cassie was sat.

"Howcome you're here?" I ask as I position my pillow behind me to make it more comfortable. Harry looks away and looks quite sad, I've never seen this expression on his face before. His head slowly falls down as he rubs the back of his head. "Has something happened?" I ask and he smirks. But it's not the cheeky smirk that I am used to, it's more of a regretful smirk. "Harry.." I push him vocally and he looks up at me.

"Last night.." He starts and I look away as the event of last night pains me as I remember. "I had a fight with Louis." He sighs and I gulp as I lean forward towards him, I can't believe I have heard him correctly. A Fight? Harry and Louis?

"What? Why?" I ask in shock. "Are you okay? Is Louis okay?" I ask and he instantly throws me an angry frown. I sit back and I look away.

"After how he treated you, you still worry if he's okay?!" Harry snaps and I slowly look up at him. "I hope he isn't okay, throwing him into the sinks hopefully gave him a wake up call. He was a dick." He adds and I fall speechless as I've never heard Harry talk about Louis like this before.The image of Harry doing that to Louis scares me, Harry's so calm and collective, I have never seen him this angry.

"I hope you can both work things out?" I suggest and Harry shakes his head. "You shouldn't have done that because of me. Your friendship has nothing to do with mine and Louis'." I add and Harry shrugs.

"I've left the ball in his corner. I've got no intentions of speaking to him, He is your friend, a good friend. He shouldn't have treated you like he did. I knew how hard it was for you and it beats me up inside that he was so inconsiderate." Harry looks away from me and I don't know what to say to him. I mean it's sweet how he's stuck up for me, I couldn't thank his loyalty enough. But I don't want to be the reason that they both fall out.

"Just try to remember that he's not exactly himself lately. Since Emily, he's turned into someone else, but it will be a temporary change." I say as I lean forward and I reach Harry's shoulder and give it a friendly squeeze.

"I'm not so sure. I mean if they do ever end up splitting up, will you and I still be there by then?" He asks and I bite my lip as I don't know what the answer is. So many words fly around in my head, I don't know which ones to pin down.

"I guess so." I shrug and Harry looks away. "We are good friends to him, therefore we can't give up on him. I think this is the time when he actually needs us most." I try to convince myself as much as him.

"Is that why you haven't got out of bed today? Because you're not giving up on him?" Harry sarcastically asks and I roll my eyes and look away.

"I've been in bed because I made myself look like a total idiot. I wanted the humiliation to die down." I say and Harry laughs. I frown as I look at him and he stops.

"I'm not buying that." He replies as he turns to face me. "I know how much this has damaged you, right now the last thing you want to do is help Louis." He adds and I look at him and I try not to let any tears escape me, but I can feel them building as my throat becomes tight.

"I'm trying." I whisper and Harry sighs and throws his head back.

"See this is what I mean, he doesn't realise how unique you are. He can fuck you over, break your heart and make you cry, yet you'll still be there for him when he needs you. It's fucking incredible!" Harry snaps as he stands up. I watch him as I don't dare say anything else. He walks to my photo wall, full of friends and family. He takes down a photo and holds it infront of me. It's a picture of Louis and I laughing at a christmas party. I think we are both drunk in the photo. "You see this?" He asks, "This is how he should be with you, when was the last time you two spent time together like this and actually had a good time?" He asks and I try to remember but my mind is going blank.

"Maybe you're looking into things a little bit too much?" I ask as I no longer want to talk about Louis. Harry sits back down and I glance at him. "Things change Harry. Emily makes him happy, get used to it." I snap and we both fall completely silent.

Harry stands up and pins the photo back up and stops outside the window. I watch him as I wish I could get into his head, but something tells me there's more to this than how Louis treated me. He glances back at me and he puts his hands in his pockets.

"I just want my best friend back." He says quietly and I stay quiet. "I want the Louis that I could mess around with, say stupid things too and just constantly wind him up." He sighs and I don't know whether to say anything. "Sometimes when I'm working with him, It's like I'm working with a stranger. I look at him and it seems that part of him isn't even there."

"Harry.." I sigh as I push the duvet off me and I sit on the edge of my bed, he walks towards me and sits down. "He will return eventually." I say and he shakes his head.

"No, he's never been like this before. Usually he didn't give two shits about girls. Emily is different, he's really taken by her and I hate how I can't be happy for him. I wish I could, but I really can't." He falls quiet and I rest my head on his shoulder.

"I'm sure he's regretting everything." I whisper and Harry doesn't say anything.

"I can't get it out of my head the way he looked at me when I insulted her. He looked like he was going to kill me." He says completely out of the blue and I sit back up. "I've never seen such hate in his eyes." Harry adds and I can't believe Louis had reacted to Harry like that. It does make my heart sink, Harry clearly adores Louis. "But fuck him." He says through gritted teeth as I guess he finds it hard to relive the memory too. "I haven't even asked if you are alright.." He sighs and I smile.

"Don't worry about me." I say strongly as I know he has alot going on in his head right now.

"I'm sorry Bella." He says and I frown confused at his apology. "I should never have nagged you to tell him how you felt. I truly thought he felt the same." Harry adds and I look away as I nod.

"It's not your fault. I didn't even mean to tell him." I laugh in embarrassment and Harry laughs lightly. "Are you okay?" I ask him and he nods.

"I'm always okay." He smirks and stands up. "Anyway, get up you lazy git. You're wasting your day off." He adds and I smile at him. "I better go, I'll see you tomorrow." He says and I nod as I say goodbye to him.

As I watch him close the door, I fall back on to my bed. It's hard putting a front on, especially when you feel that someone can see right through you. I tried to stay positive with Harry, hoping it would reflect back on him. Hopefully it did. That's one of my worst habits, pretending. I always pretend that I am okay, but deep down inside I'm breaking. I try to convince myself several times that I am okay and everything will be fine. Whether I believe it or not is another thought. I am angry at Louis, I am also sad. But the way I feel about him is too strong to hold on to those emotions.

Notes

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