Where Do Broken Hearts Go (Sequel to You and I)

Connie’s POV

The New Years countdown was so much fun. Evan and I got back to the hotel at 1 a.m. and instantly crashed when we got ready for bed. Evan’s arm was wrapped around my waist. I stretched my arm a bit to get my phone on the night stand table.

I was scrolling through my social media and just catching up on everything.

Bernice texted me asking to come to her room because she wanted to talk to me as soon as possible. That was weird because it had to be super important that it couldn’t wait.

All of a sudden, someone kissed me on the cheek.

“Good morning beautiful.” Evan said.

I turned around and smiled. I kissed him back.

“Good morning.” I said.

“What should we do on our last day of New York?” He asked.

“I’m down for anything.” I said.

“I’m down for whatever you’re down for.” Evan said as he laughed.

“I’m going to go to Bernice’s room for a bit.She said she wanted to talk to me.” I said.

I hopped out of bed and walked to Bernice’s room. I didn’t care if I was in pajamas because who cares.I knocked at her room.

She opened the door and I went inside.

“What’s up? Seemed like you wanted to say something important.” I said.

“Right after the countdown, Harry and I wanted to grab something to eat. Then, while we about to go in, we saw Niall and Emily. So, we sort of hid behind something because we thought they were going to kiss.” She said.

I rolled my eyes. “Why are you guys being so noisy?” I said as I laughed.

“Listen, there’s more to it!” She said.

“What they were really talking about was how Niall was upset because he saw you and Evan kiss. He told Emily that it really broke his heart and he couldn’t get over his feelings for you. Emily developed feelings for Niall, but Niall said he couldn’t return back those feelings.” Bernice said.

I got kind of tensed.

I thought he moved on. I mean, it seemed like he liked Emily. I guess not.

I didn’t say anything and stood up walking to the door.

“Connie, where are you going?” Bernice asked.

“My room. I don’t want to talk about this. I don’t want to think about this either.” I said.

I closed the door behind me. I went back to my room. Evan was already dressed and ready. I still looked like a mess.

“We’re going to meet with the others to get breakfast downstairs. Get ready.” Evan said.

I went into the bathroom and did my usual morning routine. Afterwards, I went into my luggage to find something to wear. Something casual. I just wore a long sweater and a pair of leggings.

When we were both ready, we head downstairs. The way down to the hotel lobby, I was pretty quiet and Evan could tell.

“Connie, what’s wrong?” He asked.

“Nothing.” I said. I was a bad liar.

“Well, you seemed fine in the morning. Tell me.” He said as he put his hand to my cheek.

I told him about why I went to Bernice’s room and what she had told me.

Evan’s fist clenched and I could see him tensing up.

“I’m going to go talk to him.” He said.

“Wait, don’t do that. You don’t need to. Just ignore it. You already know that I really like you. My feelings are for you, and not for him.” I said.

He started to loosen up a bit. He kissed my forehead.

When we got to the breakfast place in the hotel, we met up with the others.

“Good morning!” Louis said. Eleanor laughed.

We all took our seats and ordered some breakfast.

Niall’s POV

We were all taking out seats enjoying our breakfast. Evan glanced over at me and he was staring me down. He didn’t seem to have a pleasant facial expression.

What was his problem?

During breakfast, I got up to go to the bathroom to wash my hands. Few seconds later, Evan came in the washroom as well.

I was washing my hands and so was he. We didn’t talk and it was so awkward.

“So, you know what would be a good idea? Stay away from Connie.” Evan said.

I was a bit taken back.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“I know you still have feelings for her. I saw the way you looked at her at the breakfast table. But frankly, she’s not interested in you.” Evan said as he was getting paper towels to dry his hands.

“And what makes it seem like she’s genuinely interested in you?” I said.

“Because she chose me. Otherwise, why would we be together right now?” Evan said.

He threw his paper towel away and elbowed me on the way out.

He’s such a jerk. I went back out to our table and didn’t say a word throughout breakfast.

Connie’s POV

“Evan, why did you do that? Didn’t I tell you to ignore it?” I said.

“I’m sorry, Connie. I didn’t want him to come between us.” He said as he held both of my hands.

I sighed. I did understand where he was coming from.

“It’s alright.I’ll be back. I’m just going to talk to Bernice for a bit.” I said as I kissed him on the cheek.

I walked out of the door. To be honest, I was going to the boys’ hotel room to talk to Niall. When I got there, I knocked on the door.Zayn answered.

“Oh, hey Connie. What’s up?” He said.

“Oh, I just wanted to talk to Niall for a bit.” I said.

“He’s in his room.Come on in.” He said.

“Thanks Zayn.” I said.

I walked in and went into Niall’s room.

His door was open and he was lying down on his bed listening to music.

“Hey Niall.” I said.

Niall quickly stood up from the bed.

“Connie? What’s up?” He asked.

“I just wanted to tell you that I’m sorry for whatever Evan talked to you about. Knowing him, he might’ve came off a little threatening, I would believe.” I said.

“It’s fine and thanks for apologizing on behalf of him, even though you didn’t need to.” He said.

“I wanted to, just to make sure you’re okay.” I said.

He smiled.

I smiled back and as I was about to leave when he said,

“You deserve so much better.”

I stopped walking. My back was facing him.I looked down at my feet and kept on walking.

Evan and I were about to get onto the plane and back to Toronto.I t was pretty great to take a break and go to New York for a couple of days. We boarded onto our flight. It wasn’t that long. I was just looking out at the window, thinking. Evan was sleeping because he was tired. I was thinking about what Niall said to me.

“You deserve so much better.”

That same sentence kept on replaying over and over again in my mind.

Maybe I do.

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