Niall’s POV
Hayley motioned Harry and I to leave the room and we did what she told us to- and waited outside. Harry being Harry decided to eavesdrop. He placed his head against the door and I stood there arguing with myself weather I should copy him or not. After quite a while of arguing, I decided to copy him. I went to stand next to him and also placed my head against the door.
“Talk to me” Hayley said and I could hear Joan starting to cry. “C’mon I know my bestie and I’ll pull it out of you, if you want it or not” Hayley said after a while of silence- well not silence, but all you could hear was Joan crying. “I might as well tell you” Joan said through her tears. “What’s wrong” Hayley asked “This” Joan replied- still crying, “Huh?” Hayley said “Harry, Niall” Joan replied “I don’t understand” Hayley replied- sounding very confused. “I thought about things, like I usually do” Joan said “Over excessively” Hayley added- sounding as if she now understands everything. “This whole thing with Harry and Niall, I’m scared that we get too close to them because what will happen if they have to go back to London and what will happen after wards- I mean what if this is all for nothing, cause maybe it won’t even last” Joan said- still crying. “I see” Hayley said “It makes sense” Hayley added a few seconds later.
“-but, why?” Harry said as he slowly slid down against the door. “Well to be honest, I would’ve felt the exact same way- now that I think about it” I said also sliding down against the door. I pulled my legs up against my chest and started thinking. “Do you think that will happen?” Harry asked- not very happy. “Haz, you’re the one who planned this- so you’re the only one who knows what your expectations was or maybe still is” I said trying my best not to slip up. “You know… you’re kinda right”… “-but I don’t know if I even know my own expectations” he said shyly and I waited a few minutes before I spoke up. “Well to be honest… I didn’t have at first, but at the moment I’m not going to let her slip through my fingers, especially someone like her” I said before getting up and opening the door- causing Harry to fall backwards.

I walked into the room and then towards Joan- who was sitting on the bed. I walked up to her and took her into my arms. She started crying even worse and suddenly, just pushed me away. I fought back and once again wrapped my arms around her. “No... I don’t want you’re friendliness- I’m not worth it!” she said before she once again pushed me away and this time she turned around and fell with her face into her pillow, before she continued crying. “It’s not friendliness, it’s called love…” I said before I walked around to where her head was and whispered “I promise” into her ear. She turned around but didn’t look at me, instead she stared at the ceiling. After a while she turned her head and faced me. “You promise… what?” she said before looking back up to the ceiling. I bent down and said “I promise it’ll be worth the while, I promise that you’re worth it and that you’re worthy of my love” into her ear. I wait a few seconds before I say, “And I promise that I’m worthy of your love.” She turned her head to face me and said, “I don’t love people, especially guys so you wouldn’t need to be worthy of my love AND people also don’t love me so I don’t need to be worthy of your love either.” She then turned her back on me and I just stood there frozen, not knowing what to do or say.


Harry’s POV
I stood there listening to Niall and Joan’s ‘conversation’- Niall as always was sweet and loving, but Joan was cold…ice cold and so rude towards him. When Joan turned her back on Niall, I lost my temper. I stormed towards Joan and on my way, I closed the door, I stopped next to Niall and started talking. “I don’t care even if you are Love in the dark, nobody gave you permission to be rude towards my best friend. He just practically told you how he felt about you, but you just shut him out… AND bullshit, there are people who love you, you just don’t see them because you choose to keep yourself blind!” I paused for a few seconds before continuing “Yeah I know people like you don’t really know what love feels like, but I bet you my whole career that even you sometimes know what love feels like, you just choose to ignore it.” I stopped as soon as I saw her facial expression changing. She opened her mouth and started talking, “Do you know why I choose to ignore love, because it never lasts and it always ends up in me getting hurt” she said. “It’s all about the smiles and the tears; because love means facing your biggest fears.” I said right after she stopped talking. “Do you have any idea what you just did to my best friend?” I asked and all answer that I got was the silence. “You should’ve seen his face when you pushed him away or when you started crying. I know many people before him had hurt you, but the least you can do is give him a chance and then you’ll see that he is different and he won’t leave you behind for London, he will either take you with him or not go at all!” I paused for a few seconds before going on “-but all the other lovers before Niall… they don’t compare to him!” I said before I turned around and stormed out of the room and just started walking. I had no idea where I was going, but at the moment, I don’t give a shit.


Niall’s POV
After Harry left the room I still stood there not able to find any words. What Harry did was amazing, but there one thing that I don’t understand… Joan’s reaction- she’s quiet, and once again she turned her back on me the moment Harry left. I saw her phone on the bedside table and I immediately picked it up. I sent myself a message and then sent her a message, making sure we have each other’s numbers.

Notes

Hiii... Sorry for taking so long to update, but I'm kinda going through a rough patch at the moment, but I'll try to update more often :))

Dancing in the dark
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