Two hours’ time went by fast, Harry didn’t even acknowledge the sense of time when he was working out – all he thought about was getting his feelings out and mostly his anger and temper needed to be released before his demons flew out. Hopefully, though, that won’t ever happen.
With his forearm, he wiped the sweat forming on his forehead away as he took a short break, guzzling down half a bottle of ice cold water.
Harry knew his constant exercise weren’t what he needed, he needed to get out and enjoy the weather here and there, or go visit his mother or his friends in other places around the world – but yet he sat in his house outside of NYC and kept to himself, especially now more than ever.
There were a few rounds of knocks on the door, not really loud but not totally soft either. Harry parted his lips and sighed deeply as he yelled an approval of entrance, hoping that whatever the hell Niall or Liam wanted it wouldn’t take long.
The creaked open slowly as Harry stood and headed back to the weight bench, awaiting the question or comment of his unwanted visitor. As he sat down he got really annoyed,not wanting to deal with Niall’s petty jokes or Liam’s stupid advice, he just wanted to be alone so he could think properly about everything.
As the silence grew even louder, Harry sighed once more – certainly not in the mood for this anymore.
‘’Are you going to fucking say something or just stand there!’’ He yelled as he looked over his shoulder, but before he could even blink his heart dropped.
“Ma ma ba bla.. ma ma ma ma ma.’’ Luke blabbed as he saw Harry’s face, a great big smile on his little face.
‘’Is.. is it a bad time?’’ Juliet asks in a mumble as she steps a little closer towards Harry, but still unsure about it so she stops and stares, glancing at the baby every few seconds as Harry keeps his gaze on the two of them.
‘’I.. no.. it’s fine,’’ Harry said as he stood up and lightly huffed at himself for yelling for no reason in the first place, and now that he knew it was them he was yelling at he felt absolutely pathetic and horrible.
‘’Is everything okay, Juliet?’’ Harry asks as he walked over to her, stopping an inch from her.
Harry’s thumb trailed over Luke’s cheek as the baby giggled at the touch, loving Harry’s presence.
‘’I couldn’t.. get him to stop crying, and he seems to.. love you so much. Looks like it.. worked.’’ Juliet said, a smile appearing on her face as Luke held his arms out towards Harry, wanting him to hold him.
‘’C’mere little man.’’ Harry says as he takes the baby from Juliet and kisses his forehead before holding him like Juliet previously did.
‘’He really does like you, Harry.’’ Juliet says with a laugh as she wipes a little bit of drool from the side of the baby’s mouth while observing the precious site before her.
Harry just smiles at the baby, no words could express the way he felt right about now – knowing that this child, the child of the girl he swears on his life he’s completely in love with, likes being with him..
It all sparked his mind, and made me feel butterflies – well more like the entire zoo as time went on.
“Hey, um.. Sophia was talking about going out to dinner tomorrow night, all of us, and I was wondering.. if you were okay with that?’’ Harry says as he looks down at Juliet, her eyes meeting his with a smile.
‘’Sure, I’d enjoy that.’’ She nods lightly, her cheeks blushing.
‘’I figured you could ask Ragen if she could watch the baby.. if you wanted that.’’ Harry shrugs lightly.
‘’I’m sure she wouldn’t mind.’’ Juliet smiles as Harry continues to stare at her.
He wasn’t sure why he stared at her, or what it was about her that made him smile like there was no tomorrow – but he knew he surely did love whatever it was. Life was grand now, more than ever.
Harry didn’t ask for much in life, but happiness was one of the little things he wanted – and he was damn sure he had that now.


* * *


//next day//

Juliet didn’t have a problem with going over to Sophia’s penthouse in the city to have some girl time before they headed out to meet the guys – who were all at Harry’s currently – at the restaurant.
“Anyways, as I was saying before I rudely stepped away,’’ Sophia sighs as she sits back down on her bed after her trip to fetch her make up bag, ‘’Liam showed me the article online this morning.. I figured Harry hasn’t saw it yet or else he would have blasted out all over social media by now.’’ She tells Juliet of the interesting information.
‘’What was it about exactly?’’ Juliet asks curiously as she applies her liquid foundation on her to face, blending it smoothly and evenly onto her skin.
‘’Well.. it was mainly about ‘Harry’s mystery girl’ until the picture of Harry carrying the baby’s car seat and putting it into the car showed up.. it all then went along the lines of ‘was that Harry’s baby’ and ‘why was he with you and the baby’ and that kind of stuff. It’s complicated, but stupid really.’’ Sophia huffed as she pulled her hair into a bun on top of her head so she could apply her makeup without the hassle of her hair being in her face.
‘’Well.. it’s not Harry’s.’’ Juliet sighs, assuring Sophia of that – at least one person knew the truth right now.
‘’Obvi..’’ Sophia mumbles, releasing a small laugh from her mouth.
“Speaking of my baby.. Have you seen how good Harry is with him?’’ Juliet asks raising her eyebrows.
‘’Oh my lord! Yes I have, girl! Harry is like a god when it comes to being with children.’’ Sophia says, her loud voice echoing in the room.
Juliet smiles at her comment and carries on the reply, “Yeah he is.’’
‘’I think Harry really likes having you around, Juliet.’’ Sophia states randomly, getting the vibe between them into a more serious state.
‘’Why would you say that?’’ Juliet asks in question, confused actually by that.
‘’Well he’s changed, a lot, believe it or not. For a while Harry had been doing nothing but either sitting at home all day or partying all night. He’d gotten hooked on drugs a while back and in the past few days Liam said that Harry hasn’t smoked or snorted a thing.’’ Sophia informs her.
‘’That doesn’t mean anything.’’ Juliet shrugs lightly.
‘’Yes it does darling.. Harry is crazy about you and I’ve heard him say it myself – hell he said it to me!’’ Sophia tells her, slamming her hand onto Juliet’s knee.
Juliet winces at the sting but doesn’t let Sophia see it, it wasn’t hardly anything anyways.
‘’Can I tell you something, Sophia?’’ Juliet sighs as she applies her eyeshadow in the correct layer order.
‘’Sure love.’’
Juliet sits down the mirror in her hand and closes the eyeshadow palette – finished with that portion of her makeup process. Sophia’s eyes meet Juliet’s as she looks up.
‘’Everything alright?’’ Sophia whispers as she grabs Juliet’s hand, like a friend who cared would, and squeezed it tight.
It was with that gesture that Juliet realized her life had changed – she had more than one person in her life that was her friend. Instead of only Ragen being there for her.. she had Sophia, and Liam.. Niall, and.. Harry.
“Would it.. be wrong.. if I.. felt things.. for.. a certain person.. that I shouldn’t.. feel things.. for?’’ Juliet’s head drops and her eyes close as she thinks on the thought of that very person, the only person she’s been thinking about for hours now.
“It depends, love, who.. who is that person?’’ Sophia asks – knowing the answer – as she held Juliet’s hand tight in hers.
‘’Ha-Harry.’’ Juliet mumbles lightly under her breath as she opens her eyes, staring down at her lap.
‘’No laws can hold back love, in my eyes at least. Age is just another thing society holds against us, Juliet. And I know for a damn fact that Harry doesn’t give a shit how old you are… he’s in fucking love with you babe, and I assure you that it’s okay to love someone you think you aren’t supposed to. I love Liam.. and he’s my best friend – I never thought I would end up with him, but look at us now. You and Harry.. make each other complete.. and I promise.. everything will turn out perfect – it wasn’t a coincidence that Harry saved your life.. it was fate.’’ Sophia preached her mind, not feeling like holding all her thoughts in anymore.
For Harry’s sake she did, but Sophia was just like Juliet – she was a girl and she was drunk in love, and she knew good and well that Juliet needed to hear the truth.
And the truth treated her well.

Notes

♥SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY!! Things have been crazy for me lately and i hadn't had much time to get around to the updates! But I'm back now and summer is closer and closer .. which means plenty of chapters for my loves!!! PS: Late Happy Mother's Day to any of my beautiful mom's out there ♥ --B