“I won’t waste time showing you every single guest room.. just the areas I spend most of my time.’’ Harry says as he leads Juliet to the foyer and down a wide hallway.
Juliet’s eyes roamed over the walls as they walked, passing pictures of Harry when he was little and of his family. Her eyes came across the most adorable picture ever.
‘’Aww!’’ She says as she stops her feet and let’s go of Harry’s hand, stepping closer to the wall to look at the cute picture of Harry as a young child.

‘’I was quite the looker then, hm?’’ Harry jokes as he stands beside her, staring at the same picture.
‘’You still are.’’ Juliet mumbled under her breath, praying that Harry didn’t hear that, but she knew he had when he chuckled a little, turning to face her as she kept her gaze on the picture.
‘’Shall we continue?’’ Harry said as the silence dragged out a little longer.
Juliet looked over at him and nodding, not really minding what they do next. That picture made her day, it made her smile and it was very cute, adorable in fact. She kept a grin on her face as they continued down the hallway, getting closer and closer to a closed door that reminded of a simple closet.
‘’Where are we going?’’ Juliet asks curiously as they reach the door.
Harry’s finger as flicks on a light switch, then grabbing the door handle and opening the door.
‘’You’ll see.’’ Harry smiles lightly as he motions for her to go ahead of him, and she gladly does out of complete curiosity.
Juliet’s eyes were exposed to a large in home basket ball court. She smiled as she saw the freshly waxed floor, the rack of balls in the corner, the set of bleachers on both sides.
‘’I come down here a lot.. and through there is the gym.’’ Harry tells her, pointing to a room across the court.
Juliet’s eyes widen as she realizes this was in Harry’s house, his mansion really. As she turns to follow Harry out of the door way, a wave of emotions hit her hard. The guilt began to eat her alive, piece by piece.
Her heart was twisting and her stomach was turning, she knew she had lied straight to his face and had yet to tell him the truth. Harry snaps her out of her emotional trance, his hand brushing against hers as they walk down the hallway.
Juliet looks down at her feet, sighing deeply as she follows Harry to a door half way down the hallway that they had passed on the way to the court.
But she couldn’t think of anything but her secret, her seriously big secret. Majorly important.
And yet.. she still doesn’t tell him.


* * *


“The evening surely did come quick.’’ Harry laughs to himself as he sits down on the couch, opposite end as Juliet, he didn’t want to feel like he was crowding her constantly.
Harry was slightly disappointed, Juliet wanted to postpone their shopping trip for another day, claiming that she wasn’t feeling well enough to go in the weather, but her heart and her mind knew the real reason.
Juliet smiles lightly, not very reactive to that comment of Harry’s.
‘’So um, Niall and Liam will be here soon.. I think.. you’ll like them, uh.. they’re cool.’’ Harry says casually, staring down at his knees as he slouches on the couch, his legs stretched out wide.
“I guess, I mean I don’t know.. to me-‘’
‘’Harry.’’ Juliet mumbles lightly, cutting Harry’s nervous ramble off.
He thanked her in his mind, glad that he didn’t have to go on with the awkward moment anymore, well at least for now that is.
He was more of a conversational person, so to speak, instead of a chit chat person.
“Yeah?’’ He asks, looking over to see Juliet staring at him, her arms lazily crossed over her chest.
She bites her lip, gulping gently as she blinks slowly, opening her eyes to stare at the couch cushion between Harry and herself.
‘’I.. I need to tell you something.’’ She tells him in a light tone, more afraid than anything.
‘’Go ahead, love.. you can tell me anything.’’ Harry assures her, furrowing his eyebrows as he leans closer, just to let her know he cared and was concerned.
Juliet parts her lips, about to say her reply, when she stops herself, shaking her head lightly from side to side.
‘’Juliet.. we can talk.. if you want.’’ Harry tells her with a sigh, not wanting to see her like this, nervous to tell him something that was surely important to her.
‘’I just.. I haven’t been one hundred percent honest with-‘’
‘’The party is here!’’ A voice yelled from the foyer, it slightly echoed through the house throwing Juliet off guard.
‘’Juliet.’’ Harry sighs, standing up to go greet his company.
He looks down at the blue eyed girl on his couch, sad to see her like this, hate that she was interrupted rudely like that, ‘’We’ll talk later on.. promise.’’ He nods lightly before excusing himself to go to the door.
Juliet sat still and quietly on the couch, her eyes on the blank television screen. Honestly, she didn’t feel like meeting someone new right now, nor did she plan on having to quit talking after she gained somewhat the courage to finally tell Harry about her real story, her secret as she refers to it as.
“Guys, just please chill out.. I have-‘’ Juliet heard Harry’s voice, but it was soon cut off by a new voice she hadn’t met yet.
‘’Whoa.. whose that on your couch, mate?’’
‘’His new bitch, I’m sure.’’ The other voice snickered.
‘’Shut up.. I was trying to tell you idiots but you won’t grow the fuck up and listen to me.’’ Harry snaps, his voice raising – making Juliet jump slightly.
Harry rolled his eyes at Niall’s immature comment, not wanting to deal with petty shit today. It was a serious thing for him – to have his friends met the girl he may be falling in love with. Despite the situation, Harry stilled smiled to himself as he rushed over to Juliet’s presence on the couch.
He leans down so that he was eye level with her, he smiles sweetly as he whispers, ‘’I’m sorry for that, they just don’t know you yet.’’
‘’It’s fine.’’ Juliet assures him in a soft tone, a half smile on her face.

‘’C’mon, let’s go in to the kitchen, yeah?’’ Harry insists motioning for Juliet to follow him as he leans up and slowly creeps backwards towards the kitchen doors, waiting for Juliet to join him.
She couldn’t resist – she stood up and joined him as he entered the kitchen to find his friends already there rummaging through his cabinets.


* * *


After Harry had treated Niall and Liam to a drink, they all sat around the table and begun a conversation about the obvious, the important stuff at the moment.
‘’So, Juliet, Harry said you’re only sixteen.’’ Liam starts with a raise of his eyebrows.
Juliet nods lightly, not really sure how to reply to that.
Harry sat beside her, his chair close to his just in case, he felt that he needed to be that close, he had to be, and plus he wanted to be.
‘’Nine years is a lot.’’ Niall mumbles under his breath.
‘’When’s your birthday?’’ Liam asks her with a kind smile as he looks at her from across the table.
‘’September.. 25th.’’ She mumbles lightly, glancing back and forth between Liam and her hands on the table.
‘’So you’ll be seventeen?’’ Niall asks after sipping his beer.
Juliet nods in response as Liam carried on, ‘’Well you don’t look sixteen.’’ He shrugged a shoulder.
‘’And what is that supposed to mean?’’ Harry asks, drinking some of his beer from his bottle, sitting it back down on the table as he looks over at Liam.
‘’I mean.. she looks older than that, I don’t know.’’ He sighs, not really sure of why he said that, or how he could even explain what he was meaning by it.
‘’You were like, legit, young when the band was still together.’’ Niall says, leaning back in the chair as he keeps his eyes on Juliet, still confused on how she just so happened to be recused by Harry – of all people, Niall kept repeating in his mind.
‘’Can we not talk about how old she is. Did you ever think maybe she didn’t want to talk about that?’’ Harry sighs deeply, annoyed at the questions and comments Niall and Liam have made.
‘’It’s just small talk, Harry, chill out.’’ Liam rolls his eyes lightly, he’s always been annoyed by Harry’s over-reactive state of mind.
“No it’s not, its annoying. Juliet’s more than just a sixteen year old girl, okay? She’s important to me and I thought that maybe my damn friends would fucking understand that.’’ Harry says loudly, standing from his chair and roughing pushing it back under the table, ‘’But I guess I was fucking wrong, just like everything else. It’s all fucking stupid!’’ He yells, storming off to the sliding glass doors leading to the back patio.
Juliet sighed, staring down at her lap as she felt her eyes begin to water. It wasn’t that she was ashamed, nor was it because she was embarrassed.. it was because Harry’s voice scared her, seeing him so angry frightened her, she was worried for his sake. Hearing him say that made her heart skip a beat, but she still just wanted to cry..

She wanted to jump up and chase after him, tell him everything was going to be okay and just be there, but her mind kept her from doing that, no matter how hard her heart tried to fight back.. she stayed in the chair and felt the tears begin to slowly roll down her cheeks, dripping off her jawbone and onto her lap.
‘’Shit, he just.. wanted us to get to know her, Liam.. I think we.. messed up.’’ Niall sighs as he leans his head onto his hands.
‘’I know, we weren’t.. taking this on the right way. He’s pretty upset..’’ Liam agrees in a low voice.
‘’You know there’s no one to calm him down, expect one person and she’s in London right now.’’ Niall mumbles.
‘’Yeah, I know, I’m sure Anne would fix everything.. but.. you know, she’s not a mile away anymore..’’ Liam says.
‘’She’s a couple thousand.’’
Juliet slowly stood up, keeping her balance steady as she took a deep breath and gave herself the confidence to walk away from the table.
Surprising herself more than anyone else in that room, she didn’t walk towards the patio, she walked into the living room.


* * *


His eyes stared at the sky as he laid in the hammock, the sun beginning to set in the distance as the hours crept closer and closer to midnight. Harry sighs again, knowing that he went too far with his rant. Not only that, but he had no clue where Juliet was or what she was doing.
All he could think about was her.
Just when he thought the silence couldn’t possibly be broken, a voice spoke up, not too far away from him.
‘’Harry, we’re sorry. We didn’t.. have that intention.’’
It was Liam, Harry knew for a fact. He knew he couldn’t yell at him. Liam’s words and his tone assured Harry they meant the apology, this time around.
‘’Yeah, I wasn’t quite sure about the situation, so I was just.. winging it.’’ Niall says.
Harry leans up, his feet hitting the grass. He leans his elbows onto his knees, looking down at his feet.

‘’She means so much to me.. I don’t even know if.. it’s right or not.’’ Harry says.
He didn’t want to hear their excuses, nor their replies. In this moment in time, he just wanted to talk to someone about what’s on his mind, and that was Juliet, he couldn’t stop thinking about her, and he hasn’t been able to since his eyes found her presence.
‘’If you feel that way, then it’s right.’’ Niall insists.
‘’Do you love her?’’ Liam asks.
Harry’s heart skips a beat at that fact. He looks up to meet Liam’s brown eyed gaze, intense and serious. He knew Liam well, and Liam was a serious person when it came to a relationship. He knew the good, and he knew the bad.
He could sense the evil, and notice the good. Harry was glad to have someone like that around, especially in a time like this.
‘’If you could describe the way you felt around Juliet.. what would you say?’’ Liam asks, knowing exactly what answer he was looking for – all he wanted was for Harry to be happy for once, truly happy.
‘’What a feeling..’’ Harry smiles lightly, looking down at the grass, ‘’She.. makes me happy, I’ve never.. felt this way before.. it’s like.. my heart is going to explode.. when she touches me.. I can hardly breath.. when she smiles at me.. it gives me a heart attack.. the way she looks at me.. makes me smile inside.. she just.. Juliet makes me completely happy.. and I love it.’’
‘’You’re in love.’’ Liam grins.
‘’Hell yeah he is.’’ Niall laughs to himself.
‘’I can’t be in love.’’ Harry shakes his head lightly from side to side as he stands up, stepping a few feet closer to them.
‘’And why the hell not?’’ Niall says, confused at that, especially after what words just left Harry’s mouth.
‘’She’s sixteen… I’m twenty five. It’s illegal.. it’s.. ridiculous. Damn, she doesn’t even feel the same way.’’ Harry says with a heavy sigh, running hand through his hair.
‘’You don’t know that.’’ Niall states, shrugging lightly.
‘’No you don’t, and age is just a number Harry, you know that. And trust me.. I’m sure Juliet feels the same way, I mean have you seen the way she looks at you?’’ Liam smiles.
‘’What are you talking about?’’ Harry says, not sure why Liam would think that about Juliet, there was no way she was in love with him, or even felt a thing other than friendship.
That was all she wanted..
‘’When you speak, she looks at you like you’re the only thing she can see. When you laugh.. it makes her smile. When you look at her she blushes so hard.. You might not see it, but we surely do.’’ Niall assures him of that.
‘’Juliet doesn’t love me.’’
‘’Harry.. give it time, besides, you just met her.’’ Liam says.
‘’I hate time.. it’s too long.’’ Harry huffs.
‘’Time brings those who wait the best.’’ Liam tells him.
‘’As of now.. you need to go talk to her, she’s pretty shook up.’’ Niall tells him.
‘’She went upstairs I think.. she was crying.’’ Liam adds in.
‘’Crying? Shit.’’ Harry sighs, knowing that he really messed himself up this time, but hopefully she is just fine and it was just the heat of the moment that got to her.
Hopefully at least.
Harry knew what Liam said was true, but he hoped that God or fate or destiny or whatever it happened to be that brought him this relationship wouldn’t take so long.. he just wanted to be happy, and to be able to kiss Juliet, hold her, sing to her, touch her. He just wanted her, and that would be all he needed to survive.
Her and only her.


* * *


Harry knocked his knuckles against the door a few times, awaiting an approval of entrance before he just barges in on her, if she was even in there. He’s looked a few other places, but the bedroom was next on his list anyways.
There was no reply, so he just slowly opened the door and stepped into the room. He shut the door behind him and turned around to see Juliet.
She was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, her hands in her lap as she fiddled with her fingers. She had pulled her hair up and was wiping under her eyes every few seconds.
‘’Juliet.’’ Harry says with a hard exhale, he was just nervous, that was all.
She looks up at him, her cheeks flustered from crying and her eyes still red and puffy.
‘’There was something you wanted to tell me earlier?’’ Harry asks as he walks over to the bed.
She nods lightly, gulping to herself as Harry gently sits down on the edge of the bed, trying not to crowd her.
‘’Before you tell me.. I just want to apologize about.. yelling earlier, I’m sorry if what I said.. embarrassed you or.. anything else.’’ Harry sighs, repositioning himself so that he was in front of her now, his legs crossed like hers as he kept his eyes on her pretty face that he adored so much.
‘’I was scared..’’ She whispers softly.
He reaches out and picks up her hand, ‘’Don’t be. I would never hurt you, I swear. I just… got a little mad, that’s all.’’ Harry assures her as he holds her hand tight in his.
‘’Harry.. I wasn’t.. completely honest with you.. this morning.. or last night.’’ Juliet says softly, finally ready to tell Harry the truth.
‘’What do you mean? Your favorite color’s not lavender?’’ Harry smiles lightly, taking it as a joke, but to Juliet it was something very serious.
As she sighs at his comment, Harry knew that he shouldn’t have said that, nor should he have even thought that. It was immature and stupid.
‘’I’m sorry.. go ahead.’’ Harry mentally hits himself a few times, feeling quite stupid now for doing that.
“I didn’t.. have an apartment.’’ Juliet tells him, staring down at her lap, not strong enough to face his eye contact right now.
Harry gripped her hand as she hesitated to continue on. It gave her a bit of strength, so she carried it on a little further for now, not sure how long it was going to last.
‘’I didn’t lie about any of the stuff about my parents, or the foster home. I just.. my grandmother sent me up here to live with my aunt a month or so ago, and I had been. But I.. she kicked me out.. because I.. highly insulted her in front of her friends and apparently I was just a useless child to her.’’ Juliet shrugged one shoulder, that part of the lie wasn’t as bad as the other part she has yet to tell him.
‘’If she cared about you then no comment would matter.’’ Harry states.
‘’I know, she didn’t care about me.. she just cared about my child.’’ Juliet closed her eyes tight as she felt Harry’s grip loosen a tad on her hand.
She bit the inside of her cheek, not knowing what was going to happen or anything she should expect. She knew it was the right thing to do to tell him, but now she somewhat regrets it.
‘’I was raped when I was.. fifteen, Harry. The boy I had been seeing kept pressuring me into it.. and one day he finally forced me to. There wasn’t anything I could do to stop him.. and now.. you probably don’t want to deal with me-‘’
‘’Don’t say that.’’ Harry says roughly.
Juliet looks into his emerald eyes as he stares at her, his eyebrows furrowed tightly as he takes all of this in.
‘’Your baby.. do you have custody of it?’’ Harry asks, his facial expression changing as he leaned back some, but keeping a tight hold onto Juliet’s fragile, soft hand.
‘’Yes. I told my aunt I’d be by to get him tonight.’’ She nods lightly.
‘’It’s a boy?’’ Harry smiles lightly at her.
‘’Yeah, his name is Luke.’’ Juliet says softly.
‘’Well, if I’m offering you a place to stay then of course I have to give him somewhere as well.’’ Harry says with a smile as he releases Juliet’s hand and stands from the bed, quick and shift.
‘’C’mon, let’s go get him.’’
‘’Harry-‘’
‘’Juliet, c’mon!’’ Harry says with a bright smile as Juliet sighed and got off the bed.

At first she was nervous about it, thinking that Harry wouldn’t want to handle her anymore. But now, after seeing this, she wished all people acted like Harry did.
She wished all people could expect your flaws and what life has given you – even things that were unplanned.
Maybe, just maybe, Harry really did understand her, and cared for her, and perhaps – only by a long shot – loved her.

Notes

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