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Live Shows: Week 2 – Part 4 (Live Decider)
Harry’s POV
Sunday, 2nd October
All three of my girls were through to next week and I couldn’t be happier. I enjoyed working with all of them, even though Alicia and Kaylie weren’t fond of Melody. She was in my category and they had to deal with it. But I needed to confront her about the matter that Simon had informed me about. I had to make it clear to her that I was not interested in her. I only wanted Kaylie but I couldn’t tell Melody that. I had to go about it lightly.
I was still worried about what Melody had said to Kaylie. Did she threaten my angel? I couldn’t let another girl’s false words make my angel doubt our feelings for one another. The last thing I had wanted was for jealousy to erupt between my contestants but it had happened. And I had fix it somehow.
I exited my dressing room, straightening out my suit jacket and tucking some of my long curls behind my left ear. I didn’t know where Melody was but my first instinct was to check the Under 25 Girls dressing room. But I didn’t want to be discovered by Simon or a member of the crew going there. It could fuel rumour, make them grow. I didn’t want to risk that. So I ended up texting her. She always has her phone on her. Kaylie was the only person who had my phone number; Alicia had it too. After all, I needed to be in contact with my girls, just in case if they needed help or were confused about anything that happened at rehearsals.
To Melody: We need to talk. Come to my dressing room as soon as possible.
Within eight seconds, she replied.
From Melody: Be right there xx
I cringed at the two kisses as I walked back inside my dressing room, keeping the door open a little bit. I sat down on the couch and waited for Melody to arrive. I flipped my phone in my hands and thought about Kaylie being in his arms last night after Simon had left. Her hot tears wetting our passionate kisses, her hair incredibly soft, falling in between my fingers. I loved every second I spent with her, even if it was in front of the cameras. Just having her eyes bore into mine and hearing her amazing voice almost every day, I considered it a privilege.
“Harry…?” A voice asked, followed by a knock. I looked at the door and saw Melody stepping inside, still dressed in her outfit, her long slim legs bare and her dress clung to her body like a second skin. (http://www.polyvore.com/melody_live_decider_week/set?id=208852455) If her personality was different, I would have had a hard on just from looking at her. But what she had done had made me angry. She had lied. And I wanted to know why.
“Sit down, Melody. We need to have a chat.” I said, gesturing to a spot next to me on the couch. Melody narrowed her eyes at me subtly and shut the door. She walked around the small table and took a seat next to me, folding her legs in a way that was very seductive. Kaylie never does that. Kaylie didn’t know how beautiful she was, just being herself, but Melody…she knew that she was attractive. And she flaunted that all the time. It surprised me she didn’t have a boyfriend. I assumed many guys would throw themselves at her but maybe it was different from her perspective. I averted my eyes from her legs and looked at her sternly.
“Has something happened, Harry?” She purred my name like a cat, as if it was a sexual invitation. It didn’t arouse me. It turned me off. I loved the way Kaylie said my name. So simply but it made me smile whenever my name rolled off her tongue.
“Simon has told me something that hasn’t exactly made me happy.”
“What does it have to do with me?”
“It has everything to do with you, Melody.” I stated. Her face fell but her eyes were still narrowed, full of confusion. I leaned forward and clasped my hands together, my long fingers threading together. I sighed and shook my head a little bit.
“Melody…I’m not…How do I put this?” I grumbled. I could feel her eyes on me so I returned her gaze, pressing my lips together.
“We’re not flirting and we’re certainly not a couple.” I said bluntly. I had to come out with it confidently so I could get the right message across to her. Melody’s lips parted and nervousness washed over her face. She knew she had been caught out. I could see it in her eyes. She rolled her shoulders back and rested her hands on her knees.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
I fought the urge to scoff and instead, I shook my head and smirked angrily.
“You know exactly what I’m talking about, Melody. Simon heard you on the phone, saying that you and I have been flirting and meeting up here in the studios in secret. We’re not doing that at all. You were lying to whoever you were talking to.”
I was so close to losing my cool. Even just having to repeat Simon’s words made me furious. All because she’s jealous. I wasn’t gentle with Melody. Speaking, I was but with my expression, she knew I wasn’t happy. My eyes flashed with fire as I glared at her. Melody looked like she had trouble in responding. Her gaze went down to the floor, letting her short hair disguise part of her face.
“I thought…we were. I thought you were…interested.”
“When did I ever give you a sign that I was interested? Our relationship is professional and nothing more.” I replied.
“I’m…sorry.”
“Sorry is not going to cut it, Melody. You’re lying about something huge. This is bad for both of us. I cannot have a romantic relationship with any of the contestants, especially you three girls.”
But I am in a romantic relationship with Kaylie. It’s so wrong but it feels so right as well. But Kaylie didn’t lie about flirting with me. She was genuine. She didn’t force my feelings and she didn’t force hers. They just flowed. I didn’t think Melody would go so far just because she wasn’t friendly with Kaylie. This was on a whole other level that I never expected would arise.
“I’m sorry.” Melody repeated.
“That’s not good enough.”
“What do you want me to say?” Melody raised her voice, lifting her head up, looking at me. Her eyes were like two bright blue flames but they had no effect on me. The colour of Kaylie’s eyes, the way they sparkled when I spoke to her so sweetly, that affected me a great deal. I remained as calm as I could when I responded to Melody.
“I want you to tell me why you lied.”
When she didn’t say anything, I urged her further.
“Melody, you must tell me why you lied.”
She sighed and looked down at the floor again, resting her hands in her lap. She’s going to tell me. Will my theory be true? If it was anyone else, I would reach out my hand and tell them it’s OK to speak but it wasn’t just anyone else. It was Melody and if I touched her, she would see that as a hint that I was interested in her. But I wasn’t, not in the way. I never would be.
“I’ve seen the way you look at…Kaylie, Harry. The way you smile at her and I guess…I wanted that from you. I’ve never had a guy look at me the way you look at Kaylie. I…envy her.” Melody paused all the way through her confession. She found it hard to say Kaylie’s name and to finally reveal that she was jealous. I appreciated that she had told me the truth but it still didn’t justify what she had done.
“I understand but Melody…that’s no reason to make up a lie or to upset Kaylie.”
“I know.” She whispered.
“Then why did you do it in the first place?” I was starting to get a little annoyed.
“Because I like you!” Melody cried, looking at me straight in the eye again. I sighed and stood up. I opened the door further and gestured to Melody to walk out.
“Your feelings are not reciprocated, Melody. I’m sorry. You may leave.”
She looked like she was about to cry. Half of me wanted to rush back over to her and console her while the other half said to stay where I was. Melody nodded and rose to her feet, brushing out the tight skirt of her dress. She walked in my direction and exited my dressing room, her eyes on me the entire time. I followed her out and closed the door, resting my back against the wall.
“I’m sorry but I don’t feel the same way. The only thing we can do together is work. You have to underst-” But Melody never let me finish my sentence. She grabbed the lapels of my suit jacket and tried to bring my lips to hers. I grunted and turned my face away, trying to get her hands off my suit.
“No. Didn’t you hear what I just said?” I said with a calm fury. Melody didn’t listen and tugged my face down but our lips never met. I never would allow mine to touch hers. My lips, my kisses, belonged to a beautiful young woman with long caramel-coloured hair.
Melody ran her fingers down my chest and reached for the button of my suit jacket, struggling to open it. I placed my hands on her shoulders and pushed but she was stronger than she looked. She wouldn’t let go of me. Her mouth made contact with the side of my neck, underneath my long curls, and began to kiss my skin. I grunted and pushed again.
“Please, Harry…” She said.
I didn’t want this. I never would want this. It wasn’t right. I didn’t want Melody to do this to me. I wanted to Kaylie to.
“No, don’t.” I growled and tried for the third time to push her away. She said my name again, more softly, like a whisper, as her lips touched my neck again.
“Melody, don’t.”
We were in a public place and anyone could walk around the corner whenever. If someone saw us… Melody was extremely persistent and it only fuelled my anger more. She unbuttoned my suit jacket and ran her hands up, pushing the material off my shoulders. Just as I placed my hands on hers and tried to pry them off me, I heard someone sob. I looked to my left and saw the one person I didn’t want to witness them standing around the corner, tears in her eyes.
Kaylie disappeared in a flash of shining caramel and I heard her footsteps going down the corridor. I managed to finally get out of Melody’s grip and without another word, I brushed past her and ran after my angel, calling out her name. I saw her quicken her pace, as if she wanted to get further away from me. I followed her, my long legs carrying me swiftly. She reached the final corridor before the exit and I reached out to grab her arm. My fingers enclosed around her forearm, pulling her back. She gasped and turned her head around to look at me. Her pink cheeks were covered in shiny wet lines and her eyes sparkled with fresh tears. I had made her cry like this… But it was never my intention.
“Kaylie, please…” I begged her.
“Let go of me, Harry.” Kaylie looked at the floor when she spoke. I could see how hurt she was, from her breaking voice to her shaking body. She used to tremble with delight in my arms when I layered her smooth neck with butterfly kisses. She used to cry with joy. But now, she looked broken.
“Angel, it was nothing. I was trying to get her off me…”
I didn’t want to let her go. She was my girlfriend, after all. I needed to explain what really happened. She had seen it wrong. More tears poured from her eyes as I tightened my grip on her arm, stroking her skin with my fingers.
“Just…let me go home. I want to go home.” Kaylie murmured but loud enough so that I could hear her. No, no, please, Kaylie! I knew it was late but I needed her to know that what had just happened with Melody was something that I didn’t want. That she had forced herself on me and that I was trying to push her away.
“Don’t go. Please.” I said softly as tears threatened to blur my vision. My angel continued to cry and her breathing became quick and hurried, as if her heart was beating too fast. I badly wanted to pull her into my arms and embrace her for all eternity, let her know that I was hers to kiss and touch. But Kaylie didn’t want to hear me out.
“My family are waiting for me. I have to go.” She said and laid her hand over mine. My skin tingled at the familiar contact but it only lasted a second because she wrenched my fingers off her arm. I let my arm fall to my side limply when she turned her back to me and walked off, her head lowered in misery. No goodbye? It shattered me that she left me standing there all alone without a single goodbye.
“Please call me, angel. Please.” I hollered after her. I couldn’t bear for Kaylie to hate me. I cared about her too much. I wanted to be the person to make her smile and laugh and shine. I wanted to be the one to make her a star. But now, her light shone dimly, fading out and she was crying and sobbing, not a sign of happiness on her face.And it was all my fault.
Kaylie disappeared from my sight and I stood there, alone and crushed. I felt like someone had squeezed my heart too tightly. I had made my girlfriend upset and that was the last thing I had wanted to do. She thinks I like Melody… But I didn’t like Melody. How am I going to know what Melody said to Kaylie, now that she won’t talk to me? I hoped she would call me and let me tell her exactly what happened. But something told me that she wouldn’t. I was still going to try though. I wasn’t going to let Kaylie slip through my fingers. She was mine and my angel was going nowhere.
Sunday, 2nd October
All three of my girls were through to next week and I couldn’t be happier. I enjoyed working with all of them, even though Alicia and Kaylie weren’t fond of Melody. She was in my category and they had to deal with it. But I needed to confront her about the matter that Simon had informed me about. I had to make it clear to her that I was not interested in her. I only wanted Kaylie but I couldn’t tell Melody that. I had to go about it lightly.
I was still worried about what Melody had said to Kaylie. Did she threaten my angel? I couldn’t let another girl’s false words make my angel doubt our feelings for one another. The last thing I had wanted was for jealousy to erupt between my contestants but it had happened. And I had fix it somehow.
I exited my dressing room, straightening out my suit jacket and tucking some of my long curls behind my left ear. I didn’t know where Melody was but my first instinct was to check the Under 25 Girls dressing room. But I didn’t want to be discovered by Simon or a member of the crew going there. It could fuel rumour, make them grow. I didn’t want to risk that. So I ended up texting her. She always has her phone on her. Kaylie was the only person who had my phone number; Alicia had it too. After all, I needed to be in contact with my girls, just in case if they needed help or were confused about anything that happened at rehearsals.
To Melody: We need to talk. Come to my dressing room as soon as possible.
Within eight seconds, she replied.
From Melody: Be right there xx
I cringed at the two kisses as I walked back inside my dressing room, keeping the door open a little bit. I sat down on the couch and waited for Melody to arrive. I flipped my phone in my hands and thought about Kaylie being in his arms last night after Simon had left. Her hot tears wetting our passionate kisses, her hair incredibly soft, falling in between my fingers. I loved every second I spent with her, even if it was in front of the cameras. Just having her eyes bore into mine and hearing her amazing voice almost every day, I considered it a privilege.
“Harry…?” A voice asked, followed by a knock. I looked at the door and saw Melody stepping inside, still dressed in her outfit, her long slim legs bare and her dress clung to her body like a second skin. (http://www.polyvore.com/melody_live_decider_week/set?id=208852455) If her personality was different, I would have had a hard on just from looking at her. But what she had done had made me angry. She had lied. And I wanted to know why.
“Sit down, Melody. We need to have a chat.” I said, gesturing to a spot next to me on the couch. Melody narrowed her eyes at me subtly and shut the door. She walked around the small table and took a seat next to me, folding her legs in a way that was very seductive. Kaylie never does that. Kaylie didn’t know how beautiful she was, just being herself, but Melody…she knew that she was attractive. And she flaunted that all the time. It surprised me she didn’t have a boyfriend. I assumed many guys would throw themselves at her but maybe it was different from her perspective. I averted my eyes from her legs and looked at her sternly.
“Has something happened, Harry?” She purred my name like a cat, as if it was a sexual invitation. It didn’t arouse me. It turned me off. I loved the way Kaylie said my name. So simply but it made me smile whenever my name rolled off her tongue.
“Simon has told me something that hasn’t exactly made me happy.”
“What does it have to do with me?”
“It has everything to do with you, Melody.” I stated. Her face fell but her eyes were still narrowed, full of confusion. I leaned forward and clasped my hands together, my long fingers threading together. I sighed and shook my head a little bit.
“Melody…I’m not…How do I put this?” I grumbled. I could feel her eyes on me so I returned her gaze, pressing my lips together.
“We’re not flirting and we’re certainly not a couple.” I said bluntly. I had to come out with it confidently so I could get the right message across to her. Melody’s lips parted and nervousness washed over her face. She knew she had been caught out. I could see it in her eyes. She rolled her shoulders back and rested her hands on her knees.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
I fought the urge to scoff and instead, I shook my head and smirked angrily.
“You know exactly what I’m talking about, Melody. Simon heard you on the phone, saying that you and I have been flirting and meeting up here in the studios in secret. We’re not doing that at all. You were lying to whoever you were talking to.”
I was so close to losing my cool. Even just having to repeat Simon’s words made me furious. All because she’s jealous. I wasn’t gentle with Melody. Speaking, I was but with my expression, she knew I wasn’t happy. My eyes flashed with fire as I glared at her. Melody looked like she had trouble in responding. Her gaze went down to the floor, letting her short hair disguise part of her face.
“I thought…we were. I thought you were…interested.”
“When did I ever give you a sign that I was interested? Our relationship is professional and nothing more.” I replied.
“I’m…sorry.”
“Sorry is not going to cut it, Melody. You’re lying about something huge. This is bad for both of us. I cannot have a romantic relationship with any of the contestants, especially you three girls.”
But I am in a romantic relationship with Kaylie. It’s so wrong but it feels so right as well. But Kaylie didn’t lie about flirting with me. She was genuine. She didn’t force my feelings and she didn’t force hers. They just flowed. I didn’t think Melody would go so far just because she wasn’t friendly with Kaylie. This was on a whole other level that I never expected would arise.
“I’m sorry.” Melody repeated.
“That’s not good enough.”
“What do you want me to say?” Melody raised her voice, lifting her head up, looking at me. Her eyes were like two bright blue flames but they had no effect on me. The colour of Kaylie’s eyes, the way they sparkled when I spoke to her so sweetly, that affected me a great deal. I remained as calm as I could when I responded to Melody.
“I want you to tell me why you lied.”
When she didn’t say anything, I urged her further.
“Melody, you must tell me why you lied.”
She sighed and looked down at the floor again, resting her hands in her lap. She’s going to tell me. Will my theory be true? If it was anyone else, I would reach out my hand and tell them it’s OK to speak but it wasn’t just anyone else. It was Melody and if I touched her, she would see that as a hint that I was interested in her. But I wasn’t, not in the way. I never would be.
“I’ve seen the way you look at…Kaylie, Harry. The way you smile at her and I guess…I wanted that from you. I’ve never had a guy look at me the way you look at Kaylie. I…envy her.” Melody paused all the way through her confession. She found it hard to say Kaylie’s name and to finally reveal that she was jealous. I appreciated that she had told me the truth but it still didn’t justify what she had done.
“I understand but Melody…that’s no reason to make up a lie or to upset Kaylie.”
“I know.” She whispered.
“Then why did you do it in the first place?” I was starting to get a little annoyed.
“Because I like you!” Melody cried, looking at me straight in the eye again. I sighed and stood up. I opened the door further and gestured to Melody to walk out.
“Your feelings are not reciprocated, Melody. I’m sorry. You may leave.”
She looked like she was about to cry. Half of me wanted to rush back over to her and console her while the other half said to stay where I was. Melody nodded and rose to her feet, brushing out the tight skirt of her dress. She walked in my direction and exited my dressing room, her eyes on me the entire time. I followed her out and closed the door, resting my back against the wall.
“I’m sorry but I don’t feel the same way. The only thing we can do together is work. You have to underst-” But Melody never let me finish my sentence. She grabbed the lapels of my suit jacket and tried to bring my lips to hers. I grunted and turned my face away, trying to get her hands off my suit.
“No. Didn’t you hear what I just said?” I said with a calm fury. Melody didn’t listen and tugged my face down but our lips never met. I never would allow mine to touch hers. My lips, my kisses, belonged to a beautiful young woman with long caramel-coloured hair.
Melody ran her fingers down my chest and reached for the button of my suit jacket, struggling to open it. I placed my hands on her shoulders and pushed but she was stronger than she looked. She wouldn’t let go of me. Her mouth made contact with the side of my neck, underneath my long curls, and began to kiss my skin. I grunted and pushed again.
“Please, Harry…” She said.
I didn’t want this. I never would want this. It wasn’t right. I didn’t want Melody to do this to me. I wanted to Kaylie to.
“No, don’t.” I growled and tried for the third time to push her away. She said my name again, more softly, like a whisper, as her lips touched my neck again.
“Melody, don’t.”
We were in a public place and anyone could walk around the corner whenever. If someone saw us… Melody was extremely persistent and it only fuelled my anger more. She unbuttoned my suit jacket and ran her hands up, pushing the material off my shoulders. Just as I placed my hands on hers and tried to pry them off me, I heard someone sob. I looked to my left and saw the one person I didn’t want to witness them standing around the corner, tears in her eyes.
Kaylie disappeared in a flash of shining caramel and I heard her footsteps going down the corridor. I managed to finally get out of Melody’s grip and without another word, I brushed past her and ran after my angel, calling out her name. I saw her quicken her pace, as if she wanted to get further away from me. I followed her, my long legs carrying me swiftly. She reached the final corridor before the exit and I reached out to grab her arm. My fingers enclosed around her forearm, pulling her back. She gasped and turned her head around to look at me. Her pink cheeks were covered in shiny wet lines and her eyes sparkled with fresh tears. I had made her cry like this… But it was never my intention.
“Kaylie, please…” I begged her.
“Let go of me, Harry.” Kaylie looked at the floor when she spoke. I could see how hurt she was, from her breaking voice to her shaking body. She used to tremble with delight in my arms when I layered her smooth neck with butterfly kisses. She used to cry with joy. But now, she looked broken.
“Angel, it was nothing. I was trying to get her off me…”
I didn’t want to let her go. She was my girlfriend, after all. I needed to explain what really happened. She had seen it wrong. More tears poured from her eyes as I tightened my grip on her arm, stroking her skin with my fingers.
“Just…let me go home. I want to go home.” Kaylie murmured but loud enough so that I could hear her. No, no, please, Kaylie! I knew it was late but I needed her to know that what had just happened with Melody was something that I didn’t want. That she had forced herself on me and that I was trying to push her away.
“Don’t go. Please.” I said softly as tears threatened to blur my vision. My angel continued to cry and her breathing became quick and hurried, as if her heart was beating too fast. I badly wanted to pull her into my arms and embrace her for all eternity, let her know that I was hers to kiss and touch. But Kaylie didn’t want to hear me out.
“My family are waiting for me. I have to go.” She said and laid her hand over mine. My skin tingled at the familiar contact but it only lasted a second because she wrenched my fingers off her arm. I let my arm fall to my side limply when she turned her back to me and walked off, her head lowered in misery. No goodbye? It shattered me that she left me standing there all alone without a single goodbye.
“Please call me, angel. Please.” I hollered after her. I couldn’t bear for Kaylie to hate me. I cared about her too much. I wanted to be the person to make her smile and laugh and shine. I wanted to be the one to make her a star. But now, her light shone dimly, fading out and she was crying and sobbing, not a sign of happiness on her face.And it was all my fault.
Kaylie disappeared from my sight and I stood there, alone and crushed. I felt like someone had squeezed my heart too tightly. I had made my girlfriend upset and that was the last thing I had wanted to do. She thinks I like Melody… But I didn’t like Melody. How am I going to know what Melody said to Kaylie, now that she won’t talk to me? I hoped she would call me and let me tell her exactly what happened. But something told me that she wouldn’t. I was still going to try though. I wasn’t going to let Kaylie slip through my fingers. She was mine and my angel was going nowhere.
Notes
So there we have the same event from Harry’s POV! What did you think? I struggled with this chapter because I always find writing Harry’s POV difficult but I hope it was OK! I’m already writing the next chapter so you can look forward to another update soon! :)
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11/19/17