The Reinvention of Harry Styles

A/N: This symbol: ~ will be used to indicated the start and end of something Harry is reading ; ) Enjoy!

‘Dear Molly and Gemma,
My best friend and I are fighting because we both like the same guy. She says she should get him because she’s never had as much luck dating as I have, so it’s her turn. But, I heard he likes me too, so what should I do?
Sincerely,
Best Friend Drama
PS. Congratulations, Gemma, on soon becoming an aunt!’

‘Dear Molly and Gemma,
Thank you for starting this advice column!
Do you know when Daisy’s due date is? I’ve been doing the math, and I think conception must have happened in May, so is it due in February? What a coincidence would it be that the baby could be born on its father’s birthday?
Sincerely,
Just Curious’

‘Dear Molly and Gemma,
I have a male friend who is rumored to be dating someone, and I’m not sure how I feel about this. I always hated seeing him with a girlfriend because I (for some reason) prefer him to be single, even though I have absolutely no chance with him. Our relationship is a bit complicated, but I’ve always been supportive of him, no matter what, but these rumors are making me feel uneasy. What should I do?
Sincerely,
Help I Think I Love Him’

‘Dear Molly and Gemma,
Is Harry really dating his manager?’


The first questions for Molly and Gemma’s advice column streamed in, and the majority of the questions had to do with Harry and the speculative rumors surrounding him. Molly rolled her eyes and called Gemma.

“Have you seen this?” Molly exhaled a frustrated sigh. She just wanted to be distracted from Harry’s absence, but instead was only reminded of the poisonous rumors that kept them apart.

“Yes, and I should have expected as much. Should we have used pseudonyms?”

“I thought of that too, but wasn’t the point of us working together to solidify our friendship with the public?”

“Well,” Gemma hesitated. “Yes, but I also thought it might be fun for us to work together, maybe forge a real friendship.”

“Yes, of course,” Molly amended, realizing how her pervious words had come across. “I think it would be fun for us to work together as well. But I only wish our readers had sent in some legitimate questions! I’m ready to dish out some relationship advice, or help a girl sort out her life.”

“Me too! And they’re not all bad; did you see the girl who said she and her friend liked the same guy? Surely that’s not related to Harry.”

“True, that one seems legit. But the girl complaining about her ‘male friend’ rumored to have a girlfriend?” Molly scoffed. “Really, did they not think we’d see through it?” Molly snickered, and Gemma joined her.

“Let me take that one, I know just the answer for it,” she said.

“You’re actually going to answer it?” Molly was surprised. “It’s clearly about Harry.”

“Yes, and I have just the right response,” Gemma replied and smirked.


***


Harry read over the description of the story posted by Molly_Styles95 -who he assumed was Molly- and the further he read, the more convinced he became that it must be her. Harry smiled, and continued reading:

~An AU, where celebrities don’t exist and actors, musicians, etc., are treated like regular people, just doing their jobs. Other than that, everything’s the same.~

Harry paused. ‘What’s an AU?’

He shrugged, and continued reading:

~Chapter 1: In Which the Boys Gets Some - (ice cream, that is)

Harry was in his dressing room waiting for their concert to start. Niall came in and was startled to see Harry.

“Woah, didn’t see you there Haz. We’re about to start!” Niall said and grabbed a bottle of water.

“Sorry Nialler I lost track of time.” Harry stood up and joined his Irish bandmate as they walked backstage toward the other boys. They warmed up together as usual and waited to go on stage.

“You seem distracted.” Louis said to Harry. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing Louis, I’m fine.” Harry lied. Harry was not fine, he felt homesick, and lonely. Being on the road was starting to wear on him and he was looking forward to going home.

“Hey, who wants to get ice cream after the show?” Zayn appeared, and his bandmates nodded.

“I’d love some ice cream.” Liam answered.~


***


Gemma sat at her computer and smiled before typing a response to one of the questions for their advice column.

‘Dear “Help I Think I Love Him”,
If you really do think you love your male friend, then shouldn’t you want whatever makes him happy? If he is rumored to be dating someone, but he himself has not said anything, why believe the rumors? Plus, you said you have no chance of ever dating him yourself, so why should it matter if he is dating anyone or not? You seem to care about him a lot, so maybe you should just wish him the best and not care who he dates - since it doesn’t really affect you anyway.
Your’s truly.
Gemma’

Gemma read over her answer and grinned before sending it to Molly for her opinion. She hoped it would dissuade further questions about Harry, but she knew there would always be interested fans.

***

Harry laughed to himself, and continued reading Molly’s story:

~After the concert the One Direction boys all clambered out of Madison Square Garden to find an ice cream shop. Since they were not going to be recognized, due to the fact that celebrities did not exist, they just walked out the main door with all the fans.

“Nice show!” A few of their fans waved, and respectfully left them alone as they went their own ways.

The boys waved, and trudged down the street looking for some ice cream. Distracted by the city lights and not paying attention to where he was going, Harry bumped into one of the fans leaving MSG after the show.

“Sorry, I wasn’t looking where I was walking.” Harry apologize.

“It’s no problem. I wasn’t really paying attention either,” the girl responded. She had brown hair, blue eyes, and a perfect hourglass figure.~

Harry stopped reading for a minute and cocked his head. ‘Is that how Molly wished to see herself?’ He thought, and had never once questioned that Molly was confident in her appearance. ‘Unless this girl isn’t meant to be Molly’ Harry thought, since the description didn’t match her completely. He shrugged and continued reading the story.

~Harry looked into the eyes of this girl and immediately felt something he hadn’t felt in months: he felt at home. He tried to call out to her, but he didn’t know her name.

“Um, hey, were you at the 1D concert?” He asked her and she stopped to look back at him.

“Yeah, I was. I could ask you the same, but,” the brunet smiled mischievously and shrugged. “Obviously you were.”

“Obviously,” Harry repeated to himself and smiled. “Listen, um….”

“Holly.” The girl filled in her name.~

Harry stopped reading and laughed. ‘Holly, eh?’ A potential Molly/Harry ship name? ‘Interesting choice in name, Molly….’ He smirked before continuing reading.

~Harry smiled as the girl said her name. “Holly, that’s a pretty name. Reminds me of Christmas.”

“Thanks.” Holly smiled back.

“Well Holly, the boys and I are on our way to get some ice cream, would you like to come with us?” Harry asked.

Molly smiled shyly. “I would love to.” ~



***


Daisy sipped on her herbal tea and watched Conor pretend to eat whatever he’d ordered, but it was clear he had no appetite.

“Listen, Daisy,” he finally said after she had gone over the details. “I get that you’re...it’s just… are you sure it’s mine?”

“Jesus, Conor, you’re the only man I’ve slept with since I was in high school, so yeah, I’m pretty fucking sure.” Daisy resisted rolling her eyes. “We can do a paternity test once he’s born, but yes-”

“He?” Conor interrupted and brought his hands up to his mouth. “You mean, I’m going to have a son?”

Daisy nodded, and realized this wasn’t as real for him yet as it was for her, so she would need to let him in on all the details that were now standard and familiar to her. She pulled out her phone and opened a picture from her latest sonogram. “See for yourself.” She slid the phone over to him.’’

Conor picked up the phone with shaking hands and stared at the image of his fetal son. “Oh my god, he’s so tiny,” he laughed and wiped away a tear forming on his eye.

Daisy watched him melt and seemingly fall in love with this tiny human, made up of a mix of his and her DNA to form a unique lump of cells, that would grow into a child -their child. Conor saw his life change before his eyes, and as terrifying and horrifying as the idea was, he was determined to bring this child into the world with Daisy and raise it alongside her.

Notes

Again, thank you to all of my lovely readers! I wrote this chapter a couple of days ago, but yesterday(and it continues today) I have had the privilege of actually dealing with some of Harry’s more dedicated fans (maybe a bit like the fans mentioned in this chapter?) If you want to check out the drama, it’s on my tumblr: https://bananashark7.tumblr.com/tagged/haters-gonna-hate

Honestly I’m just laughing at how upset people are getting! It doesn’t really change my opinion, and I’m certainly not going to stop writing just because a few people don’t like the way I’m portraying Harry. As I’ve always said, I write for fun, and I hope my readers find the story as enjoyable as I do.

So again, thank you for understanding this is fiction and not taking it too seriously. It’s just a story! :D