Crystalised

Jenna's POV

"Eggs or cereal?" Someone woke me. It was Lucy.

"Cereal. But, only if it's chocolate!" I said. She smiled and walked downstairs. After few minutes in the bathroom, I went downstairs as well.

"Morning. You ok?" She asked as she was putting cereal in a bowl.

"You know…considering." I said and smiled. She gave me my cereal and we sat in the dining room. "Where are your parents?" I asked.

"Oh, business trip. Don't worry" She said as put the spoon in her mouth and chewed.

"But they will be back for Christmas, right?" I said, doing the same.

"I don't know. Maybe" She said. How can she be this ok?

"What if they don't?" I asked.

"Well I was going to spend it with Britney and Chelsea, but they will probably get high and drunk, and I don't do drugs so yeah. I am home." She said. She didn't seem worried.

"Well, if your parents don't show, you can come to my house. My aunt is coming from Italy today. She is my mom's younger sister so she is pretty cool." I said. Lucy nodded confirming my idea.

After we ate, she wanted to take my mind off of things, so we did a 'Home Alone' marathon. We watched all 4, and after the last one ended we just sat there, unable to move because of our laziness.

"Every time I watch these, I want that to happen to me!" Said Lucy. I just opened my eyes widely and smiled surprised, because who would want some burglars to invade my house. "Because I'm constantly alone, it would me a fun little adventure." She said smiling with a wishful expression on her face. I just laughed.

"Wait, so your parents are always away?" I asked. I felt a little uncomfortable asking this, but I wanted to know.

"Yeah" She said. "Some kids are lucky and their parents divorce. Other are like me." She said, and fake smiled.

"What do you mean 'like you'? You WANT your parents to split?" I asked her. I really didn't see the problem, except that they are away a lot.

"Well that way, I at least get to see one parent. They kind of divorced…me" She said and quickly changed the subject. "Hey, you want to go somewhere tonight?"

"If you want, you can talk about it. Trust me, I felt like that for a long time." I said. It was true. The period when I hated Leena, I hated mom, I didn't communicate with Rob, I had no one.

She opened up. She told me how they always take trips all around the world, and she can't come. And they think bringing her a present would make up for it. And the presents are lovely, all of them. Clothes, shoes, electronics all kinds of things. But she was use to it.

"So, when is your birthday?" She asked me.

"In March." I said, and smiled.

"Date, Jen, I need a date." She said, and laughed.

"March 13." I said, and smiled.

"Oh well it's in three moths. Let's pretend that you will get back together with Harry, I have to think of what to buy you." She said. I started laughing

"Oh Lucy. Silly innocent little Lucy. I don't plan on getting back together with Harry." I said and laughed. It wasn't funny, but I wanted to seem like I didn't care.

"What?! Come on. You will explain it's Lucy's fault. He will understand!" She said, trying to convince.

"It's not that. It's just…he hurt me, physically." I said, and got my sleeve up on my left hand. There were bruises. Little ones but they hurt.

"Oh my god, he did that to you?!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah…And he said he felt sorry for me. Like I am a sad case, and he felt SORRY." I said, getting upset.

"Wh…what?" Lucy was confused.

"Yeah. But anyway, that's past. It will be a new year. A new start, you know?" I said, and she nodded, but a little unsure.

As we sat the next few moments in silence, my phone rang.

"Hello" I answered it. It was Louis.

"Hi. Where are you?" He asked me. He sounded a little concerned.

"I am at Lucy's. Why?" I asked.

"I wanted to talk to you." He said.

"About Harry?" I asked, I knew it was about him, I just wanted to confirm it.

"Well yeah, but-" I cut him off.

"Look, what's done it's done. I don't want to talk about it" I said.

"No no, he didn't tell me anything. That's what I want to talk to you. So you can tell me what happened, because he doesn't even want to mention you, and every time I do, he just ignores me and changes the subject." Lou said.

"Well, nothing really. He hurt me, I left. The end." I said.

"No, that's not what happened. Come on, I hate seeing him like this." He said. I guess there is no harm done if I talk to Lou.

"K, fine. Where do you want to meet up?" I asked.

"Well, where does Lucy live? I will come by and pick you up, we'll go somewhere. I am starving."

"Or, we can stay here" I send a look for permission towards Lucy, and she nodded "Her parents aren't here, so the house is empty."

"Ok, text me the address." He said, and hung up. I texted him the address, and he came in 15 minutes.

"Hey" He said, as I let him in.

"Lou, nice to meet you" He said as he shook Lucy's hand.

"Lucy. Make yourself at home." She said, and we went to the living room. She left us alone to talk, as she excused herself to go make food, because she was hungry.

"Ok, start from the beginning." He said, and leaned back on the couch so he was half sitting, half laying.

I told him what happened at the party. From the moment I came in, to my leaving. He opened his eyes wide.

"Wait, you did what?!" He said.

I explained that it wasn't true. That Britney made that up. I told him the rest of the story, I told him about Lexi's plan and everything.

"Oh god, why would the butt into your relationship. I hate those kind of people. They have no life, and just suck the fun out of others. " He said, he was pretty upset. "Don't worry. I'll talk to Harry, you guys will be back together in no time" He said and smiled.

"Oh…well, no. I don't want to get back together with him." I said, a little uncomfortable.

"What? Why? You might not know this about Harry, but his emotions triplicate when he is drunk. Like, if he is happy, he will be happier, if he's horny, he will be hornier, and if he's angry….well you know…" He said. But that wasn't the reason why.

"No Lou. He said he felt sorry for me. Like, before Britney told him those things. He felt SORRY for me. Like, I am his charity case. And I can't just forget that…" I said. I felt the tears come up into my eyes.

"What?!" He exclaimed. I guess he didn't expect that ether.

"Yeah, so…I don't want to be someones burden. It's better this way" I said. We spent the next few hours with Lou, and Lucy came back from the kitchen. They were both sassy…to each other. It was like some sort of sit-com. They tried to outsmart them selfs, it was quite amusing. Then, Lou's phone rang.

"Hello…what time is it?…Ok I'll be right there…yes….bye." He said and hung up "I have to go…" He said and he got up. I walked him to the door. "Do you want me to talk to Harry? At least explain that it wasn't true what Britney told him?" He said…

"No." I said and smiled.

"So…you will talk to him?" He asked, as he was putting his coat on.

"Nope." I said, and smiled again.

"Don't be stubborn." He said, and just as about he started to say something else, his phone rang. He rejected the call "I have to go, this conversation isn't over." He said and left.

Harry's POV

We had a meeting, and I was with Niall earlier to eat.

"How wild was last night." He said, while eating his burger.

"Eat your food." I said, and laughed.

"So, in your opinion, would Jen be ok if I am with Leena?" Niall asked, blushing a little.

"You are with Leena?!" I asked surprised. I wanted those two to end up together.

"Well…we almost hooked up last night. But didn't. And I don't know. After last night I can't stop thinking about her…Is that weird? I mean I love her, but as a friend…I never saw her more than that. And plus, she likes that Richard guy…" He said. He was confused and I just laughed.

"Well I would say I could talk to Jen-" I said and he cut me off.

"Thank you! I love you" He said, quickly with a wide smile on his face.

"You didn't let me finish." I said

"I know. In that tone there had to be a 'but', so I beat you to it and now it's a little uncomfortable for you to let me down right?" He said and started laughing.

"But-" I said

"There it is." He said and laughed again. I couldn't help but laugh too.

"But I had a fight with her, and haven't talked to her…"

"Hello" I heard a familiar voice. It was Louis.

"Did you know Harry had a fight with Jen last night?!" Niall said, acting like a teenage girl that spreads gossip.

"Oh, gasp!" Lou said, and Niall just laughed harder. "Why?" He asked, as he sat down next to me.

"Doesn't matter. When is our meeting?" I said, quickly changing the subject.

"It's a sensitive subject." Said Niall to Lou, joking "you have to be sympathetic." Niall said, and laughed. I ignored them, and took my phone out. I wanted to text her, like I would usually do, but I couldn't. I was so angry with her…

"Well ok, I have to go now" Said Lou. "I will see you ladies later." He said, and left.

"No, seriously, what was your fight about?" Asked Niall in a more serious tone.

"She cheated on me ok? I don't want to talk about it." I said quickly. Niall was surprised. But I just looked away, and I guess he noticed that I was upset, so didn't continue the conversation.

Tomorrow was Christmas eve, and the day after that-Christmas. I had to go home for Christmas, and I won't be back until New Years. I had no intention to talk to her. I wanted, but my ego didn't let me. So, around 3 me and Niall went to the meeting. Liam was there before us, Zayn was 6 minutes late, and Lou was half an hour late. Niall called him twice. He finally came

"Sorry, lost track of time." He said, as he breath heavily. He must have ran up the stairs. He finally sat down and calmed.

"Eleanor should keep you on a leash." joked Liam and we all laughed.

The meeting was the last one from 2012. We talked about the tour that was suppose to begin in february, and decided to throw a party in late January. After an hour, we were done.

"Hey!" Said Lou at me. "Come over?" He said. I agreed, and we went to his house. Eleanor was out, so we were alone.

"So, now do you want to talk about Jen?" He asked me. I knew it!

"No. Don't mention her, ok? I'm done…" I said. I didn't mean it. I still loved her and everything, but every time someone mentions her, it's hard to forget what she did.

"I know what happened. Britney told you that she cheated on you…" Said Lou. Great.

"Yeah? Why don't she post it on twitter…And let me guess, she told you it's not true?"

"Well yeah, but-" He answered, but I cut him off. I really didn't want to hear the end of that sentence.

"Please don't. Just…what's done it's done. I will move on, and so will she" Lie. I lied. I don't think I could forget her…ever.

"Harry, don't be like this. Just let me explain." He said. Continue Lou.

"No" Please tell me …

"I know you want to know" He said. You know me so well. I loved him so much right now. It was like he could read my mind. "So I'm gonna tell you anyway." I was looking at the ground, but I listened to everything Lou has to say.

He told me. About Lexi, about the plan, and the best thing-she never really cheated on me. But there was one problem. I was so angry last night, I scared her. I don't blame her if she never talks to me…

"And you better apologize." Said Lou at the end.

"GOD!" I shouted "Why does Lexi have to ruin everything?! She is fucked up so she has to trash everything around her?!" I started. I really hated Lexi…

"Not just about accusing her for cheating…but for telling her that you felt sorry for her.." He said. That came back just now. I didn't even take notice, but I said it. I remember it clear as day. I took my phone. It was around 9ish. I called Jen. It rang…no answer. I called again.No answer. I called for the third time, I got her voicemail.

"I don't get it…why do you want me to say my name?" I heard the long beep.

"Hey, Jen…It's um…it's Harry…I need to talk to you…um…I…call me please." I hung up. I didn't know what to say. I left her 3 more messages. And I finally fell asleep around 11. I didn't go out so I could talk to her.

Jenna's POV

"Lucy! It's Harry! LUCY!" I screamed when I saw the caller ID.

"Answer it god damn it." She said at me.

"NO!" I said and threw the phone on the other couch. It kept ringing.

"SHUT UP!" I shouted at the phone, and threw a pillow at it.It finally got quiet after 7 calls. "It stopped…"I said.

"Yeah…Aren't you gonna check it?" She said to me, anxious to find out what he left in my voicemails.

"No. I have to get home. My mom will kill me" I said. After ten minutes I left. I was home at around 10. I went inside. I stared at my phone for more than a half an hour. I wanted to hear what he said. But no! No no no no no!

I went on tumblr and I got carried away, forgetting that I want to check my phone. It was around 1 a.m. when my internet crashed and I remembered. I played the first voicemail.

'Hey, Jen…It's um…it's Harry…I need to talk to you…um…I…call me please'

I played the second one.

'Jen…please don't dodge my calls…answer me…please…bye'

the third one

'Me again. Maybe you are not by your phone?…anyway please…I need to talk to you. I know what happened please.'

and finally, the fourth one

'It's Harry…but of course you already know that…um…please call me, please, I want to talk, please…' I didn't know if I should call him or not…And I couldn't make up my mind so I flipped a coin. Heads-I call him. Tails-I don't. Just my luck, it was heads.

"Hello" I heard a sleepy voice. I woke him..

"Hi" I said quietly.

"Hey, Jen…hey…You called…" He woke up, according to his voice.

"Well you know, I felt SORRY for you" I said. I wanted him to know I am still mad, and that it's still not ok.

"We have to talk…ok?…It's late now, but tomorrow, ok? Please say ok…" He said. I sensed nervousness in his voice.

"Fine. Just don't wake me." I said.

"Then, you'll call me?" He asked me.

"No" I said, and I hung up. I figured he knew when I would get up. And if he doesn't, well…I don't care!

He sent me a text when I was getting ready to sleep

'<3'

Yeah, one little heart will do the trick…no.

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