Best Friends Forever

Iris’ P.O.V.

“What’s up?”, Zayn asked immediately as we walked in Simon’s office at Syco the next day. “Why are we here?”, Liam added. “What’s the bad news?”, Louis asked. “Did we do something wrong?”, Niall followed. “Is this because I walked in my underwear while standing on the balcony?”, Harry asked blushing. At that moment we all started laughing, except for me. “Are you serious?”, I asked, while looking fake angry at him. For a second Harry looked frightened. I started laughing immediately. “Just kidding”, I added smirking. “Guys, I brought you here for a reason”, Simon interrupted us, looking seriously. “Oh god, how in hell am I gonna tell this”, he whispered mumbling. “What are you gonna tell us?”, Liam asked. He sounded suspiciously, like he knew what was going to come. “Niall, Harry and Liam have been in the news nonstop lately with a girl on their side…” Harry interrupted him, “It’s nice that you do your research, but if you do it, do it good. They have names too, you know? Meet Iris, Lucie and Jennifer”, he said edgily. It seemed like everyone in this room knew what was going on, except for me and Lucie. It was like Lucie was reading my mind: “Can someone just tell us what’s going on?” “Yeah Simon, tell them”, Louis said while giving Simon a look. Simon sighed. “Okay listen. Zayn and Louis have a girlfriend for a while now and all of a sudden Liam, Harry and Niall are all falling in love at the same time. That’s great, but we have to think about the fans and publicity as well. The fans don’t like it when all the boys are all of a sudden off the market and it’s not good for the publicity as well. The newspapers and gossip sites want something to write about. They don’t want to write about the boys who have a solid relationship at 20. That’s not exciting. We have to give them what they want. Since Harry is the most popular one, we think it’s best if he breaks up with Iris…” I didn’t listen anymore to what else he was saying. I only heard his voice in the distance, like I was sleeping and I could still hear what he was saying, but it didn’t enter my brains so I still had no idea what he was saying. It was like a bombshell just exploded in my face. I had to break up with Harry? We weren’t even officially dating. I heard all the others screaming and shouting in the distance. I couldn’t pay attention to it, how hard I even tried. This wasn’t happening. Soon I would wake up from this terrible nightmare and nothing had happened. I closed my eyes and opened them again, but I was still there. I felt numb. I couldn’t even cry. At that moment I was about to faint, but I felt two strong arms catching me.

Harry’s P.O.V.

Think of me when you're out, when you're out there. I'll beg you nice from my knees. And when the world treats you way too fairly. Well, it's a shame I'm a dream. All I wanted was you. All I wanted was you.
“Goodbye…”, Iris said with a lump in her throat. Today was her last day and they were about to step on their plane back home. “Please don’t make this any harder… You know I love you”, I said while crying. This was so unfair. I was so in love with her and now I had to let her go.
You know I'll be. Your life, your voice, your reason to be. My love, my heart is breathing for this. Moment in time. I'll find the words to say. Before you leave me today.
“I love you too Harry. Please don’t forget about me”, Iris said softly, while the tears streamed down her beautiful face. It made me cry so much harder. “I will never forget about you. Because of you I became the best version of myself. You’re so special”, I whispered while taking her hands in mine. “We really gotta go now”, Iris’ mom interrupted us. “I love you so much”, I whispered and kissed her for one last time. She looked at me and showed a little smile, before turning around and walking off with Lucie and her parents. This hurt. This hurt so much. I felt a strong, stinging pain in my chest, like my heart was literally broken. This was unbearable. I have never been more in love than with her and I couldn’t be with her. Before entering the gate, Iris looked back at me one last time. She had a look in her eyes. A look which was too painful. I cried harder. I felt the hands of the lads on my back, but nothing could calm me down right now. All I wanted was her.
Hands are silent. Voice is numb. Try to scream out my lungs. It makes this hard girl. And the tears stream down my face.

Iris’ P.O.V.

I think I have never felt more pain than I did while saying goodbye to Harry. I was on my seat in the plane and I put both of my earphones in. I couldn’t stop crying. My eyes were red and puffy and my makeup was all over my face. Not that I cared right now. All I cared about was Harry. When I had turned back around for one last time before I entered the gate, I looked at Harry and it was heart breaking. I could feel his pain. Tears were streaming down his face as well. It’s amazing how much he cared for me and how much he loved me, even though we knew each other for only a month. Somehow I understood why Simon thought that one of the boys had to be single, but still it wasn’t fair. You can’t just take our love away. Harry was special. He understood me like no one did. He didn’t only care so much about me, but about everyone. He could make me laugh so much, even though it wasn’t even funny. He was the perfect guy. Everything about him was irresistible. All I wanted was him.

After a 10 hour journey, we finally got home. It was actually good to be back home. I knew this day was going to come, but I didn’t know Harry and I wouldn’t be together anymore. Only the thought of him made me cry again. I took my bag and grabbed the polaroid picture out of it. Despite we were not together anymore, I would keep this forever. A memory to the best summer of my life. I also grabbed my phone out of my bag and opened WhatsApp. My conversation with Harry was on top of the list. I clicked on it. I couldn’t help but typing one last message before deleting the conversation out of my list: I will never forget you. You changed my life. You’ll be in my heart forever. Yours truly, Iris. Suddenly I realized school was starting tomorrow. School was the last thing I was up for right now. I just wanted to sleep all day long and don’t think about life. Life was so unfair and I hated it right now. Even though it was only 7pm, I lay down on my bed and fell asleep crying.

“No no no, Harry. Please don’t let me go. Don’t leave me here alone. Harreeeeeeh. Stay with me!”, I screamed. I was too late. He was gone. Forever. I ran towards the door, but I couldn’t open it. I was locked up in a dark, empty mansion. I started crying and screaming so loud, but no one could hear me. I sat down against the wall. I was so scared. I stared at the bright white wall and thinking about the time I had it all. Suddenly I saw a shadow on the wall and it started moving and growing bigger. “Harry, is that you?”, I asked scared. I recognized his silhouette. At that moment I started screaming like hell. He was in front of me now, but it wasn’t his face. No, it was Simon’s face and it was mutilated. “You can’t be with him. You can’t love Harry. He isn’t yours anymore”, he shouted at me. I kept screaming until I heard a sweet, familiar voice.

“Darling, what’s wrong?” I immediately sat up straight and looked into my mom’s worried eyes. “Why?”, I asked. “We heard you screaming. Did you have a nightmare?”, she asked while stroking my hair out of my face. I wanted to respond, but I couldn’t get a sound out of my mouth and I suddenly started crying. “Sssh, it’s going to be okay. It hurts a lot right now, but the pain will become less. I promise you”, my mom said and took me in her arms. Just like the old days. This felt so safe and like this I fell asleep. The next morning I woke up from my alarm clock. I looked at it to see what time it was and groaned. 7am. One hour to get ready for school. I wish I could just stay home all day. I didn’t want to go to school and face everyone. They probably all heard the news. It was all over the internet the minute I stepped on that plane. After a few minutes, I finally got out of bed. I dressed into a jeans and sweater, applied some mascara and lip gloss and put my hair into a messy bun. I was too tired to do my whole makeup routine. My books for the new year had arrived while we were gone and I threw the ones I needed into my schoolbag. When I came downstairs, I grabbed an apple out of the bowl and ate the sandwich my mom made for me. “See you this afternoon”, I shouted before closing the front door, but didn’t wait for an answer. I walked over to Lucie’s house and when I was about to ring the doorbell, she opened the front door. At that moment I started crying again. “Come here sweetie”, Lucie said and pulled me into a big hug. It made me feel a little better. I knew Lucie would always be there for me and she understood me when I haven’t even said anything. Lucie and Harry were the only ones capable of that. “I’ll get you through this shit. I’m here for you whenever you need me, okay?”, Lucie said while looking at me. “Thanks. I love you”, I said while giving her a hug again. I was so lucky to have a best friend like Lucie. No one could ever replace her and I don’t know what to do without her. We walked to school. “Did you talk to Niall already?”, I slowly asked. I was happy for Lucie and Jennifer they were still together with Niall and Liam, but it also hurt me so much. “He asked me how you were doing and told me that Harry is an emotional wreck…”, Lucie responded. She squeezed my hand immediately. “It wasn’t his choice and you know he still cares about you. Those butterflies aren’t just over in a few days. Remember when Louis told us that Niall and Harry couldn’t stop talking about us? I spoke to Niall just before we left yesterday and he told me that he has never seen Harry more in love than with you. He said that Harry had told him that you were special and he would do everything to keep you. Iris, he is so in love with you”, she said. “Well, if that’s true, why did he just let me go? He didn’t have to obey Simon”, I responded fiercely. “He did everything to keep you. Harry and Simon got in a huge fight. You know he had no choice”, Lucie said, trying to convince me. I knew she was right. Harry didn’t just let me go, but it was easier to think he did. Harry was just perfect and that hurt because I lost him. The moment we arrived at school, people looked at me and started whispering. I was surprised they didn’t run towards me to overload me with questions. My school loved gossips. Sophie, Michelle and Anna walked over to us. “Hey, how are you doing?”, Sophie asked me while giving me a big hug. I shrugged. “I’m fine”, I lied. “I know you’re not”, she responded. I knew Sophie, Michelle and Anna for a long time as well and sometimes it was like they could see right through me. The five of us went to primary school together and we’ve always been close friends. “Let’s check out in which class we are”, Anna suggested. We all walked inside. Everyone had surrounded the information screens with the papers with the new classes on it. Last year we were in the same class, but as I checked out the papers, my heart sank to the bottom. Anna, Michelle, Lucie and Sophie were all in the same class, but they had put me in a whole other class. “Don’t worry”, Michelle said immediately, “We’ll get you in our class. We’re not gonna leave you alone”, she added. “Thanks”, I said little smiling. At that moment our principal walked over to us. “Lucie, Iris, Sophie and Michelle. I have to tell you guys something. The government lowered the allowance for cultural activities at school. This also applies to music class, which means that we can’t afford all the instruments anymore. This means that we have to dissolve your band. I’m really sorry”, he told. I shrugged my shoulders and pretended like I didn’t care. But I did. I put all my feelings in those songs and I loved it so much. Could this day get any worse? The rest of the day at school I didn’t say much. Luckily most of the classes were just an introduction and we barely did anything.

“Hey”, I said with a smile. This time it was a genuine smile. “Hey sis”, my brother responded. Finally I could speak to him again, even though it was over Skype. “How are you holding up?”, he asked. “I’m not”, I answered honestly. “I will beat up this Harry as soon as I see him in London”, Thomas said fiercely. “Don’t you dare. It’s not his fault”, I said seriously. “Whose is it then?”, he said confused. “His stupid management. He has to stay single for the fans and him being with me is not interesting for the newspapers and tabloids”, I explained. “Are you serious?”, he asked. I could see the anger in his eyes. I nodded slowly. “What an idiots. You are the most interesting person in this world. They’re crazy not wanting to write about you”, Thomas said with a smirk. It actually made me laugh. “Thanks”, I said smiling. “Are you still coming to Paris?”, I asked him. His summer holiday was longer than mine. Thomas’ face changed. “I’m afraid not…”, he slowly responded. Immediately tears formed in my eyes. “Why?”, I asked while trying not to sound disappointed. “College is starting in one week, but all the preparations are in full swing already”, he explained. “Then I’m coming to you”, I said determined. “No no no, you have school. I will come to you as soon as I can. I promise you”, Thomas responded decisively. “I have to go now. Dinnertime”, he added. “Okay, see you soon. Love you”, I said and ended the conversation. I closed my laptop and at that moment I got a Twitter notification on my phone. I immediately felt a sting in my heart. I hadn’t turned off the notifications of Harry’s tweets. I unlocked my phone and looked at the tweet: I love you with all my heart. Miss you to the moon and back. This wasn’t helping. I went to my settings and turned off his notifications. I wanted a fresh start, even though that was going to be so hard. I was in my exam year and I had to pass, so I promised myself that I wouldn’t think about Harry anymore. From now on he was nothing to me.

Notes

Yeah ! One chapter in one day ! I hope I will continue in this tempo. I didn't like writing this chapter at all, mostly because of what I know what's gonna come. From now on, the story won't be so cheerful anymore. I have big plans for the story and I hope I can work them out in the way I want to. That's all I can tell *lips are sealed*. I really hope you will keep reading !
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