After finally managing to pry myself out of Harry’s arms I headed up to my bedroom in order to prepare for my dinner date with Luke. It was sad thinking that this was the first and last time I would get to see him after tonight for a little while. We used to be so close and I felt awful that I had never tried to contact him as much as I should have.

It was a warm night tonight so I had picked a floral dress I had for ages and had never really worn much before due to my inability to properly fill it out. Now that some time had gone by I had grown and the dress was a perfect fit around where it needed to be.
I took a look in the mirror in my bedroom when a quiet and unexpected voice startled me from behind.

“You look absolutely beautiful babe. I may have to make you stay home tonight just so no boy tries to steal you away from me.”

Harry’s muscular arms wrapped firmly around my waist and he started pecking at my neck. I bit my lip and leaned back into his shoulder before Harry spun me around and pinned me to the wall.

He started kissing down my neck onto my shoulder and back up before leaning into me for a long and passionate kiss. I slid my hands up his back until my fingers were entangled into the back of his curls.

We were getting way too into the kiss when a voice from downstairs along with a set of footsteps startled us. I straightened up my dress and fixed my hair and the back of Harrys where I had gripped his hair to deepen the kiss.

I had to catch my breath in the few seconds it took for the mystery voice to reach the door of my room.

Harry had leaned down to peck my lips one more time as Niall’s head popped through the door.

“Aww gross guys. Keep it in your pants mate,” Niall said eyeing Harry whose hand managed to slip down to my butt. I giggled as I blushed, leaning into Harrys shoulder to hide my face.

I caught a glimpse of my bedside table clock and quietly cussed.

“Crap. Sorry guys. I have to go or I’ll be late!” I grabbed my jean jacket off of the end of my bed and left a small kiss on Harry’s neck before stopping to hug Niall goodbye.

“Bye guys. Have fun!” I sprinted out the door into my car, praying I got there on time. I was never one to be late.

HARRY’S P.O.V

I watched her sprint out the bedroom door and down the stairs as I stood in her room Niall eyeing me the whole time.

“How do you do it mate?” I scrunched up my face in a confused expression.

“Do what?” I asked, answering his question with another question.

“Watch her sprint out the door knowing she is going to be out alone with another guy.” He watched my face carefully waiting for an answer.

I took a deep breath and sighed. “I guess I just trust her a lot. I mean, she has been through someone cheating on her before. I wouldn’t imagine she would ever want to put anyone else through the pain she felt when it happened to her.” I looked up at him and he stood there nodding his head.

“Yeah. True.” He looked down at his watch, “ahh okay. Come on mate. We have to leave now or we’ll be late.”

We met the boys downstairs and we got into the car and headed off to our next concert.

I was silent during the car trip as I thought more about what Niall had asked me. I mean, I had to be honest with myself; imagining my girlfriend out with another boy no matter how close they were made me more jealous than worried. I trusted Mia with all my heart and I knew she would never abuse that trust.

MIA’S P.O.V

I panicked as I ran towards the spot where I had promised to meet Luke. I saw him waiting there hands in his pockets as he always used to do. His head snapped around as I called out his name.

I had forgotten to stop running when I ran straight into his arms and into his chest nearly knocking him over. “Oh. Sorry Luke.” I apologised when he let go.

“Wow.” He gestured at my dress, “you look great.” I smiled and thanked him before we headed into the restaurant.

We had been seated outside with a beach view as I had requested and the sea breeze was absolutely beautiful on my back.

We had ordered our food and we both talked and talked until our food came.

“It really sucks that this is the only time we will get to see each other before you leave. I’ve missed you so much Mia.”

I looked down at my food, poking at it with my fork. “I’m such a crap friend aren’t I? I’m sorry I never really called or made any effort. I wish I could say it was because i’ve been travelling so much with the boys but I really haven’t called anyone. I’ve missed you heaps as well but I promise we will catch up as soon as I land back in Australia.”

“It’s okay.” He smiled and I knew he meant it by how genuine it was. “I’ve been crazy busy as well. I guess I could have called you too so I guess we can just say we’re both to blame.” We both laughed and dug into our food.

“Yum. This is really good.” I said while shovelling another mouthful of food into my mouth.

Luke laughed and stabbed his fork into my meal and shoved it into his mouth. “Yum! That is good!”

Mimicking his actions I stabbed my fork into a piece of his chicken and shoved it in my mouth. “Yours isn’t too bad either.” Luke burst out laughing at me as I spoke with a mouthful of food.

“I remember now why I used to have such a massive crush on you.” His face turned serious and his eyes widened.

“Crap. Please forget I just said that.” His cheeks turned bright red and he shoved a piece of chicken is mouth without looking up once.

I laughed which caused Luke’s head to shoot up and he looked straight at me confused.

“It’s okay. Don’t feel embarrassed. I used to have a crush on you too.” A huge smile crept onto his face and he continued eating not saying a word until he was done.

Once we had finished eating Luke and I had an argument about who would pay the bill but Luke sneakily payed for it while I had gone to the bathroom.

We took a walk along the beach and Luke showed me his favourite spot to sit when he came there. We sat at the top of a hill in the sand and as I gazed around I saw the city lights shining bright. My eyes spotted the brightest building and I just managed to make out the poster of the boys on the side. I wondered why Harry, who was so extraordinary, would ever date someone as ordinary as me.

My train of thought was broken at a slight tickle on my arm and as my head snapped around I saw Luke taking off his cardigan and wrapping it around my shoulders as I was shivering at the sudden change in temperature.

“Thanks.” I smiled at him and turned my gaze to the beautiful city lights once more.

“It’s so beautiful. I had almost forgotten how gorgeous the city looked at night.” I took in a deep breath and sighed.

“I’m going to miss it when I go back. It’s such a shame I barely got to spend any time here.”

Luke cleared his throat and spoke. “So stay.” We both looked at each other and he continued on, “Stay here. Don’t go back with Harry and the boys. Stay here where you belong, with your family and friends; not travelling every where being put second to your boyfriend.” My mouth opened into a tiny O and I became furious.

“What?!” Luke jumped; I don’t think he got the response he wanted. “Luke! I belong wherever Harry is, I love my family and friends but he is home to me now, as he has been for the past few years. I belong with him; and he is never putting me second to his career. He always makes time for me and puts me first but there are some things that have to become before me and I understand that.”

Luke's eyebrows came together in frustration before he spoke now. “You don’t belong with him Mia! That is not the life that you always told me you wanted. You belong here where you grew up! What is wrong with you? Why have you changed so much?”
“Of course I belong with him! I never had any life planned out for myself Luke. I always went with the flow. I haven’t changed at all. I just grew up, maybe you should do the same! I don’t get why you are saying any of this Luke. I thought you would just want me to be happy.”

I stood up and flung his cardigan at him and stormed off, tears streaming down my face.

I had walked a fair way down the beach before I heard the crunching of sand behind me when Luke’s hand on my shoulder forced me to turn and face him.

“What is your problem?” I shouted at him getting close to his face. “Why is it just now that you are being so vocal about your dislike for Harry and me living in London? Why not before?”

It was then that Luke’s lips slammed into mine causing me to stumble back a bit before I regained my balance. I gathered all my strength and pushed Luke away from me.

“What the hell Luke?!” He went in for another kiss and I pushed him away and wiped my mouth.

“I love you Mia. I always have. When I saw you with Ricky I got jealous and I thought it these feelings would eventually go away, but they didn’t. Now every time I see you happy with Harry in the news and I see you living a perfect life with him I get jealous. I want you Mia; I want you to stay here with me and have a life with me so I can love you like you deserve. So I can put you before everything else.”

I stormed forward stopping a few inches away from his face. “Luke. I love you but as a friend. All I ever felt for you was a high school crush! I am in love with Harry, Luke. I am happy with him. He gives me everything I could ever ask for. If you loved me you would be happy for me, and if you can’t I don’t want to see you anymore.”

I turned to walk away when Luke shouted back at me. “You deserve what Ricky did to you. You don’t deserve to have anyone to love you.”

I stopped where I was and I turned around and slapped Luke right across the face.

“When did you become such and asshole Luke? You never used to be like this.” I shouted through tears.

As I walked away the blurred image of Luke rubbing his face from the impact kept popping into my head. All I could remember was the anger then pure hurt on his face before I turned and walked off.

- - -

The rest of the night I sat on the sofa flicking through the channels stopping on a FRIENDS marathon. I lay down on the couch and curled up in a ball with my blanket and the tears begun to flow down my cheeks.

- - -

It felt like no time had passed at all when I felt pressure on my arm that felt like it was softly shaking me. My eyes fluttered open and my arms flung around Harry’s neck as I saw him sitting on the coffee table in front of me.

“Whoa!” Harry had to move next to me on the couch in order to avoid falling off of the table.

I sat back on the couch and stared at him. “Sorry.” I looked down at my hands and rubbed my eyes.

I looked at my fingers where I had rubbed my eyes and saw no lines black on them. I laughed and then buried my head into my knees before I started sobbing.

I felt Harry pull my face up so I was looking directly at him. “Baby. What’s wrong? What happened?” He looked concerned and I watched as his eyes flicked around my face looking for... well I don’t know what exactly.

“Did he hurt you Mia?! Let me look at your face.” I shook my head as he tried to examine my face and body for any signs of bruising.

“Kinda. Not physically though, I think I did more of the physical abusing than he did.” I laughed and Harry wipe my tears with his thumbs as he held my face carefully in his hands.

He pulled me into my chest and I took in a deep breath to capture his scent. I grabbed a bunch of his sweater in my fist and closed my eyes, listening to his heart beating.

I heard mumbled voices around as and I could only just make out Zayn questioning Harry. “Is she okay?”

I looked up and I saw all of the boys including my Aunty, Uncle and cousin staring curiously at me.

“What’s wrong baby girl?” Harry looked down at me and I cuddled up closer to his side.

“Um... Luke and I got into a fight and I slapped him and told him I never wanted to see him again.”

“Why?” Everyone stared at me and I felt nervous being put on the spot.

“Well. He told me he loved me, then he told me I should stay here with him and basically told me to break up with Harry because he said I didn’t belong with him because he always puts me second to his career. Oh, and Harry don’t get mad at this part but he uh... he kiss me. I pushed him off though and walked away.”

I had felt Harry’s arm tighten around me when I told him the last part and he got up off to the couch and started pacing causing me to fall face first into a pillow.

Harry cussed quietly and Niall spoke breaking the silence. “That bastard. Thinks he can hurt our sister and get away with it. I’ll hit him if I see him!” I felt honoured that the boys thought of me as family and they were so protective over me.

Liam being the reasonable one tried to calm Niall down. “Niall. Violence is not the answer. Just leave the guy be. I’m not happy he hurt her either but he is not worth it!” Niall sat down on the couch next to me and I patted his knee. He grabbed my hand and reassured me he was calm.

We all heard a loud banging on the door shortly after and everyone’s head snapped up in sync; it was quite comical and I would have laughed if it weren’t for the current situation I was in.

Harry had already walked over to the door and my heart skipped a beat as I saw Luke standing there slumped over with a bottle in his hand.

His speech was slurred as he spoke, “Hey Harry. Hey man, what’s up?” He made a gun with his finger and a clicking noise with his mouth after he spoke.

I stood up and walked over to the door and Harry put his hand out in front of me. “What are you doing Luke? Go away. I don’t want to see you!”

Luke tried stepping inside but Harry kept his hand in front of me in Luke’s path. His face turned angry as he turned to Harry. “Hey man. Move your hand. I just want to talk to her!”

Harry’s face was hard and emotionless as he attempted to close the door. “No. She doesn’t want to see you and it would be best if you left.”
Luke nodded and faked a turned when he swung his fist smacking Harry in the face.

I ran towards where Harry lay and Luke picked me up by the arm and held me in his grip. “What?” I had tears running down my face and Luke had a mock sad face, “Oh, you want to protect your boyfriend do you? How sweet!” He threw me on the grand beside Harry and my head hit the tiled floor.

I lay there motionless trying to move but my vision begun to blur and I started to see black. As my eyes fluttered shut I heard Niall shouting and saw his small silhouette swing at Luke, hitting him to the ground. All I could see then was Niall on top of Luke smacking him over and over again while the concerned murmurs around me begun to grow quiet.

Harry picked me up and carried me over to the couch placing me down carefully. The last thing I remembered was Harry’s concerned voice calling out my name over and over again and a cold feeling on my head before completely blacking out.