Stephanie's POV
I look at my reflection in the mirror, I barely recognise the girl looking back at me. My stained cheeks are plastered in mascara, my eyes are red and are slowly becoming puffy from all my tears. I haven't hurt this much before.

"Steph, please let me in." Lucy says as she knocks on the bathroom door. "I know how you feel." She says and I frown. How does she know?

"I've been in your situation. I know how it hurts." She adds as if she has read my mind. I'm curious to how she supposedly knows how I'm feeling. But I don't want to be around anyone, I need to be alone.

"I'm someone who has been through the same thing, with Amy." Lucy says and I can hear the sadness in her voice. When did Lucy go through this? And why with Amy? I'm suddenly full of questions and my curiosity has grown wider. I unlock the door and I sit on the bathroom floor as I watch her slowly walk in, she closes the door behind me.

"What did you mean?" I ask as I look at her and she sits down next to me. She looks down at her lap and she sighs.

"This isn't the first time Amy has done this, she did it to me and I lost everything." Lucy says as she looks up at me. "My boyfriend was called Greg and I really liked him, he made me feel weak at the knees," Lucy stops as she smiles softly to herself then she looks away.

"And let me guess Amy came along and just fucked it all up?" I ask cockily as I look at her, she nods and I suddenly feel guilty. Why did I say that? "Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so insensitive." I add and Lucy looks at me and smiles.

"I know, you're just angry. And that's fine, it's good you're letting your emotions out. You'd go insane if you didn't." She replies in a soft cool voice. I nod as I look away as I feel ashamed with myself, it's no point taking this out on Lucy.

"What happened with Greg and Amy?" I ask and I hope she doesn't feel uncomfortable telling me.

"She tried to start by saying she wanted to befriend him. They started hanging out and I didn't think anything of it, I mean she was one of my best friends. I trusted her and I trusted Greg. But I was so naive, I just had no idea they were into each other, the difference is, your Harry never did anything with Amy." She stops and I look at her in horror.

"They were sleeping together behind my back." She adds. I gasp in shock as I look at her but she shows nothing. Maybe she's trained herself to hide her emotion on this subject.
"What a bitch. What did you do?" I ask as she must have gone mad at them, even though Lucy is one of the nicest and most laid back person that I know, she must have had a reaction.

"I hit both of them because I caught them at her house, in bed." Lucy says and she scratches the back of her head.

"They didn't care about me, Greg tried to convince me that he did but I know he didn't. You just wouldn't cheat on someone you care about would you?" She asks as she looks at me. I shake my head silently. Good on her for letting them see she was angry, I feel proud of her.

"That's why I wanted to talk to you and express how different Harry is. He never gave her what she wanted, he was never disloyal." She adds and I look away and I sigh. I know she's right, but there was one thing that bugged me the most.

"I know what you're saying but there's one thing I can't get out of my head. I mean yes they never cheated and Harry was loyal, I can't thank him enough on that behalf. But he said she whispered something in his ear and it basically turned him on, but he tried to say he wished it was me who said it because apparently he's wanted to sleep with me for a while. But I haven't found the right moment, you know. But back to that whole point of that is she said those words so he reacted to her, not me." I snap as I feel the anger returning back to me.

"We've all reacted to things when we wish we shouldn't have. I'm sure it was an innocent reaction Steph. If he's been wanting to sleep with you and then suddenly Amy's in his ear whispering things, he's going to wish it was from you, because you're the one he's been waiting to do things with. Do you know what I mean?" She explains and I look at her and I slowly nod.

"I never thought of it like that." I say amazed at myself to how useless I am in these sort of situations. How can Lucy make it sound so simple?

"You wouldn't think like that. You were in the heat of the moment and were just full of hate and anger. You become selective hearing and you take any positive into a negative. That's how arguments can just keep exploding and you wonder why you're not getting anywhere. I swear it's just a human error." She smiles softly and I look at her, she's so wise and clever, right now I admire her so much.

"Do you think I should have stayed calm and tried to confront him about that another time?" I ask and Lucy shrugs.

"What do you think?" She asks and I look away as I try to question myself to find the answer.
What would I have done if I could have changed it? I probably would have tried to sit down with him and asked a little bit more of information, then when things cooled down I should have spoke to him about his reaction to Amy.

"Another thing Steph, Harry actually told you what she did. Not many guys would openly admit that as they think it's not necessary. But he proved he doesn't want to keep anything from you, that's a big deal." Lucy adds and every time she speaks I feel more shit about myself at how I handled things tonight. She's just made a very good point.

"You've just made me realise how perfect Harry is and now I've lost him." I say as I feel the tears pricking my eyes, I can't cry anymore my eyes are too sore.

"You haven't lost him. He's gone away for some space, he never said to Niall that he's ended it with you. So keep that as a positive." Lucy answers and I nod as once again she's right. My mind is so cloudy from everything that's happened tonight. I can't think straight and I hate it.

"I really want to see him." I cry as I wipe my eyes. Lucy puts her arm around me and pulls me into her. "I love him Lucy." I add as I feel my heart breaking just a little bit more.

"Lucy? Steph?" Chloe knocks and she slowly opens the door. I look up and I wipe my eyes again as I try to stop the tears. "I just wanted to make sure everything is okay?" She asks and she looks at me.

"We've had a chat and I think we've cleared a few things up, haven't we." Lucy says as she looks at me and sympathetically smiles to me.

"Yeah.." I say quietly and we stand up. Chloe pulls me towards her and wraps her arms around me.

"We are here for you okay Steph? We aren't going anywhere and we will help you get through this." She says in my ear and I nod.

I can't thank these guys enough for their patience with me, I regret letting them drift away from me in the past. I should never have took Amy's side and believed she wasn't as bad as they thought. I was so naive.

"Everything is going to be okay." Lucy says and they guide me downstairs. I really hope she's right as I can't take anymore heart ache, I feel I've lost half a heart.

"Oh, I found pretty woman, I thought you girls may like a chick flick?" Niall says a little nervously as he looks to us as we enter the living room.

"Yeah right, you secretly want to watch it." Chloe teases him and Niall rolls his eyes.
Lucy sits down on the sofa and I sit on the other. "I'll get some nibbles." Chloe says as she walks off towards the kitchen.

"Stephanie I'm really sorry I couldn't help tonight. If I could have stopped him I would have.." Niall says apologetic and I look up at him and I give a soft smile in appreciation. He didn't have to try help me or Harry, he doesn't really know us so we never expected him to get involved.

"Thank you for trying Niall." I say and he smiles at me in relief. He sits next to me and I watch as Chloe returns with some left over pizza and drinks. I know for sure I can't eat, I have no appetite and I just feel nauseous.

"I love this film." Lucy says as she pressed the play button. Niall slouches down into the sofa as he prepares himself for the film.

I feel the same as him, I'll be watching it but I won't be taking any of it in. I appreciate their efforts trying to distract me and to cheer me up, but it's not that easy. All I can think about is Harry and how much I wish he was here with me.

"I could never be a hooker.." Lucy says as she looks at the screen. We all turn our attention to her random outburst. She smirks and shakes her head. "Did I say that out loud?" She jokes.

"I don't think anyone really would want to be hooker." Chloe laughs as she leans her head on Lucy's shoulder.

"I wasn't supposed to say it out loud.." Lucy laughs and I smile at them. I look back to the screen and I notice Niall looking over in the corner of my eye. I look to him and I smile as he's watching Lucy and Chloe.

I start to let my mind wonder as I think about Amy. How is she feeling after tonight? Because she's also lost a friend and a best friend, surely that would make her feel like crap too.I still can't get around the fact she tried to seduce him, how did she have the nerve to disrespect me that much? It's different if Harry and I were just friends, even then it's odd if she knew I liked him. You'd think she's automatically note to herself to stay clear of him, it's common sense isn't it? Unless you really don't care about anyone but yourself. But she hadn't even bothered to try and text me to apologise for what she did. I thought she cared about me, I honestly thought she was the one person who know me so well and I could fully trust her.

I'm dreading getting up tomorrow for work, I know I work only once a week because of college; buts it's going to be even more harder tomorrow. All I'm going to think about is Harry and wondering what he's doing. I don't really have the choice to slack either, Saturdays are so busy but I suppose it may help if I'm busy, it can distract me from thinking about him.

"Step, pizza?" Niall asks as he tries to get my attention by waving his hand in my face. I look at him and I shake my head.

"No I'm okay thanks." I smile as I look away. Eating is the last thing I want to do.

Maybe there's something I can do, I could text Harry and explain how I feel as it's always easier writing it down than having to say it. But then I might annoy him as he left for a reason, he wants his space. But this space between us is hurting me so much I just want to hear his voice and for him to tell me everything's going to be okay.

Notes

Sorry it's only a short chapter, I will be adding another chapter later :)