Listen To Your Heart ~ COMPLETED
Memories To Be Cherished Forever
♪2 months later♪
March 31st, 1:33 PM London time
Harry’s POV
The tour was over. We came back a few days earlier than expected, so we are back in London where I am currently being forced to help the guys clear out Harmony’s apartment. They said that maybe being in this environment would knock some sense into me about that girl. I don’t get why they even try though. I broke it off to her. She hasn’t tried to contact me. We’re done. That’s it. There is no more us; they need to stop pushing it.
Instead of helping, I sat on the floor in the living room with my legs crossed and eyes closed. They didn’t bother to make me get up because I’ve been stubborn for the past two months. I don’t talk to any of them. In fact, I don’t even know how they got me to come here. They knew I wasn’t going to help.
A sudden shriek from in front of me caused me to flinch at the box of photos now flying around the room. I looked up at the dropper, El, and glared at her.
She scoffed, “You could help Harry.” She hasn’t really liked me since I broke Harmony’s heart. None of them have.
“You’re right I could. Why don’t you ask your fiancé to help you with that mess you made?” I said. Louis had proposed to El the night I went on that last date with Harmony.
“Harold,” she scolded.
“Fine, I’ll pick up the stupid photos!”
“They aren’t stupid; they’re memories to be cherished forever, but if you see one that you’re in there is a garbage can right there,” she smirked and walked away.
I began to pick up the pictures and put them back into the box. Most of them were of her with her brother and his wife. I remember seeing them before they left for their honeymoon. Drew was so pissed when he heard what I did. Other pictures consisted of times spent with the guys, some with me. I didn’t really want to throw away these pictures with me in them, so I placed them in the box anyway. When I was done, I got up off the floor and placed them in a larger box to be shipped over to her in America.
“You missed one, Harry,” Eleanor said walking back in the room.
“No I didn’t,” I growled back. She truly hates me.
“Yeah. You did. Right there,” she said pointing to a small corner of a photo lying under the couch. I got down on my stomach and grabbed the photo. This one was different though. There were three people, two of which I had never seen before, yet they looked so familiar. There was a small girl in the picture, most likely Harmony, and two other people, all-smiling.
“Who are these people?” I asked and showed the picture to Eleanor. She looked up and squinted at the picture.
“I don’t know. Probably her parents. The little girl is Harmony; she has the lady’s long hair, and that man’s dark brown eyes.”
I looked closer at the picture. These people; they look too familiar to be her parents. It’s like I’ve seen them before. I feel like I know them.
“I feel like I’ve met them before…” I said.
“Harry, that’s impossible. They’re dead,” El said.
Dead?
♪Flashback♪
“Excuse me, do you know where I am?”
“You’re at the gates of Heaven, dear,” the lady said. She has long brown hair that goes past her shoulders.
“A- am I dead?”
“No, not yet. You haven’t completely made it in, so you are stuck in between reality,” the guy says. He has familiar looking dark brown eyes. I feel like I know these people from somewhere.
“Who are you?”
“That’s not important. What is important is that you wake up, so that your loved ones can stop worrying about you.”
“And remember this: It’s not what’s up here,” the lady gestured to my head, “it’s what’s in here that counts,” she pointed to my chest where my heart would be.
“How do I get back?”
“It depends, but we must go now. Our time has come. It was nice to finally meet you. Take good care of that girl of yours.” They start to kind of disappear through the gates.
“What do you mean? Don’t leave. You have to help me!”
♪End of Flashback♪
“Harry? Hello? Earth to Harold?” El snapped in my face.
“Oh my gosh! It all makes sense!” I said; I hugged El and spun her around.
“What makes sense? Harold Edward Styles put me down!” Eleanor screamed sternly.
“What’s going on here?” Louis shouted with everyone else coming back into the room. I smiled at them all. “Harry, you look mental. What happened?”
“This!” I showed them the picture.
“Those are her parents…” Zayn trailed off.
“I know!”
“You know?” They all dazed at me confused.
“When I was in that coma, right before I woke up, I had a dream that I was at the gates of heaven. I met them there, and-”
“Yup, he’s mental. Let’s take him to the doctors,” Louis said and he and Liam started dragging me out.
“Wait! Let me finish! It makes sense!” I squirmed, but they kept pulling me.
“Wait!” El said. “Maybe he’s telling the truth. He didn’t remember his coma, and now he does!”
Liam and Louis looked at El, sighed, and put me down.
“As I was saying, they looked all too familiar to me. That’s because it was her parents all along! When I just had a flashback no too long ago, I suddenly remembered everything, and it was because of what her mom had told me. She said, ‘It’s not what’s up here; it’s what’s in there that counts,’” I said doing the same gestures. “When I told Harmony we should give up, I was listening to my head, but in reality, I should have listened to my heart. All of my memories with her are stored in there, and I was stupid to listen to my brain.”
“So you remember everything now?”
“Yup!” Nobody cheered or anything.
“You do know that you broke the heart of the girl you love, right?” Niall said.
“And you do realize that even if you do remember, she’s all the way across the world, right?” Zayn added.
“And by now, she’s so broken, that seeing you would only make her hurt more,” Liam said.
“You better do something fast, or she may eternally be broken forever,” Louis said, and that was all it took for me to be running out the door and on my way to the airport.
March 31st, 1:33 PM London time
Harry’s POV
The tour was over. We came back a few days earlier than expected, so we are back in London where I am currently being forced to help the guys clear out Harmony’s apartment. They said that maybe being in this environment would knock some sense into me about that girl. I don’t get why they even try though. I broke it off to her. She hasn’t tried to contact me. We’re done. That’s it. There is no more us; they need to stop pushing it.
Instead of helping, I sat on the floor in the living room with my legs crossed and eyes closed. They didn’t bother to make me get up because I’ve been stubborn for the past two months. I don’t talk to any of them. In fact, I don’t even know how they got me to come here. They knew I wasn’t going to help.
A sudden shriek from in front of me caused me to flinch at the box of photos now flying around the room. I looked up at the dropper, El, and glared at her.
She scoffed, “You could help Harry.” She hasn’t really liked me since I broke Harmony’s heart. None of them have.
“You’re right I could. Why don’t you ask your fiancé to help you with that mess you made?” I said. Louis had proposed to El the night I went on that last date with Harmony.
“Harold,” she scolded.
“Fine, I’ll pick up the stupid photos!”
“They aren’t stupid; they’re memories to be cherished forever, but if you see one that you’re in there is a garbage can right there,” she smirked and walked away.
I began to pick up the pictures and put them back into the box. Most of them were of her with her brother and his wife. I remember seeing them before they left for their honeymoon. Drew was so pissed when he heard what I did. Other pictures consisted of times spent with the guys, some with me. I didn’t really want to throw away these pictures with me in them, so I placed them in the box anyway. When I was done, I got up off the floor and placed them in a larger box to be shipped over to her in America.
“You missed one, Harry,” Eleanor said walking back in the room.
“No I didn’t,” I growled back. She truly hates me.
“Yeah. You did. Right there,” she said pointing to a small corner of a photo lying under the couch. I got down on my stomach and grabbed the photo. This one was different though. There were three people, two of which I had never seen before, yet they looked so familiar. There was a small girl in the picture, most likely Harmony, and two other people, all-smiling.
“Who are these people?” I asked and showed the picture to Eleanor. She looked up and squinted at the picture.
“I don’t know. Probably her parents. The little girl is Harmony; she has the lady’s long hair, and that man’s dark brown eyes.”
I looked closer at the picture. These people; they look too familiar to be her parents. It’s like I’ve seen them before. I feel like I know them.
“I feel like I’ve met them before…” I said.
“Harry, that’s impossible. They’re dead,” El said.
Dead?
♪Flashback♪
“Excuse me, do you know where I am?”
“You’re at the gates of Heaven, dear,” the lady said. She has long brown hair that goes past her shoulders.
“A- am I dead?”
“No, not yet. You haven’t completely made it in, so you are stuck in between reality,” the guy says. He has familiar looking dark brown eyes. I feel like I know these people from somewhere.
“Who are you?”
“That’s not important. What is important is that you wake up, so that your loved ones can stop worrying about you.”
“And remember this: It’s not what’s up here,” the lady gestured to my head, “it’s what’s in here that counts,” she pointed to my chest where my heart would be.
“How do I get back?”
“It depends, but we must go now. Our time has come. It was nice to finally meet you. Take good care of that girl of yours.” They start to kind of disappear through the gates.
“What do you mean? Don’t leave. You have to help me!”
♪End of Flashback♪
“Harry? Hello? Earth to Harold?” El snapped in my face.
“Oh my gosh! It all makes sense!” I said; I hugged El and spun her around.
“What makes sense? Harold Edward Styles put me down!” Eleanor screamed sternly.
“What’s going on here?” Louis shouted with everyone else coming back into the room. I smiled at them all. “Harry, you look mental. What happened?”
“This!” I showed them the picture.
“Those are her parents…” Zayn trailed off.
“I know!”
“You know?” They all dazed at me confused.
“When I was in that coma, right before I woke up, I had a dream that I was at the gates of heaven. I met them there, and-”
“Yup, he’s mental. Let’s take him to the doctors,” Louis said and he and Liam started dragging me out.
“Wait! Let me finish! It makes sense!” I squirmed, but they kept pulling me.
“Wait!” El said. “Maybe he’s telling the truth. He didn’t remember his coma, and now he does!”
Liam and Louis looked at El, sighed, and put me down.
“As I was saying, they looked all too familiar to me. That’s because it was her parents all along! When I just had a flashback no too long ago, I suddenly remembered everything, and it was because of what her mom had told me. She said, ‘It’s not what’s up here; it’s what’s in there that counts,’” I said doing the same gestures. “When I told Harmony we should give up, I was listening to my head, but in reality, I should have listened to my heart. All of my memories with her are stored in there, and I was stupid to listen to my brain.”
“So you remember everything now?”
“Yup!” Nobody cheered or anything.
“You do know that you broke the heart of the girl you love, right?” Niall said.
“And you do realize that even if you do remember, she’s all the way across the world, right?” Zayn added.
“And by now, she’s so broken, that seeing you would only make her hurt more,” Liam said.
“You better do something fast, or she may eternally be broken forever,” Louis said, and that was all it took for me to be running out the door and on my way to the airport.
Notes
IMPORTANT WARNING: During the course of the next like 3 chapters suicidal thought is involved. If you can't handle reading about that, please don't. I hope that you take this into consideration and I hope that none of you try to hurt youselves in any way. I wish I could explain more, but I would ruin the story line.JUST REMEMBER: You are important. You are not a waste of space. Someone out there cares about you; I care about you. That's right, even if I don't know who you are, I care about YOU.
It's the same characters and it's a sequel to this sequel… Sort of like a trilogy(with her answer)? I'll admit that it's a bit of a drag, but trust me Harony's story isn't over yet (;
11/19/13