Hope's POV


"Hope, are you ready?" My friend Gemma's voice breaks the silence. Seconds after, she comes walking into my room. I give her a smile before returning to the sets of papers on my desk.


"Just a minute," I tell her. I pick up my pen and go through the letters my management sent me.


"Are you still busy with that?" She peaks around my shoulder. I sigh heavily and nod.


"I hate this so much," I tell her.


Rumors about a fiance, a sex tape and a pregnancy have been going around and management is making me sign papers saying that I will not talk to anyone unless they set up an interview to clear all of the rumors. Why can't people just let me be? Me dating only one guy since my career started; Sam Smith, and still there will be rumors. Even though we broke up over 6 months ago. I sigh as I sign the last paper. I hate the stress that comes with my work, it's a fun job, but sometimes it gets too much. I just wish for a distraction, a beautiful one. Perhaps a distraction that helps both me and someone else. Perhaps, my distraction could be a broken person.


"Harry has the same problem with the media, they make him out as a womanizer," Gemma chuckles from behind me. The sound of his name sets sparks off in my body. Ever since I got to know Harry, I've been having these butterflies. I love being around him, though, I hate his mysterious side. Sometimes he zones out and everything in life gets blocked out by him. It lasts for minutes before he leaves without a word. It leaves me curious, it makes me want to know what has been bothering him. I've noticed Gemma being a bit sad too, just before I got to know Harry. Even though we are friends, I don't bug Gemma about it. I've been friends with Gemma since my breakup with Sam and I couldn't have asked for a better friend. She's friends with him, but she knows better than to bring him up. She knows that I'm still broken.


"We have to go now," Gemma interrupts my thoughts. I shove the papers into a dark brown folder and stand to my feet with the folder and my purse in my hands. Gemma leads the way out of my apartment, stopping as she waits patently for me to lock the door. "Are you ready?" Gemma smiles. I look down at my long, silk, black dress and reach around my neck to feel if my hair is still in place.


"As ready as I'll ever be," I sigh.


The thoughts about the distraction I crave comes to mind again.


Perhaps, Harry Styles could be my distraction.

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Harry's POV

"Little bro," Gemma smiles at me as she walks into the kitchen.

"Sis," I force a smile. I hate smiling if I don't feel happy. And for a month now, I have been a wreck.


"I'm going to get Hope, I'll meet you there," she pecks my cheek before grabbing her keys. I watch my sister as she leaves. I have to admit, she's been dealing with everything a lot better than I have. The sound of Hope's name makes my body cold. I can't tell if that's in a good way or a bad way, but I don't want to find out either. Whenever I hear Hope's name, it makes me think of hope. The light at the end of the tunnel to me at this moment, is a train. If only I had hope, that's all I need. But I don't know where to search for something like that. The word hope makes me think of beauty, it makes me think of gentleness, kindness. It makes me think of a person.


"Mate you have to get ready," Zayn walks into my kitchen, breaking me from my train of thoughts. I nod and close the magazine in my hands. "I heard that Hope is going to be there," Zayn smiles. I shrug him off and walk past him to my room. I hate how all of my friends expect from me to like Hope. She's an amazing girl, but I'm too broken to love someone else.


"Hope," I shake my head as I enter my room.


Perhaps, the hope I need has been here all the time. Perhaps I'm only too foolish to admit my feelings and to lower my walls. Perhaps, Hope Winter is my hope.

Notes

Every thought is a battle,
Every breath is a war,
and I don't think
I'm winning anymore.

This is the prologue, which means it happened in the future. Chapter one will start at the beginning. I hope you guys like this book. I plan on making it very different from other books. Please leave me a comment, I love reading what people think about my work. And leave me a vote, I love knowing that people actually like my writing.
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