Chapter 10

Harry's POV

Poppy was still asleep on the bed, so I snuck out of the room to go downstairs into the hallway where I found the newspaper poking out of the letter slot in the door.

Opening it up I saw me and Poppy on the front page, but what made my jaw drop was the headline:

"GIRLFRIEND OF MCFLY DRUMMER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AFTER DISCOVERED DRUG ADDICTION"

All of my feelings were mixed together, anger dominating my emotions. My hands crumpled the paper and I threw it to the ground. How fuckingdare they! Where did they even get that idea?!

I pulled my phone out of my pocket; all I saw was red as I called Tom.

"You saw it then?" he asked as soon as he picked up.

"Too fucking right I saw it. Who do they think they are? How dare they say Poppy was on drugs!" I grit out, my voice raising an octave toward the end.

"Just calm down and we'll sort it out," he replied calmly. "Has Poppy seen it yet?"

I just shook my head. "No, and she's not going to, she doesn't need this on her plate, too. We just need to get it sorted dude, who else has seen it?" I asked, not really wanting to hear the answer, fearing the worst.

"Everyone. It's in all the papers and magazines, man. Fletch has been on the phone to the press all morning trying to get the stories retracted. Just make sure Poppy doesn't see anything, we'll be over later, okay?" he told me before he hung up.

I had to make sure Poppy didn't find out anything about this. I knew I needed to try and act as normal as I could, so I went into the kitchen and made some tea to take up to her.

She was still peacefully asleep when I got upstairs, so I just put the mug on the side and sat on the bed next to her, and turned on the TV to find the news on, so I quickly put on the sports channel and turned the volume down so I wouldn't wake Pops up.

2 hours later

I was being shaken awake by Poppy. "Harry... Harry, there's someone banging on the door downstairs, I think it's the reporters, they haven't left yet..." she whispered sounding frightened. I sat up and bolted over to the window to look outside.

All the reporters had gone but there was someone standing at the door and all I could see was bleach blonde hair... It couldn't be, could it? I turned to Poppy. "Just wait here babe; I'll go see who it is…" I told her as I left the room and crept downstairs.

I opened the door to see it was her; a woman I hadn't seen for a long time. I didn't understand why she chose now to come back... After all this time.

"Well aren't you going to let me in Harry?" she said batting her eyelashes. She didn't wait for my answer as she pushed past me and let herself in, leaving me stood in the doorway, lost for words.

I turned around and saw her looking at a photo of me and Poppy, before putting it down carelessly.

"What are you doing here, Aimee?" I asked curiously, after so long, she decided to pop back into our lives now?

"I heard about what happened to Poppy... aren't I allowed to come visit my favourite sister at a time like this?" she gasped, putting her hand over her heart and feigning innocence. I knew there was more to it.

"Why now? Poppy hasn't heard from you in three years! Why do you choose now to make a sudden reappearance?" I snapped.

"Why not? Why aren't I allowed to see my baby sister, to check if she's okay?" she replied, anger lacing her tone, her hands on her hips in annoyance.

"Because-"

"Aimee?" I was interrupted by Poppy's struggle for breath. Aimee and I both turned to see Poppy standing on the stairs in her bed shorts and one of my old t-shirts, her eyes wide with surprise and shock from seeing her sister standing in the hall.

"Hey Popsicle! I've missed you! Come give your sister a hug!" Aimee all but screamed as she ran to Poppy and pulled her into a tight hug. She just hugged back, still slightly shocked but I could tell she missed her sister; the girl she's idolized since they were kids, but I'd always been suspicious of Aimee and I didn't think that was going to change any time soon. We were all sat in the living room, Poppy and me on one sofa, and Aimee in the armchair opposite us.

"Why haven't we heard from you in, what has it been? Like three years?" Poppy inquired as her head rested on my shoulder, my arm wrapped protectively around her.

"Well I have been travelling so I haven't been able to ring, and you know I'm not one for writing letters!" she laughed lightly, her eyes flitting between my arm around Pops and her head on my shoulder. A hard look fell over her face briefly before she seemed to compose herself and smile at us again.

Aimee quickly changed the subject, still avoiding the whole situation with Poppy and the press; she didn't even mention it once, to which I was relieved.

I only really joined in the conversation when I was spoken to, to let the two catch up. I offered them both some tea and before I padded off to the kitchen to make it, I heard Aimee telling Poppy all about her 'travels' and how she wished she could have called, blah blah blah.

As I handed Aimee her tea and sat down after giving Poppy hers, I heard the conversation go south.

"Are you going to stay at Mum and Dad's?" Poppy asked, sipping her tea.

"Well... I was planning on it, but then I remembered I didn't tell them I was going away... So I'm actually looking for a place to stay for a bit, until I gather up my courage!" she laughed again, eyeing Poppy to see her reaction to this turn of events.

"Well, you could stay here... In the guest bedroom?" Poppy suggested, looking at me with her puppy dog eyes.

Shit.

No she fucking can't.

No. No. No.

"Yeah that's fine," I forced out through gritted teeth, taking a sip of my tea to stop myself screaming: 'NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS! NOW GET THE FUCK OUT.'

Poppy smiled and squeezed my hand, knowing how much I don't like this idea, but I also understood that she wanted to be closer to her sister.

"Oh guys, that's so nice of you! I'll just go get my suitcase out of my car!" Aimee squealed excitedly, wait a second... suitcase?

What just happened?

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