Chapter 28
ROSALIE'S P.O.V:
"Harry, I love you" I murmured as I stared directly into his eyes. He didn't look quite happy as much as I have wished he was/
"Rose.. I don't feel the same." He said as he looked at the ground. "I'm sorry, this isn't going to happen"
He walked off as he left me in the park, all cold and lonely. I was by myself, surrounded by none of the people I loved. The darkness suddenly took over me as trees started falling down around me. I screamed for help, but my voice wasn't loud enough. My phone didn't work and there was no sign of civilisation anywhere. I crouch into a ball, clutching my legs where my knees hit my chest. The tears wouldn't stop flowing; I had a fear of telling people my feelings for a particular reason. For getting rejected.
"Why are you telling my boyfriend you love him?" snarled Caroline as she appeared in the distance. She was gripping a large knife that shone, even in the pitch darkness. "You know, cheating's bad. And you have to pay" she grinned as she ran and leaped forward. My feet were permanently planted onto the ground as I couldn't move and as she plunged it into me, and I couldn't say the word...
I woke up suddenly as I felt bullets of sweat falling off my forehead. My heart was beating tremendously as I started hyperventilating at the horrible nightmare I just had. Thank God it was just a dream. Why did I have that dream for? I sat there, a crucial headache suddenly coming to me. I rubbed my temples as I groaned, still in the clothes I wore to the New Year's party. What even happened? I don't even remember, and why am I in my bedroom? I looked around and saw a glass of water which caused a mini puddle on the bottom. The curtains were completely closed, which I found difficulty if it was morning or night. My stomach started churning as I found an empty bucket next to mine, but for a reason, just looking at it made me feel sick. I sat there for a couple of minutes, trying to think back at what happened. The last thing I remembered was sitting on the couch with Harry and after I was looking for the bathroom, what on earth happened...
"Thank you Harry, for looking after her last night." A voice whispered through the bedroom door.
"No problem Amy, I'm so sorry it had to happen like that, I promise it won't happen again." Harry murmured.
"Are you tired though? You've been awake for nearly 24 hours just looking after her. You need rest." ordered Amy.
"No no, I got a day off, I can catch up on sleep later, I just need reassurance she's fine." Mumbled Harry, he's voice soothed through.
"Again, she's very lucky to have you as a friend." There was a silent pause for a while. "I've always liked you with her, you knew how to take care of her and make her happy and for that I am grateful. She means a lot to me, and I know she means to you. But what I just can't get around is that... why would someone every spike her and then try to..." Amy stuttered as I felt her mumble the words I never knew would happen to me "... rape her."
My stomach churned as my brain wasn't functioning. I felt sick, and disgusted.. and extremely violated. I looked down and realised that my clothes were still on except I had a different pair of pyjama shorts which I do not want to ask how it got on. I felt something floating up my throat as a disturbing smell suddenly came up as I breathed through my mouth. I ran immediately into the bathroom and shut the door. I felt my body trying to push all the poisons out of my mouth. I kneeled on the bottom of the toilet as I pushed my hands against the seat. The smell was unflattering but I needed to get it out of my system, whatever someone made me take.
"ROSE, ARE YOU OK?" shouted Amy as she knocked on the bathroom door ferociously. I couldn't be bothered answering, I felt horrible and ugly and I just wasn't having one of the best days. I paused as I wiped my mouth but as I took a look at myself in the mirror, the feeling came back in my stomach as I leaped back and vomited it all out.
"ROSE, OPEN THE DOOR. We need to make sure you're ok!" Shouted Harry, a strain of desperation in his voice.
"I...I'm fine... just give me a few minutes" I groaned, as I suddenly felt sick again.
After a couple of minutes I flushed it all down and ran to the tap. I mouth washed and cleaned my face, to get the smell out as soon as possible. I sprayed air freshener around the bathroom as I groaned at the state I was looking like. I washed all my overdue makeup off my face completely and tied my hair up off my face. I got changed into sweatpants and Harry's old shirt I never gave back. After I opened my bathroom door, with Harry and Amy sitting on the bed, both looking quite distressed.
"Oh Rose, are you ok? Do you need water? I'll get you tablets, sit down babe." Amy gestured as she patted the bed and went out. I groaned as I didn't feel quite the best and struggled to walk quickly. Harry wouldn't stop staring at me as he analysed me from tip to toe. I fell back to bed as I closed my eyes; I peeped them through my right and still noticed Harry staring at me.
"You know, it would be much less creepier if you would say something rather than just stare at me all the time" I said, finding it hard to chuckle through my hoarse throat.
"And you still find a way to tease me, even at the state you're in. Unbelievable." He grinned as he sat directly at me. I noticed dark circles and puffy red eyes around his face, and the only time he ever gets puffy eyes is when he cries... a lot. I felt my heart drop as I felt the responsible for making him in the condition he was in.
"Harry, what happened... last...night?" I mumbled, struggling to complete a full sentence. He looked down at his hands and started fidgeting with them.
"Well...um..." he mumbled, finding it difficult to say his words. "Last night, you were sitting with me and you said your drink tasted funny and needed to go to the bathroom.." I suddenly remembered that exact moment, the drink tasted peculiar. "...well, I waited and you didn't come back for a while so I went to talk to the girls and guys and they didn't see you either. Me, Danielle, Eleanor and Louis went to look for you and I found you in my bed, half naked and unconscious with one of Zayn's friends. His name was Ryan and he was completely off his head and he spiked your drink and attempted to sleep with you. We stopped him and put you in bed until Amy rushed over and took you home. We had a doctor and he said the drugs weren't too harmful and considering the alcohol you consumed before, added a larger affect on it all. So we took care of you and you're you again..." He sighed as he finished his sentence.
"Wow.. that's a lot to take in.." I mumbled. He did a soft half smile as he sighed silently. "Thank you Harry."
"For what?" he asked, clearly surprised.
"As if you don't know. For taking care of me this whole time, you're a great friend to me and I'm so grateful for you.." I said, he grinned at me as he leaped into a hug. It felt so nice, his warmth of his body attached to mine, his tight grip around my back as his neck rested peacefully on my shoulder. I felt my heart beating, he actually stayed overnight just to take care of me. He got out and nudged me very softly on the chin, his awkward way of saying his thanks. I smiled as I looked down and realised his hands had cuts and bruises on them. I looked shocked and stared at him as he took it out of my reach completely.
"What happened? Did I do this to you?" I shouted.
"What?! No. Let's just say, I'm not the only one who drank a lot. Things happened, I punched the dude, you know, everyday things."
He shrugged as he said it in his very posh, cocky tone. I chuckled as I rubbed the bruises on the hand, and sat in silence. Amy suddenly walked in with a glass cup of water, 2 pills of painkillers and a bacon and egg mcmuffin from McDonalds. She gave it to me as I swallowed it down immediately, and instantly grabbed the McMuffin. I demolished it almost immediately, not caring that they were staring at me eat. As I finished I felt a lot better, the headache was still there but I felt better. I looked up and notice Harry just staring inventively as I ate my breakfast. He smiled every time we shared the same eye contact and would quietly mumble a conversation with Amy.
"I should be going work now, I feel so bad for leaving you." Amy sighed as she stood up and straightened her pencil skirt.
"You shouldn't be, you cared for me enough. And I feel a lot better, thank you." I said. She smiled as she gave me a tight gripped hug and a sloppy, massive kiss on my cheek. She thanked Harry and gave him a quick peck and left to go to her work. Harry stayed positioned at the end of my bed as I rested on a pillow against the wall. I sipped my water casually as we just sat there in silence.
"Were you here the whole time?" I asked curiously as he wiped his hair across his hair, red cheeks soon blossoming.
"Kind of..." he replied. I looked at him with my eyebrows out, expecting a more elaborated answer. "Pretty much the whole night, I felt so guilty at how you turned out. I was scared really, because whenever you'd wake up I wanted to be the first person there so I can kind of owe it up to you. I was scared.." he mumbled, fiddling his thumbs.
"Were you sitting on that chair?" I stated, pointing out at a white chair that was pulled from under my desk, pointing at my bed. "Just sitting there ...all night, staring at me?" I asked. He nodded slowly as he bit his mouth.
"Why do you have to make me sound like a freaky paedophile?" He chuckled as he threw a cushion at my face.
"Maybe because you are!" I replied cheekily as I threw one back, unfortunately he caught it with his hand and leaped forward, guarding him as he tickled me around my stomach area. I gasped for air as I giggled in delight, kicking my feet up in delight. He stopped as I took a large gasp and calmed down, I wrapped my small blanket around me, in a cocoon shape. He sighed and yawned, completely forgetting that he needed his rest.
"You need to sleep." I said, he shrugged his shoulders and crawled next to me, resting his head on my pillow.
"I'll have a shut-eye for like 10 minutes, wake me up then." He mumbled as he laid his hand under his head. He curled into a circular shape as I tucked him in my blanket. He told me to play with his hair since it soothes him so I sat against the bed head and stared out into the open, wrapping his curls around my fingers. Within seconds, a faint snore escaped as he left his mouth open. The outlines of the eye bags were definite and I felt so bad that he was so tired. He breathed peacefully as he softly moved to face his back against me. I slid out of my bed and called up Louis to update him about Harry after realising my phone filled with messages.
Louis Tomlinson: Hey R! Call me as soon as you get this, update me on Harry, he's phone out of battery. Me & Eleanor miss you :)
Zayn Malik: I'm so sorry for last night, Ryan got sorted, hope you're well xo
Danielle Peazer: Babe, contact me as soon as you get this. Hope you feel better, everyone's worried sick. Love u xo
Jeremy Smith: College tomorrow, want to go on an early coffee errand later?
Ring Ring, Ring Ring.
"Hello?" mumbled a chirpy tone.
"Hey Lou, it's Rose" I replied sweetly, I felt an excited shriek behind him which sounded a lot like Eleanor.
"Rose! How are you? Are you ok? Do you feel better? Do you feel sick?" Louis asked, bombarding me with several questions.
"I'm feeling a lot better, hangover is slowly over but it's a good progress, thank you." I replied, there was a few awkward silence.
"You knew what happened last night right?" Louis asked, concerned.
"Yeah, Harry updated me. Quite surreal really, but it didn't happen. It's s'all good" I chuckled lightly.
"Thank God for Harry though..." Louis whispered, he cleared his throat and said, "Where is Harry?"
"He's sleeping in my bed, he's quite tired so he needs his rest. Does he need to go anywhere?" I asked.
"No no, just he has a dinner date with Caroline tonight so I just don't want him to forget..." he mumbled.
I felt my heart drop suddenly, some sort of disappointment. I hoped Harry would stay over, like I didn't want to keep him and own him for the rest of my life well maybe in that sense.. but I just want him to stay. But no. I'm his friend. And friends support each other and she makes him happy, and I should accept that.
"I'm sure he won't oversleep. I got to go now, talk to you soon Lou?"
"Wait hold up, Eleanor wants to talk to you, she keeps ... poking..me...God. STOP WOMAN!" Louis laughed as I heard static vibes in the phone. I heard a door shut and a deep breath through the phone.
"Eleanor?" I asked.
"Babe! Hey! I had to go talk to you in a room, how are you feeling?"
"I'm good, I'm good, weird. But good." I grinned.
"Good, I was so worried. I was going to cry my eyes out, I was so scared.." she whispered.
"Aww you didn't have to, but I'm good. Feeling a lot better."
"Great. Thank God Harry looked for you or who knows what could've happened..."
"Agreed.."
"He was losing his mind babe. He was hysterically crying, punched the guy and he was full of rage, it quite scared me but Lou held him back. It was like it wasn't Harry anymore, the way he looked at you, he just snapped. Lou never seen that side of him either, he really cares about you.."
"I care about him too..." I mumbled, biting my lip.
"You ok?" she asked, and I felt tears bubbling in my eyes.
"Would I be considered a bad friend if I get kinda jealous of his relationship. I know I have feelings for him but I just feel so bad that I feel jealous.. do you get me? Oh...God, you probably don't and I'm still blabbing on but I want to be supportive but it's hard enough." I blurted out.. I covered my eyes in embarrassment and groaned at my stupidity.
"I completely understand, everyone has that feeling once in their life. Are you sure you don't want me to tell Lou or Harry or...?" she asked.
"NO! NO! Don't tell anyone, espiecally him or Lou. I don't want him to know. Promise?" I shouted, I froze as I noticed Harry shift in my blankets. I walked silently to his side, cupping the microphone in the phone so he couldn't hear me, he was still sound asleep. I sighed and resumed my conversation.
"Promise, it's you, me and Danielle's little secret" she chuckled softly. "Anyway, I got to go, Lou is asking me why I'm taking so long, catch up soon. Love you!"
"Love you too Ele," I smiled and ended the conversation.
I placed my phone back in my bag and exited my bedroom to get a few snacks and watch some tv in the living room. As I went out, I turned my head to Harry and softly closed the door and I swear I saw his eyes peep open...
HARRY'S P.O.V:
A loud thud appeared as I suddenly woke up to find out what the racket was all about. I rubbed my eyes and stretched my arms out as I realised I slept for around 3 hours. It was about 3 in the afternoon and I got up, taking my top off after I felt very humid under Rose's blanket. It was a really nice nap, though I was kinda awake because I heard some murmuring before when Rose was talking to someone, supposedly on the phone. I heard her say my name but I was too tired to listen.. I scanned her across the room but she was nowhere in sight so I walked to the living room. Rose was tiptoeing to reach something in her cupboard, part of her flat belly showing from her cropped midriff top. She was wearing a pair of grey sweats and ugg boots and her hair loosely out with a cute Eskimo hat. She was always so attractive in those types of clothes. I creeped up to her and pocked the side of her ribs which she swung and hit me on the arm in reaction.
"OW!" I shouted, rubbing my arm tenderly.
"Oh my god! I didn't mean to hurt you, you scared me.. sorry!" she gasped as she hugged me. She let go and realised that I was half naked, her mind was blank for a second as I noticed she was staring at my body for a second. She cleared her throat and straightened her top as I smiled at her.
"It didn't even hurt, your slaps never do.." I giggled. She gave me a death stare and quickly grabbed a cookie box and resumed back to the couch. I noticed she was watching How I met your mother. I went over and planked next to her and rested part of my back on her arm. We just sat in silence, laughing at the show, enjoying each other's companies.
"I want to live like that.." Rose mumbled.
"What do you mean?" I asked, grabbing a cookie and munching on it.
"I want to live with my friends and hang out with them every day and go to the pub. How awesome would that be?" she grinned.
"Would I be included?" I asked.
"Of course," she smiled as she played with my hair. I loved it when she did that, it was so soothing and usually I hate it when people play with my hair because they mess it up but not her. She's an exception. I loved that her fingers went through my hair so smoothly and lightly, wrapping a bunch in each finger. I loved that she massaged my head with my fingers and stroked it a couple of times, it felt nice.
"Harry..." she asked silently.
"Yes?"
"Are you doing anything else today..?"
"Not that I can remember of.." I looked at her as she had a small, little smirk on her face.
"You're a bad boyfriend.." she muttered cheekily. I looked at her in confusion as it suddenly hit me. I stood up and went to grab my phone but it was out of batteries. I ran around Rose's place to grab my things and place it quickly in my night bag. I placed a tee-shirt back on and was so flustered that I forgot about me and Caroline's dinner date later tonight, I was meant to pick her up in a few hours. Rose remained cosily seated on her couch as she giggled at how I was so frantic about it.
"Shit..." I muttered. "I got to go back to my apartment to charge my phone and get showered and stuff, sorry.."
"What's there to be sorry about, enjoy that dinner date. Get in there Styles!" she smiled but noticing her face dropping a bit. I half smiled and felt bad that I was leaving her, out of the blue too. I felt like a lazy day as well.
"I feel bad.." I said, looking at her, she didn't want to look at my eyes but was focused on the cookie in her hands.
"You shouldn't be, you haven't seen Caroline in a while. She's you're...girlfriend anyway.." she mumbled. For some reason, my heart kind of dropped when she said that. We exchanged goodbyes as I left her place, I grabbed a taxi and got home and went back to my apartment with Zayn, Louis, Eleanor and Niall chilling in my apartment.
"My baby's home!" Zayn chuckled as he ran to greet me. Niall waved at me as Louis smiled, preoccupied with Eleanor.
"How's Rose?" Niall asked, whilst munching on his chips.
"She's good. Feeling much better, but I got to get ready to Caroline's." I said as I ran to the bathroom and took a shower. An hour later and I was finished dress up, I was wearing a pair of dark wash chinos with a sweater and had a pair of converse shoes and brought an overnight bag.. incase.. you know. I flipped my hair and brushed it with my curls popping out, I really need a haircut. I placed on the bracelets that I took off, still wearing me and Rose's matching bracelet. I walked out and got my phone out which was just charged and found out I got a message off Caroline.
Caroline xx
Hey babe, when are you coming over? Got some wine and take-away, miss you.
To: Caroline xx
Coming over soon, won't be long. Miss you too :)
"You going yet?" Louis asked as he shifted to sit closer to me.
"Yeah, should be going now.." I replied. "Bye! Be back..tomorrow.." I replied cheekily.
"GET IN THERE" Niall shouted playfully as I threw a cushion at his face, "Hey..." he frowned.
"Have fun!" Zayn said as Louis and Niall did the same. Eleanor waved and smiled at me softly, usually she'd be all excited and tell me to have fun and do lovey-dovey things with Caroline but lately I felt that she thought my relationship was getting on her nerves. But it's probably me over-reacting again.
I drove my car to her place and parked, thankful that there were no paparazzi around. I knocked on her door as she appeared, looking beautiful. She was wearing a pair of sweatpants with a peterpan collared blouse and home slippers. She had her sexy, messy ombre hair curled and her dark eyemake-up was very attractive. She led me into her home and on the table was a meal just for us two.
"Finally so good to see you... and Happy Two Months.." she whispered into my ear. Holy shit, it was our two months?
"Happy two months..." I smiled, she chuckled and gave me a passionate, full-on kiss. Her lips were pressing harder onto mine, her tongue slowly gliding in. She grabbed my hair and entangled it into her hands, which quite annoyed me for a bit but I ignored it. The tension between us was extraordinary and I was loving every moment that I was making out with someone that was my celebrity crush but there was one thing that was bugging me to the extreme.
There was one person that kept coming into my mind.
And it wasn't Caroline.
Authors Note: I am so so so so sorry I haven't been updating, you don't understand the stack of assignments and homework I've been getting ugh. But I promise I will be updating more and I can't believe how many reviews I got, amazing! I'm even already starting on the next chapter xx
