Chapter 18.

ROSALIE'S P.O.V

We entered into Jess' front yard gate and I heard a lot of whispering and murmuring. A group of drunken girls, whom I have never met in my life were wearing really short dresses and were literally putting themselves towards the boys. I turned back and the boys all looked really uncomfortable, especially a girl who was shoving her boobs in his chest. Zayn excused himself and shoved her off as the girls began screaming and giggling, it was only 8:30 pm, geez. Zayn helped on my shoulder tighter and pulled me in, a way of protecting from drunken guys and girls in the hall. Harry, Louis, Liam and Niall were all laughing, enjoying the party. I went to the backyard and there were a lot of people. There were lights of different colours buzzing throughout the whole backyard. There were people making out on the grass, people screaming and dancing everywhere. When the boys and I walked to the backyard everyone turned and stared. The music went down and everyone cleared out, kind of backing away... surprised to see me.

"JESS?!" I shouted, trying to find her. Harry pointed to some girl that he thought was her, and it was. Jess was wearing a very short skirt with a corset top and a pair of killer heels. She looked like she was making out with someone, since there was a guy under her, firmly holding her waist. She didn't tell me she had a boyfriend. As Jess quickly turned at me, her eyes literally busted out of her brain. I was confused and realised who the guy she was making out with.

George.

"What..." I said, stepping back, dropping her gift and the glass jar of her favourite sweets. The glass jar completely broke on the floor, cutting my slightly on my leg. As the sound shattered, the music got cut completely off and everyone fell silent, staring at us. Jess and George quickly arranged themselves and got off and ran to me. Harry and Zayn stepped forward to stop them from getting any closer. Louis was holding me and Liam and Niall were opposite from each other, clearly angered by it all.

"Rose, oh my gosh, Rose. What are you doing here, it's not what you think..." Jess said, crying her eyes out.
"Why, Jess. Why" I said, tears bubbling from my eyes. I looked at George as he was awkwardly scratching his head, looking down.
"And you, George. Of all people, you" I screamed, distraught at what I just saw. It literally felt my heart was breaking. I loved George, and Jess was one of my best friends. How can they do this to me.
"Rose, I'm so sorry" George whispered, looking at his feet.
"Look at me in the eye and tell me why" I murmured, quivering in Louis' arms.
"Tell me the truth, was this a onetime thing or have you done it before" I whispered. They both fell silent, creating an even more awkward atmosphere and I knew entirely that they have been having an affair... behind my back this whole time.
"Rose, please" pleaded Jess, trying to grab my hand.
"Don't touch me!" I shouted, yanking her hand off. I couldn't look at her, I've never felt so hurt before. I never wanted to yell at her, my best friend. Especially on her birthday, but what she did and what she was doing was wrong. It crossed the line.
"Rose, babe, please" whispered George trying to touch my arm. Harry forcefully pushed him on the chest with complete anger. I've never seen Harry so protective and mad over something.
"You do not touch her" shouted Harry.
"I'm her boyfriend, you are not. BACK OFF" shouted George, pushing Harry back.
"Well obviously you AREN'T anymore, a boyfriend doesn't CHEAT with her best friend" Harry shouted, shoving him harder.
"You're a massive HYPOCRITE. It's obvious you BOTH have CHEATED with each other. You are ALWAYS together, so don't give me the shit because we all know here that Rosalie is a SLUT" George shouted off his brains. Harry ran up and punched him across the face, full on. Zayn and Liam quickly ran to pull him back, anger bursting out of his body. George had a cut lip as well as a bleeding nose.
"We never done anything, you bitch. Do not DARE ever call her that" Harry shouted as he spat on him.

Harry went over to me and kissed me on the cheek and giving me a hug. Louis let go, and Harry softly took me outside the house. He pulled me closer, humming soft tunes to calm me down. We exited out the hallway and I noticed everyone was looking at me. I was noticed, Jess' parents weren't at home. I got out and I couldn't stop crying. Harry pulled my head to his chest and was telling me to calm down. I noticed his hands all bruised and cut up, I looked at him and did a soft smiled.

"Harry, thank you. You ... didn't...ha...ve...to" I said, still taken back by my tears clogging up my nose.
"Anything for you, you didn't deserve it" Harry whispered, sitting me down at the corner of the road holding me close to his chest. "Rose, you are not a slut. Far from it, you're my best friend. You're beautiful, smart, funny. Don't let anyone say you aren't, it'll be ok. Tomorrow will be a new day, and you'll still have me. Forever and always"

Harry murmured, his soft voice lingering in my ear. He rested his nose on my hair and kissed it softly, he held me closer as I rested my head on his shoulders. He began humming more soft tunes to calm me down and in that moment I felt safe and calm. He was a true friend, and I was lucky to have him as my best friend.

ZAYN'S P.O.V
As Harry escorted Rosalie out, Jess tried to pull up George, clearly distraught at her embarrassing moment. Jess looked us, still confused at why we were here.

"Rose wanted to surprise you, we heard you were fans of us..." I said, as Jess was nodding slowly, tears slowly pouring out of her eyes.
"Yeah well we were going to perform for you, your favourite song of ours" Niall said, joining in.
"We're sorry this didn't work out, but what you did was... wrong" whispered Liam, frowning.
"We are all truly sorry this didn't work out" I said, quite sad it ruined her party but at the same time furious at how she hurt Rose.
"George, to let you know Harry and Rose have nothing going on more than friends. It's 100% true, and the fact you would call her a name so disgusting is shocking. She's one of our closest friends, and to see her this hurt will affect us all" said Louis, looking quite shocked and angered by it all.
"We're sorry again, and happy birthday. But Rose is our close friends, and we love her. We're going to go" I said, my fists still clenching angered at George's speech to Rose.

We all awkwardly jogged off and out of her house. The whole home felt awkward and I heard people murmuring. I also heard Jess crying, I felt bad, I really did. But her affair with George crossed the line. Rose was our good friend, she didn't deserve any of this. We walked down the street and saw Harry and Rose sitting on the edge of the foot path. Her head was resting on his shoulders and his head of hers. He gave her his jacket and they were both sitting so close, with Harry holding her close. We all walked up to notice Rose still crying. Her makeup was all ruined, but she was still beautiful. We all sat with her hugging her and comforting at her. I looked at Harry and he looked terribly upset. He looked at me and frowned, he was the closest out of all of us to Rosalie and I could see he was furious by it all. Niall hugged Rose as she rested on his shoulders. Louis grabbed Harry to talk to him as well as to calm him down. As we were all sitting in silence, we heard a few footsteps coming to us. We all turned our heads and realised it was George... and Jess. Harry quickly walked and stopped in front of Rose to protect her.

"Why are you here?" scoffed Harry, folding his arms, not allowing them to talk to Rose.
"Please, we just want to talk to her" Jess said, looking down. We all looked at Rose, she looked at us and softly nodded. We all walked off as Harry went to Rose and whispered something in her ear and patted her shoulder. We all walked a bit further and waited for our driver to come back. We saw Jess and George sitting on opposite sides of Rose, conversing. We all awkwardly stood in front of a different house and tried to calm down Harry. He wouldn't stop staring at Rose, clearly protective of her.

"Harry, calm down please. You're being an amazing friend" Liam said, patting his shoulder.
"But I'm so angry" Harry said, patting his feet.
"Please mate, calm it down" whispered Louis, staring at Harry.
"You love her so much man, it's really nice to see that" Niall said, shooting up a cheeky smile.
"Shutup... haha" Harry chuckled softly.
"Do you love her Harry?" a question only Liam would dare ask.

"I don't even know myself" Harry whispered, looking at the sky, biting his thumb.

ROSALIE'S P.O.V:
As Jess and George placed themselves opposite sides of me, I felt an awkward tension between them both. I couldn't look at them; I just stared at the black road in front of me.

"Rose, we're sorry. We are so sorry. It didn't mean to happen, we didn't mean to hurt you" whimpered Jess as she quivered from her tears.
"Rose, we didn't mean to. I'm so sorry for what I said earlier, it just came out. I'm so sorry, I'm so ashamed of myself, I'm so sorry" said George.
"Rose, please, we're so sorry" Jess whispered.
"Why though?" I asked bluntly, not in the mood to talk.
"It just happened, it was at another party and I admit we'd do it frequently. But I didn't know you'll be here, we are sorry" George said.
"Were you going to break up with me to get with her?" I asked George.
"Honestly, yes" George whispered, staring at his feet. "Only because, I thought you and Harry had a thing. You know how hard it is to read newspapers or online websites talking about you both? To see you having fun in London, how we never talked. I was desperate, I needed my girlfriend back"
"I've never been hurt this much, and from two people I loved the most. I can't... I can't...I don't want to see you both. Now. Or, anymore. I can't do it, I just need space. From you, from both of you. I'm... sorry. I can't do this anymore" I said, I softly stood myself up and looked at them. Their faced were really upset and saddening and I hated that I hurt them from what I said.
"Rose..." George said, pulling out his hand.
"I can't, I can't look at you both the same anymore. I'm sorry, I'll forgive you about it, but I will never get over this. I... I don't think we should talk for a while. George, it's completely over. No second chances. Jess, I ... I don't think I can talk to you anymore. I'm so sorry." I said, walking back looking at them with sad eyes.

I turned my back and walked to Harry and the others. For a moment it felt so nice, I am never the type of person who would let go so easily. It was like a burden was finally pulled off my shoulders. Harry widens his arms as I ran into it, I cried loudly into his chest, upset at what happened.

"Shhh... Shhh, Rose it'll be okay" Harry whispered in my ears. The rest of the boys tried to comfort me and as the car came we all got on. Harry continued holding me as well as sitting next to me in the car, letting me rest my head on his shoulder. Louis sat next to me and grabbed my hand, gripping it firmly to ensure I would be ok. Zayn was reassuring me it'll be ok, as Niall and Liam awkwardly sat and looked at me. They were so concern, and it was incredibly nice to have such a caring group of friends. I smiled and told them I'll be fine as they finally comfortably shifted in their seats. I closed my eyes and heard Harry's heart beat, pumping incredibly fast. In a way, it was soothing me. I felt like home, they all meant a lot to me. Harry helped me so much by making me feel loved and special. I smiled into his chest and fell straight to sleep, soothed by his soft heart beats, surrounded with people who cared for me. I felt safe, I felt at home.

Authors Note:
Hey lovely readers! I'm going holidays tomorrow and I won't be having any chance to go on the computer so I guess I won't be updating for a while. I will try my best to either write it in my holidays but I am not sure if where I am staying will have any internet connection to upload. Keep the reviews coming it, this chapter was kinda a shocker and I hope you enjoyed it! The story will go on a little longer now, and you really just have to wait and see the ending! Thanks for reading, wish everyone a new year xx