Gia's Coming to Visit
It's kind of funny how much stuff can go on in you life in just one month. Not too long ago I was dating Dougie and not having a care in the world. Now, a little over a month later Dougie and I are back to being just close friends, and things between Danny and I have changed. I think that freaked me out the most. In the almost two years that we had been friends, Danny and I have never been as nice to one another before. The rest of the group noticed it, but didn't say anything. They were just happy to have us not arguing all of the time. Eli practically lived with Harry anymore, and I, not wanting to be left alone, had taken up almost permanent residence on the boys couch.
The days started ticking down until the time of Gia's arrival. Tom was about to go insane with excitement. He was also beginning to get really annoying. His obsession with cleaning the house was turning dangerous for him and for us as well.
We still had about three days until Gia's arrival on the sixteenth, and the refrigerator was beginning to look like someone had raided it. About the only things we had in it were a bottle of ketchup, a few slices of old lunchmeat and a couple cans of beer. Tom decided it was probably about time for us to go to the store and stock up. Eli and I offered to go with him and help
"So Tom, how are you feeling? Are you nervous yet?" I asked him as he and I walked over to the juice section. Eli had gone off in search of her favorite chips and left Tom and me to get the rest.
"I get less nervous going on stage in front of thousands of people." I laughed out loud at this.
"Dude Tom, it's only Gia." I replied picking up a carton of orange juice.
"Well I guess I wouldn't say nervous, maybe just really excited. I mean I haven't seen her for a few months now, so I'm really excited and I can't wait."
"Well yeah, I guess you could get that mixed up with the nervous feeling. But I know what you mean. I can't really relate, but I know how Eli felt when she was finally able to see Harry again." Tom nodded his head in agreement, then picked up another carton of juice. I gave him a look.
"This one is for Danny." He said placing it in the cart.
Just then Eli came stomping over to us fuming. She didn't have her bag of chips in her hand, but she was clutching a magazine very tightly. When she got to the cart she threw the magazine down on top of it and looked about ready to cry. Tom reached down and picked it up as my eyes flicked to the photograph on the front page.
"I can't believe those bastards!" Eli yelled loudly, causing a few people nearby to shoot her evil looks. "They strike again at invading into peoples private lives. This time they've just gone too far." I went to Eli and placed my arm around her shoulders trying to comfort her as I looked at a picture on the front page again. It was the picture of all of us on vacation in Colorado when we first met; a copy of the one on the guy's fridge. Eli and Harry's faces were highlighted and in big bold letters across the top it said 'The Inside look at Harry Judd's relationship.' My eyes grew wide as they also had a small picture of what looked like Eli's diary off in the corner.
"They printed some of my most descriptive and most private entries in that." A few tears began to roll down her cheeks and I hugged her closer. Tom opened the magazine and thumbed through it, a frown evident on his face. As he scanned over some of the articles the lines on his face turned deeper and his frown soon became a scowl.
"You girls go wait in the car. I'm going to finish the shopping and I'll be right out. As soon as I get home I'm calling Fletch about this. You're right Eli, they have gone too far." I nodded my head in agreement and walked Eli out to the car. A few minutes later Tom came out, still not looking happy and we headed home; none of us in the mood to talk.
McFly
Once we arrived back at the house, Eli went straight up to Harry's room and slammed the door behind her. That brought Danny and Harry out of the living room.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked worried when he saw our upset faces.
"Help us get these bags into the kitchen, and then we'll explain." Harry grabbed a bag from Tom as Danny came to take a couple bags from me, shooting me a questioning look. I just nodded my head to the kitchen and he followed me in.
"What happened at the store?" Harry demanded setting the bags on the counter and turning to Tom and me. Tom reached over to one of the bags and pulled the magazine out, handing it over to Harry as Danny read over his shoulder. AS soon as they saw the front page both of their mouths fell open. Harry quickly ripped the magazine opened and scanned a few articles.
"Those Fucking bastards took it too far this time." Harry said before thrusting the magazine at Danny and storming off upstairs.
"I can't believe it; they strike again." Danny remarked opening the magazine and reading through it.
"Whoever broke into our apartment must have sold them that stuff, because Eli's diary was stolen that night, along with that picture." I said pointing at the front page. "It was the one I had in my room." I grabbed a bag of groceries and started unloading its contents.
"People will do anything for money." Danny commented not looking up from his magazine.
"Tell me about it." I mumbled putting the chips into the cabinet and turning around to grab the juice.
Danny looked up from the magazine giving me a look and spoke, "Why did you buy two orange juices?"
Tom, who had been silently fuming, answered his question. "One mate is for us, the other is just for you." I giggled silently at the way Tom said that and Danny just rolled his eyes.
"What if I get it mixed up with the other?"
"We'll put your name on it." Just then we heard a loud frustrated growl from upstairs and the bathroom door slam. We each exchanged looks as Tom pulled out his cell and headed out of the room.
"Where are you going?" Danny asked with a confused look on his face.
"I'm going to call Fletch. There must be something we can do about this." He looked very angry when he said this.
The kitchen became silent again once Tom left. I finished putting the groceries away as Danny read over the article in the magazine. When I finished I sat down beside Danny and skimmed over the article over his shoulder.
Eli was right when she said they posted some of her more descriptive parts. I skipped over them and read a bit about when we went to visit them last year in England. I smiled as she talked about the time when they took us sight seeing and Dougie and I ended up getting lost from the group and it took them an hour to locate us because both of our phones were off. I scanned down a bit farther and saw my name. That immediately got my attention.
"So when we finally found Dougie and Tonya, Danny and Tonya spent like another hour arguing because Danny said it was her fault we missed the play the guys planned to take us to. She came back at him saying that if he paid any attention to anyone but himself then he would have noticed they weren't with us and it would have saved some time looking. Honestly though, my opinion is that they both want each other really bad, but are too stubborn to admit it. Seriously there's some real sexual frustration between the two of them they are just burning to get out, but neither wants to admit it. Stubborn asses…"
My cheeks immediately turned red as I read that. I stopped reading and looked up the same time Danny did. We both looked at each other, embarrassment evident in our eyes. 'Had we read the same thing?' Danny suddenly snapped the magazine shut and tossed it to the other side of the table.
"Uh, we shouldn't be reading that. It's Eli's private journal and we're only adding to it if we continue to read it." He said looking away and not meeting my eyes.
"You're right. Eli's our friend and it's not right for us to read her diary." I replied, not locking eyes with him either. We both sat in awkward silence for a few minutes neither of us moving or saying anything. Finally we both spoke at the same time.
"So are you hungry?"
"Did you guys get anything good to eat?" We both looked at each other startled a moment, but quickly looked away.
"Um, we got some hamburger and shells and cheese if you want some." I offered staring at the table.
"Yeah, that sounds good. How about you go see if anyone else wants some and I'll get them started."
"You're going to cook?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes I can cook." He said turning to me. We stared at each other a moment, neither saying anything but then we both looked away quickly.
"I'll go see if Dougie wants anything." I said standing up and quickly walking out of the room.
McFly
Stepping up to Dougie's door, I knocked softly and waited for a reply. A couple seconds later I heard him yell 'Come in." I opened the door to find Dougie standing by his bed, shirt off and hair wet. He obviously just got out of the shower. When I stepped inside he smiled warmly at me and beckoned me into the room. I closed the door and sat on his bed looking up at him as he slipped his shirt over his head.
"What's up? Why do you look upset?" He asked concerned, setting beside me.
"Oh, uh things didn't go so well at the store." I replied trying to push what just happened with Danny to the back of my mind.
"What happened?" He looked slightly worried.
"Well there was another magazine incident." Dougie nodded his head in understanding. "Only this time they've gone too far. They posted Eli's diary in it." A flash of anger shot over Dougie's face when I said this, followed by what looked like sympathy.
"So that would be the cause for all the screaming and door slamming this morning." I nodded my head lightly and looked down at the bedspread, picking little lint balls off of it.
"Yeah Eli's really upset about it. They posted some really private stuff in it. I skimmed it a bit and they posted her first time with Harry." Dougie shook his head disappointedly.
"Poor Eli, they just keep attacking her don't they. I feel really bad for her."
"Yeah, me too." I agreed making a pile of lint balls and observing them. "They also posted that time we went sight seeing and you and I got lost. Eli said something in that entry though that bothered me."
"What was that?"
"Well she was talking about how Danny and I were arguing afterwards, no surprise there, and she said something that kind of…confused me." He looked back at me urging me to go on. "She said that she things Danny and I secretly want each other." Dougie stared back at me a moment, then a smile broke out on his face. "Does everyone thing that?" I asked
"Well I will say that when we first met you two he did fancy you. That's why he asked you out, but then you turned him down so I guess he figured you just weren't interested and gave up. Then he just resorted to annoying you." He paused a moment. "However come to think of it, I don't think that he really ever quit liking you. I mean that would kind of explain why he's always bothering you." I was shocked. I couldn't believe what Dougie was saying. There was no way Danny liked me. He and I barely got along.
"But Danny was such a jerk. The first time I we met him he totally brushed past me when I tried to talk to him and he ignored me." Dougie looked at me confused.
"Uh, no Tonya, the first time he met you, he asked you out. Yeah he was a bit arrogant, but he's Danny. He never ignored you."
"No Dougie, that wasn't the first time I met him. I met him backstage when you did that concert in Phoenix before the end of your tour. I went up to Danny and said 'hi' and he just nodded at me and took off to talk to someone else.
He thought a moment, trying to remember that night. "Ah yes, I remember that night. That was the show that Danny's mom surprised him at. He didn't know she was showing up and when she did, he stuck to her all night. I didn't know you were there."
"Oh, well I was." I replied feeling slightly confused and guilty. "I didn't know his mother was there. Now I feel kind of bad for thinking of him as a jerk." I stood up and started pacing around the room, toying with some of the things on Dougie's dresser. "Do you think Eli is right?"
Dougie took a deep breath and let it out. "Well, that's not really for me to say. You're the only one who knows the answer to that."
He wasn't helping anything. I didn't know what I felt. Danny and I had just started getting along after a year and seven months of arguing and having a strong dislike for one another. Yes I will admit in the beginning, before we met, I really liked Danny. But all of those feelings went away after that time backstage. However now, after what Dougie told me, I can't help but to wonder if that cancels everything out.
"Dougie!" I wined and plopped down on the bed bedside him, placing my head on his shoulder. He brought his arm up to wrap it around me. "Why do things always have to be so complicated?" I heard him chuckle softly as he brushed some of my hair over my shoulder.
"If things weren't complicated, then life would be boring." I let out a groan of frustration, which caused Dougie to laugh.
"Dougie?" I asked a few moments later in a small voice.
"Huh?"
"Does this bother you?"
"Does what bother me?" He asked confused. I sat up and looked at him.
"This thing with Danny; my possible liking him and him liking me."
He was silent a moment, obviously trying to find the right words to say. "Well Tonya, I do have to admit that I do love you, and I always will. However, I feel that my love for you is more of a brother/sister type of love. I'd do anything for you, and you know that, but I just don't feel a connection between us anymore." I nodded my head slowly in agreement. "And honestly, I've always felt that there was something more between you and Danny. You two just didn't seem to notice it."
"But does it bother you?"
Dougie took me by both of the hands and looked me in the eyes. "Tonya, all I want is for you to be happy. If Danny is the one that makes you happy, then go for it." I felt my heart swell for Dougie. He was the greatest person ever. I threw my arms tightly around his neck and pulled him into a hug.
"Dougie you are so great. That's why I love you. You are so understanding and caring." We broke apart and just stared at each other. "Now, I just have to figure out my feelings towards Danny. I'm just so confused right now."
"Give it some time Tonya, you'll figure it out."
"You really are great Dougie." I gave him another hug and a quick kiss on the cheek. "Now Danny's fixing something to eat, he sent me up here to see if you guys wanted any."
"Danny's cooking?" Dougie looked slightly frightened.
"Yeah, that's what I said." I replied.
"This can't be good." Dougie laughed as we walked out the door.
McFly
A little while later Tom, Dougie, Danny and I were sitting at the table eating. Eli and Harry were still upstairs arguing and every once in a while we'd hear a door slam.
"You know Jones, this food is actually edible." Tom commented before taking another bite of his second hamburger.
Dougie leaned back in his chair and rubbed his hand over his stomach. "Yeah, I have to agree. I never knew you actually knew how to cook. You've been holding out on us."
"Well I didn't want everyone knowing. I didn't want to get stuck cooking all the time." Danny replied getting up and clearing the table.
"Too bad mate, we know now. You're cooking from now on." Danny rolled his eyes and dropped his head slightly. Then he came over to clear mine and Dougie's plates. He went to reach for Tom's but Tom just slapped his hand away. "I'm not finished yet." He said with food in his mouth, causing the rest of us to laugh.
Danny and I hadn't even made eye contact the whole time we ate. The boys talked, but I just sat there silently with my thoughts. They were all too into their food and conversations to notice me.
"So what did Fletch say?" Danny asked Tom from his spot leaning against the table.
Tom's eyebrows narrowed and he dropped his hamburger on his plate. "He said there isn't much he can do right now. We're going to try to get them on invasion of privacy, but he's kind of skeptical about that." We all rolled our eyes and made slight sounds of annoyance. "He did say though that we might be able to get them on receiving stolen property since the girls reported their stuff stolen." Well there was some hope. Even if we couldn't come at them for posting Eli's private diary, we could get them for something.
"This is such bull crap." Danny said angrily. "Why do they keep attacking Eli? She's not even famous."
"It's because she's with Harry. They know she's engaged to him now, so they'll continue to bug her."
"Yeah, but they don't bother you and Gia as much."
"We haven't announced we're engaged yet. And we're not going to either." Tom shot us all a look.
"This just sucks for Eli though, I feel really bad." We all nodded our heads in agreement and fell silent. "Well since I cooked, I'm not cleaning the kitchen." Danny said standing upright.
"Not it!" Tom and Dougie yelled at the same time.
"Uh, oh…ugh! You guys suck!" I shouted at them glaring. Then got up and finished clearing the table.
A little while later, as I was standing at the sink washing dishes and the guys were chatting at the table, we heard another door slam and heavy footsteps stomping down the stairs followed by loud voices.
"I refuse to go through this again! This is the last time Harry Judd and I'm going to make sure it doesn't happen again." Eli came down the stairs and stopped by the door. She had her bag slung over her shoulder and her eyes were red from crying. All the yelling brought all of us out of the kitchen and we stood by the door watching the two argue.
"Eli, just come back here. Everything going to be alright." Harry tried to comfort her from the stairs.
"No Harry, you stay right there." She pointed a shaky finger at him and took a step back towards the door. "I can't take my personal private life being plastered everywhere for everyone to see. I'm not the famous one, you are. You might be able to be ok with this but I can't."
"I'm not okay with this Eli, please just come back upstairs and we'll work this out." Harry pleaded. He was beginning to get frustrated.
"No Harry, I'm not doing this anymore. I'm not giving them anything else to put in the tabloids." We looked from Eli to Harry then back again. None of us dared to say anything, we just watched silently.
Harry looked at Eli confused. "What are you trying to say Eli?" Eli stared back at him, new tears beginning to form in her eyes. Her stance softened and she looked down at her hand fiddling with her ring. If we were any closer to Harry we could probably see the tears that were beginning to form in his eyes.
The room was silent for what seemed like an eternity. Everyone held their breaths in anticipation of what Eli was going to say. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew what she was going to say, and I wanted to shout out 'No Eli don't say it' but nothing came out.
She raised her head and we could now see the tears that were streaming down her face. She opened her mouth to speak then closed it almost as if she decided she didn't want to say it anymore. Harry shifted uncomfortably in his position, waiting for her to say something. When she finally did speak I was surprised to hear that it was a strong voice and not a shaky one that I figured she would use.
"I'm saying that…it's over. I never want to see you again." The room stilled. My mouth dropped wide open and I looked from Eli to Harry and back to Eli again. Harry didn't move or say anything. His eyes were wide and he just stared at Eli. She looked back at him a moment then spun on her heal, placed her ring on the stand by the door, threw the door open and rushed out.
All of us looked at the door in shock. Then at the same time Tom, Dougie, Danny and I turned our heads to look up at Harry. He was still staring at the door, but a moment later he looked at us slowly, the tears beginning to roll down his cheeks, and then he turned walked to his room, slamming the door.
It was silent downstairs as we all tried to take in what just happened. None of us knew what to say and we all just exchanged looks.
"Um, maybe I better go after her." I said after a few moments, heading over to the couch to find my purse.
"Yeah, maybe that's a good idea." Tom agreed, the other two just nodded their heads.
"I'll call you guys later to let you know what's up." I said rushing to the door. I stopped and gave them one last look; making quick eye contact with Danny. He gave me a reassuring smile then looked away quickly. I turned and walked out of the door, hopefully though, not for the last time.
McFly
I had returned back to the guys house later that night and got the rest of mine and her stuff. The guys, minus Harry, helped me gather everything to get it ready to take to the apartment. While Dougie and Tom were upstairs trying to gather the rest of Eli's stuff, Danny was downstairs helping me get my stuff together.
"Do you think this is for good?" Danny asked softly as he handed me some of my clothes to put in my suitcase.
"I don't know. She seemed really upset. She's locked herself in her room and refuses to talk to me. He cell phone is even turned off." I packed the last of the clothes into the suitcase and zipped it up. Then I stood up beside Danny. He was a bit taller than me. I only came up to his chest so it felt like he towered over me.
I slowly looked up at him to find him looking back down at me. We stared at each other a moment, neither of us knowing what to say. I found myself getting lost in his blue eyes. I always loved his eyes, even back when I hated him. There was just something about the color blue that just captivated me.
My thoughts inside were yelling back and forth to one another. A part of me was saying 'hey you idiot, you do like him, now kiss him," while another part was telling me to leave as soon as I could. He was the first one to look away. He turned his head to the side and stared at my suitcase.
"I really hope they work things out. I've gotten used to you two being here all the time, and I just don't think I'd like it if you weren't."
"Yeah, I was really beginning to enjoy being here too." We looked back into each other's eyes. I couldn't read what he was thinking. He looked so confused. It was almost as if he himself was having an inner struggle.
Our gaze was broken when Tom and Dougie came down the stairs. We both flung apart like we were just caught doing something even though we weren't. I grabbed my suitcase and walked over to Tom and Dougie with Danny following behind me.
"How's Harry?" I asked, reaching out for the duffle bag. Tom handed it to me and gave me a grave look.
"Not good. He won't talk to either of us, and he hasn't come out of his room the whole time."
"Yeah, Eli's acting the same way. I just really hope that they work this stuff out. Damn the media! Why do they always have to ruin everything." Dougie placed a comforting arm around my shoulders and gave me a tight hug.
"Don't worry hun, everything will be alright. They'll work this out. I mean they are in love." I nodded my head hoping that what he was saying was true.
"Well I better get back to Eli. Tell Gia I said hi will you Tom?" I asked as I walked to the door.
"I will." He replied opening the door for me. "And don't worry Tonya, Harry and Eli will work this out soon. You'll be back over here before you know it."
"I just hope you guys are right." I said as they each gave me a hug. "Call me tomorrow if anything changes, and I'll call you too." The all nodded their heads and I left.
McFly
Three days had past, and it was now the day of the arrival of Gia. Eli and Harry were still not speaking, and I feared that what she had said may have been for good. After I rushed after her that day she refused to speak about it. She ran home, into her room and shut the door. She refused to come out. She wouldn't eat and she wouldn't talk to anyone. The only time I saw her was when she went to the bathroom, but mostly she just slept all day.
Dougie had called a few times to see if there was any change, and I told him there wasn't. He told me with disappointment in his voice that there was no change in Harry either. If anything he seemed to be getting worse. Before when they came into his room he would groan and roll over, but now he didn't take any notice to them. We both decided that there had to be something that we could do, but neither of us could think of anything.
Later on in the same day as Gia's arrival, there was a knock at our door. Eli was still asleep in her room and I was setting in the living room watching television. I got up and answered the door and was surprised to see who was standing there.
"Gia!" I shouted and threw my arms around the long dark haired girl. She giggled and hugged me back tightly. "How are you girl? How was your flight? Did you just get in?" I threw questions at her causing her to laugh. Once I realized that I was going a bit fast I took a step back and let her into the apartment.
"I'm great, the flight was fine, a bit scary though, and I've been here for a couple hours already. Tom told me what happened between Harry and Eli and I decided that I was going to try to come talk to her. See if maybe I could get her to change her mind about calling things off. Poor Harry is a total mess, and it's killing me to see him like that." She said with a sad look on her face.
I matched her sad look with one of my own. "It's going to kill you even more when you see Eli." I replied and that made her look even sadder.
"Well I best be going to talk to her. Tom wants to take me out for a romantic dinner tonight, but I told him I wanted to talk to her first."
I nodded my head and pointed to her door. "Her rooms right through there. Good luck getting in." She nodded then took off towards the door. I watched her walk up to the door and knock softly.
"Eli…Eli its Gia, could you please let me in?" There was a few moments pause, and then the door came unlatched. Gia looked back at me and winked then stepped inside, shutting the door behind her. I sighed then returned back to my seat and flipped through the channels.
McFly
A couple hours later Gia came out of Eli's bedroom and sat beside me on the couch. "How did it go?" I asked taking my eyes off of the TV and looking at her. She had a slight smile on her face.
"I think she's doing much better now. She's currently asleep, she says she has a headache from crying all day, but she promised me she would call Harry tomorrow morning."
"Are they going to get back together?"
"I don't know about that just yet, but she did promise to try to work things out with him."
"How did you get her to change her mind?" I asked her confused.
"I told her about a time when the media caught me and Tom skinny dipping in my pool at home." A smile flashed across her face and I let out a laugh.
"Tom never told us about that one." I said between giggles.
"Yeah, he doesn't like to talk that much about it. The got a better shot of him than of me." She had this big grin on her face, and I tried to imagine Tom's reaction when he saw the magazine. "However when the article did come out, I got really upset about it. I also almost called things off with Tom, but my heart just wouldn't let me. I told Eli that there are going to be things like this throughout the relationship, but if she lets the media get to her, then that means they win. Why should they be able to tear up her relationship? I asked her if she really loved Harry and she said she did. Then I asked her if she was willing to sacrifice her love and her heart because of stupid people who have nothing better to do with their time. I guess that got her thinking, and she agreed to talk to Harry. Hopefully they'll work it all out." I felt some hope for the both of them and great thanks to Gia for making Eli come around.
"So how have you been Tonya? Tom told me about you and Dougie. Are things cool between you two?"
I sighed and stretched my legs. "Yeah, everything is great between us. We're back to being great friends. He has been so supportive and great through everything. I don't know what I'd do without him."
"Tom didn't tell me all of what happened. He just said that you and Dougie had broken up because of some stuff that had happened in your past concerning your family." She looked at me as if she was asking me silently to tell her what happened. I just nodded. "You don't have to tell me anything, I was just making sure what he said was right."
"No, it's ok. I guess I should tell you what happened. That way you're not the only one left out." So I told her the story of what my step-father did. I didn't go into that much detail, I just told her the basics, but it seemed to horrify her just as much.
"Oh Tonya I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that." She gave me a hug and I hugged her back. "I can understand why you left, I probably would have too."
"Well, I think it was a good think I left. Even though it didn't turn out the way I hoped it would, it helped me to move on. I'm finished with my real family. The only family I have now is you guys and my foster family. You're all I need." Gia and I talked a bit more about her and Tom and a few other things in our lives. Then a half an hour later she looked at her watched and announced that she better go.
"Make sure that Eli eats something either later on or tomorrow. And make sure she calls Harry too ok. Don't push her, but just try to make sure she does it ok." I told her I would, then with one last hug she left.
"I hope you really did work your magic Gia. I can't bear not being able to see the guys anymore." I said aloud to no one as I stared at the closed door.
McFly
Around two o'clock the next day Eli finally made her way out of her room. I was once again sitting in the living room watching TV when I heard her come up behind the couch. She had on her blue pajama pants with white clouds on them there were a little big on her and her white 'McFly' shirt that was also a few sizes to big. Her hair was a curly mess because normally she straightened it when she got up. I looked at her eyes and they looked tired and still a little red from crying. Even though the room was a nice 75 degrees she stood there with her arms wrapped tightly around her. I shot her a small smile and she smiled lightly back at me.
"Hey sleepyhead, how are you feeling this morning?" She shifted a little and looked out the window. It was raining outside and that made her groan a little. After a couple seconds of staring out the window she looked back at me.
"I'm hungry." My face broke out into a huge grin and I jumped up from the couch.
"You just sit down here and I'll go fix us something to eat." She nodded her head and walked around to the other side of the couch. I started in towards the kitchen.
"Tonya," Eli called out when I got a few steps away. I turned to look at her. She smiled at me, "Thanks."
"No problem." I replied before walking into the kitchen.
A few hours later we had finished eating and Eli had showered and was back to her old self. Well almost her old self. She still had to call Harry.
"Um Eli?" I said standing in her doorway. She had just finished straightening her hair and was now staring at something on her desk. When I called her name she jumped and turned to me quickly. "Gia said you were going to call Harry today. Have you done that yet?" Her eyebrows narrowed slightly and she looked at the floor. I was afraid I'd upset her again, but she looked back up at me a moment later.
"No, I haven't called him yet. I've just been trying to get up the nerve to call him."
"You can do it Eli. You two belong together and I know you're in love."
"I know, I do love him."
"Do you want me to get you the phone?" I asked. She looked at me and nodded slowly.
"Would you please?" I turned and walked out into the living room and picked up the phone. As I was on my way back to Eli's room I heard a knock on the door. I stopped and looked at the door wondering who it could possibly be and went to answer it.
I flung the door open to find Harry standing there. His hair was a mess and it looked like he hadn't shaved in days. He looked like he had been crying the past four days and I didn't doubt that he had. He moved his gaze from the floor up to look me in the eyes and I saw the emptiness in them. I felt really bad for him. Just as I opened my mouth to speak, he cut me off.
"Please Tonya, I need to talk to Eli." His voice was firm, a lot firmer than I thought it would be by looking at him but it had a hid of sadness and tiredness in it.
I looked back at him and realized his shoulders slumped forward like a broken man. I wanted to pull him inside and give him a big hug, but before I could say or do anything a voice spoke from behind me.
"Who's at the door Tonya." I turned quickly to see Eli standing there staring at me confused. I looked from her and back to Harry to see his face light up. I opened my mouth to speak but Harry pushed past me and into the room. Eli's eyes widened once she saw him, and Harry stopped and stared back at her.
"I can't do this Eli. I can't go another day without you. I don't want to be broken up. No, I won't be broken up. I love you too much to let something like this come between us. I'm not going anywhere and I'm not letting you push me away."
Eli stood and watched him speak. He was firm in his words and I knew he wouldn't go without a fight. Tears began to form in Eli's eyes and her bottom lip quivered. I expected her to maybe yell; I don't know why. Maybe it was because of the look in her eyes. However she just stood there and stared at Harry. They both looked at each other; tears were streaming down Eli's face as tears began to form in Harry's eyes. I felt so bad for the both of them. I knew they were so in love. Our phone bill for the six months the guys were away proved how much the loved one another.
The room was silent as they stared at one another. I stood by the door silently watching them, afraid to move. Then when I couldn't take the silence anymore, Eli let out a loud sob and ran towards Harry. He opened his arms widely and enveloped her into a hug. She cried into his shoulder as he stroked her hair and kissed the top of her head.
"I love you too Harry. I can't go on without you. I should never have said that I didn't want to be with you."
"Shh…shh it's alright. Calm down baby." Harry soothed. I watched them, still not moving. The scene in front of me made my eyes tear up slightly, but I blinked them away and smiled.
Eli pulled away from Harry and planted her lips firmly on his. He kissed her back, holding her to him tightly. Finally, when I thought they had no air left, the pulled apart, leaning their foreheads together.
"So does this mean the engagement's back on?" Harry smiled. Eli nodded her head and kissed him again. They kissed for quite some time again and I began to feel uncomfortable so I cleared my throat, startling the pair. They pulled apart and turned to look at me; Eli blushing and Harry smirking.
"So, uh does this mean we can visit the guys again?" I asked hopeful.
Eli and Harry laughed and Eli nodded her head yes. I squealed and turned on the phone. "I have to call Dougie!" I said before running to my room, leaving Eli and Harry in the living room to make out.