Angel Face

Chapter Twenty

5th March 2014

Harper

It had been a crazy few weeks, with the media catching wind of me and Harry they hadn't left us alone, at all.

I was finding it difficult to even go anywhere with him.

More and more girls were coming into the shop, or they'd wait for me to leave and basically follow me to the tube station. I didn't mind the girls stopping to say hi, but when they started taking videos, photos and following me, I had to draw the line.

Another issue occurred when someone took a photo of Sienna and posted it online without my permission, Harry dealt with it and the photo was quickly removed but it was scary what could happen in this world.

Up until now I've always lived in a bubble, a small ignorant bubble. I don't know the latest trends or the top 40 music hits, I don't idolise Kim Kardashian or tweet what I'm having for lunch - I don't even use twitter.

But now, now my eyes were open. Now I have a greater understanding of how this whole fame thing kind of worked.

Julianna, my boss and the owner of the shop had called me into her office. It was very rare that she was even at the shop, so to ask for a meeting was a little intimidating.

"I understand that your new relationship is not so.. private," Julianna started.

"My relationship? I.. Harry and I are good friends, I wouldn't say more as of yet."

"As of yet," Julianna repeated. "Which is what worries me,"

I frown not understanding.

"I don't want you to become scolded by this whole concept of fame, it isn't fun in the slightest."

I nod. "I'm not changing, I'm not becoming famous, I just hang out with someone who is."

"And I understand that, but we constantly have people coming in and disrupting. This is a high brow business Harper, and I can't have clients thinking 13 years are buying the label."

"Oh,"

"I'm just saying that you'll be on a sort of.. probation for now,"

"Probation? Why? I haven't done anything-"

"It's for your own good. If your work keeps getting affected, there might not be any other alternative than to letting you go,"

I felt my eyes sting but I refused to cry. I'm not going to cry in front of a woman who thinks so little of my worth. I was causing this.

"Thank you Julianna but, you won't need to put me on probation because I quit. This is my weeks notice," I stand up as Julianna's jaw drops and walk over to her door, opening and closing it and walking to the toilet so no one sees me cry.

I've just handed in my weeks notice, why the hell would I do that?! I'm so careless, how am I going to provide for Sienna and I now? Do I just go and ask for my job back or..

My phone starts to ring and I smile through my tears as I see it's Harry.
"Hi,"

"Woah, hello? What's the matter?"

I sniffle, "I quit my job,"

"You what? Why?"

I begin to cry again and I think Harry realised because I don't speak for a few minutes or so.

"Hey don't cry, please don't cry. I'll pick you up after work, then we can fetch Sienna and have pizza at my place yeah? You two can sleep over if you want, I won't make you have a Winnie the Pooh pillow,"