Part Of My World | H.S.

I'm sorry by the way

"I've only been in New York for a week, for press and stuff. The two of us actually just finished taping The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon", I explained to him, tightening my own grip around Harry's hand. I thought instead of awkwardly telling Joe that we were indeed together, a thing that he had suspected already, I could just show it, with decency. At the mentioning of the phrasing the two of us, Joe couldn't really help but look back at the guy's whose hand I was squeezing. "I believe you two haven't met yet. Joe, this is Harry, my co-star, as you already know I suppose, and Harry, this is Joe, my former co-star, as you already know too. "

"Nice to meet you", Joe said to Harry, stretching his hand out him for him to shake. I felt like I was watching two animals meet for the first time, like when you buy a new cat and introduce it to the other one. You never know how it goes or how either of will react, but what I did know for sure was that both of them weren't that kind of man to execute toxic male behavior. If so, they were probably just scared of each other, like cats. They were both too kind to hiss or extend their claws. "Apparently we already know a lot about each other."

"Not enough though", Harry replied sarcasticly, accepting his hand shake and I breathed out a sigh of relief. His remark, even if it was meant as a joke, still earned him a nudge in the side from me, which Joe laughed about, so I guess everything went well. Although I hadn't contacted Joe in the last time, I wanted us to be friends again, as if nothing ever happened, and now that they talked I was hopeful that that could be possible. Following my warning, Harry even cleared his throat and put on a genuine smile. "Nice to meet you too."

"Hey, what are you doing this evening? We were gonna meet up with Isabella, Tommy and Cedar. You remember him, right?", I asked Joe and he nodded in confirmation. I figured if I wanted rekindle my friendship with him, I might as well invite him to spend time with us. Joe had always been very social, more social than me and I though if Cedar was gonna be there too, neither of them were gonna third wheel around us two couples. Harry didn't seem to be against the idea either, at least that how I initially interpreted his hand squeeze. "You could join us for dinner."

"Well, I've just finished an audition and got no plans left, but are you sure you want me there?", he asked and now I was the one aggressively nodding in confirmation. His question though to have been directed rather at Harry than at me though, so I nudged him in the side once again to elicit a nod for him as well. Harry chuckled, knowing that he probably had no other choice than to agree. In addition, his team on the opposite sidewalk was starting to get slightly impatient, watching our small talk while about a hundred fans were just around the corner. "Alright, then I'm in!"

"Awesome! We'll meet you there in twenty minutes then", I told Joe in order to end our conversation that would later be continued at dinner anyway. I would have asked him to join us on our ride to the restaurant as well, but I didn't want to overstress Harry's kindness and understanding. Originally he had come to New York to spend time with me and not with my friends, but this was what you get when dating me. Besides, I knew Harry's friends were as important to him too. I just needed to explain to him what happened between Joe and me.

Harry and I made our was back to the other side of the nearly empty street and were more or less shoved into the backseat of the car and left alone with the driver. I went in first and took a seat by the window that allowed me to catch a glimpse of the Joe we left behind, wondering if this had been awkward to him. Harry, who climbed into the seat next to me, caught me watching him and his facial expression turned into 2015 long haired Harry with the furrowed brows. "So I was right all along!", he said the second the door of the SUV was closed on us. He didn't sound angy though, more so like he was a detective who had just cracked a case. "There was something going on between the two of you!"