Paige’s POV
I watched Charlotte walk down the hall feeling bad that I had forgotten to cancel our plans. It was hard though because my plans for that day had changed so much. Originally, I was going to go out with Harry. After finding out that Charlotte liked him though, I was going to call and cancel but he had already beaten me to the chase. That was completely fine with me; it’s not like I would be sitting by the phone waiting for him to call me back. I really don’t think he would anyway if he was serious with Charlotte. It seemed that he was too because why else would he have canceled?
So after Harry canceled late Monday night, I texted Charlotte right away, asking her to hang out. I wanted to spend some time with her because I really didn’t want to go out to a club or anything and I knew with her we would just curl up on the couch and maybe watch a movie.
Then this morning, I had gotten a text from Niall just saying hey. We got to talking and then one thing led to another and I invited him over; not realizing he was the guy from the train. I was a little surprised to see him standing there when I opened the front door but he didn’t seem to remember so I wasn’t going to be one to dwell on the past. By that time, I had completely forgotten to tell Charlotte and didn’t even think about her until she was at my door.
Niall and I went back inside and resumed our positions on the couch. “She’s a really sweet girl.” Niall smiled at me referring to my best friend.
“Yeah, she is the best. Just love her to death!” I couldn’t help but picture her laughing face in my mind.
“I sure hope that Harry doesn’t screw it up with her.”
My insides began to knot just at the mention of his name. I hadn’t told Charlotte about what happened and I wasn't planning on it. But just because I stopped seeing him didn’t mean I felt any less guilty. If anything, I felt more. I was hiding something from her, but telling her would only hurt her. Sometimes it is best to keep the truth from the people you love the most.
“Yeah, I sure hope so too.” Since I had Niall here, I thought it would be the best way to get some information out of somebody close to Harry so I could know if he would actually break her heart or not. “Has Harry ever really had a serious girlfriend since the band started?”
“Well he dated Caroline for three months. It lasted a lot longer than any of us thought considering the age difference.”
“Oh,” was all I managed.
“He isn’t a bad guy at all, I swear. He’s just young and wants to have some fun but I think if he truly did like somebody, that he wouldn’t fool around with anybody else. He isn’t the guy everybody makes him out to be.”
“I see. It’s just that,” I wasn’t exactly sure where I was going with this, “Charlotte is my closest friend. I would never want to see here get hurt.” Especially because of me, I added under my breath.
“What was that last part?” Niall looked at me slightly confused.
Guess I’m not as quiet as I thought I was. “What? Oh nothing,” I tried to cover up but failed miserably.
“Really, ‘cause it sounded like you said ‘Especially because of me.’ Why would it be because of you? What did you do?”
“I didn’t do anything,” I managed to get out while I looked at his blonde locks instead of his blue eyes.
“You know Paige, you aren’t a very good liar.”
“You know Niall, you aren’t very good at minding your own business,” I mimicked back in my failed attempt of an Irish accent back.
“Seriously though, what happened?”
Even though I couldn’t tell Char, it would still be good to let somebody know what was going on inside my head. It isn’t like Niall and I would ever seriously go out so I didn’t have to worry about him thinking I was some slag. Yeah he was very hot, but I only really got a friend vibe from him.
“I slept with Harry. Twice.” I was still looking at Niall’s quiff the whole time. Not able to take in what his eyes would show.
“Oh, and I’m assuming Charlotte doesn’t know about this.”
“No! I just told my absolute best friend in the world that the guy she might actually start to care about slept with me.” I couldn't help the sharp edge of my voice or the heavy amount of sarcasm that coated my tone.
“When did it happen?” Niall questioned disregarding tone of voice.
I thought back. “Well both were before she ever even told me about him. The first time was before their first date, and the second time was after, according to when she says they first went out. Which would actually make the second time the night of their first date. Dear God why am I such a screwed up friend?” I literally felt like the guilt was starting to eat itself inside of me and began to pop out of my mouth in the form of the dramatic whiny voice I picked up near the end of my sentence.
“So then really, you don’t have a problem at all then. Just don’t let her find out.” I couldn’t help but feel slightly shocked at how straight forward Niall was being.
“Uh, yeah.” Was all I could brilliantly come up with.
“Look, you and Charlotte seem really close, do you want to ruin your friendship because of something you did. It’s not like they were together and it’s not like you did it out of spite or anything.”
“That’s true.”
“So then, just don’t stress over it. You’re doing the right thing by not telling her.”
“Are you sure Niall?” I couldn’t help but still feel worried even though it was extremely less than what I had felt only 30 seconds ago.
“Yeah, I’m sure.”
“Thanks Niall, you're a good listener.”
“Well what can I say?” he questioned with a smirk. “That’s why the ladies love me!”
I cracked up. “Don’t get a big head now. Your quiff is already high enough.”
“Hey!” Niall faked hurt in his voice. “That wasn’t very nice of you.”
Before I could come up with some other witty remark, my phone went off signaling I had an alert.
I pulled the phone out of my pocket and unlocked the screen. The little icon for my emails had a 1 at the top right corner. Clicking on the icon a new email pulled up from my magazine subscriber. I opened up the email and read the small sentence at the top: Don’t forget to pick up your copy today! Get the latest scoop on One Direction Star Harry Style’s love life!
There was just no escaping this boy. The link at the bottom of the email was to the magazines website giving a preview of this week’s front cover. Clicking on it, I waited for it to load. Finally the website pulled up and I gasped at the picture on the front cover. There I was, leaning against Harry walking back to his place the second night we met up together. The picture was blurry but I knew it was me because after all, I was there when it was taken, although I hadn’t known that at the time. I didn’t know what to do.
Before I could take down the link though, Niall was up and behind me glancing over my shoulder looking at what had made me gasp.
“Let me guess, that’s you?” He asked me although it was obvious what the answer would be.
“Yep that’s me. And if Charlotte sees this I am screwed!” I couldn’t contain myself and let out a little wail of frustration as I kicked my legs up in the air.
“Don’t worry I don’t think she will be able to tell it’s you though, the picture is all fuzzy and I only said you because well, why else would you gasp right?”
“That may be true, but I need to handle this like now!”
With that, I sat up straight and exited out of the window on my phone. I pulled up my contacts, and stopped scrolling when I found the one I wanted. I clicked it and held the phone up to my ear. After a few ring I heard a deep voice slowly say. “Hi! Sorry I couldn’t answer the phone, but if you leave a message, I might be able to call you back. Bye!”
I waited for the beep before leaving my message. “Hi Harry, it’s Paige. We need to talk now. Call me when you get this.” I didn’t even say goodbye as I clicked end on my screen.
“What did you just do?” Niall looked over to me. There was a slight amount of worry in his eyes.
“I just need to talk to him and make sure that he doesn’t hurt her. I want him to know that if he does, I will personally rip out his vocal chords so he can never sing again.”
“Woah isn’t that a little extreme?” Niall asked me amusedly.
“Maybe, but it need to be done.”
A/N: Sorry this was sucky but I felt like I needed to update. Don't forget to vote, comment and fan!