Harry's POV
I was taking Violet, Jace and Bella to dinner tonight.
It was in honor of Violet's first day at her job. I offered, and much to my surprise, she accepted.
So here we were, Bella next to me, while Jace and Violet sat in front of us.
"So," Jace smiled at Violet, causing a bubble of jealousy to rise up in me when he placed his hand on hers, "hows our lawyer doing?"
He was supposed to be a dick.
"Good," she replied. Bella looked at her and then smiled at me, leaning over to rest her head on my shoulder.
"Babe," she hummed. I looked at her.
"What?"
"Gucci is having a show next week," she whispered, causing me to sigh, "can we go?"
I sighed and looked at Jace and Violet, who were seemingly deep in a conversation about video games and old movies. I envied them. It had been so long since I had actually hung out with a female other than Bella and actually liked the conversations we had, mainly because it wasn't about fashion.
That's one of the reasons why I liked being with Vi so much. She made me happy. Really happy. When I was with her, I wasn't the Harry that was so caught up in which model he had to hire next. I was the Harry that was waiting for the next Avengers movie, or wanting to watch Bambi again for old time's sake.
"We'll see," I mumbled, resulting in a whine from Bella, "I have to check my schedule."
She sighed and nodded.
"So, how's the newly engaged couple doing?" Jace asked, swinging an arm around Violet's chair. She glanced at me and looked down at her plate, smiling softly when Jace brushed his fingers along her arm. I clenched my jaw and looked at Jace with a hard smile.
"Great," I managed to squeak out. Bella laughed.
"Great?" she laughed, "oh, we're fabulous! We've yet to tell his family, but I can already tell they'll be excited! Even your two friends, Neil and Daniel?"
"Niall and Dave," Violet spoke up, for the first time since we've been here. The table went silent as we all looked at her. I felt a small smile making its way onto my face as I looked at her. Bella scoffed and glared at her.
"Excuse me?"
"Those two friends you're talking about?" she suddenly retorted, sitting up straighter, "their names are Dave and Niall. If you're going to marry Harry then I'd suggest getting to know his family a bit first before you actually get to know his wallet. But it seems to me that that's already happened."
I widened my eyes and smirked as I looked away from the two women at Jace. He had the same expression on his face, and we both whistled and looked away and out into the restaurant, not wanting to be dragged into the argument.
"How dare you speak to me like that?" Bella gasped. I kept my gaze locked on a fish tank in the far distance as I listened in, smirking as I noticed that the girls had gotten too caught up in their little verbal duel to notice Jace and I zoning out.
"How dare I speak to you like that? How dare you speak about my friends so carelessly. If you even cared a bit about how Harry's life fit in to yours, you'd take the time to get to know them," she snapped. Bella scoffed and turned to me and I grimaced.
"Harry, do something," she gaped, placing her newly manicured fingers on my arm. I sighed and looked at Violet who was looking at me pointedly. I sighed and looked to Bella.
"She's...she's right Bells," I murmured, surprising all of us, "you have to be more considerate to the people in my life. That includes Dave and Niall...and Violet."
"You're kidding?" she laughed, "it was just a little mistake. So what I forgot their names! You forget my parents names all the time."
I squinted at her, "your mother's name is Patricia Turnbull and your father is Mark Turnbull."
She looked at me surprisingly shocked that I'd even managed to remember, I guess and I smiled weakly. I felt a bit saddened by the fact that I had spent such a long time with this girl and she didn't even care enough to familiarize herself with my family's names and stuff. It's not that hard.
It made me wonder about whether or not marrying her would be the right decision in the first place. Granted, the fight between Violet and I had fueled the urgency, but overall...
would marrying Bella be right? Would I be happy with someone like her?
"We're going to be married, Bells," I murmured, slowly peeling her hand off of my arm, "at least try to know something about my life?"
I didn't wait for her response, nor did I want to be in that room any longer than I had to be, so I quietly excused myself and walked away from my table to the foyer of the restaurant. I sighed as I looked outside and saw the Paparazzi waiting for us, ready with their cameras for whenever we'd exit.
Tears made their way to my eye as I thought of Bella and what just happened.
I know I didn't deserve it, based on how I had acted these past few days, but regardless, when you're in a relationship, you want the other person to put in just as much effort as you do. But for Bella? It seems as though the only thing that's good for her is my wallet and sex.
It's just a shame I had just realized it.
"You okay?"
I turned around to find Violet approaching me, hesitantly. I sniffled and nodded.
"I'll be fine," I smiled, my vision blurring. Violet stepped towards me, and grabbed my hand.
"You sure?"
I felt my chin wobble and I shook my head. She sighed and pulled me towards her and I wrapped my arms around her in a hug.
I was so tired of being used for my money and my "fame." I just wanted a break. I wanted to be with someone who knew me for me...someone who actually wanted to know my family and the things I liked to eat and don't like to eat. Someone who understood me. Someone who loved me for me.
Not Bella.
"I'm sorry," I breathed as I sobbed into her shoulder. Violet shushed me and hugged me tighter. She was significantly shorter than me so her head came to rest under my chin, and I had to tuck my hand right next to hers and stoop down a tad.
"No matter what happens between us," she whispered, brushing my back soothingly, "I'm always going to be your best friend and you'll always be mine. Nothing will change that, I promise."
I nodded and closed my eyes against her, squeezing her to me as I sighed.
We stood there for a few moments until the sound of a camera flash going off caused us to break apart.
We looked to the windows of the restaurant and saw a Paparazzi had taken a picture and was about to take another. So I grabbed Violet's hand and led her back inside to our table. We sat down and Jace smiled at me and Bella looked at me sadly.
"I'm sorry, baby," she apologized, "I do love you."
"I'm sure you do," I mumbled. Jace chuckled and Violet smacked his arm as he shook his head, snickering. The scene caused me to smirk a bit and Bella scoffed.
"Whatever," she dismissed, grabbing her purse and making her way out, "call me when you're less pissy."
I didn't even watch her walk away.
"So," Jace said, looking at us, "should we take her food to go, or?"
I looked at Violet who smiled at me and we all burst out in laughter.
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Sorry for the super late update! I'm just busy with school and life is just hard rn.
But I hope this chapter made you smile in some way, during the end lol.
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