Chapter 48
Amy's POV
"Amy, ¿sabes a qué hora llegarán Klaus y Jade? Le dije 6 pero realmente no parecía muy interesado en lo que le estaba diciendo (Amy do you know what time Klaus and Jade will be getting here? I did tell him 6 but he didn't really seem very interested in what I was saying to him)" I hear my Mom ask as she sets up the dining room table. I sit on the counter behind Harry as he stands in between my legs with his back to me as I drape my arms loosely around his neck. Rain, My Dad, My Mom, Elijah and his girl friend Amelia were all stood round the kitchen with us as we waited for Klaus and Jade to get here. I have to admit I was nervous to see Klaus but I knew it had to be done.
"No mamá, no he hablado con él. Jade dijo que estaban llegando (No mom, I haven't spoken to him. Jade said they were coming though)" I say and she nods.
"What did she say?" Harry whispers as he turns his head to look at me.
"She was asking what time Klaus and Jade were coming" I tell him leaning down a little, his curls brushing my cheek slightly.
"Oh" he hums before turning back to look at everyone else.
"Are you nervous?" I ask him causing him to spin around in my grasp. He places his hands on my thighs as he looks at me. Still I was smaller than him sat on the counter only by a little.
"Are you?" He fires back raising an eyebrow as he smiles slightly.
"A little" I shrug and he nods.
"Me too" he admits.
"You don't need to worry, if he's pissed at anyone it's gonna be me" he sighs looking down at little. It made me upset that Harry was getting this down about things with Klaus. I just wanted this to be over for him. I wanted Klaus to move on. I wanted him to have his best friend back.
"It takes two to make this kind of mess" I say but he shakes his head.
"I know but you kinda get a free pass cause your family, I don't" he says and I sigh. It was kinda true but I wasn't going to admit that. Klaus was stubborn but I was family and he was bound to stay angry with Harry over me just because that would probably be easier for him. I didn't want to tell Harry that though. I wanted to comfort him and try to reassure him even if it wasn't true.
"That's not true-"
"Hello? Oh hi guys" I'm cut off by the sound of Jades voice ring through the hallway and then into the kitchen. I feel my heart skip a beat when she speaks and I know Harry probably was just the same. I let go of him and he turned himself round to face everyone. I see Jade in the cute little baby pink dress on like she did before, her little bump slowly starting to appear making it seem all the more real. My Mom goes over to her instantly along with my Dad as they both engulf her into a small hug just as I see Klaus walk in.
His eyes immediately catch my own, I expect him to say something but he doesn't. He just looks away. He acts like we don't exist. I didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. I watch as Klaus goes over to Elijah, Amelia and Rain greeting them before my parents as Jade comes over to us as Klaus talks to my parents.
"Please ignore him, he's being so childish about this whole thing he won't even talk to me about it- I tried, I'm sorry" she apologies as she gives Harry a small hug.
"Thank you, you did your best don't worry about it. We can handle it from here" I tell her as I jump down from the counter engulfing her in a big hug. I appreciated her efforts with Klaus even if they turned out to be no use. She cared and I couldn't ask for anything more.
"Okay now you guys are here, let's have dinner we don't want it to get cold" My Mom says to everyone as she gestured towards the table. Jade goes over to Klaus whispering something to him that he rolls his eyes at before he pulls the chair out for her to sit on, before sitting down beside her. Rain takes her seat opposite Amelia and Elijah sits beside Jade leaving our only option to be opposite Klaus and Jade. I decide to suck it up and step in front of Harry who seems to be awfully hesitant before walking over and taking the seat in front of Klaus as Harry sits beside me. No words are exchanged or awkward eye contact made as we sit and wait for my Dad and Mom to put the food out. My Dad then takes a seat at the end of the table beside me as my Mom does the same on the opposite end of the table.
"I hope you all like it, I tried my hardest" My Mom says as she raises her glass of wine. I pick up my glass of water as everyone else does the same thanking my Mom and complimenting her spread. To say this dinner was awkward was a complete understatement. I literally wanted to crawl up in ball and die. I couldn't imagine how Harry felt. I could tell he was off because he was quiet. He hadn't spoken a word since he thanked my parents for the dinner. I felt bad. I knew Jade did too. Klaus wasn't even looking up from the table and Harry was doing everything he could to avoid him too. I placed my hand on Harry's thigh under the table reassuringly causing him to glance at me, I smile at him sympathetically and he does the same.
"So Jade anymore news about the baby?" My Mom asks Jade as she moves on from her conversation with Amelia about her new job as a manager. Amelia was amazing, I really liked her and I could tell the rest of my family did too.
"Um no, I have a scan in two weeks which we are able to find out the babies gender-"
"That's amazing sweetheart, do you want to what it is?" My Dad smiles at her as do I making her cheeks warm up a little. I knew Jade would be a great Mom. I just couldn't be happier for her right now, we were in a good place and I was happy.
"Uh we haven't really talked about it yet" She says awkwardly as she looks down at her plate. My eyes glance over to Klaus who doesn't even engage in the conversation at all as he stares down at his plate. I could tell he was angry because he was quiet. He was really angry and that was the worrying part. Klaus usually shouted and screamed when he was angry but when he was fuming he would go quiet and then explode after a while and I knew that was probably what we were gonna get. I think Harry knew that exact same thing.
"I think surprises are much better it makes your pregnancy seem all the more exciting you know?" My Mom says and Jade nods.
"I can imagine" she smiles back at her as the conversation dies down for a second.
"So Amy, how is your job at the bar going?" My Dad asks me.
"Oh it's good" I reply briefly.
"Do you still have time to hang out with your friends and stuff?" My Mom asks and I nod.
"Oh yeah, my shifts are good so I can balance my classes, job and my social life at the same time-"
"Aren't you forgetting my best friend too?" Klaus cuts me off instantly causing me to across to him. He stares at me with no emotion on his face at all.
"Klaus" My Mom warns him sternly.
"What? I'm just saying" he says as his eyes flicker from me to Harry briefly.
"It's fine" I sigh just as I feel Harry place his hand over mine under the table squeezing it briefly before letting go.
"Is it? Are you both actually going to sit there like nothing has happened?" He raises his voice a little clearly angry still by the way things were being handled.
"Nicklaus do not raise your voice at the dinner table" My Mom warms him giving him a stern look.
"I'm sorry Mom but can you blame me?" He sighs gesturing to be both of us.
"What the hell am I missing?" Elijah says causing Amelia to nudge him to shut up.
"You two have some fucking nerve actually coming here, don't you think last night was enough? I can't take much more of this" Klaus snaps as I see him getting worked up about the whole thing.
"Klaus I'm sorry-" Harry tries to say but to no avail.
"But the thing is your not sorry. If you were sorry, you wouldn't have gone after her last night" klaus says causing Harry to frown.
"That is not fair-"
"No it is fair. You should never have gone near each other in the first place" he yells at the both of us.
"Don't do this right now" Jade begs him but he brushes her off quickly.
"Just tell me one thing-" he pauses looking us both dead in the eye.
"Do you actually think for a second that this is going to work? Like seriously? You think he's going to fall for you and your gonna live happily ever after? It's not how it Fucking works-"
"If you'll excuse me" Harry cuts him off standing up from the table quickly. He was hurt, he wasn't angry I could see it on his face. Klaus hurt him and didn't think twice about doing it. He didn't believe we actually had something and that's why he was taking it all out on us.
"Harry..." I try to stop him but he was already walking away. The room falls silent as the front door slams shut making me sigh. I stand up from the table as Klaus leans back in his chair.
"You know you don't need to be that harsh on him Klaus, he literally loves you like a brother and your not even giving him a chance to explain himself? All he wanted to do was tell you this whole time about us and I stopped him because I was scared of what would happen. It wasn't him! He respected what I wanted because he cares about me even if that meant doing the wrong thing. You know him better than most people and yet your acting like you don't know him at all. If he had it his way you would of known from day one, so please fucking stop making the situation worse and try to understand for just one second, just like I did with you because you at least owe that" I snap at him being as honest as I could before deciding to follow after Harry. Klaus needed to know the truth and I told him. He listened. But god knows if he actually heard what I was saying. He just stared blankly at me the whole time. I sigh before walking away from the table after shaking my head at him. I walk down the long corridor following where Harry had went before opening the front door. I stepped out onto the porch looking from left to right before I found him sat on the porch swing as the side of the house. I shut the door behind me before slowly making my way over to him as he didn't even acknowledge my presence.
"Hey... I would ask if your okay but I think that would be pretty stupid" I say as I walk over to him. He doesn't even turn his head to look at me. He just stares down at his hands as he plays with the ring on his finger. I sit down on the bench next to him putting my hand over his hand causing him to look up at me briefly.
"He hates me, more then I actually thought he would" he sighs and I literally could feel a pang of guilt and hurt hit me in my chest as he spoke.
"He's just angry-"
"I would be if I thought he was fucking my sister" he says cutting me off completely. I hated that he used that term but I knew that he didn't mean it.
"Harry don't say that" I try to say but it seems to come out as a whisper as I lean my cheek against his shoulder looking at him.
"Why not? It's true! That's how he sees us. I just can't actually believe that he thinks that low of me" he sighs as he looks away from me.
"I know, I can't imagine how that feels but I don't think that low of you. I actually think your the most caring and respectful person I've ever met. This whole time you were the one pushing to tell Klaus about us and I was the one saying no. I'm so sorry I put you in this position Harry I didn't realise it would turn this bad-" I try to apologise for my role in this whole situation but he instantly frowns looking at me.
"What? No, stop that isn't true don't blame yourself-"
"But it was me! I was the one who kept pushing and pushing to keep this all on the quiet, I was the one being selfish. I didn't think of what the consequences would be for either of us and now look where we are. I've ruined your friendship with him and my own without a second glance- don't you get that?" I say as I move away from him getting up off the swing and running a hand through my hair in frustration which I had picked up from Harry. Shows just how much time I had been spending with him.
"I played a part in this two don't you get that? Don't blame yourself for something we both did" he fires back as he stands up coming towards me.
"Yeah but the difference is that you were trying to do the right thing and I wasn't and now it's been turned around on you like you were pulling all the strings" I say as I lean back on the wooden banister as he comes towards me.
"But I could of told him and I didn't, that was my decision not yours" he says as he now stands directly in front of me.
"I don't blame you for any of this so stop blaming yourself" he says softly as he wraps his arms round my waist. I place my hands on his chest as I try to process everything for a second.
"But-"
"But what? The damage has been done, we can't dwell on that forever" he says as I look up at him my gaze meeting his own comforting me further.
"I love you and he isn't going to change that" he says almost breathlessly making me smile.
"But your friendship-"
"That's in his hands now. If he really was my best friend I'm sure he will find some way of accepting this because if I know him like I think I do, he wouldn't throw that away" he says and I smile at him in admiration. Through all of this he was full putting his faith into his friendship with Klaus and I admired that.
"You have an awful lot of trust in him to say he just outed you in front of my whole family" I say and he just shrugs.
"It was bound to happen, I'm just surprised he kept his mouth shut that long" he laughs lightly causing me to smile. I go to push him off me and head over to the bench but I'm instantly spun around before I feel his lips press to mine. I felt my whole body relax as he kissed me, his hand tangling in the back on my hair as he cupped my face with the other. I smile into the kiss laughing lightly before he pulls away.
"You know you keep on surprising me, over and over again" I say as pull back slightly from him.
"I mean I know I'm good in bed but god you don't need to go on about it-"
"Harry! I'm trying to be open with you!" I hit him on arm as he ruins the moment once again with his crude comments and cheeky grin on his face.
"I'm sorry I just can't help it sometimes, what were you saying?" He laughs as I feel him grab my bum cheekily.
"I was saying that you keep on surprising me, just like the little things you do and say surprise me. Like you care about people and their feelings pretty much all the time even Klaus, I just ever really expected it from you" I say as I sit down on the bench with him.
"Well you keep on surprising me, I mean with your shit taste in music that seems to keep getting progressively worse every time I hear you play something and your porn moves in bed- how can a guy not be surprised?" He smirks and I roll my eyes.
"I actually hate you"
"I really don't think you do Mrs 'Oh Harry... Fuck.." he mocks me try to do an impression of me in bed clearly making my cheeks go a little red.
"I do not sound like that" I glare at him as he laughs.
"Whatever you say babe, but I think I would know when you screaming into my ear" he says and my head instantly falls into my hands in embarrassment.
"Oh my- Stop!"
"Don't worry, I like it- feels good hearing you scream my name" He says as he places his hand on my inner thigh as he looks at me with a smirk on his face.
"If your trying to seduce me your not doing very well" I say as I push his hand off me causing him to laugh lightly.
"I don't need to try to seduce you, you know I don't" he says cockily causing me to roll my eyes.
"You know your so bipolar, one minute you were literally in full panic mode over your friendship with Klaus and now your being all sexy and playing games I just don't get it" I say to him and he just shrugs putting his arm up behind me.
"I'm trying to just distract myself from this whole situation and your my distraction" he says as he takes my hand in his. I frown not really understanding.
"But I don't want to be just a distraction-" I say and he cuts me off.
"That's not what I-"
"How else did you mean it?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"I just-"
"Is everything alright out here?" My Moms voice interrupts us causing him to let go of my hand.
"Yeah Mom we're fine" I say as I look down at my hands. She nods pausing for a second before she shuts the door.
"Can I give you guys some advice?" She asks and I mentally want to scream no at her but I don't.
"Keep doing what your doing, your not wrong. When you get a feeling about someone like you to have run with it or you'll regret it and think what if, at some point in your life. Klaus' behaviour tonight was embarrassing and I'm sorry Harry, I will be having s word with him about it because I do not tolerate him treating family like that" she says as she now crouches down to both of our level looking us in the eye.
"It's fine I deserved it-" Harry says and she shakes her head cutting him off.
"Whether or not you did still doesn't make it acceptable, and I do beg to differ" she says and I smile lightly. She believed in us when no one else really did and I loved her for that.
"I couldn't think of anyone else better suited to my daughter, don't you forget that" she says to Harry as places her hand on his knee briefly before standing back up.
"Are you two coming back inside?" She asks.
"We'll follow you in, thanks Mom" I say and she nods smiling at the both of us before heading inside. We both sit in silence for a second as we take in everything and I enjoyed just sitting in silence with Harry being alone together. Even if it was just for a second.
"Your Mum definitely fancies me" he breaks the silence before laughing.
"Oh my god!- come on" I shout in disbelief as he laughs loudly at my reaction. I grab his arm pulling him back into the house as he tries not laugh at the fact he hit a nerve. Pushing my buttons once again.