Before we start, let's appreciate Jade and King O'Holi
His birthday post for Jade got me realised my friends really ain't shit (but I still love them anyway.)
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"Hey," Harry jogged to Jade's side once she's off the stage.
"Hey," she greeted back, accepting the towel a crew handed out to her to wipe away her sweat.
"Any plans for tonight?" Harry followed as Jade started walking slowly.
"I don't think so, I'm gonna crash at the bus. I think I will make myself miserable since Sam said we only have two hours before we hit the road again." Jade removed her microphone.
"Liam asked me to eat dinner with him but I think he was trying to make me a third wheel."
"Really? Jesy asked me to accompany too," Jade chuckled, thinking how awkward it will be if she and Harry joined Liam and Jesy.
"They're trying not to make it obvious that they're going on a date right?"
"Wasn't that obvious enough?" Jade winked at Harry, as he felt his pulse rate border lining tachycardia.
"You got any plans?"
"Louis and Niall are checking out some local pubs, but I decided not to join. I'm expecting a call from my label." Jade faced Harry and caught him rolling his eyes.
"I'll see you in the bus then," Jade stopped in front of her dressing room, "Bye Harry."
"Bye." Harry can't help but feel disappointed in his cowardice. He was meaning to ask her out for dinner but had chickened out instead. He sighed and turned to the other direction so that he could wash up before boarding the bus.
When Harry entered the bus, he found that the first level was empty. He knows that Sam is currently on the other bus, talking to the team while Louis and Niall are enjoying themselves in a pub. Jesy and Liam are on a date, friendly one they had insisted, meaning Jade, Leigh-Anne and Perrie should be somewhere here. Besides, Jade had told him she isn't in the mood to go out. Harry climbed the stairs and true enough, he was greeted by three girls lounging around the couch. Jade was watching X-Factor though she scoffs every time Simon Cowell appears on stage. Perrie was making some cryptic comment about Simon though her hand is gripping her phone near her while Leigh-Anne was already on the phone.
"Hi Harry," Jade signalled him to space beside her.
Leigh-Anne who was on the speaker with Andre, narrowed her eyes at him, then walking down to her bunk since she knows she tends to overshare information through the phone.
"Hey, so does Leigh, not like me or something?" He asked, noticing the narrowed eyes she gave him.
"Don't worry, it's because she's shy. She doesn't like wearing headphones while talking to Andre and they tend to get," Perrie dropped her tone, "intimate."
"Oh okay," Harry focused on the television, just in time for Simon to appear with Jade making a snide comment about him.
"Sign to his label my ass, he didn't do shit for us."
Harry kept quiet as he knows he had no rights to say anything. While Syco had overworked One Direction and barely gave the boys a break, Syco did promote them and push them towards America. However, when it comes to Little Mix, he could see the difference between how Syco treated One Direction and Little Mix. Which sucks as he knows how madly talented the girls are, and they will have no trouble breaking into America in only Syco didn't sabotage them.
In the club boy, I'll forget you not, badabangbang
Perrie's phone rang and the blonde immediately brought her phone to her face, a fool grinning look taking over her face when she saw it was Alex calling her.
"Hey baby," she greeted chirpily.
"I missed you so much." Alex on the other side of the line must have replied something similar as the couple then started getting into a 'who missed the other more' competition.
"No, of course, I missed you more," Perrie argued. Alex said something on the other line.
"Well I missed you more that I think of you and I will get the most intense orgasm of my life."
What the fuck, Harry looked incredulously at the blonde, cannot believe she just shared a personal detail about herself.
"Perrie!" Jade slammed a cushion to her face.
"Oh shit, sorry Harry! Bye!" The abashed Perrie went downstairs.
"I'm sorry, the girls tend to get horny on the phone. I mean, it's been a while since they last met their boyfriends so I guess I understand their feelings," Jade explained, recalling the time Jed and she were still together. They had spent months apart and when they finally reunite, they spent most of the time in bed together than going out for dates. Thinking back, Jade agrees it wasn't the most healthy relationship.
Harry nodded in understanding. Most of his relationships also ended due to the long-distance so he understood where she was getting.
"So, how was your talk?" Jade shifted so that she was now fully facing Harry.
"Meh, I got shit for 'breaking up' with Kendall. They threatened to drop me so I said okay. Probably have to pay some fees for breaking the contract but whatever," he shrugged.
"Wow, rich guy huh," Jade teased.
"You know, we had to pay Syco a huge sum of money when we changed labels. Luckily our touring company made a huge profit. But, all we can do is to continue to fight this. We are women, after all, we get hates, we get looked down at all the time," Jade opened up.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what to say honestly," Harry confessed.
"You don't have to do anything, Hazza. Just supporting us is enough."
Jade flashed Harry her signature smile.
"Let's play 20 questions," Harry suggested.
"Seriously, what are we, 15? But fine."
"I'll start first then," Jade nodded in agreement, "Since breaking up with Jed, have you went on dates?"
"No, but some celebrities did slide into my DM though."
"Who?"
"Sorry Styles, I believe it's not your turn yet. My question is, other than me, did you fool around with other girls when you were 'dating' Kendall?" Jade adorably signalled a quotation mark.
"No," Jade heaved a sigh of relief at his answer.
"My turn. Who slide into your DM?"
Jade grinned cheekily at Harry's question. "Aren't you a curious cat?"
"Well, there's a few. There's Charlie Poof, Jason and I think, Lewis Capaldi? I'm not sure I didn't open them. I did unfollow Poof though, he's too pushy," she said, grimacing when she remembered the content he sent her.
Harry bit the inside of his cheeks, jealousy piling up slowly when Jade listed the names. He can't blame them though, Jade is an attractive lady, who wouldn't want her?
"My question," Jade started dragging her words, "Do you blame me for what happened two years ago?"
Harry's breath hitched, surprised at the sudden question. He could see Jade was anxiously looking for answers in his eyes.
"No, I don't. Do you blame me?"
Jade's shoulders slumped. "I do, at first. I was selfish, I thought if it wasn't you, I wouldn't have been in that situation so early. And the fact that you weren't there when I needed you the most, I hated you so much."
Harry's hands found Jade's hands and clasped it, relieved when Jade didn't pull it away and instead stared at their conjoined hands.
"But after a while, I sort of move on. I blamed it on myself instead, my eating disorder relapsed, and I had to go through therapy. When you showed me the special place you had built, I had forgiven you through and all right at that moment."
"Thank you," Hary could feel tears choking up when he heard her honest answer.
"I honestly don't know what to ask you," Jade pouted.
"Do you want me to go first?" Harry offered.
"Sure."
"What did Jed called you when he broke with you?" Harry asked carefully, afraid it will provoke unwanted reactions. Truthfully, he didn't know what had happened but he had overheard the girls talking about Jed a few days ago, saying how Jed had been such an asshole when breaking up with Jade.
"Oh."
Jade didn't say anything. Harry opened his mouth to apologised and assure Jade she didn't have to answer the questions but she cut him off.
"A murderer."
"What?!"
"He called me a murderer. For what happened two years ago," Jade looked at Harry, eyes full of unshed tears, "Am I?"
Harry pulled the brunette into an embrace, placing a light kiss on her temple. "You are not, love. It's not your fault."
"It's my fault, isn't it. I should have asked for help when I started-," Jade's voice cracked. "I'm sorry, I'm just so tired, my emotion is all over the place," Jade wiped the snot running down her nose.
"Drink some tea," Harry pulled a mug on the table and placed it in the brunette's hand.
"Better?"
"Nothing a tea can't help," she chuckled. "Would be better with biscuits though."
Harry was about to say something when they noticed the light knocking on their tour bus. Both of them knows Leigh-Anne and Perrie are too 'busy' to see who is outside so they went downstairs instead.
"Hey Jade," Harry peered over Jade's shoulder to see the one who disturbed them, "and Harry."
"Nico!" Jade stepped out of the bus to hug him. "What's up?" Nico's hands still linger around her waist.
"What's up?" Jade asked her dance partner. If she was upset someone had disturbed her and Harry's time, she sure isn't showing it.
"I was hoping I could talk to you," Nico's eyes trailed to Harry who standing awkwardly at the bus door, "alone."
"Oh," Harry muttered. "I left my phone upstairs." Harry shuffled away and closed the bus door, giving Jade and Nico privacy. Despite his words, he stood beside the door, where he knows the duo outside won't be able to see him.
"Did anything happen?" He heard Jade's voice laced with concern.
Harry heard nothing but caught sighs from the man.
"I like you," Harry's heart stopped for a moment. "Will you go on a date with me?"
Harry thought of how Jade had acted around Nico. He could tell that other than Claude, Jade had favoured Nico among the other Mix men. The pair had been close ever since they met since Jade was the one who encouraged Nico to audition to become Little Mix's dancer. Harry knows that Jade and Nico likes to go on some escapade and that some fans even ship them together.
Heaving a deep breath, Harry trudged his feet up to the couch, where his phone was waiting for him.
Harry was tempted to stay and hear Jade's reply but he decided not to, as he isn't prepared to get his heartbroken.
And true enough, when he peered out of the window, Jade and Nico were in a tight embrace. Her head was on his shoulder, his hands on her waist. He couldn't see their expression, but from the way, Jade is still holding on to Nico, he assumed she is happy.
That is all it took for Harry to return to his bunk, face full of despondent as he ignored the looks of concerns on Leigh-Anne and Perrie's face as he walked past them.
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Boom! Another chapter! Short chapter, I'm sorry. But I promise to update daily! hehe
I accidentally deleted one of my drafts and I'm just fucking sad cause I didn't save it anywhere else. But well, lesson learnt I guess. :(
Ramadhan got me spending more time in the kitchen than I have ever in my whole life. WOO domestic life, what's up?
xxx, m.