Does he know?

We finished packing and my dad was about to arrive. But before going to London, I had one last thing to solve.

“El, I have to ask you a question before I leave”. She looked terrified. “What is it then?” she asked sounding insecure.

“Do you agree with Louis? Like do you feel I’ve ruined the clique?” she was silent for a moment but then spoke up “No I do not agree with him. Louis is really mad because he’s sympatric towards Harry and Louis is a big hater of cheating and stuff, that’s the main reason why he’s behaving like he is. Personally I think he’s overreacting. As Niall always says, love takes over and it’s not your fault that you fell for Zayn. And that also goes the other way round” she smiled and hugged me once again. I loved this girl so much.

“Thank you so much for everything El; I don’t know what I would do without you”.

We stood in front of the front door waiting for my dad to arrive. “Before you leave there is something you need to know”. She was serious as never before which gave me goose bumps.

“Ehm its just.. Harry really loves you. From the bottom of his heart. He has been miserable whole week. He cried in front of me when he opened up about your relationship. He’s devastated and he can’t believe what he saw. I’ll advice you to reconsider your relationship. Do you really love Zayn or is he just a nice guy you’re attracted to or do you love Harry? Harry was your first love, remember? But again, I can’t tell you what’s wrong and what’s right. Just follow your heart” she explained still sounding serious.

“I appreciate that you’re telling me this. I’ll think about it all El” I said. I heard someone toot– MY DAD!! He stood in front of our Range Rover with the biggest smile on his face. “Hello baby girl” he said.. I ran directly towards him as he spread out his arms and embraced me.

“I’ve missed you so much dad!” I said and hugged him even tighter.“ I’ve missed you too I’m glad you’re coming home over the weekend” he answered with a huge smile on his face. “So where’s mom?” I asked as I realized there was no one else in the car.

“She’s been out of town for three days because of work; we’ll pick her up at the airport tonight. Now come let’s get you home and tell me everything I’ve missed”.

I quickly introduced El to my dad, hugged her goodbye and in the blink of an eye, I was on my way home. I had missed London so much especially my house and my family. I couldn’t wait to get back home.

“Now tell me everything I’ve missed” my dad said while focusing on the road. “Oh dad there’s too much stuff I’ll tell you when mum comes home” I answer him as I turn up the music.
Back in the days me and my dad would turn up for The Beatles and sing along to every single song on their albums. My dad has always been a music lover and I’ve always been daddy’s little girl. We could spend hours every day just listening to music. My mum is a music fanatic too, she would sing for me every night before falling asleep when I was younger. Another common interest we have is football. My brother plays professional football; he started playing when he was 4 so football has taken a lot of my time when I was younger. I would spend days, hour’s even vacations on football. I played it too but I realized that I love music more than spots.
A thing I enjoyed doing before moving from home was watching football with my family. It was a kind of tradition we had to watch Premier League. I’m a huge Chelsea fan, so is my dad. My mother and brother on the other hand are Arsenal fanatics so we always discussed what to watch. Luckily this week Arsenal is playing against Chelsea so I’m looking forward to spent my Saturday at the stadium.




“Annabelle wake up we’re here” my dad shakes me as I jerk. As we walk into the airport, a feeling of happiness and excitement take over my body and a huge smile paints on my face. “Your mom is right over there” my dad says. I look at the direction his finger points at. The first thing I recognize is a beautiful face with a smiling face on. MUM!!
I run towards her, almost jump into her arms as she squeezes me. “Annabelle” she whispers. All I can at this moment is smile.. and cry at the same time. I’ve missed my mom so much.

“I’ve missed you mum” I sob. She looks at me and I can see a tear slowly run down her cheek. “I’ve missed you even more darling, it’s so great to see you again”. I’ve never seen my mum smile this much before. She kissed my dad and we drove home. It was late so we ordered pizza and started talking about my college and what I had been up to. My parents were curious so I told them everything; about how the school is, about the teachers and the musical and upcoming performances.

The time passed quickly and before we knew it, it was midnight. I had missed my mum so much, I literally wanted to spend every minute with her. Like every. Therefore we agreed to make a slumber party/girls night in. We made popcorn and as usual my mum had Ben and Jerry’s in the fridge. She put on “Dear John” and we cuddled up under a blanket. 30 minutes into the movie, my mum asked the unexpected.

“So Annabelle how is it going with you and Harry?” she asked as she took a handful of popcorns.

“Well.. Not good at all mum” I answered sadly. I wanted to be completely honest with her, she was like a best friend to me.

“What? Why I thought you liked him? He sounded so sweet Annabelle” she said with a disappointed look. It was so embarrassing telling my mom that I cheated on him; she knew how I was about the whole boy-dating theme. I took a deep breath as I finally got the courage to tell her the truth.

“I kind of cheated on him”

“YOU WHAT?” she almost screamed. “Annabelle I’ve not raised you to do those kind of things!” Oh god. I didn’t know she would react like this! “I know mum I’m so sorry I don’t know what’s wrong with me" I answered as I tried to think of how to tell her what else happened.

“Was it peer pressure? Who are you hanging around with in college. What kind of friends do you have?” she now sounded stressed out and out of her mind.

“Mom, please calm down it’s not my friends fault. It’s my fault. I kind of.. started getting feelings for another guy.”

"Who?"

“My best friend Zayn" I swallowed.

“Do you at least have a picture so I can compare them and try to understand your action?"

I showed her a picture of me and Zayn from the day he came to the musical and from Louis’ birthday. Surprisingly she smiled at the picture and even complemented Zayns look. "Do you even remember how Harry looks like?" I laughed. " Oh no, show me a picture!" she insisted.
My mom's eyes kind of swell up and her look completely changed. " “Wow such a nice Brite. He’s definitely a keeper. You two look so perfect together. Look at your smile on the picture Annabelle!"
Oh dear God, my mum truly knew how to analyze a photo! " Mum you're the one who always tell's me that it''s not all about the look!"

“So what’s the situation now? Are you dating one of them?”. I felt like I needed to tell her every single detail, so I did.

"Basically Harry hate’s me because he caught me and zayn together so now he refuses to talk to us. I’ve cried the whole week because I’m sick of losing him. He was my first love mum" I admitted as I took a spone full of icecream. You could cleraly say that I ate for comfort.

“I know I remember how glad you were when you started dating. I can't understand how your feelings suddenly swichted?

“Netiher do I mum but Zayn loves me so much and I love spending time with him!"

“But if you didn’t fall for him from the begging then maybe it's meant to be with you and Harry? You fell in love at him the first day of school I remember you told me so!" she said taking a spoone of icecream too.

"You're supposed to help me out" I chewed. " I am sweetheart but I can't believe you cheated. I’ve always told you to be honest. If you have something in mind, tell it, say it, confess it. Don’t play games you’re not a child anymore." she said now sounding serious again.

“What do you want me to do?”

"In future I want you to be completely honest. No more cheating or sneeking around okay? I've not raised you to behave like that young lady. Sleep on it. If you feel Zayn is the one and only then be with him but before you decide who to pick, remember why you choose Harry in the beginning. Try to remember how he made you feel and why he was your first love and not Zayn"

My mum was like a psyschologist!

"That's what everyone is telling me to do but it's so hard to chose mum"

" I know sweetheart try to forget about it and enjoy your time here. You're here to relax, so relax. You deserve some days off. Now let's watch the movie we're gonna skip the best part" she says as she squeezes me into her.

I truly have the best mum in the world.

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