Alayna’s POV:
“Well, at least we’re alone now. Can you at least answer some questions?” His stares bore into my skull. “Aren’t you even going to talk?” Talk? I can’t even move my head to look at him.

“Fine then. I’ll do the talking and I hope I’ll get some response out of you. You owe me that, at least.” He moved closer and breathing got harder. How did I ever put myself in this position?

“Why we’re you with Niall tonight?” He was still staring and I know that sooner or later, I had to talk to him. “Uhm, he invited me.” I whispered, hoping that he won’t hear me.

“He invited you? That’s it?! I had to drag you all the way to London and all he did was invite you?!” I was shocked with his reaction but felt a little bit of guilt as I know I really haven’t been fair to him.

“Why do you even care so much? I didn’t know you back then and we really didn’t start off in good terms. Haven’t you heard of ‘First impressions last’?” I was still whispering so that we wouldn’t catch anyone’s attention.

“So you’re saying, Niall had a better ‘first impression’ than me so you were so eager to go to a party with him?” I was offended by how he thought that I just agreed to Niall without even thinking about it; that I was so ‘excited’ to spend some time with Niall.

“That wasn’t my point at all.” I looked at him, this time a little bit more annoyed than I was seconds ago. “Then what really is your point? And can you also tell me what the point was of lying to me about your name? Just a simple name and you couldn’t even tell me the truth!”

Harry stormed off and we caught a few glimpses. I felt my heart drop because this wasn’t really my intention. I didn’t mean to hurt him like this; I didn’t even expect that he would be hurting at all.

“Hey! Alayna!” I was about to follow Harry when Niall blocked my way. “I just got a call from my mom and I really need to go.” I was caught off guard by Niall but my eyes were still wandering, looking for Harry. “Is there a problem?” I gave my attention back to Niall since I failed at looking for Harry.

“There’s just a tiny bit of an emergency. I just have to take a few things from my flat and take the next flight to Dublin. Do you want me to drop you off now?” Wait, he’s leaving for Ireland? I really don’t have time to think about this.

“Uhm, you go ahead. I can take care of myself.” As much as I would love to go home right now, I really need to fix the mess I just made. “Are you sure?” Niall looked at me with concern and I assured him with a nod.

“Okay, see you next week. I’ll be back by then. Hope you’re still in one piece by that time though.” He squeezed my hand and walked the other direction. “I don’t even know if I’ll live through this night alone.” I whispered to myself as I walked out to look for Harry.

Harry’s POV:
“Am I that bad? Am I not trustworthy?” I kicked a wall and continued walking. It was a cold night but I really didn’t care; I’m too mad to be.

“Why do you even care so much?..” Her voice, her question, echoed through my mind. Why do I care so much? Am I really that jealous of Niall? Am I mad at her for lying or is there something else.

“Is it even possible to like someone this much after only spending so little time with them?” I sat down and sorted through my thoughts. I know what I did back there was uncalled for and the worst part is, I can’t even justify my actions.

“I’m so confused.” I ran my hand through my hair and looked up the sky. “What am I going to do?” I began losing hope as everything in my life right now is starting to look like a big pile of mess.

“Harry, whenever you have any problems, small or big, the first thing you have to do is determine the main source of the problem. Go for the roots.” I remembered my dad’s advice about handling problems. I never really had much use for it until now.

“Okay, roots of the problem, I would say..” I thought hard enough but couldn’t really pinpoint the ‘roots’. “Could I say Jade?” I thought harder and this was the only thing I came up with. I thought Jade would be the perfect ‘root’ since I wouldn’t really compare my feelings for her and for Alayna if only our relationship was perfect, right?

“Okay, what’s next?” I recollected my dad’s words of advice to help me through this. “Now, try to clean up. Before you get to the roots, you have to get rid of some dirt. Try getting rid of unwanted questions or minor problems.”

Unwanted questions? Should I set aside first all my questions for Alayna tonight? Maybe trying to figure out if I’m really jealous or not is not really helping. “Now, you’ve seen the roots. Try pulling some of them out. Set your priorities son. Are you going to pull out the bigger ones first or the smaller ones first then worry about the bigger ones later on?”

My dad was right; I have to set my priorities straight once and for all. Should I try and figure out my feelings for Alayna or fix my relationship with Jade?

“Time to set this straight, Harry.” I stood up and walked back to my car. This is now my decision and there’s no going back. It’s only one or the other.

“Hey, I’m sorry for leaving. Can we meet outside your flat tonight to talk this through?” I hit send and started my car. “I hope, I picked the right one this time.”