Chapter 20
*HARRY’s POV
The bell rang for 5th period and since it was athletic conditioning, I was looking forward to it. We also had a game against Canyon that we needed to warm up for. I hadn’t seen Zayn in about a month; since the day he warned me to leave Veronica alone. Since Halloween I’ve been avoiding Veronica.
I made a left towards the pillars that lead up the way to the locker rooms. I connected my earphones trying to look up before I crashed in to anyone; I looked up and I saw her. There she was walking out of her art class. Just watching her from afar made my heart stop. It was aching but also relieving. I continued to walk as I thought to myself “don’t make eye contact Styles… don’t make eye contact”.
“Harry!” Her bright brown hues widened and her lips curled into a large smile. As she made her way towards me, Zayn’s words kept repeating in my mind. My heart told me “Go for her, hug her, tell her you missed her” but my mind took charge and continued to walk away from her.
“Harry wait up!”I heard Veronica yell; my music wasn’t loud enough to cover her angelic voice. I decided to walk faster, only to hear someone walking right behind me.
“Harry please stop!” I finally pretended like I heard and stopped and turned to face her.
“How have you been? I haven’t seen you around” She gave me a smile
“I can’t talk right now”
“What’s going on Harry? Why haven’t you talked to me?” Her hand reached to grab my arm, which I quickly brushed away.
“I don’t want to talk about it. Veronica we should just leave our relationship like it is. There’s no need for us to talk to each other”
“What? But, I want to talk to you. Why are you ignoring me Harry? What did I say? What did I do for you to act like this?”
“Veronica you didn’t do anything, your boyfriend did!”
VERONICA’S POV
I couldn’t help but feel extremely confused every time Harry spoke. I was glad to finally see him, but he wasn’t the normal Harry I used to talk to. Something was up and I had to find out what it was.
“What did Zayn do? What did he tell you Harry?” I could tell Harry was nervous as I continued to interrogate him. He kept messing with his black beanie.
“You should ask him”
The minute bell rang and Harry quickly turned and began walking towards his class, “It was nice seeing you Sour Puss!” he said along with a smirk as he turned his head and waved. I smiled and waved back. I was so angry. What the hell did Zayn tell him?! And why would he do such a thing? I decided to confront Zayn about this after his game.
I had to run to my Physics class. Once inside I went to my seat and pretended to pay attention to bellwork. I couldn’t get over the conversation I had with Harry. He’s been nothing but nice to me so I didn’t think of anything possible that Zayn could have used. After class I didn’t see Zayn because he had to go straight to the soccer field. I only saw Glimmer and a couple of her friends sitting on a lunch table.
I didn’t do much during my 6th period but think about Harry and what Zayn told him. To say I was distracted was an understatement. I had recently gotten my license so my parents bought me a car, nothing fancy though. It was awesome because now I could drive home instead of walk. Since the game didn’t start till later, I went home and dressed into something more comfortable and warmer. I also picked up David.
Since it was November, the temperature would drop dramatically later in the evening. I threw on a pea coat, scarf, and some fuzzy socks to keep my feet warm. My boots were warm but the socks helped.
I said goodbye to my parents and made my way to my car. I began thinking of a way to bring this whole Harry thing up to Zayn but I couldn’t think of anything. By the time I started to get creative, I was already parked in the school parking lot. I didn’t realize how long I was in my car until my phone vibrated in my purse. I got my phone and opened the text message I had received.
Zayn: Hey where are you? We’re supposed to meet up, remember cutie?
Me: Oh yeah sorry. I’ll be there in a couple of min ok
I quickly threw my phone inside my purse and made my way out my car and towards the normal place Zayn and I usually met up before a game. As I got closer, I saw Zayn with a smile on his face. I forced a smile.
“Look who decided to show up” he teased as he kissed me. I was trying to play it cool and luckily, I was doing well.
“I got a little distracted, no biggie”
He hugged me and then asked, “So how was your day?”
“Well it was okay. I couldn’t really concentrate but it wasn’t that bad”
“Too busy thinking about me huh? I know. I have that effect on people” he smirked as I started to laugh. He was so silly sometimes. I loved it.
“Well let’s get going… you might be late to your game again” I tried to say as I continued to laugh in between words. He nodded in response and took my hand in his right one as we began walking towards the field.
As we got closer to the field I wished Zayn good luck and in return he kissed me and ran to the field with the rest of his team. I walked towards the bleachers and sat next to Glimmer. She was huddled with some friends to fight the cold. It was about to be five thirty and the game didn’t start until ten minutes after. During that time, the guys began warming up. They stretched and ran here and there.
Once the game started, I noticed something was wrong. The guys were hogging the ball. They wouldn’t pass it to other teammates and as a result they were losing. It was evident that Harry and Zayn were avoiding each other.
“Pass the damn ball to Styles!!! What are you doing Malik!!!” their coach would yell, but neither of the guys would listen.
The entire team’s communication sucked. They had a miserable loss and it was clear that their coach wasn’t happy. After the game, I waited for Zayn. As he came to meet me, I was surprised because he didn’t look so mad about the loss.
“What happened out there?”
“The entire team is split. If it wasn’t for Harry we wouldn’t be in this mess…”
I didn’t let him finish because I started asking a ton of questions after blaming the loss on Harry, “Wait Harry? What did he do? As a matter of fact, why is he ignoring me now? What did you tell him? And why? He hasn’t done anything wrong!”
I could tell I triggered something in him, he looked pissed. “What?! I told him to back off okay. You’re my girlfriend and he clearly had a thing for you. What was I supposed to do?”
“You threatened him huh”
The realization that Zayn had threatened Harry hit me like a ton of bricks. Before I came into their lives they were best friends. I couldn’t help but blame myself for this. He didn’t give me a verbal answer, all he did was look down at the ground.
I signed and said, “I’ll see you later Zayn”. Then I turned and walked to the parking lot. He didn’t even try to call out my name, he just let me go.
I knew Zayn had to apologize to Harry but I didn’t think he was going to do it, so decided to take matters into my own hands. I made my way to Harry’s house. I was really nervous and once I got to his front door, it took me a while before I actually knocked on the door. But when I did, Harry opened it.
“Hey, Veronica. What are you doing here?”