BEAUTIFULLY UNFINISHED novel Chapter 65

SIXTY-FOUR

H A R R Y

The flight was ten freaking hours.

And sitting next to Audrey for ten goddamn hours inside a plane isn't good at all. She kept complaining about everything she do or everything that's moving around her. It's irritating actually.

She whines that she needs to go to the bathroom. She says that needs to pee and I need to accompany her all the time cos she doesn't want to be alone. She whines about certain foods cos she's hungry then the next second when it's ready, she doesn't want to eat it anymore. She orders stuff and I end up eating it. I understand though cos she's pregnant.

But while I was getting annoyed at her, I can't keep my eyes off Rose. She looked so peaceful with Louis. She sits there as she talks with him. She sits there while she sleeps on his shoulder. She sits there while Louis puts a blanket on her lap. She sits there while Louis' rubs her stomach.

That's my baby inside her.

About a week ago, I secretly visited New York after my honeymoon with Audrey to see Rose. I wanted to talk to her and check up on her and our baby even if she doesn't want me to but I wanted to see her so badly after what happened. I was worried about her and her relationship with Louis even though I know he cares so much about her.

My phone rings as I put my blazer over myself. I gaze at it and it was Louis calling. I wonder why he's calling. I thought about telling him that I was around New York maybe he'd allow me to talk to Rose after what happened in London a few weeks ago. I hurriedly picked it up.

"Harold." He greets.

"Hey Louis. What's up?" I answered.

"How's your honeymoon?" He asked casually.

I sit on the bed. "Great."

Both of us went quiet.

"Are you going to Niall's birthday celebration in Brazil next weekend?" I asked. Trying to get rid of the awkwardness between us that was growing.

"Yeah. I mean it'll be great to have a get-together with the others." He answers dryly.

This was the first conversation I had with Louis after he found out that it was my baby inside of Rose. I don't know how to act natural with him after what happened. I didn't want him to hear what he heard but a part of me felt relieved that he found out about it earlier cos I wouldn't be having troubles in the future on telling him.

But I still feel bad for what I've done. I couldn't control it that moment when we made love. That moment all I wanted was to have her. I wanted to own her that night. All I wanted was to make love to her. Of course I wanted to get her pregnant again, that was what I wanted. It was raging over me, like a quick fire in a building made up to set burn easily.

"Are you already in London?" He asks.

I shake my head in response. "No."

"Ah! You're still on your honeymoon."

"No." I answered again.

He grows quiet. "Then where..." He didn't continue.

I sigh.

"You're in New York." He said firm.

I got quiet for a second. "Yeah."

"Business." I spurted out right away, lying.

"Great. I just got in New York too." He snaps.

What does he mean by it?

"I'll meet you in my office? How about some private lunch together?" He offers and sounded serious as hell.

I didn't answer.

"I need to talk to you about some things." He adds.

My brows creasing as I massage my forehead. I wonder what things he wants to talk about. I push my hair off my forehead and held the back of my neck. I'm curious about what he wants to talk about. I'm sure it's about Rose or about what happened that night or maybe that baby inside her.

"Harry! Damn it." Audrey spits.

I moved my head to her, "What do you want this time?" I whine.

She walks around the hotel room and looked pissed off again.

"I want to go around the resort." She whines.

"Then go." I answered.

She halted and gaped.

"What?" I spit.

"You actually want me and your baby to go roaming around the resort all by myself?"

I paused and just stared at her. She's about to explode.

"Goodness Harry!" She exclaims.

There she blows!

"Fine! Fine! I'll go with you. Stop screaming!" I pulled myself up from the bed.

Both of us headed out of the hotel room and I as dryly walking around the resort with Audrey holding my hand. I don't know why I signed up to be on this vacation but Audrey forced me to. She said it's like a continuation of our honeymoon.

Our honeymoon?

I didn't really had much fun with Audrey but Santorini was a marveled place. I was mostly inside the yacht or the hotel room, sleeping or wasting time on Netflix while she whines about how boring our honeymoon was. I was dreaded to when the honeymoon was going to end. We'd tour around the place, or go island hopping but while I was with Audrey, my mind was busy worrying for Rose and Ben.

"Oh I love this place!" Audrey chimes happily.

From the farthest corner, I saw Rose. She was sitting on the swing with Louis. They happily talked to each other while they had their sunglasses on. They looked so...

Great....

And perfect for each other.

And it hurts me to see them so happy together.

"Don't you think hon?" Audrey says loudly which caught Rose and Louis' attention.

They stared at us. I quickly looked away, thank god for sunglasses for covering my eyes.

"Yeah." I answered to whatever she said.

"Let's head there! C'mon!" She pulls me and I let her drag me along.

When it was time for dinner, I knew there was going to be a party. Audrey wasn't feeling well but she still insists to go with me because she wants to guard me from some women.

•••••

When it was time for dinner, I know Niall was going to throw a massive private party since he's the most wildest party-animal there is. Audrey was whining about not going cos she wasn't feeling good but I wanted to go cos I wanted to see Rose. I wanna see how she'll look tonight so I forced Audrey to go cos it would make Niall feel disappointed that we won't be attending.

I was successful about it though, I made Audrey go with me. We headed to where the rest of them were and I quickly searched right away for Rose but she wasn't around, I only see Louis talking with Niall, Liam and Zayn. Where are the girls?

I quickly walked towards where the lads were and they all welcomed me with greetings and smiles.

"Where are your ladies?" I asked right away.

"Oh, they're all at the balcony. That way Audrey." Liam says while pointing.

"I'll walk her." I offered.

I walked Audrey to where Liam pointed while Audrey kept nagging about how she wanted to stay in the hotel room. She tells me she doesn't want to mingle with the other ladies cos she feels that they all hate her, which I think is true. She nags about how long this party will be. She kept nagging but I wasn't paying a bit of attention to her cos I really wanted to see Rose.

Perhaps even have a little conversation with her.

When we reached the balcony, there I saw Rose together with Perrie, Sophia and Dianne, Niall's date for tonight. Rose wore a baby pink colored dress which was above her knee, I can see her growing bump from here. She was still beautiful even when pregnant.

My eyes glued at her hands, there I saw a diamond ring.

No, that can't be.

That's impossible.

•••••

M I R A N D A

"Oh my God! I love that ring!" Perrie exclaims as they examine it.

"You are so lucky to have Louis." She adds right away.

"Nah." Sophia disagrees. "I think Louis is too damn lucky to have her."

She just stared at me.

"Perrie please." I begged.

She exhales deeply. "Okay I think I need to be honest with you."

I glued my eyes on her.

"Audrey and I used to be the best of friends." She admits.

I gaped. How? She acts like she hates Audrey too much when she's around, how come she and her became the best of friends?

"We used to grow up together. Since Zayn and Louis were close friends, I introduced her to Louis which led them into a relationship." Perrie continues.

"No way?" I commented.

"Just listen to me." She insists.

I kept my eyes on her.

"But then Audrey told me she was sick and tired of being with Louis cos they were in a secret relationship. She said she wasn't getting any attention from famous designers since she was doing modelling and stuff." Perrie continues.

My eyeballs widened. That means she was using Louis?

"Oh God Audrey will kill me for this." Perrie mutters at herself.

She pulls her head back up and stares at me.

"So she began flirting with Harry behind Louis' back and Harry kind of bought it." Perrie admits.

My brows creasing more and more as I listen to Perrie's confession. I just couldn't believe what she is actually saying to me. I can't believe she's actually telling me this right now. It's such a huge revelation.

"I knew Harry was into her but I didn't tell her. But she was quick enough to notice it and she took advantage of it. She told me every single thing and that she planned for every thing to happen smoothly. From constant nonsense fights with Louis, to secretly dating, texting and sending emails to Harry, to breaking up with Louis until going on public with Harry." Perrie narrates.

I was left with no words.

"She was the greatest actress and I felt terribly bad for not telling anyone about this. The lads fought over this matter back in the day, has Louis told you?" She asks.

I nod. "He did mention they were having troubles back in the day."

Perrie nods.

"It was the worst time for One Direction. It was terribly hard for them to focus cos they need to fake every thing they do in front of the fans and the cameras. They were all acting well for the fans, but backstage? They don't talk much like they used to since they were almost hating each other for taking sides. I wanted to tell Zayn, I really wanted to but I was too scared." She says.

Perrie begins to cry. I quickly held my arms around her.

"I felt so bad. I felt like I was part of ruining One Direction. I felt like I ruined them. I didn't wanted to end the band," She cries.

"Perrie... It wasn't your fault." I tell her.

"It was. I was such a coward. Audrey knew I had a miscarriage and I was too embarrassed to tell Zayn about it. He'll get mad at me once he'll find out and she scared me that she will tell the media about it. I worried about my career and my relationship with Zayn was shaky at that time. We were both on the verge of breaking up." Perrie's voice shakes.

Perrie had a miscarriage? Wow. How much secrecy does these people hide from the fans and from the media? I wonder what other deep secrets these other celebrities have. Perrie having a miscarriage never made its way to the public and I can't even belive it myself.

"She told you that?" I asked.

She nods. "Don't tell anyone about my miscarriage. No one knew except you and Audrey."

I nodded at her to promise her.

"What kind of friend is she?" I threw a fit.

Perrie wipes her tears.

"She's terrible. Since then I stayed away from Audrey. I thought she was gonna be a good friend to me but it turned out that she was using me too to get her way to fame." She tells me.

"I don't... I don't understand." I muffled.

"She used Louis, Miranda." She clears me this time.

I shake my head in disbelief.

"And she's been using Harry too. She's after Harry's fame and wealth." Perrie spits.