february 2018

"morning everyone" harry smiled as he sat down for breakfast. everyone greeted him with a 'good morning' in return and a chorus of happy birthdays rand throughout the kitchen from the 5 family members.

paddy gave harry his card before leaving for school, wishing him happy birthday again before leaving the house. nikki and dom gave harry his gift from them, opening it with a smile and a thank you. tom gave harry the present from him and, finally, (y/n) gave him the present that was meant to be from her and sam; it still was, but it had lost all meaning of love.

"thanks guys, all of you. i love them" harry got up and hugged each family member individually. once he sat back down, his phone began to ring. harry quickly picked it up, seeing that sam had facetimed him.

"hey bro!" harry said happily, a wide smile on his face. "happy birthday!"

"happy birthday to you, too, baz" sam smiled. (y/n) sat opposite harry, watching him interact with his twin, loving the sound of sam's gentle voice.

"oh, hey elysia. didn't see you there" harry laughed while elysia replied to harry and sam laughed too. (y/n) heard the girls sweet laugh, knowing something would be happening between the two since it was 9am and sam would still be in bed.

without meaning to be aggressive, she stood up and walked out of the kitchen. but to harry, it seemed like something else. he heard the chair scrape across the floor violently before seeing his best friend storm out of the room after hearing elysia. he knew how she felt about sam. he knew about elysia and sam. he also knew that sam was hurting and elysia was a distraction from (y/n).

"was that (y/n)?" sam asked, seeing her figure quickly appear and then disappear.

"yeh. i don't think she's feeling well, she looked pale earlier" he lied. he wasn't spilling anything to anyone about how she felt.

"oh, okay" sam replied before continuing to talk to harry. elysia joined in the conversation from time to time, while laying next to sam in their bed.

as this exchange was happening, (y/n) was upstairs. she had now moved out of sam's room and was staying in tom's old room (since he lived in his own apartment). she was living out of a suitcase, not wanting to move anything out of tom's drawers even with nikki insisting. she walked around the room, getting dressed while silently crying to herself. she played her music quietly through her small speaker before going back downstairs.

"i'm going out for a bit. gonna take tessa with me" she popped her head through the door into the kitchen. harry hadn't moved places at all, but by now, nikki and dom were stood on either side of him.

"okay, darling," nikki replied, looking into (y/n)'s soft eyes, knowing what was going on behind them. "don't be too long, and stay safe"

"will do, nikki" she replied and left. she could hear dom, nikki and harry call goodbye as she attached tessa's lead onto her harness. she stepped out of the door, letting fresh air hit her face after almost a week.