I blink my eyes a couple of time and then a frown finds it's way on my face when I realize that I'm not hallucinating. The fucker is actually standing in the door way on Harry's room, staring back at me with a smirk on his stupid face.

As his eyes travel from me to Harry, I feel the sudden rise of anger inside me. He doesn't deserve to look at Harry. Hell, he doesn't deserve to be on the same planet as Harry. It's unbelievable how such a devil like him is related to Harry any way.

"Sorry, I didn't come earlier. I was out of city." Josh exclaims as he makes his way towards Harry's bed, a fake smile present on his lips as he sticks his hand out for Harry to shake.

My grip of Harry's hand immediately becomes tight, not wanting him to shake hand with the sorry excuse of a human being standing opposite to me. Harry tries to tug his hand out of my grasp and I clench my jaw, getting annoyed by the look on Josh's face, as if he's amused to me holding Harry's hand.

Bet he'll be more amused when I'll kiss Harry in front of him, let him know he failed miserably. I think to myself as I finally loosen my  grip on Harry's hand.

"You seem to doing good, mate." Josh says through his teeth, eyes running over Harry's lying figure as he mumbles, "Great." I clearly hear the bitterness hidden behind the word but Harry on the other hand is completely oblivious.

"Yeah, never been better." Harry sighs and Josh nods tightly, setting down the flowers on the table next to the bed.

"You should take care of my brother, he's an angel." Josh tells me and I feel like standing up from my place and slapping him hard before telling him to dry hump the trash can because that's what he truly deserves but I hold it all in for when the time is right.

A fake smile finds it's way on my lips as I nod at him before looking down at Harry and kissing his cheek. My hand finds his again and I kiss the back of it several times, giving Josh a little show to let him know that I'm fully over his sorry ass.

"Oh, you don't have to tell me what to do." I say trying not to sound so bitter as I stare him dead in the eye, "But I'd suggest you to take care of yourself, God knows how many people are plotting against you."

I clearly see how his eyes become a little wide at my words but he recovers immediately, letting out a chuckle as he shakes his head.

"Oh, I've got it all covered. Don't worry about me, birdie." He says and chuckles right afterwards but I suddenly feel uncomfortable at the nick name he's used. Josh used to call me birdie when I was dating him.

A moment of silence follows after that, the atmosphere is full of tension as I stare down at Harry and feel Josh's burning gaze on me.

The knock on the door grabs attention of all three of us and I look over my shoulder to find a ward boy entering the room with a wheel chair and I realize that he's here to take Harry somewhere else.

"Mr. Styles need to come with me for a few tests. You two can wait for him in the waiting area." He says, eyes flickering from me to Josh as he places the wheel chair next to Harry's bed.

I gulp visibly at his words, all my anger and courage vanishing instantly and is replaced my fear when I realize that I'll have to be alone with Josh for some time and God knows what he'll do to me.

"Okay." Josh says and my quickly glance up at him to see him smiling as nods his head, "Let's go, Stella."

The ward boy pays no attention to the two of us as he helps Harry to sit in the wheel chair while Harry mumbles incoherently.

"Can I not walk? I'm capable of walking." Harry finally says loud enough, glaring at the ward boy in front of him.

"I'm afraid that's against the policy of our hospital." The man says with the shrug before he goes round the wheel chair and starts pushing it towards the door.

"Well, whoever wrote these policies should fuck off cause they ain't doing any good." Harry says and I hear the man chuckle at the words as he pushes the wheel chair out of the door, not giving him any verbal reply.

I quickly follow after the two, not wanting to stay alone anywhere near Josh for even one second. However the ward boy notices me and turns around to face me, a frown on his tired face.

"Like I said, you can only wait in the allotted room.  Roaming around the hospital is against the policy." He tells me harshly and I roll my eyes at him, crossing my arms across my chest as the ward boy gets back to pushing Harry's wheel chair away.

"Well, that policy maker should seriously fuck off." I say loud and clear and hear Harry cackling at my words, a smirk finding it's way on my face too.

"That's my girl." Harry's voice rings through the corridor and I feel a bit jittery at the words.

His girl. Well, not really, Harry. Dear Lord, help me with these feelings.

My train of thoughts come to halt when I feel a presence behind me. I hold my breath as I sharply turn around and take a step away from Josh. The smirk I had on my lips not so long ago disappearing as i look at him with grim expression.

As fast as possible I turn in the direction of the waiting room and make a run for it, wanting to be in the presence of at least few people cause that way I will be somewhat safe from my psycho ex-boyfriend. But to my luck, I trip on my own feet and land on the ground with a thud, wincing when my ass makes contact with the tiled floor.

A chuckle from above me sounds through my ears, bringing me to reality and I quickly scramble up on my feet, ready to get away from Josh when he grabs me by my arms and I quickly shut my eyes in irritation, cursing myself for being a clumsy bitch.

"Let go." I say through clenched teeth as I try to wiggle my arm free from his deadly girp but Josh pays no attention to my command, instead he forcefully tug on it, causing my to loose my balance and take a few steps backwards.

Josh takes advantage of that and forcefully pushes me against the wall, causing the breath to get knocked out of my lungs.

"Don't want be near the love of your life for a lil longer?" He says faking a sad tone and dramatically place a hand on his heart, the other one grasping my bicep tightly to keep me in place.

"Fuck you." I snarl at him, giving him the best possible glare I can manage. "Get your filthy hand off me." I seethe at him and Josh smirks, bringing his hand up to my neck, squeezing it lightly as if giving me a teaser of what will come next.

"What? Angry, that your plan ain't working anymore?" I say with a smirk and immediately his hand around my neck squeezes a bit harder, making it difficult for me to breathe.

"Don't get so confident, you whore. Bet you've already had my sweet brother's cock, that's why you're running my mouth like that, aren't you?" He hisses, his eyes squinting with anger.

"Not any better than that whore of your aunt, aren't you?" He continues and I let out a growl, trying to pry his hand off my neck. How dare he compare me to that woman.

"Tell me, was he big? Better than me?" Josh inquires, squeezing my neck harder and I close my eyes trying to somehow breathe through my nose.

"Why the fuck do you care? Wait, you must be Gay for Harry, yeah?" I say, though I know that it will anger him even more and that's exactly what happens.

A hand makes contact with my right cheek with so much force that the tears find their way in my eyes. Josh seems to enjoy it though, since he laughs bitterly before grabbing my chin and forcefully making him look my way.

"My plan is far from over, bitch. You thought I was stupid enough to tell you everything? Huh?" He says with a chuckle and I look at him in daze, not understanding what he means by that.

"It's going just like I had planned from the very start and once I'll be done with Harry, I'm gonna make you suffer so bad." Josh threatens me, a sinister smile on his lips as he lets go of his hold on my neck and moves back.

I double over as soon as he let's go, breathing in deeply to make up for the lack of oxygen in my system, coughing in process. With every intake of breath, I feel the anger rising inside of me, all the things Josh has done to me running in front of my eyes like some tragic movie and just when I feel a hand on the top of my head I burst, letting out a loud scream.

With a new found energy, I forcefully push Josh away from me, causing him to stumble forward in surprise and I take that chance to punch him in the stomach as hard as possible before I grab his hand, pulling on them violently, not caring a bit that they'll come out of their roots.

"You think you can do whatever the fuck you want, you fucking cunt?" I shout at him, trying to keep my grip on his hair, to make him feel some pain. "I'm not scared of you. You're loser."

I laugh pathetically when I turn my head to the side, I see a ward boy rushing towards us, probably to kick the two of us out of the hospital but I pay no attention to him, deciding to use a little time left to harm Josh as much as possible.

I untangle one of my hand from his hair and smack his face with it, earning a small groan from Josh as he struggles to get my hand out of his hair. All of the sudden, I feel my breath getting knocked out of my lungs and I realize that he's just kicked me in the stomach. Josh takes my weakened state to his advantage and forcefully shoves me away from him, causing me to stumble backwards and my head to make collision with the wall behind me.

"Stop! Both of you." I hear a stern voice shout but I keep my eyes closed, my entire head throbbing with pain.

"You two should get out of the hospital right now or else I'll have call the security." The voice is now a lot closer and slowly I open my eyes to see who it is.

An old man wearing white lab coat is standing in between the two of us, his face towards Josh. The ward boy standing beside him is staring at me with wide eyes and i feel like snapping at him, to make him stop looking at me like I'm some brutal animal.

"Out, sir. Now." I hear the doctor commanding Josh and my gaze quickly flicker towards him, only to find him staring at me with murderous look on his face.

"I'm asking you nicely." The old doctor says again, placing his hand on Josh's forearm but he seems to pay no attention to him, his gazed fixed on me.

"This is far from over." Josh mutters menacingly low and I just find myself smirking at him, his face is red and hair are sticking in all directions.

He stumbles a bit as he starts walking, looking over his shoulder to send me a glare and I just show him my middle finger, knowing that he won't be able to do anything right now, in front of two men.

Once he turns the corner and disappears from my sight, I let out a sigh and clutch my throbbing head and feel something wet on my on fingers. I bring my hand back in front of me and see blood staining my fingers.

"Take her to the emergency, make sure she doesn't need stitches or anything." I look up to find the doctor talking to the ward boy while eyeing me carefully.

"Of course, Doctor Patrick."  The ward boy mutters, reaching towards me but I shake my head.

"That's not necessary." I say, gaze flickering from the nameless ward boy to the doctor. "I.. can I just see the patient I'm here with before leaving?" I ask hopefully, biting down on my lower lip as I watch the doctor who seems deep in thought.

"Alright." He says after a moment and I instantly smile. " But get your head checked first. One more thing, do not pull a stunt like that again in a hospital or you'll end in a jail cell."

I nod at him and the old man smiles, patting my shoulder lightly before he gives the ward boy a tight nod and starts walking away from us, without looking back even once.

"Come with me, Miss." The ward boy says as he starts walking, me following behind him.

Once I get my head checked which luckily is totally fine, I decide to go to the washroom before seeing Harry, just to make sure it doesn't seem like I've just gotten out of a fight. I don't want him to know what happened between Josh and me, not yet.

I look in the mirror in front of me, seeing the red finger marks on my left cheek and I sigh, contemplating wether I should see Harry like this or just get out of here. Knowing Harry, he'll probably cause a big drama when he'll come back to an empty room but I can only imagine how he'll react if he saw my bruising cheek.

I bring my hair to my left side, trying to cover my left cheek as much as possible before leaving the washroom and walking back towards Harry's room. I take in a deep breath before opening the door, hoping that he won't notice my cheek.

When I enter the room, Harry lying on the bed, staring at the wall in front of him while the nurse is busy doing God knows what.

"Hey." I say, approaching the bed and Harry immediately looks my way, a smile finding it's way on his lips as soon as he see me standing near him.

"Did Josh leave?" He asks, as I sit down on the chair, my hand reaching up to my make sure that my hair are covering the fresh finger prints.

"Uh, yeah. Yes, he.. he got some call and said it's something urgent." I quickly make up the story and Harry seems to believe it, nodding his head.

"Yeah? Well, too bad. I had some stuff to discuss with him." Harry says with a huff before wincing when the nurse puts a needle in his arm. "Ouch, can you please be a little gentle?"

The nurse looks up at Harry for a second before looking back down at what she's doing, not replying to Harry.

"Guess I'll fall asleep soon enough." Harry says quietly once the nurse leaves the two of us alone. "I can already feel my eyelids becoming heavy."

I give him a smile, bringing my hand up to his head and running my fingers through his hair.

"It's fine, sleep if you want to." I tell him and Harry puffs out a breath before closing his eyes for a few seconds, his hand reaching out for mine and as soon as he finds it. He brings it to his mouth, pecking the back of it before letting it rest against his lips.

"Thank you." Harry mumbles against my hand after a long moment of silence and I find myself frowning, confused at what he's talking about.

"What for?" I ask in a whisper but Harry doesn't reply and I take it as he's fallen asleep already.

"For staying." I hear him say and I feel a tug on my heart wondering if I will stay forever, without showing off my true identity, like he expects me to.

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