Harry's P.O.V

  I felt so confused as I sat in the tour bus in my little bunking compartment. The only reason that I was feeling so protective of Darcy was because she was kidnapped and needed someone there for her. It was hard to figure out if you truly loved someone when you were being ripped apart from them, and whenever you had to go it left you clueless.

  Why did I like Vanessa? Well, I guess you could say that was easy. She was fit and nice. But if she wasn't fit, I knew that I wouldn't stay with her, which made me feel incredibly selfish. On top of that, I wanted to end Larry Stylinson rumors, so was I just trying to make her my girlfriend to end all of that?

  "Goodnight Harry," Louis whispered from outside the curtain that separated me from the rest of the tour bus. I chuckled and opened it to see Lou giggling, holding a can of whipped topping. When he saw me his eyes grew wide and he hid it behind his back.

  "Boobear? Were you going to spray me with that?" I asked. He bit his lip and pulled it out in surrender. I took it from him and squirted some whipped topping in his mouth.

  "Thanks." He laughed, some whipped cream spilling out his mouth and onto the carpet. Bellow me, I could hear Zayn grumbling at Louis. He'd been asleep most of the day because of a bad hangover, and when he had those he was the crankiest man there was. I folded my hands over my head and shut my eyes, sleep almost overtaking me.

  The only thing that kept me awake was thinking about Darcy and Vanessa, and Louis wouldn't go away. I opened my eyes to see him resting his head on the side of my bed, his lips turned upward in a smile. I hated how I couldn't be his best friend in public without people asking if we were gay. Girls go around like we do with their best friends', and there aren't rumors for them. Why was it so different because me and Lou were boys?

  "I'm going to turn it in." I told Lou. He waved me goodbye and crawled into his bed across the tiny hall. I zipped the curtain shut and looked out the little window beside me. Darcy felt so far away from me. I'm not sure why that bothered me so much. Even the possibility of being in love with her, was she even capable of that after being through all that she's had to be through?

  Her heart seemed like tissue paper now. I didn't remember it being like this two years ago, but now it's plain to see on her face that she's hurt. It's like when you get a scar; it's permanent and will never heal just right. I couldn't lie. She was always beautiful to me. But was she really the right person for me? A part of me said yes, but another part said no. I was just afraid that the part of me that said no was right. Then what? I'd break her heart and I don't want to hurt her like she's been hurt before.

  Then there was Vanessa again. Confident, fit, and sweet. I had seen her and her previous boyfriends on covers of magazines. She'd only had a few in the past, but it seemed like those relationships all turned out ugly. It seemed like if I picked her, I'd be worried of not being good enough or getting my heart broken. I know I'm supposed to 'be a man', but when we let our self falls for someone, they can't expect us to be a-okay afterwards. Some people forget that us guys have feelings.

  I wanted to call Darcy or Vanessa, wondering if hearing one of their voices would bring me to the right decision. I knew that I had to get sleep, though, and I told Louis that I wass sleeping. He'd probably call me a liar if I started having phone conversations at this hour. I checked my phone to see what time it was and saw that I had five missed text messages, two of them saying this:

  From: Vanessa<3

  hey xoxo

  She had been texting me all day, and so it was normal to be receiving some sort of text from her. I hit the delete button and went on with reading texts, my heart leaping when I saw the name.

  From: Darcy c;

  hey harry c: i got a job today working for tiff's mum, thought i'd tell you that. how's life being a poptart?

  From: Darcy c;

  *popstar xD

  I smiled. I liked it how she didn't try to be romatic or perfect around me. You'd think I'd realize who I was falling for from me getting so excited over her texts, but that could just be because she rarely texts me and Vanessa just texts me a lot. It was hard to tell, really. I was sick of trying to chose, so I shut off my phone and soon dozed off to sleep.

  Darcy's P.O.V

  I quickly sent Harry a text before grabbing my scarf and throwing on my scarf. I grabbed my keys and stuck them inside the small purse that I had bought yesterday whilst I was shopping with Tiff. Over the past two weeks her and I had been getting exceptionally close, and she even offered that I spend the holidays with her and her family. I was glad, because a lonely Christmas wasn't really something I was looking forward to.

  I stepped out into the hallway and locked my door. I could feel someone in the hall, and I looked down a ways to see Nathan. I'd been personally avoiding him after I caught him stealing from the cash register at the Quincy's (Tiffany's family) family resturaunt. He had smirked at me before running off and into a car that I'd never seen before. It was a nice car, I had to say, and I wondered if it was something that he had stolen.

  I half walked/half ran down the hallway and out into the cold winter air, glad that I was away from him. Something about him didn't seem right. A buzzing of my phone interrupted my thoughs, and when I read the text I received my lips curled up in a smile.

  From: HareBear

  We're having a party in two weeks cuz of the album release. wanna come? youd fly to london with tiff c:

  A/N: What do you think? She's going to a party! What do you think will happen? And there is going to be a GIANT plot twist that none of you will ever figure out, muahaha ^.^

  Randomly dedicating this chapter to a commenter! Please fan, vote, and comment!

  I love each and everyone of you c:

  ~Delilah