Worth The Wait 

‘We’re done Harry, I can’t do this anymore’

Walking away from him was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. I knew I loved him and that was my main reason for leaving; it was too painful seeing him fly all over the world and then seeing him for a couple of days when he returned home. The thoughts that would fly around my mind were endless.  Every single day I would reassure myself that I had made the right decision, I had returned to the life of a normal 16 year old girl. But then every night he would appear in my dreams and I would be straight back to square one; I couldn’t help but miss him.

It was now November and the cold winds had set in. It was virtually impossible to turn a corner in the bustling streets of London without seeing his face across a billboard or advertising their new album. Every time I turned the radio on his voice would fill my senses, sending prickling tears to my eyes. Any other boy and I would have been fine, but Harry Styles was no ordinary boy.

I was sitting in my room with my best friend Kate who was trying to get me to go to some party that the whole year had been raving about for the past week. I hated how monotonous my life had become and I know Kate was getting sick of me moping about my life with minimal intentions of changing. Ignoring what she was lecturing me about as I walked over to my radio placed in the corner of my room and switched it on. The mumbled fuzz of noise straightened out into a clear sound as the radio hosts voice begun speaking over Kate’s.

‘Next in the live lounge we have One Direction who are going to be singing their second single from their brand new album. Take it away boys.’

I went to press the button again to turn it off, but Kate beat me to it covering the button with her hand.

‘You’re going to have to learn to get used to the fact that Harry and One Direction aren’t going out of your life, they’re superstars now April. Just listen to it; it’s been 3 months’

I opened my mouth to argue but the look in her eye told me there was no point so I retreated back to lie on my bed whilst Harry’s voice came into earshot.

‘I want to dedicate this song to someone really special to me. I’ve lost her now, but if you’re listening, I still love you April’

I sat upright in a second, my head snapping towards the radio wondering if I heard right. I thought he would have forgotten about me. His voice filled the room soon followed by the rest of the group but I was still in too much shock to comprehend what they were singing.

‘April!’ Kate snapped bringing me out of my trance.

‘U-uh, yeah’ I mumbled.

‘What do you want to do?’ she asked me.

Confusion struck through me, ‘What do you mean?’

‘Well the radio stations only about 5 minutes away if we walk quickly. You may be able to see him if we leave now. I know you ended things with him because you couldn’t deal with him being away for so long, but I can’t stand to see you like this anymore April’

‘I- I don’t know, do you think I should?’

She held my gaze before smiling approvingly, ‘It’s your choice, but I think I know what you’re going to do’

‘Come on, let’s go’ I said, already halfway out the door and down the stairs. Grabbing my coat off the racks and pulling my blonde hair out so it rested down my back. I shoved some purple converses on before taking my bag and checking I had everything in it. I was stood at the door waiting impatiently for Kate to put her shoes on.

We walked quickly down to the end of my street and towards the radio station. Turning the final corner we came to a sight we had not been prepared for. In front of the station was a crowd of girls anxiously waiting for their chance to see One Direction.

‘Shit’ I muttered as we stood at the back.

‘It’s fine April, we’ll see him’ she said whilst grabbing my hand and pulling me to the side of the crowd that was growing by the second.

‘Kate, there’s no point. You know what the fans are like’ I admitted in defeat, fully prepared to turn around and go home. At that moment a roar of screams erupted and I knew now that I was standing only a few metres away from him; I couldn’t give up this easily.

Turning back to face her I started thinking through our options to get noticed. Shouting wouldn’t work because we would be drowned out by the deafening screams and there was no way we were going to be able to force our way to the front of the queue.

‘I don’t know how Kate’ I admitted.

‘This is more difficult than I thought it would be’ she agreed.

I could see the top of all their heads from the back of the crowd as they made their way through the designated pathway signing autographs and taking numerous photos with fans. A single tear formed in my eye as I reluctantly turned away once again. Kate followed my suit as we started walking away back to my house.

‘Excuse me?’ a voice appeared from behind us.

We both turned around simultaneously to see a woman in her mid 20’s standing a couple of metres away from us. She walked slightly more towards us as we stood there confused.

‘Sorry, I work at Radio 1. I was observing the crowds outside and saw you two at the back and noticed that you look quite upset that you didn’t get the chance to meet them, if you want I could probably get you a couple of minutes with them’

Beaming smiles graced both of our faces as I realised I was going to be able to see him.

‘Are you sure? That would be amazing. Thank you so much’ I stammered.

‘Yeah that’s fine, what are your girls names’

‘My names Kate and this is April’ Kate said pointing towards me.

The woman’s facial expression changed to somewhat inquisitive, her eyes squinting in thought.

‘You’re not the April that Harry mentioned in the live lounge are you?’ she asked.

I shyly smiled in approval and shrugged my shoulders. ‘Urm, yeah I am’

‘Come on then’ she ushered us both into the warmth of the radio station, ‘I’m sure I could persuade them to come back to meet a couple of fans, I won’t tell them who it is; it can be a surprise’ she winked at us as she left us in a room occupied by only a sofa and a table.

‘You’ll be fine April’ Kate reassured my nerves that had sprung on me once we were left in the room alone.

*Harry’s POV*

I walked with Louis back into the Radio 1 station followed by the rest of the boys; we had been requested to meet a couple more fans who hadn’t got the chance when we were outside which we were all happily willing to oblige to although I knew we would all  much prefer to return to our hotel rooms.

A middle aged man showed us to the door, opening it slightly so we weren’t able to see the girls sitting in there. I stepped out in front to lead the boys in and pushed the door slightly more open and walked in. Looking up from the scuff on the floor I had been observing I saw a girl that I recognised sitting on the sofa, and another girl standing with her back to us looking out of the window. The rest of the boys were now all standing by my side.

‘Kate, is that you?’ I asked her, what was April’s best friend doing here? Confusion was running through me like wildfire.

‘Hi Harry, we heard your- um – dedication for your song earlier’ she softly spoke, looking back to the girl standing by the window who had still not shown her face.

‘We?’ I muttered in almost a whisper my eyes burning holes into the girls back, it couldn’t be? My thoughts were confirmed as she turned around and I saw the girl I had been missing so much, the girl that had walked out of my like and left me broken hearted; April.

There was a mixture of sharp intakes of breaths and gasps as the boys realised who it was and remained silent. Her hair was just as beautifully blonde but there was no longer a sparkle in her sapphire blue eyes, they seemed duller and lifeless compared to before.

She timidly smiled at me whilst I stood there taking in the situation. Taking soft, gentle steps towards her I felt her gaze rise to meet my taller figure and her eyes locked with mine. Stopping a couple of inches away from her I took her hand in mine, drawing small continuous circles on her palm.

‘You have no idea how much I have missed you April’ I started, not breaking our eye contact which was sending my heart into a state.

She took another step towards me, ‘I’m sorry Harry. I’ve spent every single moment regretting ending things with you, I’ve been a mess. And then I heard your song earlier and I don’t know, I just, I love you Harry’

Those were the only words I needed to hear as I closed the gap that was remaining between us and kissed her wrapping my arms around her waist, feeling the warmth of her body exuding onto mine. Feeling her touch on me felt right, I knew she was something special and I was never going to let her go again.

*April’s POV*

It felt so right being in his arms again, I knew now that he was something special and I was never letting him go again.