Different 16 (HS) (Patreon)

Author's note: All right, things are heating up tonight. More secrets are revealed, and more fights break out! I hope you all enjoy the drama! Happy reading! 

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The music was so excessively loud that it made their hearts feel like they were about to burst out of their chest. People were a bit cramped up, especially around the entrance of the house. The living room doors were completely open exposing a giant backyard with a bonfire to keep everyone warm and cozy since the temperature was starting to get below zero. There was also a vast amount of people attending the party. Even the host didn’t comprehend how it had gotten to that magnitude.

Y/N decided to wear something very laid back after the day that the couple had. After Harry’s bath, they decided to take a quick nap. The whole situation had drained too much energy from each of them. And it wasn’t until James called around seven that they woke up. He asked them to come and invite Sarah. Y/N wore a black, turtleneck, with long sleeves sweater, blue jeans, and some heeled boots. She added a few accessories and ended up looking just as nice as she would’ve looked with a dress. Harry threw on some jeans and a T-shirt and a hoodie for the chilly weather.

James was already at the party when they arrived. He was so thankful that they had arrived. Sebastian had brought a girl and was out sitting by the fire with her, and James didn’t want to interrupt so he decided to stay in the house. He looked like a loner standing close to the drinks table. A bunch of girls had come up to him to flirt with him, but he really wasn’t in the mood. He didn’t want to take anyone home. He just wanted to enjoy his friends.

Y/N and Harry decided to Uber to the house since she knew that James had probably taken the car and he could take them back after the party. She held tightly to his hand as they walked through the crowd of people. She led them while he just trailed closely behind her. People stared at them as the couple made their way down the main entrance of the house and into the spacious living room where the rest were dancing and chatting.

They whispered and people shared stares as they spotted the couple making their way through. Most of the girls found Harry cute while the boys still couldn’t understand why Y/N had left Brian for him. After all, everyone knew how rich and powerful his family where.

His mom was even part of the trustee board at the university. She could easily flick her fingers and make you get expelled. Mrs. Hill also knew everyone in Chicago at least everyone who was worth knowing. She was a socialite. She also knew how much power and control she had over everything which made her much scarier, but she loved Y/N. She had been so happy when Brian had brought her for family dinner. She was exactly the type of girl that she wanted for his son. She was poised, elegant, intelligent, well-mannered, and confident. Unfortunately, since they had separated, Brian had begun to bring random girls to meet her and Mrs. Hill had hated every single one of them. None of them were good enough for her boy.

“Thank god” James's eyes landed on Y/N and Harry. “What took you so long?” She lived relatively close to the house where the party was taking place in. Y/N had been too preoccupied with Harry. Her bed was comfortable, and his arms were too warm for her to have the strength to get up. She did eventually when he had convinced her.

“Y/N didn’t want to leave the house” Harry threw her under the bus. She snorted and slightly pushed him with the side of her body.

“Makes sense. She’s always been the lazy one” James continued to joke knowing how annoyed Y/N got when people gang up on her.

“I know. She never wants to do anything lately.”

“It doesn’t surprise me, man. She is always falling asleep in class and in between periods” Harry chuckled and shook his head at his girlfriend.

“Okay! Enough” Harry and James laughed at her as she pulled away from Harry, pretending to be offended. Harry just wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and pulled her back against his chest. He then planted a big sloppy kiss against her cheek. She couldn’t remain angry at him. “Where is Sebastian?”

“Outside. He brought some girl” James took a sip out of his drink and pointed to his hooded friend, who sat beside some girl.

“Who is she?” Y/N squinted, and she tried to get a better look at her, but without her glasses it was pointless. “I am so blind” James laughed while Harry continued to hold her.

“I don’t know. She is from Northwestern or something” Y/N nodded and shifted her attention to the people surrounding them. “Where is Sarah?”

“She is coming. That reminds me” Harry reached back and slip his phone out of his back pocket so he could text her that they were already at the party. Sarah was still home. She refused to arrive earlier than Harry and Y/N. She left the house as soon as she received Harry’s text.

“Are you guys drinking tonight or something?” Y/N instantly shook her head at James.

“Not me” She mumbled and both boys comprehended. Alcohol had become a big no for her after that night. It always led to bad decisions and poor judgment. “Babe?” At the same time, she didn’t want to restrict Harry from doing something completely normal at college parties. She wanted him to enjoy himself and if drinking was the way for him to take the edge off. She would just stand back and take care of him.

“No. I am fine. I don’t like to drink” James smiled at Harry; he was glad that he didn’t have to worry about Harry getting too drunk just like Brian had done that day. James was happy that he could trust Harry with his best friend. “Do you have a girlfriend, James?” Harry asked as he noticed how James scanned the living room as if he was looking for someone.

“No. What makes you think that?” Y/N giggled and leaned back against Harry’s touch.

“I don’t know. I was just curious” Harry shrugged not wanting to reveal the reason he had asked. He didn’t want to embarrass him. Harry’s fingers poked Y/N’s sides. “What are you giggling about, huh?”

“He is in love with Charlotte” Y/N giggled as pushed Harry’s fingers off her sides. She was extremely ticklish.

“Shut the fuck up! I am not!” James exclaimed while he smiled.

“Yes, you do! I’ve seen you watching her!”

“Who is Charlotte?” James shook his head at Y/N with pleading eyes.

“It’s this girl in our French class” Charlotte had transferred during their sophomore year. She was from Australia and her father had opened a brand-new branch of his company in Chicago.

“Is she pretty?” Harry asked as he looked around the room. Y/N giggled and turned around as her eyes scanned the room.

“Do you see the blonde talking to that girl?” Harry nodded as his eyes spotted the two girls leaning against the wall, on the opposite side of the living room. They both had drinks and seemed to be having fun. “That girl is Charlotte.”

“She is cute,” Harry said after a few minutes. “Why don’t you go up to her and ask her out or something?”

“James says that Charlotte intimidates him” Y/N revealed then rolled her eyes at his best friend. “She is on my soccer team, and she is so sweet and kind.”

“Then why can’t you talk to her?”

“Yeah, I don’t know what’s that about” James had tried multiple times to approach her, but every single time he would turn back around.

“I’ve told you a thousand times that I could ask her for you, and you still refuse” Y/N had asked Charlotte what she thought of James, and she had found him attractive, but too quiet. Something that wasn’t true, but she believed based on his reactions when she approached him.

“That is some middle school shit, Y/N” Harry chuckled, then shook his head at his girlfriend's friend. It was now Y/N’s turn to hold Harry, so she wrapped her arms around his torso.

“Fine. Then don’t complain about being lonely and how girls only want to sleep with you!”

“But they do! They are all so selfish. They only want me for my pipi” The couple laughed while they swayed side to side with the music.

“Hey” Sarah called out as she approached her friends. James smiled and pulled her into a hug. “What’s up with you?”

“Nothing! Can’t I hug my new friend?” James pouted when Sarah detached herself from him so she could greet her other two friends. James disappeared into the kitchen to pour a drink for Sarah.

“Are we still on for tomorrow?” Y/N asked Sarah, she nodded with a big smile.

“What’s happening tomorrow?”

“Y/N and I are working out” Sarah had texted Y/N, earlier in the week to ask her for some help. She wanted to sweat off.  She knew that Y/N was the best person to go with after seeing how she consistently worked out. “Only if I don’t wake up with a hangover” She added after James had come back with her drink.

“What are you doing here?” Brian startled the group of friends. He had seen the couple since the moment that they had entered the house. He hadn’t approached earlier because his friends had held him back. His friends were getting tired of hearing him complain about Y/N and her new boyfriend. He was obsessed with breaking them up.

“Isn’t it obvious? It’s a fucking party” James responded on behalf of everyone. He was starting to think that he needed to beat the crap out of him once again for him to finally get his point across.

“Neither of them belong here.”

“Have you seen how many people are here? She doesn’t even go to the university” Y/N pointed out to the girl that was attached to his side. “What’s your excuse?”

“Don’t talk to me, whore” Brian hated that she was defending Harry, especially since they were both holding each other.

“Don’t talk to her like that” He had insulted her, and Harry wouldn’t allow that. If he had to fight him just like had done with Ezra, he would. Brian chuckled and clapped at Harry trying to ridicule him.

“So, he speaks!” Brian chuckled and shook his head, “I’ll say whatever the fuck I want to. She is nothing but a whore” Harry unwrapped his arms from Y/N as he began feeling his blood starting to boil. James placed his drink on a small table beside him before he stepped up too.

“You are just saying that because she doesn’t put up with your shit anymore and she actually has a voice” Brian chuckled and threw his drink on the floor making the beer splash everywhere, but the boys were too heated to do be faced with it.

“She hadn’t told you, has she?! She sleeps around with everyone! Including her best friends” Brian knew that if he exposed her secrets, he would freak him out and get him to break up with her “Am I wrong James?” Brian’s face turned red as he tapped his chest. “You know that you have slept with her or am I lying?” Harry’s face confirmed that Brian had done it and got him where he wanted.

“Don’t fucking touch me!” James yelled as he swatted his hands away from him. Harry honestly didn’t know what to say or what to do. He wanted to fight Brian, but he felt hurt that Y/N had hidden this from her.

James's face gave it all away. Brian was telling the truth. Harry felt like someone had thrown a bucket of ice water on him. He was in utter disbelief.