Mute [A One Direction Fanfic] -Amy's Adventures Book 2-

Epilogue

~Harry's POV~

I look down at my wrist, at the bandages covering it. Only a few months ago, these bandages signified something else entirely. They showed the world that I had tried to kill myself, tried to escape everything haunting me by taking my own life. Now, they symbolize the struggle I went through after Trent, the nine months of silence I endured. No one but me and the tattoo artist knows what's under these bandages, not this time. And they won't know until tonight.

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"So, Harry, what's up with the bandages?" Liam asks, getting a round of cheers from the massive audience. "Last time you had those, you gave the entire world a heart attack." I laugh, coming to stand next to Liam.

"Trust me, this time it's not that bad. I just got a new tattoo, and I wanted everyone to see it at once." I say, making sure my wrist is visible for the cameras to pick up. I grab the end of the bandage, slowly unwrapping it until everyone in the audience and on the stage can see what is written on my wrist.

The scars on my wrist are still very visible, lines that everyone can see. I'm not afraid of them anymore. I'm not scared to show them to the world. And they're fading. One day, these scars will be gone. It may take years, but those memories will fade.

I don't want to lose the memory, though. My friends think I'm crazy, but I don't want to forget what I went through. I want others to remember, too. I want everyone to know that you can get through something like that, and it always gets better.

The crowd cheers when they see the tattoo, the single word written on my wrist. My reminder to myself, to everyone, that nothing is impossible.

"Does that say what I think it says?" Liam asks, and I nod.

"I don't want to forget what I went through. It changed my life, and I'm a different person. I can't just forget something like that." I reply, smiling. One word, one small word, that changed my life forever.

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