My Brother's Best Friend

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It was the night before your meeting with the music producer and you were in your room doing practically nothing as you heard the front door open and close again. You didn't panic as you heard footsteps walking up the stairs because you recognized them.

It was Harrison. He wasn't home the whole day again and you didn't get to spend time with him.

"Come in!" you said, not removing your gaze from your phone.

"Hey, I'm back." Haz said, opening the door.

"Yeah, obviously. How was your day with Addison?"

"Uh it was good!" he nodded. "I have something to tell you." he said and as you heard the insecurity in his voice, you finally looked up to see he seemed nervous.

"Is everything okay?" you asked, turning off your phone and shifting to the edge of your bed.

"Yeah it's just.." he sat next to you as you looked at him worryingly, "I'm moving out." he blurted out.

"You're...moving out?"

"Yes." he nodded, finally looking up at you.
"I think you've noticed that me and Addison have been together a lot recently well that was because we were looking at houses." he explained. "We've decided to take the next step in our relationship and we're moving in together."

"Haz, that's amazing!"

"Really?" he asked a little bit surprised.

"Yeah!" you nodded, smiling brightly.

"You're not mad? Or sad...?"

"Mad? No! Absolutely not. I'm really happy for you and Addi." you chuckled. "And I'm not sad either since i'll have the whole house to myself, so," you grinned and he laughed.

"But i'll definitely miss you." you finally said, looking at him as you gave him a sad but happy smile.

"Come here." he said, pulling you into a hug."I'll miss you too." and for some reason you hugged him tighter. "Hey, it's not like i'm moving to the other side of the world, i'll be just twenty minutes away." he chuckled, rubbing your back.

"Yeah but still...it won't be the same." you said as you looked up at him. "When are you packing your stuff?" you asked, finally pulling away.

"Actually, I've already started. We're planning on bringing the first things over tomorrow." he said.

"Oh! I can help if you want but that would have to be after my meeting in the morning and my lunch with Shawn."

"Yeah that would be great and Tom's coming to help too so it'll be the four of us." he said.

"Tom knows?" you frowned.

"Yeah, we were together earlier and I told him then."

"Ah." you nodded.

"Yeah so," he stood up, "I'm going to bed, I'm really tired." he said walking to your door. "Goodnight, I love you."

"I love you too, night." you said to him before he closed the door to your room.

You smiled one more time as you shifted back in your bed and pulled the covers over you.

You felt a little sad but you were still happy for him and wanted the best for him.

And on the other hand, having the house for you alone would mean you and Tom would have more freedom to do much more other...things.

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On the next day you went to the meeting you had with with Zack and the music producer. It went quite smoothly.

"It was really nice meeting you." the producer called James said as he shook your hand.

"Thank you. For everything and it was very nice to meet you as well." you smiled genuinely.

He said his goodbyes to Zack before he left the cafe you were in.

"Well that went really good." Zack said smiling brightly as he turned to you.

"I know right! It's crazy!" you said excitedly.

"You seem excited."

"Yeah, that's because I am." you nodded frantically. "I can't wait to tell Tom, Haz and everyone else!"

Zack laughed, seeing you had the biggest smile ever.

"You staying?" he asked as he saw you sit back down.

"Yes, I'm meeting someone." you answered.

"Oh, okay, well I need to go. I'll text you." he said as he slightly bent down to give u a quick hug.

"Bye." you waved at him watching him leave.

While you waited you texted asked Tom if he could come pick you up later so that you could go to Harrison and Addison's new house together to help them.

You heard the bell of the door ring meaning someone just entered so you looked up and saw him.

Shawn.

His eyes scanned the room before they landed on you. You smiled and waved him over.

"Hey." you said as you hugged him.

"Hi, sorry. Am I late?" he panicked.

"No no, remember I told you about that my meeting?" you asked and he nodded.
"Yeah, it was here and it finished like 10 minutes ago." you laughed.

"Oh, alright." you chuckled with him as you sat down.

You had an awkward conversation before you ordered your food. You weren't the reason it was awkward though, it was him.

For some reason he seemed...nervous?

But he loosened up after the food arrived and you got to know him a little more. Talking about future projects and telling you about how he's soon starting to film the music video to his one song called "If I can't have you".

That reminded you of Addison. The last time you saw her she told you about how she was going to be a dancer in one of his videos.

When you finished eating you were still talking but then you saw your phone lit up and saw a message from Tom telling you he was here.

"I'm sorry but I need to go. I'm helping my brother move out." you said before grabbing your bag and standing up.

"Oh! Sure, i'll walk you out."

You walked to the door together and you smiled at him when he opened the door for you.

You were walking down the streets to where you thought you were going to meet Tom when suddenly you felt a pair of hands on your waist that spun you around and pulled you into them.

You didn't have any time to see who it was before you felt a pair of lips on yours. Your hands were ready to push them away but you instead melted into them as you recognized them.

You knew those lips. Very well in fact...