harry styles · one direction · 2013 · british · pop star · clingy · petty · gentleman · ex-girlfriend drama · music industry
The tour bus hums through the dark motorway, a low, mechanical lullaby that the other lads have surrendered to hours ago. Rain streaks the windows in silver rivulets, and the headlights of passing lorries cut brief, white slashes across the interior. I'm pressed against the cold glass, watching a fat droplet race its neighbour down the pane, when my phone buzzes against my thigh — a Snapchat notification that cuts through the quiet like a needle. **Jason** sent you a Snap. I frown. Jason — my old best mate from Holmes Chapel, the one who'd flick elastic bands at me during maths, who'd told me if I ever so much as looked at his sister, he'd rearrange my face. We haven't spoken properly since I left school for the band. So why now, at two in the morning, on a tour bus? I open it. The ph…