EXTRAordinary-A Harry Styles Story
Chapter 19
I’ve been settling into my new apartment for the past week in London. I’m still trying to adapt to everything. For instance, London is 8 hours ahead of California. So my sleeping schedule is a little off. And also, London is freezing. I wasn’t prepared for all this coldness, I had to go buy 5 new sweaters and boots. The third thing is that all the tv channels are different, so I have to memorize the channel numbers. I see that my favorite show Teen Wolf is on MTV and my spirits increase a little. I’m watching Scott eat and sandwich and it makes me realize that I need a toaster! I haven’t really done much besides unpacking, shopping, and calling the girls back in Cali. Christmas is in 3 days. It kind of sucks because I have no one to spend it with. Oh well, I’m going to have to suck it up and learn to be independent. I go and grab my coat and shoes. My apartment is in the heart of London, so everything is in walking distance.
I arrive at a grocery store and find out that they don’t sell toasters here. Well, great. Just great. I decide to buy some drinks and a couple bags of chips. I get to the register and the total is 6 pounds. I always forget that their currency is different here. That’s something else I’m trying to adapt to. I hand them the money, grab my stuff, and head out. While walking out, I notice a poster that has 5 familiar faces on it. ‘1D Meet & Greet at Westfield Shopping Center on 22/12.’ Even the way they write their dates are different. Not too different though, it’s just reversed. But maybe I should stop by and see the boys.. I could pretend like I’m there to buy sweaters. What about Harry though? I don’t know if I could face him. You know what? I don’t give a shit. I want to see the rest of the boys and if Harry doesn’t want to see me, he doesn’t have to look at me. I call a cab and they take me to the mall.
Holy motherfuckin’ shit. This line looks like it could last for weeks. There is NO way I’m standing in this line. I get kinda sad because I really wanted to see the boys. I decide to check around the mall and come back later to see if the line has shrunk down.
I’m holding 6 bags and head back to where the boys are holding their CD signing. I’m walking and see a familiar face. “Hey! Do you remember me?” I say to the body guard. He looks at me for a moment and I see the realization dawn on his face. “Oh yeah! You’re the girl that kicked the wall a few months back. How’s your foot?” “Oh, it’s good!! What are you doing? Shouldn’t you be with the boys?” “I’m on a break right now. Are you here to see the boys?” “Well, I came here to see them. But the line is way too long. I thought it was gunna shrink down a little, but I’m too tired to stand and wait in the line. I’m probably just gunna head home.” He looks at me funny. “I can just take you to the boys. I know you aren’t some crazy fan, so you can just come with me.” He starts to motion for me to follow him. I think for a moment. “No, it’s okay. They have a lot of fans waiting to them. I don’t wanna bother them. Thank you though. It was good seeing you!” “No problem, Miss. Have a good day.” He nods to me and walks off.
I get home and see that it’s only 4:30 pm. I decide to take a nap. It’s been a long day.
I wake up from a buzz. I notice that it’s dark outside. I glance at the clock and see that it’s almost 6. I dig for my phone in my pocket and see that Louis is calling me.
“Hello?”
“HEY!” Louis yells. I pull the phone away from my ear for a second.
“Woah. No need for screaming.”
“Hahaha, sorry. One of our body guards just said he saw you today at the mall. Was it really you?”
“Yep, in the flesh.”
“WHAT. How come you didn’t stop by to say hi?”
“Did you see how long that line was?!”
“He said he offered to take you back with him.”
“Yeah, but you had all those fans waiting for you. I didn’t want to bother you guys.”
“BOO Car. We ALL really wanted to see you.”
“Are you sure about that?” Hinting towards Harry.
“Um, yeah. Things have been strange with Harry. You know what he told me?”
“…what?”
“He said that you said you loved him.”
“WHAT? WHEN?”
“In text. The night of your going away party. He showed me the text because I didn’t believe him. He has evidence Car, you can’t deny it.”
“Hold on one second Louis.” I pull my phone away from my ear and start scrolling through my messages until I see Harry’s name pop up. Oh my gosh.
“missed u tonight. understood ur reasoning tho. be safe on the tour. love you.”
I did say I love you to him. I didn’t even realize that I did.
“Louis, I wasn’t aware I said that when I sent it. This is news to me.”
“So you don’t love him?”
“I didn’t say that! I just.. I.. I don’t know.”
“I’m so sorry Car, but I gotta go. We’re all heading out to eat and we’re leaving right now.”
“Okay. Have fun!”
“Oh! I have an idea. Do you want to come wi-” I hang up the phone before he finishes up what I know he was going to say. Or ask.
Wait, Harry never replied to my text.. so.. he doesn’t love me? Woah. Why do I care? Oh no. Oh shit. I’m in some deep horse shit. I do love Harry.
I wake up to a loud knock on my door. I put on my house shoes and open the door. “Hi, I’m Eleanor. I live next door and I just wanted to introduce myself.” The brunette says. She holds her hand out for a shake. I grab it and reply back, “Hi, I’m Carter. I just moved here last week.” “Yeah, I noticed there was someone living here. Do you live here by yourself?” “Sadly, yeah. I’m a transfer student from America. So I don’t know anyone here.” “Well, you know me now! We should hang out one day. Maybe go shopping and grab something to eat!” I don’t really like shopping, especially since that’s all I’ve been doing since I got here, but I need to make some friends. “Yeah! Sounds like a plan!” “Are you busy today?” shes asks. “No. Just planned on unpacking, but I can do what whenever.” “We should hang out today then!” “Alright. Can I get ready and then meet you out front in 30?” “Okay! See you in a bit!” I shut the door and start getting ready.
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“Oh! You look so cute! You know it’s going to get cold later?” “I know, that’s why I brought a jacket!” “Alright, well let’s go!”
Eleanor drives for a little bit and we arrive at the same mall from yesterday. “Where do you want to go to first?” she asks me. “I don’t really care. I’ll go wherever you go.” “Alright, let me just warn you that I LOVE to shop.” “Hahaha, I’ll be fine. I have friends at home who are just like you.”
Okay, so maybe I should have listened to her warning. We’ve been at the mall for 6 hours already and she is STILL shopping. I’m so tired, but I don’t want to ruin her shopping time. We’ve bonded a lot though. We found out that we’re going to the same uni, so I’ll know at least someone. “You ready to leave and grab something to eat?” “Yes!!”
In the middle of us eating, she asks me if I know One Direction. Oh boy. I really don’t want to talk about them. So I decide to lie. “No. Is that a movie or something?” She looks at me funny but then looks relieved. She opened her mouth to say something and then gets a phone call. She looks at the caller ID and then back at me. “Sorry, I need to take this call.” And she walks away. I see her come back over to our table about 5 minutes later. “Sorry, it was my boyfriend. He was telling me about our plans for Christmas. Wait. Who are you spending Christmas with?” I hesitate to answer because I don’t want to tell her my answer. “It’s okay if you don’t have anyone to spend it with. You’re new here.” She immediately looks up and her eyes widen. “How about you spend Christmas with me?!” “Uh, thanks for the offer. But I don’t want to be the third wheel of you and your boyfriend.” “No, it won’t just be me and him. His friends will be there too! He has some cute friends I could probably hook you up with!” I’m so not ready to be with any guy for a long time. “I don’t know. I still have a lot of unpacking to do before breaks over.” “My mind’s made up! You’re spending Christmas with me! I’ll come over one day and help you unpack!” I can’t say no to her, she’s been so nice. Plus, it’d be nice to spend Christmas with people. “Okay. I’m in.” “Yay! You’ll have so much fun with us. I’m so excited for you to meet everyone!” “Yeah, me too!” “So, are you ready to go yet?” “Yeah, I’ve been ready. Hahaha.”
We walk up to our apartment and exchange numbers. “I’ll just call you tomorrow and tell you more details!” “Okay. I’ll be here. Unpacking.” “I’m so glad I met you. I can’t wait to start uni with you!” “Me too. You’re the first friend I’ve made, I’m so glad it was you.” She hugs me and then we go into our apartments.
I arrive at a grocery store and find out that they don’t sell toasters here. Well, great. Just great. I decide to buy some drinks and a couple bags of chips. I get to the register and the total is 6 pounds. I always forget that their currency is different here. That’s something else I’m trying to adapt to. I hand them the money, grab my stuff, and head out. While walking out, I notice a poster that has 5 familiar faces on it. ‘1D Meet & Greet at Westfield Shopping Center on 22/12.’ Even the way they write their dates are different. Not too different though, it’s just reversed. But maybe I should stop by and see the boys.. I could pretend like I’m there to buy sweaters. What about Harry though? I don’t know if I could face him. You know what? I don’t give a shit. I want to see the rest of the boys and if Harry doesn’t want to see me, he doesn’t have to look at me. I call a cab and they take me to the mall.
Holy motherfuckin’ shit. This line looks like it could last for weeks. There is NO way I’m standing in this line. I get kinda sad because I really wanted to see the boys. I decide to check around the mall and come back later to see if the line has shrunk down.
I’m holding 6 bags and head back to where the boys are holding their CD signing. I’m walking and see a familiar face. “Hey! Do you remember me?” I say to the body guard. He looks at me for a moment and I see the realization dawn on his face. “Oh yeah! You’re the girl that kicked the wall a few months back. How’s your foot?” “Oh, it’s good!! What are you doing? Shouldn’t you be with the boys?” “I’m on a break right now. Are you here to see the boys?” “Well, I came here to see them. But the line is way too long. I thought it was gunna shrink down a little, but I’m too tired to stand and wait in the line. I’m probably just gunna head home.” He looks at me funny. “I can just take you to the boys. I know you aren’t some crazy fan, so you can just come with me.” He starts to motion for me to follow him. I think for a moment. “No, it’s okay. They have a lot of fans waiting to them. I don’t wanna bother them. Thank you though. It was good seeing you!” “No problem, Miss. Have a good day.” He nods to me and walks off.
I get home and see that it’s only 4:30 pm. I decide to take a nap. It’s been a long day.
I wake up from a buzz. I notice that it’s dark outside. I glance at the clock and see that it’s almost 6. I dig for my phone in my pocket and see that Louis is calling me.
“Hello?”
“HEY!” Louis yells. I pull the phone away from my ear for a second.
“Woah. No need for screaming.”
“Hahaha, sorry. One of our body guards just said he saw you today at the mall. Was it really you?”
“Yep, in the flesh.”
“WHAT. How come you didn’t stop by to say hi?”
“Did you see how long that line was?!”
“He said he offered to take you back with him.”
“Yeah, but you had all those fans waiting for you. I didn’t want to bother you guys.”
“BOO Car. We ALL really wanted to see you.”
“Are you sure about that?” Hinting towards Harry.
“Um, yeah. Things have been strange with Harry. You know what he told me?”
“…what?”
“He said that you said you loved him.”
“WHAT? WHEN?”
“In text. The night of your going away party. He showed me the text because I didn’t believe him. He has evidence Car, you can’t deny it.”
“Hold on one second Louis.” I pull my phone away from my ear and start scrolling through my messages until I see Harry’s name pop up. Oh my gosh.
“missed u tonight. understood ur reasoning tho. be safe on the tour. love you.”
I did say I love you to him. I didn’t even realize that I did.
“Louis, I wasn’t aware I said that when I sent it. This is news to me.”
“So you don’t love him?”
“I didn’t say that! I just.. I.. I don’t know.”
“I’m so sorry Car, but I gotta go. We’re all heading out to eat and we’re leaving right now.”
“Okay. Have fun!”
“Oh! I have an idea. Do you want to come wi-” I hang up the phone before he finishes up what I know he was going to say. Or ask.
Wait, Harry never replied to my text.. so.. he doesn’t love me? Woah. Why do I care? Oh no. Oh shit. I’m in some deep horse shit. I do love Harry.
I wake up to a loud knock on my door. I put on my house shoes and open the door. “Hi, I’m Eleanor. I live next door and I just wanted to introduce myself.” The brunette says. She holds her hand out for a shake. I grab it and reply back, “Hi, I’m Carter. I just moved here last week.” “Yeah, I noticed there was someone living here. Do you live here by yourself?” “Sadly, yeah. I’m a transfer student from America. So I don’t know anyone here.” “Well, you know me now! We should hang out one day. Maybe go shopping and grab something to eat!” I don’t really like shopping, especially since that’s all I’ve been doing since I got here, but I need to make some friends. “Yeah! Sounds like a plan!” “Are you busy today?” shes asks. “No. Just planned on unpacking, but I can do what whenever.” “We should hang out today then!” “Alright. Can I get ready and then meet you out front in 30?” “Okay! See you in a bit!” I shut the door and start getting ready.
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“Oh! You look so cute! You know it’s going to get cold later?” “I know, that’s why I brought a jacket!” “Alright, well let’s go!”
Eleanor drives for a little bit and we arrive at the same mall from yesterday. “Where do you want to go to first?” she asks me. “I don’t really care. I’ll go wherever you go.” “Alright, let me just warn you that I LOVE to shop.” “Hahaha, I’ll be fine. I have friends at home who are just like you.”
Okay, so maybe I should have listened to her warning. We’ve been at the mall for 6 hours already and she is STILL shopping. I’m so tired, but I don’t want to ruin her shopping time. We’ve bonded a lot though. We found out that we’re going to the same uni, so I’ll know at least someone. “You ready to leave and grab something to eat?” “Yes!!”
In the middle of us eating, she asks me if I know One Direction. Oh boy. I really don’t want to talk about them. So I decide to lie. “No. Is that a movie or something?” She looks at me funny but then looks relieved. She opened her mouth to say something and then gets a phone call. She looks at the caller ID and then back at me. “Sorry, I need to take this call.” And she walks away. I see her come back over to our table about 5 minutes later. “Sorry, it was my boyfriend. He was telling me about our plans for Christmas. Wait. Who are you spending Christmas with?” I hesitate to answer because I don’t want to tell her my answer. “It’s okay if you don’t have anyone to spend it with. You’re new here.” She immediately looks up and her eyes widen. “How about you spend Christmas with me?!” “Uh, thanks for the offer. But I don’t want to be the third wheel of you and your boyfriend.” “No, it won’t just be me and him. His friends will be there too! He has some cute friends I could probably hook you up with!” I’m so not ready to be with any guy for a long time. “I don’t know. I still have a lot of unpacking to do before breaks over.” “My mind’s made up! You’re spending Christmas with me! I’ll come over one day and help you unpack!” I can’t say no to her, she’s been so nice. Plus, it’d be nice to spend Christmas with people. “Okay. I’m in.” “Yay! You’ll have so much fun with us. I’m so excited for you to meet everyone!” “Yeah, me too!” “So, are you ready to go yet?” “Yeah, I’ve been ready. Hahaha.”
We walk up to our apartment and exchange numbers. “I’ll just call you tomorrow and tell you more details!” “Okay. I’ll be here. Unpacking.” “I’m so glad I met you. I can’t wait to start uni with you!” “Me too. You’re the first friend I’ve made, I’m so glad it was you.” She hugs me and then we go into our apartments.
11/27/13