"Wow... Aubrey you look beautiful" Harry's mouth dropped open as he saw me. My cheeks instantly turned red at the compliment.

"Thanks" I smiled as I took his hand. "So where are we going?"

"It's a surprise!" He grinned as he led me to his car and opened the passenger door.

The ride was pretty quiet. It was still a little weird to me that we are 'dating' now... I'm happy, don't get me wrong, but it feels different. It feels good.

"Oh my god! I love this place!" I excitedly said as we pulled into the parking lot of one of my favorite Italian restaurants.

"I know! Every time we drive by you always say how much you like it" he smiled as he kept his eyes on the look for a parking spot. I blushed a little, it was cute that he remembered that.

****

"Are you not hungry?" Harry asked as I played around with my pasta.

"No I am" I said as I picked up the fork.

"Aubs, what's in your mind?" He took my hand in his on the table. He always knows when there's something that's bothering me.

"I was just thinking..." I said trying to get him to forget about it.

"About what? You can tell me anything"

"Okay, don't hate me..."

"I could never hate you" he smiled as he rubbed the top of my hand with his thumb.

"I just think that we shouldn't tell anybody about us yet" I blurted out, I just wanted to get it off of my chest. He grabbed his glass and took a big gulp of water.

"Why?" He was confused, and I felt terrible. He probably thinks I'm embarrassed of him or something.

"Harry you know I love you, and I'm glad we're dating now.. But I never told Maddie or Sophie or anyone that I liked you more than a friend, so Maddie always thought you were kind of hers..." I ranted. "You know she's always liked you a little, and I just don't want to upset her"

He let out a sigh of relief thinking the reason would be a lot worse.

"I understand.. If that's what you think we should do, then okay" he shot me a reassuring smile.

"I'm sorry, Harry, I just don't want to lose her.. Or you!"

"I get it! It's really okay!" He squeezed my hand tighter. I knew he meant what he said.

"You're the best" I stood up and leaned over the table to place a kiss on his cheek.

"I know!" He joked. "So what are you doing this weekend? Did you want to go see that one movie you were talking about?"

"Oh I do want to see that! But this is the weekend my parents come home! And you're meeting them..." I smiled.

"That's this weekend?"

"Yeah! My dad doesn't have a game this week so they're flying in for a days. Harry they'll love you!" I said noticing he got a little anxious.

"I'm just a little nervous.. I mean your father is Austin Flynn!"

"Yeah but he's also just a dad who wants to properly meet his daughter's boyfriend"

"They know?" He asked nervously.

"I tell them everything" I said as I nodded.

"Oh god.. I hope he doesn't beat my ass" he laughed.

"Harry! He's not like that! I know he's going to love you, just like I do" I smiled.

"I hope.."

It's kind of cute how nervous he is... But I feel bad, I mean I know my dad can look pretty intimidating. For heaven's sake he's 6'6" and the quarterback for an NFL Team! But I also know my dad more than the people that see him playing football on Sundays, and I know that as long as I'm happy, he'll be happy too.

"Hey Ryan just texted me, party at his place. Do you want to go?" I asked after Harry paid the bill.

"Yeah sounds fun" he said as he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer while we walked out to the car.

****

We pulled up to Ryan's house and parked on the side of the road. Harry jogged around the front of the car to open my door while I adjusted my hair in the mirror.

"Harry, we can't!" I said as I pulled my hand away from his. He had laced his fingers with mine as we walked up to the house.

"Just until we get to the door, it's dark out here, I don't want you tripping or anything"

"Fine" I gave in and he immediately grabbed my hand again, pulling me closer to his side.

Once we got inside, Harry let go of my hand but stayed close to me.

"Aubrey!" I heard a familiar voice yell from across the room.

"Hey Maddie!" I yelled back as I took a step away from Harry. I didn't want to take any chances with her finding out.

"Oh hey Harry!" She winked at him as she finally made her way over to us.

"Hey Maddie!" He replied.

"So where have you been?" She turned to face me.

"I've just been, uh getting ready for my parents to come home. The house was a mess" I hesitated to respond with some made up bull shit. Thankfully it sounded convincing though... See, my friends don't know who or what my dad does, but it's pretty easy to lie about it. I just tell them my parents are always out of town from work and take all the family pictures down when they come over.

"Boring!" She laughed. She was already drunk. "Well c'mon! The girls are downstairs!" She said as she grabbed my wrist. "But first we have to get you a drink, the keg is in the kitchen!"

"Okay! I'll meet you down there" I said as I shook her hand off my wrist.

I looked back at Harry who was still standing next to me.

"Go have fun!" He smiled as he jokingly shooed me away. I took a few steps away from him before I heard his deep voice again. "Aubrey!" He said as I turned around.

"Yeah?"

"Let's not stay late... I hate that I can't kiss you right now"

"Okay" I agreed as I blushed. "We can have our own party at my house later, anyway" I winked and turned around again.

Notes

Okay, first of all: i am so sorry that i havent updated in a few days! I was out of town, but I'm back now :)

second: i would have updated a few hours ago, but the Teen Choice Awards distracted me :) the boys looked so good!! Im so proud of them for winning everything, and when Harry twerked >>>> What was your guys' favorite part?!


third: THANK YOU FOR READING/COMMENTING/VOTING/SUBSCRIBING!! YOU ALL ARE AMAZING!! I cant thank you enough! Keep it up :) please let me know what you think of the chapter/story! xxxxx