Summer Break
Harry, like Harry Styles?
“Oh my god. My aunt just texted me, ‘Gonna have to wait a few to Skype. I usually log in under your account. Can’t do that now.’”
“Jesus, she is so funny.” Ashley laughed.
I was sitting on the couch in the living area in front of my computer waiting from them to log onto Skype. Harry didn’t seem too nervous, I was though. They were all sitting in the kitchen chatting.
‘Alright, call us.’
I hit video call and waited for them to pick up.
When I saw their faces appear I cried out joyfully, “Hiiii!” I showed them a huge goofy grin.
“Hey!” They all said at once, and then my uncle started looking around.
“So where’s this boy?”
“He’s in the kitchen.”
“Oh my gosh! Is his name really Harry? Like Harry Styles?” my cousin Courtney asked.
“Uh, yea.”
“That would be so cool if it was him, I’d go around telling everyone that my cousin is dating Harry Styles! Hahaha!”
“No one would believe that!” My aunt cut in. “Isn’t he that one guy from that boy band you like.”
“One Direction, yes.” Courtney said.
“Alright.” I clapped my hands together. “Let’s get this over with. Y’all wanna come over here.” I motioned my hand towards them and they came in almost a line. “Wait. Don’t be mean okay.”
“Us, mean?” My uncle asked and we all just stared at him, “hell, I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Hey guys!” Ashley said putting her face in front of the screen, Jake did the same then they sat to my left. Then Harry sat down on my right and said,
“Hello,” with his adorable accent. “I’m Harry!” he waved a hand at the screen.
“Mom, mom, mom.” Courtney moved off the screen, but he could still hear her. “That’s Harry Styles. OMG! Is she dating Harry Styles! What. AHHHH!” she screamed and we all laughed. She then came on camera. “Hi.” She said vey nonchalantly.
I started cracking up. “Oh no. I don’t think I’ll make it through this.” I put my head in my hands and laughed.
“It’s lovely to meet you.” Harry replied.
“I’m Sandra, Annabelle’s aunt, and this is Bill.”
He looked at Harry unammused. “That’s Chief Johnson to you though.”
Harry nodded. My uncles face was serious, but he was really joking. “Oh Bill, stop.” My aunt hit his leg. “He’s just trying to scare you.” She explained.
“It’s working.” He replied looking at me partially scared.
I looked over at Ashley and Jake and they were avoiding eye contact.
“We’re not scary.” She reassured him, “So, how old are you Harry?”
“He’s 20…” Courtney answered and my aunt just looked at her.
“Okay, Harry.” My uncle said sarcastically.
“Sorry.” She said looking away red faced.
“Yes, sir I am twenty.”
“And what do you do for a living?” My uncle knew exactly what he did and my aunt was rolling her eyes.
“I sing sir.”
“You good at it?”
“Well, I think so… I’ve done pretty well so far.” His smiled seemed to have fallen off his face a bit, and almost more forced than before.
“And you’re from England right?” my aunt asked him.
“Uh. Yea.”
She leaned over to tell my uncle something and they laughed.
“What?’ I asked.
“Nothing.” My uncle said, all laughter gone.
“So how did you two meet?” my aunt asked.
“Oh no! Here it comes!” Ashley stood from the couch and went into the kitchen to grab some candy.
“Hey, can you bring me the oreos and peanut butter?” she nodded and handed them to me before she sat down.
“Anna’s getting weirder; I swear she’s already gone through a tub of peanut butter by herself.” She put a piece of candy in her mouth and chewed it.
“Ok, it is not my fault everything goes with peanut butter.” I shrugged and sat cross legged then slouched a bit.
“Annabelle. Ramen Noodles and Peanut Butter do not go together.” Jake said.
“Shut up,” I hit his arm. “I do not eat that. Nasty.”
“What did you say?” my aunt asked.
“I said… be quiet.”
My aunt laughed, “Fuck that shit, I bet since you aren’t with us anymore, you just tell people to shut the hell up all the time.”
“I do not!” I defended myself, “Just Jake.”
“Oh yea, sir…”
Jake continued talking to them, so I turned to Harry, making sure my face was hidden from the camera.
“Are you alright?” I mouthed.
Harry nodded.
“Thank you.” I smiled.
“Of course.” He gazed into my eyes for a bit.
“Wanna cookie?”
He laughed. “Yea.” I handed him one and while he grinned.
“Annabelle!” my uncle yelled, I jumped.
“Huh?
“You didn’t answer our question.”
“Oh yea, how we met.. Well, we met in a bar.”
Their eyes widened.
“I just realized how terrible that sounds.” Harry laughed.
“Oh yea, It’s not what it sounds. Ashley and Jake were tired so I went down to get a drink, because the drinking age is 18! Just saying, and then Harry walked in and..”
“We just started chatting and we got on real well I thought. So we walked along the beach then came to our rooms.” I took Harry’s reply as a good time to eat another cookie. “Alright, how is that good?” he asked.
“Seriously? Try it.” I held out the peanut butter and he dipped an Oreo in it.
He bit and chewed for a bit. “Not too bad.”
“See.” I turned my attention back to the computer. “Anyway, the next morning I was out running and I ran into Harry.”
“Literally.”
I nodded. “Yep. Then we grabbed some breakfast and,” I looked at him.
“Then I told her I would like to take her out, she accepted.”
“Where’d you take her?” my uncle asked.
“Saison.” He answered, I didn’t even know it had a name.
“Hmm.” My uncle noised, making sure not to show physically if he actually liked Harry.
“It was really nice. Then we walked, then came back to the hotel and said goodnight.
“Did you guys kiiiiiissssss?” Courtney asked with that younger sister trying to get you in trouble grin on her face.
“When we said goodnight? No.”
“Sure.” She replied.
“Alright. So that is how we met.” I clapped my hands together. “We done?”
“Listen Larry?”
“It’s Harry dad.”
“Whatever.” he said, my aunt rolled her eyes.
I put my hand on Harry’s and turned to him to mouth, “He’s just messing with you.”
“Harry, I’m just going to warn you that I am in the military, and I can kill people with my bare hands.”
Harry laughed slightly.
“Are you threatening him, pops?” Ashley challenged.
“No! I’m just letting the boy know. And if he hurts her, it shouldn’t be too hard to find him.” He put his hands up. “That’s all I’m saying. And no kissing, or touching.”
I looked down at my lap and shook my head.
“Stop, you know you can’t control that.” My aunt rolled her eyes.
“Fuck yea, I can.”
“Whatever.”
“Dad, how are you gonna know if they kiss, or touch?” Courtney asked.
“I have eyes everywhere. You think I would send you to the Bahamas with those two alone?” He laughed.
“Well, we just would like to say, that we trust your judgment, and Jake and Ashley seem to be okay with it and we know they’d be honest if they didn’t like him. So we support you.”
“Yea right.” My uncle breathed.
“Oh, Bill. You seem like a nice guy Harry.”
“Thank you.”
My aunt nudged my uncle. “Jesus. You can date my niece…”
“Even though you already took her out and kissed her…. So does this mean I can tell everyone my cousins dating Harry Styles. OMG! If you ever get married, I’m not saying now, my brother-in-law is Will Smith, and my cousin-in-law is Harry Styles. Best family ever.”
“Alright, well. This was nice. We should do it again sometime… I miss you guys!” I said quickly.
“What? That’s all we get? We haven’t talk to you in a week and you’re just going to hang up? What the hell?” My uncle said.
“It’s actually late here. I’m tired. Ashley and Jake are falling asleep over here.”
“Alright, alright. It was nice talking to you. And it was nice meeting you Harry.”
“It was lovely to meet you guys.”
“Hopefully we’ll be able to meet in person. And Ashley and Jake go to sleep!” my aunt joked.
“We will.” Ashley peaked her eye open.
“Bye. It was nice to see you! And you Harry. We love you and we’ll talk to you soon!”
“Alright, Thank guys. Love you, bye!”
Their Love you’s repeated and we all waved by and I ended the call and took a deep breath.
“You know, I honestly thought it was going to be worse than that.” Ashley said.
“Me too! I think I got it worse!” Jake laughed and stood from the couch and helped Ashley up. “You’re lucky man.” He nodded. “We’ll see you later bro.”
They started walking toward their room, “Goodnight guys.” Ash waved.
“Night.”
“Goodnight.” Harry said pleasantly.
I leaned back on the couch and leaned towards Harry. “He was right; it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Are you okay? My uncle can be a bit much, he’s usually not serious, even though it may seem like he is.”
“I can tell they care about you, they’re protective. It was okay, honestly. I’m glad they did it.”
“Really?”
“Yea, I like them.”
I smiled, “Yea, I think I’ll keep them around.”
“Jesus, she is so funny.” Ashley laughed.
I was sitting on the couch in the living area in front of my computer waiting from them to log onto Skype. Harry didn’t seem too nervous, I was though. They were all sitting in the kitchen chatting.
‘Alright, call us.’
I hit video call and waited for them to pick up.
When I saw their faces appear I cried out joyfully, “Hiiii!” I showed them a huge goofy grin.
“Hey!” They all said at once, and then my uncle started looking around.
“So where’s this boy?”
“He’s in the kitchen.”
“Oh my gosh! Is his name really Harry? Like Harry Styles?” my cousin Courtney asked.
“Uh, yea.”
“That would be so cool if it was him, I’d go around telling everyone that my cousin is dating Harry Styles! Hahaha!”
“No one would believe that!” My aunt cut in. “Isn’t he that one guy from that boy band you like.”
“One Direction, yes.” Courtney said.
“Alright.” I clapped my hands together. “Let’s get this over with. Y’all wanna come over here.” I motioned my hand towards them and they came in almost a line. “Wait. Don’t be mean okay.”
“Us, mean?” My uncle asked and we all just stared at him, “hell, I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Hey guys!” Ashley said putting her face in front of the screen, Jake did the same then they sat to my left. Then Harry sat down on my right and said,
“Hello,” with his adorable accent. “I’m Harry!” he waved a hand at the screen.
“Mom, mom, mom.” Courtney moved off the screen, but he could still hear her. “That’s Harry Styles. OMG! Is she dating Harry Styles! What. AHHHH!” she screamed and we all laughed. She then came on camera. “Hi.” She said vey nonchalantly.
I started cracking up. “Oh no. I don’t think I’ll make it through this.” I put my head in my hands and laughed.
“It’s lovely to meet you.” Harry replied.
“I’m Sandra, Annabelle’s aunt, and this is Bill.”
He looked at Harry unammused. “That’s Chief Johnson to you though.”
Harry nodded. My uncles face was serious, but he was really joking. “Oh Bill, stop.” My aunt hit his leg. “He’s just trying to scare you.” She explained.
“It’s working.” He replied looking at me partially scared.
I looked over at Ashley and Jake and they were avoiding eye contact.
“We’re not scary.” She reassured him, “So, how old are you Harry?”
“He’s 20…” Courtney answered and my aunt just looked at her.
“Okay, Harry.” My uncle said sarcastically.
“Sorry.” She said looking away red faced.
“Yes, sir I am twenty.”
“And what do you do for a living?” My uncle knew exactly what he did and my aunt was rolling her eyes.
“I sing sir.”
“You good at it?”
“Well, I think so… I’ve done pretty well so far.” His smiled seemed to have fallen off his face a bit, and almost more forced than before.
“And you’re from England right?” my aunt asked him.
“Uh. Yea.”
She leaned over to tell my uncle something and they laughed.
“What?’ I asked.
“Nothing.” My uncle said, all laughter gone.
“So how did you two meet?” my aunt asked.
“Oh no! Here it comes!” Ashley stood from the couch and went into the kitchen to grab some candy.
“Hey, can you bring me the oreos and peanut butter?” she nodded and handed them to me before she sat down.
“Anna’s getting weirder; I swear she’s already gone through a tub of peanut butter by herself.” She put a piece of candy in her mouth and chewed it.
“Ok, it is not my fault everything goes with peanut butter.” I shrugged and sat cross legged then slouched a bit.
“Annabelle. Ramen Noodles and Peanut Butter do not go together.” Jake said.
“Shut up,” I hit his arm. “I do not eat that. Nasty.”
“What did you say?” my aunt asked.
“I said… be quiet.”
My aunt laughed, “Fuck that shit, I bet since you aren’t with us anymore, you just tell people to shut the hell up all the time.”
“I do not!” I defended myself, “Just Jake.”
“Oh yea, sir…”
Jake continued talking to them, so I turned to Harry, making sure my face was hidden from the camera.
“Are you alright?” I mouthed.
Harry nodded.
“Thank you.” I smiled.
“Of course.” He gazed into my eyes for a bit.
“Wanna cookie?”
He laughed. “Yea.” I handed him one and while he grinned.
“Annabelle!” my uncle yelled, I jumped.
“Huh?
“You didn’t answer our question.”
“Oh yea, how we met.. Well, we met in a bar.”
Their eyes widened.
“I just realized how terrible that sounds.” Harry laughed.
“Oh yea, It’s not what it sounds. Ashley and Jake were tired so I went down to get a drink, because the drinking age is 18! Just saying, and then Harry walked in and..”
“We just started chatting and we got on real well I thought. So we walked along the beach then came to our rooms.” I took Harry’s reply as a good time to eat another cookie. “Alright, how is that good?” he asked.
“Seriously? Try it.” I held out the peanut butter and he dipped an Oreo in it.
He bit and chewed for a bit. “Not too bad.”
“See.” I turned my attention back to the computer. “Anyway, the next morning I was out running and I ran into Harry.”
“Literally.”
I nodded. “Yep. Then we grabbed some breakfast and,” I looked at him.
“Then I told her I would like to take her out, she accepted.”
“Where’d you take her?” my uncle asked.
“Saison.” He answered, I didn’t even know it had a name.
“Hmm.” My uncle noised, making sure not to show physically if he actually liked Harry.
“It was really nice. Then we walked, then came back to the hotel and said goodnight.
“Did you guys kiiiiiissssss?” Courtney asked with that younger sister trying to get you in trouble grin on her face.
“When we said goodnight? No.”
“Sure.” She replied.
“Alright. So that is how we met.” I clapped my hands together. “We done?”
“Listen Larry?”
“It’s Harry dad.”
“Whatever.” he said, my aunt rolled her eyes.
I put my hand on Harry’s and turned to him to mouth, “He’s just messing with you.”
“Harry, I’m just going to warn you that I am in the military, and I can kill people with my bare hands.”
Harry laughed slightly.
“Are you threatening him, pops?” Ashley challenged.
“No! I’m just letting the boy know. And if he hurts her, it shouldn’t be too hard to find him.” He put his hands up. “That’s all I’m saying. And no kissing, or touching.”
I looked down at my lap and shook my head.
“Stop, you know you can’t control that.” My aunt rolled her eyes.
“Fuck yea, I can.”
“Whatever.”
“Dad, how are you gonna know if they kiss, or touch?” Courtney asked.
“I have eyes everywhere. You think I would send you to the Bahamas with those two alone?” He laughed.
“Well, we just would like to say, that we trust your judgment, and Jake and Ashley seem to be okay with it and we know they’d be honest if they didn’t like him. So we support you.”
“Yea right.” My uncle breathed.
“Oh, Bill. You seem like a nice guy Harry.”
“Thank you.”
My aunt nudged my uncle. “Jesus. You can date my niece…”
“Even though you already took her out and kissed her…. So does this mean I can tell everyone my cousins dating Harry Styles. OMG! If you ever get married, I’m not saying now, my brother-in-law is Will Smith, and my cousin-in-law is Harry Styles. Best family ever.”
“Alright, well. This was nice. We should do it again sometime… I miss you guys!” I said quickly.
“What? That’s all we get? We haven’t talk to you in a week and you’re just going to hang up? What the hell?” My uncle said.
“It’s actually late here. I’m tired. Ashley and Jake are falling asleep over here.”
“Alright, alright. It was nice talking to you. And it was nice meeting you Harry.”
“It was lovely to meet you guys.”
“Hopefully we’ll be able to meet in person. And Ashley and Jake go to sleep!” my aunt joked.
“We will.” Ashley peaked her eye open.
“Bye. It was nice to see you! And you Harry. We love you and we’ll talk to you soon!”
“Alright, Thank guys. Love you, bye!”
Their Love you’s repeated and we all waved by and I ended the call and took a deep breath.
“You know, I honestly thought it was going to be worse than that.” Ashley said.
“Me too! I think I got it worse!” Jake laughed and stood from the couch and helped Ashley up. “You’re lucky man.” He nodded. “We’ll see you later bro.”
They started walking toward their room, “Goodnight guys.” Ash waved.
“Night.”
“Goodnight.” Harry said pleasantly.
I leaned back on the couch and leaned towards Harry. “He was right; it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Are you okay? My uncle can be a bit much, he’s usually not serious, even though it may seem like he is.”
“I can tell they care about you, they’re protective. It was okay, honestly. I’m glad they did it.”
“Really?”
“Yea, I like them.”
I smiled, “Yea, I think I’ll keep them around.”
Notes
Hiii!I'm so sorry this chapter is so freaking boring, I tried to make it interesting but I'm the worst. Lol. THERE'S A LOT OF DIALOGUE! I thought I should update today before I started my homework cause I told myself I wan gonna start it 2 hours ago and it ain't working. Not that that matter.
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3/23/15