Harry's P.O.V

*3 Months Later*

Natalie's been really down since she was kicked out of home. She hates going out if we need to go to the

store incase if she sees her mum. Their relationship hasn't gotten any better; they haven't spoken to each

other in 3 months. I can see she's not handling it well. I really want to do something to cheer her up. Her

doctor's course was getting harder too and she had been stressed so much. I quietly walked up to our

bedroom and peered through the crack in the door. She had her brows furrowed in concentration,

absorbed in her studying. I walked behind her and began to massage her shoulders. She made a

humming noise in appreciation.

"What are you studying babe?" I asked curiously.

"Boring stuff. How to insert the needle into the right vain. Not the best stuff to be reading before dinner."

She laughed.

"Why don't you take a brake love?" I asked trying to persuade her.

"I have to do this Harry. I'm sorry."

"I'm sure all this studying can't be good for you. You've been studying for like 6 hours babe."

"Maybe just a quick brake. Harry, I've just got a quick question."

"Yes love?"

"When do you go on tour? Because its been 3 months."

"Next week. You're still coming aren't you?" I asked worryingly.

"I don't know babe." She said teasingly and smiling. I was glad she was at least smiling and having fun. I

loved it when she teased me.

"Well I guess I'll just have to make you then." I said excitedly. I scooped her up and ran down the stairs

with her, bridal style.

"Harry you're going to drop me." She laughed.

"I won't drop you baby." I said giving her a loving kiss.

"I'm glad I have you. I love you Harry."

"I love you too Natalie."

I placed her down on top of the counter.

"You need to relax love. I can see you're really stressed. I'm so excited for when we go away next week.

You get to do our hair and makeup, how fun!!" I said enthusiastically.

"I know. I can't wait. But remember I still have to study. But then there's the waking up early and you know

how I love waking up early." She said sarcastically.

"Well I think it'll be better, because you get to wake up next to me." I grinned.

"That may change my mind." She whispered into my ear then kissed me.

We ordered some tacos, which we both loved and sat down at the dinner table. We were enjoying our

tacos when suddenly, Nat's phone started going off. She looked at the number and gasped.

"What is it babe?" I asked placing my hand on top of hers.

"It's my mum." She said in shock.

"Are you going to answer it?" I asked.

"Should I?" She asked indecisively.

"You haven't spoken to her in ages. You should. I'll be right here." I answered reassuringly.

"Here goes nothing."

I lent forward a bit on my chair because I was excited but also nervous.

Here's how the conversation went.

"Mum?"

"Yes Natalie, it's me. How are you sweetheart?"

"Fine."

"I know you're angry but I expected you to be home. Please come home sweet, I miss you."

"No. You don't get to pretend that everything's alright. You kicked me out, remember?"

"I had every right Natalie. You wouldn't want your child to be out at all hours of the night and then find her

trying to sneak home."

"Well I wouldn't prohibit her from going out and seeing the boy. Nor would I kick her out."

"Don't do this Natalie. You need to come home."

"No. You made it pretty clear that I wasn't to ever come back. You don't get a say. You don't call me for 3

months and then expect me to come home, the week before I'm going away. You must be out of your

mind." She stood up angrily.

"Natalie you're going away?"

"Yeah. If you bothered to talk to me once in a while, and be a real mother, you'd know these things."

"You can call too Natalie. It works both ways."

"Yeah well, you aren't very good at parenting."

"Natalie, how dare you."

"How dare you? How dare you call and ask for me to come home. I thought you of all people would

understand."

Then she hung up, all flustered and tears trickling down her face. She walked over to me gave me a tight

hug. I held her close and gently rubbed her back.

"Natalie, love, everything is going to be alright. I'm always here for you, you know that."

"Thank you Harry. I just don't know what I did wrong." She cried.

I pulled her away and held her face in my hands, looking into her eyes intently.

"Natalie Miller. I love you so so much. You and I are going to have so much fun on the tour. Now let's

finish our tacos and then we can cuddle and watch movies, okay?"

"Okay, sounds good." She sniffed.

We sat back down at our places at the table. After we finished, we walked into the TV room.

"Horror alright love?"

"Sure."

I put Nightmare On Elm Street in the DVD player and she nuzzled into my chest. Within the first half an

hour, she was already scared and kept hiding her eyes in my shirt.

"Is it over Harry?" She would whisper when the scary bits were playing. When she looked up, she

screamed and yelled,

"Harry turn it off. Please turn it off. I'm scared."

I leapt forward and turned it off.

"Are you okay love?" I laughed.

"Yes. Just a bit frightened." She said laughing nervously.

"Come with me babe." I said excitedly.

"Where are we going?" She asked curiously.

"Can't tell you. Just bring a towel." I said smiling.

She raced up the stairs and brought back two towels for us.

"Should I get bathers?"

"We don't need them." I said smirking.

We strolled to the car and climbed in. We would go to the lake just around the corner. Once we arrived,

Natalie had a puzzled expression on her face.

"Harry what are we doing at a lake at 11:30pm?"

"Swimming." I grinned.

"I didn't bring bathers!" She exclaimed.

"We don't need them." I smiled cheekily.

She smiled at my answer.

"This is private property Harry. What happens if we get caught?"

"We run!" I laughed.

So we jumped out of the car, stripped and jumped into the lake.

"It's f-f-freezing H-H-Harry." She shook.

"Come here and I'll warm you up." I pulled her in for a tight hug and she relaxed.

"You are so beautiful." I whispered into her ear causing her to blush.

"Thank you Harry." She said then gave me a passionate kiss.

Suddenly a flashlight hit our faces in the middle of our kiss.

"Hey kids. What the hell are you doing? Get out of my lake! You're going to scare the fish away. This is

private property. I'll call the police!"

"Shit Harry. What do we do? We've got no clothes on!" She frantically whispered.

"Make a run for it."

"Naked?!"

"Just run!"

So we jumped up out of the cold lake and jumped into the car. Thankfully the guy realised we weren't

dressed and turned away. I have Natalie a towel and covered myself up and sped away.

"That was so embarrassing!" She giggled.

"You were shit scared Natalie." I smirked.

"You should have seen you're face. You mouth went like an 'O'! :O" She smiled.

"You were like, I'm going to die!"

We drove home and unlocked the door to our home. We had a wonderful shower together and then laid

in bed and fell asleep.

+ + + +

(Day Of Leaving For The Tour)

Nat's P.O.V

"Wake up Sleeping Beauty. It's time to leave for the tour." Harry whispered, gently rubbing the side of my

cheek with his fingers.

"Do we have to?" I said sleepily.

"Yes love, if you want to be with me on tour." He smiled.

"Alright then. What do I wear?"

"Just wear sweatpants and a hoodie, okay."

So I did what he said and went to the dresser. I grabbed my black sweatpants along with a hot pink tank

top and a black hoodie. I went into the bathroom and groomed myself. We had already packed the night

before with our stuff already in the car. We grabbed an Up & Go from the fridge and went to check that

everything was locked and secured. And then after we made our way into the tour bus.

"Hello darling." Lou called from inside.

"Morning Lou." I said excitedly.

Harry held my hand and kissed the top of my head.

"You have to come with me Nat, there's so much to teach you." She said enthusiastically, pulling me from

Harry.

"Bye love." He whispered.

So we travelled to a separate area of the bus, where it was closed off from the rest. In front of me lay a

fake head for makeup trials, a couple of wigs and other hair and makeup equipment.

"This is where we practise what styles we will use on the boys. Would you like to start?" She asked kindly.

"This is amazing Lou. I'd love to." I was ecstatic.

"I think we are going to be such good friends." She said dragging me over to the makeup area and

handed me a palette.

"You can start with this one. It's for a girl. This is just so I can see what you're like."

It felt likes ages until I was finally done.

"This is amazing Natalie!" She exclaimed.

"Thanks Lou." I grinned.

"You're so much better than me, haha. Now let's see how good you are with hair."

We went to the next station where the wigs were.

"Try styling them like these." She handed me a photo of something that looked hard. I styled them like

how Harry's hair was in Best Song Ever, adding golden highlights that suited it.

"I'm so glad Harry asked for me to let you do this. He's right about you." She smiled. I gave her a curious

look and she smirked. What is 'He's right about you' supposed to mean?

I shook of the thought and continued styling the hair. Before I knew it, it was already 10:30am. I was

starving and so was Lou. My stomach started to rumble which caused me to be embarrassed.

"I'm with you on that one." Lou laughed. We travelled out of the room and back to where the guys were.

"Harry you're very lucky to have such a talented girlfriend. This one's a keeper." She winked at him.

He got up from his seat, grabbed my waist and said, "I know. I'm very lucky." I blushed at his comment.

"What about you show me how talented you are with hairdressing and makeup. I know that's not the only

thing you're good at." He smirked.

"Watch yourself Styles." I whispered playfully, pulling away.

"I have to when you're around." He joked. I scoffed at his comment. He dashed to where the makeup and

hairdressing things were.

"Did you do this Natalie? He asked surprised.

"Maybe." I said softly.

"You truly are the one." He smiled.

"Can we stop Derek. Natalie and I are starving." Lou complained.

"We're on a tight schedule Lou."

"We can make a quick stop." All of us chorused.

+ + + +

We arrived at the hotel to be met by screaming fans. Being the polite gentleman they were, they stopped

to say hello. I had already met all of their girlfriends over Skype, but I was extremely nervous to meet

them in person. They seemed nice, but then again, looks can be deceiving. I brought our bags into Harry

and I's room and unpacked. I was unbelievably tired and exhausted. As soon as I finished unpacking all

of our stuff, I went into my retreat.

(The shower) While I was showering, I didn't notice the door unlock. Next thing I know is, Harry had torn

the shower curtain off. He started getting undressed and hobbled into the shower. It was a very confined

space so we were basically pressing up against each other, which he seemed to be enjoying. After about

another 15 minutes, I turned the shower off and grabbed my towel. I went into the room and grabbed my

pyjamas. After getting changed, I went to take off my makeup and brush my teeth. I pulled my hair into a

messy bun with a white ribbon around it. It was my favourite hairstyles and thankfully, suited me.

I gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek and went to the bed.

"Natalie are you okay?" He asked worriedly.

"Fine thank you. Just tired." I yawned. I quickly checked my phone and read one of my emails. It stated

the following:

"Miss Natalie Miller, we would like to inform you that you have your degree test coming up on Monday

30th September 2013. We look forward to seeing you there. Keep studying!"

I keyed in the date and as soon as I hit the pillow, I was sound asleep. A couple of hours later, I felt Harry


climb in and snuggle into me, with his arms around my waist. I opened my eyes a little bit to see that it

was 1:30am.


"Morning babe." I said half asleep.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you."

"It's fine, honestly."

He massaged my back until I fell asleep.

+ + + +

Morning came and it was study day. I climbed out of bed to the study table, where I had set up my stuff

the previous night. I pulled on my glasses and began to study at 9:30am.

"Babe come back to bed." Harry pleaded.

"Harry I have to study. I have an exam in the next few weeks."

"That's ages away. You'll be away anyway."

I realised that what he said was true. I banged my head hard against the table, causing it to hurt. I had

been so stressed about this test. Now how was I going to complete my degree? This was the final and

most important test.

"What did you say Harry?" I said annoyed.

"You're going to be away for the test." He hesitated, speaking quietly.

"Why didn't you tell me this before? Harry this is the most important test for the course! This is the test

that gets me my degree!" I said raising my voice.

"Why don't you just reschedule it for when we finally come home."

"Which is when? Next year?" I said, annoyed. I was so pissed off.

"Natalie, I'm sorry. I should've told you we were going to be away for a lot longer than I expected."

"Yeah, it would've helped. Harry you don't understand, I don't have the options like you. I can't sing or do

anything besides the doctor course." I said infuriated. I needed air so I stormed out of the room towards

the balcony. As soon as the fresh air hit my face, I immediately started to relax. I looked at the beautiful

landscape, taking in all the wonderful things. I admit, I was stupid to go away, but I needed the break. I

really want this job, but how can I choose between the one I love and the career I want? Would Harry

ever forgive me if I said no to us? What's more important, our relationship or my university degree?

Notes

Sorry for the long wait. Enjoy xx