She's Not Afraid
Chapter 24
Charlotte's POV:
We pull away slowly, the kiss was short and sweet but still somehow it still took my breathe away. I shake my head at him, trying not to smile.
"What was that for?" I ask. He grins.
"No reason." He traces my bottom lip with his thumb, my heart thumping in my chest.
All I do is nod, and he sighs, a small smile on his lips when he gently brushes his fingers through my hair to push it away from my face. This kiss has got me more confused than ever before, are we in a relationship now because we made it official by kissing in front of my ex? Isn't that like a rule or something? I frown as I continue to ponder on the thought.
"What's wrong?" Harry asks quietly, staring into my eyes.
"Nothing, just...I was wondering what you thought."
"About what?"
"Harry," I laugh. "This whole...thing with you and I."
"We're not together, exactly," he starts, running my fingers through his hair. "We're not seeing other people, but we're not officially a couple or anything."
"But you want to be," I conclude.
Harry's POV:
My playful mood has vanished and now I feel like this could be a good time for us to figure out what we're doing, to apply some sort of label to whatever is between us.
I don't say anything for a moment, consumed in my thoughts. Charlotte's finally being the way I always wanted her to, acting like she's my girlfriend. She's outwardly affectionate and she seems comfortable with me in a way that I don't see her act with anyone else. I take a lot of pride in that.
"I'm going taking you out tonight."
"Like on a date?" She asks smiling. My confidence had got the best of me in that moment, I didn't mean to be so forward, but I also didn't want to be rejected.
"Yea something like that." I smile back slightly before taking a step back and lacing her fingers with mine. "Come on I'll show you around the house."
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After we've reached almost seeing everything inch of the apartment, the only thing left was the guest bedroom. We walk up the staircase and down the long hallway past niall and I's bedrooms, were there were the two white doors. I gestured for her to go in first, "Ill leave you to get settled." I say as I set down her heavy bag and suitcase.
"Thanks again harry." She smirked, before turning away.
"No problem." I assured her, chewing my bottom lip as I watched her leave. She's got a nice bum.
I walked away from the door feeling happier than usually and strolled down the hallway until I reached the washroom. I needed a shower.
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I threw on a fresh pair of grey joggers after my wash before putting on my sneakers, thinking I'd go for a run. I stopped at the fridge to grab a bottle of Poland Springs before heading out the door. Greeting niall on his way in with a simple hello. "Char is upstairs, ill be back before long."
Charlotte's POV:
I laid on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. I sighed loudly, I didn't feel like unpacking at the moment. I glanced over at my wrist, checked my watch for the time, it read 10:02 am. I was exhausted from the long plane ride and wanted to relax a bit before heading out anywhere this afternoon.
After making my way downstairs, I see that Niall was sitting on the gray couch, his feet propped on the coffee table watching the television.
"Hey, whats up." he says with a friendly smile when he sees me, patting a seat next to him.
"Nothing much, whatacha watching?"
"Ahh just some football, you can change it if you'd like?" He offers the remote, but I refuse shaking my head. Silence falls between us as he continues to watch 'football'.
"Awwwh yes!, Did you see that interception!?" Niall cheers, standing up. I laugh slightly as I replied with a simple yes. "Ima go grab some snacks, would you like something?"
"Whatever your having." I smile as he leaves to the kitchen, my phone vibrates in my back pocket. The caller ID reads Louis. I hesitate to answer but then decide to hang up instead. A few minutes pass before Niall appears carrying a bowl of chips and some bags of candy.
"Who was that?" He asks setting down the snacks in front of us on the table.
"Nobody important."
"So your going to be staying here for awhile right?" He asks, I find myself enjoying listening to him talk with his Irish accent, it's quite intriguing. I focus on his blue eyes that shine like crystals. He looks delicate like porcelain, but rough and masculine at the same time.
"Yea..I umm." I trail off in a flashback of earlier when Louis was here.
"Sorry this is kind of random, but does Louis have a key to your guys apartment?"
"No, why?"
"Ohh. It's just umm he was here earlier, when harry and I got here, somehow he had gotten inside, weird huh?"
"Are you suggesting that was my doing?"
"No..No.." I stutter nervously, "its just i'm worried he'll come back again, this morning things got pretty heated with harry and him"
"The only person besides harry that has a key to the apartment is Liam, but I doubt he would give it away unless there was a reason to.. I don't know."
"Okay, its alright its not your fault."
"Not that it's my business, but how are things with Louis and harry?"
I stare down at my hands, what's the harm in telling Niall, plus i've been wanting to talk about it with someone. I grab a handful of potato chips, eating one before realizing they were stale. I swallow it slowly, my face pinched in disgust.
"I think your snacks are expired."
"Really?" He asks popping one in his mouth before making an ehh sound. "Yea sorry about that, I think it's time we go grocery shopping, would you like to come, maybe then we could go to lunch and talk some more."
"That sounds nice, let me just get ready real quick, we will leave in 15?"
"K." He gives me a bright smile, as we both head upstairs, shutting our separate doors behind us.
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I push the cart through the isles as niall throws in things. Its a great teamwork effort. I have a lot of fun spending time with him, he's very fun and hilarious. We finish after about an hour and pay, carrying the groceries to his car.
"The boys would all like to meet up for lunch with us, if that's okay with you?"
I nod, I try to hide the fact that I wish we were able to hang out longer, but eh there's more time for that. We drive to back to the apartment to drop off the groceries.
Quickly we take the bags of food inside and put them away in the appropriate place. Suddenly harry appears leaning against the door frame, eating a banana. " You guys ready to go yet?"
"Yep." I say popping the p, brushing a piece of hair behind my ear. I examine myself in the mirror, fixing my black jeans and tee shirt, before straightening out my hair and follow them out the door.
We arrive at a nearby grill down the street, Niall pulls up beside the curb, as we make our entrance. Harry is beside me holding my hand, as Niall opens the door. I see Zayn and Liam sitting on the bar stools waving us over.
Harry pulls me aside for a moment with the most oddest look on his face, like he just thought of something suddenly.
"I don't think I've ever told you how beautiful you are, angel." he says, a slight smirk on his lips as he stands there. I just roll my eyes a bit, my cheeks heating up.
"Your cute when you blush char." he said with a wink before walking off, leaving me standing there thoughts running a mile a minute through my mind.
I find my seat scanning though the menu, feeling eyes watching me. The door chime rings, I glance over before realizing its him. I take a deep breathe, as I feel his presence sit down beside me.
"Hey." I mutter, not know what to say or if I should say anything at all.
"Can we go outside for a moment?" He asks, as I look up at his intriguing blue eyes.
I sigh, "This doesn't sound like a good idea, but okay."
He grabs my hand before taking me with him. There's a sense of urgency is in his movements, as we walk together around the corner. Honestly I don't think that the rest of the boys notice that we left, they were busy watching the football game.
Suddenly I'm pinned against the wall, his whole body on mine, keeping me tight against the wall.
riek, trying to wiggle out of his grasp, but it fails.
"Do you think that you can just kiss harry in front of me, and not expect me saying anything about it?"
We pull away slowly, the kiss was short and sweet but still somehow it still took my breathe away. I shake my head at him, trying not to smile.
"What was that for?" I ask. He grins.
"No reason." He traces my bottom lip with his thumb, my heart thumping in my chest.
All I do is nod, and he sighs, a small smile on his lips when he gently brushes his fingers through my hair to push it away from my face. This kiss has got me more confused than ever before, are we in a relationship now because we made it official by kissing in front of my ex? Isn't that like a rule or something? I frown as I continue to ponder on the thought.
"What's wrong?" Harry asks quietly, staring into my eyes.
"Nothing, just...I was wondering what you thought."
"About what?"
"Harry," I laugh. "This whole...thing with you and I."
"We're not together, exactly," he starts, running my fingers through his hair. "We're not seeing other people, but we're not officially a couple or anything."
"But you want to be," I conclude.
Harry's POV:
My playful mood has vanished and now I feel like this could be a good time for us to figure out what we're doing, to apply some sort of label to whatever is between us.
I don't say anything for a moment, consumed in my thoughts. Charlotte's finally being the way I always wanted her to, acting like she's my girlfriend. She's outwardly affectionate and she seems comfortable with me in a way that I don't see her act with anyone else. I take a lot of pride in that.
"I'm going taking you out tonight."
"Like on a date?" She asks smiling. My confidence had got the best of me in that moment, I didn't mean to be so forward, but I also didn't want to be rejected.
"Yea something like that." I smile back slightly before taking a step back and lacing her fingers with mine. "Come on I'll show you around the house."
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After we've reached almost seeing everything inch of the apartment, the only thing left was the guest bedroom. We walk up the staircase and down the long hallway past niall and I's bedrooms, were there were the two white doors. I gestured for her to go in first, "Ill leave you to get settled." I say as I set down her heavy bag and suitcase.
"Thanks again harry." She smirked, before turning away.
"No problem." I assured her, chewing my bottom lip as I watched her leave. She's got a nice bum.
I walked away from the door feeling happier than usually and strolled down the hallway until I reached the washroom. I needed a shower.
-
I threw on a fresh pair of grey joggers after my wash before putting on my sneakers, thinking I'd go for a run. I stopped at the fridge to grab a bottle of Poland Springs before heading out the door. Greeting niall on his way in with a simple hello. "Char is upstairs, ill be back before long."
Charlotte's POV:
I laid on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. I sighed loudly, I didn't feel like unpacking at the moment. I glanced over at my wrist, checked my watch for the time, it read 10:02 am. I was exhausted from the long plane ride and wanted to relax a bit before heading out anywhere this afternoon.
After making my way downstairs, I see that Niall was sitting on the gray couch, his feet propped on the coffee table watching the television.
"Hey, whats up." he says with a friendly smile when he sees me, patting a seat next to him.
"Nothing much, whatacha watching?"
"Ahh just some football, you can change it if you'd like?" He offers the remote, but I refuse shaking my head. Silence falls between us as he continues to watch 'football'.
"Awwwh yes!, Did you see that interception!?" Niall cheers, standing up. I laugh slightly as I replied with a simple yes. "Ima go grab some snacks, would you like something?"
"Whatever your having." I smile as he leaves to the kitchen, my phone vibrates in my back pocket. The caller ID reads Louis. I hesitate to answer but then decide to hang up instead. A few minutes pass before Niall appears carrying a bowl of chips and some bags of candy.
"Who was that?" He asks setting down the snacks in front of us on the table.
"Nobody important."
"So your going to be staying here for awhile right?" He asks, I find myself enjoying listening to him talk with his Irish accent, it's quite intriguing. I focus on his blue eyes that shine like crystals. He looks delicate like porcelain, but rough and masculine at the same time.
"Yea..I umm." I trail off in a flashback of earlier when Louis was here.
"Sorry this is kind of random, but does Louis have a key to your guys apartment?"
"No, why?"
"Ohh. It's just umm he was here earlier, when harry and I got here, somehow he had gotten inside, weird huh?"
"Are you suggesting that was my doing?"
"No..No.." I stutter nervously, "its just i'm worried he'll come back again, this morning things got pretty heated with harry and him"
"The only person besides harry that has a key to the apartment is Liam, but I doubt he would give it away unless there was a reason to.. I don't know."
"Okay, its alright its not your fault."
"Not that it's my business, but how are things with Louis and harry?"
I stare down at my hands, what's the harm in telling Niall, plus i've been wanting to talk about it with someone. I grab a handful of potato chips, eating one before realizing they were stale. I swallow it slowly, my face pinched in disgust.
"I think your snacks are expired."
"Really?" He asks popping one in his mouth before making an ehh sound. "Yea sorry about that, I think it's time we go grocery shopping, would you like to come, maybe then we could go to lunch and talk some more."
"That sounds nice, let me just get ready real quick, we will leave in 15?"
"K." He gives me a bright smile, as we both head upstairs, shutting our separate doors behind us.
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I push the cart through the isles as niall throws in things. Its a great teamwork effort. I have a lot of fun spending time with him, he's very fun and hilarious. We finish after about an hour and pay, carrying the groceries to his car.
"The boys would all like to meet up for lunch with us, if that's okay with you?"
I nod, I try to hide the fact that I wish we were able to hang out longer, but eh there's more time for that. We drive to back to the apartment to drop off the groceries.
Quickly we take the bags of food inside and put them away in the appropriate place. Suddenly harry appears leaning against the door frame, eating a banana. " You guys ready to go yet?"
"Yep." I say popping the p, brushing a piece of hair behind my ear. I examine myself in the mirror, fixing my black jeans and tee shirt, before straightening out my hair and follow them out the door.
We arrive at a nearby grill down the street, Niall pulls up beside the curb, as we make our entrance. Harry is beside me holding my hand, as Niall opens the door. I see Zayn and Liam sitting on the bar stools waving us over.
Harry pulls me aside for a moment with the most oddest look on his face, like he just thought of something suddenly.
"I don't think I've ever told you how beautiful you are, angel." he says, a slight smirk on his lips as he stands there. I just roll my eyes a bit, my cheeks heating up.
"Your cute when you blush char." he said with a wink before walking off, leaving me standing there thoughts running a mile a minute through my mind.
I find my seat scanning though the menu, feeling eyes watching me. The door chime rings, I glance over before realizing its him. I take a deep breathe, as I feel his presence sit down beside me.
"Hey." I mutter, not know what to say or if I should say anything at all.
"Can we go outside for a moment?" He asks, as I look up at his intriguing blue eyes.
I sigh, "This doesn't sound like a good idea, but okay."
He grabs my hand before taking me with him. There's a sense of urgency is in his movements, as we walk together around the corner. Honestly I don't think that the rest of the boys notice that we left, they were busy watching the football game.
Suddenly I'm pinned against the wall, his whole body on mine, keeping me tight against the wall.
riek, trying to wiggle out of his grasp, but it fails.
"Do you think that you can just kiss harry in front of me, and not expect me saying anything about it?"
Notes
Updated, Sorry about the long wait once again. I just haven't really been that 'motivated' to keep updating the story. I have chapters 25-27 now written but i'm just not going to continue posting if I don't know anyone is reading it. I would love to receive more feedback from you loveleys. Pretty please some more feedback, which means sooner updates, which makes everyone happy. :)Comment,Vote,Subscribe,Rate!
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1/11/15