
University Of London (BEING EDITED)
Chapter 22
Harry’s P.O.V
I was taking Maddie to look at houses with Brooke, Faye and Brooklyn today. I knew where Zayn and Perrie were moving to so I wanted to start looking around there. I have called the estate agent and told him what we want and he said he’s found a house that he thinks will be perfect for us. Maddie is getting ready at the moment so we can leave when she’s finished. “Right, I’m done, you ready girls?” Maddie asked Brooke and Faye. “Yeah, we’ve been waiting for ages.” They replied causing me to laugh. I took hold of the stroller and gave Maddie my keys. “I’m not driving your car!” She shouted. “I don’t expect you to! I want you to hold the keys!” I said. “Oh okay, sorry.” She said. We got to my car and Maddie put Brooklyn in. We drove to the house where we were meeting the estate agent. “Wow,” Faye said amazed at the size of the house. We got out and the estate agent was standing outside. “Mr Styles, Miss Anderson, yes?” he asked. “Yes.” I confirmed. “Come this way.” Maddie picked up Brooklyn in her car seat. She didn’t bother getting the stroller out. We followed after the estate agent. “So you are friends of Mr and Mrs Malik?” He asked when we were inside. “Yeah, they’re our best friends.” Maddie told him. He showed us round the house. There was: a kitchen, dining room, office, living room and bathroom on the ground floor, 4 bedrooms (all with walk in wardrobes) and 2 bathrooms on the first floor and a nursery and main bedroom with an en-suite and walk in wardrobe on the second floor. It was amazing. “We have to get this one,” I said to Maddie once the estate agent had gone downstairs. “You read my mind,” She said, “But we need to get it decorated,” I laughed. “What do you think Brooke? Faye?” I asked them. “It’s amazing.” They said. We went downstairs and looked outside. There was a massive garden with a swimming pool at the back. It was beautiful. I found the estate agent and told him we wanted it. “Okay Mr Styles, you’ll just have to come back to the office with me, it’s only around the corner, and I’ll need Miss Anderson to sign too.” Maddie came downstairs and I told her. She left Brooklyn in the car with Brooke and Faye and we walked to the office. We both have enough money to buy it fully. We signed and paid and the estate agent gave us the keys. “Here you go, congratulations,” He said. We thanked him and walked back to the car. “Did you get it?” Faye asked when we got in. “Yeah,” Maddie answered. We drove back to the apartments and told the boys. “So when are you gonna move in?” Louis asked. “We don’t know yet. We want to have it decorated first so probably after we get married.” I told him. I noticed Brooke and Faye standing in the doorway. “Oh yeah, these are Maddie’s little sister’s Brooke and Faye,” I introduced them to the boys. They all hugged them and then we went back to make some dinner. “Do you want me to call the decorators?” Maddie asked from the kitchen. “Yeah okay, make sure it’ll be finished by our wedding day so we can move in after our honeymoon.” I said. “Okay, I will.” She picked up her phone and started speaking to the decorators. When she had finished she walked into the living room. “They said that they can do it we just need to go round and unlock and lock the doors for them so they can get in.” She said. “Okay that’s fine, I’ll do that.” I replied.
-1 week later-
Today is our wedding day. I slept at Louis’ apartment last night and now we’re going to collect our suits. The girls are getting their dresses and driving to the church to get ready. “Harry, you ready?” Louis asked walking out of his room. “Yeah, let’s go,” I said. We went downstairs and waited for the others. When they arrived we got into Louis’ car and drove off to collect our suits. We collected them and got ready.
From: Mum
Where are you? I have Brooklyn because Maddie couldn’t get ready and look after her. See you in a bit x
I smiled and texted her back.
To: Mum
We’re on our way, see you soon x
We got to the church and Mum was standing outside holding Brooklyn. Brooklyn looked adorable. I walked over and took her off of my mum. “You look stunning Harry,” she said. “Thanks Mum, where’s Gem?” I asked. “Inside with your Dad and Robin, Brooklyn was crying so I took her outside.” She answered. I nodded and walked inside. “Maddie’s parents are here too.” She said following after me. “Hi,” I said to Gabrielle and Rob. “Hello Harry, may I?” Gabrielle said holding out her arms. “Of course, you’re her Nan.” I said handing my daughter to Gabrielle. I talked to them for a while before going to my Dad, Gemma, Robin and Mum. “Hi guys,” I said hugging them. “Harry! You look amazing!” Gemma said. I laughed, “So do you Gem,” I said. “Can everyone please take their places,” The vicar asked. I stood by the altar with the boys beside me. I’m so nervous. Rob walked to get Maddie and the other girls started walking down the aisle. They looked beautiful. Then I saw Maddie, her dress was strapless and it had a layered skirt. It looked so gorgeous. She came and stood next to me and I held her hands. “I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride,” The vicar said to draw the ceremony to a close. I bent down and kissed Maddie causing everyone to clap. Everyone stood up and we went to the reception. “You look incredible,” I whispered to my wife as we walked out of the church. “Thank you, so do you,” She whispered back. We got into the car and were driven to the hall. Everyone was standing outside waiting when we arrived. We had the photos done and then walked inside hand in hand. Our parents were together so we went to talk to them. I took Brooklyn off of Gabrielle. “Hey beautiful,” I said kissing her head. Gabrielle and Rob are staying for a few days before flying back to California so they’re going to look after Brooklyn for us and when they go home Belle is going to look after her until we get back. We’re going to Hawaii for a week as our honeymoon. We talked with our families before moving round and talking to everyone else. I was so happy that Maddie was called Madeline Styles. We’re a proper family now. Maddie is 22 and I’m 21 and we’re married and have a child. Most 21 and 22 year olds go out every night and enjoy themselves but we stay at home and look after our 4 month old baby but I love it. I wouldn’t have it any other way. We sat down and ate dinner before doing the speeches. It was my turn first. “First of all, I would like to thank all of you for coming to our wedding and making our big day so special. I’ve known Maddie for a year and a few months now and already have a family with her but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m so happy to be able to call her my wife. I’ve messed up a few times along the way but we made it. I was ready to propose to her after four months of us being together but decided against it when I realised how soon it was, then Maddie got pregnant and I walked out on her because I’m stupid and couldn’t face the responsibility. Thanks El for telling me that.” I smiled at her and she laughed. “I saw sense after a week and went back to Maddie and she was kind enough to take me back. I finally asked her to marry me a week after our gorgeous daughter was born. I’m really really happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with this lovely woman. I love you Mrs Styles.” I looked down at her. Everyone clapped before I sat down and kissed Maddie. “My turn!” Louis stood up. “We first met Maddie after she moved over here from California and she became friends with Harry. I still can’t believe she didn’t know who we were. I kept teasing Harry about her because she was always with him. I knew they were going to get together and they did. Maddie is the only serious girlfriend that Harry has ever had and we’re all so pleased that they got together. Yes Harry has screwed up majorly along the way but Maddie has learnt to forgive him. I remember when Maddie and Harry first had to leave each other when we had to finish our tour in Australia. It was so cute to see them say goodbye and I know for a fact, even if they haven’t told us this that that’s when they first said I love you to each other. Maddie actually cried when we had to go and it showed that she really does love Harry. She gets on well with all of us and has made our best mate happy, so thank you Maddie, and for giving me the most beautiful goddaughter ever. I love you guys.” He said before sitting down. We have about 5 speeches, me, Louis, Eleanor, Rob and then Maddie to finish. “Right, I guess it’s my go now.” El stood up. “Maddie is my best friend and I adore her, I might not have known her a couple of years ago but she is one of my best friends. I’m so happy that she chose me to be her maid of honour. I first met Maddie at Uni and I didn’t know who she was, I didn’t realise that she was the Maddie next door the boys were always talking about until she told me where she lived. I also didn’t know that her and Harry were dating, the boys wanted to see if we would get on without knowing that our boyfriends were best friends and we did. This year Maddie has given me a gorgeous goddaughter and that wouldn’t have happened without Harry. It’s obvious that these two adore each other and will for the rest of their lives. Thank you for making each other happy and I hope you have the best life together. Love you guys!” She smiled at us. Now it’s Rob. “First, thank you Harry for making my daughter so happy.” I smiled at Maddie. “These two people were made for each other. As all of you know, Maddie suffered from depression before she moved to the UK. She went through a really tough time and the only reason she isn’t still depressed is this guy right here.” He looked at me. “We could tell as soon as they walked out hand in hand towards us at the airport and were laughing away with each other that they were in love. I said to Gabrielle that Maddie was happy and the reason for that was Harry. I believe Maddie told Harry that if he didn’t get along with Faye then she’d have to split up with him so it’s just as well that he did because otherwise we wouldn’t be here today. Harry has definitely brightened up Maddie’s life and helped her through all her problems. Harry asked for her hand in marriage after four months as he told you and of course we said yes. They’ve given us a beautiful granddaughter and they’re an adorable family. I wouldn’t want to see Maddie with any other guy. When I was giving her away this morning I knew it was to the right person by the way his face lit up when he saw her. Harry loves Maddie for who she is and has been with her every step of the way and for that I admire him. Thank you Harry. I wish you both a life full of happiness.” He said before sitting down. Maddie stood up. “Thank you all for coming to our wedding and being witnesses for us, we might need you! I’m only 22 and I have a family but I would not change it for anything. I am so happy that I got to spend this day with all of you because you’re the people that mean everything to me. I have met so many amazing people through Harry. He’s changed my life for the better and I love him with all my heart for that. I opened my heart to Harry because I needed something positive in my life and it definitely worked. I get to wake up next to him for the rest of my life and just the thought of that puts a smile on my face. He’s given me family and friends not to mention the best daughter I could have wished for. We might have had our problems but we’ve worked through them. There was a time where we were so close to falling apart but we put everything into making sure that we didn’t. Harry is one of the best things to ever happen to me. Thank you. I love you Harold.” She said sitting down next to me and kissing me. Everyone clapped again and we went back to talking at our tables. We left for our honeymoon at about 11pm after saying goodbye to everyone especially Brooklyn.
-Skip Flight-
We got to the apartment block we were staying in and went straight to sleep. We were so tired. When I woke up, Maddie was still asleep so I showered and got dressed. I walked out of the bathroom and Maddie had just woken up. “Good Morning Mrs Styles,” I said before walking over to her and kissing her. She showered and got dressed as well and we went down to breakfast. “Good Morning Mr + Mrs Styles,” The receptionist said. We smiled at that and ate our breakfast. “We’re going to the beach today,” I told Maddie. “Okay,” She replied. We went upstairs and got ready for our day at the beach. When we were ready I took her downstairs and out the back door onto the beach. “This is perfect Harry,” she gasped. “Well I tried,” I said picking her up and running towards the sea. We had the best day at the beach and then we went back into the hotel. “Thank you Harry, this honeymoon is amazing.” She thanked me. “It is, isn’t it?” I agreed. We watched a film and went to sleep.
-Skip 1 day-
I woke up to Maddie on the phone. “Belle what’s happened?” She asked. “I’m…I’m really sorry Maddie,” I heard Belle sob. “What for?” Maddie asked confused. “Brook…Brooklyn… I only left her for an hour… I promise…” Belle said crying. “What about Brooklyn?” Maddie said worried. “She’s… she’s gone… I left her with a babysitter and they took her… I’m so sorry Maddie.” Belle confessed. Maddie got mad. “What? You know you can’t do that! I can’t believe you!” She shouted as she started to cry. I got up and pulled on some clothes and started to pack. Maddie continued to argue with Belle. I took the phone off of her. “Look Belle, we’re coming back, tell the boys and Paul. We’ll be back as soon as we can.” I told her and hung up. “Come on Mads,” I said hugging her. “She’ll be okay, come on, let’s go.” I grabbed the suitcases and we went downstairs. I paid for our room and we left. Paul had gotten us a private jet so we can get home quicker. Maddie cried all the way back. We landed and Maddie ran off of the plane into the airport. I followed after her. Louis was coming to pick us up. I found Louis and we got into his car. “Do you know where she is?” I asked. “No, they left a phone number and said if we went to the police they’d hurt Brooklyn.” Louis said. Maddie started to cry more. “Don’t cry Maddie, we’ll get her back don’t worry.” I said. I wanted to cry myself but I knew I had to stay strong for Maddie. “Have you tried calling the phone number?” I asked Louis. “Belle did but they said that they wanted to speak to you.” He answered. We got back to the apartment and I ran upstairs. I picked up the phone and dialled the number. “Harry, I thought I might hear from you,” They said. “Shut up and tell me where my daughter is,” I spat. “No, not now, where’s your wife?” They asked. “That’s none of your business; tell me where my daughter is.” I shouted. “Harry, no. You’ll get her back when you’ve ditched Maddie. Until then, I’m keeping Brooklyn.” I was shocked. “You’re asking me to choose between my wife and my daughter? You’re sick. Tell me where you are, now.” I shouted. Louis walked in behind me. “Not until Maddie is gone, out of your life, forever.” They continued. “What are they saying?” Louis asked. I handed him the phone. “Where is Brooklyn?” he shouted. “Louis! Will you tell Harry that he isn’t getting Brooklyn back until he’s ditched the blonde.” They told him. “He’s just got married, you’ve ruined his honeymoon by kidnapping his daughter and now you’re making him choose between his wife and his daughter? You’ve got something wrong with you.” Louis said. “I don’t want his scummy daughter but it’s obvious he doesn’t love Maddie, when he’s done the right thing, he can have this mistake back, he didn’t even want her in the first place.” They said. That’s it! That’s exactly what the person on Twitter said when Maddie was pregnant. What was their name? Think Harry think. It was Mrs_Styles. I searched it on Twitter and it came up with the exact same girl who had hated on Maddie. I looked at their last tweet. ‘This baby never stops crying, someone shut her up.’ That’s who has got her! I called Paul on our home phone. “Harry? Have you found her?” He asked. “No, not yet, but I know who has got her. I need you to do something. Call the police and tell them to keep this to themselves. Find out the location of ‘Mrs_Styles’ on Twitter. Don’t tell them why just say you need it because of something involving us. Please Paul. Then when you’ve found out, come and get me and Maddie and take us there. I’m getting my daughter back.” I told him. “Okay Harry, I will do, I’ll get some back up security as well to go there.” He replied. “Thanks Paul, see you in a bit.” I went to Louis and took the phone off of him and hung up. “I know who’s got her,” I said. “Who?” He asked. “Do you remember that girl that said that I didn’t want Brooklyn to Maddie and made her cry when she was 7 months pregnant?” “Yeah, why?” He seemed confused. I explained everything. “Okay mate, but I’m coming with you.” He said. “No you’re not Louis, it’s too dangerous.” I told him. “They’ve kidnapped my goddaughter! I don’t care what happens to me just as long as she is okay.” He shouted. “Stay here.” I said. He sat down. “Fine, but hurry up. Get in, get Brooklyn and get out.” He said. “That’s what I’m going to do, not before they get arrested though. I’m going to get Brooklyn and Paul is going to send in the police at the same time. That way Brooklyn won’t be hurt and they get caught.” I explained. I ran downstairs with Maddie close behind me and climbed into Paul’s van. “You ready Harry?” He asked. “Yeah, let’s go.” I said. Maddie wiped the tears from her face and tried to hold it together. When we got to the location Paul sent a member of security to get in. Me and Maddie have to wait in the van. I looked out of the back window. The security guard got in and Paul called in the police. I jumped out of the van and ran inside. I heard Brooklyn’s cry. I ran towards it. A guy jumped in front of me but I kicked him and ran to Brooklyn. She was lying in a cardboard box on the floor in a dirty room. I picked her up. She had bruises all over her. I waited until I heard the police come in and ran back out. I got into the van and handed Brooklyn to Maddie. Maddie hugged her and started crying again. “We need to go to a hospital,” I told Paul. I shut the door of the van and he drove off. We got to the hospital and took Brooklyn inside. We told the doctors what had happened and they checked her over. She had no major damage just a few bruises that would be gone in a week or two. We went back to the apartment and Louis jumped up when we walked in. “You got her!” He shouted. “Yep, but she’s bruised.” I told him. “I’ll never forgive Belle for this,” Maddie said. “She’s gone to her parent’s for a few days, she didn’t want to be here when you got back,” Louis said. “I’m never letting Brooklyn out of my sight again,” Maddie continued. The others came in. “Thank god you found her,” Liam said when he saw Brooklyn in Maddie’s arms. “They’ve arrested who took her but I doubt they’ll charge them.” I said taking Brooklyn and hugging her. Liam looked at her. “She’s got bruises all over her, they should be charged with child abuse!” He shouted. “And as for Belle…” He continued. Niall looked at the floor. “Guys, I’m really sorry, she hates herself for leaving Brooklyn. I love Belle and I know she adores Brooklyn.” Niall said. “Why did she leave her anyway?” Maddie asked. “She needed to go into work, if she didn’t go she would have lost her job.” He answered. Maddie suddenly looked understanding. She took her phone out of her pocket and texted Belle.
To: Belle
We’ve found her, you can come back, I know why you had to leave, that job means a lot to you xx
I suddenly understood. Maddie’s phone buzzed.
From: Belle
I’m so glad you found her, I’m so sorry. I’ll be back in a few hours xx
She smiled and told everyone. I looked around our apartment. It looked so dull. All the pictures had been taken off the wall but one remained. The picture Brooke had given us for Christmas. Everyone had been helping to pack up our apartment before we got back. They were going to move everything to our house. “Should we go look at our house?” I said to Maddie. “Yeah okay, you guys coming?” She said turning to everyone else. “Okay,” Everyone grabbed a box and we went to the cars. We put a couple of boxes in each car and drove to our new house. We hadn’t seen it fully decorated. When we got there we all grabbed a box and Maddie took Brooklyn. I unlocked the door it looked amazing and all I could see was the entrance hall. Everyone followed after me and we went into the kitchen. The kitchen was staying the same because it had tiles and didn’t need to be painted. Next we went into the dining room. We had wanted it to be painted a turquoise colour. It looked so good. We left all the boxes in the kitchen and dining room and went into the living room. Maddie had wanted a red theme in there. There was a feature wall which was painted red and that’s it otherwise it would be too dark. Next was the office, the office also has just one wall painted but in grey and not red. The decorators have really done a good job. We went upstairs and skipped the first floor. We were going to get that done when we’ve been here for a while. We went into the nursery. It was decorated with loads of different childish things. Maddie loved it. Last but not least, our bedroom. Maddie wanted to keep some part of the apartment in it so we decided to get it done in a pale purple colour. “Do you like it?” I asked Maddie. “It’s amazing Harry,” She said. “Good,” I kissed her head and went back downstairs. “Who wants to do some unpacking?” I asked when everyone walked back in. “Do we have to?” Dani groaned. “Nah, it’s alright, we’ll do it some other time, and we should get back to the apartment before Belle gets back.” Maddie said. We got back into the cars and drove back to the apartments. Belle was just pulling up outside. Maddie jumped out of the car and ran to her. “Maddie, I’m so sorry.” Belle said when Maddie reached her. “Look, we’ve found her now, it doesn’t matter.” Maddie told her. I took Brooklyn out of the car and went over to them. Belle took one look at Brooklyn and started to cry. “Belle, don’t cry.” Niall said coming up behind her. “She’s got bruises all over her because of me… It’s all my fault, I should never have left her.” She said crying. “No, you shouldn’t have left her, but we’ve got her back now, you didn’t hurt her, stop blaming yourself,” I said. Niall hugged her and we went upstairs. “Have you guys been to your house?” Belle asked turning to Maddie and I. “Yeah, we’ve just got back, why?” Maddie answered. “No reason, I’m sorry your honeymoon was cut short.” She apologised. “It doesn’t matter, we still had a great time.” We smiled at each other. “And it was the best two nights sleep we’ve had since this one came along,” I continued looking at Brooklyn. Everyone laughed. “We go on tour in 2 weeks right?” I asked the other boys. “Yeah, why?” They replied. “Just checking, who’s coming with us?” I asked looking at the girls. “I can’t, I’ve got work…” Danielle said. “Me too…” Perrie added. I looked at Belle and Eleanor. “I’m coming, I’m on a gap year like Maddie,” El told me. “I can’t come and join you until the last couple of weeks in America, work won’t let me.” Belle said. “Just Maddie and El then,” I confirmed. “Looks like it,” Liam said. “You’ll all come join us when you can though yeah?” He said turning to Danielle. “Of course we will Liam,” She answered. “Good,” he kissed her.
Notes
Looking at housesMaddie's Wedding Dress
Day At The Beach
Maddie's Daytime Outfit
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Chapter 22 was when they went to look to houses but I never put any links in, sorry about that. I kind of wanted to keep it up to everyone's imagination. I know I have an idea how it looked, and I'm sure many readers did too.
4/13/15