Unexpected
Chapter 7
Harry’s POV:
I could tell by the look of absolute horror on her face that she was mortified. She let a little gasp escape her mouth and a dark shade of pink crept up her face. Niall completely lost it and started slamming his palms on the table, howling with laughter.
Louis looked at me with wide eyes and smirked; Zayn shook his head while trying to not make it obvious that his shoulders had started to bounce trying to hold in a laugh. I beamed with pleasure at my funny comment until I caught Liam’s eye, who of course was giving me his best death glare. He’d gotten good at those since the X Factor.
“Excuse me?” I glanced up at Charlie who had positioned herself so that her shoulders were pointed directly at me. She put a hand up on her hip, pushing her blazer out of the way in the process and making the curve of her waist visible. I met her gaze and saw those beautiful brown eyes glaring into mine; her stare blazed through me like a fire. She was making my heart pound faster on my ribcage with every passing second.
“Harry! What did we just talk about on the ride here?! Stop being such an arsehole!” Liam turned his chair to face me and I felt a tinge of guilt rising up in my chest.
“What? Oh c’mon, Li. I was only kidding! So much for trying to break the ice..” I sat back in my chair and glanced at Niall who was trying to stifle a laugh. He held his fist out and I grinned as I bumped it with mine. At least someone around here knows how to take a joke, I thought, I can always count on Niall to laugh at the stupid stuff I say.
I saw Charlie look at Liam and give him a reassuring smile as she relaxed and let her arm fall from her waist and rest by her side. “I’m sorry about Harry, love. Sometimes he doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut.” He shot me another stern look before meeting Charlie’s eyes again. She nodded and gave me a sideways glance and I reciprocated with a small wink and saw her cheeks blush again. I was thoroughly enjoying making her blush.
Liam spoke up to lighten the awkward mood in the room, “Why don’t you sit down and tell us a little bit about yourself? We’re going to be spending a good amount of time together so we should probably start now!” He sent her one of his famous Liam smiles and I saw her breath catch as she nodded and walked towards the seat at the end of the table.
“So where are you from, dear?” Louis chirped as he swiveled his chair to face her, resting his hands on the smooth surface of the conference table.
“Nelsonville, Ohio. It’s a really small farm town in the southern part of the state.” She smiled politely at him. Farm girl, huh? If her killer figure wasn’t enough, now I have the image of her in cutoff jeans and a tied-up shirt, milking cows and feeding chickens. It was almost too much to handle.
Liam spoke up after she had finished, “You’re pretty far away from home. Why’d you decide to move all the way to London?” I saw her wait a few seconds before answering, the slightest hint of nervousness washed over her face as she lowered her head so her eyes were looking at her hands while they played with a loose fiber on her dress. Her body language intrigued me and I was anxious to see what she had to say.
She composed herself and looked up from her lap, a small smile stretched her lips, “I’ve always wanted to move to London. I don’t know why, but ever since I was a young girl I dreamed about living here.” I could tell her mood started to lighten when she talked about
London and it made me smile. I imagined her as a little girl, wide eyed and full of excitement, making plans to move to a big city and have all of her dreams come true.
“It is an amazing city! I hope you’ve enjoyed your stay here so far?” God, why was Liam so mature? He was only six months older than me but he made me look like such a child!
She nodded excitedly and a breathtaking grin swept across her face. “It really has been amazing! It’s just so surreal actually being here, you know? I’ve been planning for this for so long and now that it’s here, I just can’t believe it.” I uncrossed my arms and followed Louis’ actions, placing my hands on the conference table, completely enveloped in every word that came out of her lovely mouth.
“So what made ya want to work for a boy band?” Zayn questioned her and she giggled to herself before answering his question.
“I actually had never considered working for a musical group. While I was at college, I didn’t really know what exactly I wanted to do with my career. I just knew that it had to be a job working in this city. It was a lot of luck that I found this job, to be honest. But I really am so excited to start working.” She let her eyes fall on every one of our faces until finally landing on mine. I saw that she got nervous because I was staring so intently at her.
She grinned sheepishly as she spoke again, “I was a little nervous coming to meet you all because to be quite truthful, I had never heard of you guys before today so it was..” Niall had cut her off before she could even finish her sentence.
“You’ve never heard of us before?!” I could feel my eyebrows creeping up my forehead as I realized what she had said. There’s no way she hasn’t heard of us before. Does the girl ever listen to the radio?
Her face started to blush furiously as she realized that all five of us were rather slack-jawed, staring at her. She mumbled a little bit before putting together a coherent sentence.
“Y-yeah, I guess I don’t listen to too much music other than country. Pop music isn’t really popular in my town.” She took her eyes away from our stares and her nimble fingers began working at that little fiber on her dress again.
After I let it sink in that she had no idea who we were, it kind of felt relieving. “Guys, this is a good thing! Now we don’t have to worry about having pictures taken of us when we sleep or when we take showers!” Not that something like that had ever happened, I just wanted to see that pink color creep up on her cheeks again.
Niall chuckled beside me and I looked at the expression change on her face from guilty to shocked.
“Even if I was a fangirl, which I’m not, that would be a breach of contract. I signed a confidentiality agreement meaning I can’t distribute any sort of information, including pictures, about the band to anyone,” She stated matter-of-factly. I grinned as I decided to see how far I could go without getting in trouble.
“So do tell me, love, what else does your contract say you’re not supposed to do?” I threw her the cheekiest grin I could manage and winked; she narrowed her eyes at me before speaking.
“For your information, it also says that I am not allowed to get romantically involved with any of the band members, so you can stop trying to flirt with me, Styles. It’s never going to happen.” My grin faded a little bit as I heard the other boys start to laugh, yelling ooooohhhhh in unison at the comment she made at me. I glanced over to see Liam with a huge grin plastered on his face; of course he was enjoying seeing me getting put in my place.
Niall got up from his chair and high fived Charlie while holding his sides, trying to contain his infectious laughter. Maybe I didn’t like that Niall laughed at everyone’s jokes, especially when the jokes were directed towards me.
I scoffed and folded my arms over my chest as I glared at Charlie. She smiled at me, knowing she had won this battle. That smug look on her face only added more fuel to the fire burning in my chest; I was going to get that girl in my bed before this tour was over.
I didn’t say much after the little tiff between Charlie and I; the gears in my brain started turning as I tried to plot out my attack on the brunette beauty sitting in front of me. The boys chatted with Charlie for about fifteen minutes before Jeremy came back and let us go home. I made sure to stay back a little, allowing for all the other boys to say their goodbyes before walking out of the conference room.
I was the last person left to say goodbye to Charlie, she looked at me and I could tell she had her guard up, knowing that I would have something cheeky to say.
She extended her arm towards me and I closed the spaced between us, taking her hand in mine.
“It was nice to meet you, Harry. I’ll see you next week.” Her beautiful gaze sent a jolt of arousal a few inches below my belt. I stared at her for a second before pulling her body close to mine, allowing my lips to barely graze her earlobe before I spoke.
“Contract or not contract, I will have you. And you will enjoy every second of it.” I whispered softly so only she could hear. I felt her tense up in front of me and I smiled, inhaling deeply before stepping back and letting go of her hand. Her mouthwatering scent lingered in my nostrils as I gave her body another look-see before passing by her to leave the room.
I turned to see her face one last time before opening the door and it came as no surprise to me that she was frozen in place, her hand still slightly extended.
“It was a pleasure to meet you, Charlie.” And that was the last thing I said before leaving her with a dumbfounded look on her face.
Let the games begin.
I could tell by the look of absolute horror on her face that she was mortified. She let a little gasp escape her mouth and a dark shade of pink crept up her face. Niall completely lost it and started slamming his palms on the table, howling with laughter.
Louis looked at me with wide eyes and smirked; Zayn shook his head while trying to not make it obvious that his shoulders had started to bounce trying to hold in a laugh. I beamed with pleasure at my funny comment until I caught Liam’s eye, who of course was giving me his best death glare. He’d gotten good at those since the X Factor.
“Excuse me?” I glanced up at Charlie who had positioned herself so that her shoulders were pointed directly at me. She put a hand up on her hip, pushing her blazer out of the way in the process and making the curve of her waist visible. I met her gaze and saw those beautiful brown eyes glaring into mine; her stare blazed through me like a fire. She was making my heart pound faster on my ribcage with every passing second.
“Harry! What did we just talk about on the ride here?! Stop being such an arsehole!” Liam turned his chair to face me and I felt a tinge of guilt rising up in my chest.
“What? Oh c’mon, Li. I was only kidding! So much for trying to break the ice..” I sat back in my chair and glanced at Niall who was trying to stifle a laugh. He held his fist out and I grinned as I bumped it with mine. At least someone around here knows how to take a joke, I thought, I can always count on Niall to laugh at the stupid stuff I say.
I saw Charlie look at Liam and give him a reassuring smile as she relaxed and let her arm fall from her waist and rest by her side. “I’m sorry about Harry, love. Sometimes he doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut.” He shot me another stern look before meeting Charlie’s eyes again. She nodded and gave me a sideways glance and I reciprocated with a small wink and saw her cheeks blush again. I was thoroughly enjoying making her blush.
Liam spoke up to lighten the awkward mood in the room, “Why don’t you sit down and tell us a little bit about yourself? We’re going to be spending a good amount of time together so we should probably start now!” He sent her one of his famous Liam smiles and I saw her breath catch as she nodded and walked towards the seat at the end of the table.
“So where are you from, dear?” Louis chirped as he swiveled his chair to face her, resting his hands on the smooth surface of the conference table.
“Nelsonville, Ohio. It’s a really small farm town in the southern part of the state.” She smiled politely at him. Farm girl, huh? If her killer figure wasn’t enough, now I have the image of her in cutoff jeans and a tied-up shirt, milking cows and feeding chickens. It was almost too much to handle.
Liam spoke up after she had finished, “You’re pretty far away from home. Why’d you decide to move all the way to London?” I saw her wait a few seconds before answering, the slightest hint of nervousness washed over her face as she lowered her head so her eyes were looking at her hands while they played with a loose fiber on her dress. Her body language intrigued me and I was anxious to see what she had to say.
She composed herself and looked up from her lap, a small smile stretched her lips, “I’ve always wanted to move to London. I don’t know why, but ever since I was a young girl I dreamed about living here.” I could tell her mood started to lighten when she talked about
London and it made me smile. I imagined her as a little girl, wide eyed and full of excitement, making plans to move to a big city and have all of her dreams come true.
“It is an amazing city! I hope you’ve enjoyed your stay here so far?” God, why was Liam so mature? He was only six months older than me but he made me look like such a child!
She nodded excitedly and a breathtaking grin swept across her face. “It really has been amazing! It’s just so surreal actually being here, you know? I’ve been planning for this for so long and now that it’s here, I just can’t believe it.” I uncrossed my arms and followed Louis’ actions, placing my hands on the conference table, completely enveloped in every word that came out of her lovely mouth.
“So what made ya want to work for a boy band?” Zayn questioned her and she giggled to herself before answering his question.
“I actually had never considered working for a musical group. While I was at college, I didn’t really know what exactly I wanted to do with my career. I just knew that it had to be a job working in this city. It was a lot of luck that I found this job, to be honest. But I really am so excited to start working.” She let her eyes fall on every one of our faces until finally landing on mine. I saw that she got nervous because I was staring so intently at her.
She grinned sheepishly as she spoke again, “I was a little nervous coming to meet you all because to be quite truthful, I had never heard of you guys before today so it was..” Niall had cut her off before she could even finish her sentence.
“You’ve never heard of us before?!” I could feel my eyebrows creeping up my forehead as I realized what she had said. There’s no way she hasn’t heard of us before. Does the girl ever listen to the radio?
Her face started to blush furiously as she realized that all five of us were rather slack-jawed, staring at her. She mumbled a little bit before putting together a coherent sentence.
“Y-yeah, I guess I don’t listen to too much music other than country. Pop music isn’t really popular in my town.” She took her eyes away from our stares and her nimble fingers began working at that little fiber on her dress again.
After I let it sink in that she had no idea who we were, it kind of felt relieving. “Guys, this is a good thing! Now we don’t have to worry about having pictures taken of us when we sleep or when we take showers!” Not that something like that had ever happened, I just wanted to see that pink color creep up on her cheeks again.
Niall chuckled beside me and I looked at the expression change on her face from guilty to shocked.
“Even if I was a fangirl, which I’m not, that would be a breach of contract. I signed a confidentiality agreement meaning I can’t distribute any sort of information, including pictures, about the band to anyone,” She stated matter-of-factly. I grinned as I decided to see how far I could go without getting in trouble.
“So do tell me, love, what else does your contract say you’re not supposed to do?” I threw her the cheekiest grin I could manage and winked; she narrowed her eyes at me before speaking.
“For your information, it also says that I am not allowed to get romantically involved with any of the band members, so you can stop trying to flirt with me, Styles. It’s never going to happen.” My grin faded a little bit as I heard the other boys start to laugh, yelling ooooohhhhh in unison at the comment she made at me. I glanced over to see Liam with a huge grin plastered on his face; of course he was enjoying seeing me getting put in my place.
Niall got up from his chair and high fived Charlie while holding his sides, trying to contain his infectious laughter. Maybe I didn’t like that Niall laughed at everyone’s jokes, especially when the jokes were directed towards me.
I scoffed and folded my arms over my chest as I glared at Charlie. She smiled at me, knowing she had won this battle. That smug look on her face only added more fuel to the fire burning in my chest; I was going to get that girl in my bed before this tour was over.
I didn’t say much after the little tiff between Charlie and I; the gears in my brain started turning as I tried to plot out my attack on the brunette beauty sitting in front of me. The boys chatted with Charlie for about fifteen minutes before Jeremy came back and let us go home. I made sure to stay back a little, allowing for all the other boys to say their goodbyes before walking out of the conference room.
I was the last person left to say goodbye to Charlie, she looked at me and I could tell she had her guard up, knowing that I would have something cheeky to say.
She extended her arm towards me and I closed the spaced between us, taking her hand in mine.
“It was nice to meet you, Harry. I’ll see you next week.” Her beautiful gaze sent a jolt of arousal a few inches below my belt. I stared at her for a second before pulling her body close to mine, allowing my lips to barely graze her earlobe before I spoke.
“Contract or not contract, I will have you. And you will enjoy every second of it.” I whispered softly so only she could hear. I felt her tense up in front of me and I smiled, inhaling deeply before stepping back and letting go of her hand. Her mouthwatering scent lingered in my nostrils as I gave her body another look-see before passing by her to leave the room.
I turned to see her face one last time before opening the door and it came as no surprise to me that she was frozen in place, her hand still slightly extended.
“It was a pleasure to meet you, Charlie.” And that was the last thing I said before leaving her with a dumbfounded look on her face.
Let the games begin.
Notes
So yeah, how'd everyone like this chapter? I like writing from Harry's POV. It's fun!Again, I said this before, I am NOT going to have them go on a world tour. I kind of want to write about them being at home in London. But there will still be a tour! No worries! :)
I want to start giving you questions to answer at the end of each chapter! Sooo...
What do you think Charlie is going to do about Harry's lust for her?
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Just as a reminder, my roommate pointed out in the chapter when Charlie meets the boys that I didn't go into enough detail describing Niall. I don't even know why that happened, because Nialler is my second favorite, Harry being first of course. So I'm going to go back and write something more detailed for Niall! Take a look if you'd like! :)
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