Goodnight Moon.
A dollar says.
Ashlynn’s POV.
I got home that night with Harry and I laid on the floor in my living room, I felt defeated. I hated busy days and I hated having to be productive. If I had it my way all I would do all day would be to write and take photos, not all the work in between. But that’s not how life works.
“Why so low?” he asked as if he didn’t already know.
‘When do we leave for tour?” I asked him. I needed to make a timeline.
“16 days.” Great. I had 16 days to get the covers done for the next 3 months.
“Joy.”Was all I said, and trust me; I didn’t say it joyfully.
“Why?” he asked.
“I have so much to do.” I told him.
“Like what? Talk to me.” Harry begged as he sat next to me on the floor and pulled my head to lie on his lap. He began playing with my hair, which was literally one of my favorite things in the world.
“I need to get the covers done, but before doing that I need to figure out the line up. I need to pack for tour, I need to pack the apartment up, which almost both-“ I was talking before he cut me off.
‘Wait…pack the apartment up? For what reason?” he asked with a sly smile on my face hoping he already knew the reason.
“Well I was thinking about what you said and you were right. There’s no use in my paying rent for a place that I’m not going to be living in. So I figured I’d take you up on your offer and just move in with you…is that ok?” I asked him hoping within the last 24 hours he hadn’t changed his mind.
“Of course that’s ok! That’s better than ok!” he said with that smile that I adored so much. “I love you, and I promise that we are going to be better than we were before, ok?” he said referring to our previous mishap that I was working on moving on from.
“I know. I love you too.” I told him and he pulled his head down towards his lap where my head was and kissed me.
“So what models do you think you will use?” he asked me.
“I think I’m going to mix things up a little bit. Do things a little out of the ordinary…We will see.” I told him hoping the idea I had in my head would work out.
“What did you have in mind?” Harry asked me knowing I had something up my sleeve.
“Well, a priority for any magazine is for it to sell as many copies as it can, right?” I stated.
“Right.” He agreed.
“Well what if I put Zayn and Perrie on the cover?” I mentioned. He gave me the look like he didn’t know where I was going with it. C’mon Harry, use your head. “Like ok. They’re engaged.”
“Yeah I know that Ashlynn.” He told me sarcastically causing me to laugh.
“Harry, it’s a wedding magazine. Imagine how many more copies we would sell if they were on the cover! All of your fans and all of Little Mixes fans would buy a copy! And they are basically picture perfect!” I told him excitingly!
“Zayn is never going to go for that!” He shot me down.
“A dollar says he does.” I challenged him.
“Let’s make it interesting, a night on the town and 2 dollars says he doesn’t!” He challenged me back.
“You’re on Styles.” I said to him before kissing him and standing up form the ground. I went to my room with harry behind me and changed into my ripped jeans and slipping on my converse and throwing on a sweater and hat.
“Where are you going? It’s 10:15” he asked me as if there was some curfew for the city. Silly boy.
“I’m going to talk to Perrie and Zayn! The sooner they say ‘yes’ the sooner I can get these photos done, I only have 16 days Harry!” I reminded him.
“Want me to go with you?” he asked me after he yawned.
“No! I’m good!” I told him before grabbing water from the fridge.
“Actually, I am going. It’s late and dark and I don’t want anything happening to you.” He insisted.
“Bleh. Fine.” I said causing him to smile. He put his shoes on and grabbed my hand and we were out the door. Zayn and Perrie lived only a couple of blocks away from us so we decided to walk.We walked out of my building out to the street only to be quickly spotted by fans. It’s like people walked out of their houses on a normal day looking for Harry. The fans I didn’t mind…the paps I did mind though.
“Do you even remember what life was like before all of this madness?” I asked him as we walked through the crowd of paps and fans.
“You mean…this isn’t normal?” he asked sarcastically cause me to bust out in laughter. Even though I didn’t like the paps, I must admit Harry and I did photograph together and we did have some cute candids together.
“Harry, is Ashlynn pregnant? She’s looking chunkier than usual.” A pap asked. I knew they were just saying it to get a rise out of Harry but they got a rise out of both of us.
Harry looked down to see my hurt in my face from the comment causing me to tense up and get self conscious of my image. He clenched me closer and looked at the pap and laughed.
“She’s not pregnant.” Was all he said.
“So she’s just fat?” the pap snapped back.
“nah man, she’s beautiful. Absolutely perfect.” He told the pap causing me to smile up at him.
“Mean it?” I asked him.
“Of course I do. I wouldn’t change a thing about you.” He said to me causing my cheeks to heat up.
“You either love bug.” I told him before pecking him on the lips.
After walking another 3 blocks we arrived at Zayn and Perrie’s flat!
Harry’s POV.
Honestly when the pap made the comment about Ashlynn’s weight it got me majorly heated.That comment was exactly why she was so self conscious about her body and why we have gotten in multiple arguments. I was sick of people making her feel less then she was. There was always going to be haters but I was going to protect her in any way I could, they are negative because they want to get a rise out of me but I’m not going to let them. I promised Ashlynn I would get my shit together and I had every intention of doing that.
We finally got to Perrie and Zayn’s and I honestly hope that they would agree to Ashlynn’s plan. Although I really don’t think Zayn would go for it, it was a really good idea. I know Perrie would be totally game for it though.
Ashlynn knocked on the door and then grabbed my hand and gave me a look.
“What’s that face for?” I asked her.
“Please just be supportive, let’s not let this bet get the best of it, yeah? I really need this
Harry.”She lectured me as if I was a child.
“Got it Mom.” Was all I said.
“Thank you.” She said and then got on her tip toes and kissed my cheek causing me to smile.
“What a lovely surprise! Zayn, Harlynn are here!” Perrie said to us as she welcomed us inside.
“Who is Harlynn?” Ashlynn asked her.
“That’s your couple name. We came up with it while you were gone.” Perrie said causing Ashlynn and I both to laugh.
“Cute” was all Ashlynn said and I knew she was secretly rolling her eyes.
“So to who do we owe this visit to?” Zayn asked us. I pointed towards Ashlynn.
“ I need to talk to you both about something.” Ashlynn began to say and we all walked to the sitting room.
“Alright then love, everything good?” Zayn asked her.
“Oh yeah! Everything is good! I was wondering if you guys would model for me for next months issue…like as a couple?” she asked them and was bouncing her leg up and down. Something she only did when she was nervous or anxious.
Perrie looked with excitement toward Zayn with hopes that he would agree. She grabbed his hand eagerly and Ashlynn grabbed mine hoping he would say yes too.
“PLEASSE ZAYN!” Perrie begged.
“Fine.” Zayn said.
Thank God. If he had said no it would have been a long walk home.
“YES! When do we take them?” Perrie asked Ash.
“How’s tomorrow?” Ashlynn suggested.
“Works for us.” Zayn agreed.
“Perfect! See you guys around 11 tomorrow! Thank you!” Ashlynn thanked them and we got up to leave.
We walked up the street hand in hand in silence. She had something on her mind, I could tell.
“Whatcha thinking about love?” I asked her.
“What’s your goal in life? Like one thing you want to do or have before you die.” Ashlynn asked.
“I don’t know. Why?”I asked her.
“I’m just thinking is all.Zayn and Perrie are so happy, ya know? I never wanted any of that. Like a relationship or an engagement. I never saw marriage in my future.” She went on.
“Oh?” I said.
“Yeah. That was till I met you. Now I see all of those things, that’s how I know it’s you. You’re the one. No doubt in my mind. “ Ashlynn said with a tear rolling down her cheek.
“I love you so much” was all I could manage to say to her.
“I know you do. And I love you too.”She said to me before stopping me from my tread and pulling me in for a kiss.
“Are you asking me to marry you Grace?” I asked her sarcastically.
“No, but one day when you ask me. I’m going to say yes. And when that happens, I know it’s going to be such a perfect moment for us.” Ashlynn said with pure happiness.
“Where is all of this coming from little one?” I asked her as we approached her building.
“I don’t know, I’ve just been thinking a lot. When the fall out happened in Holmes Chapel I had a lot of time to think on the cab ride back and I sat there in tears so mad at you because I knew you were the one…. it’s like in that moment I realized I should have been so mad at you, I should have hated you. But I did everything but that. I made up excuses for your behavior and stood up for you and what you did…that’s how I knew you were the one. You found me Harry. It’s like I came to London for a job and found my person. That’s crazy. That doesn’t just happen. You saved me before I even knew you…you were there for me before we even met. And now I get to wake up to you in the morning and that is the best feeling knowing you found your missing piece. I love you Harry Edward Styles.” She said with a smile smacked across her face in awe of our situation, all I did was stand there in the stairway in tears at how right she was.
Before Ashlynn, I was such a mess. She saved me.
“God, I love you so much Ashlynn Grace Martinez.” I told her as I kissed her and wrapped my arms around her hips and lifted her up during our kiss. When our kiss ended she pulled away from me and wrapped her arms around my neck and just feeling her holding onto me and her breath hit my skin was enough for me.
She was everything to me.
“Can we go to sleep now, I’ve gotta get up early tomorrow to get things ready for the shoot tomorrow.” She said.
“Sure thing…can I go with you tomorrow?” I asked her as she unlocked the door and I stood behind her.
“Sure thing. I would love that.” She agreed. "Oh and Harry, you owe me a dollar."
I was looking forward to seeing my baby in her zone.I was looking even more forward to the
fact that she was going on tour with me in 2 weeks.
I got home that night with Harry and I laid on the floor in my living room, I felt defeated. I hated busy days and I hated having to be productive. If I had it my way all I would do all day would be to write and take photos, not all the work in between. But that’s not how life works.
“Why so low?” he asked as if he didn’t already know.
‘When do we leave for tour?” I asked him. I needed to make a timeline.
“16 days.” Great. I had 16 days to get the covers done for the next 3 months.
“Joy.”Was all I said, and trust me; I didn’t say it joyfully.
“Why?” he asked.
“I have so much to do.” I told him.
“Like what? Talk to me.” Harry begged as he sat next to me on the floor and pulled my head to lie on his lap. He began playing with my hair, which was literally one of my favorite things in the world.
“I need to get the covers done, but before doing that I need to figure out the line up. I need to pack for tour, I need to pack the apartment up, which almost both-“ I was talking before he cut me off.
‘Wait…pack the apartment up? For what reason?” he asked with a sly smile on my face hoping he already knew the reason.
“Well I was thinking about what you said and you were right. There’s no use in my paying rent for a place that I’m not going to be living in. So I figured I’d take you up on your offer and just move in with you…is that ok?” I asked him hoping within the last 24 hours he hadn’t changed his mind.
“Of course that’s ok! That’s better than ok!” he said with that smile that I adored so much. “I love you, and I promise that we are going to be better than we were before, ok?” he said referring to our previous mishap that I was working on moving on from.
“I know. I love you too.” I told him and he pulled his head down towards his lap where my head was and kissed me.
“So what models do you think you will use?” he asked me.
“I think I’m going to mix things up a little bit. Do things a little out of the ordinary…We will see.” I told him hoping the idea I had in my head would work out.
“What did you have in mind?” Harry asked me knowing I had something up my sleeve.
“Well, a priority for any magazine is for it to sell as many copies as it can, right?” I stated.
“Right.” He agreed.
“Well what if I put Zayn and Perrie on the cover?” I mentioned. He gave me the look like he didn’t know where I was going with it. C’mon Harry, use your head. “Like ok. They’re engaged.”
“Yeah I know that Ashlynn.” He told me sarcastically causing me to laugh.
“Harry, it’s a wedding magazine. Imagine how many more copies we would sell if they were on the cover! All of your fans and all of Little Mixes fans would buy a copy! And they are basically picture perfect!” I told him excitingly!
“Zayn is never going to go for that!” He shot me down.
“A dollar says he does.” I challenged him.
“Let’s make it interesting, a night on the town and 2 dollars says he doesn’t!” He challenged me back.
“You’re on Styles.” I said to him before kissing him and standing up form the ground. I went to my room with harry behind me and changed into my ripped jeans and slipping on my converse and throwing on a sweater and hat.
“Where are you going? It’s 10:15” he asked me as if there was some curfew for the city. Silly boy.
“I’m going to talk to Perrie and Zayn! The sooner they say ‘yes’ the sooner I can get these photos done, I only have 16 days Harry!” I reminded him.
“Want me to go with you?” he asked me after he yawned.
“No! I’m good!” I told him before grabbing water from the fridge.
“Actually, I am going. It’s late and dark and I don’t want anything happening to you.” He insisted.
“Bleh. Fine.” I said causing him to smile. He put his shoes on and grabbed my hand and we were out the door. Zayn and Perrie lived only a couple of blocks away from us so we decided to walk.We walked out of my building out to the street only to be quickly spotted by fans. It’s like people walked out of their houses on a normal day looking for Harry. The fans I didn’t mind…the paps I did mind though.
“Do you even remember what life was like before all of this madness?” I asked him as we walked through the crowd of paps and fans.
“You mean…this isn’t normal?” he asked sarcastically cause me to bust out in laughter. Even though I didn’t like the paps, I must admit Harry and I did photograph together and we did have some cute candids together.
“Harry, is Ashlynn pregnant? She’s looking chunkier than usual.” A pap asked. I knew they were just saying it to get a rise out of Harry but they got a rise out of both of us.
Harry looked down to see my hurt in my face from the comment causing me to tense up and get self conscious of my image. He clenched me closer and looked at the pap and laughed.
“She’s not pregnant.” Was all he said.
“So she’s just fat?” the pap snapped back.
“nah man, she’s beautiful. Absolutely perfect.” He told the pap causing me to smile up at him.
“Mean it?” I asked him.
“Of course I do. I wouldn’t change a thing about you.” He said to me causing my cheeks to heat up.
“You either love bug.” I told him before pecking him on the lips.
After walking another 3 blocks we arrived at Zayn and Perrie’s flat!
Harry’s POV.
Honestly when the pap made the comment about Ashlynn’s weight it got me majorly heated.That comment was exactly why she was so self conscious about her body and why we have gotten in multiple arguments. I was sick of people making her feel less then she was. There was always going to be haters but I was going to protect her in any way I could, they are negative because they want to get a rise out of me but I’m not going to let them. I promised Ashlynn I would get my shit together and I had every intention of doing that.
We finally got to Perrie and Zayn’s and I honestly hope that they would agree to Ashlynn’s plan. Although I really don’t think Zayn would go for it, it was a really good idea. I know Perrie would be totally game for it though.
Ashlynn knocked on the door and then grabbed my hand and gave me a look.
“What’s that face for?” I asked her.
“Please just be supportive, let’s not let this bet get the best of it, yeah? I really need this
Harry.”She lectured me as if I was a child.
“Got it Mom.” Was all I said.
“Thank you.” She said and then got on her tip toes and kissed my cheek causing me to smile.
“What a lovely surprise! Zayn, Harlynn are here!” Perrie said to us as she welcomed us inside.
“Who is Harlynn?” Ashlynn asked her.
“That’s your couple name. We came up with it while you were gone.” Perrie said causing Ashlynn and I both to laugh.
“Cute” was all Ashlynn said and I knew she was secretly rolling her eyes.
“So to who do we owe this visit to?” Zayn asked us. I pointed towards Ashlynn.
“ I need to talk to you both about something.” Ashlynn began to say and we all walked to the sitting room.
“Alright then love, everything good?” Zayn asked her.
“Oh yeah! Everything is good! I was wondering if you guys would model for me for next months issue…like as a couple?” she asked them and was bouncing her leg up and down. Something she only did when she was nervous or anxious.
Perrie looked with excitement toward Zayn with hopes that he would agree. She grabbed his hand eagerly and Ashlynn grabbed mine hoping he would say yes too.
“PLEASSE ZAYN!” Perrie begged.
“Fine.” Zayn said.
Thank God. If he had said no it would have been a long walk home.
“YES! When do we take them?” Perrie asked Ash.
“How’s tomorrow?” Ashlynn suggested.
“Works for us.” Zayn agreed.
“Perfect! See you guys around 11 tomorrow! Thank you!” Ashlynn thanked them and we got up to leave.
We walked up the street hand in hand in silence. She had something on her mind, I could tell.
“Whatcha thinking about love?” I asked her.
“What’s your goal in life? Like one thing you want to do or have before you die.” Ashlynn asked.
“I don’t know. Why?”I asked her.
“I’m just thinking is all.Zayn and Perrie are so happy, ya know? I never wanted any of that. Like a relationship or an engagement. I never saw marriage in my future.” She went on.
“Oh?” I said.
“Yeah. That was till I met you. Now I see all of those things, that’s how I know it’s you. You’re the one. No doubt in my mind. “ Ashlynn said with a tear rolling down her cheek.
“I love you so much” was all I could manage to say to her.
“I know you do. And I love you too.”She said to me before stopping me from my tread and pulling me in for a kiss.
“Are you asking me to marry you Grace?” I asked her sarcastically.
“No, but one day when you ask me. I’m going to say yes. And when that happens, I know it’s going to be such a perfect moment for us.” Ashlynn said with pure happiness.
“Where is all of this coming from little one?” I asked her as we approached her building.
“I don’t know, I’ve just been thinking a lot. When the fall out happened in Holmes Chapel I had a lot of time to think on the cab ride back and I sat there in tears so mad at you because I knew you were the one…. it’s like in that moment I realized I should have been so mad at you, I should have hated you. But I did everything but that. I made up excuses for your behavior and stood up for you and what you did…that’s how I knew you were the one. You found me Harry. It’s like I came to London for a job and found my person. That’s crazy. That doesn’t just happen. You saved me before I even knew you…you were there for me before we even met. And now I get to wake up to you in the morning and that is the best feeling knowing you found your missing piece. I love you Harry Edward Styles.” She said with a smile smacked across her face in awe of our situation, all I did was stand there in the stairway in tears at how right she was.
Before Ashlynn, I was such a mess. She saved me.
“God, I love you so much Ashlynn Grace Martinez.” I told her as I kissed her and wrapped my arms around her hips and lifted her up during our kiss. When our kiss ended she pulled away from me and wrapped her arms around my neck and just feeling her holding onto me and her breath hit my skin was enough for me.
She was everything to me.
“Can we go to sleep now, I’ve gotta get up early tomorrow to get things ready for the shoot tomorrow.” She said.
“Sure thing…can I go with you tomorrow?” I asked her as she unlocked the door and I stood behind her.
“Sure thing. I would love that.” She agreed. "Oh and Harry, you owe me a dollar."
I was looking forward to seeing my baby in her zone.I was looking even more forward to the
fact that she was going on tour with me in 2 weeks.
Notes
Sorry it has been so long since I have updated, I have been in and out of the hospital and am finally home and resting. This is just a quick filler chapter! I will update more real soon, I PROMISE.
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