HALF A HEART
Chapter 47
Annie’s POV
Prom Day
“What are you going to do with your hair?” Eleanor asked sitting on her bed with her head hanging over the edge so her hair tumbled in a mass of brown waves. She had some of her hair bunched in her fist like she was trying to decide a style.
“Girl, I don’t know. Just have the hair stylist do what ever she wants.” I laughed from her computer chair as I checked my Facebook news feed. We’re trying to kill time before our hair appointment. The corners of my mouth perked when I saw Harry’s latest post: “Can’t wait to see the beautiful dress that my even more beautiful girl will be wearing tonight.” I felt my cheeks grow pink.
“But I don’t just tell hair stylists to do what they want—What are you reading?” She laughed looking at me embarrassed facial expression.
“Just Harry’s Facebook status.” I chuckled feeling my cheeks warm even more.
“Ohhhh yeah I saw that earlier. You guys are inseparable and it’s adorable.” She laughed pulling herself back onto her bed.
I laughed. “Thanks.”
“So you never answered my question before. Why haven’t you guys gone all the way?” She asked like it was a normal conversation started.
I laughed in slight offense. “Why are you so damn curious El?”
“It just doesn’t make any sense the way you guys talk about each other. You don’t want to make love huh?”
“Well I guess I don’t really see it as making love nowadays. That’s what it used to mean but now I feel like it’s just a way to find pleasure and I feel like we’re both beyond that. We don’t need that in order to know that the other person loves the other. I don’t know how he feels about it but that’s my opinion.”
“Hm. That makes sense I guess. Well don’t think that he has never done it before because he has. I think he respects you more and honestly he actually loves you. I don’t think he really loved the others.”
“Others plural?” I asked feeling a small pang of hurt and disappointment.
“I mean he hasn’t gone and screwed every girl in school but he’s probably done it with two or three.” She said sitting up on her bed.
“And you’re telling me this because?” I asked feeling a little annoyed.
“I just thought you should know. I’m sorry if that was offensive.” She said and she sounded genuine.
“It’s okay El. He probably wasn’t going to tell me and I should probably know I suppose.” I said.
“Well c’mon! Dani and Perrie are meeting us at the salon.” She squealed and jumped off her bed. I followed her slowly unsure of the information I had just received but I really didn’t want to be focused on that today.
I stared at my reflection as one stylist curled my hair and the other painted my toenails with gold nail polish. The stylist started to pull the curls up and pinning them in various places.
“What do you guys think?” Dani exclaimed from a few chairs down. I turned my head to look and chuckled softly to myself as the stylist waddled around the chair to keep pinning my curls up.
(Author’s Note: Danille’s Hairstyle: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6RmRCshFNEI/Th3sXYHgTLI/AAAAAAAAIas/H6ekJlVLAHs/s1600/prom%252Bhairstyles%252Bupdos-3.jpg )
“That’s beautiful!” I said from my chair and tried not to move too suddenly so that the stylist wouldn’t mess up. Eleanor and Perrie nodded and squealed in agreement. Eleanor had finally decided on her hairdo as well and it was nearly finished.
(Author’s Note: Eleanor’s Hairstyle: http://peaceconnections.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/prom-hair-styles-wu35zv9d.jpg )
“Your hair is looking beautiful too El!” Perrie said making the same observation that I was. She smiled in acknowledgment as she tried not to mess the stylist up.
“Your hair is PERFECT.” El said as she glanced back at Perrie again.
(Author’s Note: http://www.fashionins.com/2014/01/updos-for-long-hair-tumblr/#.UzdVedy0b1o )
“Yeah the rose is a beautiful touch!” I exclaimed.
“Thanks!” She chirped. “It’s the same kind of flower that Zayn’s boutonniere is made with.”
“That’s such a good idea oh my goodness.” Dani breathed.
A few more minutes passed and then my hair was finally done. “What do you guys think?” I asked standing up from the salon chair.
“Oh Annie! You look beautiful!” Eleanor said.
“Perfect!” Perrie decided.
(Author’s Note: Annie’s Hairstyle: http://www.art462.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Engaging-New-Prom-Hairstyles-for-Medium-Length-Hair-Design.jpg )
The girls and I arrived back at my house and rushed up the stairs to my room where our dresses hung waiting for us. We each ran to our own and took it out of the bag.
“I’m so excited oh my goodness.” Dani said as she pulled her sweatpants down.
“I’m freaking out.” Perrie laughed as she clasped her strapless bra.
“This night is going to be perfect.” I breathed and started to inch my dress on.
“I seriously cannot wait.” Eleanor said walking over to me so that I could help with the zipper and ties.
“Annie?” My mom called from down stairs.
“Yeah?” I replied as I turned around to have Eleanor help me with my dress.
“What time are the guys coming at?”
“7:00!” I replied glancing at my clock that read 6:15. These next 45 minutes would be agony. I just want to see Harry in a tux. “Oh! And Lizzie is coming over at 6:30!”
“Who is Lizzie?” My mom asked.
“Niall’s date!”
“Oh! How adorable!” My mom said with delight and I felt the corners of my mouth twitch as my mom became almost as excited as the rest of us.
“El, will you do my makeup?” I asked her turning back around.
“Of course!” She said and walked over to my vanity with my makeup spread across the table. “Come sit in my chair.” She said humorously. Perrie was already doing Dani’s makeup and she looked beautiful. Eleanor started with foundation and looked at my face how I look at a blank canvas, which made me smile a little. She was taking this so seriously. “I wanted to apologize.” She said after a few moments.
“Why?” I asked genuinely confused.
“For what I told you today about,” She paused, “You know.” She looked at me with her eyebrows raised. Oh…
“I mean yeah it was surprising and a little frustrating but I guess I needed to know eventually. It’s okay El.” I smiled at her and I saw her face relax.
The faint sound of a doorbell sounded in my upstairs bedroom. “Annie, Lizzie is here!” My mom called.
“Send her up!”
We heard the soft patter of footsteps walking up my stairs and then Lizzie walked into my room with her dress on, hair done, and makeup applied.
“You look so beautiful!” I said as she walked into the room.
She looked around shyly at first and then smiled at my words. “Thank you.” She blushed.
“Niall is going to freak. Let’s be honest.” Perrie laughed causing Lizzie’s cheeks to become ever more red.
Several minutes later all of us were finished getting ready and were either standing or sitting in various locations in my room.
“He did what?” Dani asked with a slight chuckle.
“He kind of just let the words tumble out of his mouth at lunch one day. I couldn’t help but to say yes. It was just too adorable how nervous he was.” Lizzie laughed as she told how Niall asked her to prom.
We heard a doorbell and each of us flinched and froze. “They’re here!” Eleanor hissed with excitement.
“Good job.” Perrie chuckled standing up from the chair at my desk.
My mom came jogging up the stairs with a bag in her hand. “Here ladies here!” She hissed frantically and I laughed again at her anticipation and excitement. “Oh all of you ladies look absolutely BEAUTIFUL.” She breathed as Dani took the bag from her. It was the boutonnieres. I took mine from her and held it in my hands. My heart began to race as my stomach erupted with butterflies. The time had finally come.
Prom Day
“What are you going to do with your hair?” Eleanor asked sitting on her bed with her head hanging over the edge so her hair tumbled in a mass of brown waves. She had some of her hair bunched in her fist like she was trying to decide a style.
“Girl, I don’t know. Just have the hair stylist do what ever she wants.” I laughed from her computer chair as I checked my Facebook news feed. We’re trying to kill time before our hair appointment. The corners of my mouth perked when I saw Harry’s latest post: “Can’t wait to see the beautiful dress that my even more beautiful girl will be wearing tonight.” I felt my cheeks grow pink.
“But I don’t just tell hair stylists to do what they want—What are you reading?” She laughed looking at me embarrassed facial expression.
“Just Harry’s Facebook status.” I chuckled feeling my cheeks warm even more.
“Ohhhh yeah I saw that earlier. You guys are inseparable and it’s adorable.” She laughed pulling herself back onto her bed.
I laughed. “Thanks.”
“So you never answered my question before. Why haven’t you guys gone all the way?” She asked like it was a normal conversation started.
I laughed in slight offense. “Why are you so damn curious El?”
“It just doesn’t make any sense the way you guys talk about each other. You don’t want to make love huh?”
“Well I guess I don’t really see it as making love nowadays. That’s what it used to mean but now I feel like it’s just a way to find pleasure and I feel like we’re both beyond that. We don’t need that in order to know that the other person loves the other. I don’t know how he feels about it but that’s my opinion.”
“Hm. That makes sense I guess. Well don’t think that he has never done it before because he has. I think he respects you more and honestly he actually loves you. I don’t think he really loved the others.”
“Others plural?” I asked feeling a small pang of hurt and disappointment.
“I mean he hasn’t gone and screwed every girl in school but he’s probably done it with two or three.” She said sitting up on her bed.
“And you’re telling me this because?” I asked feeling a little annoyed.
“I just thought you should know. I’m sorry if that was offensive.” She said and she sounded genuine.
“It’s okay El. He probably wasn’t going to tell me and I should probably know I suppose.” I said.
“Well c’mon! Dani and Perrie are meeting us at the salon.” She squealed and jumped off her bed. I followed her slowly unsure of the information I had just received but I really didn’t want to be focused on that today.
I stared at my reflection as one stylist curled my hair and the other painted my toenails with gold nail polish. The stylist started to pull the curls up and pinning them in various places.
“What do you guys think?” Dani exclaimed from a few chairs down. I turned my head to look and chuckled softly to myself as the stylist waddled around the chair to keep pinning my curls up.
(Author’s Note: Danille’s Hairstyle: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6RmRCshFNEI/Th3sXYHgTLI/AAAAAAAAIas/H6ekJlVLAHs/s1600/prom%252Bhairstyles%252Bupdos-3.jpg )
“That’s beautiful!” I said from my chair and tried not to move too suddenly so that the stylist wouldn’t mess up. Eleanor and Perrie nodded and squealed in agreement. Eleanor had finally decided on her hairdo as well and it was nearly finished.
(Author’s Note: Eleanor’s Hairstyle: http://peaceconnections.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/prom-hair-styles-wu35zv9d.jpg )
“Your hair is looking beautiful too El!” Perrie said making the same observation that I was. She smiled in acknowledgment as she tried not to mess the stylist up.
“Your hair is PERFECT.” El said as she glanced back at Perrie again.
(Author’s Note: http://www.fashionins.com/2014/01/updos-for-long-hair-tumblr/#.UzdVedy0b1o )
“Yeah the rose is a beautiful touch!” I exclaimed.
“Thanks!” She chirped. “It’s the same kind of flower that Zayn’s boutonniere is made with.”
“That’s such a good idea oh my goodness.” Dani breathed.
A few more minutes passed and then my hair was finally done. “What do you guys think?” I asked standing up from the salon chair.
“Oh Annie! You look beautiful!” Eleanor said.
“Perfect!” Perrie decided.
(Author’s Note: Annie’s Hairstyle: http://www.art462.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Engaging-New-Prom-Hairstyles-for-Medium-Length-Hair-Design.jpg )
The girls and I arrived back at my house and rushed up the stairs to my room where our dresses hung waiting for us. We each ran to our own and took it out of the bag.
“I’m so excited oh my goodness.” Dani said as she pulled her sweatpants down.
“I’m freaking out.” Perrie laughed as she clasped her strapless bra.
“This night is going to be perfect.” I breathed and started to inch my dress on.
“I seriously cannot wait.” Eleanor said walking over to me so that I could help with the zipper and ties.
“Annie?” My mom called from down stairs.
“Yeah?” I replied as I turned around to have Eleanor help me with my dress.
“What time are the guys coming at?”
“7:00!” I replied glancing at my clock that read 6:15. These next 45 minutes would be agony. I just want to see Harry in a tux. “Oh! And Lizzie is coming over at 6:30!”
“Who is Lizzie?” My mom asked.
“Niall’s date!”
“Oh! How adorable!” My mom said with delight and I felt the corners of my mouth twitch as my mom became almost as excited as the rest of us.
“El, will you do my makeup?” I asked her turning back around.
“Of course!” She said and walked over to my vanity with my makeup spread across the table. “Come sit in my chair.” She said humorously. Perrie was already doing Dani’s makeup and she looked beautiful. Eleanor started with foundation and looked at my face how I look at a blank canvas, which made me smile a little. She was taking this so seriously. “I wanted to apologize.” She said after a few moments.
“Why?” I asked genuinely confused.
“For what I told you today about,” She paused, “You know.” She looked at me with her eyebrows raised. Oh…
“I mean yeah it was surprising and a little frustrating but I guess I needed to know eventually. It’s okay El.” I smiled at her and I saw her face relax.
The faint sound of a doorbell sounded in my upstairs bedroom. “Annie, Lizzie is here!” My mom called.
“Send her up!”
We heard the soft patter of footsteps walking up my stairs and then Lizzie walked into my room with her dress on, hair done, and makeup applied.
“You look so beautiful!” I said as she walked into the room.
She looked around shyly at first and then smiled at my words. “Thank you.” She blushed.
“Niall is going to freak. Let’s be honest.” Perrie laughed causing Lizzie’s cheeks to become ever more red.
Several minutes later all of us were finished getting ready and were either standing or sitting in various locations in my room.
“He did what?” Dani asked with a slight chuckle.
“He kind of just let the words tumble out of his mouth at lunch one day. I couldn’t help but to say yes. It was just too adorable how nervous he was.” Lizzie laughed as she told how Niall asked her to prom.
We heard a doorbell and each of us flinched and froze. “They’re here!” Eleanor hissed with excitement.
“Good job.” Perrie chuckled standing up from the chair at my desk.
My mom came jogging up the stairs with a bag in her hand. “Here ladies here!” She hissed frantically and I laughed again at her anticipation and excitement. “Oh all of you ladies look absolutely BEAUTIFUL.” She breathed as Dani took the bag from her. It was the boutonnieres. I took mine from her and held it in my hands. My heart began to race as my stomach erupted with butterflies. The time had finally come.
Notes
Hey guys! Im so sorry that I have been really bad at updating frequently :( I'm going to be updating again today but I wanted to give you a chapter now <3
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