My Reason To Stay *On Hold*
Chapter 1
Skylar’s POV
"So what do you think he's going to do?" Mackenzie asked me.
I had just explained what happen with the new boy, Harry, and I.
"I don't know, but he's a grade above us so he won't be in any of my class, He'll only see me in the halls and lunch maybe," I said as I checked my phone. We are going start the bonfire around 8:00pm and it's 7:30pm so we should probably get ready.
"Why'd you turn him down anyway?" She questioned.
"Cause I don't want a boy friend." Mackenzie never understood why I don't want something serious with a guy. I just have never had any luck with relationships, I'd rather be single. "Well let’s get ready for the bonfire."
"Who's coming anyways?"
"It's not going to be big like the last one, just Louis group, Logan, Oli, and us, I think" I explained.
"Liam will be there, right?" She said with a slight grin. She's always had a thing for him.
"Yeah" I huffed.
"Hurry up or were going to light it without you!" Louis voice came in through the back door as Mackenzie and I ran down the stairs and through the kitchen. We just finished getting ready, because it took long than we thought it was going to.
"Calm down, gosh" I said as I pushed past him, stepping into the huge field of my back yard. We walked along the stone path, past the pool, to the fire pit.
I couldn't see anyone's faces, until Louis lit a match a tossed it on to the big pile of brush and branches.
Everyone erupted into notice and a yellow glow came over everything.
The first face my eyes landed on, Harry's.
What the hell is he doing here? I grabbed Louis's arm pulling his attention toward me. "Did you invite him?" I said in a hushed voice.
"Yeah, he a new kid at our school, he's cool," Louis said before turning back to Zayn.
Whatever, maybe I'm making a big deal of this and he was just joking with what he said.
I plopped down, sitting with my legs criss-cross one of the blankets lying on the ground. Everyone sat down around the fire, Oliver was on one of my sides and Harry sat down on my other side the second me noticed me.
“Hey,” Harry said as he placed his arm around me.
I quickly pulled his hand off me “Hi.”
“Grumpy,” He said as he poked just under my rib.
“I’m not ‘grumpy’. I just don’t want a complete strangers arm around me,” I rolled my eyes at him.
“Well then don’t think of me as a stranger.”
“Whatever,” I said before standing up. “I’m going inside to plug my phone in, does anyone want anything?” I asked to everyone.
“Alcohol!” Niall piped up.
“Not after last time,” I shot a glare down at Logan.
My parents are fine with Louis and I drinking as long as were responsible, but at our last bonfire Logan decided to- I don’t even know what he was trying to do, but he almost set our whole backyard on fire. So, now there’s a no alcohol rule.
“Sorry,” Logan said with an innocent smile on his face.
I ran inside and up to my room. I plugged my phone in, leaving it on my desk before heading down stairs. I got to the bottom of the stairs, stepping into the kitchen. Harry was leaning against the counter.
“Why are you in here?” I huffed.
“Why don’t you give me a chance?” He asked ignoring my question.
“I met you literally this morning,” It makes me nervous being alone with him. He really is a stranger, what if he’s violent or something.
“Yeah, so you don’t have a reason to not like me,” He said as he ran his hand through his curly hair.
“It’s not that I don’t like you, but- I don’t know,” I replied timidly.
“Then just come on a date with me and after then you can decide if you like me or not.”
“I don’t know,”
“We both know you want to,” Harry said, taking a step closer to me so there was only maybe an inch of air between us.
Okay, obviously he’s not used to any girl turning him down. So maybe I should do the whole ‘hard to get’ thing. So I at least have some time to make it so I’m not so nervous around him and see if he worth my time. “Uh, you wish,” I snapped as I attempted to take a step back, but the wall was right behind me.
A small smirk appeared on his face. He closed to space between us, putting a hand of the wall, lowering his head down to my level. His lips grazed my jaw as he brought his mouth to my ear. Just like the first time he did this chills covered my whole body as his hot breath touched my skin. “Then tell me you don’t want me right now,” his voice was slow and smooth.
I didn’t even try to say anything. I know I would end up stuttering or making myself sound stupid somehow if I did.
He pulled away from my ear so we could make eye contact, but he didn’t lean back, he was still close enough for our noses to touch. Wow, he has the greenest eyes I have ever seen.
“What the hell?” I heard Louis voice coming from behind Harry. Shit. Harry pulled away from me a turning to face Lou. “That’s my little sister!”
I glanced over at Harry who had a jaw dropped look on his face. “I’m sorry, mate. I didn’t know she was your- um sister,” Harry said scratching the back of his head.
“Lou, nothing even happened,” I rolled my eyes.
“Well something was about to,” Louis said turning to Harry, “you can mess around with any other girl at our school, but my sister is off limits.”
“Wait,” I pulled the attention to me, “do you think I can’t handle myself and that I was going to let him ‘mess around’ with me.”
“I didn’t say that, but since you brought that us, yeah. He would have taken advantage of you if I didn’t walk in,” Louis pushed.
“Are you serious? Practically every one of your friends flirts with me and guess what I always handle that myself!”
“They jokingly flirt with you. They don’t pin you up against walls and kiss you,” Louis shot back.
“Okay, we didn’t kiss and I let that happen. If I wanted to handle it I could have, but nothing was happening so I didn’t feel the need to stop him,” I explain harshly.
“You were literally a second away from kissing want I walked in, so yeah something was happening.”
“So, who cares? If I want to kiss someone then I can kiss them.” I hated that Louis is so protective over me. Like it’s a nice thought, but seriously, he’s being ridiculous.
“You can kiss guys, but not guys like him. Yeah, he’s cool as a friend, but it’s obvious he uses girl.”
“I wasn’t going to let him use me! And I can kiss whoever I want.”
“Not, guys, like, him.” Louis said through clenched teeth.
“Watch me,” I said before stepping over to Harry and pulling him into a kiss. After a few seconds I let go; then without saying another word to either of them I ran back up to my room, locking the door behind me.
I just kissed Harry. Yeah, it was to prove a point, but I still just kissed him.
"So what do you think he's going to do?" Mackenzie asked me.
I had just explained what happen with the new boy, Harry, and I.
"I don't know, but he's a grade above us so he won't be in any of my class, He'll only see me in the halls and lunch maybe," I said as I checked my phone. We are going start the bonfire around 8:00pm and it's 7:30pm so we should probably get ready.
"Why'd you turn him down anyway?" She questioned.
"Cause I don't want a boy friend." Mackenzie never understood why I don't want something serious with a guy. I just have never had any luck with relationships, I'd rather be single. "Well let’s get ready for the bonfire."
"Who's coming anyways?"
"It's not going to be big like the last one, just Louis group, Logan, Oli, and us, I think" I explained.
"Liam will be there, right?" She said with a slight grin. She's always had a thing for him.
"Yeah" I huffed.
"Hurry up or were going to light it without you!" Louis voice came in through the back door as Mackenzie and I ran down the stairs and through the kitchen. We just finished getting ready, because it took long than we thought it was going to.
"Calm down, gosh" I said as I pushed past him, stepping into the huge field of my back yard. We walked along the stone path, past the pool, to the fire pit.
I couldn't see anyone's faces, until Louis lit a match a tossed it on to the big pile of brush and branches.
Everyone erupted into notice and a yellow glow came over everything.
The first face my eyes landed on, Harry's.
What the hell is he doing here? I grabbed Louis's arm pulling his attention toward me. "Did you invite him?" I said in a hushed voice.
"Yeah, he a new kid at our school, he's cool," Louis said before turning back to Zayn.
Whatever, maybe I'm making a big deal of this and he was just joking with what he said.
I plopped down, sitting with my legs criss-cross one of the blankets lying on the ground. Everyone sat down around the fire, Oliver was on one of my sides and Harry sat down on my other side the second me noticed me.
“Hey,” Harry said as he placed his arm around me.
I quickly pulled his hand off me “Hi.”
“Grumpy,” He said as he poked just under my rib.
“I’m not ‘grumpy’. I just don’t want a complete strangers arm around me,” I rolled my eyes at him.
“Well then don’t think of me as a stranger.”
“Whatever,” I said before standing up. “I’m going inside to plug my phone in, does anyone want anything?” I asked to everyone.
“Alcohol!” Niall piped up.
“Not after last time,” I shot a glare down at Logan.
My parents are fine with Louis and I drinking as long as were responsible, but at our last bonfire Logan decided to- I don’t even know what he was trying to do, but he almost set our whole backyard on fire. So, now there’s a no alcohol rule.
“Sorry,” Logan said with an innocent smile on his face.
I ran inside and up to my room. I plugged my phone in, leaving it on my desk before heading down stairs. I got to the bottom of the stairs, stepping into the kitchen. Harry was leaning against the counter.
“Why are you in here?” I huffed.
“Why don’t you give me a chance?” He asked ignoring my question.
“I met you literally this morning,” It makes me nervous being alone with him. He really is a stranger, what if he’s violent or something.
“Yeah, so you don’t have a reason to not like me,” He said as he ran his hand through his curly hair.
“It’s not that I don’t like you, but- I don’t know,” I replied timidly.
“Then just come on a date with me and after then you can decide if you like me or not.”
“I don’t know,”
“We both know you want to,” Harry said, taking a step closer to me so there was only maybe an inch of air between us.
Okay, obviously he’s not used to any girl turning him down. So maybe I should do the whole ‘hard to get’ thing. So I at least have some time to make it so I’m not so nervous around him and see if he worth my time. “Uh, you wish,” I snapped as I attempted to take a step back, but the wall was right behind me.
A small smirk appeared on his face. He closed to space between us, putting a hand of the wall, lowering his head down to my level. His lips grazed my jaw as he brought his mouth to my ear. Just like the first time he did this chills covered my whole body as his hot breath touched my skin. “Then tell me you don’t want me right now,” his voice was slow and smooth.
I didn’t even try to say anything. I know I would end up stuttering or making myself sound stupid somehow if I did.
He pulled away from my ear so we could make eye contact, but he didn’t lean back, he was still close enough for our noses to touch. Wow, he has the greenest eyes I have ever seen.
“What the hell?” I heard Louis voice coming from behind Harry. Shit. Harry pulled away from me a turning to face Lou. “That’s my little sister!”
I glanced over at Harry who had a jaw dropped look on his face. “I’m sorry, mate. I didn’t know she was your- um sister,” Harry said scratching the back of his head.
“Lou, nothing even happened,” I rolled my eyes.
“Well something was about to,” Louis said turning to Harry, “you can mess around with any other girl at our school, but my sister is off limits.”
“Wait,” I pulled the attention to me, “do you think I can’t handle myself and that I was going to let him ‘mess around’ with me.”
“I didn’t say that, but since you brought that us, yeah. He would have taken advantage of you if I didn’t walk in,” Louis pushed.
“Are you serious? Practically every one of your friends flirts with me and guess what I always handle that myself!”
“They jokingly flirt with you. They don’t pin you up against walls and kiss you,” Louis shot back.
“Okay, we didn’t kiss and I let that happen. If I wanted to handle it I could have, but nothing was happening so I didn’t feel the need to stop him,” I explain harshly.
“You were literally a second away from kissing want I walked in, so yeah something was happening.”
“So, who cares? If I want to kiss someone then I can kiss them.” I hated that Louis is so protective over me. Like it’s a nice thought, but seriously, he’s being ridiculous.
“You can kiss guys, but not guys like him. Yeah, he’s cool as a friend, but it’s obvious he uses girl.”
“I wasn’t going to let him use me! And I can kiss whoever I want.”
“Not, guys, like, him.” Louis said through clenched teeth.
“Watch me,” I said before stepping over to Harry and pulling him into a kiss. After a few seconds I let go; then without saying another word to either of them I ran back up to my room, locking the door behind me.
I just kissed Harry. Yeah, it was to prove a point, but I still just kissed him.
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