His Bandmate

I turn around and my eyes fall on the clear blue orbs right in front of me. My breathing is shallow and fast. The room seem to fade away for a moment before I get interrupted by someone shouting my name. I tear my eyes away to see Harry waving at me from the other side of the room. I take a deep breath and without looking at Louis, I start to walk forward. I stop a couple of steps away to look over my shoulder, but Louis is no longer there. I take another deep breath and relaxed my shoulders. I don't even know what happened. I was just about to either hit him or throw myself at him, I don't know which.

I walk over to Harry who has a big smile on his face, but it fades a little as I come to stand beside him.

“Hey, you okey?” The concern thick in his voice. I try to smile at him, reassuring that everything is okey, even though it's really not. My heart has not slowed down yet and I feel a little light headed.

“Yeah, I'm fine. You having fun?” I ask and look over at his date who stands a couple of feet away from us, talking to a friend.

“I really am.” He say and shows his dimples. I smile back before looking at the floor.

“I think I'm going to go.” I say, pulling my hair behind my ear.

“Oh. Well, then. Let me just tell Harmony.” That was her name, not Joy. Well...same same. I can see though that he's not really ready to leave yet. He looks really disappointed.

“No, you don't have to do that. You can stay.” I say and he frowns.

“But I drove you, how will you get home?” I can see that he's pleased though confused.

“Lea will come get me. I've already texted her.” I lie. She couldn't even come if I begged, she's visiting her grandma. I just don't want to ruin Harry's night. I smile up at him. “I'll talk to you tomorrow.” I say and reach up to kiss his cheek.

“Okey, text me when you get home so that I know you're safe.” He say and squeeze my arm. He's sounding like my dad.

“Harry!” I say, giving him an glare that says that I will not do that. He's going to be with her, I don't want to be the other girl in that mix. No thank you.

“Fine, fine! I'll call you tomorrow.” He mumbles, holding his hands up in surrender, before walking back to Harmony. I snicker and start to push my way to the front door, getting my jacket out from the closet. I walk out on the front porch and stop in the cold air, wondering what the hell I'm going to do now. It's way too far to walk and the buss has stopped going. I guess I need to call a cab, but honestly don't know if I have enough money for that. I sigh. Shit!

I stand there for a couple of minutes, trying to come up with a plan when I hear the door open and someone stepping out. My heart starts to beat faster in my chest as I sense the presence behind me. I feel the muscles in my stomach pull and I feel nauseated.

“Hey! Do you need a ride?” I hear a guy say quiet and I turn around, breathing with relief. I see Liam stand with his hands in his pockets.

“Yeah, that would actually be great.” I say, smiling sheepishly.

“Come on, my car's over there.” He say and start to walk down the few steps, me following behind. I can't believe the luck I have. Liam opens my door for me and I step in. I can't believe why he would want to go home this early, the few times I saw him inside he looked to be having fun. He really seems to be the center of the party, not that he's the drunkest or the loudest, just that he seems to talk to everyone. He starts the car and drive out from the parking spot.

“So, did you have fun?” Liam asks as we come out on the highway.

“Yeah, it was okey. I don't really know anyone so that was a little bit weird.” I say, smiling kindly at him.

“Yeah, I can understand that. I saw you talking to Lou though.” He say and I look out the window to hide the blush that creeps up my face. My breathing gets heavier just by the thought of him. I'm thankful that it's pretty dark so he probably can't see the color of my face.

“Um..yeah.” Is all I can manage to mumble.

“So what did you think of Harry's date?” He ask and I sigh thankful that he didn't extend the conversation on Louis.

“She seem nice, I guess.” I say shrugging. Liam laughs softly.

“Yeah, nice's the right word.” He say and I snicker. She did seem a little too nice, almost fake, but you never knows, maybe she is that way all the time.

After a little while, and my bad direction, he stops in front of my house. The conversation went smoothly and I'm grateful, it could have been a terrible ride.

“Thank you so much for the ride, I don't know what I would have done without you. It would have been an expensive cab-ride.” I say and he laughs.

“Yeah, no problem! Thanks for the company. Sleep well!” He say as I open the door and climb out.

“You too! Bye!” I say and smile before closing the door and running up the steps to my apartment, trying to hide from the cold. I really need to buy a warmer jacket.



I wake up the next morning by the endless ringing of my phone. I groan as I reach my hand out from the warm duvet to get it from the nightstand. It's freezing in the room.

“What?” I answer in my hoarse morning voice, without looking who it is. I didn't want to open my eyes, I wanted to continue sleeping.

“Morning sunshine!” I hear Harry's voice say on the other side of the phone.

“What time is it?” I ask, feeling confused. It feels like it's too early to be up.

“It's eleven.” What? My eyes shoot open in shock. I don't usually sleep this late, even if it's my day off. “Did I wake you?” Harry chuckles.

“Yeah, I guess so. Don't know what happened, but I slept so good.” I say, turning on my side and cuddling into the warm bed.

“Well that's great. Did you get home alright last night?” He ask, sounding his protective self. That makes me smile. Even though he had a date he thought about me. Talking about it...

“Yeah, I did. But hey, shouldn't you be cuddling with someone in that big bed or yours?” I ask, my eyebrows raised, even though he can't see me.

“No. I don't think that will be for me. She was nice and all...” He say and I smile at the word nice. “...but I'm not sure she's for me.” He adds, sounding a little sad.

“Oh, I'm sorry! You seemed to get along great, laughing and touching each other.” I say and snicker.

“Yeah, she was very touchy, it was a little bit weird!” He chuckle.

“When did you get home?” I ask, yawning.

“Around five or something.” I hear him turning the faucet on and off in his kitchen, followed by swallowing.

“Then why are you up?” I frown, if I got home that late I would be dead now. I got home just after midnight and is still out. I guess I'm a little bit of a rookie.

“I don't know, couldn't sleep any longer.” Harry chuckles. “Besides I needed to talk to you. We're going to have a slow night tonight, watching movies. Liam wanted me to ask you if you wanted to join?” He ask and I get shocked by the mention of Liam's name. If he has talked to Liam, wouldn't he know that I got home alright? Or didn't Liam tell him? I feel my slow brain clog up. I needed something to eat.

“Yeah, sure.” I say without thinking about what I'm agreeing to. I feel my stomach turn with emptiness. “Hey, I really need to feed myself, I'm starving. How about we talk later?” I say and pull the covers away, shivering as the cold air hit my body. I quickly pull a thick pair of sweatpants on and a jumper.

“Sure thing. I'll call you later, love.” He say and hang up. I walk out into the kitchen to get some tea going, I need to warm my body up. I hate this apartment when it's winter!



I took a really nice and relaxing day, I walked in the park for a little while, but then I've just been sitting on my couch reading a book. It felt like I needed a slow day. It's been a couple of intense weeks and not too much alone time. At five Harry calls to check up on me.

“So you will come?” He asks, reminding me of the movie night.

“Sure, why not.”

“You want me to pick you up?” He offers, but I think that idea is just ridiculous since it's in his house we're going to be.

“No it's fine. I can take the bus.” I say, walking into my bedroom to figure out what to wear.

“What? No. You're not taking the bus.” He opposes.

“Harry, I'm a big girl, I can take the bus.” I say in a calm way, sounding like I'm talking to a moron.

“No. I'm coming to get you. Be ready in twenty.” He say and hang up. I groan loud. He's so pushy. I shake my head and turn towards my closet. What to wear? I don't even know who's going to be there, Harry only mentioned Liam and that we're going to be at his place. I wonder if the others will be there? Probably. I pull out a grey long knitted jumper and black leggings. I feel like being comfortable if we're sitting on the couch watching moves. I pull my hair up in a loose ponytail and then on with my grey sneakers. I'm ready just as Harry arrives.

We walk into Liam's apartment and I hear that the others are hear before seeing them. We run into Louis right inside and I groan internally.

“Well, well. Harry and his not-good-enough-as-a-girlfriend-girl.” Louis say and smirk. I feel my face heat with embarrassment and anger. The pictures from last night play up in my head, making me irritated and ashamed at once.

“Shut up, Lou!” Harry growls and takes my jacket of my shoulders as Louis walks away laughing. I stare after him, wanting to hit him in the face so bad.

“Why is he such an asshole?” I ask, my voice thick with venom.

“I'm not sure, he hasn't always been like this. It changed after he and his ex, Eleanor, broke up. I don't know what happened between those two, he wouldn't talk about it. He always said something in the line of 'I got sick of it.' or 'I don't need to be tied down.', but I think he got his heart broken.” Harry say and a sting of pity falls over me, but then I remember what an ass he is and the hate comes back. Harry sigh, sounding really sad for his friend. I takes his hand and squeeze it.

“I didn't know you became an asshole when you broke up with someone?” I say, making my voice sound as dumb as possible. That makes Harry laugh and I'm happy to have joyful Harry back.

“Come on.” He say, still chuckling as he pulls me into the living room where all the others sit. I see Perrie sit in one of the couches beside Zayn and I feel happy not to be the only girl. I've met her one time before for just a second, but still.

“Hey you two!” Liam say, coming in from the kitchen with a bowl of chips.

“Hi.” I say, smiling, as he kiss my cheek. “Thanks for having me.”

“No problem, make yourself at home.” He say and walk over to set the bowl on the table.

“Hi.” Perrie say happily and stand up as I come closer. She gives me a hug. “So good to see you again.” She say as she pulls away and I smile at her. She seem so sweet.

“You too.” I say and say hi to Zayn too. I can see in my peripheral view that Louis is sitting on a chair on the other side of the room, but I nicely ignores him and sit down on one of the couches.

“Hey!” I hear Niall shout from the door as he comes in from the kitchen with a couple of bowls with candy, nuts and dip. I smile as he puts it all on the table, starting to snacking on it right away. Harry drops down on the couch beside me.

“What are we watching?” He ask no one in particular.

Notes

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