The Good Girl and the Bad Boy

The next day, Luke came by, so Harry left to get cleaned up, promising to be back soon. I couldn’t actually believe it, but he was baby-sitting me until my head got better, that was clear to me now.

Luke looked me over, his eyes filled with concern and worry. “Are you really okay, Ally?” he asked me.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Seriously, I mean it. I’ve been through worse. I just wish he wasn’t forcing me to stay put for the whole week. With my book being published, I’m drowning in things I have to do.”

Luke frowned. “Well, you have to wait with that, because you’re not risking your health for the book, okay?” He led me back to the couch. “Actually, I wanted to talk to you about him.”
I bit my lip.

“Are you at least being careful?” he asked. “I don’t want you to get hurt, and I know you care about him.” It was no point in lying to Luke; he knew me that well, and I’d realized sometime while watching movies with Harry that I was falling for him.

“You’re not going to make me stay away from him, or threaten him or something?” I asked.

Luke shook his head. “I’m hoping he won’t hurt you, and then if he does, I’ll kill him.” He sighed heavily. “But you’re an adult now, and, as much as I hate it, you can take care of yourself. I trust you to not make bad decisions, and besides, I’ve seen the way you look at him. He may not notice, but I know you. I know that there’s nothing I can do to help you, not when you feel the way you feel, so I’m just going to hope he doesn’t hurt you. Just know that I hate being helpless, and it will hurt me as much as you if he hurts you.”

My eyes turned wet, and I hugged him tightly and cried into his chest for a moment. I’d really missed his hugs. “I’m scared, Luke”, I admitted to him. “I’m scared that he doesn’t care about me, that he just wants to sleep with me, and that this will just be an act to get me in bed. I like him, Luke, I really do, but what should I do? I know his reputation; I know he doesn’t care about girls. I don’t want to be just another girl he slept with once.”

Luke held me close for several moments before speaking. “I honestly don’t know, Ally”, he whispered. “Maybe you could ask him? Or take it slow. If he doesn’t care, it should show pretty quickly, right? I mean, he can’t keep up the act forever, if it is an act. Do what feels right, okay? But you should probably ask Perrie, because I suck at giving love advice.”

I sighed. “Yeah, probably. Thanks, Luke.”

So I called Perrie and asked her to come over immediately for love advice before Harry came back. I couldn’t exactly talk to her about him when he was in the living room. That would just be awkward.

A few minutes later, Perrie arrived, and Luke opened and let her in, before telling me to be careful and leaving. Apparently he didn’t want to hear us talking about boy problems.

“Alright”, said Perrie the second we heard the door close. “Details. Now.”

I rolled my eyes. “No, I did not lose my virginity”, I told her, and her excitement lessened, but not completely.

“Too bad. It’s about time that happened. Okay, but you wanted love advice, and I need to know what’s up if I’m going to give you advice, so, tell me. Is it Harry?”

I nodded, carefully. “Yes.”

She sighed. “What’d he do?”

“Well, you know I got hurt yesterday, right? Well, Harry was there, and helped me, and took me to the hospital and stuff, and he was really … sweet about it, believe it or not. Then he took me back home, and we watched a movie”, I paused. “Or ten, maybe. Then he stayed the night, to make sure I didn’t do anything I shouldn’t be doing. He slept on the couch, but still. It’s kind of a big deal. And then he left this morning when Luke came, to get cleaned up and something, and said that he’d be back. Basically, I think he’s, like, taking care of me, which is very unnerving.” I paused to take a deep breath. “Anyway, this kind of made me realize that … I’m falling for him, Perrie. I’m falling for Harry.”

Perrie opened her mouth, then closed it again, and opened it again. After what felt like ages, she finally spoke up. “Wow”, she said. “I never thought I’d hear you say that.”

I bit my lip. “Yeah, well, but … I don’t know what to do. He acts so nice now, but how do I know if it’s real? I mean, he did tell me that he only cared about sex.”

Perrie sighed. “Do you want to know what I think?” she asked, and when I nodded, she continued. “I think he didn’t care about you, or anyone, in the beginning. I think it was just a challenge for him, and that it intrigued him, since he doesn’t seem like the kind who gets a ‘no’ from girls very often.” I bit my lip and blinked away a few tears. “But listen. I don’t think it is anymore. He asked me about you, more than once. That’s why I said yes when he called me and asked me to help him make you jealous. I wouldn’t have if I didn’t think he cared. And I still don’t think it’s just a game to him, not anymore. Is he in love with you? God, I have no idea, but he definitely cares about you.”


HARRY’S POV

I met Luke outside of Ally’s apartment, and frowned. “What …”

“Perrie’s in there with her”, he explained. “She needed some advice, and I just wasn’t enough.”

“Oh”, I said. What did she need advice about that her brother couldn’t give her?

“I needed to talk to you, anyway”, he said. “And they probably want a few minutes for themselves anyway.”

I shrugged. “Sure.”

“Okay, well”, he said. “I have to at least say this. Ally is a good girl. And she trusts very easily. Maybe too easily. The point is, I don’t want to see her get hurt. Because she deserves the world. So don’t break her heart, because if you do, I’ll break your nose.”

I blinked at him. Believe it or not, but that was not the first time someone had said that to me, but it was the first time I’d actually cared.

Luke sighed. “Was that okay, at least?” he asked. “I’ve never had to say that to anyone before.”

“Sure”, I said. “Very convincing. Wait, what do you mean you haven’t had to tell anyone that before?” I had a hard time believing she hadn’t had boys in line at her door to ask her out.

Luke rolled his eyes. “It isn’t that the boys hasn’t noticed her, trust me, they did.” Somehow, the thought of boys “noticing” her made me jealous. “She just never noticed them.”

Well, that sounded way better.

We stayed there for a while, just waiting for the girls to finish talking. I was still curious what they were talking about.

After ten minutes of impatient glances at the door, I finally spoke up. “Do you think they’re done soon?”

Luke looked at the door, too, and seemed to think about it. “Probably”, he said. “Be nice to her.”

I knocked on the door, and heard someone yell “It’s open!”, and stepped inside. When I found my way to the living room, I found them both sitting chatting on the couch. “That’s not very safe”, I told them. “I could’ve been a murderer.”

Ally glanced at me, something different about her way of looking at me, blushed, and looked away quickly. I wondered what that was all about, but didn’t want to raise any hope. “I don’t think a murderer would’ve knocked”, she muttered and exchanged a look with Perrie.

Perrie grinned and looked at me. “Well, I better get going.”

Ally wiggled her eyebrows. “Hot date tonight?” she asked and grinned.

Perrie rolled her eyes and grinned back. “I’m pretty sure you don’t want any details”, she said, and Ally’s cheeks turned even redder. She looked good blushing. Better than usual, though she always looked good.

“Anyway, don’t do anything stupid, rest, and whatever. You know, all that stuff Luke already told you?” Perrie hugged Ally and whispered something in her ear. Ally now resembled a strawberry. A very sweet strawberry. Then she stood up and walked over to me. While Ally was concentrating on picking up something from the floor, Perrie leaned in and muttered, quietly enough for Ally not to hear, “Don’t hurt her, or I’ll kill you.” She made it sound so simple that I almost laughed, but when she left, I started wondering. What’d changed her mind so quickly? Just a few days ago she was willing to help me make Ally jealous, and now she threatened me?

I’ll never understand girls.

Notes

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