{Katie's POV}
Harry's car pulled up next to a wrought iron gate as he wound down his window to press a small intercom button.
"Heeeello? Who is it?" That familiar, rough Irish accent asked through the speaker
"It's me! Let us in." Harry replied
"Oh right! Hey mate, about earlier..."
"Yeah, whatever, I'll talk with you later," Harry rushed, cutting in on Niall mid-sentence.
The gate opened and we drove up a hill lined with liquid amber trees and soft, freshly cut grass.
"This is where we stay when we're in London" Harry announced when I looked at him quizzically
It was beautiful.
There was so much space too. Off in the distance I swear I could see Erin and Louis sharing a picnic on the grass next to a running lake. For once I was realizing what I've gotten myself into. My best friends were rich and famous and now I was living the dream with them.
The next part really took my breath away...
A two story house painted white towered over it all. The entrance featured columns with vines crawling their way to the top and a large oak door with a brass knocker.
It was like a fairytale.
The best part was it wasn't modern-looking but it wasn't old-looking so I felt instantly comfortable with my surroundings.
Harry smiled when he saw the look of awe on my face.
"Come on! I'm going to show where your room is..." he said, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of the car and up the stairs.
When we got inside I struggled to take in everything that surrounded me. It was magnificent. When Harry dragged me through the living room I looked up and noticed a spot where a chandelier should have been hanging.
"Yeah, we're fancy motherfuckers! Got a problem?" Harry smiled,
"This one's missing though," I pointed out
"Oh yeah... Louis and I broke it a couple of years back... no biggie..."
Yeah no biggie. Just don't let the others fall from the roof and kill me in my sleep. What a crazy bunch of people...
"So this is where you're staying," Harry said "I'll let you unpack," He dashed out the door after pecking me on the cheek.
I looked around, taking in my surroundings before collapsing onto the bed and staring at the ceiling. It already felt so much like home.
"I could get used to this," I said to myself sighing
I could feel my eyes closing so I forced myself to stand so that I could unpack before I rested. As I assessed my living quarters I noted how much space there was in just this one room that I had completely to myself. The rest of the house must have been huge!
I unpacked most of my clothes into the drawers in the corner of the room before taking any clothes that needed to be hung up to the walk-in wardrobe. When I walked in the lights tuned themselves on, giving me a bit of a surprise. Though it didn't give me as much of a surprise as what I found inside.
A shiny, blue, vintage skater-dress was hanging on a coat hanger with a note attached to it. The note read,
"A beautiful dress for my beautiful Katie <3"
I smiled as I took it off the hanger to have a closer look. It really was beautiful. The colour and design would match my appearance and shape perfectly.
I was soon done with admiring it so I put it back and closed the wardrobe door behind me, turning to the ensuiet bathroom to unpack there.
The bathroom was large and immaculate. Everything was polished and neat and I had plenty of room to keep my belongings. I turned to the vanity and saw a single red rose lying next to the sink. Another adorable token from Harry. I picked it up to smell the sweet fragrance.
I REALLY could get used to this...
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There was a knock at the door which woke me from my light sleep.
"Are you in here love?" a rough voice which I immediately recognized as Harry's asked quietly from the doorway
"Yeah..." I mumbled back sleepily
He walked in and sat next to me on the bed, kissing me on top of the head as he did so.
"We've ordered pizza," He said "Come out when you're ready,"
He shot me a cheeky smile before he dashed out of the room again. I got up and stretched wearily. I must have been more tired then I thought, if I'd slept this long...
I ran a brush through my hair and went out to the living room where everyone was spread out and Harry gestured for me to come sit next to him. Erin and Louis arrived, their arms still around each other.
"We dropped your Mum at your Uncles place," Louis said
I nodded in response. "Thanks Lou,"
"Hey Harry? How many pizzas did we order?" He asked, turning to Harry
"I can't remember... Just enough for the seven of us - including Niall - to eat,"
I giggled at the fact that he had to add the words 'including Niall' to his answer.
"Oh..." Lou said "I sort of invited a few people over for Erin and Katie to meet..."
"I guess we can order more... How many people?" Harry asked, picking up his phone and dialing a number
"Um... Perrie, Dani and Ed..."
I jumped up. "WAIT! Do you mean Perrie Edwards, Danielle Peazer and Ed Sheeran?!?"
It struck me that I had never actually met the other girlfriends before... As for Ed Sheeran... well I met him outside of a concert once...
The intercom doorbell rang, awakening me from my thoughts. That'll be the pizza.
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We had all situated ourselves around the living room, having different conversations with each other as we ate our pizza. Not long after the pizza had arrived Perrie and Danielle had pulled up in together and Ed wasn't too late after that. They were all lovely people - though I truly wasn't surprised - and I could tell we were going to get on really well. Currently, Perrie was talking to Erin and they were having quite an animated chat and laughing a lot about something that - from the scowl on his face - Zayn was obviously not particularly happy with them talking about, Dani had disappeared somewhere along with Liam, and Ed was mucking around with Louis and some guitars, leaving me with Harry and Niall.
"Have you looked through your room?" Harry asked me, winking
"Uh yeah... I'm unpacked," I said, not catching on to what he was talking about
"And you found the dress?"
"Ohhh! Yes! Thank-you Harry it's beautiful!," I kissed him on the cheek, "I got the rose too,"
A look of confusion crossed his face.
"The rose?"
"There was a rose... On my bathroom vanity...?"
"I didn't..." He trailed off, a look of understanding and a flicker of hatred crossed his face. He sneered "Who?..."
He was angry. It was almost frightening... I watched as he stared daggers at everyone in the room one by one. I think he suspected certain people more than others because he lingered his gaze when he got to them but I couldn't be sure.
"So... Um..." I stumbled pointlessly over my words. Raising my wrist I checked my watch, only to remember that it hadn't been changed to London time yet and lowered it sighing. The sigh caught Harry's attention and brought him back to reality. Yawning, I made the request that I could go to bed. The jet-lag was still affecting me and I was going to drop off any second now.
"Yeah, Whatever..." Harry said still disgruntled.
"You can join me if you would like..." I mentioned.
He smiled, looking happier, "Don't doubt I won't be there,"
"Love you," I whispered, leaving a soft kiss on his cheek before running off to bed.
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I hadn't been laying in bed for long before I felt the weight of the bed sink beside me and Harry's strong arm wrapped around me from behind, pulling me into his warm body. He wrapped a lock of my hair around one of his fingers and started to play with it.
"Hey Babe, are you awake?"
I rolled over to face him and exhaustedly answered, "Yeah..."
He nodded in response and we lay there for a second in silence before he propped himself up on one elbow and cocked his head to one side.
"Katie?... It's only me isn't it?"
"Wha--
"There's not... someone else?"
"Harry! Of course not!,"
He seemed content with my answer. Smiling, he relaxed again and held me closer. I rolled back over to be more comfortable and he snuggled his face in my hair. We fell asleep in that position and as I felt his warm breath on the back of my neck I could have sworn I heard him mumbling something before my eyes finally closed.
"I love you so, so much... I don't want to lose you... and whoever he is...
he's
never
going
to
get
you..."

Notes

I"M ALIVEEEEEEE
Yes hello people, I'm not dead, I'm deffinately NOT dead. I've just got alot of school work going on D:
Yeah, typical stupid dramas involving typical stupid assignments.
I'm REALLY SORRY for not updating recently so I wanted to update a long one.
I was actually going to make this longer and include them arriving at the interview the next day...
BUT
I thought it would be more fair if I gave you this now and wrote the new bit later. I'm hoping I can update it much quicker than this one... (Considering it took me 6 weeks to update this chapter #Awkward #YOLO)

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