After my blood turns in to alcohol

Emma's p.o.v

It was Monday and I had decided to follow Katie to her horse riding lesson this afternoon. I wasn’t much of a horse lover, but I figured it would be better than being at home since my mum was going to be there. She still hadn’t apologized for slapping me, I guess she’s too proud. Katie’s sister dropped us off at the stables and we made our way inside quickly, apparently we were late. ‘’This is my horse, Wendy’’ Katie said proudly as we stood in front of a little box with a brown horse in it ‘’she’s pretty’’ I smiled as Katie made her way inside and got the horse ready. In no time the horse was ready and we headed for the big building where the lesson was going to take place.’’So you’ll go in there’’ she pointed at a door ‘’and you’ll find the bleachers’’ she said before we separated.

I walked in the big building and sighed, so I’m actually sitting here for two hours watching Katie and ten other girls ride horses. Yay. Wonder what Louis is up to anyways. Probably off somewhere with his friends. I went on the bleachers and looked out over the large space where the horses would soon come in when I spotted someone familiar further down the bleachers. It couldn’t be...could it? I smiled as I made my way down, ‘’didn’t know you were in to horses’’ I said and the curly haired boy turned around with a confused expression ‘’hi Harry’’ I smiled as I sat down beside him. ‘’Hey Emma’’ he chuckled. ‘’My sister’’ he said ‘’what?’’ ‘’my sister is the horse riding instructor’’ he pointed at a tall blonde girl who were standing in the middle of the building looking busy. ‘’I thought she went to uni?’’ ‘’she’s on break, she does this for fun when she gets home. And since I rarely see her I just tagged along today’’ he shrugged and I nodded. ‘’So what are you doing here?’’ he asked as he rubbed his hands together, it was really cold in here, ‘’Katie, my friend, takes lessons here. I…..didn’t want to be at home so I came along’’ I gave him a weak smile. He nodded, not pushing me on the ‘home-question’. ‘’What’s with the camera?’’ I asked when I noticed a Nikon camera beside him, I saw his eyes light up for a moment.
‘’I like to take pictures’’
‘’Of what?’’
‘’Things that I love’’
‘’So you’re into art?’’
‘’Kind of, yeah. You see, pictures last longer. I can’t stay here all day looking at my beautiful sister doing something she loves. How her face lights up when one of the girls finally does that hard thing they have been practicing on, that face lasts for a second. But you see, when I picture it, I can look at it forever. Or when the first autumn leaves fall, with their beautiful colors. The leaves are alive with their colors on the ground for a day or two, then they lose their life and color. I picture that’’
‘’Don’t you miss out on the real thing when you’re looking through the lens?’’
‘’No. I see it, memorize it. Everything in the photo stays the same, even if the person in it change’’ I nodded, taking in his words of passion. It was fascinating listening to Harry talking so passionate about something he loved and before I knew it two hours had passed and we were interrupted by Harry’s sister.

‘’Hi’’ she smiled at me, ‘’Gem, this is Lou..’’ he stopped to look at me with a smile ‘’this is my friend Emma, Emma this is my sister Gemma. Wow you two have really similar names’’ Harry laughed. I felt stupid that it made me so happy that he introduced me as Emma, and not ‘Louis’ sister’, gave me some hope that I wouldn’t always be ‘Baby Tommo’. ‘’Nice to meet you, Gemma’’ I smiled, ‘’you too, so Harry are we still going for that coffee? You can bring your friend if you want to’’ Harry turned to me ‘’oh I’d love too but I think I’m going home with Katie’’. We said our goodbyes and I made my way back to the stables to meet Katie.

‘’Hey girl, I saw you cozing it up with Harry Styles on the bleachers. Thought we talked about staying away from him’’ Katie said as I walked up to the box she was standing in brushing her horse. ‘’We’re just friends’’ ‘’friends, right’’ she snorted and continued fixing her horse while talking about her lesson which didn’t interest me one bit. ‘’So what are you doing tonight?’’ I asked hoping I could just follow her home. Louis had just texted saying he was spending the night at Liam’s since they had some science project and I really didn’t want to be home alone with mum. We just don’t get along. ‘’Mum said something about family night so she’s picking me up when I’m done here. You want a ride home?’’ she offered and I could just feel the disappointment in my stomach. ‘’I’m meeting my mum on that diner you know where we ate last week’’ I lied and she nodded as she remembered ‘’could you maybe drop me off there?’’ ‘’sure’’.


I had been sitting at the diner for about an hour and I was dying of boredom while cursing myself for not making more friends when I moved here. It was so dead at the diner that I almost jumped at the sound of my phone. ‘Lou calling’ it said on the screen.
‘’Hello?’’
‘’Hi Em, what are you doing?’’
‘’Uhm you know just doing homework’’
‘’Oh really? Where?’’
‘’At Katie’s’’
‘’Well mum called me asking where you were...Em if you don’t want to be home alone with her I can come home’’
‘’Louis, stop. It’s okay, I’ll sleep at Katie’s tonight’’
‘’Em, sooner or later you’ll have to talk to mum again’’
‘’I will, if she apologizes’’
‘’You’re stubborn, you know that? No one in our family is good at apologizing, we’re too proud’’
‘’yeah..listen, Lou, I gotta go but I’ll see you in school tomorrow’’ I was done with this conversation, it would end in a fight if I didn’t hang up. And I really didn’t want to fight with him too. ‘’Okay, love you’’ he said and let out a sigh ‘’yeah bye’’ I hung up. Alone again. Where the fuck am I going to sleep tonight? This really can’t go on. Or maybe I can just sneak in when mum’s asleep. ‘’Well we seem to cross paths often’’ I turned to see a curly haired brunette looking in to the booth I was sitting in, I let out a giggle, seriously? Who the fuck over twelve giggles? ‘’Hi Harry’’ I offered him a smile as he sat down ‘’what are you doing here? It’s 9pm on a school night’’ I avoided his curious gaze as I answered, ‘’just hanging out, what are you doing here yourself?’’ ‘’I’m actually picking up food..’’ ‘’order for Styles’’ the lady behind the cashier yelled. ‘’That’s me’’ he let out a laugh and stood up ‘’guess I’ll see you in school tomorrow?’’ I gave him a quick nod and watched him grab his food and walk out the door with a wave. ‘’Excuse me miss, we’re closing’’ the lady said to me, ‘’oh, I’m sorry’’ I mumbled before gathering my things.

I walked out of the diner and the cold made me shiver. I didn’t even know where to go but I just started walking. ‘’Emma’’ I heard someone shout behind me only to turn around noticing Harry was standing outside by his car on the parking lot. He ran up to me and looked at me for a few seconds before speaking ‘’I think your house is that way’’ he pointed at the opposite direction of where I was heading. ‘’Uh yeah...I’m not going home’’ I bit my lip to prevent myself from crying. I hated crying in front of people. Crying means weakness and I’ve already shown my weakness to this guy once. I’m not giving him that pleasure again. ‘’Where are you going then? Can I drop you off? I...it’s dark out, you shouldn’t be walking alone’’ no please just let me walk away ‘’it’s fine..I’m going to uh’’ ‘’Emma’’ he cut me off, ‘’I know you have stuff going on at home, I’m not going to push you on it but...if you need somewhere to stay you can stay at mine?’’ ‘’I don’t want to be trouble’’ I gave him a weak smile and turned to walk away when he grabbed my arm ‘’you’re really not, and hey that’s what friends are for right? Being there for each other’’ I debated whether or not I should take up on his offer. Either Harry’s or go home, I really didn’t want to go home. ‘’Your mum won’t mind?’’ I quietly asked ‘’what? She loves you’’ he gushed as we started walking towards his car. ‘’She’s met me once’’ I let out a laugh ‘’yeah, and she loves you. Come on’’ he opened the car door for me and I jumped in the passenger seat.


‘’Have you eaten?’’ Harry asked as we sat down in the Styles’ living room. His mum had been more than welcoming and was already fixing up the guest room for me. ‘’Well, I ate at school today’’ I smiled ‘’that’s..’’ Harry said and started counting on his fingers ‘’like ten hours ago, jesus Emma you must be starving’’ I just shrugged at his statement but we both bursted out laughing when my stomach made a noise.
We sat down in the kitchen and I dread for having dinner with Harry’s family. I hate awkward moments and this was even worse because I don’t know them. Surprisingly it was anything but awkward and uncomfortable, Anne was so warm and welcoming towards me and Gemma brought me in on the inside jokes and teasing on Harry. I really admired their family dynamic. I wish my family was like this. We used to be though, when Louis and I were younger and mum and dad were still together. I really miss those times.

‘’Do you want to play some video games or something?’’ Harry asked after dinner ‘’sure, what do you got?’’ ‘’you can pick something over there’’ he pointed at a shelf as he sat down on the couch. I looked for a moment before picking a game, ‘’this one okay?’’ I held it up, Harry looked up from his phone and his eyes widened slightly. ‘’You play fifa? Do you even...I thought you were going to choose like..I don’t know something girlier?’’ I raised my eyebrows at him ‘’first of all, there’s no girly games. Stop being sexist. And second of all, hello? Do you know my brother? I practically grew up with this game’’ Harry just smiled at me before grabbing the game from my hands.

''Sorry, I didn't think someone was in here'' I said after walking in on Harry in the bathroom. I know how that sounds but really he was just brushing his teeth. Fully clothed. ''That's okay, come in'' he nodded towards the sink. I walk in and stood beside him before starting to brush my teeth. When I was done I made a quick braid in my hair. Something I had started to do since I heard it was bad for the hair to be free at night when you move a lot. ''Is your hair natural blonde? I mean since Louis is a brunette'' Harry asked and put down his toothbrush. ''Yeah, I'm a natural blonde. But hey, you have quite dark hair whilst Gemma is blonde'' I pointed out. ''I had lighter hair when I was younger. And Gemma, she colors her hair so much I don't even remember what color she used to have'' he said and laughed. We walked out of the bathroom but stopped outside of Harry's door. ''So, I'll see you in the morning'' he smiled, ''definitely'' I smiled back. ''Goodnight, Emma'' ''goodnight, Harry''.

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