Harry’s POV

It’s been 3 days since Bella’s been staying with Louis and Eleanor. I’ve only talked to Louis a few times and he said El is living her best life and having a great time corrupting poor Bella. He said all they’ve been doing all this girly stuff and gossiping and today El insists on going out with Bella and buying her new clothes for the upcoming summer. This is gonna be the first time Bella has been out in a while. Louis said he’d go with them and I’m making them bring extra security since I’m not going. I’m just praying the paparazzi isn’t too much for her and the fans aren’t too overwhelming. Actually, I’ve been checking social media and my messages all day for any updates. I’m going a little crazy.

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Bella’s POV

I am so excited to finally get out and get some girl time with El! The past few days have been so much fun and exactly what I needed. Louis pretends he doesn’t like having two girls in the house, but we know he secretly loves it. I mean, we are his two all time favorite girls!
“Bell-Bell, you ready to go?”, El calls to me. These people have so many nicknames for me, it’s comical really.

“Yup! I’m coming!”, I bounce down the stairs to see Eleanor and Louis waiting for me by the door, “Let’s go!” I grab both of their hands and drag them out of the house.

“So who’s going to be third-wheeling who today?”, Louis says once we get in the car. Security is driving us to a few smaller boutiques in downtown London.

“Well I definitely think Louis is a bit of a third-wheel right now. Must be awkward Lou, how does it feel?”, El smirks at Louis as she pulls me closer to her.

“Ooh, sounds like your girlfriend’s cheating on you with me? Try not to be too jealous”, I add in and kiss Eleanor on the cheek.

“You guys are so weird…”, Louis says as he shakes his head.

El and I keep giggling until we feel the car stop, “K, we’re here. Listen Bella, if any paps come you keep your head down, don’t answer any questions they’ll ask. Harry told me to make sure you stay right next to Louis, so stay right next to Louis. And I think that’s it. Just make sure to be nice to the fans if there are any and you should be all good.”, the security guard tells me.

“Oh, okay. I will.” We get out of the car and Louis immediately puts his arm around me.
I look up to him and laugh, “Shouldn’t you be doing that to someone else?”

“Who? El? I have to follow Harry’s orders or else we’ll both be in trouble”, he said seriously.

“I don’t think Harry could stay mad at me”, I wink to Louis, “But he could definitely get mad at you so do what you need to.” We both laugh knowing what I said is completely true.

“C’mon! Let’s go to this shop!”, El tugs Louis’ other arm and drags us into a cute boutique. It’s filled with dresses and blouses and when Louis notices that he sighs heavily before following El inside. “Oh my gosh, Bells! You have to try this on, it’ll look great on you!”, Eleanor is so excited she’s practically tearing through the racks looking for clothes for us.

By the time she’s made it through all of the clothes we both have huge piles to go try on. She looked like a crazy-woman throwing clothes at me, but it was really funny. First I tried on a royal blue blouse that showed a little cleavage. It was pretty, but it was also pretty expensive so I probably won’t end up buying it.

“Let me see!”, El says. I open the door and see El standing in a red bodycon dress with some cool strappy thing going on in the back. “Oh my gosh! You look great, you’re definitely getting it!”

“El, that dress looks great on you! And I don’t think I’m gonna get this, it um- it costs a lot…” I tell El.

“Oh that’s alright! Didn’t Louis or Harry tell you? Harry’s paying for whatever you get today, he doesn’t even want you looking at the price tags, he just wants you to have a good time”, she informs me.

“Wow! I guess I should probably call him”, I laugh a little.

“Yeah, but not right now! Right now you need to try on that little black dress”, she points to a small black dress hanging up behind me. I laugh again and turn back around to lock myself in the changing room as she does the same.

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“Alright, I’m hungry.” Louis announces after only two stores. El and I already have our hands full with shopping bags stuffed with new clothes. As soon as we stepped foot out of the shop we were bombarded by flashing cameras and screaming fans. “Just stay with me and keep your head down,” Louis says. He grabs me and Eleanor’s hands as security surrounds us simultaneously, like they’ve had to do this a million times before.

“Bella! Where’s Harry?!”
“Bella! Are you and Harry still together?”
“Louis, why are you with the girls today?!”
“Smile for us, Bella! Let’s see that pretty smile!”
They yell at us. We don’t respond, but we duck into the first restaurant we see because the paps and fans are still following us.

“Table for three please”, Louis tells the waitress kindly like nothing just happened. She smiles and nods before grabbing three menus and bringing us to our table.

“Is it always like that?”, I ask Louis after we thank the waitress and a brief moment of quiet.
“Um, I guess”, he shrugs. I think he honestly thinks that it’s no big deal. I wonder how many pictures were taken just while we were getting from the shop to this cafe. It seemed like countless to me. I guess this is just another something else I’ll have to get used to.

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Notes

Sorry for the lack of updates!! It's a busy time of year ;)

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