Harry’s POV

Our date is tonight. This is insane to me. It’s so odd that I’m going on my second first date with Bella and she doesn’t even remember the first yet I do. Last night she told me about her most recent memory. It warms my heart when she remembers something good. She was bewildered to remember how many fans we have and how big our shows are. When we first started dating, she was scared to tell the public. She met my family easily and they all fell in love with her the same way I did. I can still remember how stressed I was to meet her family for the first time though. I was going crazy hoping they’d like me. When I used to meet previous girlfriends’ parents, it was not a huge deal. I wasn’t ever really too nervous. That was until I met Bella of course. I care about her so much and I know how important her family was and forever will be to her. I knew that if I just got their approval, I could have the perfect life with Bella I’ve wanted since I first met her. Luckily for me, her family welcomed me easily.

Then there’s the people on social media that have been going crazy trying to figure out what happened with poor Bella. She has no idea though of course, I deleted her Twitter and Instagram off her phone before I gave it back to her after the accident. Twitter is especially bad. Fans have tweeted all of us non-stop asking what’s going on with her. There have even been these terribly hilarious rumors about her cheating on me with Louis and more I can’t even say because they’re so stupid. But I did see one that was almost just right. It mentioned a possible car accident but didn’t say anything about her injuries.

“Ready Harry?”, Bella interrupts my thoughts. With just one look my heart drops and I think I stopped breathing for a minute.

She’s wearing that blue dress. That blue dress that I love so much. She used to know what that dress did to me, it puts me under her spell. It makes me dumb. I drool over her like a dog looking at a plate full of chicken wings.

“Hellooo? Earth to Harry, ready to go?”, She says as she puts on her heels. My heart is racing at that royal. Blue. dress.

“Oh yeah, I’m ready to go.”, That dress just fits her curves so well. It makes her eyes pop and those legs. Oh my gosh, those legs.

“You alright?” she asks worried, “I mean if you aren’t feeling alright, we can just stay home if you need to. I can make you soup if you have the stuff, oh honey why don’t you get into bed?” I laugh at how worried she genuinely is about me and how she immediately wants to take care of me. This girl is MESSING with my heart….

“No, no, no,no , no! I’m fine, I promise! But you look so amazingly wonderful in that dress. You’re so beautiful Bella”, I mean her name says it all.

She blushes bright red and whispers a quick thanks. I giggle and admire her for a bit more before getting back to what the night is about, “So are you ready to go then?”

“Yuppers!” she says cheerfully before taking my hand and leading us downstairs and to the car together. I open the door for her and she slides in gracefully. It’s amazing that I still have the first date jitters with her even though it technically isn’t our first date. I wonder if she’s feeling the same. I wonder what she’s feeling…

The car ride to the restaurant I chose is fairly quick. We pass it singing songs together as she stares out the window looking at people and buildings passing by. It’s just like the old days and I love it. It’s perfect. She’s perfect.

However, we pull up to the restaurant and she stops singing immediately. She’d never admit it but Bella has the voice of an angel. That’s just another one of her little things, little quirks, that make me love her even more (which I always thought was impossible). The restaurant I chose for tonight is the same one Bella and I had hoped to go to just over a month ago. I was ready to propose, but fate had a different idea apparently. Maybe this will just bring Bella and I closer. If we can get through this, we can get through anything and everything.

We walk into the restaurant with ease. There are no paps or crazy, screaming fans distracting me from Bella so far. I love my fans so much, but I want to be able to spend as much time with Bella tonight. All I can think about is Bella and that blue dress. She could literally tell me to do anything and I’d do it as long as she’s happy. If she asks for anything I’ll find a way to make sure she gets it. Bella and the blue dress are making my head feel drunk, but I love it.

“Hello, we have a reservation under the name Green.”, I tell the hostess. I couldn’t give her my real name in case someone hinted where we were to the paps. Bella squeezes my hand so I look down to her. She raises her eyebrows and leans her body into mine while we wait for the hostess to come back from wherever she went. Have I mentioned how obsessed I am with this girl enough? I don’t think I have.

“Yes Mr. Green, right this way please”, the way she said ‘Green’ makes me cringe a little. She obviously knows that’s not my last name, which means she definitely knows who I am. I can just hope she doesn’t make things awkward for Bella or I. Our fans rarely do, most of them are nice but we always get the crazy, disrespectful fans too.

I follow Bella and the hostess to a table in the far corner of the small restaurant. “Here are your menus, Helen will be with you in a bit to take your drink order.”, the hostess tells us. Bella and I thank her quickly.

As soon as she’s far enough away Bella looks at me, “She totally knows who you are!” her face is lit up and she looks like she’s holding in laughter.

“I know, I know”, I roll my eyes playfully.

“The way she called you ‘Mr. Green’! I almost started laughing right then and there! It took everything I had to keep it all in”, her continuous laughter makes me smile like an idiot. “But we just pretended like nothing was wrong!” Her loud laughs drew the attention of an older couple at a table near by. The man looked over to us with a smile and then back to his wife. They talk still smiling and share a laugh before turning back over and looking at Bella. Bella, of course, is completely oblivious to this as she’s still laughing at herself and the hostess. I can’t wipe this stupid smile off my face when she gets like this. Once she starts laughing it takes her forever to stop. About a year ago while we were on tour, she was looking out the window of our hotel room before we went to a soundcheck in some city and she saw a lady walking her dog who was barking at a squirrel. That’s what I saw at least and what any ‘“normal” person would see. But Bella doesn’t think the same way as most people. There must be some weird chemical in her brain that allows her to see the big picture. Bella takes most things lightly and she also finds most things hilarious and I love that about her. Anyways, when Bella saw the dog barking at the innocent squirrel, she tried to explain to me that she was imagining the dog trying to fight the squirrel and trash talking it. I don’t know why she thought of that, and I don’t know why she thought it was so funny that she laughed until there were tears streaming down her face. I managed to drag her out of the room even though she was still crying laughing because Louis, Liam, and Niall were knocking on our hotel door telling us we’re late for soundcheck. She had an even more difficult time explaining the whole story to them than to me. I may not at all understand how Bella’s brain works, but I’m obsessed with the way it does.

Bella sighs, finally done laughing and all I can do is just look at her smiling and shake my head. Just as I open my mouth to ask her something an older lady comes over, “Hello, my name is Helen. May I start you off with something to drink tonight?”

Bella still isn’t allowed to have alcohol because of her injury from the car accident. She hates it, but doctor’s orders. “Water’s fine for me, thank you.” she smiles to Helen.

“Me too, thanks”, I smile. If Bella can’t do it then I don’t need to either.

“So Louis was telling me that El and I tend to extreme shop when we’re together”, she gives me a shy smile and blushes a little bit, “Especially when Dani is there too.”

“When you three are together, it’s insane! You’d come home with like twenty shopping bags! Why do you think you have two huge closets all to yourself?”, I laugh.

“Wait, I have TWO closets? I’ve only ever seen one! Where are you hiding the other one?”, her face grows into a mix of disbelief and excitement.

“It’s in one of the other guest rooms! The one down the hall, to the left of the blue bathroom.”

“That’s mine?”, I nod back to her, “That closet is literally the size of an entire room!” We both laugh until we’re interrupted by Helen again.

“Here’s your water”, she smiles at us. I like Helen, she’s older so therefore she’s less likely to recognize me and interrupt our date in that way. Tonight’s important for me, I don’t need anything going wrong, “And have you gotten a chance to look at the menu yet?”

Bella blushes and giggles to herself, “Um, no actually. We haven’t even opened it yet.” I answer honestly.

“Okay kids, take your time.”, Helen winks and smiles at me and I notice Bella is blushing even more now, though she tries to cover it by looking down.

“Well, I guess we should take a look at the menu.”, I say with a smirk once Helen walks away.

“I suppose”, Bella giggles again. That’s my girl, always laughing and always making others laugh too.

We’re quiet for a bit so we can have a chance to look over the menu. It’s not an awkward quiet though, it’s comfortable. And I already know Bella is gonna get chicken parm like every other time we’ve gone out. And I’ll get the same because we’re just that perfect for each other.

“I think I’m gonna order the chicken parm”, I tell Bella looking at her over the top of my menu. Her face looks up.

“Me too! That sounds good right now!” I told you so. I know her like the back of my hand. I can’t wipe this cheeky smile off my face. Bella and her blue dress are simply too good for me. “So tell me more about your family.”, she continues.

“Well, I grew up in Holmes Chapel which isn’t too far from London. My mum and sister absolutely love you. I think they like you more than they like me.”, she giggles innocently. It’s true. My mum came to visit her for a bit in the hospital, but she left once Bells woke up. I didn’t want to bombard her with too many people that she doesn’t remember all at once.

“Well, I’d love to re-meet them sometime if I ever get the chance.”, my face lights up when she says that and I know Gemma would be absolutely ecstatic to hear it too.

“Are you sure? I don’t want you to feel too pressured into doing anything, but if I tell my sister that she’ll come to our house as fast as she can.”, we both share a laugh even though I know I’m not exaggerating.

“Her name’s Gemma right?”, she asks and I nod, “I’d like to meet her as soon as she’d like to meet me. It sounds like we must get along. Maybe the boys and your family can come over for dinner tomorrow? Oh Harry! Can Dani come too? I really want to meet her, I’ve heard so much about her from Liam and Louis and Eleanor.” Bella is rambling and it’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen or heard ever.

“Of course! Are you sure that’s not too many people at once for you?”

“No, I’m tired of not knowing everyone. I just want everything to be normal again.” That last sentence melts my heart. It’s all she wants and I can’t give it to her. Her life isn’t normal, especially when she’s with me. But I’m gonna do my damn well best to make it a little bit more normal.

“Okay I’ll text everyone when we get home and invite them.”

Her face lights up and with a beautiful smile as Helen comes back over to take our orders.

***

“Would you like anything for dessert?”, Helen asks us after our wonderful dinner. Bella and I shake our heads no. She says she’s stuffed but I know she always has room for ice cream. Always. So that’s where our next stop will be. Helen leaves us the check and we both reach to pay for it. She pouts when I snatch it out of her reach first. I poke my tongue out at her in good fun as she cracks a smile.

“Mr. Styles?” a man comes to our table and looks at me. I smile and he leans down and whispers into my ear, letting me know that the paps are outside. Great. I smile again and thank him. Bella looks concerned, she must not have overheard what the manager said to me.

“He was just telling me that there are a few paparazzis outside, that’s all. Just keep your head down and stay with me.”, she nods understandingly. I take her hand and kiss the top of her head before heading out into the sea of crazy cameras.

“Harold Edward Styles that was not a FEW paps! That was about half of London standing outside the restaurant!”, she sounds mad, but she’s laughing once we’re in the car safely.

“I know, I’m sorry baby”, I lean over and kiss her cheek. The paps will have a field day with that picture. It’ll be all over Twitter within the next hour, guaranteed. “I know you said you weren’t hungry anymore, but we’ve still got one more quick stop before heading home.” I look at her quickly and see her smiling as she looks out the window. I just want to take a picture or freeze time forever in this moment and never forget tonight. I never want to forget Bella eating her favorite chicken parm in my favorite blue dress. “And we’re here!” We rode mostly in silence- in the good silence. We listened to only about two songs since it’s so close.

“Ice Cream!” Bella shouts like an excited toddler causing that uncontrollable smile to return to my face.

She laces our fingers together as we walk up to the ordering window, “Let me guess… would you like to share a small brownie sundae with chocolate ice cream?”

Her face lights up yet again, ”That sounds wonderful!” I laugh before placing our order. It’s a nice night out- it’s warm even though the sun is setting. Bella un-laces our hands and instead pulls her arms around me so she is resting her head above my heart. I quickly hold her close to me and she leans more into me. This is how it should be. She’s quite the affectionate person. We’re lucky the paps didn’t follow us here though too. Just then they call our order and Bella goes to get it while I get spoons and the napkins we’re most definitely gonna need in about five to ten minutes. “Mmmmm”, Bella groans as she takes the first bite of the sundae. She takes her ice cream very seriously. “Try some Haz, it’s soooo good.”

I take a spoonful and she watches waiting for my reaction. Bells raises her eyebrows when I’m finished with the first bite. “It is good Bella, but I’m not gonna groan over it like you.”, I poke her sides causing her to blush heavily and laugh.

***

We pull up to our house safely after what I think was a very successful “first” date. It’s kinda weird though that this is Bella’s first date with me, yet we live together and sleep in the same bed. As long as she’s okay with it though, I’m okay with it.

I hold the door open for her and she walks in first. “Thank you so much for a beautiful night, Harry”, Bella says looking up to me. She wraps her arms around me and leans onto her tip-toes and just as her lips almost touch mine we’re interrupted… of course…

“Hey guys! Bella and Harry are home!”, Niall’s Irish accent rings throughout the house. She sighs and rests her head back onto my chest. I am going to get Niall back for this one of these days. Just wait until he gets a new girlfriend, revenge will come his way. I take Bella’s hand and lead her into the living room where I see all the lads, Danielle, and Eleanor sitting sprawled across the room. Dani’s face immediately lights up when she sees Bella. She stands up and walk over to us with Eleanor right behind her.

“Um, I’m Dani”, Danielle says cautiously to Bella.

Bella’s eyes widen, “Oh my gosh! I’ve been wanting to re-meet you for forever now!” She immediately pulls Danielle into a huge hug. Danielle looks like she’s about to burst into tears as she buries her face into Bella’s shoulder. Bella pulls away from the hug when she hears Danielle sniffle, “Oh no! What’s wrong?”

“No- wait I’m fine! I’m just, I’m just happy to see you. That’s all.”, they just look at each other for a minute, taking each other in. I can see all the boys and Eleanor smiling out of the corner of my eye. “Sorry”, Danielle says quietly so only Bella and I could hear her as she walks back to her place with Liam on the couch.

“Well, I’m really tired so I’m going to bed soon unless y’all need something”, Bella asks, “Oh Harry! We’re having that dinner tomorrow still right?

“Of course, if you still want to.”

“Yay! So we’re having dinner here tomorrow and Harry’s family is coming over and you all have to come too.”, she tells them. Everyone agrees to being here for Bella as she kisses my cheek, says goodnight to everyone and runs off to bed.

“So?”, Louis asks. I raise an eyebrow confused.

“How was the date?!”, Niall yells since I didn’t get it the first time.

“It was… it was so great.”, I sigh as I slump down into the couch next to Niall. The smile that’s been on my face all night is back, I can tell.

“Well, we’ll let you get back to her.”, Liam smirks, “We’ll see you tomorrow for dinner?”

“Yup, goodnight guys!”, finally everyone leaves and I have the chance to call my mum.

“Harry!”, my mum sounds happy to be hearing from me.

“Mum!”, I laugh.

“How are you honey? I miss you so much!”

“I’m doing great mum! Bella and I went out tonight and it was so wonderful. Um, speaking of, would you and Gemma like to come over for dinner tomorrow? Bells wants to re-meet you both and the boys are gonna come too.”

“Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes!”, she squeals. I told you she loves Bella more than me, she really does, “Oh I’m so happy! Everything’s working out again! Yes!” I’m laughing non-stop now at how excited she is, “Oh Gem wants to talk to you!”

“Hello? Harry? What’s wrong with mum?”, I hear Gemma asking through the phone.

“She’s just happy because Bella wants to meet you two again so I invited you two to dinner tomorrow.”

“DINNER TOMORROW WITH BELLA?!”, Gemma yells into the phone so loudly that I have to pull the phone away from my ear.

“Okay Gem, I have to go to bed now. Tell mum I say goodnight please. Love you both”, I just want to go to bed with Bella, hold her in my arms.

“Goodnight, Harry! Tell Bell-Bell I say hi!”

“Okay will do, bye Gems.”

So that’s it. Everyone’s coming over tomorrow to re-meet Bella. I couldn’t be more excited for it. I decide it’s about time to go back up to bed with my girl. I see her body curled up under the sheets, already asleep. I press my lips to her rosy cheek before climbing in next to her. Where I should always be.

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Notes

Hope you enjoy the long update!! Next one should be up after the holidays, so have a good one ;)

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