then i met you // wroetoshaw

eight

lauren's pov

i turned around to see the last person i expected to see. harry lewis was stood in front of me with a massive smile on his face, staring deeply into my eyes. i didn't even know how to react so i just stood completely still, staring at him unable to speak. 

after around 30 seconds of just staring at each other, he pulled me into a hug and i instantly hugged back. i suddenly felt a lot more sober than before as he held me in his arms. i hadn't even noticed but i must've began to cry into his shoulder because he pulled back from the hug slightly and wiped the tears that fell out of my eyes. 

"i'm not that ugly in person that i've mad you cry, am i?" he jokes, finally breaking the silence between us. 

"aw shut up harold, i'm just shocked to see you thats  all. shocked, mortal and happy isn't a good mix of emotions," i reply to him laughing slightly. i just felt very overwhelmed. 

"come on, lets go outside where its quieter so we can talk better and calm down," he says, grabbing my hand, intertwining our fingers as he leads me out of the club. on the way he stops to cal where we are going, making sure he's okay to stay with my friends. 

eventually, we found ourselves outside the club on a nearby bench. "happy birthday babe, you look fucking beautiful tonight can i just say," he says, speaking his mind. 

i blush slightly at his words, "thank you, i actually forgot it was my birthday! guessing you had a few drinks with cal before you came out if you're complimenting me without being awkward," i say, teasing him. 

"yeah i'm not going to lie i've had far too much sambuca, i've been so nervous to meet you," he explains to me. 

"what really? are you stupid? why would you be nervous to meet me?" i laugh, genuinely confused at his words. 

"i just wanted to make sure i made a good impression, i really like you lauren" he says, turning to face me. i stare into his beautiful blue eyes, my whole body melting at the eye contact. he is the most beautiful boy i have ever seen and i can't believe he's just told me he likes me. why on earth would this incredible boy like me? 

it must have been the huge amounts of alcohol i have drank tonight that made me reply "i really like you too, harold."

his eyes break contact from mine to travel down to my lips, then moving back up to look me in the eyes again. "i really want to kiss you right now," he says, clearly gaining some more confidence.

"kiss me then," i reply, matching his new found, probably alcohol induced, confidence. 

he slowly leaned in and placed a kiss on my lips, i instantly kissed back, the butterflies in my stomach going absolutely crazy. my hands made my way around his neck as his found their way to my waist, pulling me as close into him as possible, deepening the kiss. around a minute later, we finally pulled away and i looked at him and smiled, him smiling back at me.

"come on little loz, let's go back inside. your friends will be wondering where you are and cal will probably be hating me right now," he laughs whilst standing up and intertwining our fingers once again. even him just holding my hand was enough to drive crazy and i couldn't believe he was actually here.

we made our way to the bar first to get some drinks before we meet up with our friends again. "what can i get you to drink beautiful?" he asks me, "i'll just have a vodka and lemonade please," i reply to him.

"can i have two double vodka lemonades and 4 sambuca shots please?" he asks the woman at the bar politely. 

"four sambuca shots?! are you trying to kill me?" i ask laughing. 

"no i just know seeing me has sobered you up and we can't be having that on your birthday," he smirks, kissing me on my head. 

we drink two shots each and pick up our drinks, making our way over to the others. we finally find dan and lucie dancing and walk over to them, noticing that cal and aimee were no where to be found. dan notices us and immediately runs over and gives me a hug, clearly a lot more drunk than he was when we left half an hour ago. 

"happy birthday my beautiful loz! i see yours and harry's meeting went well seems as though your lipstick has randomly transferred to his lips," he teases us and i notice harry's cheeks turn a light shade of pink. bless him. 

"thank you angel! and yes it did, thank you so much for arranging this it honestly means the world to me," i tell him gratefully. harry comes up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and placing his head on my shoulders, "yeah thanks so much for this dan, the surprise would have never have worked without you," he adds, genuinely thankful.

"aw you both don't need to thank me, i'm happy to bring two love birds together," he teases us, then says, "oh by the way harry you're friend went off with aimee, they were proper going at it on the dance floor i wouldn't be shocked if they were shagging in the toilets or something honestly." as he says it him and lucie burst out laughing before turning their attention back to their drinks and their terrible dancing. 

"well, freezy has out done himself yet again," harry laughs, moving round to face me and wrapping his arms around my waist again straight away so that we barely stopped touching each other. 

"i know i haven't even got the chance to meet him yet and it doesn't look like i will at this rate" i reply, laughing with him. 

"stay over mine tonight," harry states. i nod my head and he leans in again, attaching our lips once more. he immediately deepened the kiss and things got heated quickly before we remembered where we were. 

"can we go back now?" i ask him and he agrees, telling me to let my friends know whilst he books the uber. 

aw they've finally met 🥺🥺 also i've wrote 8 chapters today and no one is probs going to read it so i've literally spent like 8 hours writing this for myself😂 oh well! if you are reading this though i hope youre enjoying it and thanks for reading!