Pairing Hearts |louis tomlinson|

Chapter One

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"Kate, come on you have to go to this premiere with me," Ashley, my older sister, begged as I sat at her kitchen counter eating lunch.
"Ashely, I literally just got to LA yesterday," I sighed running my hands over my face. "I'm exhausted and I don't have anything to wear."
"You can just wear something of mine," Ashley grinned. "You have to start living the LA life eventually, come on let's start tonight."
"Fine, but promise you won't ditch me at the after-party," I said biting my lip.
"I mean I may have to go make a few connections, but I promise we will leave the party together," she said with an excited grin.
"I hate you for making me go to this," I said rolling my eyes as she clapped with glee.
"I'm going to find you something to wear!"
Three hours later we were dressed and fully glammed out in the back of a limo.
"You know there's going to be really famous people there tonight," Ashley said. "Maybe we'll find you a boyfriend."
"And what about you?" I asked.
"Not too concerned," she shrugged. When we got to the event, I stood to the side as Ashley took pictures on the red carpet. Then she pulled me along into the dark theater. I was in awe. Everything was so fancy and elaborate. I felt so out of place as Ashley talked with dozens of A-list celebrities and posed for photos. I had just left my small town for the first time in years, this was so out of my element.
After the movie, we got back into the limo and made our way to the after-party. Within minutes Ashley was off talking with some important director. I found myself sitting at a bar drinking lemonade because at sixteen that was quite literally the only thing I could drink. As I sat there watching people filter around talking and dancing, their eyes glazing right past me, all I wanted was to go back to Ashley's apartment. The past few days had been so overwhelming and I really hadn't had any time to process it.
"You look a little young to be hanging out at the bar," a curly-haired boy grinned as he sat down next to me. I jumped a little at the intrusion.
"Just lemonade," I promised shaking my glass lightly.
"Same for me," he told the bartender. "I'm Harry," he told me leaning his back against the bar, so he could watch the dance floor in front of us.
"Kate," I replied taking a sip of my drink.
"Don't think I've seen you around before Kate," Harry answered. "Who are you here for?"
"My sister is Ashley Pardeck," I answered and his eyes lit up with recognition.
"You two look nothing alike," he said causing me to laugh. I had heard that my whole life.
"Trust me, I'm well aware," I said shaking my head.
"So are you just visiting then?" Harry asked.
"No, I moved in with Ashley a few days ago," I answered. I wasn't really willing to go into any more details. "Now tell me why you're here."
"I'm in the band One Direction," he said with a shrug. "My bandmates are just over there," he said pointing to a group of guys dancing together."
I realized now why he looked so familiar and I felt dumb for not seeing it earlier in the conversation. "You all are having a bit of a blow-up aren't you?" I said with a laugh. It was an understatement. Practically the whole world was freaking out over them.
"Guess you could say that," Harry shrugged.
"I remember when Ashley's first big movie premiered she came home crying because of all the paparazzi and social media attention. She was overwhelmed. How are you handling it?" I asked looking over at him.
"No one has asked me that," Harry said turning his head to look at me.
At first, I thought he was joking, so I turned my head away embarrassed. "No really, no one else really asks about that stuff. It's always like who are you dating or what are you looking for in a girlfriend. I mean luckily I'm doing this with four other guys, so we're having similar experiences, but it's been really overwhelming. I mean I literally can't go anywhere. There were fans outside our hotel this morning."
"I really can't imagine," I said shaking my head. "I'm so glad I don't have to go through that."
"I bet you'll be famous by the end of the summer," Harry grinned. "There's no way you can hang out with Ashley and her friends and not get famous."
I just laughed shaking my head. "Can we trade numbers?" Harry asked. "You're really good to talk to and everyone in LA has at least one famous person in their contacts."
"I already have Ashley's number," I smirked but handed him my phone as he let out a laugh. As he handed me back my phone, Ashley walked over to us.
"Ready to head out?" She asked me and I nodded. "Hey, I'm Ashley," she said sticking her hand out to Harry.
"Harry," he answered shaking her hand firmly.
"See you later Harry," I smiled giving him a wave before following Ashley out of the building.
"I can't believe you were talking to the Harry Styles," Ashley said her eyes going wide. "That man is a literal dream."
"He's really nice," I smiled. "He gave me his number."
"Oh my god, how have you been in LA for less than 48 hours and already gotten a hot boy's number," she said in exasperation. "I hate being eighteen."
"There are way more actors who are over eighteen," I said rolling my eyes. "It's not like I'm going to be dating anyone anytime soon anyway." At that comment, my sister's face fell and she nodded patting my knee lightly.
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About a week later after texting on and off, Harry invited me to the recording studio to meet the rest of the band and hear some of their music. Ashley wouldn't let me say no, so that weekend I took her car downtown. Harry was waiting for me outside.
"Hey, good to see you," he grinned as I got out of the car.
"How did you recognize me?" I laughed looking down at my jeans and t-shirt, much different from the jumpsuit I had worn last week. I still had on lots of makeup because the bruises from home still painted my skin darkly.
Harry laughed and led me inside the studio. It was a big room split in half by a large glass wall. Four boys were lounging on the couches eating and scrolling through their phones.
"Mates, this is the infamous Kate," Harry grinned causing them all to look up at me. I couldn't help but blush at all the eyes watching me.
"Your Ashley's sister right?" One of them with black swooping hair asked. I nodded. Harry introduced me to each boy and they all grinned kindly.
"So Kate how has your first week in LA been?" Louis, the skinny brown-haired boy asked from his space on the couch. I sat down in one of the empty chairs and Harry took his seat next to Louis.
"Pretty uneventful," I shrugged. "I've been to set with Ashley a few times, but other than that I've just been unpacking and settling in."
"What is she filming now?" The black-haired boy, now named Zayn asked.
"Some action movie," I shrugged. "I really have no idea."
"Are you still going to school?" Liam, the brown floppy-haired boy asked.
"Yeah, I mean it's summer right now, but I'll start at the high school in August," I answered. "Nothing like being the new kid your senior year of high school."
"I told her she was going to be famous by the end of the summer, so I bet she won't even start at a regular high school."
"You want to be famous?" Niall, the blonde, asked.
"Not really," I laughed. "I'm just here because my sister is here."
"Alright boys that's enough sitting around," an older man said walking into the room. "We have songs to sing and money to make. Let's get back in the studio."
The boys collectively rolled their eyes but got up nonetheless. "Who the hell is this?" The man asked turning to me.
"That's Ashley Pardeck's sister and my new friend," Harry answered with a grin.
"Someone get her an NDA," the man yelled with a huff. "Can't have you leaking information."
I bit my lip, embarrassed, but Harry just laughed. "Don't be dramatic mate," Harry said rolling his eyes. "She was on set with Ashley Pardeck and can't even tell us the name of the movie. Did you have to sign an NDA while you were there?" He asked me and I shook my head. "She's my friend and she's trustworthy and we're not having friends sign NDAs."
"It's not a big deal Harry," I said shaking my head. I mean he hardly knew me. I really should have signed an NDA, but Harry and the other boys made such a big stink about it that finally their producer just gave up.
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After that day, I was in the studio with the boys at least once a week because, in reality, I had nothing better to do. Ashley had a "family" dinner every Sunday night, where she invited a few close friends to come over for a homecooked meal, and Harry started coming every week. Ashley loved him, she thought he was so funny and sweet that he became a staple in our life. He was over all the time.
"Do you ever miss the UK?" I asked as we sat on Ashley's patio one Sunday afternoon as we waited for guests to arrive.
"Not really," Harry shrugged. "I mean I miss my family, but the weather is so much better here and I love being in the hustle and bustle of LA. There's always so much going on."
I nodded thoughtfully. It made sense, in the time that I had known Harry he was never not busy. He hated sitting still for too long. Even now he was drumming out a pattern with his fingers.
"Do you miss... wait where did you grow up again?" Harry asked.
"Indiana," I replied and he nodded. I had pointed to it on a map several times and he still couldn't remember it.
"Do you miss it?" Harry asked sipping the drink Ashley had made for us.
"No, I would never go back there," I answered honestly. Harry watched me for a moment as if waiting for me to continue, but when I didn't he just nodded and accepted the answer.
"I'm assuming that means you didn't leave anyone important behind. No best friend or boyfriend."
I knew that eventually, the question would come. I knew eventually he would try and make a move, all guys did, but I just hoped my answer wouldn't completely ruin our friendship. I shook my head. "I don't date."
"Like ever?" Harry asked curiously.
"I mean I did, but in recent years I just had to shut it down. I just can't even think about the idea without feeling sick," I said looking away embarrassed.
"We're not allowed to date unless it's approved by management," Harry replied. "Louis was dating Elanor before the X-factor and management wanted them to break up when we started blowing up because they thought we would get more fans if we were all single. Louis and the rest of us had to cause a really big stink about it for them to finally get over that."
"That's awful," I said with a frown. "Seems really controlling actually."
"Yeah," Harry shrugged. "Luckily it doesn't really affect me. I've never been very successful in that field. Don't have very good flirting skills and I'm not a big player."
"And yet, I'm pretty sure there are millions of girls who would love to be your girlfriend," I laughed and Harry just shook his head and blushed.

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