Way Of Life - H.S & N.H

Soft On Styles

"It's not like you to not be drinking Shay. Everything okay?" Niall questioned her.

Niall, Heather, Shayla, the band and all of their family and friends were gathered round tables in the bar.

The drinks were flowing, but not for Shayla.

All of her work was done earlier than expected and she wasn't needed back in London, until the evening reception of the exhibition. So she was debating whether she should drive up to Cheshire to surprise Harry.

He'd been so excited to head back home and really wanted her to go with him. He tried to hide the disappointment but the emotion was written all over his face.

Harry had called her after the show to congratulate Niall on the show and Heather on the album news. He also caught her up on everything he'd been doing at home. Shayla was missing him a lot.

"Yeah, I'm thinking of driving up to Cheshire." Shayla mumbled.

"Wait I thought you couldn't go?!" Heather was now facing towards Shayla.

"I couldn't at first but all of my work is finished and I don't need to be around for another week or so.."

"Why would you wanna go to Cheshire?" Niall chimed in. Both Shayla and Heather glared at Niall as if he had two heads.

"I'm only joking guys! Blimey I know your soft for Styles. You should go Shay. I know it's weird meeting family for the first time. But you've got this. They're gonna love you just like we do. Plus Harry is pretty soft for you too." Niall cheekily smiled.

Shayla smiled back. Niall had just admitted something incredibly cute that she needed to tease Harry about.

"I'm gonna message Anne and ask if it's okay to drive up this late." Shayla pulled out her phone and opened Instagram to send a DM.

"Wait so you do know his family?" Heather was confused.

"We talk on Twitter/Instagram sometimes but we've never met."

Shayla got a message back pretty quickly. Anne was incredibly excited to meet her and promised she'd keep it a secret from Harry. She got all the details and postcode before grabbing all of her things.

"Well guess I'm off to Cheshire."

Everyone said their goodbyes and Shayla promised she'd text them when she made it safely.

Shayla had stopped at home before leaving to pack a bag and grab some toiletries. Also stopping a couple of time's along the way to pee and grab some food.

4 hours later she was pulling up to a beautiful house on the outskirts of Holmes Chapel. She sent a quick text to Heather to let her know she made it.

She was juggling her bag in one hand and her jacket and phone in the other. She made her way up the path to the front door and knocked.

A couple seconds later, Anne opened the door and beamed.

"You must be the famous Shay." She pulled Shayla into a hug. Which was kind of difficult for Shay with arms full of stuff.

"Come in, come in."

Anne ushered Shayla into the hall and through to the living room.

"Sorry it's so late. It was kind of an impulse decision. Thank you for letting me stay."

"It's no problem. He hasn't stopped talking about you since he got here. You must be something special. Tea?" Anne called, she'd gone into the kitchen to pop the kettle on.

"That'd be great, thank you!"

Shayla placed her bag down on the floor and her jacket onto the arm of the couch. She looked around at all of the photos Anne had around and on the walls. There was a lovely photo of Harry, Anne and Gemma on holiday.

Speaking of, where was he? Shayla didn't want to be rude but she felt a little anxious being around Harry's family without him here.

As if he read her mind, Shayla could hear footsteps coming up behind her.

"Mum? Everything okay?" he mumbled.

He stopped dead in his tracks as soon as he saw Shayla stood in the living room. His torso was on show, with grey joggers on his lower half. His hair was sticking out at the back from where he'd been lying down. He looked like he'd just woken up which would make sense for what time it was.

"Surprise!" Shayla whisper shouted. Beaming from ear to ear.

"What... how... when did you get here?!" Harry laughed. Making his way over to where she stood and wrapping his arms around her body. His head rested on top of hers and he sighed contently.

"Literally 5 minutes ago! Thought I'd surprise you. I know it's late but I needed to see you." Shayla giggled.

"Well... you definitely did that. You can fill me in on details later. I'm just so happy you're here!"

"Okay. You can also explain why Niall knows that you're 'soft on me' and I don't?" Shayla pulled her head back from his and raised her eyebrows.

"Little shit! Should've known he'd tell you."

"This is Niall we're talking about, he tells me everything. If not Niall then Heather tells me." Shayla laughed.

"Of course. He's not wrong though." He pulled Shayla's head back and rested his again.

"Mhm. I'm soft on you too." she mumbled into his chest.