Chapter 5

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"I can't believe he said yes!" Liam yells as he drives to the Hilton. How could he be so surprised he was the one that assured me that he would say yes.

"Well he did and you need to calm down." I laugh leaning my head against the window of the car. As we near the hotel my excitement grows more than I want it to.

Liam parks the car directly in the front of the hotel and I step out. I look up at the sky noticing just how grey the clouds are. It will be raining soon. Liam pulls me into the hotel and I laugh.

Two men steps towards us making both Liam and I freeze.

"Niall Horan and Liam Payne?" The larger one asks and I am to nervous to speak. I can hear my heart beating in my chest. Why am I so nervous. Son of a...

"Yes. Do you know us?" Liam speaks up for us both. I turn my head slightly seeing Harry stepping foot off the elevator. His hands delicately fixing the cuff links of his shirt. Both men turn towards him as well and immediately step back from us.

Harry steps in front of both Liam and I. "Gentleman... How nice to see you" I look out of the corner of my eyes seeing that Liam is now staring at Harry. Probably hypnotized by his appearance much like I am.

"You as well" I mutter turning behind me seeing Zayn struggling in with all his equipment. "Excuse me" I quickly run over to Zayn taking one of his bags.

"Thanks Ni you're a life savor" He kisses my temple and I smile politely. Zayn has had a crush on me for a few months now. I've told him before that I am not romantically interested in him but he still continues with his sweet gestures. We both walk over to Liam and Harry.

"Zayn this is Harry Styles... Harry this is Zayn" I introduce them to each other and Zayn holds his hand out. Harry looks at it for a moment before giving him a firm shake.

"Pleasure" He smiles but it doesn't reach his eyes. He let's go of his hand and turns leading us to the room that we will be taking the photos in. It appears to be an empty ball room.

I slide my coat off and Zayn and Liam go to set up. I wish I could be more help but there isn't much for me to do. I pick at the loose strings on my jeans and huff. "We should get lunch once this is over" Harry's voice startles me and I quickly turn around facing him.

"What?" I slide my hands into my back pockets.

"I said... We should get lunch once this is over...I would like to get to know you better Mr. Horan" He lifts his hand, his finger brushing against my cheek and I lean into his hand without thinking about it.
I hear the sound of someone clearing their throat and I am snapped out of my daze. I turn seeing Zayn watching us with his camera in his hand.

"We're ready for your shoot" I nod and walk past Harry making my way towards Liam. Liam nudges me slightly but I choose to ignore it. I don't want him to get any ideas about what he had just witnessed. It was a simple gesture. A gesture that made your toes curl. 

I watched from the side lines with Liam as Harry stood getting his pictures taken. He hasn't smiled yet. Liam leans over and whispers in my ear. "It would be great if we could get him to smile don't you think?" I shrug. He doesn't seem like the smiling type. My teeth run along my bottom lip and Harry's eyes connect with mine. He sends a slight smile towards me and Zayn snaps the picture. "Was that a smile?" Liam asked and I looked down at my feet. 

Did I do that? Yes of course you did you idiot! My inner self yells at me. "Okay I think we got everything that we needed...I can process these once I get home, unless you guys wanted to do it" Zayn says turning to Liam and I. Liam decides that he will go home with Zayn so that they can process the pictures together. Liam doesn't want Zayn screwing anything up for this newspaper.

I make my way towards Harry and he looks down at me. "You aren't one to smile in pictures are you?" I ask raising an eyebrow. He chuckles sliding his finger slowly across his bottom lip.

"I'm not one to smile at all...On certain occasions maybe...but not often enough" I nod and look down at my shoes for a second. "You shouldn't do that" 

"Do what?" I look up at him

His fingers trail down my cheek and move towards my lip. His fingers delicately move my bottom lip from my teeth and I gasp slightly. "Bite that lip" Oh my...I resist the urge to bite my lip once again. "Now, I do believe I asked to take you to lunch?"

I nodded and he held his hand out to mine. I placed my hand in his and he lead me towards the door. I looked over my shoulder waving to both Zayn and Liam who had their eyes glued on me. I waved and Harry leads me out.

"So tell me about your family" Harry says as we sit down at a table in the small cafe. My family. Why would he want to know about them? Because he's interested stop asking me questions and answer his! 

"Well my mum is on husband number 4...My real father passed when I was about two so I don't remember him that much. I've always considered my mums first husband my dad" I trace the outline of the tea cup placed in front of me with my finger. I look up at Harry and he nods. "Tell me something about you..." 

"Like what?" His eyebrow raises slightly and I smile. He looks much younger when he does that. I like it. 

"I don't know...Something that the media doesn't already know about you. What's something that you do for fun?" 

"Uhm...I play pool" He answers and quickly and sets a muffin in front of me. "Eat" I look down at the chocolate muffin and shake my head. His jaw tenses but he quickly relaxes shaking his head at himself. "What are your majoring in again?" 

"English Literature" 

"Who would you say inspired you the most Steinbeck, Hemingway, Shakespeare, Jane Austin..." He easily names off some of my favorite authors and I smile. He's absolutely breathtaking. 

"I'd have to say Jane Austin" He nods and sips more of his coffee his eyes never leaving mine. 

"You must be quite the romantic then yeah?" He sets his cup down I feel that the conversation as gotten a lot more serious. I push my hair from my face and nod. 

"I'm an English Lit major...I kind of have to be" He nods and looks down at his coffee for a second. He stares at it for a while and I shift in my seat a bit. He looks up at me his eyes a bit darker than they were before. 

"This isn't a good idea...I should get you back..." Back? I'm not sure I want to go back but I nod and stand up. He stands as well leaving holding his hand out to me. I shake my head and walk past him walking out of the cafe. Before I can think properly he's next to me and I look over at him.

"Is it because you have a boyfriend or something?" I look over at him and he looks as if he could laugh. I don't see anything funny about this. 

"I don't do the whole boyfriend thing Mr. Horan" I roll my eyes and take a step forward. "Niall!" He pulls me back from the busy street and a car zooms past us. I gasp feeling the wind brush against us. My heart pounds as I looked up at Harry who was looking down at me. His fingers brushed against the skin of my cheek and he sighed. "You should steer clear of me Mr. Horan" I nod and step back from his embrace. 

"Bye Mr. Styles" I turn my back to him and make my way back to the parking lot of the hotel. Wishing that I wouldn't have agreed to go to lunch with him. 

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