Lovely Within (ON HOLD)

Chapter 7

A/N: tomorrow is the last day of vaycay:( anywhore, I decided to update because someone, not to mention any names (EMILY!! Yeah you, TheBestestEmilyEver), will kill me if I don't. so yeah.

HENRY'S POV

Well, here we are. Outside Bridgette's house. And I'm about to meet her siblings. Nervous? Nah. Of course not. Ha. Load of hooey, that is. Of course I'm nervous! I'm more than nervous. I'm petrified with fear. What if they don't like me? What if they're mean? What if-

My what-ifs are interrupted by Bridge speaking. "They're actually quite nice," she's saying, with that arousing accent of hers. Wait. Holy shit. Why the hell am I thinking of her that way!? I hardly know her! We've been dating for a day! Hell, I've only known her for a day!

"Here we are." Bridge says to me when she opens their front door. "MUM!" She yells to nowhere in particular. "Bridgey?" A small voice asks tentatively from near the doorway of the kitchen. "Arty?" She says. A fragile looking boy appears around the corner, looking happy. "Arty!" Bridge says excitedly. He beams at her, wrapping his small arms around her as she crouches down to his level.

I hesitantly clear my throat. Bridgette looks up at me. "Oh," she says, "this is Henry. My boyfriend. And our next door neighbour. Henry, this is Arthur. Me little brother." Arthur smiles at me. "Hullo!!" He says. I smile back. "Hi Arthur." Then a girl who looks to be a bit younger than me walks in. She freezes. "Er... Hullo. I.. I'm Charlotte. Lottie. And you are?" She says to me.

"Henry. I'm Henry." I respond. "Er, well, not to seem rude, but... Who the bloody hell are you??" Lottie asks me. I blush. "I-" I start to say, but Bridge cuts me off. "Lottie, this is my boyfriend Henry." Bridge says, putting maybe a little too much emphasis on the 'boyfriend' part. Huh.

BRIDGETTE'S POV

Just as Henry and Arthur are saying hi, Lottie walls in the room. "Er... Hullo. I.. I'm Charlotte. Lottie. And you are?" She says to Henry. Uh oh. i can tell that Lottie likes Henry... Like like, actually. Henry says his name. Then Lottie acts Lottie-ish. "Er, well, not to seem rude, but... Who the bloody hell are you??" She says, sounding completely rude. Henry starts to say something, but I cut him off. "Lottie, this is my boyfriend Henry." I say, putting loads of emphasis on 'boyfriend'. Lottie glares at me, and I look back smugly.

LOTTIE'S POV

I walk into the kitchen to get some munchies. Then I see Bridgette, Arty, and some totally hot guy. Some totally hot American guy. Even better. "Er... Hullo. I.. I'm Charlotte. Lottie. And you are?" I say to MrHotAmericanGuy. "Henry. I'm Henry." He says in a dreamy American accent.

"Er, well, not to seem rude, but... Who the bloody hell are you??" I ask HenryTheHotAmericanGuy. He opens his mouth to say something, but Bridgette beats him to it. "Lottie, this is my boyfriend Henry." When she said it, she emphasised the 'boyfriend'. I glare at her.

She knows. She knows I now have a thing for her boyfriend Henry. Heh. He won't be her boyfriend for long. Not if I can help it. As we walk into the next room, I whisper something nasty to Bridgette. "Better watch your back, Smidge." I tell her. She glares at me. She hates it when I call her Smidge. All the more reason to call her it.

BRIDGETTE'S POV

"Hey Lottie, don't you have something you should be doing?" I say, trying to ditch her as discreetly as possible. She grins. "Nope," she replies, popping the 'p'. I roll my eyes. There goes any patience I had left. "Charlotte, what I'm trying to say is 'leave us the bloody hell alone! Henry is MY boyfriend, not yours!'" I snap at her. Shite. I didn't want to be that mean...

Lottie's face betrays her emotions for a couple seconds. She looks stung and taken aback, but quickly regains her usual scowl. "Lottie..." I say, trying to apologise. She turns around and snaps at me. "Whatever! Don't even try to apologise, because I don't want to fucking hear it! We ALL know you meant what you said. Just leave ME alone. I don't want to talk to you!" Then she stomps off to who the hell knows where.

I'm hurt. I honestly didn't mean to say that. I can tell it really upset Lottie. I never lose my temper. Like ever. I turn to Henry. "Time to meet me mum, paps, and re-meet Matt." I say, attempting to smile. My 'smile' falters. I'm hit by a wave of nausea. I crumple to the floor, but am caught in a strong, sure pair of arms. Henry. Then I black out.

A/N: OOH GUYS!!! LOTS OF DRAMA IN THIS CHAPTER! And a cliffhanger :P so do you guys ship Lenry or Hengette? Lol I lurve the ship name for Bridge and Henry! And please don't hate me for the cliffhanger .-.

Xoxox Piper