forever&always

~CHAPTER 20~

~EMILY'S POV~

"Pizza's here guys!"

The door bell rang several times and I rushed to find my wallet. I ran up and down the stairs, in the rooms, and practically the whole house looking for money to pay the pizza man. It rang several more times and Niall zoomed past me to open the door. He did a quick hop at the edge of the stairs and squealed. I looked everywhere including my pockets and bag but it wasn't anywhere.

"Damn it! My wallet! Holy freakin motherfreakin wal-"

"I got it love."

"Huh?"

I didn't notice Harry who quickly walked past me. Harry patted my back and jogged past me to where the pizza man was standing. He gave me a quick kiss on the cheeks and rushed over to the door. I was already in a panic attack and frazzled to find my stupid wallet. As Harry stood in front of the door, I saw him take his wallet out from his back pocket and paid the man. Niall already had the pizza in his hands and a slice in his mouth. He looked at me in his most "innocent-puppy-look" while gulping down the pizza. The delivery man left and Harry turned around while closing the door. I slowly walked right up to him and wrapped my arms around his neck. He supported my back with his hands and pulled me into his arms. I leaned in closer to his ears and whispered.

"I love you so much. Thanks babe."

"Love you more. No problem! By the way, your wallets under your blanket."

"Oh... It is? I feel so stupid.

"Mhmmm. That's fine because your MY little stupid.

"Am I supposed to be offended by that?"

"C'mere and kiss me already."

***FEW DAYS LATER***

By the next few days, everyone knew that me and Harry were together now. We were the new "it" couple now and people stared at us in jealousy. We always went to school together holding hands and kissing. The first day Harry had to literally drag me out of bed. He held my hand and walked through the crowds confidently. I was afraid at first that people might hate me and dislike me for going out with the most popular guy in school. People pointed, stared, whispered and many girls glared with envy in their eyes. I felt uncomfortable how people talked about us behind our backs but it soon died down. I tended to hide behind Harry's back but he always propped me up and told me to hold my head up high. Chandler always balled up his fist and scowled whenever he saw us together. Harry did always get protective of me whenever he was near us and I could see where he was coming from. They had this tension between them and I usually pulled Harry away. I also made some other friends such as Eleanor and Danielle. We were in the same classroom and eventually Eleanor was with Louis and Danielle with Liam. Zayn was interested in this girl named Perrie who seemed very nice and Niall didn't seem that into other people yet.

"Harry.. Maybe we should just hang outside of school.. I feel like I'm a burden to you.."

"Emily, if you're worried about what people are saying, just ignore it. I love you and that's all that matters."

Harry backed me up into the corner of the locker and made me look into his eyes. These past few days, I've been so wary of people around me that I was exhausted. Harry had always comforted me and cheered me up but it only lasted for a few minutes. I was leaning against the locker when the last bell of the day rang. I quickly packed up my belongings into my bag and slammed the door to my locker. Suddenly, Harry slid up right behind me and kissed my cheeks. I tried to stop him a couple of times before because we were out in public but that didn't stop him. He buried his face into my shoulder like he always did and took a deep breath.