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Chapter 4

Instead of sitting where Niall and I had been I sit next to Harry. He looks up at me I put my hand on the back of the couch and lean into him.

"You're staying with me tonight, right?" I question.

"Yeah!" He says nodding.

"Good! I'm going to get a drink. Want something?" I ask.

"Uh, no I shouldn't." He says shaking his head.

I lean in and give him a small smile. "Harry, want something?" I ask again.

He looks at me like I'm crazy, I think to myself he has no idea. Which makes me smile wider.

"You trying to get me drunk so you can have your way with me?" He ask with a smile.

"Damn, you caught me." I smile. "But when have I ever had to get you drunk first?" I ask with a smirk. "Whiskey?"

He nods his head.

I get up and walk to the bar.

"Reece, what can I get you? Something I sell." He states giving me a no nonsense look.

"Double shot of your best whiskey and a mai tai." I order. It doesn't take him long and I'm back at the couch handing Harry his drink.

We take time drinking our drinks and watching Louis and Molly dance. Nothing really being said.

After I finish my drink. "You ready?" I ask.

He just nods and we get up to leave. I wave at Molly and Louis on my way out. She nods her head at me as her bye.

Harry's POV:

We get back in her car. She turns the radio on but not up leaving room for conversation. I try to think of something to say but nothing comes out.

I can't stop staring at her and thinking about that outfit. She had on a two piece showing off her stomach. It looked like something Steph would of wore.  I think it was plastic?

It took everything I had not to get up and pull her out of the bar. I can't help but wander when  she started wearing stuff like this.

It clicks that Karen had asked me about Tessa's clothing. At Carol's house Tessa looked exactly the same, but tonight I've seen a whole side to her I've never seen before.

She pulls up to a building I've never seen, and turns off the car. I look at her curious what we're doing here.

She gets out and goes to the trunk. Still confused I get out and walk back to the trunk.

She pulls out a small black duffle bag and a boot box.

"Ready." She says.

I don't answer I just grab the duffel bag off her shoulder and follow her into the building.

There's a small room with mailboxes and an elevator. She clicks the elevator button and we wait.

We get into the elevator and she pushes floor three. I notice theres only five floors. The elevator dings and we step off on the third floor. We walk past two doors on each side of the hall. She stops in front of the third door on the left.

She pulls out a key and opens it. She walks in and turns on the light. The apartment is no where's near as amazing as ours but it's nice. To the right is a small living room with a couch and television. To the left of the door is a small kitchen. In front of the door off to the side sits a small dining table with four chairs and a hallway.

She walks down the hall and I follow her. She flicks on the light to a small bedroom. She tells me I can throw the duffel bag on a chair in the corner as she puts her boot box on top of the dresser on this side of the room.

She looks up at me, "bathroom on the other side of the hall. Need something to sleep in or are you good?" She ask.

"I'm good in my briefs if your okay with it?" I reply.

She looks me up and down and nods.

She puts her foot on the chair and starts taking off her boots. She puts them nicely under the chair and unzips her two piece dress the skirt falls to the floor as she pulls off the shirt.

I just stand there staring amazed at how bold she is as she picks the skirt up and puts the two pieces in the chair she sit the boots under.

I remember the time when we played tag of sorts with the lights because she was too shy to change in front of me.

I continue to watch as she pulls her bra off  throwing it in the chair also, leaving her in just her panties.

She looks up at me, "you getting ready for bed?" She asks so confidently standing there. Then she walked to a door. I'm guessing her closet.

I start stripping kinda fast which causes me to loose my balance and I fall over. I hurry and pull my jeans off and stand up just as she gets out of the closet. I take my shirt off leaving them on the floor.

She comes out wearing a t-shirt and I recognize it instantly as one of Niall's shirts. I hold my anger the best I can. She turns on the lamp on her side and walks back to my side.

She shuts off the light goes back to her side of the bed and gets in. I get in on this side. Then I just lay there awkwardly.

"I'm turning off the light?" She ask directly.

"Yeah." I answer. "Night."

"Night."

The light is turned off it's almost dark except for the light post outside. I look at Tessa. She has her eyes closed. I wonder if it's possible that she's asleep.

At the same time I can't stop thinking about how she walked past my clothes on the floor. She didn't pick them up or even bitch about how they would be wrinkled tomorrow. In fact it didn't even seem to faze her.

It's crazy how you can miss the small things that somewhat bothered you about a person before. Laundry, when I was in London trying to forget her I never once thought about the things even the littlest of things like laundry that I would fucking miss.

Of course at the time I thought I would never see her again, but now I worry that this isn't the same girl I had left behind. I never thought not once did I even worry that the girl I spent days trying to forget could be gone.

That something could happen to her and I would never see her again.

I stop and think about what Karen had said. I thought before any change with Tessa had to do with Richard dying, but this isn't just her dad dying. Her whole character has seemed to of changed.

As I lay in her bed reflecting on these things and wondering if Tessa is still in there if there is any way to bring my Tessa back the girl lying next to me turns in her sleep.

I become really still not wanting to wake her. She pulls me in sliding her leg over me followed by her head laying on my chest.

I don't know what it is about this position but I find myself waking up and it's morning.

The first thing I notice is there's no weight on me so Tessa isn't in here.

The second I here a voice coming from the living room. I sit up in the bed. I notice the chair is empty and my clothes are lying in it.

I wonder when she picked them up maybe she's fine. I was drinking last night I can't help think it's my imagination.

I get up and grab my clothes putting them on including my boots.

I walk into the living room and Tessa and Niall are at the table drinking coffee.

"Hey." Niall says as Tessa says, "good morning."

"There's coffee, cups are in the cupboard above the coffee pot." Niall informs me.

"Thanks." I mutter walking into the kitchen. "What are you doing here?" I ask even tho I'm sure I know the answer, but for some reason I need to hear him say it.

"Don't worry I picked your shit up off the floor on my side, for you. You're welcome." He says.

I turn towards him. Resting against the cabinet I take a drink of coffee. From the look he's giving he's not expecting a thank you. Which is good because he won't get one.