What I Thought Was Love

Chapter Nine

“Where’s Harry?” Niall asked as I walked in the front door.

“Oh, he dropped all the stuff out of his bag! He’s picking it up!” I laughed.

“Typical Harry.” Just then the door creaked open and Harry walked in.

“I think I got everything, but it’s kind of dark out!” Harry laughed. Niall and I laughed with him and then Harry said “Well, if you don’t mind I’m going to change of this!” He said gesturing at his outfit. He was wearing a pair of jeans, white shirt and a navy blue blazer. Not much has changed since he was a teenager I guess.

“Okay! You know where your room is,” Niall said to Harry as Harry walked away.

 Niall grabbed my hand as we walked to his room, when we got into his room I set my bag on his bed and he quickly spinned me around and planted a kiss on my lips.

“You look beautiful.”

“You look quite dapper yourself,” I responded. Holding onto his sweater and smiling at him.

“I’m really tired so I think I’m going to bed now, babe” Niall said.

“That’s okay! I’m not quite tired yet so I think I’ll go watch TV in the living room. Goodnight dear” I said giving Niall a kiss on the cheek before grabbing my clothes and heading to the bathroom.

 I changed out of my dress and into a pair of baggy sweatpants and my favorite baggy Avengers shirt. I took off my makeup, put my hair in a ponytail, took out my contacts and put my glasses on. I left my clothes in a neat pile on the floor because I didn’t want to wake Niall up by walking back in the room.

 I walked into the kitchen and popped a bottle of wine; I really needed a drink after this night. I poured myself a glass of preseco, went over to the couch and finally decided on something to watch.

“What are you guys watching?” I jumped at the sound of someone’s voice and whipped around only to see it was Harry.

“Oh, Harry! You just scared the shit out of me!” I said quietly, trying not to wake Niall.

He started to laugh, “I’m sorry! I heard the wine bottle and thought you and Niall were out here!”

“No, it’s just me.”

“Mind if I join you? I’m not tired yet.” He said with sympathy in his eyes.

“Sure, that’s fine, just keep your voice down. Niall’s asleep,”

“Okay,” he whispered sarcastically. “What are you watching?” he asked as he poured himself a glass of wine.

“Into the Wild.”

“Never seen it!” he replied as he plopped down on the couch next to me.

“It’s really good,” I laughed. There were a few minutes of silence before Harry started talking to me.

“So how did you and Niall meet?”

“Oh, we met at a coffeehouse and just hit it off.”

“’Just hit it off’” Harry said making fun of me.

“Shut up!” I said and punched him in the arm.

“Ouch! Jeez!” He laughed holding his arm.

“Well what about you Mr. Styles? What have you been up to lately?” I saw his face get tense.

“Nothing. I’ve been living from place to place, haven’t been able to settle down yet.”

“Oh, that sounds fun though”

“Yeah, I guess. But it gets lonely.” He said with sadness in his eyes.

“I know what you mean.”

“But you have Niall” he pointed out.

“I’ve had Niall for a week and a half, before that I was alone. Just my cat and I.” I laughed.

“I love cats!” Harry yelled.

I quickly through my hand over his mouth and whispered “Shh! Niall’s sleeping!”

Harry pulled my hand off his mouth and apologized.

“So what’s an American girl like you doing in Ireland all by herself?” Harry asked me continuing out conversation.

“Well, I decided I needed a change in my life and happened upon some money and moved here.”

“Oh very cool!” Harry exclaimed.

“Yeah, it’s been pretty good.”

“You must be happy to find a companion now then! Niall is great!”

“Yeah, I guess”

“You guess?”

“Well, I’m gonna tell you something Harry but this conversation doesn’t leave us! Promise?”

“Promise.” He said holding out his pinky.

“Well, Niall and I don’t really know each other all that well. To be honest, it’s kind of just been all sexual so far.” Harry’s face started to turn red as he started to laugh.

“Sounds like Niall!”

“What?” I asked with a serious face.

“He’s a sex addict! Wait, did you know that?” Harry admitted.

“Uhh….no. But that makes sense.”

“Sorry, this awkward. I’m the only one of the boys that knows, please don’t tell anyone.”