What I Thought Was Love

Chapter Seventeen

I woke up early the next morning and saw Harry’s content face sleeping as the sun rose. I just laid there admiring him for a few minutes before I drifted back to sleep.

I woke up a couple hours later, but Harry wasn’t next to me. I panicked a little thinking he left or something, but I relaxed when I heard the shower going and Harry’s voice humming. I got up and put on my bathrobe and went to the kitchen and got a glass of water. I sat at the table and read the newspaper.

“Good morning beautiful!” Harry said enthusiastically as he walked out of the bathroom door, his wet curls stuck to his face.

“Hi!” I smiled back at Harry.

“So, Zayn’s birthday is soon and Perrie texted me this morning and said they’re having a surprise party at Niall’s house tonight. Would you like to be my date?” Harry said winking at me.

“I’d love to Harry.” I said smiling as I walked over to him before giving him a kiss.

“Good! We have to be there at eight so we still have a while. Do you want to go shopping? I’ll get you a new dress to wear if you want!” Harry smiled.

“Okay! But I need to shower first, I’ll be ready in an hour or so.” I say as I walk past Harry into the bathroom. I strip off my bathrobe and hop into the shower, I washed my hair and body then step out. I wipe the condensation off the mirror and admire my new dark hair, I really like it! I can’t wait to see what the others think tonight. When I walked out of the bathroom Harry was sitting on the couch petting Mr. Poppers. We smiled at each other as I walked to my bedroom to change.

 I put my hair into a towel as I put my outfit on. I decided to wear a pretty plain outfit, seeing as though I’ll be getting all dressed up later tonight. I put on a pair of dark jeans, plain gray pull over sweater, and brown combat boots. I went into the bathroom and dried and curled my hair. Then I put on some mascara but decided to wear my glasses because I didn’t feel like putting in my contacts, then I put on a navy blue beanie because my hair was super frizzy.

 I walked out of the bathroom and Harry said “You look great, ready to go?”

“You too, yep!” Harry was wearing black pants, a green pocket t-shirt, brown oxfords and a gold watch.

 We left the house and ended up a little boutique. I tried on multiple dresses before finally choosing one that was absolutely gorgeous. The saleswoman there was relentless and convinced Harry to buy me a pair of matching heels, we quickly checked out and left the store. We decided to stop at another gift shop to get Zayn a birthday present.

“Do you like your dress?” Harry asked me as we drove gift shop.

“Yes, I love it so much thanks Harry.” I said happily.

“Anytime love.” Harry said as we continued to drive. I felt kind of bad making Harry pay for my dress, I definitely had the money to pay for it, but I haven’t told Harry about my money situation yet. I didn’t have much time to think before I realized we were at the gift shop.

 As we left the gift shop, there were a few girls my age standing outside the door.

“Harry!” they yelled. Harry smiled at them and walked towards them, pulling me with him.

“Hey loves” Harry greeted them.

“Can we get a picture with you?” They said trying to suppress their excitement. ‘Fans’ I thought to myself, it’s like I had forgotten I was dating a superstar.

“Absolutely!” Harry said excitedly.

“Want me to take the picture?” I interjected as I laughed at Harry struggling with the girl’s iPhone 10.

“Yes, thanks Rosemarie.” He said smiling at me and handing me her phone. I took the picture of all three of them and handed the phone back to the fans.

“Thanks so much!” Both the fans hugged Harry.

“Nice to meet you!” Harry said as him and I started to walk away.

“You too! By the way, I love your boots!” One of the fans called out to me.

“Thanks!” I said trying now to blush. I expected the fans to be, rude, I suppose. I mean, I was with Harry Styles, but they were actually lovely.

 We got back to my apartment and Harry wrapped Zayn’s present as I made some cookies to bring to the party. It was almost seven and I started to panic because I still needed to get ready.

“I’m gonna change now love!” Harry shouted from the living room.

“Me too!” I yelled back to him. I walked into my room where Harry was changing, his shirt was off and I noticed two little dots on his chest. I walked over to them and touched them.

“What are these?” I asked curiously. Harry started to laugh.

“Extra nipples.” He said smilling.

“NO WAY!” I yelled at him. He looked surprised by my reaction.

“What?”

“I have one too!” His eyes widened.

“NO WAY!” He mimicked me. I lifted up my shirt and showed him the mark which was just an inch below my bra.

“See!” I said pointing to it.

“That’s awesome!” Harry said and we both started laughing uncontrollably. “Extra nipple power!” Harry yelled as he held his hand out for a high five. I jumped up and high fived him. We both continued to laugh as we changed into our party clothes.

 I put on my dress and saw Harry sneaking glances at me the whole time I was doing it. I had Harry zip up the back of my dress, and as he did he pushed my hair to the side and kissed my neck.

“I can’t wait to introduce you to everyone as my girlfriend.” He whispered in my ear. My heart started to pound as I turned around to face him.

“Girlfriend?” I asked anxiously.

“I only want you, Rosemarie. No one else.” Harry said gazing into my eyes. I pulled his head down and gave him a passionate kiss, which he knew meant yes.