The NewComer

Complementary 4: Demand

Harry's POV

London was cold, which was very usual of it. But it somehow felt a little bit strange to have such weather. I might have been getting used to the tropical kind of season. While my heart was also getting used to be with the girl I left there. I wondered what she was doing. Whether she was fine or not and all that kind of thing. Yet we had a deal that I should have not thought about her too much and should have had fun instead.

The gathering was originally held on Thursday and Friday. As the same old days of gathering, we would spend two days with doing things together with almost no sleep. But some families managed to come earlier to stay. Simple reason, they lived in faraway places. They obviously needed time for letting themselves have a rest after being in the plane for hours, so did I. Having arrived on Wednesday, I had one chill day.

Styles family gathering was held at my aunt's place, aunt Ro. She had a huge place with everything needed. A living room with capacity of more than thirty persons, backyard for barbecue party, extra rooms for staying, even little cinema and bar. It was almost like a big palace for me. Her husband -uncle Kennedy- owned a big company, so it wasn't a question if her house was that huge.

"Harry!" greeted one of my cousins, Jason. He came towards me and crashed his shoulder onto mine whilst shaking my hand. "You're here, man!"

"Hey, Jason!" I flashed a warm and big smile.

In a second, there came a girl in simple white dress. Her blond long hair was put into a sleek ponytail. She ran and gave me a tight hug, "Oh my! Hello Harry! I've missed you a lot!"

"Hey, Jessie! I miss you too!" I gave her tight hug back. Jessie was one of some cousins I was close to, along with his older brother Jason. She was a year younger than me, whilst his brother was three months older than me.

"Let's go, I'll show you the room." Jessie pulled my hand as she led me into a room on the second floor of their house, an all-white-elegant-room.

"Thank you! Where is everyone?" I looked around as I put my lugagge on the floor.

"Going to Buckingham, I suppose." she paused, then continued again in quicker tempo. "Or maybe to the Big Ben."

"Why didn't you both go?"

"Because we knew you'd come today, so we stayed." said Jason.

"That's sweet! Thank you for staying."

"I'd do anything for my beloved cousin. Have a rest, Harry. If you need anything, call the one of the maids' number. Sometimes they still don't hear you even if you scream."

"Probably because they're in the third or fourth floor, or maybe in the yard." Jessie added.

"Sure, got it. Thanks for everything."

As the gathering started on Thursday afternoon, I sat together with most all of my relatives in the living room. It seemed pretty much like a party. Decoration, food, beers and all that. It was really nice to see faces I hadn't seen for a long time. Many things hadn't changed, like the habits and the love. On the other hand, many things had actually changed. Like perhaps being older.

"Look at that face! She looked a lot like you!" I touched the face of the baby I held on my arms with my index finger softly. The baby was my cousin's -Esther- who happened to stand next to me, smiling in pride.

"Look at my Harry, looking good holding a baby with him! When are you going to have one, dear?" asked grandma while sitting on the couch, right next to grandpa.

"Thanks grandma! I'd love to have one soon, but I'm still in high school."

"Ah, yeah!" she laughed. "How could I forgot!"