She Stole My Heart // Hariana

The Question

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"Oh man, Harry's got it bad!" I hear Louis bellow out loudly as soon as he knows Ariana's out of earshot. He twirls over to me with a giddy smile on his face and gives me a smack on my butt.

    "Knock it off Louis. I haven't got it bad for her." I laugh off his comment with my face blazing.

    Liam chimes in with his deep laughter, "Come on, even a kindergartener can see how into her you are." He says with a pointed look.

    "Even Niall can tell!" Louis grabs Niall into a choke hold and digs his knuckles into the top of his scalp.

    "Aye! Get offa me!" Niall squirms and laughs.

    I let myself fall into a black rolling chair and put my head in my hands, "What am I gonna do?"

    "Ask her out on a date. Simple as pie." Liam says.

    "Simple as pie? How is pie simple? And no, asking a famous pop star on a date isn't simple. In fact, it's the farthest from simple you could ever get." I grumble in frustration.

    "How is it not simple? All you have to do is go up to her and lay it down. If she says yes, great! If she says no, you have to cut off all of your hair and move to Puerto Rico." Louis explains quickly and causes Niall to burst into fits of laughter.

    I give Louis a flat look, "Gee, thanks Louis. That really helps me." He gives me a shrug.

    "I think Louis is right. Just go over to her dressing room and ask her on a date. It's the most harmful plan in your books right now. Also, there is no paps to spill the news the second you ask her." Liam walks over to me and pats me on the shoulder.

    "Do you really think I should ask her right now?" I inhale deeply as I ponder on the decision.

     All three of them nod in assurance and I sigh. They were right. It was pretty simple. But what if she did say no? I would probably shave off all of my hair and move to Puerto Rico like Louis said.

    This is one of those times where I should watch Shia Labeouf yell "just do it!" over and over again.

    "Okay! I'll do it." I nod in confidence, "Right after I take an hour nap!" I finish then get up and start walking to our dressing room with quick steps.

    "Hey! No, you are doing it right now." Liam calls then appears in front of me to stop my escape.

    "Okay, okay, fine. I'll go do it right now." I say then turn on my heel and basically gallop to Ariana's room with a battle cry. I couldn't tell if I was full of adrenaline or ready to burst into frightened tears. I was such a baby!

    "Yeah, you go get her Harry!" I hear Louis yell excitedly.

    I fist pumped into the air with another short battles cry, this time gathering attention from stage crew. I give them all a thumbs up and they just shrug and look away. I make it half of the way to Ariana's dressing room before tripping on a wire and falling face first to the ground. Just as this happens the door to Ariana's room opens and she gasps.

    "Fuck me!" I yell as I get up and rub my now sore and throbbing nose.

    Ariana scurries over to me with a little laugh and kneels down by my side. She lifts my chin suddenly to look at my nose and I almost push her away.

    This is all happening to fast.

    Wow, I need to stop being such a girl.

    "Are you okay? I came out to go get salad and you were cussing on the floor. I was like 'the fuck?'" She giggles lightly and I join in but stop as my nose almost blows up from pain.

    "Yeah, I'm fine. I was actually on my way to talk to you." I reveal finally and she smiles.

    "Oh! Okay, well let's go to my dress room I guess." She gets up and waits for me to gather my posture before heading to her room with me behind her.

    She shuts the door behind me then goes to sit on a little couch identical to the one in my dress room. I sit across from her on a grey foldable chair and lean back to get myself comfortable. I had to be relaxed to do this or I might start hiccuping or something. How embarrassing would that be?

    "So, what's on your mind?" She says then snorts, "I sound like a therapist."

    I smile, she was so cute, "Well, I came to ask you this question that I still feel weird about and I don't know... Maybe I should just leave." I say and start to move around to get up but she leans forward and slaps my knee.

    "Come on, don't be like that. I don't bite." She laughs and smiles widely.

   "Okay.... Well I was talking with my boys before we got here and I don't know if you know but I am leaving One Direction." I begin with that for no apparent reason. Actually, I was stalling. I felt like I was gonna poop my pants.

    "What the hell? Are you serious?" She looks sad all of the sudden.

    "Yeah... A lot of things are going on in my life right now and One Direction is just adding to much on my already full plate. Don't get me wrong, I love the fans and my mates but I need to let go of it." I explain freely and I find myself getting more comfortable by the second.

    "I mean... I guess I understand. Yeah, I do. I know exactly where you're coming from and I think you're doing the right thing." She assures me and nods with a heartwarming smile.

    "Thank you for that. I know you're prbabaly going to be the most understanding of everyone. I can just tell right now." She was just overall the greatest girl ever. How could nobody like this girl?

    "You're welcome! So, was there anything else? You said you had a question...?" She pushes on to the question I had mentioned before we started talking.

    At this point I was so comfortable that I knew I was ready to ask her this question, "Oh, yeah... Well, I've been thinking about you lately and I'm really into you- sorry that sounds kind of odd but... Will you go on date with me? We can go get dinner or something like that?" My words fall out one by one and I'm surprised I haven't abandoned ship yet.

    Ariana sits back in her chair with eyes wider than usual and she places her hands in her lap. I watch her closely to make sure she doesn't look disgusted or like she wants to call security. Wow, this is nerve-wracking.

    "Wow, Harry... I was not expecting this. I mean, wow." She laughs at her lack of words.

    "Oh man... You don't like me at all, huh?" I feel my heart sink in my chest, "It's fine... No hard feelings I guess. I'll just talk to you later." I say and start to get up but Ariana jumps up and stops me.

    "No! No, you've got it all wrong. Harry, I do like you. I just didn't know you felt that way about me. That's why I'm so speechless. I feel lucky that a guy like you even looked my way." She explains quickly and my frown turns into a smile and I hug her.

    "That's great! So, yes? To the date?"

    She looks down then and I feel my frown come back. She's gonna say no and that she already had a boyfriend. It was okay I guess. I was used to rejection by this time. I was just hoping that she'd like me enough to go out with me.

    "Can I have time to think about it?" She asks suddenly.

    My eyebrows curl together, "Think about it? Of course... I mean I don't mind at all."

    She lets out a sigh and relaxed visibly, "Okay, thank you. I'll let you know in about a day or two. Is that fine?"

    I shake my head, "Yeah, no it's totally fine. I'll text you. Okay?"

    She nods and smiles with her lip in between her teeth. Damn, she was the most beautiful thing ever.

    "Bye Ari." I wink.

    "Bye Harry." She says then I back out of the door and she closes it.

    Oh man, I hope she says fucking yes or else I am shaving my head and moving to Puerto Rico.