The Bad Boy

Chapter 116

Harry's P.O.V.

    I watch the time tick by slowly as we wait around in the hospital. Ally sleeps while Niall, Steph and I try and make conversation, quietly enough that Ally can still sleep. I'm just waiting until we get to be alone at the apartment.

    "Shit!" Steph says suddenly, standing up from the couch and grabbing her phone.

    "What?" I ask.

    "Ash told me to call her after the doctor came in. Shit it's been like two hours!" Steph says, dialing on her phone. I don't know how girls do it but somehow they all have each others phone numbers...

    Steph holds the phone to her ear and walks out of the room, letting the door close behind her.

    "So, tonight..." Niall wiggles his eyebrows.

    "What about it?" I ask him, crossing my arms over my chest and looking at him expectantly.

    "Your plans?" Niall asks.

    "Whatever Steph wants to do. What are you getting at Horan?" I ask.

    "Do you think she'll give it up?" Niall's cheeks turn red.

    "Truthfully? No....I always hope she will, but I've learned she's persistant in her ways." I shake my head.

    "Have you told her about.....that girl?" Niall asks.

    "She was just laying on me, what do you think?" I huff.

    "Are you going to tell her?" Niall persists.

    "At some point, yes!" I snap. "I don't want to talk about it."

    "Have you told her about your job?" Niall asks.

    This makes me grin a little. My job working for the publishing company that rivals Steph's, and is conveniantly located across the street, will allow me to move to New York if I want to. I was there up until the last few days of senior year because I didn't plan on finishing high school. Then I learned I only needed a few credits to graduate, so I decided to move to Evansville to get my diploma, which I never got because I was in England. They've been wanting for me to come back to working there again, but I never could because of Steph. I've been waiting for the right time to tell her, and I think I'll do it after our night tonight.

    "No....I'll do that tonight. Maybe I'll tell her that and then tell her about the girl..." I muse.

    "Yeah, that way she'll murder you a little more gently...." Niall rolls his eyes and becomes quiet as Steph enters the room.

    "She's coming over until visiting hours end but then she's going 'round to a friends' and spending the night there." Steph says. "Whatever that means."

    "It means she's not staying at ours." I try and confuse her more with typical Britain language.

    "Ok whAT?" Steph asks, sitting down next to me on the couch, turning to face me and crossing her legs.

    "It just means she's going to someone else's." I say.

    "Someone else's WHAT?" She asks, getting flustered.

    "House." I laugh.

    "Say something else British, it sounds hot." Steph says and laughs at her own words. Niall watches us from the bed, shaking his head.

    "Come round to ours and we can have noon tea in the front seat and you can see our new loo." I say, praying for my accent to come through for me.

    "Definitely hot." Steph confirms.

    "Oh gross." Ally groans. "I prefer Irish."

    Niall's smile fades when Steph fires back "You mean leprochaun?"

    "I am blonde for christ sake, leprochauns have red hair!" Niall yelps.

    "Aw honey." Ally says, rolling over and stroking Niall's arm. "I think leprochauns are hot..."

    "I think unicorns are hot if we're talking about our mythical creatures fetishes." Ash adds, stepping into the room.

    "We weren't but that'a pretty cool." Steph says and Ally nods in agreement.