I'm with the band

04

"Simon!" I exclaim nervously and afraid, quickly getting up from Harry as he does too.

He shakes his head.
"What's it say that the rest of the group is downstairs rehearsing for your big upcoming tour and you two are in bed together?

"We swear, it's not at all what it looks like." Harry answers.

Simon had strict rules for us.
Well, for me mostly.
The main one being no dating any of the boys.

Harry specifically.
He wanted him to appeal to the female gaze, make him more desirable than he already was.

He was called a womanizer on multiple occasions because of this.

Which is not what he is at all.
Coming from someone who's known him for years, I could talk about Harry for hours, and womanizer is not a word I'd use to describe him.

And if this "No Dating" rule was broken, I just know Simon would be furious.
I mean, who knows what he'd do.

"Oh no?"  Simon asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Because it looks to me as though you and Harry were on your bed together, Elizabeth."

"Simon, I can assure you nothing happened." Harry says, as we stood next to each other, stiff as can be.
"We were play fighting and Lizzy hopped on my back, and I tripped and fell, and she clobbered me."

"Clever excuse." Simon accuses.

"But it's not an excuse." Harry says, I can hear the frustration lingering in his voice.

"Okay, fine. It's not an excuse." He says sarcastically, pulling out his phone as Harry and I look at each other in confusion.
"How do you explain these photos then?"

He showed us pictures of us from before on some celebrity gossip website.
Walking to my car, holding hands.
And at the movie theatre, where I jumped on him.

Me and Harry's eyes widen in fear.
How did they get those photos? There was no one at the theatre!

My mouth falls, knowing how bad that looks.
What was even worse was the headline.

"Loving in Secret: Lizzy Walker and Harry Styles getting cozy at the movie theatre together, earlier today. Here's what we know."

"Here's what we know?"
What is there to know!?
Me and Harry aren't dating!

Both our mouths fall in shock, because that headline was all lies.
Well, I mean, not all lies, but most of it was.

"Simon, that picture was taken completely out of context." I defend.
"It was a horror movie, I got startled so I nuzzled to Harry."

"And the photos of you holding hands?" He asks, still frustrated.

"Lizzy was being bombarded by the paparazzi, I grabbed her hand so she wouldn't get hurt." Harry says.

"I trust both of you to tell me the truth." Simon says.
"Are you, or are you not dating."

"Simon, those articles are always fake news, don't let them fool you." Harry answers, making a comment about the bogus article.

"I want a yes, or a no, Harry." He says, sternly.

"We're not." I say, shaking my head.
"I promise you Simon, we're not, and we won't."