Inked [Harry Styles]

ii. meeting him again

“I am not working in there.” I protested as Alice tried to persuade me to work in Victoria’s Secret.

“Why not? The moneys good and you get free stuff.” She said, trying to reason me.

“It’s an underwear store.” I pointed out.

“So?” She said, trying to see what I was getting at.

“I am not working in a store where guys come in for a joke and I really don’t need free underwear.” I said and wandered off to find another store applying for jobs.

I came across a petite café that went by the name of ‘Sugar Sweet’ and immediately noticed the ‘Looking For Jobs’ sign that was pinned on the door using blue tack. When Alice caught up with me, she had the same idea. I opened the door and a bell rang telling the staff that we had arrived.

My eyes scanned the insides of the store and I decided that I would actually like to work here. It was a small café with baby blue walls with famous quotes written on the walls in green. The counter had an array of cakes and biscuits that made my mouth water with pleasure. A blonde girl with an apron wrapped round her hips came up to the counter and smiled.

“Can I help you?” She said in a gorgeous Irish accent.

“Yeah, I saw that you have a job going. Where can I apply?” I asked her, trying not to stutter.

“Well you can have the job. Nobody else has applied, need someone as well.” She said.

“Shouldn’t you ask the boss first?” I questioned.

“I am the boss! When can you start?” She said.

“Erm, Monday?” I said and she smiled.

“See you then um?” She said and paused. I hadn’t told her my name yet.

“Evelynn, Evelynn Rose.”

“Well, I’ll take some details of you Evelynn and then I’ll see you on Monday!”

She directed me to the back room while Alice just stood there looking awkward. I filled in some forms that had information on like, my past jobs, my birthday, my age and stuff like that. Indie (the boss) found it interesting that I was in the army and asked questions that some people would never dare to ask, that’s what I liked about her. I didn’t like people who refrain from asking things about me.

Me and Alice waved goodbye to Indie as we exited the café. Something told me that I was going to enjoy working there. I turned to face Alice.

“So when are we meeting Josh and his friends?” I asked Alice, she looked at her watch and her phone.

“Now, at the fountain.” She said and walked in the other direction towards the fountain.

I rolled my eyes but followed her to the fountain where 6 boys were sat on the bench (yes, all squeezed onto one bench) and I recognised one. One head that I never wanted to ever see again. A face with green eyes and dimples.

Yes, Harold Edward Styles.

-Harry-

I didn’t know she was going to be here. Josh had said that his girlfriend Alice was bringing her best friend but I didn’t expect it to be Evelynn Alison Rose. The girl who hated me but I didn’t exactly hate her back.

The thing about Evelynn was that she was hard to read. People always said that girls always show their emotions but whoever said that obviously didn’t know Evelynn. She either didn’t have any emotion whatsoever or just was never any good at showing. I admired her for that.

I wasn’t very good at hiding my emotions when I was upset, everyone knew about it. So when I fell in love, I fell hard and fast and I became a crumbling mess when I fell in love. I didn’t love Evelynn I was just very intrigued about her and the way that she did things.

There was no point in denying that Evelynn wasn’t smoking hot and she also had an amazing sense of style, well that I knew. She had a pair of tight jeans that fit perfectly round her skinny legs, a white tank top, and a baby blue blazer. Her blonde hair had been blow dried to perfection and her face not caked in makeup but enough to hide her spots. Well, if she had spots.

I don’t get why girls wore makeup, all it did was create a mask for them to hide behind. Evelynn never wore makeup in the army so I don’t know why she had to start now?

Alice (Josh’s girlfriend) waved a quick hello to me and the boys but then pounced on her boyfriend. Alice was a really sweet girl, very fit too. Josh had caught a good one there. Evelynn sighed and looked away from me and the boys.

She really didn’t want to be here.

I snuck a look at the boys but they saw me looking and gave me nods saying ‘Go talk to her’. I sighed but stood up and went over to Evelynn. When I got near to her, she rolled her eyes and took a step away from me. I held my hands up in a surrender position and didn’t step any closer.

“Why are you scared of me Evelynn?” I asked her and she rolled her eyes.

“I’m not scared of you. I just don’t want my face in the newspaper.” She retorted and pointed behind me.

I looked behind me and noticed some fans and paparazzi taking pictures. I agreed with her on that one, I wanted Evelynn to be out of the spotlight because I knew she was damageable. I hooked my arm around her waist and steered her into a Starbucks (the nearest store).

She fought to get out of my grip and when we were in Starbucks, I let her out of my grip. She took 3 steps away from me and glared.

“You said that you didn’t want to be in the newspapers and they were paparazzi, I saved you from public humiliation.” I said “So you owe me an apology.”

“How about I owe you a coffee. That can be my apology. If you know me then you know I’m never sorry.” She said and went over to the counter to buy my coffee.

I sighed. Well a coffee was better than nothing I guessed. I got a table by the window and sat down in one of the chairs. Moments later she joined me and placed my coffee on the table and then put her deluxe hot chocolate across from mine. I opened my mouth in protest and she noticed and laughed.

“I said I’d buy you a coffee. I never said I would be getting a coffee.” She retorted and I couldn’t protest.

“So…” I said, trying to start up a conversation.

“Why did you do that Harry?” She said, looking right into my eyes.

“Because believe it or not Evelynn, I care about you.” I said back, staring right back in her eyes. She looked away as soon as I had looked into her eyes, like she was scared about looking into people’s eyes.

“Why Harry? You hate me.” She said, raising her eyebrows.

“No I don’t and you don’t hate me.” I said, trying to reach for her hands.

She moved her hands straight away, like she was afraid to touch me.

“I don’t hate you Harry. I just severely dislike you.” She said.

Well I liked Evelynn. More than I should, more than it was healthy, but I knew that she didn’t like me back. Well not yet. I’m going to fight for her.

I’m going to make her love me.  

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A/N: Oh Harry :) It's getting interesting :) I can promise you there is going to be drama pretty much straight away. 

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