Our Happily Ever After Fantasy {h.s} (#JustWriteIt #Wattys2015)

Chapter 7

Our Happily Ever After Fantasy

Chapter 7

Sarah's P.O.V

I stand alone in the corner of the ballroom staring at people dancing. There were people dressed in big fancy dresses and charming suits waltzing together on the dance floor. I see Francesca and Harry dancing together, his hands are on her waist and a big grin is plastered on her face. I feel a small bust of jealousy flow through me. I keep staring; I couldn't put my eyes down. I watch him twirl her around and hold her waist.

It was a solid 5 minutes of standing and staring when I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to see a stranger, a grinning stranger to be exact. He had bright pink lips, brown hair, which is the same colour as Harry's and very high cheekbones. His jawline could probably cut glass. He must've seen the confused look on my face because he begins to tell me why he's here.

"Hey, I saw you standing alone and was watching you from across the hall. You seemed very lonely so I just walked over here and was wondering if you would like to dance with me," he says. He has a thick English accent that could probably send Julie looking like those heart eye emojis.

"I'd love to.... if I knew how to dance," I replied sheepishly.

"Don't worry, I myself don't know how to move on the dance floor. I probably couldn't waltz you away with charm like my younger brother Harry."

The last few words of his sentence made me pay more attention to him. His features looked so similar to Harry's. That's why he looked so familiar. It made me wonder more.

"You're Harry's brother? Harry has a brother?"

"Uhm, yea. I mean I'm supposed to be the one they crown king before Harry. You really didn't know who I was?"

I feel so embarrassed. My cheeks flush as I confirm his theory.

"Well that's great. I hate it when girls are all over me just because of the fact that I'll be king. I'm Louis and you are?" he smiles. Oh wow, that is a pretty attractive smile. Julie would have probably died. All I keep thinking about it how Julie and this guy would probably make a pretty cute couple.

"Sarah, I'm Francesca's maid," I say even more embarrassed. He'll probably run away soon, I mean I'm a maid and he's a soon-to-be-fucking-king.

"Well Sarah, if you're still up for a dance, my offer is still up," he reaches over and grabs my hand waiting for my answer. I give a nod and a small smile.

He leads me over to the crowd dance floor. They were waltzing around so smoothly, so choreographed, I'm afraid I might trip over my own left foot or something. Louis rests his hands on my waist pulling me an inch closer. It wasn't until a few minutes later that I was made aware of our close proximity, I felt his breathe on my forehead and I could feel his heart beating, quite rapidly I must say. I look up to meet his eyes, his bright blue gorgeous eyes. They were the type of beautiful eyes that you could stare into and get lost. His eyes would sparkle every time he smiles or grins.

I was so caught up in his eyes that I hadn't realized everyone else stopped dancing. They were looking at us and suddenly I was very aware of the attention we were getting. Louis must've noticed my nervous glances because he leans into my ear and says, "Don't worry about them. Let them stare, just pretend they're not there." And I did just that. It felt nice, I didn't trip or made a fool of myself and that was good. Louis guided me through the whole thing, when he steps backwards I step forward and we move from one section of the dance floor to the other with no difficulty.

The song comes to an end and the crowd watching us begins to applaud.

"Do you think that's his new mistress?"

"No she couldn't be, she's not pretty enough."

"Well I think she looks beautiful in that dress."

I look around the room to see many jealous looking females staring and whispering. Louis pulls me away from the dance floor just as another song begins to play and couples made their way back to the dance floor. We walk pass Francesca and Harry on the way to the buffet table. Francesca gives me two thumbs up and a warm smile, whereas Harry's expression was unclear to me. I hear him sigh sharply as I walk past.

Louis and I exchanged a few words while putting some food on our plate. I hadn't realized I was hungry until I reached for a small, fresh smelling loaf of bread. I was just enjoying my chosen foods when the mirror 7 meters away from us begins to shake. A few seconds later it shatters completely, bits of glass few is all directions. One of the shards would've went right threw my back if it weren't for Louis' quick thinking. He grabs me by my arms pulling me towards him shielding me from the glass. I hear him wince, but before I could find out if he was hurt I feel someone else pull me away from Louis' grasp.

The person pulls me into the messy crowd; I try to identify the figure pulling me away but the tight space is making me dizzy and I can't breathe properly. Finally the crowd shrinks and I hear two gunshots and more screams. Freaking out I try to turn around to see if anyone was injured, only to be dragged more forcefully out of the room. I finally get a glimpse of the person dragging me. Even though it was just the back of his head, I could tell the heap of messy brown curls definitely belonged to Harry. I worry a little less. He leads me out of the room and makes a swift turn around the corridors carefully checking to see if any of the guys had followed us. 

He finally stops in front of a room. The door paint on the door matched the walls perfectly and if they painted the handle too you probably wouldn't even notice that it was a door. He takes a key from his pocket and shoves it into the lock, twisting it open and pushing me inside. 

"Stay hidden in here okay? Francesca will be on the other end of this room. Just keep walking straight you'll find her okay?"

I nod. "What about you? Where are you going? What's happening?" I begin to bombard him with questions. 

"I'll be fine, just go. I need to do something important," he pushes me in and closes the door. I hear the locks turn. There is a dim light above my head but that's it, if I keep walking I'd just walk straight into darkness. But standing alone in this room is a lot scarier. I begin to walk forward, being careful not to bump into anything. I see a small figure in the distance; she's moving to and fro and twirling her hair in a nervous movement, kinda like how I usually do when I'm nervous. 

I quicken my pace towards her, forgetting to look in front of me. And of course I stepped into a pot pan lying on the floor making a loud noise. Francesca turns around lifting up a large piece of wood. 

"Who's there? I'm armed. Do not come any closer."

I throw my hands in the air, like how you would when police arrests you. "It's only me, put down the weapon."

Francesca lets out a sigh and drops the wood running towards me. She holds me in a tight embrace. 

"Oh my god, I have no idea what's happening right now. Where's Harry?"

"He dragged me in here and then left."

"WHAT?" she lets out a hushed scream.

"He said he was fine and he needed to go do something important."

"He told me that he was going to get you and the THREE of us would get out of here safely," she emphasises the word three to further stress out that Harry was supposed to be with us and not potentially get killed by those men. I try to think of things to say to calm Francesca, nothing comes to mind. What am I suppose to say? "Don't worry, the man you love is risking his life for you and might probably die but it's going to be okay?"

Instead I freak out with her. We pace back and forth waiting in silence. I turn to look at Francesca's face, she had the expression you'd have on when you're sitting in a math test and you read the first question and not understand anything it's asking you. She continuously sighs deeply every 5 seconds. I walk over to her and lightly touch her back. She looks up and her eyes began to water slightly. 

I kneel down next to her. "It's gonna be okay." 

{a/n: so what y'all think? what's happen. what what what omg what. :') anyways tysm for reading my story and if you like it so far please vote :D }