Infinity | H.S.

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- Nicole -

It's been about a month since I spent the night over at Harry's place. We've had a few more sleepovers since then and they've been great but I'm scared that we're getting too close. He's a great, sweet, caring guy but I don't want to get so close to him then end up getting hurt.

"Mommy, Mommy!" Natalia calls out to me, running over to the couch and climbing up on it.

"What is it?" I ask, brushing some hair out of her eyes once she's settled on the couch.

"Is Santa coming?" She looks up to me with an expecting look, grinning away with a barely there dimple in her right cheek.

"He's gonna come tonight when you're sleeping and leave you some presents." I tell her for the twentieth time since she's gotten up today.

"But why can't he come now and give me presents?" She asks, her lips turning into a pout.

"Because Santa likes to give surprises." I reply. "Don't worry. You'll wake up tomorrow morning and get to open bunches of presents."

"Oh, yay!" She cheers. "Are Aunt Jen and Aunt Darcy coming over for Christmas?"

"I think they're coming over tonight to stay with us and we'll all watch you open your presents in the morning." I explain. "I think Aunt Jen won't be in until late so you might not see her until in the morning."

"I'm glad Aunt Jen and Aunt Darcy are gonna be here." She tells me, her smile returning. "What about Harry?"

"I'm not sure." I say, glancing from her to my phone that's on the couch arm then back to her. "Maybe he'll come over Christmas morning."

"Okay, Mommy." She replies. "I go play now." She gets down from the couch and runs over to her pile of toys. I pick my phone up from the arm and end up dialing Harry's number, putting the phone to my ear and waiting on him to pick up. When he doesn't answer, I decide on leaving him a voicemail.

"Hey, Harry. I know you're probably already out celebrating Louis' birthday but I just wanted to check up on you and ask if you were gonna come over here tomorrow to celebrate Christmas with us. I'll talk to you later, babe. Bye." I end the call then place my phone on the coffee table in front of me.

I grab the television remote and flip it to Friends, watching a few episodes of that to pass the time. Around the time the sun sets, Darcy comes in with fast food bags in one of her hands and drinks in the other.

"Yay, dinner." I cheer, clapping my hands together before taking one of the bags from her and opening it up. "Thank you."

"Not a problem." She replies. "I got Jen something, too. When is she gonna get here?"

"She said she's gonna get here probably after Natalia is asleep." I tell her. "She can always warm it up in the microwave when she gets here."

"True, true." She nods. I get up and fix Nat's food on a plate, placing it on the coffee table where I can watch her, and calling her over so she can feed herself. "Is your man friend going to come over and celebrate Christmas with us?"

"I'm not really sure." I reply. "I called him but I'm pretty sure he's already out with Louis."

"Oh, yeah. Louis told me about them going out tonight." She remarks.

"They're probably going to get drunk off their asses." I mutter under my breath, beginning to eat what she's brought me.

"Let's just hope they have a designated driver." She says. "And that they don't call one of us in the middle of the night to come pick them up."