Hollow (Harry Styles) #Wattys2016

Chapter 31

Songs:

That's When I Knew: Alicia Keys

Hollow: Tori Kelly

Yours: Ella Henderson

Like I'm Gonna Lose You: Meghan Trainor

I Like The Way You Love Me: Brenton Woods

Beneath Your Beautiful: Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande

A.J.'s POV

I watched as Odie, Ed, Liam and Louis sat around the fire with Harry and I. After everything was picked up and put away, we decided to have ourselves a little bonfire, much like the night of my birthday. It was still pretty early so I imagined that tonight was going to be a long night.

Louis inhaled and exhaled loudly, "that's wonderful isn't it? Love is in the air."

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked.

"Are you blind mate?" Louis asked, clearly flabbergasted. "It's all around you."

"You and and A.J." Ed pointed out.

Harry nodded in agreement, squeezing my shoulders lightly. I looked up to see his reaction, neither of us had talked about loving each other, so I wasn't sure how he felt. All I could see was a smile on his face, which I took as a good sign.

"Niall and Sam," Liam spoke up.

"What?" Harry almost choked. "I thought they were just hanging out still?"

We all chuckled in unison in unison as we watched him process the information. Louis was clearly having a blast.

"Chris and Eva," Odie chimed in.

"No way, since when?" Harry raised an eyebrow, confusion etched on his face.

"John and Gemma," Louis couldn't resist. A cheeky smile plastered on his face as he watched Harry react.

"What?" Harry practically yelled, sitting up from our cuddled position, causing my sore ribs to throb at the sudden movement.

I bit my lips so I wouldn't react at the sudden rush of pain. I took small breaths to try to ease the sharp pain. As I composed myself, I could hear their conversation again. Louis was trying to convince Harry that there was something going on between his sister and Johnny while Liam, who was just trying to calm him down, assured him that it was just speculation.

"Honestly mate, you need to open your eyes a little bit," Louis said to Harry. "It's been going on for months, everyone has noticed."

I pulled Harry's face to look at me, it was still in it's confused position. I couldn't help but chuckle. "You're so cute babe," I kissed him softly before pulling away, running my fingers through his hair, his face slowly composing itself. "I'm going to get some water." I wasn't thirsty, but I couldn't take anymore of the pain and needed to stretch. I had gone all day without taking any painkillers, I wanted to have fun, it wasn't everyday I was able to have a family function without my mom or Theo around to put me in a bad mood.

"I'll come with," he began to get up, but I pushed him back down.

"No, stay with your friends, I'm just going to get some water and pie, maybe," I lied. But he seemed to believe it, since he didn't protest like he usually did.

After he helped me up and I asked if anybody wanted anything to, I made my way to the kitchen. As I served myself my water, I began to feel sleep overtake me. I briefly considered going to bed instead of going back outside, but then I remembered who else was staying here. Panic began to settle as I thought of all the possibilities of Theo coming in while I was sleeping. I shut my eyes tight, leaning my against the counter, I really needed to calm down. I was just freaking myself out. Theo was too much of a coward to try anything with a house full of people, especially with Harry here.