One Way or Another

Chapter 10

Niki POV

TODAY IS THE DAY!

THE SUN IS SHINING.

OH MY WHAT A PERFECT DAY.

I woke up at about 5:30 this morning because I was overly-excited. I had to try my very hardest to keep my excitedness to a level 1 because I knew Anthony would get suspicious. I got dressed quickly in my black short-shorts and my red SWAG crop top. Did I mention that crop tops are like my favorite things in the wold? Well ya, they are.

I grabbed my phone and wallet and raced toward the door. Right as I got a hold of the door handle, I heard a sleepy voice call my name. "Nicole....What-where are you going?" Anthony said, rubbing his eyes. Busted I thought. "Uh...no where. I just um....i'm just going for a quick run to the mall...ya! I'll be back soon." I kissed his cheek and ran back toward the door.

God damn that was close.

When I got to the mall, there was people EVERYWHERE. I could barley see 2 feet in front of me. I walked into my favorite store, Forever 21, quickly to buy some accessories. Quickly turned into 30 minutes and 30 minutes turned into 1 hour. I'm surprised I didn't buy the whole damn store.

Time to buy the perfect dress! Now this is going to be fun!

I walked into Charlotte Russe with my four Forever 21 bags. I was looking at a red and gold strapless when I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket. It was Harry!

Hey Niki :) Just wanted to wish you good luck today with the whole dinner and everything. Hope everything turns out exactly how you want it to.

Warm Wishes :) ~Hazza

Aww. He is soooo sweet. And attractive. And-NIKI YOU ARE GETTING PROPOSED TO TODAY. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.

Awwww thanks hazz!!! Soooooo excited for tonight. I am also REALLY nervous. can that happen at the same time?!?!

I walked around, seeing dress after dress. There was this cute strapless white lace one. It went down to my ankles and would look super cute with my gold necklace I just bought. I grabbed it off the hanger and continued looking. There was another one that was a tank top dress that had white on my chest and under my boobs (don't judge me) it went into a flowly shirt like form. The "skirt" was pink with white stripes and wen down to my knees.

There it is. I found it. I have you in my sight.

It was a black high-low shirt with a turquoise blue strapless bandeau. Nothing In the middle I know but this was the cutest. It looked like they weren't meant to be together. Like someone had just thrown the bandeau on top of the skirt and left. well thank you random citizen. I grabbed the hanger and walked over to the cashier.

Once I paid for my revealing dress, I walked to the Starbucks a few stores down. I walked in and got my usual white chocolate mocha and sat at a nearby table. I heard them call my name and I walked over to the serving table. Right as I grabbed my cup, and other hand clutched it also. I looked over to see a girl a little bit shorter than me. She quickly pulled her hand away.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!"

"No no! It's okay!"

I looked at my cup and discovered that I had picked up the wrong drink.....

"Are you...Sydney?" I said, reading the name off of the cup. "Yah!" she said smiling. "Well then you might want your drink back..." I said, handing her her drink. She smiled and turned away quickly. I followed her movements to a table in the corner of the room. She was sitting with a very attractive guy. Wait...he looks really familiar. He looks a lot like....ANTHONY!!!!!! No way. Anthony wouldn't cheat on me.

I grabbed my drink and rushed back to my table. Hidden behind a magazine, I watched Anthony and that Sydney chick. She reached her arm across the table and Anthony...grabbed it. FUCK TO THE NO. I threw down the magazine, grabbed my bags and ran out the door. "NIKI!! Wait! I can explain" I heard Anthony call behind me.

I started running. I ran ass fast as I could considering that I had like 6 bags on my arms. I ran into this weird store named Jack Wills. I ran full speed ahead into the store. I wiped away any stray tears that were still on my cheeks. I turned around to see if Anthony was still there when I felt a body bump into my back. I fell to the ground, taking my bags with me.

"Miss are you-Niki?" I snapped my head up to the sound of my name. It was Harry. I hopped of the floor and jumped on top of Harry. By now, I was already crying rivers."Niki," he said stroking my back, "what's wrong? What happened?"

"An-Anthony ch-cheated on m-me" I said between sniffles. His face turned angry. "Why don't you come over to my flat and you can calm down and tell me what happened. Sound good?" I nodded and nuzzled my head further into his shoulder. He picked up my scattered bags on the floor and carried me, and my bags, out of the mall and into the car.

"Here, have some tea. It'll calm you down a little." Harry said. He gave me a warm cup of tea. I went to go sit on the couch with Harry following me. I just stared at my tea. I stared and stared and stared and-"Nik, are you okay?" I snapped my head up to the sound of Harry's voice next to me. "Ya I'm fine...It's just...Anthony used to make me English tea all the time. A tear slid down my cheek and onto Harry's t-shirt he let me borrow. "No no no! Don't cry!" Harry said, pulling me into a hug. I just sat there. I was to weak to hug him back.

"So what happened exactly?" Harry asked, letting go of me. "Well..." I began. I took a sip of my tea and then put it on a near by coffee table.

"I went out to go dress shopping for the dinner tonight and decided to grab a quick Starbucks before I went home. When I went up to get my drink, this girl grabbed it. I soon realized it was her drink not mine and that mine was on the opposite side of the table. She was a pretty girl. A little shorter than me. I followed her movements to a table in the very corner of the room. There was a person sitting next to her. It was Anthony. Now I knew it wasn't one of his girl friends that he has because we are in London and I know for a fact that they didn't follow us here. And I wouldv'e recognized her if she was. Anyway, i went back to my table to...investigate them from afar. When the girl reached across the table...Anthony....grabbed it. He took her hand in his like he used to do with me".

Tears were flowing down my face. I wiped them away with my sleeves. Harry pulled me onto his lap and hugged me. He leant his head on mine. My breathing slowly began to get calmer. My sniffles were diminishing. I heard his deep voice whisper in my ear, "Wanna stay here tonight? I can sleep on the couch so you can sleep in my bed. How does that sound?". I looked up at him,

"I'd like that. Except I can sleep on the couch Harry. It's okay".

"Noooo I insist you sleep in my bed".

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Fine I guess you just have to sleep in bed with me because there is no way I am letting you sleep on the couch".

"Fine".

"Fine!"

"FINE!!"

I looked over at a smiling Harry and smiled back. "You don't have to yell you know" I said walking over to him. I stood on my tip-toes and placed a kiss on his forehead. Then I raced toward the kitchen to grab my bags. I smiled. God Niki.

Tonight is going to be VERY interesting.