Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Harry Is Mean Or How I Met Ed Sheeran

It was Friday night and I was on my way to Louis' house. Fortunately, it was only a short 15- minutes-walk away from our flat so I didn't even have to ride the bus. To say that I was nervous was an understatement. I was wearing my favourite clothes I felt the most comfortable in and I had even put on a little bit of makeup which Lily had insisted on. Being the polite guest my dad had raised me to be, I had bought some chocolate which I hoped would be welcomed by the boys. My stomach flipped as I entered his street, filled with nice, normal looking houses, completely different from the tiny flat Lily and I were sharing.

51, 53, 55... I stopped in front of Louis' house, unable to actually open the gate and walk up to the front door to ring the bell, but then again, I couldn't spent my whole evening standing outside his house. Although I had to admit that the idea sounded very appealing. Taking deep breaths, I slowly opened the gate, walked up to the door and hesitantly rang the doorbell. There was a loud thud coming from the other side of the door, laughter and then the lights in the hallway went on.

A few seconds later a widely grinning Louis opened the door for me. "Claire, you made it!" he said happily and pretty much pulled me into the house into a hug. "I told you I would come and I usually keep my promises." I replied after he had released me, while trying to take off my jacket without looking like a complete idiot. Louis who saw that I was struggling, jumped to my rescue. "Here let me help you, love." He gently pulled of the jacket and hung it to the other jackets while I tried to hide my blush and mumbled a shy thanks.

After I had taken my shoes off, I remembered my gift and quickly presented Louis with the chocolate. "Oh Claire, you didn't have to buy something!" he said. I blushed even more. "Not that I am complaining, but you're welcome any time, with and without chocolate. Now, come on, we were about to order pizza when you arrived." He took my hand into his big one and I died a little bit inside while trying to take in as much of his house as possible.

The others cheered when Louis let me into the room, although I could have sworn that I saw Harry frown when he saw Louis' hand around mine, and I quickly let go as Niall pulled me into a welcoming hug. After I had also been greeted by Liam and Sophia, who was even more beautiful than she looked on the photos, I saw that the boys had company. I nearly let out squeal, which I could luckily cover up with a cough, but I saw Harry laughing at me. 

Ed Sheeran was standing next to Liam and I was sure that I had accidently entered my personal heaven instead of Louis' house. He grinned and exchanged a look with Harry before coming over to greet me. "Hi, I am Ed. Nice to meet you." He pulled me into a hug which I quickly returned. "Hi, I am Claire. It's kind of surreal to meet you. I am a huge fan of your music." I said really quickly, before turning into a human tomato and adverting my eyes. I heard the others laugh at my outburst. "Oh I already knew your name. Louis here wouldn't shut up about you." Ed said with an evil grin and now it was Louis' turn to blush.

"Soooo, lads, what about the pizza?" he asked without looking at me. Everyone cheered and shouted their preferences at him while I just stood quietly in a corner, trying to take everything in. I saw Harry looking over at me and gave him a small smile which he returned before he made his way over to me. "Hey, are you okay?" I nodded. "Are you sure?" he asked. "I'm fine, Harry, really. But thanks for caring." I said with a smile and looked up at him. "Any time, love." He replied and showed off his dimples while I nearly melted on the floor. 

"Now, what would you like on your pizza? Any preferences?" I thought for a few seconds. "Well, I am vegetarian and therefore don't eat meat or fish but apart from that I am open to pretty much everything." I told him. "That shouldn't be a problem. Oi, guys, Louis!" Louis looked over to us and shot Harry a questioning look. "Can we order a meat-free pizza because Claire here doesn't eat meat?" Louis just nodded and gave us thumbs up before he turned his attention back on Niall who was trying to convince him to order two pizzas for him. I looked up at Harry. "Thank you, you didn't have to do that." He shook his head. "Of course I had to. We don't want you to starve here, now, do we?" he said with a wink and then walked over to sit down on the sofa next to Ed while I was left alone, trying to act as if the wink hadn't affected me at all.

After everyone had ordered their pizzas (Niall had indeed ordered two), we all settled down on the sofas in the living room and I found myself squished in between Louis and Harry (not that I was complaining). There wasn't a lot of space left for me and my thighs were touching both of their thighs, while Louis had rested his arm on the back of the sofa behind our heads. Everyone quietly chatted to themselves and I was kind of just admiring everyone, lost in my thoughts when I felt someone poking my side and looked up.

Harry was grinning down on me with a devilish twinkle in his eyes. He poked me again and I squealed and tried getting out of his reach. This turned out to be impossible as I was unable to move any further away from him if I didn't want to end up on Louis' lab. He proceeded to poke and then tickle me until Louis who had stopped talking to Liam interfered and pulled me onto his lab, protecting me from Harry.

"Why are you attacking my new best friend?" he asked while I smugly grinned at Harry from the safety of Louis's arms. Harry eyed me suspiciously before replying. "She stole my spot." I burst out laughing because he looked like a little kid who hadn't gotten its will with his arms crossed and a pout on his beautiful face. "You don't have a spot, Harry." Louis replied while shaking his head. Harry just stuck out his tongue at us and turned away from us. The others who had watched our exchange with amused smiles on their faces now started discussing which film we wanted to watch.

Everyone shouted their suggestions at each other while I just leaned back on Louis and rested my head on his shoulder. "What's your favourite movie, love?" I heard Louis' voice in my left ear, his sudden closeness sending shivers down my spine. I blushed a little bit. "Love Actually." I admitted sheepishly and I heard Louis chuckle. "Hey, it's a great movie!" I defended myself. "It is a good movie." Louis admitted. "Harry has made us watch it a couple of times over the years." I grinned up at him. "Really?" He nodded. "Then I might forgive him for being a meanie and the tickling and poking." I said with a grin and relaxed again, leaning back into Louis. He was just so comfortable and it felt so... right, somehow. Louis' arms tightened around me and I saw Liam and Sophia exchanging knowing looks. Just when I caught Harry's eyes, the doorbell rang and Niall jumped up and excitedly skipped down the hallway to get the pizza. 

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Thank you for making the effort to read my story, I really appreciate it. -S. x