A Twist of Fate (Harry Styles/Niall Horan love triangle)

(chp 7) Getting Down and Dirty

After talking with Liam I went back upstairs to my room to get dressed. As soon as I was done dressing Riley ran in with a burst of enthusiasm. “I have the best idea!!...well it was kind of your idea, but guess what ?!?!”

“You’re going to start watching Once Upon A Time?” I asked hopefully.

“No!!!!” She said exasperated. “We are going to go on a date with Liam and Louis.” She started to clap her hands with excitement.

“We???” I asked, not liking where this was going.

“Yeah!! I thought that we could all go to a movie to ease the tension. Please say that you’ll go!!!! Pleeeaasee!!!” She begged.

“Alright, alright!!” I said, giving in. “But you’re buying my popcorn!”

“Deal!!”

“So when are we going?” I asked.

“Saturday!!! You’re the best!!” She shouted, giving me a quick hug and running off.

This is turning out to be a very weird day, I thought as I walked down the stairs to find Zayn getting ready to leave. “Where are you headed Zayn?”

“I’m headed to the airport, I didn’t tell you?” I shook my head. “I’m picking up Belle, she’s going to be staying here to visit for a while.” He said excitedly.

I smiled at him. “I can’t wait to meet her.”

He headed toward the door. “See you in a bit Cass.”

“Bye. Don’t have car sex!!” I teased. He laughed as he shut the door and headed towards his car. Now…. what to do???? I asked myself, walking around aimlessly. Then I smiled…….cake, I thought as I walked into the kitchen finding Harry rummaging through the refrigerator. I started going through all of the cabinets.

“What are you doing?” He questioned as he took a huge gulp of milk.

“Use a glass Harry!!”

“I find that it’s fresher when it comes right out of the carton.” He teased, smiling at me.

I rolled my eyes. “Whatever you say, and to answer your previous question I want to make a cake.”

“Need help? Cuz truth be told I am the best cook around these parts.” Harry proclaimed as he started stretching his arms.

I laughed at his little show. “Cockiness helps no one. But if you want to help, you can tell me where all of the bowls and measuring cups are.” I said still digging around trying to find them.

He looked at me amused and went to a cabinet a foot away from me and opened it revealing all of the things I needed.

“The one cabinet I neglected to check.” I shake my head at myself. “So let’s get started….we need flour and eggs and…” I listed all of the ingredients and Harry got them out and placed them on the counter.

As we were working on the mixture I looked up at him. “So…..rough morning huh?”

He laughed. “Yeah, definitely unexpected.”

“Do you think that they’re going to be okay?” I questioned, a little worried.

“Don’t worry about it love, they’ll work everything out sooner or later.” I sighed in relief and continued to add the ingredients. When I looked back at Harry, however, it looked like he was getting a bit nervous. “Has, uh, Niall said anything to you lately?”

“About what?” I asked, stopping what I was doing.

“Oh…I don’t know…anything really.”

“No, nothing out of the ordinary.” I said slowly. What the heck was he talking about.

He slowly relaxed. “Good.” He smiled and started mixing the bowl.

“Is there something I should know?”

He thought about it for a second and sighed. “There is something I’ve been wanting to tell you. Cass….your bum is looking really good in those jeans.” He smiled at me cheekily.

“Oh stop being so cheeky Styles.” I said as I playfully threw a handful of flour at him.

He looked at me in shock. “Oh is that how you want to play?” He then picks up an egg from the counter and cracks it over my head, scrubbing the yolk into my scalp.

I squeaked and ran to the other side of the counter. I quickly grabbed the whole 5 lb bag of flour. “You have no idea who you’re messing with Harold!”

He then grabbed the huge bowl of mixture. “Clearly you don’t know either Stacy or you’d be running for the hills!”

I paused. “Who told you my middle name??”

He chuckled. “The beauty of Facebook.”

I countered. “You stalked me on Facebook?”

He stopped, a little embarrassed. “…only a little…”

That’s when I threw some of the contents of the flour in Harry’s face. I cried out in laughter and quickly ran to the other side of the kitchen.

 “I’ll make you pay for that!! Now I look like Casper the friendly ghost!!” He ran after me and chased me around the kitchen until he had me cornered. “Any last words?”

“Harry you don’t have to do this, we could still walk away.” I persuaded.

“No way!” He then threw the mixture in my face. When that didn’t satisfy him he then poured the remains down my shirt.

“Who wants a hug!!”  I yelled opening my arms to him. Now it was his turn to run. That was the beginning of an all-out war of random ingredients, until finally we stopped, and ended up hysterically laughing until we were on the floor.

I continued to laugh until I was in tears and looked up at Harry who was only inches from my face. We both slowly stopped laughing and just stared at each other. He then gently removed some chocolate stained hair from my eyes and slowly leaned closer. That’s when he lightly pressed his lips to mine. He put his hand behind my back and pulled me closer. Right when the kiss started getting heated we heard someone yell. “What the hell happened in here????” We quickly split apart.

 No one could see us since we were behind the counter so I popped my head out. “Oh hi Liam! Well you see we were making a cake and…”

That’s when Harry jumped out next to me and continued. “And that was when the mixture spontaneously erupted. I think that we should sue someone Liam!”

Liam smiled but shook his head. “Just clean this up quickly, Zayn and Belle are going to be here shortly.”

When Liam left the kitchen, Harry and I looked at each other and broke out laughing again. He then kissed my cheek and said “Okay let’s get this place cleaned up, shall we?”

I smiled and nodded. For once in my life I was actually smiling while I was cleaning.