The Lucky One

Chapter Seven

"We're going to pick up our ladies so they can come join us." Liam told me. Jade and Niall were talking in the backseat, holding hands. Louis was driving and Zayn sat in the front seat. Liam sat between Harry and I in the middle of the seats. We got to Eleanor's house where all the girls were waiting. They appeared outside and were running to the car in heels. When they opened to door to get in, it was already too packed. "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hey, Harry, why don't you lay in the trunk?" Louis said, looking back at him. "Okay, sure." he answered easily and jumped out of the car. He opened the trunk door and jumped in. "Wait, we need one more space for Danni." Liam told him. I raised my hand without hesitation, "I'll-.. Uhm. Spare my seat.." I half smiled and jumped out the car, joining Harry. Danielle sat in the middle with Zayn and Perrie while Liam sat in the back with Niall and Jade. Eleanor and Louis were in the front, talking about stuff that sounded important. Harry and I awkwardly sat in the back. I glanced at him to see if he was looking at me or not. He gave me a smile. The car was filled with voices, no radio.
I awkwardly pulled out my phone and started texting Jade.
Me: Hey, hanny! So are you two dating now??
Jade: I wish! But I have a real good feeling we're getting super close to that stage! :):):)
Me: Haha yea. I think he really likes you. :)
Jade: Oh, really?? I didn't knoooww!! LLN! Guurl, duhh!!
Me: ;)
"Who're you textin'?" I heard Niall ask. "Oh, just a friend back in the U.S.." she replied. I giggled. Harry was on his phone with a concentrating face. I pretended not to look, but I peeked past my phone as I pretended to use it. He was such a cutie. I wanted to go up and cuddle with him.
Suddenly, Louis shouted to everyone, "Hey! We should all sing!" Most of them clapped and cheered, "Yeeahh!!" Harry and I looked at each other. Liam started, "Girl I see it in your eyes, your disappointment," and we all sang along. I watched as Harry reached his high pitch solo part. He smirked at me and we continued singing again. He was perfect. His voice was so heavenly. "We're here!" Louis said l, parking the car. We all got out of the car and headed in. The couples were holding hands except for Harry and I. We both walked behind them awkwardly. He had his hands in his pockets and was looking around. Looking everywhere else except for me. Eleanor took Louis, Danielle and Liam to go look at some bathing suits and accessories. Zayn and Perrie went to buy some smoothies. Harry and I followed Niall and Jade, who were just walking and talking. I decided to finally break the silence between us. "Hey, wanna go somewhere?" I asked. He looked at me and stopped. "Like where?" I shrugged. "I don't know. Just anywhere. Doing this all day would bore me to death!" he laughed and grabbed my hand, taking me in the other direction. I wanted so badly to fit my fingers in between his, but we held it there. Our steps were in sync and I walked close to him. "Did you get a bathing suit yet?" he stopped and asked, looking down at me. He was just so perfect looking. I shook my head, "No." and he dragged me the other way. "Well then let us both get one."
We arrived at an clothing store with only 2 customers at the most. Harry let go of my hand and walked to the men's section. I crept towards the ladies' section. There were many bathing suits in display and I didn't know which to choose from. I grabbed my phone.
Me: Hey what color are you getting?
Minutes later, I received a text back.
Harry: I've chosen dark blue shorts. Why?
Me: Oh because I was just wondering what I should get.
Harry: Match it. ;) Xx
My heart raced when I read Harry's text. Why not? It wouldn't hurt. I found a dark blue, two-piece bathing suit with a few path of sparkles on the side. Harry and I met back up when we got in line for the register. "Nice choice." he smiled at me. His smiled killed me. "Thanks.. You too." I smiled back. We paid for our clothing and headed out the door. I was purposely knocking my hand into his as we walked. "Hey," he stopped and looked at me, "Why do you keep hitting my hand?"
"Huh?" I pretended not to know. "Your hand keeps on hitting mine when you walk."
"O-oh.. Sorry."
He sighed, "Well I don't want it to keep happening. I guess we have no choice but to hold hands." He grabbed mine, our fingers intertwining, and continued walking. I smiled to myself. He was so cheeky.
We never let go.
He took me into really cute stores with cute dresses and accessories. There were a few necklaces that caught my eye and I dragged him to them. "Wow.." I was touching a few. "Do you like them?" he asked me. "Yeah. They're really pretty." Then his large hands let loose of mine and he went someplace else in the store.  I hoped I would be able to hold his soft hands again. I went to look at other accessories and tried a few on. Harry's voice carried out through the room when he said "Thank you very much." I peeked over the stands and found him coming to me from the cash register. He grabbed my hand and led me out the store. "Hey, what's up?" He didn't look at me but held my hand tightly. "We're going to the food court to get something to eat before we leave."  I remained silent. "You hungry?" He asked me. "A bit." I said. I remembered all I had today was a cup of coffee and a croissant. We took the elevator.
"So uhh.. What do you think about Austin staying over?" He was leaning on the bars on the side. "For how long?"
"As long as you're staying."
I looked down. "I don't know. We'll find out about how it turns out." I forgot to call him and keep in touch. He rubbed his thumb on my hand as he held it. It reminded me of the concert and how it felt when he took my hand on stage. I still remember it. It felt like a dream. Then my mind flashed back on the time I bumped into him and when we both shared numbers and took pictures at the meet and greet. Out all of the directioners that wished to be in a life I'm living, I was the lucky one.
He led me out and we met and sat the others. "Did you two have fun?" Louis asked and he winked at me. I felt my face turn a bit pink. "Yeah, it was pretty fun." Harry sat down, smiling at him. He scooted over some to give me room. I sat down with him. "Here. I bought you food," Louis handed us some wrapped up food and pointed at us before we took it, "and I bought this with my own money, so you better finish it!" Eleanor playfully slapped his arm and tisked. "What? I was only kidding." Louis smiled at her and then went back to his food. We started eating and had a small chat here and there.
"Did everyone get their bathing suits?" Louis asked everyone repeatedly. Everyone else nodded but Zayn and Perrie. "Sorry, didn't get to it." Zayn said before gulping down his food. He wiped his mouth and got up with Perrie. "We'll go now." he said. "We'll be back!" he shouted behind him, holding Perrie's hand in his. We were done with our food and headed upstairs to see other things. I sat down at a bench to get some rest. I saw Harry walking over to sit next to me. "Hey." he smiled at me, "you look really bored."
"Oh, I'm not bored! Trust me. I can't wait to get to the beach." I grinned at him. He smiled back and rested his arms on his lap. "Good." It was silent for a few seconds, the he finally brought something up, "Turn around." I looked at him in confusion, but he grabbed my shoulders and positioned me away from him. "Eryn, whatever I am about to say, please don't interrupt. I will accept your answer after. So..." he said so cheekily. I was sort of afraid of what he was going to say, but then I felt a cold item rest next to my mother's necklace. It was a different necklace. I picked it up off of my chest and admired it. It was a silver, heart-shaped necklace. On the back was written "My". I was a bit confused until I then realized there must have been another half. After he finished fixing the back, I turned around to ask, but his large hands guided me back to my position.
"Eryn.." he said softly. I could feel his presence near my neck, his hands still resting on my shoulders. "Eryn, I... I really... like you.." his raspy voice traveled into my ears, sending chills everywhere. My heart began throbbing. He's confessing, I thought. What should I say?
But before I was able to think of anything to say, he had more words to let out. "I know it's only been two weeks since you moved in, but I just have this.. this feeling that I can't get away from you." I heard him with behind me. It pained me not to be able to look him in the eyes while he was saying this. I grabbed his hand and turned around. He looked up at me with innocence in his eyes. I grabbed his neck and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Like I want to be with you.." he whispered to me.
"Me too." The words escaped from underneath my lips. His half open mouth was inches away from connecting to mine.
"My, my, my. Dirty little secrets, aye?" Louis interrupted raising an eyebrow. Harry cleared his throat and awkwardly turned away, pretending to be looking at something else. "Whoops. Were we interrupting a make out session?" Liam said behind Louis, teasing us. I tried not to smile. "Hey come on. We're all ready and the girls are waitin'! Vas happenin' over there??" Zayn yelled at us from far away. "Oh, nothing! We'll be right there!" Louis shouted back. I watched how Niall was playfully hitting Zayn for he didn't include him in who were waiting.
"Come on, get up. We're leaving." Louis said to Harry, patting his shoulder. "And don't worry. Everybody already knows." Liam chuckled at his comment. He was such an evil little best friend. Harry got up and took my hand, wrapping his fingers in between mine. I wasn't really sure if we were official, but I was happy to know he felt the same way. It was the best feeling in the world. I held his hand in between both of mine as we followed Louis to our car.
We jumped back in the trunk and everyone else filled the seats. I sat closer to Harry and we talked as he played with my fingers. Just thinking about what kind of relationship I am so close to being in, it felt like a dream. We eventually led to holding hands and I rested my head on his shoulder. We talked a little bit. It felt so wonderful having my fingers wrapped in his as I laid close to him. I look up at Harry to capture the moment and he looked down at me, smiling with his dimples showing. Little by little, his arms wrapped around me more and held me closer. I felt so secure in his arms.
In the distance, I could hear waves crashing and birds calling. "Hey, we're here!" Liam said happily. We all wooed and got out of the car, grabbing our swimsuits. We went to change and met back, arranging our towels near the large umbrella. Danielle, Eleanor and Perrie all sat under there and watched as the breeze blew past their hair. Jade and the boys went to start on a castle in which they hoped would turn out large and beautiful, but I doubted their expectations. Harry took my hand as I was slowly walking down to the sand, running towards the water. Before we actually reached it, he picked me up and held me tightly, crashing into the water. I screamed and gripped onto his neck, laughing.
I could tell he was studying my eyes and he stared down at my lips. Suddenly, he let me go. He dropped me. I tried to catch as much breath as I could before the water surrounded me. I pinched my nose with one hand and tried to grab something with the other. I felt Harry's grip on my hand and he easily pulled me back up. I gasped for air, wiping the water from my face.
"What was that for, you loser?" I pushed him. He laughed, taking me into his arms. Then he pulled me away and held my face. "Gosh, you look so pretty.." he whispered to me. I could feel myself blush. "Now.. Let me finish what I started.." he reeled in my face to his. His lips crashed onto mine. My hands found each other as they wrapped around his waist. It lasted quite a long while. I could tell my face was burning red, but the cool air hid it. What made me laugh was... This wasn't the first time we kissed.
We pulled away slowly, our lips still touching. He swallowed and looked at me. "Eryn.." he whispered to me and stopped to chuckle to himself. I could tell he was a bit nervous. I was too. "I.." and before he could say anything else, a large wave we didn't see crashed upon us. I was lucky that I still held onto him, but I swallowed some water. He shot up out of the water with me and brought us to shore. He put me down and he sat. I sat down next to him. The small waves tickled my legs.
We watched as the sun began to set and the sky turned orange. The sun's reflection shone upon the beach and it was absolutely stunning. Liam and Danielle were flirting over in the far side of the beach. Louis and Eleanor were finishing up the castle, which had turned out larger than I thought. It was beautiful. Zayn and Perrie were cutting watermelon and Niall and Jade watched them and talked. I looked back at Harry and he made a small sand castle. I laughed and helped him.
"So.. What are your thoughts about Austin?" I asked him, sort of afraid to. "I don't know. I just hope everything goes well." he smiled at me. He took my hand in both of his. "Eryn, do you, like.. want to.. ermm..-" he stopped when Louis ran across us, stepping on our little castle. I gasped and Harry laughed, "LOUIS!" he got up and ran after him. "LOU! Come back here!!" I sat there and sighed, listening to his voice fade. I knew Harry really had something to say, but he was always being interrupted. "Hey! The watermelon is ready you guys!" I heard Perrie's faint voice, but Zayn helped her out with his loud voice, "HEY! COME ON, LADS! WE'VE GOT WATERMELON!" I got up and walked over to the towels. "Yum," Liam said, holding Danielle's hand behind him, "Can't wait." Eleanor came over and sat next to me, "Our boys.." she grinned. "They're like brothers.." I said to her, looking over my shoulder to watch them play. "Well, of course. They are brothers."
I grabbed a watermelon and took a bite out of it. Niall was laying on a towel with Jade sitting next to him, feeding watermelon to him. He had already gone through three. I watched as they stared into each other's eyes for a moment. She looked somewhere else to hide her pink face. "Jade!" he said it so loud, it caught everyone's attention. She looked back at him, "...hm?" Everyone watched. Niall held her hand, his other hand supporting his head. "Will you.. uhh.. Will you... go out with me?" We all went "Aaaaawww!!" Niall's face was pretty red and his skin was the kind to easily show it. Jade stared at him with her eyebrows arched up and she couldn't stop smiling. She let out a small laugh and nodded, "Yes!! Yes, I really want to!" she bent down and kissed him passionately. Niall held her waist as they kissed. We all congratulated them too. They were so cute.
Two hours passed by. Jade and Niall were both asleep as she laid on his chest all cuddled up. I looked over at Harry and Louis and they were now just walking along the beach, talking. While they talked, Eleanor and I got to know each other more. She was such a wonderful person.
"What did we miss?" Louis said. Harry was walking behind him smiling at me. I smiled back. "It's official!!" Danielle loudly whispered, pointing to the new couple. "I knew it would happen!" Louis said, sitting down beside Eleanor. He wrapped her in his arms and gently rocked her back and forth. Harry sat behind me with me sitting between his legs. "We might leave soon. It's going to get a bit chilly tonight." Liam told us. "Gosh, Liam. You're so cautious." Danielle teased him. He chuckled and pecked her cheek, "You know me." We spent the rest of the afternoon watching the sun set. Harry bent down to my ear, pushing my hair out of the way. "I like you." he whispered flirtatiously. Then he softly blew in my ear. I bent my neck from the ticklish feeling it gave me. He snickered to himself. 
We packed up and sat back in the car. Harry pulled me in closer to him and I rested my head on his shoulder. "You tired?" he asked me with his raspy voice. "Sort of.."
"Sleep."
I walked down the aisle full of different sandwiches. "Eryn, let's get a lot!" Jade looked at me with a handful of sandwiches, each in a bag. "Okay, this is enough." I checked the sandwiches she chose out. We walked to the check out line and there were only two. Austin was in charge of one aisle and Harry was in charge of the other. Two other preppy girls were in Harry's line. I really wanted to check out my things in his aisle too, but Austin's was already empty. "Hey, why don't you come over to this side?" Austin suggested. I didn't want to upset him, so I went to that side. As I was checking my sandwiches out, I saw Austin reach over to the other girls and whispered in their ears. Was he trying to flirt with other girls in front of me? I had a weird feeling of jealousy. But then the girls came by and stopped me, "Hey," the blonde girl said. "Austin over there, he told me he had a thing for you. I don't know if it's true or not, but you should get with him." She walked away, giggling with the other girl. My face turned a bit pink. Was it true? I asked myself. I walked over to him to hand over the money. Suddenly, he grabbed my arm and pulled me to him, our faces inches apart.
I rolled awake and Harry's eyes were on me. "You're awake!" he smiled happily. "You're lucky. We've already dropped the girls off and we're home now." I peeked out the window and we were already a the house. Louis turned off the engine and laid back, sighing. "I'm so exhausted.." he said. We slowly got out of the car and walked up the steps to the front door. Louis lazily held up his keys, trying to find the house key. I held onto Harry's arm for guidance. It was already midnight and we were all tired. Louis opening the door and we all squeezed in. "Okay, lads.. I am heading to bed this instant! I'm so fucking tired." Louis walked upstairs. "Language.." Liam told him. The rest of the boys followed.
Harry walked us to the kitchen to get a cup of water. I loved holding his hand. After he gulped half of his water, he handed it to me to drink out of. I set down the empty cup and he pulled my waist into him. Our foreheads touched and his lips were moving towards mine. I puckered my lips, but before they even touched, we heard a voice from the living room. "Did I miss something?" we both turned to look. "I'm sorry, but I don't think I've heard about this. Not even from my best friend..?" My eyes shot wide open and my heart was beating faster than it was before. Harry slowly let my waist go and awkwardly cleared his throat. My breathe became heavy. I totally forgot.

"Austin?"