Perfect

Chapter Ten

-AVA-

   I had no idea Jules was just staring at me as I stood at the counter in my kitchen the next morning, a mug of hot coffee to my lips which were permanently fixed with the biggest grin ever as I replayed the memories from the night before. How he looked. How he spoke. How he laughed.

   "Girl!" I was finally snapped back into reality by my cousin. "You need to show me this man right now! Because I'm convinced he's Harry Styles."

   "He's not Harry Styles," I reply with a giggle. "But you're close."

   "Does he look like him?" She eyes me suspiciously. "Because I get that, fawning over him because he looks like Harry Styles, it's the second best thing to the real thing."

   "He does have a slight resemblance to him," They could literally be twins. "But he's his own person, and he's super attractive, and he doesn't care that I have a kid, so I'm game."

   "You definitely are," Jules squeals, causing me to roll my eyes at her. "I'm so happy for you! Finally, you get happiness!"

   "Yeah," I look down to my shoes below me. "Finally."

   "Can you please tell me all the details now?" She whines. "You've kept me in the dark long enough, at least let me see a picture or something."

   "How do you know I have a picture of him?"

   "It's the 21st century, his picture is somewhere on the internet," She shakes her head at my innocence. "Show me."

   "No."

   "Why not?" She gasps.

   "Because you'll freak, and then demand to meet him." The memories of Jules meeting celebrities flood my head yet again. "And we all know how you are with meeting new people."

  "Hey!" She points a finger at me. "I only get like that with famous people; normal people are fine to meet."

   I let a few moments of silence run between us as Jules stands in the same spot, her finger still pointing to me, until it finally clicks in her head. "If you tell me right now..." She began to walk up to me, dropping her hand, eyebrows knitted together in suspicion. "That you're dating a celebrity; I am going to really attempt to smack you."

   "Why?"

   "Well because I was the one who was supposed to date a celebrity, Ava!" She whines half-jokingly, causing me to laugh again as I put my mug down on the counter behind me, and cross my arms. "And there is literally like one celebrity who looks EXACTLY like Harry Styles, and if you say you're dating him, I'm going to actually CRY right now."

   "Then I won't say it."

   "AVA ADRIANNA PERFECT!" She engulfs me in a massive hug, which I return with a laugh.

   "I thought I might as well tell you since he's going to arrive in 5 minutes to pick up his sister, and you would have found it way too suspicious if I kicked you out of the house." I comfort her by rubbing her back. "I thought you were going to cry."

   "I am, but happy tears!" She replied dramatically, and I genuinely think she actually did start crying. "I cannot believe you're dating Alex Darkbloom!"

   "Not really dating, it's just been one date, and is it really that emotional for you?" I ask, feeling her nod against my shoulder.

   She pulls away from me, but still kept her hands on my upper arms before gasping.

   "That kid in there is Poppy Darkbloom!" She whispers. "I knew I recognised her from somewhere, ugh I'm envious of her."

   "She's 4 years old!"