Waking Up To Reality (Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Chapter 18: Interesting Night

Allison's P.O.V.

"Where are we?" I ask him once we're out of the bus.

"You'll see." He says.

We walk two more blocks and Harry stops when he reaches the third one. He takes out some keys and opens the door of a bakery.

"Harry, what are we doing in here?" I ask him once we're inside.

"Remember when I told you that there was this lovely old lady that worked with me? And that I wanted you to meet her? Well, she's working late tonight. And since we have nowhere to go, I wanted you to meet her." He says and jumps over to the back of the bakery.

"Harry, I told you to never do that again or you're fired!" An old lady said walking to the front of the shop.

"I'm not in working hours, so I can jump over!" He says.

"I know, I know. Just wanted to see your reaction." The old lady says and hugs Harry.

"Hi, Barbara." He says and kisses her on the cheek.

"Hello, Harry. And who is this lovely little lady standing here?" She says and looks at me. Harry comes to me and grabs my hand. He leads me closer to Barbara.

"Barbara, this is Allison. Allison, this is Barbara. Barbara, she's my girlfriend. Allison, she's the lady I told you about that worked with me." He says.

"Oh, so you do talk about me?" She says to Harry.

"I told you I did! But, you didn't believe me." He says to her.

"I never did. Well, it's nice to meet you, Allison." She says and hugs me.

"Nice to meet you, too. Harry has said so many nice things about you. We're suppose to be at a party, but we are here with you because he wanted me to finally meet you." I explain to her.

"Harry, how dare you drag a princess out of her party?! You didn't have to do that! Her meeting me could've waited!" She screams at Harry.

"I couldn't wait!" He says. I'm just giggling through all of this.

"Well, it was nice meeting you. Now, I have to go finish making the bread for tomorrow." She says and turns around.

"Wait, um, maybe we can help you? We don't have anything else to do. And I really want to do something fun." I say to Barbara.

"Ah, even better! But, it's better if you take off that really expensive dress. You don't want it to get ruined." She says.

"Sure. Is there anything else I can wear?" I ask her. She thinks.

"She can wear the shirt I always leave here after I'm done working." Harry says and goes to the back to get it.

"And I think I have my daughter's old pants back there somewhere..." She says and goes to the back as well.

"Thank you." I say.

When they come back, they have a whole outfit for me.

"You can change back there." Barbara says and points to the bathroom.

"Or she can change here." Harry says and places a smirk on his face.

"Harry! You cheeky boy!" Barbara says and pinches his bum.

"Barbara! You old lady!" He says while jumping from the pinch. I just laugh and go to the bathroom. I put on the shirt Harry gave me and the short pants that Barbara gave me. His shirt was white and really dirty. The pants were black, but were almost white because of the flour of the bread. Since we were going to work with bread, I take off my makeup and put my hair in a messy bun.

"Don't make fun of my outfit." I say to Harry once I walk out and spot him. He's now wearing the dress pants and the shirt that goes underneath the suit.

"No, you look sexy." He says. "Especially in a shirt that belongs to me."

"Hahaha stop talking." I say, fake laughing.

"You do!" He says.

"Okaaaaay." I say and put my dress on one of the tables. Then, Harry jumps to the back again and I go through the normal way.

"You're no fun." He says.

"No... I just don't wanna jump over it." I say and walk behind Harry.

Then, I spot Barbara making the bread and we walk up to her.

"What can we do?" I ask her.

"I think you guys can mix the ingredients and then give the loaf that you mix to me. I'll put it in the oven and take care of the rest." Barbara says. "Harry can teach you how to do that." I look at Harry and he smiles and takes me to the table with the ingredients.

"Okay, so you take 3 cups of flour and you place them here. Then, you add a teaspoon of salt to the flour and you add 3/4 of a teaspoon of yeast. Then, comes the 1 and a half cup of water!" He says like if the water is scary and throws the water with the rest of the ingredients. I look at him.

"You're being ridiculous." I say and start mixing my own.

"Yeah, yeah." He says and starts to mix.

"So, Barbara, how long have you worked here?" I ask her.

"Very long. I think since I was a teenager like you guys." She says. "Of course, I went to study and kept this job as a part time. Now that I'm retired as a teacher, I own the bakery and work here all the time."

"Wow, that's cool. And you don't get tired of doing all of this and going home late?" I ask her.

"No. I love what I do. Seeing a customer leave happy inspires me to keep working in this business. And I'm really picky about my employees." She says.

"She is." Harry adds.

"I hired Harry because his sister used to work here." She says and puts the loaf of bread in the oven.

"That wasn't the only reason." Harry says, making her explain.

"And because Gemma used to teach him how to do the pastries to help around." She says.

"And because I'm nice and sexy." Harry said.

"No, that wasn't one of the reasons why I hired you." She says.

"Barbara, I'm trying to impress!" Harry says and Barbara and I laugh.

"You don't need to. She will love you just the way you are and like you for you." Barbara says and walks over to the front of the shop.

"I do." I say and kiss Harry with my hands still in the mix. I loved kissing him. He got a little too carried away and took his hands out of the mix and placed them on my neck. Then, he started to make my messy bun messier.

"Alright, guys. Mini break is over!" Barbara says, walking in to check up on us. I smile and Harry just starts to get pissed. Aww, he looks so cute when he's angry.

"Come on!" Barbara says and takes out the bread from the oven. And we both keep mixing. My hands go up to my hair and find it all sticky, but soft.

"Harry, my hair is full of the mix now!" I say and look at my hands.

"I'm not sorry." He says and kisses me again. I look at him after he backs away. He just laughs quietly at my face.

"It's not funny. My face is not funny." I say and keep mixing.

"Yes, it is." He says.

"Whatever." I say.

A couple of minutes later, we started playing with the flour and throwing it everywhere aiming for each other.

"Guys, don't waste my flour like that!" Barbara says and stops us.

"Fine, fine." I say. "Harry, stop playing and keep working."

"You were fooling around, too!" Harry says.

"Leave her alone and keep working, Harold!" Barbara says and hits Harry in the head.

"Ow!" Harry says and pouts. We all keep working until I yawn.

"I think you guys have done enough. You may go home. Thank you both for helping me." Barbara says and kisses the both of us on the cheek.

"Alright. Oh, Barbara, did I tell you I'm going to audition for The X-Factor this year?" Harry says.

"It was time! Who's making you do it?" Barbara asks with excitement.

"Allison kinda is. And I'm auditioning on the 11th of April." Harry says with a smile.

"I'm proud of you, sweetie." She says and pinches Harry's bum again.

"Thank you, Barbara. For the good luck pinch." Harry says and gets my dress and his suit. Barbara laughs and waits for the both of us to leave. When I walk out the door after Harry, she pinches my buttcheek.

"Barbara!" I scream. Barbara just laughs and Harry smiles at her.

"Bye, guys! Get home safely." She says and closes the door. After that, we walk to the bus and get on it. Then, we head home.


Vanessa's P.O.V.

"Thanks for taking me home before time, Connor." I say to Connor after we get inside the house. I take off my heels and carry them up to my room. Once I'm up there, I throw my shoes to the closet and start to get undressed. I was really tired and I just wanted to take a shower and fall asleep. But, I forgot the door was opened.

"Um, I was having a nice time before we left." Connor says, standing by the doorway and scaring me.

"Gosh, Connor! You scared me." I say and take off my dress. I still stay in my undies. I'm so tired that I don't even mind Connor looking at me in my undies.

"Well, anyways. I was having a good time." He repeats.

"Yeah. Me, too! Too bad I was crying." I say and go to the bathroom. Oh, my God, I look horrible! My makeup is all ruined and I honestly look like crap.

"Yeah, what happened to you back there?" He asks me and comes into the bathroom with me.

"Well, I don't know how, but Liam and I broke up and I asked you to be my date. I thought he wouldn't show up, but he did. And he wasn't alone. He was with this fucking whore just to make me jealous. And just the sight of seeing him with someone else hurt me deep down inside. The next minute, I was crying my eyes out and just freaking. That's why I told Allison I wanted to leave. And so we did." I say and get in the shower. I take my undies off and throw them outside. I turn on the shower and start washing myself. The water feels so good and so relaxing.

"Wow, but did you recognize her? Like from anywhere?" He asks me.

"Um, not really." I say. "Why? Did you?"

"I kinda did. I was looking at them and just wondering what happened. And I look at her and she looked really familiar. That's when I realize, it was Stephanie." He says.

"Stephanie? What the hell is she doing here?" I ask him.

"I don't know." He says.

I finish taking a shower and grab my towel. I wrap it around my body and walk out of the tub. I head to my room and get my PJs. Connor goes to my bedroom, so I head back to the bathroom and close the door.

I get dressed and walk out. Then, I sit down on the bed next to Connor.

"Stupid jerk." He says and looks down.

"I don't know how to respond to that." I say and lay down on my bed.

"Come on, he's trying to make you jealous! That's just really immature." He says and gets closer to me.

"Whatever, Connor."I say and sit back up again. I can't seem to find a comfortable position.

"I would never do anything like that to any girl. Especially you." He says and gets closer. Um, what's going on?

"Thanks, I guess." I say and look down. Why am I not trying to stop him?!

"Vanessa, I'm starting to have feelings for you, but I don't know what to do about them." He says and stays looking at me. I look up at him now.

"What do you think you should do?" I ask him and get closer to him. What am I doing?!

"I don't know..." He says, our faces were almost touching. I wait for him to make the first move. He leans in and closes the space between us. His lips were so soft. He's never had a girlfriend. "Too busy skating. " He's a good kisser, though.

The kiss starts to get heated and he gets on top of me. I take off his shirt and see that he's been working out. All of a sudden, I hear Allison screaming "Vanessa! We're home!"

I stop kissing him and push him off of me. I throw him his shirt, signaling to put it on and pretend nothing happened. He does so.

I hear someone coming upstairs and I go to my closet. I pretend like I was picking out my outfit for tomorrow. I hear the person knocking on my door.

"Yes?" I say. Harry opens the door and looks around.

"Oh, there you are, Connor. Let's go pick up your stuff from the hotel!" He says and leaves the room, leaving me and Connor alone.

"This didn't happen, okay?" We both say at the same time. Talk about awkward. He looks at me and then, he leaves. I stand there thinking about what just happened. Damn, that was actually hot! What-okay. Vanessa, stop. You cannot date Connor. But, there's nobody stopping me... NO, JUST NO!

My thoughts are interrupted by Allison coming into my room.

"Hey... you alright?" She asks me. I look at her and see flour all over her body.

"Yeah, I'm fine. But, what the hell happened to you?! You looked like you were part of the flour making process!" I say and go to touch her hair.

"Ew! It's all hard! What is that?!" I scream.

"It's dough." She says. I sit down and she stays standing up.

"Stay up because I don't want no dough in my bed!" I say.

"Alright, alright. So, do you wanna talk about what happened? You got everyone worried." She says. I sigh and then tell her everything.

"Stephanie, you say?" She asks me.

"Yeah... why? Had you seen her before here in town?"

"Yeah... she was back at Charlotte Russe when I was getting interviewed. She saw me when she walked in and when Harry left, she talked to me. She was trying to make me get her closer to him." She says.

"So, she's interested into Harry and not Liam? Phew!" I say. Allison looks at me badly and I just shut up.

"Well, yeah. So, I guess she's into him. But, there's another thing you should know..." She said.

"What is it?" I ask her. I could tell that whatever she was going to say, wasn't good news.

"After you left, Liam and Stephanie went outside and started kissing. I was outside so I heard everything they said. Then, it got pretty weird and they started moaning and I just left. And I don't think it ended in that." She says and looks down. I don't know what to say. This just broke my heart more. How could Stephanie do this to me?!

I start crying in front of Allison. I don't care if she sees me or anyone sees me anymore. I feel like my life is slowly tumbling down somehow.

"Vanessa, calm down, okay? You guys will find a way to get through this, okay? And you know I don't know how to react around people when they're crying, so stop." She says and I just take deep breaths. There. That helped.

"Okay..." I say and smile at her. Allison tells me she'll be downstairs and leaves my room. I go to the bathroom and wash my face since I wasn't planning to cry anymore.

I walk out and open the curtains of the balcony door a little for me to see what Liam's doing. I just see him sleeping. Then, Stephanie walks out from taking a shower already dressed and drying her hair with a towel. When she's done, she looks at Liam with disgust and walks out. What did I ever do to Stephanie for her to make me suffer like this?

I head to my bed and start crying again. Ugh, I really hate crying. I spend so much time crying, I fall asleep.


Allison's P.O.V.

I go downstairs and start making myself some tea. I love tea.

After I'm done, I hear my phone start to ring. It's an unknown number.

I pick it up and say "Hello?"

"Hi, am I talking to Allison?" A girl says from the other end of the line.

"Yes, who is this?" I ask.

"It's Marie from the store." The girl says.

"Oh, hi!" I say.

"Hey! So, I've been told to call the people and tell them if they got the job or not and I wanted to call you first the day before and tell you that you got the job! You're starting on Monday." She says excitedly.

"Yay! Thank you so much!" I say, a little excited too.

"You're welcome. Well, I gotta go. So, see you on Monday!" She says.

"Alright, bye!" I say and hang up. Oh, my God, I got the job! Now, I just have to tell everyone...