Summer Love

Chapter 5

Harry had obviously caught me so I told him everything. He looked annoyed and disgusted when I told him that my dad had practically made me come and pretend to be someone I'm not. He had told me that I should've defended myself, but I just shrugged. I even told him my plan, which I decided not to do, but he liked the idea. We spent about an hour hour just chatting and telling each other about ourselves. I've come to learn that Harry is a really nice guy. He is very sweet, charming, and honest. He laughs at my lame jokes and he told me an amazing speech when I told him about my past. I wish I could've recorded it because it was just so perfect. Call me crazy, but I think I'm starting to like him. It scares me a little how an hour ago I disliked him, but here I am now talking and sharing my feelings with him in a small janitor's closet.

"Harry, I think we should go. Don't you still have to show me around? And I still need to meet the boys" I say, after he tells me about his tenth birthday.

"Yeah I guess so," he says. "But forget the stupid tour. All you can see here are fancy stuff that I'm sure won't amuse you." I laugh while Harry helps me up. I shiver when our hands meet. He notices and lets go.

"No, it's okay," I say, heart pounding.

"What?"

"You can hold my hand. If you want to, I mean."

"Oh, I um..."

"Why did you let go?"

"Because I could tell that you didn't want me to."

"I never said that."

"So you want me to then?"

"Sure, why not," I whisper.

"What's that?" I can see him smirking.

"Yes," I say, a little more loudly. I think he could tell that I'm blushing because he rubs my hand.

"Maddy, there's something I need to tell you," he says without looking at me. I gulp. "I know this might sound crazy because we just met, but I..." Before he could finish his sentence, the door is opened by Louis Tomlinson. I thought the door was locked! Maybe he had a key. Ugh. My heart sinks, knowing that I'll never be able to know what he had to say.

"Harry, mate," Louis says. He looks at our hands and raises his eyebrows. Harry and I quickly let go.

"Well, well, well," Louis laughs. "Come on in, fellows!" Just then, the rest of the guys come in. Zayn Malik. Liam Payne. Niall Horan. I bite my lip. How can 6 people possibly fit in this small closet? Luckily, when they all come in, it doesn't seem too tight.

"Hey babe," Zayn says to me, smiling. I flush. Nobody has ever called me "babe" before.

"Hey, I'm..."

"Maddy Woods. We know," Liam says softly.

"If you don't mind me asking, love, but are you and Harry officially a thing now?" Niall asks. I blush. Again. For the millionth time. All of the boys break into laughter, except Harry. He's blushing, too.

"I know Harry is such a flirt, but I didn't know he could get a girlfriend in an hour," Zayn says, still laughing.

"No," I say quickly. "We aren't. We don't. Well, it's not official. I mean..."

"We're not a couple," Harry says in a low voice before I could make things worse. Is it weird that I feel a little stab in the chest when he said that?

"Alright," Louis says. "Fine. So, are we just going to stand in here or what?"

"Well, you guys were the ones who broke in," I say bravely.

"Sorry about that, darling. Did we interrupt a private moment?" Liam teases. Everyone laughs, including Harry and I.

We all walk to the boys' dressing room. When I walk in, I gasp. Their dressing room is huge. It's every girl's dream closet. They notice my reaction and they all laugh again. Wow, it's incredible how we go along so well.

"Welcome to our dressing room," Harry says. I'm still wondering what Harry was going to say earlier. I felt like I really needed to know because I have a feeling that I already do know. They look at me curiously and it seems like they're waiting for me to say something.

"Um, sorry... What?" Harry smiles softly, making me melt inside. I've been thinking about Harry a lot lately. Suddenly, I realize why I'm acting like this. When Harry and I were talking in the janitor's closet, I got to know what he's really like. He told me his experience ever since he auditioned for X Factor, he told me about the best birthday parties he had, he even told me some of his terrible past that made me teary. He told me everything- from the big things to the little things. I realized that, wow, Harry is an amazing guy. Something else clicked inside of me. Could I, Maddy Alexis Woods, be possibly falling in love with Harry Styles? I know it sounds crazy, considering we've only known each other for about an hour, but I feel like it was one of those love-at-first-sight moments. This thought makes me cringe. As much as I hate to admit it, I've always made fun of people who believe in "love at first sight". I know that was really mean of me, but how could two people fall in love just by looking at each other? I never really understood this, but I do now.