I'm Here, Love (One Direction)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Those three words left me speechless. Harry looked at me, expecting an answer.

"You love me?" I said to myself as the words slipped out without my control. His face was slowly becoming closer to mine and my heart beat faster. My hands were shaking. This could be it, Jessica. You can tell him you love him, too. I was about to give in to a kiss but my hands were quickly placed on his chest instead to keep him from getting any closer.

"I always did. Ever since that night your mom died. When I comforted you in my arms I realized that I loved you alot." Harry whispered. I felt his warm breath tickle my neck. The thought of my mother made my eyes water.

"Harry, you have a girlfriend." I blurted trying to speak through my tears. Gently, I pushed him away from me and jumped off the counter. "I'm not in the mood to deal with this bullshit."

"I'll admit that I was falling in love with Catherine and it isn't a fake relationship management set up. But that doesn't mean my feelings for you ever stopped." Harry looked hurt, and I hated every second of seeing him like that.

"I can sort things out with Catherine." He grabbed my hand as I tried to walk away.

"Can you please just wait? I'm not ready for this yet." I used my shirt to wipe away some tears slipping out. Why are you crying? Don't cry, Jess. Don't.

Harry frowned. "I can wait." He looked away and a silence filled the room again. The thought that he would wait filled me with happiness and relief. Not knowing what to do, I partially smiled at him before I put my head down and stared at my feet. I love you too, Harry. I love you too. 

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After dinner, Niall stopped by to watch some movies with us.

"Jess, Niall. Niall, Jess." Harry introduced us. He remembered that I never met the other three boys in his band. Only Zayn and Liam were left.

"Hi Jess!"

"Nice to meet you." I laughed as he gave me a friendly hug. I looked at Harry as his eyes were immediately filled with jealousy. Oh yeah. He's the jealous type. Remembering how jealous and protective Harry got made me smile. In my eyes, it was adorable.

Niall went to go pop in one of the action movies he brought into the TV as Louis, Harry and I went to take a seat. Harry urged me to sit next to him. He tried to put his hand on my knee. As soon as I saw it coming, I slapped it away.

"Not now." I whispered louder than I meant to. Louis and Niall looked at me confused. Oops.

By the end of the second movie, Louis and Niall were both out cold. I had trouble keeping my eyelids open, too.

"We should go to sleep. You can take my bed." Harry said. He must've noticed how tired I was.

"It's alright." I assured him. He was being too nice and I didn't want to take advantage.

"No, you have to." Immediately, my body was scooped up from the couch and in his arms bridal-style.

"Put me down!" I laughed. We heard Niall groan from the other room.

"Shh. You're gonna wake them up." Harry whispered. When we reached his room, he threw me onto the bed before jumping on it himself.

"Don't let the bed bugs bite." He teased.

"You better not have bed bugs." I joked as I put my head on his lap. "Sing to me." Before Harry auditioned for X-Factor, he used to constantly sing me to sleep, even on the phone.

"Can we take the same road two days in the same clothes

And I know just what she'll say if I can make all this pain go

Can we stop this for a minute

You know, I can tell that your heart isnt in it or with it."

He sang Over Again from his band's Take Me Home album. I hummed the familiar tune as I drifted off to sleep.

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That's the end to Chapter 4! There's more coming soon. Feedback please! I appreciate your time reading this. (: It's short but I was eager to post another chapter. -Marissa