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Chapter Ten

{Emma POV}

***Two Weeks Later***

"Finally!" Louis cried. "We are officially done planning for the party! Now we just have to check out the places, go get the food-"

"Shh!" Harry hissed at Louis. "Not so loud! Liam could wake up and hear us any minute."

"Don't be such a Debbie downer." Louis tut-tutted.

"A what?" Harry stared at his band mate.

I laughed softly at their antics. My expression immediately turned sour as I looked towards my left.

Grace sat on Niall's lap, wrapping her arms around his neck possessively. She giggled as he talked. Seeing me watch them, she crossed her legs, making her skirt hitch up. She shot a smug look in my direction as Niall's hand rested on her thigh.

I grimaced and looked away. She was such a- ugh!

I guess I can't really blame her, though. If my boyfriend was living in a house with two teenage girls, I'd be kind of pissed, too. 

My eyes landed on Harry and I saw his eyes linger on Jasmine for a second too long as she talked to Zayn about the party planning.

I rolled my eyes at him mentally. It was so obvious he liked her. I just don't get why Jasmine was ignoring him. They had barely talked the last two weeks. I mean, he was Harry freaking Styles for goodness sake! It's not just the fact that he was "Hazza" and was famous, rich, attractive, and... The list goes on and on, but he was genuinely nice. I found after spending so much time with Jasmine that she was pretty nice, too.

See? He's nice, and she's nice: they should be together.

Simple as 1, 2, 3.

Hmmm, on that topic, I think it's time to play matchmaker!

A sly smile slid onto my lips as I walked towards Louis. 

I whispered quietly into his ear, "You know, we should match people up in groups of two to carry out the plan, yeah?"

Louis looked at me suspiciously, and nodded hesitantly. 

My grin got bigger on my face, "I think we should have Harry and Jasmine check out the places we coud have the party at. We should have a pair of people for food and for music, too."

"Well...." He dragged off, reluctant. 

"I'll give you lots and lots of carrots." I bribed. 

"You know, that's actually a really good idea!" He exclaimed, a little too loudly.

All heads snapped up to our direction. 

"Hey guys," Louis said excitedly. "Emma just came up with a great plan."

"What is it?" Doubt flickered across Zayn's face. 

"We should go get stuff in teams of two."

"Teams of two?" Harry questioned. 

Louis nodded his head, "Yeah! You and Jasmine can go see the places, Zayn and I can go look through the possible music options, and Emma and Niall could go get food."

Wait, what?

I couldn't be paired with Niall! Grace would castrate me and have my head. 

"Actually-" I began.

"Shh!" Louis cut me off, just in time for me to see Liam step down the stairs. 

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{Jasmine POV}