Detective Horan [njh]

Thirteen ; Reunited Part 2

Niall Horan

 I nervously await a new text when the station's door opens. 

From: Lauren Haley

Thanks for setting us up... We're going on a date! x

I smile and text her back as I see Louis' brown hair in the corner of my eye. "Louis?" I call as he nods and enters with a very unkempt-looking Molly. I advert my eyes from Molly and stare directly at Louis. "What happened?" "Long story short, Shauna kept Molly locked in a jail cell and I know where she is. If we want to catch her, we have to move. Fast."

I nod and dial numbers on my office phone and say, "I am just glad she didn't kill Molly." Molly sniffles and says, "She meant to." That doesn't make sense.. Why would she mean to kill Molly, but she killed Greg? This just makes it even more confusing.

I nod trying to understand and Molly sits down at a table. "Are you going to catch her?" Molly asks in a quiet voice. "We are going to do everything we can to get her." "Where's Doctor Styles? I may owe my life to him?" "He's um- on a date." I smile sheepishly as she smiles back and giggles a bit.

Lauren Haley

Seeing the text from Harry saying to dress casual makes me worry a lot less about what to wear. I dress in a Phases of the Moon Muscle-tee, black denim jeans, and black converse. I curl my hair to where it is in the Lana Del Rey loose, wavy curls. I check myself in the mirror for the millionth time just as there is a knock at the door.

Harry is dressed in a plain turquoise t-shirt, black denim jeans, white converse, topped off with a green beanie. "You all ready?" I nod grabbing my purse that has my phone and wallet in it. I lock the door and he smiles. "You look nice, Lauren." "You do too." I compliment.

Harry takes me out to The Islands which I have ironically never been to, with living in Brooklyn my whole life. After the date we get to his car and instead of taking me back to my house, he takes a different turn. "Where are we going?" I ask. "You'll see." He smiles squeezing my hand in his.

I sit back and relax and enjoy the scenic view. The car comes to a stop and Harry opens the door for me until I realize where we are. "Why are we here?" "Look." Harry says motioning to the school doors. I smile at the sign that says, Welcome, Lauren Haley

"Harry, what's this?" He shushes me and leads me up the High School steps as I follow behind him, looking puzzled. He opens the door and I walk inside the gym and my few friends from High School are standing there grinning like mad and cheering. 

"I was looking forward to seeing you at the 10 year reunion, but your friends told me you were back in Leeds." He smiles as I stand up to peck his lips. "That's really sweet..." They ran up to me and not going to lie, it was pretty emotional. We all stood there hugging and some were actually crying before I gathered myself together.

Lauren, you're on a date. Get it together.

I smile at my friends and trail back over to Harry who is awkwardly texting on his phone. I walk over to him and he puts his phone away and smiles. Catching him off guard, I say, "I forgot to mention. You look totally different than you did in High School." 

We walk outside in the cold and he finally speaks, "You probably only like me because of this look." I shake my head and say, "I liked you all four years of High School. It crushed me that people made fun of you." His frown fades back to a smile.

"Now girls only want me because I look like this." He sighs and sits outside on the bench. I shiver and he shivers as well, just soaking in the awkward silence. "Why did you go out dressed like that... If you thought I only liked you because of your new look." "I don't know." He says running his fingers through his curly hair.