What Are You So Afraid Of? [Harry Styles]

Chapter 12

“Okay, okay, it’s your turn,” Jez said as she collapsed onto the bed in a fit of laughter.

Haz was practically rolling on the floor and was about to pick a song from her ‘stupid songs’ playlist when there was a knock on the door.

“I’ll get it,” Jez said, still laughing. She opened the door and met a pair of shocked green eyes, “Harry?” her voice rising in surprise.

“Uh, hi,” Harry spoke awkwardly and ran a hand through his curls.

Jez rubbed her hand over her arm, “So, what’s up?”

“Well, we heard the laughing from next door so we thought we’d come over to see what it was about.” Harry said and looked down. He raised his eyebrows suddenly and smirked, “Cute PJ’s.”

Jez looked down automatically to look at the blue shorts and black tank top she was wearing, “Oh, uh, thanks I guess?” she said and shrugged. “Wait, we?”

“Yeah, Niall and I.” Harry half turned so that Jez could see Niall who was standing and focused on something on his phone.

He looked up suddenly and smiled, “Hey, Jez.”

“Hi,” Jez said and smiled back.

“Jez, are you coming or not? I found the perfect song!” Haz screamed from inside.

Jez shook her head and walked backwards, motioning for the boys to come inside, too. “Yeah, I’m coming. We have company, by the way. Maybe you should censor your song.”

“What are you guys doing?” Harry asked and sat down on the bed.

“Well, we call it ‘stupid songeoke’.” Haz explained. “It’s like karaoke, except with stupid songs.”

“Yeah, and it’s Haz’s turn to go,” Jez smirked. “Do you guys wanna play?”

Harry looked over to Niall then shrugged, “Sure, why not?”

“Woohoo,” Haz said, “The more people the better. Oh, but there’s one rule.”

“What is it?” Niall asked and sat down on the bed, too.

“You’re not allowed to censor the songs,” Haz said and grinned. “You have to sing or rap every single word exactly as it’s originally sung.”

“Hold on, let’s add another rule,” Harry said and grinned, too.

“What is it, Styles?” Haz asked and sighed.

“You’re not allowed to pick your own song,” Harry shrugged.

Haz looked over at Jez, who shrugged, too. “Wait, why don’t we just make it girls versus boys?” Haz raised an eyebrow.

Harry looked over at Niall and grinned, “Sure.”

“What does the winner get?” Niall asked, grinning as well.

“Whoa, maybe we should chill a bit with all the bets. The winners can sit their asses down and, I don’t know, be happy about something.” Haz said and went over to her laptop.

“Okay, so who’s going first?” Harry asked with an eye roll.

“We will, since you guys have never done it before.” Jez said and smiled.

“Yeah, and there’s one other rule,” Haz said and gestured with her hand for Jez to come sit next to her.

“What is it?” Niall asked, confusion creeping into his voice.

“You have to be as dramatic as possible. The point of this is to laugh, not to see who can win.” Haz said and pointed to something on her screen. Jez shook her head quickly and scrolled down to look at something else. She pointed to something and looked expectantly at Haz, who smiled and nodded excitedly.

“Okay, seems simple enough,” Harry smiled and looked over at Niall with raised eyebrows.