Again

Chapter 12: Harry

*THREE YEARS AGO.*

"When is this little girlfriend of yours coming over here?"

Harrison Styles entered the kitchen with his phone in hand as usual, typing away at the tiny keys on his blackberry, not looking up to acknowledge his son's presence in the room at all.

"Tonight. She's coming for dinner tonight."

"What's her name?"

"Cecilia Braddock."

"Who are her parents?"

"Some man she doesn't know and a woman named Justine."

"She doesn't know who her father is!" He scoffed and looked completely indignant. "And you think this is a suitable person for you to be dating?"

Harry rolled his eyes and headed out of the kitchen, grabbing his things off the table. There was no point explaining what happened to Cecilia's father, or that she knew who he was but didn't know him personally anymore. Harrison would never understand that; Harrison couldn't see that he had the exact same kind of relationship with his own child.

As he walked through the door of the school he stopped in the main hallway and grinned. Cecilia's picture was up again but this time not for academics. She was the first junior to be named the editor of the school paper in years, and now she had a poster to prove it.

"Oh, Haz, please don't look at that! It's so embarrassing!" He grinned even wider as she slid her hand into his and led him away from the monstrosity that made her blush. "They go over board with that stuff."

"You deserve it Cilly."

She blushed even deeper and smiled up at him.

"I like it when you call me that."

"Really? I call you that all the time."

"I know, but it's my favorite nickname. The only thing better is when you say Cilly Baby." She linked their fingers together as they continued to walk. "Just don't call me that all the time because its special."

"Whatever you say, Cilly Baby."

He wanted to stop and pin her to a wall and kiss her, but the halls were too crowded and the bell for first period would ring at any minute. They still needed to get to their lockers.

"Did you still want me to come for dinner tonight?"

"Yeah of course. We can just walk home together after school."

"Okay." They both spotted their friends waiting for them on opposite sides of the hall and waved to them. They turned back to each other and Harry planted a soft kiss on her lips, then her forehead. "See you later."

"See you later, Cilly Baby." He pressed his forehead to hers and grinned. She beamed up at him. "I love you."

He didnt wait for her to respond. They reluctantly let each others hands go as they walked to their friends and then down different halls towards their lockers.

"Anybody got a bag, I think I need to throw up!"

Kyle joked, Justin laughed a little too loudly. Liam rolled his eyes.

"I don't know why you're laughing Justin, you and Selena are much worse. At least they keep it PG in public."

Harry held up his fist and Liam hit it with his. Kyle took his turn to roll his eyes.

"In public yeah. But Cece's so shy and innocent I bet she's a freak in the sheets, huh Harry?" Liam noticed the tightness of his friend's jaw, and even though he hadn't known Harry for very long it was obvious that his temper was flaring. "There's not a damn thing I wouldn't do to get her alone...that body, those lips. You're a lucky mofo Styles, I can only imagine what it must be like to see those lips wrapped around yo-"