“Happy birthday, Noelle!” my brother Liam scream as she is shaking me back and forth, waking me up too early. I open my eyes to see my brother and one of his friends standing over me. I don’t recognize his friend. He is covered in tattoos, not the type of friend Liam is usually seen with. He is grinning at me with a grin in his face and a cupcake in his hands. I sit up and thank Liam for the happy birthday and smile at his friend. He hands me the cupcake and follows Liam out of the room. I watch his curly hair bounce up and down as he leaves the room into the hallway. I brace myself to get out from under the warm comforters and go to pick out an outfit for school. I decide to get dressed in dark blue skinny jeans, my orange ombre sweater and my black uggs. I brush my long blondish reddish hair find my favorite beanie and put it on. I take one last look in the mirror before I go downstairs.
When I reach the end of the steps the same boy who was with Liam is standing there. He stands up and smiles at me. He walks my way but I rush to the kitchen. Something about him just doesn’t seem right. Why would Liam be hanging out with him? Why is he even here? When I get to the kitchen somehow he is there. This is starting to get creepy. “Hi. I’m Harry.” he says to me. He has a strong British accent and seems very mellow. “Hi.” I say uncomfortable as I look through the refrigerator for something to eat. When I find some fruit I sit down at the table and start to eat. To my surprise Harry pulls out a chair across from me and looks into my eyes. I quickly turn my attention to my food but when I look back up he is still looking at me. “What do you want?” I say a little too rude. He gives me a scared look and gets up. He walks outside. I finish eating and grab my book bag and 5 dollars off the counter. When I step outside the door, I find Harry and Liam waiting at the corner for the bus. When I reach the corner, I stand a little too close to Liam. He can tell I’m uncomfortable with Harry here by the looks on my face. “Noelle, this is Harry. He’s going to stay with us for a little while his parents are out of town.” He says while making hand gestures. I quickly look over at Harry and he is giving me the same look he was giving me while I was eating. I stand quietly praying for the bus to come quicker.
When the bus finally comes, I shove my body in between Liam and Harry. When Liam takes a seat I quickly plop down next to him. “You okay?” he whispers to me. I nod my head and pull my phone out of my pocket. I start to read my Ed Sheeran fanfiction while looking over to Harry in the seat next to me occasionally. He keeps staring at me. What does he want from me? I want to ask him but I don’t want to be rude. I decide to keep to myself until the bus gets to school. When I get to my locker a group of friends are waiting for me holding a small box wrapped in paper with a bow. I blush when I see Niall standing with them. Niall comes up to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek. He hands me a small box in blue paper and a white bow. It’s obvious that he didn’t do it himself. I find a smile appear on my face as I tear the paper to find a jewelry box containing a necklace with a heart pendent that says Niall on it. He grabs the box and takes the necklace out and puts it around my neck. When he clips it on I give him a kiss, having to stand on my tiptoes. He kissed back, putting his hands on my waist. Everything about niall is perfect. The way he laughs and smiles. The way he is always doing sweet things for me.
When I can’t stand on my tip toes much longer, I pull away and look into his eyes. He grabs my hand as we walk towards my group of friends who are all blushing at what just happened. Each one of them hands me a little box and wishes me a happy birthday. When the bell rings I put all of the gifts into my locker and grab my books. As I start to walk to class with Niall I find that Harry is catching up to me. Oh no. I squeeze Niall’s hand a little tighter and he looks down to me. I jerk my head back trying to tell him but he doesn’t seem to notice. What if he comes over to me? What would Niall do? Niall is very protective of me so who knows what he would do to him.
When we get to homeroom we have seemed to lose Harry. Thank the lord. I sit down and Niall takes the seat next to me. When the rest of the class begins to emerge from the hallway I see Harry approach the seat next to me. I act like I don’t notice. “Who is he? He’s been following you around all morning?” Niall whispers. I turn my head and look at Harry then look back at Niall and shrug. I face my attention to the teacher and try not to look at harry all class. When the bell rings I grab Niall’s hand and rush out of the classroom.
“What the hell was that all about?” he raises his voice. “He was staring at you the whole class and you just let him. Who is he and why is he following you?” I try to be stubborn and not talk but I give in. “I honestly have no clue. He was in my room when I woke…” Niall cuts me off and screams “In your room? Oh I see. He was in your room. Whoop-de-do!” he rolls his eyes and lets go of my hand. I try to move closer to him but he stomps away. I feel a tear rush down my cheek. I turn to go to my locker and when I do Harry is standing in front of it. I approach him and shove him out of the way. His face is red with anger and he grabs my shoulders and pushes me into the lockers. Hard. When I bounce back and regain my balance he has already disappeared. I rush to the bathroom out of sight. When I get to the door a group of girls stumble out. I try to hold back the lump in my throat but eventually I just lose it. I hear the bathroom door open but I don’t even bother to look up. Whoever walked in scotches closer to me. I look up to find Perrie standing next to me. I stand up as she embraces me repeating everything will be alright. I can’t help but to cry into her shoulder. When I start to feel a little better I pull away from her and splash my face with some cold water and walk out of the bathroom with Perrie by my side.
