Summer Love

part fourtynine

Harry’s POV

Finally we were coming home, nearly two months away and we were coming back. We weren’t back until the late evening though, Lauren and Emily were out tonight but they said they’d try and be back in time for our arrival.

Lauren’s POV

Emily had planned a full day, spray tan, nails, hair, she wasn’t into all this that much but she knew that I was. We went out for my usual coffee and then went to get my spray tan as Emily wasn’t having one, then we got our nails down, I got black and one sparkly acrylics and Emily just got hers painted red. We went into starbucks for lunch. As we were talking I got a phone call from Harry, I picked it up immediately, “Hey!”

“Hi, you sound much happier!”

“Well I am, you’re coming back, going to a party, everything is great.”

“Yeah I guess it is, remember when you come back no matter what time it is I am going to have your late valentine’s day surprise ready for you!” I was excited to see what he had been planning for the past few weeks. “Okay, I’m so excited!”

“So am I baby, anyway I have to go, I love you,” every time he said it I still got butterflies and goose bumps, it was a weird thing to hear.

“I love you,” He hung up the phone and I got back to my conversation with Emily. After lunch we went to get our hair done, it was almost four by the time it was done, we just had to get changed and do our makeup. The party started at seven so we were ready earlier than needed but of course typical Emily needed to be organised.

Emily’s POV

Lauren and I spent the whole day getting ready for this party tonight, we had quite a bit of spare time before we had to leave so I tidied around the apartment slightly so it wasn’t a complete mess when the boys came home, I knew they didn’t care but it looked awful in here. As always Lauren didn’t help, she was, as she likes to put it, observing and by that she means lying on the sofa watching episodes of programmes she’s seen about twenty times before. When we were both ready, Lauren took forever as usual, I was met by her in the living room wearing a very stand-out dress.http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/clothing-427/dresses-442/2-tone-bonded-skater-dress-2334554?bi=121&ps=20. Whereas I myself went for a little less statement,http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/clothing-427/dresses-442/sweetheart-tartan-dress-by-wal-g-2453770?refinements=Colour%7b1%7d~%5bred%5d&bi=21&ps=20. “I’ll drive tonight, I don’t want to drink anything.”

“Lauren are you okay?” A puzzled expression took over her face, “Yeah... Why do I look ill?”

“No you look fine, but you just said you don’t want to drink,” she rolled her eyes and sarcastically laughed back at me as I handed her the keys off the coffee table. “Let’s go!” She shouted as we walked out the apartment door.

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As we arrived I saw what looked like hundreds of people from work, some people I’d never seen before my life, they were either plus ones or just very unrecognisable. “Hey Emily!” Charlie, my new boss, greeted us, “Hi, this is Lauren,”

“Hi nice to meet you!” Lauren said smiling, clearly he was charmed. “Drinks are over there, come over, we having shots in a minute.” I was about to follow behind Charlie but Lauren held me back, “He wants you, your boss wants you!” She cackled, “Don’t be stupid!” I ignored her stupid remark and joined a bunch of other important looking people at the bar with Lauren alongside me. “Hey, my friend Carrie is here, I’m gonna go see her, have fun with them.” She gestured to all the people in suits laughing at the bar. “So shots!” Charlie turned smiling at me, slamming his hands down on the bar, there was six of us and what looked like about 30 shots. He put five in front of us each, “I think, I’ll just have one thanks,” I pushed the other four as far away from me as possible, not wanting it anywhere near me. “Don’t be boring Emily!” I’m not boring, I down my one shot. “Right I’m done.” I slammed my glass down on the bar. “Emily, don’t be boring, you aren’t giving me the best impression of you right now, who wants a boring old fart around.” Charlie laughed in my face, I could smell the strong vodka on his breath. One thing I couldn’t stand was being called boring. “Have fun, come on it’s a party.” Fine I’ll be ‘fun’ if that’s what he really wants. I pulled the other shots in front of me and downed them one after the other within just a few seconds. “Yes Emily!” Charlie cheered!

“Another five for this one please,” The more time that passed the hazier my mind got, I didn’t even know what I was thinking, downing another five shots. “I knew you could be fun Emily!” After that I just got handed drink after drink. I finally found Lauren around talking to some people and got her to dance with me, even though she was sober she was still fun. Charlie would like her then. As we were dancing I felt a buzzing in my purse, I stopped Lauren from dancing to grab my phone, I could just about make out the text. “They’re home!” I screamed, a huge grin spread across Lauren’s face, she had missed Harry so much.

Harry’s POV

We’d been back about half an hour, it was getting on for twelve both me and Niall had texted the girls to tell them we were back, they said they would probably be home for half twelve. I had already changed the apartment up, I put rose petals from the door to the sofa and near the dining room table, candles all over the place, Lauren was into all this mushy romantic stuff so she would love this, I had wine out on the table, blankets on the sofa so we could cosy up after. This had to go well.

Lauren’s POV

Emily was in an awful state, I hadn’t seen her this bad in years. I never should have left her alone “Lauren let’s go home.” She sounded pretty excited surprisingly, “Wait I just need to finish talking to Carrie, then I’ll be ready.”

“Okay well can I have the keys so I can go sit in the car, I don’t want to be here anymore,” I fished my keys out my bag and handed them to her. I watched her stumble to the door, she was going to hate herself in the morning.

Emily’s POV

Lauren was taking way too long inside, so much for a just finishing her chat, more like talk to everyone in the whole building before leaving. Typical Lauren. “Come on,” I mumbled to myself. I had had enough of waiting around.

Lauren’s POV

I finally got outside after being stopped by pretty much everyone in that room leaving. As I was walking down to my car I heard an engine start, no. What is she doing? I ran up the car, hitting the window as I saw Emily at the steering wheel. “Emily get out! Let me drive!”

“No I am driving, I need to see Niall!”

“Emily stop,” I wasn’t letting her be in there by herself at least. I ran round to the other side of the car and got in the passenger seat.

I kept telling Emily to pull over and let me drive but she wouldn’t have any of it

“Emily, you are drunk you can’t drive!”

“Well I’m doing it! And look no hands!” She laughed at me as panic rushed over me “Emily look!” I screamed as I saw a small figure in the street, she swerved out the way.

Harry’s POV

“Lauren, I don’t really know how to say this... No Harry.”

“Lauren you are amazing..” I paced back and forth through the kitchen, shit, shit, shit, “Lauren, You make me so happy...”

Lauren’s POV

The car filled with screams and then silence.