Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Breakfast In Bed Or Flower Bouquets

Hi everyone, I had to split the chapter into several parts, so here is the (very short) first part. All the love, Summer xxx

I was woken up by Lily who was standing in front of my bed with a large breakfast tray. In the middle was a little cupcake with a birthday candle in the middle and a surprisingly big amount of food had been piled onto two plates. "Morning, birthday girl, scoot over, will you?" she grinned down at me and I eagerly slid over to the other side of the bed to make room for her and the tray. "Wow, this looks amazing, thank you so much!" I gave her a one-armed hug and she gave me a proud smile, before handing me a fork and a knife, ready to dig in. I reached over her to pick up my phone from my nightstand and turned it on.

Instantly, I received a couple of messages wishing me a happy birthday, making me smile widely at my phone. I put my playlist on shuffle and we ate in content silence while we listened to my favourite songs. The day couldn't have started anymore perfectly. We were interrupted by the door bell and after a egging look from Lily, I carefully climbed out of my bed and made my way to the front door. To my surprise, a delivery man stood in front of the door with a large bouquet of flowers in his arms. "Claire Winters?" he asked me and when I nodded he carefully handed the flowers over to me and disappeared with a quick smile in my direction, leaving me starring dumbfoundedly at the beautiful flowers in my hands. 

Still slightly in shock, I closed the door with one arm and carried the flowers into the kitchen where I put them into vase. A card fell out and I picked it up, before placing the flowers in the middle of our kitchen table. I immediately recognised Harry's handwriting when I opened the card and automatically smiled even before reading what he had written.

"Dear Claire,

Happy Birthday! I hope you have the most amazing day filled with loads of love, joy and yummy food (I know how much you value food). I am so sorry that I won't be able to celebrate with you tonight, but I promise that I will make it up to you as best as I can. In case you're wondering how I have managed to send you the flowers and especially the card so quickly, here is the explanation. I had been planning to send you flowers for a couple of weeks now so I went to the local florist and ordered the bouquet and left them two cards. This morning I informed them which card they were supposed to send (I hope they actually sent the right one or this will be weird) and here they are. :) I am so grateful to have met you and to have such a fantastic woman by my side. You are everything I could ever ask for and I hope that this will be one of many birthdays that we will celebrate together. 

Always yours, 

Harry xxx"

I was standing in our kitchen with Harry's card in my shaking hands and wondered how the hell I deserved Harry Styles in my life. The amount of planning he had done to not only send me flowers on my birthday, but also to have the fitting card in case he didn't make it, made my heart beat loudly in my chest. My fingers traced the words 'always yours' and for some reason I felt like they had a deeper meaning that I hadn't quite figured out yet. Behind me I heard a noise and a couple of seconds later, Lily walked into the kitchen. "Hey, are you alright? Why are yo crying?" she asked me and instantly pulled me into a tight hug. Then her eyes fell onto the flowers on our kitchen table. "Wow, are these from Harry?" She let go of me and walked over to take a closer look. "They are beautiful, Claire!" she gushed and then spotted the card in my hands. "Is that from him?" I nodded and held it out for her to read. After a moment of hesitation, she took it and opened it. 

I watched her mouth form the words 'always yours, Harry' and when she looked up she, too, had tears in her eyes. "Awww, Claire, that's beautiful, he really cares about you, doesn't he?" Unable to reply, I only nodded and she handed the card back to me, before lightly pulling me back into my bed room. "Alright, no tears today! We'll finish the breakfast which I prepared for half an hour and then you'll take a shower and I will tidy up and get dressed as well, before your mum shows up in an hour, okay?" she asked me and I nodded and smiled at her, before continuing my breakfast, Infinity playing in the background.