Friend zone?

Chapter 3

Cheshire, England 2010

(Harry's POV)

I paced around my kitchen about nine times when Gemma texted me saying that she and McKenna were on their way.

"Harry, stop pacing you're making me dizzy just watching you," my mum says as she prepares dinner for us.

"Sorry mum I can't help it I'm just really nervous about tonight," I say breathlessly willing my self to finally take a seat at the dinner table.

"I wish you would tell me what your announcing so I could try to help ease your nerves honey," my mum says looking at me and giving me her best pleading smile.

"No mum I'm not telling anyone until McKenna gets here," I say firmly.

My mum says nothing but gives me the same sympathetic smile she's given me ever since I was nine years old and first admitted my crush on McKenna, ever since then she looks at me like that whenever I mention McKenna's name. I hate it when she looks at me like that..

I break eye contact with her and begin to set the table, while she finishes up dinner. I look at the clock and it reads 7:25 pm, Gemma and McKenna should be here soon. I can't wait to see their faces, especially McKenna's, when they hear I'm trying out for Britain's X factor!

(McKenna's POV)

Gemma drove up the long drive way of her house and parked. I was still immersed in my thoughts, that I didn't notice we had arrived until she shook my arm gently and broke me from my trance.

"What's gotten into you?" She mutters and steps out of her car.

"I wish I knew how to answer that," I mutter back and step out of her car, following her to the door.

She unlocks the door with her keys and steps inside. I follow closely behind her and closing the door behind me, not even a second after the door is closed, Harry rushes out of the kitchen to greet us.

"Hi Gemma, hi McKenna." He says looking past his sister completely giving me the same warm smile he gave me in that wicked dream. Shit.

"Hey curly nice to see you too," Gemma says playfully swatting his arm and winking at him, clearly teasing him for the way he's looking at me so intently.

"Hey Harry," I say shyly. Wow that's a first.

Harry locks eyes with me almost like he can read my mind. I quickly look away, but I still feel his green eyes on me as I walk past him into the kitchen.

"Hello Anne," I greet the woman who has always been like a second mother to me.

"Hello love," she turns away for the food she's finishing up on and gives me a big smile before giving me a tight hug.

"Do you need help setting the table?" I offer when she's done hugging me.

"No, it's fine Harry already set it for me," she says turning her attention back to the food as she places the rice and chicken onto plates.

"Oh," is all I say. I look over to the table and look at how Harry set it with his moms best table cloth and everything. He really put a lot of effort into this I think to myself.

"Let's sit down," Gemma says as she and Harry come up behind me, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Alright," I say taking my usual seat at their small dinner table, Gemma sits in her usual seat beside me and Harry sits directly across from me like he alway does. Anne serves us all our food then takes her seat next to Harry.

Once everyone is seated everyone turns their attention to Harry, causing him to shift in his seat nervously.

"Alright Harold, spill." I say playfully using his birth name. I know he can't stand when people call him it.

"You really want to know?" He ask equally as playfully, giving me a goofy grin.

"Yes!" Anne, Gemma and I all exclaim at the same time.

"Alright, alright." He says chuckling at our enthusiasm.

Why doesn't he just tell us who his new girl friend is and get it over with, I think to myself growing more irritated by his silence.

"Ok well you know how my band won battle of the bands not to long ago right?"

"Yeah?" Gemma says raising an eyebrow.

"What's that got to do with anything?" I add.

"Well... I signed up a few weeks ago... I'm trying out for X factor this Thursday," he says looking us dead in the eyes.

Well this took an unexpected turn..

"Really?" Gemma asks smiling.

"Honey that's great!" Anne exclaims, before engulfing Harry in a huge hug.

"Wow Harry, that's amazing!" I say smiling, feeling a weird wave of relief pass over me again.

Harry pulls away from his mothers long embrace and smiles at Gemma and then me.

"I would love it if you came to my audition with me," he says holding my gaze and not breaking eye contact.

"We'd love to," Gemma answers for the three of us before I could say anything.

"Yeah we'd love to," I hear myself agree, my voice barely audible. I stare into his eyes almost like I'm in a trance, I want to look away but I can't bring myself to do it. Thankfully Anne calls his attention and he peels his eyes away to answer all of his Mum's questions.

When I look at Gemma, she's already staring at me with a weird smirk on her face, giving me the impression that she just witnessed whatever just happened between Harry and I. I drop my eyes down immediately and concentrate on my food for the rest of the meal, not looking up even once.

When I notice that Gemma has finished her food I stand from the table and take our plates and throw them out. I walk over to Gemma and avoid looking at Harry.

"We better get going Gem, before all the good stores close," I say tugging at the sleeve of her sweater.

"Alright," she says standing to her feet.

"I'll see you guys on Thursday," I say to Anne and Harry. Before I can process what my body is making me do I'm in Harry's arms hugging him tightly.

(Authors note, hey guys thanks for all the votes and reads I've gotten so far you guys are truly amazing :D don't forget to keep voting and commenting! The question of the day is whose your favorite member of 1d? You'd be surprised to know that mine isn't harry it's actually Liam)