Across the Road (Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Chapter 31

A month had flown by since the party. Lucy and I both being swamped with coursework and trying to juggle a social life. Niall and I were still together, but despite trying to push it to the back of my mind, Harry and I's moment still took over my thoughts regularly. Things had been sort of awkward since then. Neither of us had brought it up and once again we were barely acknologing each other.

Tonight was the first show of the UK leg of the boys latest tour and Lucy and I had been invited along by Niall and Zayn. The boys were so excited and I couldn't help but be for them. Their second tour together and after hearing about rehearsals it sounded like it was going to be even more spectacular than the first.

"Help what do I wear?!" Lucy panicked, chucking a huge pile of clothing in front of me.

"How about these?" I said grabbing a navy pair of disco pants.

"Hmm good choice El." She nodded in approval.

"With a crop top."

She nodded. "I must say Ella, since the fashion show, you've gained quite a keen eye for a good outfit."

"What can I say, I'm basically a model now." I said laughing.

"It's kind of true though when you think about it, I mean it's not like you have another job." Lucy pointed out.

She was right, other than being a student. There wasn't really a need for me to have a job. The flat was fully paid for and I had enough money saved for food, clothing and petrol for the time being, from my previous job at a local shop in Holmes Chapel, along with my parents insisting on sending me a generous amount of money every week. Not to mention Amelia had given me a rough idea of how much I would be earning for fashion week and let me tell you it would certainly remove a significant chunk of my student loan.

"Student and part time model, I like it." I smiled.

"Black or white crop top?" Lucy asked holding one in each hand.

"Black, definitely, with your black wedges." I decided.

"Thanks babe!" She said, rushing into her room to get changed. Now what the hell was I going to wear?

I grabbed Lucy's abandoned white crop top and my navy blue culottes, changing quickly. The culottes sat comfortably on my hips and along with the crop top, only showed a minimal amount of my stomach, which I was happy about. I wasn't self conscious of my body, but I still didn't really enjoy flaunting it.

Retreating back into my room, I applied a thin layer of foundation, concealer, mascara, eyeliner and a coat of pink lipgloss. I put my hair up into a bun with a velvet headband to match my outfit. I put on some ankle socks and my white, high-top converse to finish the look.

I exited my room in the kitchen, where Lucy was snacking on a packet of malteasers.

"Wow El, you look cute!" She gushed with her mouth full.

"Thanks." I replied blushing. "You look great too, as per usual." I teased, grabbing a handful of malteasers. "Zayn won't be able to keep his hands of you."

"Harry's going to go crazy when he see how good you look." I glared at her. But a part of me hoped for it to be true.

Lucy and I had had a good chat about Harry the other week. Lucy expressed her suspicions about catching us in a comprimising position on the sofa, but I merely shrugged her off, telling her we were hugging. I knew she didn't believe me but I wasn't going to admit to something that barely even happened.

"We best get going, Zayn text me asking us to come backstage before the show starts." Lucy said.

"What's the story with you and Zayn at the moment anyway?" I asked, awaiting her response whilst sipping on a bottle of water. Lucy looked down and blushed and my mouth opened in shock.

"Lucy Daniels blushing! I never thought I'd live to see the day!" I teased.

"I really like him." She mumbled.

"How cute." I said ruffling her hair. "Let's be off then." I sing songed, exciting to go and watch my boyfriend perform.

Authors Note

Okay, I finally updated! Also I'm back from overseas so updating should be more regular, hopefully. I'm going to post the next chapter right now as well because this one is embarrassingly short.

Ella's outfit on the side.

Gemma x