Second Chance

Chapter 4

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Harry's POV

I walked to the car, feeling very annoyed. Why the hell should I care if him and my son had dinner with her? I reminded myself I only was this upset because Louis did not tell me where Alex was. That had to be the only logical reason I was feeling this way, right? And I don't know why I yelled when Louis was about to ask Demi out. I just really hope that I did not scare her.

I got in the car, staying silent. Louis was in the passenger seat. I started up the car, pulling out.

Louis finally broke the silence. "What the hell are you so huffy about? And I was about to ask Demi out. What crawled up your arse and died?"

I rolled my eyes. "Well, first of all, you did not tell me that you were taking my son over there. I come home and find you and Alex gone. I barely get to see my child as is, Louis. I was planning on coming home to him and he was not even there. And also, why do you need to ask her out? I thought you liked some other girl.."

Louis shrugged.  "She has a boyfriend. And besides, last time I checked, I can date whoever I want to. What are you jealous or something?" Louis eyed me.

I clenched my fists tighter around the steering wheel, getting more annoyed by the minute. "Just stay away from Demi, alright?!" I snapped, trying to keep my calm. "She is Alex's teacher and I do not want things to be weird between us because of you."

Louis scoffed. "You like her! It's so obvious you like her."

I rolled my eyes, driving to Louis' flat so I could drop him off. If only I had gotten there already, we would not be having this conversation. "And so what if I do?"

Louis sighed softly as I stopped in front of his house. "Look, fine. I will back off then.. But if you do not date her, I might just. I will let you be though because I know you haven't wanted anyone since Allie.."

I bit my lip, swallowing hard at mention of my wife's name. "Fair enough. Thanks, Lou." I sighed softly, feeling a bit more easy about the situation. I said goodbye to him and drove home, thankful Alex was still asleep in the backseat, not hearing anything that happened.

The truth was I had a bit of a crush on Demi for a while now. She was just so beautiful. She always seemed so sweet and like she had so much patience. We had never really spoken until a few days ago though. I had always admired her from afar when I came to pick up Alex from school.

And after talking to her, my crush was only developing. She was so shy and incredibly nice. I imagined her being all these things but I was wrong. She was even better. I really just wanted to get to know her better. I had been working overtime lately to try and catch up on the bills and hopefully I would be financially stable soon. I would be able to see my son more and maybe we could hang out with Demi one day.

I pulled into my driveway shortly after and got Alex out of the car, carrying him inside to lay him down for bed. He stirred a bit before opening up his eyes.

"Daddy?," he asked quietly.

"I am right here.." I smiled softly, kising his cheek. I walked up to his room and got him into his pajamas before laying him down in his bed gently.

"I love you, daddy..," Alex whispered, his eyes shutting closed again.

I smiled at him, biting my lip gently. "I love you too, buddy.."

I left his room, leaving the door open just a crack before I went downstairs to go sit on the couch. I laid back, shutting my eyes and exhaling deeply. I liked to just have time to myself at this time of night. I always wanted to just relax after a long day of work. I liked the quiet. It gave me a lot of time to think and just relax.

My mind trailed off and it went straight to her. I opened my eyes when remembering I had her number that she gave to me earlier and I ran up to my room, searching for the small piece of paper she had written her number on.

Demi's POV

I laid in my bed, replying tonight's events in my head.  Tonight had been so odd. It seemed like Louis was interested in me and if I did not know any better, I would have thought he was going to ask me out before Harry made him leave. 

And weirdest of all, for some reason I felt relieved that Harry had interrupted Louis. I mean I just met the guy today, there was no way he could have wanted to go on a date with me or something. Right?

The vibration from my phone interrupted my thoughts. I furrowed my brows, wondering who could be texting me. No one ever texted me and I silently prayed to myself that it was not Tyler. I got my phone off the night stand and checked the screen. 

Hi Demi. It's Harry. I hope Alex wasn't too much trouble for you tonight. x

I began to feel nervous and I swallowed hard, adding Harry to my contacts list right then before replying.

Don't worry. He was a perfect, little angel :) I liked spending more time with him.

I bit my lip gently, unsure of if I should add a little 'x' on the end like he did. I did not want to come across looking too friendly. Why I seemed to care so much what Harry thought about me was beyond me though. I finally decided to leave the text the way it was and I hit SEND. I got a reply back within less than a minute.

Thank you again for spending time with him. And for feeding him dinner. Sorry if I seemed at all rude tonight, I did not mean to come across as such. x

I smiled softly at his reply. Harry really was such a nice guy and he really, really cared for his son. I typed back, getting comfy in bed.

You did not come off as rude at all tonight. You were just worried about your son, that's all.

He replied quite quickly again. 

And maybe I was a little jealous of Louis tonight. I wouldn't have minded being the one to have dinner with you.. xx

I blushed hard. Was he actually flirting with me? Or was he just really that nice?

Oh.. well you can have dinner with me some time if you would like. I am always free for dinner.

Wow, way to seem pathetic. He didn't reply for quite a few minutes and I frowned to myself. I probably ended up scaring him away or something. I tended to sound overeager at times and that was one of my flaws. 

I laid down in bed, putting my phone on the night stand. I was surprised when I heard it go off a couple minutes later. I retrieved it and checked the message.

I will definitely have to keep that in mind... I am gonna hold you to your word there, Miss Lovato. Well, it is getting very late. I hope you have a good night. H. x

I replied right away.

You too. Good night, Harry. 

I put my phone back after shutting it off. I laid back in bed, confused about what was happening. I was probably over-thinking. Maybe Harry just wanted to have a friendly dinner and talk more about how Alex was doing in school. Nothing more than that.

I sighed softly and tossed and turned for a while before finally falling asleep and dreaming of a man with light eyes and a beautiful smile.