Freak [On Hold]

Chapter 21: Dancing

"Harry?" Louis waved his hand in front of my face snapping me out of my awe stricken trance.

"Yeah?" I asked turning to face him. He laughed a little, glancing at the other boys.

"Man. You've got it bad." Liam said with a smile.

I furrowed my brow at his statement, my cheeks heating up. I could just imagine them turning a deep crimson red.

"I do not." I muttered staring at the floor. "we're just friends and we want to keep it that way."

"Ok, but don't look now. She's coming over here." Niall said stuffing another chocolate ball in his mouth.

"What!?" I exclaimed. I turned on my heels and sure enough she was swiftly making her way through the crowd. I turned back to the boys, in a small panic.

"What do I say to her? What do I do?" I almost yelled.

I guess something clicked in their heads that I was really panicking because their faces snapped to realization that I was freaking out.

"Uh, just be yourself like I told you! be Harry!" Louis said sending me a thumbs up. "And don't say anything stupid, or rude, don't swear, don't try to sway her with shitty love poems, don't try to do that stupid smirk thing that you do, it's creepy, do-"

"I get it!" I shouted planting my hand over his mouth. He licked my palm.

I sent him a quick glare, I wiped my hand on my pant leg, before turning around to face Becca, she smiled and her blue eyes sparkled.

"Hi Harry!" She exclaimed. "Hi boys!" She added leaning around me to wave at them.

"I'm so glad that you could make it! I'm so impressed with your costume. I was expecting it to be a cheap store bought one but this looks so real. You really do look handsome." She flashed another amazing smile.

I smiled back just letting the beauty of her voice sink in.

"Well thank you. Um, will you excuse me for a second?" I asked. She nodded and I turned around to grab Louis, Liam and Niall.

"What's up?" Louis whispered.

"I have no idea what to do. I have never dated a girl before. This is practically my first interaction with a girl. What do I even do? What do I say?!" I whispered back.

Liam nodded and looked up at me.

"Harry we trust that you'll be yourself. Please don't try to be something you're not. Girl's like it when you act naturally and just be yourself. And besides, talking with a girl is easy, it's the dating part that gets tricky."

I mentally laughed inside. It was ironic he was saying that judging by I'd been pretending ever since I met Louis.

Thanks Liam. You're a real help.

I frowned turning back to Becca.

"So, you look beautiful yourself. Are you suppose to be anything?"

She nodded. "I'm a swan. At least I'm suppose to be."

I nodded.

"The white feathers in your hair make sense now." I commented.

She nodded, followed by a smile and a a breathless laugh.

We looked away from each other now in the awkward situation of running out of things to talk about.

"Ask her to dance." Louis' playful voice tickled my ear in a soft, feathery, whisper.

"What?!" I shot back.