closer // harry styles

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

I woke up the morning of my birthday, groaning because I wanted more sleep. I rubbed my eyes, and sat up, seeing all five of the boys staring at me with wide eyes. Liam was carrying a huge cake with candles, Louis was holding balloons, Niall started blowing streamers, and Zayn held five gifts in his strong arms. Harry's eyes were the widest, and he jumped on my bed, pulling me close to him.

"Happy birthday." He said, kissing my ear.

"Okay, make a wish." Liam said, putting the cake in front of my face. I closed my eyes for four seconds, and blew out the candles.

"What'd you wish for?" Harry asked.

"If I told you it wouldn't come true." I smiled.

"Okay, we're gonna go cut the cake. Come down soon." Zayn said, and everyone shuffled out except Harry who stayed beside me. I wrapped my arms around him, laying my head on his chest.

"After cake, can you shower and get dressed?" He asked.

"Why? Do I smell or something?"

"No." He laughed. "You smell like vanilla and coconut like always." He said.

"That's what lotion does, Harry." I laughed.

"Shower because we're going out." He grinned.

"Where?" I asked.

"If I told you it might not come true." He winked, and got out of bed and walked downstairs.

Everyone ate cake and laughed at the table, and we all ended up with cake all over our noses.

"Ew!" I shrieked as Niall licked the cake off of Louis' nose after he licked his own.

"I'm gonna wipe mine off before Nialler licks me to." Zayn laughed, getting up and running to the kitchen. Harry was sitting next to me, and I looked over at him. He leaned in for a kiss, but I went up, licking the icing off of his nose, and he ended up kissing my chin.

"Hey." He smiled, and licked the icing off of my nose. I giggled and then he tickled me, making me laugh even more. He swooped me up in his strong arms, tickling me and carrying me upstairs. He burst my door open and dropped me on my bed, tickling me more.

"Stop!" I screamed, in the middle of my laughs. He laid down on top of me, crushing me and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He went in for a kiss again, but I used all of my might to flip him over onto his back, so now I was on top of him. I tickled him like he had tickled me, and his smile was huge, showing off his perfectly white and straight teeth. He laughed even harder, making his dimples poke deeper holes through his cheeks. I kissed his teeth as he was smiling, and then stopped tickling him. He pulled me down on top of him, kissing me passionately. I bit his lip, and he started kissing my neck. He pulled away after 10 more seconds.

"Here." He said, taking out a small piece of paper from his back pocket.

"What's this?" I asked, hesitantly taking the note. I slowly opened it, reading what it printed, in neat handwriting.

Packing List:

A playful/sporty outfit

A playful but appropriate outfit

A nice, dressier outfit

A comfy outfit.

"Harry, what is this?" I laughed.

"A packing list." He smiled.

"Why?"

"Just pack." He said, getting off of my bed.

"Tell me why!" I pouted.

"If I tell you, it won't come true!" He imitated again. "Pack and get ready." He instructed.

"Why?" I whined.

"Just do it!" He yelled.

"Nike." I said, finishing the logo. That made Harry crack up.

"Oh- okay." He laughed. "Get in the shower." He said, kissing my nose and walking out of my room.

I got out of the shower and got out my Vera Bradley duffel bag. I put in leggings, a sports bra, sneakers, and a razorback workout shirt; 'the playful/sporty outfit'. Then I put in aqua blue shorts with light pink flamingos on them, Sperry's, and a top from J. Crew, the same baby pink as the flamingos; 'the playful but appropriate outfit'. Then I threw in my nude pumps, and neatly folded a strapless mint green maxi dress; 'the nice, dressier outfit'. Then I pulled out my old high school lacrosse sweatpants, and my navy blue vineyard vines shep shirt; 'the comfy outfit'.

I dried my hair and loosely curled it, applying natural makeup and placing my makeup bag in the Vera Bradley duffel bag.

"Harry!" I yelled from my room.

"Yes?" He asked in his charming accent, running in within five seconds.

"What should I wear right now?" I asked, and he didn't answer. I realized I was only in a bra and underwear, and let's just say Harry was not looking at my face.

"Harry!" I yelled.

"What?" He asked, snapping his eyes to mine. I walked over to him, laughing.

"What should I wear for right now?" I asked.

"The first outfit on the list." He smiled, and walked out with out a goodbye or anything. I laughed at his mysterious ways, and put on the playful/sporty outfit. I lugged my bag downstairs, and dropped it at my feet. Niall came over and took it, taking it out to the car.

"Will you tell me what's going on now?" I asked, walking over to Harry and wrapping my arms around his neck.

"Sure." He smiled, putting his hands on my arms. All the boys followed Niall to the car, and we left the house last.

"Okay, so today, in honor of Ariana's 19th birthday, we are having a 'date day'." He smiled, intertwining our hands.

"What's that?" I asked.

"Well, we're going on four dates. You needed a different outfit for each, because they are four completely different kind of dates." He explained.

"I see." I said, getting in the passenger seat next to Harry, in the drivers seat.

"So, I hope you don't mind, but the first date the boys really wanted to come." Harry said, pulling out of the long driveway. "But for this first date, we need some more people anyway."

"No, it'll be fun. It'd be even more fun if you tell me where we're going first." I smiled.

"Laser tag." Harry said, and all of the boys cheered.

"We rented the place out!" Niall squealed, like a little boy.

"More people are coming, though!" Louis said.

"Okay, here are the teams." Liam said, pointing to Zayn.

"Alright, team one: Ariana, myself, Niall, Louis, Hailey and Perrie." Zayn read. "Team two: Harry, Liam, Lucy, Eleanor, and Alli." Zayn finished.

"Who made these teams?" Liam whined.

"Yeah hey, who stuck me with Liam and all of these girls?" Harry asked.

"Eleanor could take you down, and you know it to. You're glad she's on your team." Louis defended.

"And Lucy is just... perfect. Stuck with girls? Harry she's not even a girl... she's a goddess." Niall said, looking at the roof of the car.

"And Alli's really nice!" I laughed.

"Wow. And what about me?" Liam asked, leaning in on his elbows.

"Oh you're just... you." Harry said.

"Well then. You know... I'm really feeling the love here, Hazza." Liam said.

"Love you, Li." Harry laughed.

(okay, sorry, more to come. this didn't really have a cliffhanger ending but... ;) xx)