Little White Lies (Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Chapter 5

I had checked the video every 10 minutes, my palms getting sweaty every time I grabbed my phone

I was so thankful that it was Saturday, and I prayed that my lie would be forgotten by Monday. Thinking of how unlikely that sounded, I started biting the skin around my nails, a habit I have yet to kick.

I decided to do a little research on my so called boyfriend, hoping I could cover the lie up somehow.

Typing 'Harry Styles' into the search box, I found out that he was two years older than me, he was insanely attractive, but he also happened to be a player. Right when I was reading an article about him and Taylor Swift from two years ago, I was startled by Eileens voice from downstairs.

"Aubrey! Could you please run to Kierans and pick up some potatoes?!" Deciding to stay on my babysitters good side in case she found out about my lie, I pulled my hair into a ponytail and quickly slipped on a New York tee and boyfriend jeans before sliding on a grey cardigan to protect my arms from the bitter December air.

I run down the stairs and place my feet into my white keds before waving goodbye to Eileen.The trip to my local grocery store was short, equal to the duration of Lego House by Ed Sheeran.

*

After a while, Niall had begun to complain he was hungry.

"Niall, you just ate a batch of cookies!"

"They made me hungrier if anything!"

"Okay fine, I'll go. I'm going to drive over to Kieran's real quick, find some snacks"

Before Niall could reply, I headed down to my car, not in the mood to take the eight block walk and back.

I pulled up in front of the local grocery store, thank god it wasn't crowded. The last thing I needed was for a fan to recognize me and cause a ruckus.

Finding the frozen section, I placed some tubs of ice cream in my carrier before moving on to the snacks section.

Before I knew it, a girl flew into me, along with the bag of potatoes she was holding, which then ripped open and out tumbled each potato. The girl groaned before bending down to pick up the potatoes

"Look what you did! Don't just stand there, help me!"

"Look, I'm really sorry," I mumbled, bending down. I grabbed a potato from under the yogurt rack, handing it to her.

"Thanks," She grabbed the potato from my hand, "It's okay really, I just-" She finally looks up at me, and her eyes widened instantly.

Shit. A fan. "Please don't scream," I pleaded, all I wanted was to come here and avoid contact with anyone.

**

Thank god he didn't recognize me. I quickly put my potatoes together, and avoid any more eye contact with the pop star that I had claimed was my boyfriend.

When he doesn't say anything anymore, I turn around and begin to walk away. I sigh in relief just as I turn the corner when Harry speaks up,

"Hey! You're Aubrey aren't you?"

Shit. I slowly turn around and walk back to him because I really didn't want to yell across the aisle.

"Yes. And you know my name, so I'm guessing you saw the video.."

I look up at him and he's not smiling, but he's not frowning either. He adjusts his hair, ttucking a stray chocolate brown curl under his beanie.

I take his silence as a good sign and continue, "Look, I just want you to know that I'm really sorry. I wasn't thinking when I said..that. Chloe- the girl in the video, just-"

"You do know it's not going to go away right?" Harry finally speaks

"Yeah.. I know.." I look down at my shoes, not able to make eye contact again.

"You're going to get contacted by my management.. to be my fake girlfriend."

What?

"And I'm going to make your life a living hell. I'm going to make you regret saying those four words in the first place. Watch out Aubrey Castello."

The breath is knocked out of me as he gives me an eery grin before turning around and walking down the aisle, until he's out of sight.

Watch out Aubrey Castello

_

I'm currently strugging to write the middle chapters because I've only figured out the climax and stuff. Hang in there!!

Also, I've gotten a couple of inboxes about the cast. I haven't figured it out perfectly, but each of the One Direction boys are themselves obviously. Aubrey is Zoe Sugg (Zoella) but you can imagine her as any brunette actress really, but Zoe kept creeping into my mind. Natasha is Barbara Palvin. Caleb Mason is Francisco Lachowski. Cole Mason is Drew Van Acker. Chloe is Aspen Mansfield. That's it!