Finding Love

chapter 2; Meeting Harry

"Emma" my mom says shaking me to wake up "It's time to get up love".
Ugh I hate waking up in the morning. I'm exhausted. I shoo her away and I get up trying to be ready for the day.

I decide not to wear anything too nice, so I put on black booties, black leggings, a black long sleeve mock turtle neck, and a jean jacket. We all shuffle in the car as I grab my black coat (just in case) and my black purse.

Fifteen minute's later, we arrive at Anne's home. We get out the car and knock on the door. The door is opened by Anne who engulfs me in a big hug.
"Hi Anne. I'm so sorry" I whisper in her ear as we hug. She nods, thanking me, and kisses my cheek as she lets us all inside the door.

I spot Gemma's blond hair and I make my way over to her. I tap on her shoulder and she turns around.
"Emma!" she yells.
"Gemma!" I yell embracing her in a hug "You need to come down to New York so I can show you around!" I tell her when we pull away.
"Ugh babe I know, I just need to find the time" she says and laughs. "Oh here look I'll meet you to my brother finally. He's super cute, has a new place in New York, and you two will definitely hit it off!" she exclaims.
I nod chuckling nervously. As she pulls my arm to go to the near empty kitchen.

"Harry!" she yells as he stops talking to someone and turns around to look at us. He's wow... stunning. Like a beautiful man with the most gorgeous eyes. He smiles at me and his eyes glimmer.
"This is Anna and Greg's daughter I've been telling ya about. This is Emma" she tells him pushing me forward.

"Hi" I say shyly and shake his hand "Well I'm Emma" I chuckle.
"I'm Harry" he chuckles and says back to me.
Gemma turns around and walks out the door leaving me alone with him.
"Well, you probably want to get back to your other conversation you were having" I tell him pointing over to the guy who is now starting to walk away.
"Oh no, that's okay I'd rather talk to you" he says.

I blush furiously and look down at the ground. My mum thankfully walks in and goes right on over to Harry.
"Harold!" she yells hugging him.
"Anna! Thank you for coming it means a lot" he tells her.
"Ah I've seen you met my daughter".
"Yes, I have. She's lovely" he says looking over to me.

My mom and him talk for a while as I stand there getting into the conversation. When my mom leaves, I finally speak up to Harry, "Hey I'm really sorry about Robin by the way. I know you've probably gotten that a lot today, but I knew him well and he was such a good guy" I say.
"Oh yeah, thank you a lot. Your parents are lovely people as well".
I nod and thank him.

"I like your music" I tell him and chuckle. "I mean I liked it before, but I like your new music now too".
He laughs at me and says, "Thank you love. It was something I've wanted to do for a while".

"Gemma tells me you live in New York" he tells me.
"Yeah I do. I'm finishing college at NYU. You live there too don't you?" I ask.
"Yes I do. I bought a new place in Manhattan recently. It's an amazing place honestly, I love the city life".
"Oh my gosh me too! Well I mean since you're just moving there, I could show you around sometime if you want? Doesn't really matter actually. You've probably seen a lot of it too-" I continue to mumble on and he stops me.
"I'd love to see some inside places that aren't all touristy" he laughs.
I smile at him and we both walk out of the kitchen, to where the rest of the family was.

We walk out to see more of his family has arrived. I go over to Gemma, squeezing her side a bit and telling her, "Well thanks for leaving me!".
"Well you guys were in there for quite some time, so what were you doing?" he asks wiggling her eyebrows.
I poke her side and glare at her.

She goes and says hi to family, introducing me to many of them. I feel Harry looking over at me while I'm talking to his family.
I look over at him and wave to him slightly as he chuckled and waves as well.

After conversing with their family, we decide to go out to an early dinner at 5. We pile in the cars and we're off. We go to the place called Don Alberto.

When we get there, I take a seat next to Gemma and my brother.
"Hey Charlie, would you mind if I sit here instead?" Harry asks my brother.
"Yeah alright man, but you owe me" he chuckles.
"Yeah will do" Harry chuckles and takes his seat.

"Mm so you wanted to sit by me huh" I joke with Harry.
"No, I just didn't want to sit by my cousin" he points over to where Charlie now sits next to a little boy shoving his airplane in Charlie's face.
I chuckle and see Charlie's annoyed expression glaring at Harry.
"Just joking, I did want to sit with you" he cheekily tells me and smiles widely at me.

At dinner, I talk mainly to Harry and Gemma. Catching up with them both and learning more about Harry as a person. He asks me intimate questions and intrigues me with all his tattoos, so I ask more about those.

*After dinner*

It's time to go home and we have to say goodbye.
"Well goodbye Harry" I tell him, not sure if I should hug him or not.
"Goodbye Emma, it was lovely meeting you, I'll see you tomorrow" he tells me and dips down to hug me as I wrap my hands over his neck. We let go and he kisses my cheek before I have to go. I blush immensely and go over to Gemma to say bye.

"Bye Gemma" I sing song and she gives me a hug.
"Mhm bye Emma. You're welcome for hooking you up with my brother" I laugh at her remark and we make our way home.
I shower and fall asleep right away, exhausted from the day. I think about Harry and what had happened today making me very excited about tomorrow to see him again...