Protected [Harry Styles - AU]

chapter 3

Harry's POV

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"Are you sure?" I shoot her a mocking smile.

"Yeah" she rolled her eyes, clearly annoyed. She was just trying to prove my assumptions wrong, but I already knew that she wasn't the type of a girl to go get drunk at parties.

I can honestly say, I didn't expect her to say 'yes'. She better not get drunk, she would probably go crazy and I don't want one of these guys here to get ahold of her tonight. There are a lot of perverts here. What? I mean I don't want her to get drunk because I don't want to have to drag her back to the dorm wasted. Yeah.

I headed down the staircase to the kitchen where I grabbed two beers, one for me, and one for Skye, then headed back to my group of friends. I would never admit it, but these people really were my family. All of us came from rough home lives and we all became each others' family. But still, none of us ever dared to actually say it. We weren't really the sentimental type. But we were all able to relate to one another because of it.

On my way back to the group, I was stopped by Kate. "Wanna hook up after the party?" she lustfully scanned up and down my body. "Kate. I don't want to be with you, the only reason I kissed you earlier was because I was feeling shitty and you just happened to be there. It was nothing more. You should have known that." I shot her a confused look.

She glared and looked almost offended that I rejected her offer. I've never really liked Kate but you could say that she was hot. She has been friends with our group for about a month or so. No one except Perrie and Rose liked her, but the guys and I didn't completely despise her so we usually let her tag along. She was kind of a bitch though. "Okay, well you don't have to be a dick about it."

"What the hell? There is nothing going on between us." Am I missing something here?

"I know. I have a boyfriend, I'm just saying, if you want to hook up I'm here. God." she rolled her eyes and walked off. I was used to girl throwing themselves at me, and getting pissed when I denied their sexual requests. So I brushed it off.

I made it back to my group and handed Skye her drink. She was talking with Louis, smiling and laughing occasionally. There is something about Skye Collins and I don't know what it is.

Skye's POV

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When Harry left to get our drinks, I started talking to Louis who was sitting right next to me. He was so sweet and very welcoming.

"So why did you come here with Harry. I haven't seen you around before." he inquired.

I explained the story of how I mistakenly ended up in Harry's dorm room and he laughed. I really like Louis. He was very attractive, sure, but I enjoyed just talking to him. He is easy to talk to and his rugged appearance could've fooled anyone, he wasn't the stereotypical punk with tattoos and piercings. He was a genuinely nice person.

We ended up talking about the career choices I had in mind. "I'm an English major, and I would love to be an editor when I get out of college."

"What courses are you taking?"

I handed him my schedule that I still had in my back pocket from earlier. I was only taking four classes this semester, and I was excited because I wouldn't be too overwhelmed.

"No way! I'm in your Creative Writing and American Lit classes!" he practically shouted. I was happily surprised that I would have him in two of my courses. "Oh thank god!" I was pretty nervous, since I knew absolutely no one and didn't have any friends, so far. I opened my mouth to speak but Harry came up to me and handed me my drink.