Her Second Chance-a One Direction story

Chapter 11

*Harry’s POV*

“HEY I JUST MET YOU AND THIS IS CRAZY BUT HERES MY NUMBER SO CALL ME MAYBE!” Louis and Niall screamed from the back row as music blared from the radio. Eleanor sat next to Louis smiling widely, watching Lou with an amused expression on her face. I could see Liam and Danielle in the row behind me, sitting close together and talking quietly.  Zayn and his date, Sarah or something, sat next to them. Zayn didn’t look very happy as Sarah chattered on about something to him. I sighed and picked up my phone. I saw a text from Tiffany and called out,

“They’re on their way down!”

“YAYYY” Louis yelled. Niall perked up his head and started watching out the window. Even Zayn looked up from his phone.

“Are you excited to see Cat, Niall?” I asked, winking at him.

“Yeah, I just hope she’s fit, mate!” he responded grinning.

“Niall! You know there’s more to a girl than her looks, right?” Danielle chided him.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m just saying it won’t hurt if she’s cute!” He protested. I laughed and turned around to wait for Tiffany. Bored, I pulled out my phone and logged onto Twitter. I scrolled through my mentions, following a few fans and replying to some friends. Then I turned and snapped a pic of Louis and Niall screaming the lyrics to Superbass, which had just turned on. ‘@Louis_Tomlinson and @NailOfficial…in need of some headphones’ I tweeted the pic, and within seconds it had dozens of retweets.

“Is that them?” Niall asked, getting my attention. I looked out the window and saw a security guard followed by two girls, one with brown hair and one with red. The brunette looked up towards the van and I smiled, seeing it was Tiffany.

“Yup, I see Tiff!” At the mention of her name, I noticed Zayn’s head spin towards the window with a hopeful look on his face. Okay then…I turned my attention back to the approaching girls. As they came closer, I realized my hands had gotten sweaty and my stomach was churning a bit. Wait, was I, Harry Styles…nervous? For a date with a girl I just met?  I never got nervous around girls, it was sort of my nature to flirt and act cheeky around them. But for some reason, the thought of dating Tiffany made me jumpy. I tried to calm down, shaking my head and distracted myself by watching Lou and Liam try and play charades in the crowded vehicle. Suddenly the doors opened and I saw Tiffany standing there.

“Hey, guys!” She smiled, and without hesitating jumped up into the van.

“Hey, love!” I grinned at her, patting the seat next to me. She sat down and turned towards the door,saying,

“Everyone, this is Cat, my best friend and roommate!”

“Hi everyone!” Cat giggled and swung herself  in, plopping next to Niall. I saw him run his eyes up and down her body and grinned; he had already fallen for her killer looks. Cat was a beautiful girl with her red hair and fair complexion, totally Niall’s type. He scooted over and immediately put his arm around her shoulders, which made me smile. He introduced her to everybody, and Tiff to Eleanor and Danielle. As Tiffany said hi, I could barely keep my eyes off of her. The way she carried herself, her natural beauty, all set her apart from the thousands of other girls I had seen around the world. She seemed so happy and carefree; I relaxed just being next to her. She finally turned back towards me, and said with her adorable American accent,

“So what’s the plan?”

“Dinner, then movie back at our place,” I answered. “Of course, we could skip dinner and just head back to my place…” I trailed off suggestively, winking at her.

“You wish!” she laughed, winking back at me.

“STOP BEING INAPPROPRIATE!” Louis screeched. “EL, MAKE THEM STOP, MY EARS ARE BLEEDING” he buried his face in Eleanor’s hair.

“It’s alright, Lou, they’ll behave now,” she said comfortingly while patting his head and holding in her laughter.

“Hey, what are  your twitters?” I asked Tiffany and Cat, pulling out my phone.

“@TiffMarie,” she answered.

“@CatHoran,” Cat replied, winking at Niall who started laughing. I snapped a pic of them and tweeted, ‘going to dinner with @TiffMarie and @CatHoran, gonna be a crazy night!’ They both checked their phones a minute later and gasped.

“I just went from 250 followers to 2,000!” Tiffany exclaimed.

“Same here!” Cat gasped.

“It’s the consequence of being near us, the one and only, ONE DIRECTIONNNN,” Louis shouted dramatically.

“If that’s the punishment, I’ll take it, no problem!” Cat laughed, leaning back against Niall. They started to drift off into conversation, and I could see Niall falling hard. I turned my attention to Tiffany, who had been flicking through her Twitter.

“So, how are you?” I asked, taking her hand and holding it with both of mine. She looked up and smiled.

“Fantastic, how about you?” She responded.

“Better than ever, now that you’ve arrived.” I grinned as she blushed. As we continued talking, I glanced over to see how the others were doing. Louis and Eleanor were chatting, as were Niall and Cat. Liam and Danielle appeared to be…sleeping? Busy lives of a singer and dancer, I guess. I then looked at Zayn, and was startled to find him staring at Tiffany. His date Sarah was practically on his lap, talking about something, oblivious to the fact that he was completely ignoring her. His eyes met mine and I gave him a ‘what the hell’ face, and he frowned and turned away. What was his problem? He has his own date, he doesn’t need to be staring mine down…I got sidetracked when I realized we had just pulled up to the curb in front of the restaurant, which was surrounded by fans.

“How did they know where we were?” I sputtered, looking around to try and find somewhere we could get out without being mauled.

“Um, I may have accidentally mentioned it in a tweet…”Liam said sheepishly, apparently awake now.

“Liam!” Louis complained.

“Idiot,” I said under my breath. I caught sight of Tiff’s face; she looked completely overwhelmed. Shit, how were we going to get out of this?