The Nanny (Harry Styles)

Chapter 17

"Why is there an army of girls running around my house?" Harry asked, bounding up the last few steps to lean against the railing that ran across the hallway. His dress shirt was open to reveal his tank top underneath. I put my head in my hands, sighing.

"Noelle has a big mouth. And Emma has an even bigger one." I explained, just stepping out of Gemma's way as she came out of my room, holding what looked like all my pairs of high heels.

"Gemma? What are you doing here?" Harry asked but Gemma waved him off, heading down the stairs, probably to get the boards approval.

Harry looked to me, eyes confused.

I sighed, ready to start at the beginning.

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That Morning

"Laney Jade Bennett. Don't touch that." Noelle said from where she was seated in the buggy. I transferred the macaroni and cheese box I had in my hand into the cart, giving her a stern look.

"You called me by my full name." "She retorted, shrugging.

I snorted, "Yes because you were teasing that little boy." I said, putting my hands back on the buggy and pushing her towards the juice area.

"He looked like Uncle Zayn. Uncle Zayn looks funny." She said, shrugging. I shook my head, rolling my eyes.

"It's still not very nice, bug." I sang, picking up her pony tail out from her back, so it didn't get caught on the metal.

"Neither is making me wake up early, but here we are Lane. Here we are." Noelle said, clicking her tongue at me and brushing through her small dolls hair.

"Miss Styles, eleven in the morning is not early." I said, turning to look at the display of juices, already reaching for her favorite flavor of fruit punch.

I moved to go grab the last one that was on the shelf, but a large hand swooped in and grabbed it before I could.

"Hey Mister!" Noelle protested.

"Noelle!" I scolded, turning to apologize to the man.

He was in his jogging gear, headphones still around his neck. His hair was shoved underneath a baseball cap, and there was still a bit of sheen on his face.

"Why are you riling her up?" I asked Harry as he chuckled, still sounding a bit out of breath.

He shrugged, "Not riling her up, just getting her juice." He replied, tossing it in the buggy.

"Well fabulous. Are you done yet?" I asked, referring to his run. He had nothing to do until later in the afternoon, and it was above 60 degrees today, so he decided to jog in the area while we shopped.

"Nah, I'm gonna go around one more time. You look only half done anyways." Harry said, gesturing to the items.

"Cause I'm being a stinker." Noelle offered, and I noticed now she had dug into my purse to play with my phone. I glanced down to make sure she was on the game I downloaded for her, and when it was confirmed, turned back to Harry.

"I should've given her something with a little sugar. She's acting moody." I explained. Harry took it upon himself to rip a banana from the bundle we had in the buggy and hand it to her. I opened my mouth to stop him, but he shooed his hand toward me.

"I do it all the time. Besides, now she'll cooperate a bit more, right Elle?" He asked peeling the banana for her.

"Okay for one, you're doing that upside down." He ignored me as he continued peeling. He took a large bite once the skin was off of it.