New Boy || [ Harry Styles au ] ✔️

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"Zara, wake up." Noah shook my body violently as I roused awake from my deep, alcohol induced slumber. "God." I winced, covering my ears as I closed my eyes to block the bright light.

"Same, girl." Noah groaned, her body falling limply beside mine. "But we have a lot to do today." Groaning, I slowly got up from the bed to the attached kitchen to swallow down some painkillers for my raging headache.

Everyone was pretty much awake, eyes bloodshot but we knew that would disappear in a few hours. Lucas gathered all of us in the living room area as a woman in all-business like attire stood beside him with a notepad.

I'm pretty sure she was judging our casual pyjamas and deathly looking faces but we were too exhausted to give a damn.

"My mom planned our day for us, yay me." The sarcasm was heavy on his voice as he continued. "Girls, you'll be having your hair, makeup - whatever done so be down at the spa by 1 pm sharp. Boys, I'm more than a hundred percent sure none of you packed any formal clothing so someone will be here shortly to pick out suits for us. Same with you girls."

Groans and shouts of refusal was heard as all of us lazily fell onto the soft couches, using one another as a source of warmth.

Lucas smiled apologetically at the impatient woman beside him. "They'll be there."

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"God, we should do this every time we get hungover." Addy moaned.

"I second that." My eyes were rolling back in how good this felt.

"Who knew body massages did well to ease headaches?" Noah sighed contently.

The three of us were laying on our backs in the spa room, with three masseuses massaging our bodies. I was secretly hoping it was some hot man who would give me a happy ending but nope, all were females...something about a strict policy.

"Great, now I'm sēxually frustrated." I sighed as the masseuses left the room. Addy hummed in agreement. "Same girl. I was having such good fantasies, now all I gotta do is to convince Lorcan to role play."

"Louis would be more than happy to comply, honestly." Noah laughed heartily, making me grumble.

"You lucky bāstards. I hate this world." I grumbled into the pillow.

"We love you too Z."

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[3rd person view]

"Dude, what do you think about this?" Louis hollered, giving the boys in the room a walk.

"Lou." Zayn deadpanned. Lucas rubbed circles into his temple. Lorcan laughed at the situation. "The fact that he's actually even considering to wear a bright yellow suit tonight is just hilarious."

"Um, it's called fashion sweaty-pie. Do your research." Louis sassed, walking back into the dressing room.

"Did he just call me 'sweaty-pie'?" Lorcan echoed out loud. "God, we need to get him away from those memes." Lucas stressed, lying back on the couch.

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[Zara pov again]

After 3 stressful hours, I can't pinpoint one area on my head that hasn't been pulled, poked at or played with. I know that the results would be beautiful but still; sitting straight while people did your makeup and constantly tugged at your hair really hurt.

I had begged the makeup lady to not overdo anything and it to keep it natural as I didn't want to wake up with pimples tomorrow morning. Immediately after my hair and makeup were done, I was told to change into my dress so I didn't even get to see my face. Even my dressing room didn't have a mirror. What kind of dressing room is this!?

The dress was beautiful, I had to hand it to her, Lucas' mom had a great taste in clothing. I couldn't tell the details of the dress apart in the dimly lit room so I just put it on.

As I entered the room were my two friends were, I squealed at them. They looked so breathtaking. Noah was in a light pink dress with her brown hair pulled up to a bun while Addy was in an emerald gown with her fiery red hair pulled back from the face with pins.

"Zara, you look...gorgeous." Both of them genuinely seemed shocked and I was wondering what kind of sorcery was performed on me until I looked in the mirror beside me.

My dark, raven hair was curled loosely at the bottoms and slightly swept to the side. My face makeup was kept simple on my request. Smoky eyeshadow and eyeliner were framed by my eye-lash extensions. My eyebrows were just threaded since I had naturally thick brows. My cheeks had this pale pink flush to it and my lips were coated in a nude pink colour which perfectly contrasted my red dress.

Speaking of which; it was an off the shoulders mermaid dress which showed my tattoo and a decent amount of cleavage. It hugged my curves properly and I was just shook.

"They did a good job." I gulped.

"You know it's good when you compliment yourself, hun." Addy laughed. "But yeah, they did wonderful."

"Just got a text from Lou. We have to meet them outside now. Let's go." The three of us followed Noah as we reached the hotel lobby.

The guys were conversing until their eyes met us. They rushed over, eyes wide as they assessed our makeover. "You girls look gorgeous."

Lucas put a hand over his chest. "I didn't know my homeless looking best friends had it in themselves."

"Y'all cleaned up nice too." Noah whistled. Truly they did. All of them were in dark suits with different coloured ties.

"Come along now! My parents will have my head if we don't hurry up." Lucas guided us to the entrance of the ballroom. "We're going in pairs. Couples, you do you. Zara, you're with me babe." He stopped his speech before turning to my brother. "Zayn you're gonna have to go with my younger sister."

Zayn's eyes widened horrifically. "Please, no! Anything but that!" You see, Zayn had a love-hate relationship with little Lynette.

Lynette was a spunky 21 year old (just a year younger than us) and with her honey blonde hair and big blue eyes, she had everyone wrapped around her finger. She and Zayn were constantly at each other's throats and if it wasn't for the bustling sēxual tension around them 24/7, we would've stopped it.

"She's not that bad Z, come on." I rolled my eyes at his theatrics. He mutter some words in protest but agreed nonetheless.

"Zaynie!" Lynette's melodious voice echoed throughout the floor as she walked up to us. Her beautiful blue dress and tied up blonde hair made her look like a real-life Cinderella.

Zayn had his mouth slightly agape as he stared at the princess like beauty twirl in front of him. Lynette's lips quirked up to a small smirk as she pushed his chin up with a finger.

"Close your mouth darling, you might catch flies." And with that, she intertwined their fingers and pulled him into the ballroom.

"Well, that was...interesting." Noah concluded. The rest of us rolled our eyes and linked our hands with our partners. "Let's go." Lucas announced, pulling me beside him as we entered the well-lit room.

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Keep in mind my loves: this may be a different sort of ending, but that does not mean it won't be a happy one!

You just don't know with who. ;)

Lots of love💜

-perfectzjm xoxo