Unexpected Love

Chapter 4

- Alyssa's POV -

I wake up in the morning to the smell of chocolate chip pancakes, a smile grows on my face.  I roll out of bed and shuffle down the hall in my pink slippers, and see Vanessa standing over the stove with a spatula in hand. 

"Good morning! I made pancakes," Vanessa said.  She was awfully happy this morning, which was usual.  I was the one who was not a morning person.

"Mmm thanks!" I said giving her a big goofy smile.

"It's sad that you and Harry will never get to see each other again." She states out of the blue.  

Harry's number!

I remembered that Harry's number was in my contacts just waiting for me to decide to call him.  

"Yeah. I guess. Whatever though he's famous, it's not like he'd actually be into me." I say trying my best to sound sad.

"Aw sweetie, eat your pancakes.  I'm going to get dressed and run to the store and get some ice cream and were just going to watch movies all day and eat ice cream. 'Kay?" she says giving me a sympathetic look. 

"Okay." I said.  She went to the closet to change and I patiently ate my pancakes waiting for her to leave so I could call Harry.

She comes out dressed in jeans and a tank-top and runs out the door with just a simply goodbye.

I drop my fork and run into the bedroom to grab my phone. I quickly find his contact and hit call.

The phone rings and rings and finally I hear a cute british accent say hello.

"Uhm hi Harry. This is Alyssa."

"Oh Alyssa! Hi! I thought you weren't going to call me, I was getting nervous."

Harry was getting nervous that I wasn't calling him.  He must like me more than I thought.

"Yeah, sorry. We got home and crashed last night,"

"That's okay, love. So uh I was wondering if you would maybe want to go on a date tonight..." He trailed off making it seem like he was expecting the worst.  

"Of course! I would love to Harry!" I squealed through the phone.  I could hear him chuckle and let out a breath he had been holding.

"Great! I'll pick you up at 7! I have to go the boys are calling me," he said hurriedly and hung up.

"Oh bye," I said softly, more to myself because he is no longer on the other end of the line. 

I check the clock and see that it is already 1 in the afternoon so I had six hours to get ready for the biggest date of my life.  I decided that as soon as Vanessa got home I would tell her about the date and we would go get manicures and get my hair done.

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Vanessa walked in the door and I immediately jumped off the couch and ran over to her.

"I HAVE A DATE WITH HARRY!" I screamed so loud my voice hurt.  

Vanessa let her grocery bag drops on the floor and her jaw landed on the floor, she was so shocked at my news.  

"Oh my God Alyssa! We have to leave right now! We need manicures and we have to get your hair done, and we have to get you all prettied up!" Vanessa said.  

She turned right around and ran back out the door.  I hurriedly grabbed my purse and followed her.

She drove us to the nearest manicure place and we got our fingernails painted, mine blue and hers pink.   

"We need a new outfit for you!" Vanessa said while navigating through the crazy New York traffic.

"Where are we going to get one? We've already spent so much money on my hair and nails!" I said.

"We'll go to my mother of course!" she said obviously

Vanessa's mother was the most famous fashion designer in all of New York, and on top of that was the nicest most caring person I had ever met.  We pulled into the parking lot of her building and walked inside.  We walked through the building, everybody giving us smiles and waving at Vanessa.  We rode the elevator up to the 10th floor where Ms. Hart's office was located.  Her eyes lit up at the sight of us and her glowing smile spread across her face. 

"Oh Vanessa! Don't you look absolutely gorgeous today," Ms. Hart said hugging her daughter and kissing both cheeks, "and Alyssa darling you look beautiful," she said hugging and kissing me too.  

"What can I do for you two today?" she said walking back to her desk and organizing some papers. 

"Alyssa has a date with the Harry Styles tonight," Vanessa says nonchalantly, throwing herself on the couch.  

"Congratulations Alyssa! So, I'm guessing you two came for a new outfit for Alyssa?" she said with her perfect smile.  

"Yeah. Except I don't know if it's a fancy place or a casual place," I told her, sitting down next to Vanessa.

"Well, what are you two waiting for? Let's go down to the closets," she said swiftly walking out the door.  The closets were the coolest floor in the entire building.  It was a long hallway full of doors that opened into huge rooms full of clothes upon clothes upon clothes.  The elevator doors opened into the hallway and Ms. Hart floats down the hallway and opened the third door on the left. It opened up into a room full of spring clothes, some were neon and some were pastel.  She flips through all of the clothes picking out a pink and blue pastel striped dress with lace covering the back. 

"This," Ms. Hart says. 

I stare at the dress in awe.  It's the perfect dress for tonight.  It's gorgeous.

"It-Its perfect! Can I try it on?" I said still in total awe of the dress.

She hands me the dress and I go behind a rack to change into the dress and when I step back out I see Vanessa's eyes bulge out of her head.  I step in front of the three way mirror and don't even recognize myself.  The dress is strapless and fitted at the top, then flaring out at the bottom.  

"Alyssa you look stunning!" Vanessa exclaimed.

"Why thank you," I said giving my new dress a twirl.  

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I was dressed in my new dress and my hair was curled resting on my shoulders and my makeup was done perfectly. Vanessa and I were waiting for the knock on the door that would tell us that Harry had arrived.  I was playing with my fingers out of nervousness.  

Finally we heard a knock on the door.  I squealed and Vanessa grabbed my hand and pulled me up off the couch.  

"Wait! Lipgloss!" Vanessa said and I rolled my eyes but let her put a swipe of it across my lips anyway.

I walked over to the door and opened it.  Harry was standing against the frame of the door holding a bouquet of roses, and he had this playful look in his eyes.

"Hello, love, ready to go?"

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