The Reinvention of Harry Styles (Completed)

Chapter 48

As Molly and Harry moved on to the last few tour dates in Harry's tour, Molly barely noticed the hype around her being 'Harry's girlfriend.' It was something she'd wanted more than anything when she was younger, yet feared more than anything the last few months. But now that it was actually happening, and she was publicly (and privately) Harry Styles' girlfriend, she felt...normal.

Part of that might be due to the reaction of her close friends Lily and Alexa, whom Molly now regretted not letting in on the secret. She had been so wrapped up in her own problems, that she selfishly didn't realize that her friends were always going to be just that - her friends - no matter who she was dating. Harry had an idea to hopefully fix their strife.

"It's obvious, isn't it?" He asked, a smile starting on his lips. "You know what they say: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

Molly did not see how that would make things better between her and her friends. "You want me to drink my problems?"

"No," Harry chuckled. "I mean, turn the problem into the solution. Bring them to a show, get them backstage passes...maybe meeting me would make them forget about...whatever it is they're mad at you for."

"They're mad because they found out one of their best friends was dating their celebrity crush, and didn't tell them," Molly sighed. "But your idea might work." She smiled at Harry and decided to give them a call. It was a bit awkward at first, until they opened up and didn't hold back their complaints.

"We knew you were writing an advice column with Gemma, everyone knew that, so I don't know why you had to keep it a secret from us that you were dating him," Lily complained.

"Yeah, we're not 17 anymore. We might fangirl about him, but...this is different. You're dating Harry, a person, just like us." Alexa added.

"I know, and I'm sorry," Molly sighed. "I just didn't want anyone to know about us, I wanted to keep it between us, for now."

"That's okay, and I get that, but... maybe tell us next time before going public?" Lily rebutted, a bit sarcastically.

"I'm sorry, I understand - I'd feel the same way too," Molly apologized. "How about I make it up to you? He's playing at a few of the Jingle Ball concerts this year, and I can get you tickets." Molly smiled to herself as they reacted. "I can get you backstage passes, and, of course, you can meet him." She held her phone away from her ear as the girls squealed in shrill excitement. "I'll take that as a 'yes', okay? I'll be in touch about travel arrangements and what not."

The girls screamed again, and Molly gave Harry an approving nod.

"I knew they'd like that," he quietly said to Molly with a thumbs up, before leaving to give her some privacy with her friends. After his last tour date in Japan, on December 8, he had a few days to adjust to the time difference before performing at the Jingle Ball in Boston on the 10th with none other than Niall Horan.

Technically they were not performing together, but were their sets back to back, and did they plan on maybe overlapping a bit and singing a song with each other? Maybe.

When the news broke about Molly and Harry, each of the boys had shown their support in one way or another. Niall tweeted that she seemed like a down to earth girl, who could keep Harry in check; Liam mentioned in an interview -when asked about her- that he was surprised Harry was dating a fan, but he was glad it was Molly; and Louis posted a picture on instagram of him, Molly, Daisy, and Niall at Harry's concert in LA (which Molly hadn't remembered taking) with the caption 'You're lucky to have a girl like Molly' and a smiley face emoji. The fans went crazy at this, and took 1D's acceptance of Molly as some sort of sign.