holding on (h.s)

hired

Harry's POV

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I woke up, complete darkness surrounded me. My eyes were still adjusting to the light shining from the moon. I looked around.

"Harry?" My name was whispered. I looked up. Kat was sitting at the window. "Katerina? Are you okay?" She got up and sat next to me. I grabbed her hand and pulled her close to me. "I couldn't sleep." She said and took a deep breath.

"Let's go for a walk." I said and she got up. I handed her one of my sweatshirts and slipped one on myself. She grabbed her shoes and slipped them on. I did as well. We both walked into the hallway and started to the elevator. "What time is it anyway?" I yawned.

"4 in the morning. If your tired we can go back.." I shook my head. "No, I'm fine. Besides.. I want to spend some time with you. Just us." She smiled and laid her head on my shoulder as we walked. "I wanna press the button!" She said and ran to the elevator.

"No! I do!" I said and ran to her. She pushed it. I frowned. "No fair." We stepped inside. She laid her head on my torso and hugged me. I don't know what it is about Kat, but she's special. I know people might think of me as a flirt, but I'm not.

I've only had one girlfriend in my life and it's Katerina. She makes me happy, she makes me feel wanted and cared for. No one has ever made me feel like that before. "Katerina.." I said and hugged her tighter. "Yeah?" She said yawning. "I love you."

"I love you too." The elevator doors opened and we walked into the lobby, and out the front doors. "Where do you wanna go?" I asked her as we walked hand in hand. She shrugged. "Dunno, maybe we could just look around. Get the name of the hotel so if we get lost we can search it."

I looked at the sign and told her the name. We walked around the block just talking. I was getting a bit hungry so we stopped at a 24 hour bakery. "Hi, how may I help you two today?" The little old lady asked. I looked at Katerina.

She was holding my arm, leaning her head against it. "I'll take a blueberry muffin." She said to the lady and smiled. "I'll take the same." The lady typed in something into the cash register. "That'll be 3.82." I pulled out my wallet and handed her $5.

We sat down across from each other. "This place is nice." I said looking around. Kat nodded and looked at the ordering table. "Look, help wanted." She said and pointed at the red sign on the table. I laughed. "I'm gonna apply." I said and Kat frowned. "I was too."

I smiled. "We should really work here. We're gonna need some money to buy at least an apartment because I don't know about you but that hotel room smells like arse." She laughed, causing me to smile. The lady came over and handed us our muffins.

"Thank you for coming." She smiled and just as she turned around. "Excuse me, how many openings do you have for the job?" I asked looking at Kat. The lady smiled. "Two." She winked and walked off. "Look, two job openings. We should apply." Kat got up and walked to one of the lady's.

She came back with two job applications and two pens. She filled hers out and so did I. We handed them back to one of the ladies at the front. "We will call you!" They called out as we left. "So Harry, if you do win the X-Factor.. what are you gonna do?"

I grabbed Kat's hand and shrugged. "I don't know, maybe buy us a separate apartment?" She nodded. "Why are you so sweet?" She asked as we sat on a bench in front of our hotel. We weren't ready to go back inside just yet. "Because. No one makes me happy like you do." She laid her head on my shoulder.

"What do you mean?" She asked as I played with her fingers. "You make me laugh, you make me smile, your everything I've always wanted in a girl. I've never met a girl like you. Someone that I actually love, someone who loves me for who I am. And not someone who loves me for my looks. Your amazing, and I love you for that."

I looked at her. She was crying. "That was the sweetest thing I've ever heard Harry, thank you." She hugged me and I hugged her back. We got up and walked inside. As we made our way up to the room, Kat stopped in front of a painting on the wall.

"What?" I asked and she laughed. "I don't know. This painting seems funny." I laughed and we continued our way up to the room. We got to the door and I tried opening it as quietly as possible but it creaked. Kat ran inside and I shut the door. "Let's go to bed."

I nodded and slipped my shoes off and threw them in a corner. I saw Niall passed out on the couch with his mouth wide open, snorning. I laughed to myself. I pushed Liam off the bed. "Come on mate..." He groaned. "Go sleep with your girlfriend you bastard."

Katerina laughed and laid down, I joined her. I could tell she was tired. So I grabbed her and held her close to me.

"I love you." She whispered, sounding sleepy. "I love you too babe." I kissed her temple and slowly drifted to sleep. Today, or tonight? Whatever, but it's been good.

~Next morning~

My eyes fluttered open, the light blinded me. I looked at Katerina, and how I was still holding her in my arms. She was still sleeping so I slowly removed my arm from around her and looked at the clock. 12:57 in the afternoon. I laid back down.

I looked around remembering we weren't alone. But I stand corrected, we were. There was a note on the bed side table that said to Katerina and Harry. I grabbed it and read it.

To: Katerina & Hazza

We've gone out looking for apartments, might be a few hours. Don't worry about us. Call if you need anything.

-The Payne Train Liam

I chuckled and set it down and got up. I made my way to the bathroom and turned the water on. I showered and got dressed in some sweat pants and a t-shirt. My stomach started growling. So, I made my way to the kitchen. When I opens the fridge complete shock hit me.

It was empty. There were only granola bars and water. And the bars had expired almost 3 years ago. Gross! I closed the fridge and walked into the room. I saw Kat moving in the bed. I laid down and hugged her. "Morning sunshine." I kissed her forehead serval times.

"I'm gonna shower." She got up and went over to one of her suitcases. she grabbed some clothes, her makeup and skipped into the bathroom. I grabbed her laptop and searched London apartments. I found a few I liked at good prices. Then I remembered we had applied for the job at the bakery.

If we got it then we could get the money we needed to get the apartment. I wrote the addresses down and shut her laptop. Kat walked out wearing some shorts with a black tank top. She had her hair up in a pony tail and some makeup on.

I walked over to her and hugged her. "Wanna go get some breakfast?" I asked her as she wrapped her arms around my torso. She nodded and slipped on some shoes. I held her hand as we walked out.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked her when we walked into the elevator. She shrugged. "Yeah, I guess." I looked at her. "Was it me?" I asked. She shook her head and hugged me. "No, I just couldn't really sleep. I'm not used to staying in a hotel." I nodded "Well after breakfast were looking for apartments."

She looked up at me and smiled. We walked to the bakery. "Harry! Katerina! Great news! Your hired!" One of the ladies said and I hugged Kat. "Great! When do we start?" Kat asked and walked to the register. "Is tomorrow fine?" I looked at Katerina and nodded.

"How much do you pay?" I asked and leaned against the wall. "12 dollars an hour." The lady said and I nodded. "Anyway, take a seat. This one is on the house today!" We sat down and ate. "So what did you come up with?" Kat looked at my phone.

"There's one not far from here. Call and see if they can be there in 8 minutes." She nodded and called the person. She gave me a happy look and nodded. I threw away our trash as she finished the call. "Lets go Harry. No time to waste." She grabbed my hand and pulled me outside.

"Apartments here we come!" I yelled.