Simply Wonderful

Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE- MACIE

Today was Friday, and I was helping Fliss get ready for her big date with Harry they had planned for tonight. I filled her in on my encounter with him as we got ready.

She was laughing hysterically at the fact that he likes chick flicks, and I made her swear not to tell him that I told her. When she finally stepped out of the door, I was shocked at how pretty my friend was. She was wearing a tight, cropped white t-shirt with a black high-low skirt. It showed an inch of her stomach and a lot of her legs. She paired it with my new black strappy sandals. Her long blonde hair was in a messy side braid and she had a little bit of mascara and lip gloss on.

Even with simple makeup she was practically glowing with excitement. Or maybe it was because of the tan she got on her trip to the Bahamas a few weeks ago. She paced back and forth as she waited for Harry to arrive, pausing every few minutes to look at her hair in the mirror.

 “Fliss, stop worrying. You look gorgeous and Harry’s gonna love you!” I said, grabbing her shoulders.

“Macie, you don’t understand.  This is a celebrity I’m going out with. This is the most important night of my life!” She admitted, looking solemnly at me with her aqua colored eyes.

I was about to yell at her when her doorbell rang. A look of sheer terror flashed across her face.

I pushed her over to the door and handed her the bag she had bought especially for today. As I flopped back down on Fliss’ couch, I heard Harry’s unmistakable voice echo through the lofty apartment. The door shut behind them. I settled myself and popped in the disc for The Last Song. Here we go…

THE NEXT DAY

I woke up with a start at the sound of a door opening. The clock read 6 AM. I turned and saw Fliss creep in. She was in her underwear, except for a big t-shirt that obviously belonged to Harry. Her hair was disheveled and her eye makeup was messy. She carried her clothes in one hand and her shoes in the other. “Erm, morning Macie!”

“I’m guessing you had a pretty good night last night?” I asked with a smirk.

“Oh my GOD! That was the best night of my whole life! He was funny and nice and hot and sexy and after dinner he drove me back to his place and we-“ “Sounds fun!” I interrupted before things got gross. Fliss was never shy about describing her sexual encounters in full detail. She had no censor whatsoever.

At my comment she blushed. “Yeah, well it was fun, really fun, cause he like picked me up and-“

At that detail I covered my hands with my ears and walked out of the room. Usually I listened to Fliss when she went on and on about her night but for some reason I couldn’t handle it. “I’m leaving!  Hope you didn’t catch any STD’s!” I yelled and slammed the door before she could yell at me.

10 MINUTES LATER

I decided to walk and get some coffee from Starbucks. As I sat down with my frapp I heard my name being called. I turned to see Harry Styles, wearing a beanie and trackies. I didn't know if this was gonna be awkward or not. “Macie!”

“Hi Harry,” I replied, as he walked over to me, sitting down across from me. “I see you everywhere now, this is crazy.”

He smiled and replied, “How’s Fliss?”

“She’s really happy today, like talking nonstop and everything.”

At this Harry got a little quiet. Weird.

HARRY

To be honest, I had been hoping Fliss would be a one night stand. She was really fit, but the only thing she could talk about was how much she liked me. Last night was fun, but she was no different than any of the other girls I hooked up with when I was bored. And so when Macie told me that Fliss was basically head over heels for me, i knew this was going to be awkward.

Macie and I talked for a while about nothing really, just kind of cracking eachother up as much as we could. She was really easy to talk to, and made me laugh really hard at silly things.

We sat in the coffee shop for two hours, and by the time we left she had drank 3 frappucinos and I had refilled my tea at least four times. We were both on a caffeine high, so we decided to go do something fun. An idea popped into my head. "Macie, do you want to go to the carnival with me?"

Macie just smiled and nodded crazy. apparently she had never been before.

We took a taxi to the carnival out of town. I told the boys I wouldn’t be able to make the interview today, and wouldn’t be home until later. We arrived at the carnival and macie’s eyes grew huge. She was overwhelmed I guess.

We played a few games, which we both failed miserably at, and then got some cotton candy. We walked around, shoving handfuls of the fluffy stuff into our mouths and laughing at our puffed up cheeks. After a while we came to the rollercoaster, called the Scream. Oh god.

MACIE

Oh god. I hated roller coasters with a burning passion. I tried to sum up all of my courage and asked, “Wanna go on the rollercoaster?”

“Erm, sure, uh if you want to?”

“Yeah, erm, I l-love rollercoasters..” I trailed off. We walked to the entrance, where there was a short line. As we queued, my hands started shaking and I looked over at Harry, who was staring straight ahead with his fists clenched tight. That’s odd.

It was our turn. We were about to get on when I panicked. “Harry? I’m really really sorry but I can’t do this. I absolutely hate rollercoasters and I can’t do thi-“

“Wait really?” He asked, shocked.

“Yeah, are you embarrassed of me?”

“No, not at all! Rollercoasters are my biggest fear, and I didn’t want to look like a wuss if I didn’t go on, cause I thought you liked them a lot.” I started laughing, and so did he. We walked out of the coaster and towards the rest of the park.

LATER

The rest of our day was so much fun. We rode the ferris wheel, had a whipped cream fight, took turns going in the dunk tank, and laid out on the grass for hours, talking and drying ourselves off.

We walked out of the carnival laughing, talking about utterly random things. All of a sudden, bright flashes lit up the area. Grimy looking men with huge cameras started running towards us.

Harry grabbed my hand and started running fast towards our car. “Come on, hurry!” He yelled as the paps started gaining on us. We ran really fast all the way across the parking lot.

When we made it to the car, Harry and I were out of breath. I leaned back against the seat, and turned the AC on. “That was the most exercise I’ve done in months!” I admitted.

The ride home we talked about the incident, and Harry swung by an ice cream parlour and picked us out two vanilla ice cream cones. When he finally reached my flat, Harry gave me a friendly peck on the cheek, and drove off into the night.

Absentmindedly I touched the spot on my cheek where his lips had been. But all of a sudden Fliss popped into my mind and i remembered that me and Harry were friends, nothing more.

A/N: Okay guys here you go, another chapter for yall x i know i said i would be updating once a week but i really like where this is going!! Please please please reccomend this and leave feedback below :) I love you all!! -Stella xx

PS i included a picture of Fliss, aka Britt Robertson from the CW show Life Unexpected. She's so pretty and my fave actress ! x