Harry and Payton

Chapter 5

    The girls sat around the camp fire in Elise’s backyard in California, Cameron strumming her guitar as the girls harmonized and belted out songs. It was a few days before the girls had to head out to LA for the VMA’s and they were all ecstatic.

   “So, Payton,” Elise stared, poking the slowly dying fire. “You excited to finally meet your future boyfriend?” she giggled, as the other girls cooed, Monica nudging her arm. Payton grinned and mock-rolled her eyes, looking down at her hands as she tried to hide her expression in the darkness.

   “Aww, Payton.” Cameron giggled, the smile quickly spreading across her face as her cheeks began to burn. They all giggled and Monica and Cameron teasingly poked her.

   “Okay, be honest, Payton,” Elise started. “Do you like him now?” she asked, the three girls staring at her for her answer. Payton’s smile slowly faded and she looked down, fidgeting with her thumbs.

   “I don’t know, I mean, the more I talk about him, the more he grows on me, and I hate it,” Payton trailed off, the smile slowly spreading across her face again. “But I love it.” she added, softly. The three girls smiled sweetly at her before looking around at each other as Payton continued to smirk and let her mind wander off to Harry.

    Payton stepped off the plane at LAX the next morning, both her mind and heart racing. Elise hooked her arm with Payton’s as Andy continued to push them forward after they grabbed their bags. The girls pilled into the large back, SUV and drove through the city to the hotel they were staying at.

Thirty minutes later, they arrived and checked in, lugging their suitcase’s onto the elevator.

   “Okay, get dressed quickly, we’re going down to the Staples center for a quick second.” Andy instructed, sitting himself down on the couch in Payton and Elise's room, talking on his phone as the girls changed before heading back out the door.

    Harry’s angel like voice echoed throughout the large arena along with his fellow band mates as they wandered around on the stage until they rehearsed the song a million times before they were told they could stop. Harry took a sip of water as they all walked off the stage together.

   “So, Harry, in a few days you’ll finally get to meet that special lady.” Zayn chuckled, playfully grabbing him in a headlock. Harry laughed, dipping his head to try to escape Zayn’s firm grasp. Zayn released him as Harry shook out his hair and quickly flipped it to the side.

   “Wonder if they’re here.” Louis said as the boys made their way into the dressing room to call it a day. Harry plopped on the black spinning chair, taking out his phone to check Twitter. His eyes widened once he saw Payton had tweeted a minute ago saying they were at the Staples center about to go rehearse.

   “I think Harry found the answer to your question, Lou.” Liam said, a smile pulling at the corner of his lips.

   “Is she here?” Niall asked, curiously as he popped a piece of gum in his mouth. Harry smirked standing up and headed out the dressing room door, standing completely still as he made out adorable giggles and there it was. Her laugh. The laugh he was so eager to hear was chiming in his ears. He smiled at the sound of it as he slowly pulled out his phone again, sluggishly making his way towards the sounds from the dressing room down the hall. He could hear her voice, that angel like voice, nearing the door and quickly looked down at his phone, trying to look busy . The door from their dressing room opened and she stepped out, practically glowing. He kept his eyes unwillingly glued to his phone, wanting to look up at the beautiful girl standing in front of him. He “accidentally” bumped his shoulder against hers, sending her into the wall with more force than he wanted. She gave a small oomph and he jerked his head up to finally stare at her in wonder. She rubbed her shoulder and turned to him with a look that, he had to admit, scared him shitless. She soon eased her rock hard expression as she realized who was standing in front of her, just a few inches away. Harry Styles, in all his glory, stood motionless in front of her, slowly looking her up and down.