Beneath Your Beautiful (H.S. AU)

Chapter 31

"But there must have been a mistake." I was sure my confusion was evident on my face while I talked to the same old lady who hadn't been capable of finding my name in her papers when I first moved in.

"As I just explained, the rent has been paid for. You have nothing to worry about until April." She looked annoyed, and I was starting to get there as well.

"But I didn't pay- there must have been-" I rambled before it hit me. Harry. "Is there a name or something? I mean the person paying must have left some sort of note."

"I didn't catch his name. He was handsome though. About your age, I would say," she said smiling widely at the thought of Harry, and I felt grossed out by the thought even though I knew how charming he could be.

"Thank you. Sorry for the inconvenience," I said, and she scrunched her nose giving me a disgusted look. She really didn't like me.

"Wait are you seriously saying he did that?" Perrie's surprise was evident on her face. Her eyebrows were raised and her jaw was dropping if only just slightly.

"That's what I just said. I just can't believe he would do it behind my back."

"Girl that's cute and romantic as fuck. Don't get upset over that!"

"But I don't want his money," I complained. "He doesn't need to do these things for me."

"Maybe he wants to." Perrie gave me a smile and a wink. "He obviously adores you. Now don't get too caught up in being upset with him for doing something really nice. You would have to move otherwise, right?"

"Yes without a job, I can't afford to stay. Even without Maya things were starting to get tight."

"Then I'd say you owe him a favour, most likely something sexual." She laughed, and I blushed by her use of words.

"Have you done it yet?"

I shook my head hoping to avoid the topic.

"Wait, are you?" She questioned, and I knew exactly what she was indicating.

"No. Can we please not have this conversation? I don't want to talk about my sex life."

"Clearly Harry is experienced, and it is a huge step even if you're not a virgin."

"Please don't remind me of that. I don't need the picture of him with someone else. And we'll do it when I'm ready. Now can we please talk about something else?" I asked begging, finding the conversation too uncomfortable.

"Sure, but there is no doubt that the boy loves you. I would have told him already if I were you," she said, and I couldn't help but smile at the thought of Harry loving me.

"Yeah yeah," I said thinking about Harry when I noticed Niall was staring at me. He gave me a look to come with him.

"Who's that?" Perrie wondered.

"My ex." I took a deep sigh and stood up from my seat.

"Wait are you saying you have this extremely hot guy as your ex, and you haven't told me. Does Harry know about this?"

I shrugged her off not bothering about answering her question. I knew hiding the fact that Niall was my ex to Harry probably wasn't a good idea, but I really didn't want to have the conversation with him. He would just get mad, something I hated when he did, and for selfish reasons I kept quiet knowing deep down it wasn't the right choice.

I gave Niall a smile when I approached him. "Can we talk?" He asked sounding a bit upset, and I quickly nodded worried about what was happening.

"So what's going on?" I spoke when we were finally alone in an empty hallway.