Give Me Love

Chapter 5

Author's Note:

New blurb!:) also, if you were a fan of For Now & Forever read the prologue to the sequel; Forever and Always, whoo! On to the story, enjoy.

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**Harry's POV**

Did Natalie just say the 5 words I've been waiting for for 4 years? I stared at her for awhile and she started blushing a bit.

"W-what?"

"I said I...like you too?"

"Just making sure," I breathed.

"So...?"

"What?"

She paused, then shrugged. "I don't know, I guess I just expected us to fall in love and ride into the sunset on a white horse," she laughed.

"It could happen," I smirked and extended my hand. "But for now we can ride to Nando's in my Audi."

"Good enough," she said and took my hand, intertwining our fingers.

I looked back and saw Lou give me the thumbs up, I smiled at her and mouthed 'thanks'.

I had wanted Lou to talk to Natalie for me, I was way to scared to do it myself, but if I didn't tell her somehow I'd explode. It was a major plus finding out she liked me back. I was way happier on the inside than I appeared on the outside, it was like 1000 tiny men jumping around, setting off fireworks, playing Dubstep. It was that exciting.

My hand in hers made me feel accomplished, almost as accomplished as I had felt getting accepted into the X-Factor, almost as accomplished as I had felt getting signed to Syco, almost as accomplished as I had felt reaching #1 Debut album in several different countries. I was on top of the world right now, I would make sure to never lose her, treat her right, way better then...Jason.

She was officially mine, and no one could do anything about it, especially not management.

I pulled into the parking lot of Nando's and got out the car to open the door for Natalie. I leaned down and she unexpectedly kissed me, her hand holding my jaw, her lips making my heart beat 1000x faster. She pulled away first, her kiss still lingering on my lips, I opened my eyes in a daze.

She smirked as she took my out-stretched hand and got out car. A camera flashed as she got out.

"Shit," I whispered as the photographer hurriedly approached us.

"Harry Styles is this your new girlfriend? Your fans won't like this," he said, snapping more pictures as we walked into Nando's, still hand-in-hand.

Natalie stopped walking, yanking me backwards. "What's wrong?"

"Your fans, what if they don't like us?"

"Who cares?"

She shrugged.

I sympathetically sighed, I really hoped the hate wouldn't get to her. "Please don't stress out over this," I pleaded. "Look, we'll talk about this when we get home, yeah?"

She nodded.

Niall and Zayn later joined us at Nando's and we told them about the news.

"We just met her as your friend and she's your girlfriend?" Zayn smiled, taking a bite out of his spicy chicken. The man had a strong stomach.

Niall silently ate his peri peri chicken, he was never this quiet unless something was bothering him. "What's wrong Niall?" Natalie asked.

He looked up and shook his head dismissively, "Nothing."

I bit my lip and checked my watch. "Well it's uh, time to go back to the stage."

The boys murmured agreements and wiped their hands, scooting back their chairs. Natalie got up to leave but I pulled her arm back and she clumsily fell into my lap, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pressed my forehead against hers. "I love you," I whispered.

"I love you too," she smiled.

**Natalie's POV**

I felt so...happy, so complete. Like a jigsaw puzzle that finally found its missing piece. A bit cliché but true.

After the rehearsal Harry drove us home and then carried me into the house. I laughed and held securely onto his neck.

"Wow, you really swept me off my feet," I cracked, making my own 'ba dum tss' sound.

Harry shook his head at my lame joke and I exaggerated a sad face.

He sat down on the couch and invited me to sit next to him. "Are you still worried about the fand?" He asked, putting a loose strand of my hair behind my ear.

"A bit... I know how popular you are and how many girls love you, they'll hate my guts," I explained.

"And if they do remind yourself at the end of the day, I love you and you're mine."

He was literally the best boyfriend a girl could have.

I looked down and smiled, Harry leaned down and kissed my cheek, making my face burn. "How long?" I asked.

"Huh?" he cocked his head.

"How long have you liked me?"

"Since I was 14," he smiled sheepishly.

My eyes almost rolled out of their sockets. Why hadn't he told me? Why had I been so oblivious? It must have killed him, going 5 years without telling his best friend he was in love with her. Then I thought back to when we were 15.

Flashback

"What do you look for in a guy?" Harry asked.

Natalie shrugged, hoisting her book bag strap up to a more comfortable position. Harry offered to help her hold something and she handed him her literature book and thanked him. "Gentlemen, funny, sweet...nice styles. That kind of stuff."

Harry nodded, chewing on the bottom of his lip. "Er, found anyone who meets that criteria?"

Natalie scrunched up her nose in thought, then shook her head.

Harry's shoulders slumped, maybe he was being vain but he was pretty sure he was all the stuff she listed, was he not holding her literature book for her? Girls were so...unobservant.

"What about you?" Nat asked.

"What about me?"

"What do you look for?"

"Fun, goofy, cute laugh, nice smile, smart, smells good, also nice fashion style." And of course Natalie had all of that.

"Sounds like me," she smirked, nudging him.

Harry nervously laughed, certainly she was only teasing.

Back to present

"...finally told you." Harry said.

"Huh?" I grunted, I had zoned out.

"I said I was glad you knew," he repeated.

I smiled and kissed him, he had his hands on both sides of my head, trapping me between his arms. He was about to lean down when his phone rang. He gave me an apologetic look and I sat up.

"Uh huh. Okay. Sure. Wait whe-? Gotcha. We'll be there. Bye."

I watched him and he turned towards me, his green eyes locking on mine making my heart jump. "Who was it?" I asked.

"Niall. Invited all the boys over for a movie night, including you and the girls."

"Oh, okay." I looked down at my capris and jumper. "Should I chamge?"

Harry shook his head. "Just the way that you are is enough," he sang.

Fuck you, Styles. How dare you make my heart skip beats, I could go into cardiac arrest because of you. "If you insist.