Soft Side

Chapter seven

The warm water trickled down my body as I stood in the shower, letting thoughts run through my head about the last week and how much had gone on. Everything that had happened was a huge shock to me, nothing seeming real in my mind. I finally turned off the water, grabbing a towel from the rack and wrapping it around my body, looking into the mirror and sighing softly.

I walked back into the room, finding Harry still completely naked in the bed, but now awake and smirking at me. I smirked back, turning my back to him and dropping the towel, hearing a groan leave his lips. I smile softly over my shoulder, slipping my underwear on and then sliding on a pair of skinny jeans and one of Harry's shirts. His eyebrows raised at my choice of outfit as I smirk, starting on my makeup. The guys had an interview today so I wasn't going to see Harry much today which made my heart ache a little bit more than it should do.

I had agreed to meet Molly for a bit of retail therapy, since the boys of 5 Seconds of Summer had some studio time today. Harry stood up, walking over and helping me stand up, twirling me around and then placing a gentle kiss on my lips as he took a step back, admiring the girl before him.

I giggled, checking my phone as it buzzed. A text from Molly telling me she was leaving her room caused Harry to pout, "no hanky-panky before you go then?" He huffed, causing a laugh from me,- shake of my head and a tap to his nose. Just then the door knocked, I wandered over and poked my head around the door to find Molly grinning at me.

"I'll be two- Harry move away from the door your naked" I groan, rolling my eyes as Molly grimaces. Harry grabbed his boxers, slipping them on before opening the door and beaming at my best friend stood before me.

"Have fun" he hums, pressing his lips to mine and lingering there, "buy something nice, we're going out tonight with everyone" he mumbled between kisses, earning a gag from Molly. I laugh softly, giving him one final kiss before walking out of the door and down towards the taxi.

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I sat in Starbucks with Molly, looking at the few bags by my feet. A few people had recognised Molly and a few had an idea who I was but they weren't sure so didn't make a big deal of it, which relaxed me. It wouldn't take long I'm sure until they did know me.

"I'm hoping he likes that dress" I hum softly, looking at my best friend with my coffee in my hands, blowing on it gently. Harry had been texting me on and off all day, in between interviews. Calum had been doing the same to Molly when he wasn't recording his bass or vocals.

I felt a kick under the table, realising Molly was holding her phone out to me with an interview link on the screen. I tapped it, seeing a video pop up on the screen. My heart was bursting seeing Harry's face looking rosy. I turned the volume up, hearing him asked who the mystery girl was with a photo of me and him cuddled on our way to the taxi last night. My heart stopped, nervous about his answer but I definitely had no need to be. He began to fidget in his seat, blushing and trying to find the right words. "She's uh- this girl- she's someone who's very special to me- I mean it's being taken slow-" he stutters before the interview cuts him off, asking if I'm his girlfriend. We weren't exclusive yet and weren't actually dating, so he shook his head. "She isn't, she's just somebody I think an awful lot of" he hums, blushing as he looks at his rings smiling.

My heart burst, sending him a quick text on my phone of 'I think a lot of you too xo' before locking my phone and putting it away. A smile on my lips as I continued the girly conversations, filling her in on all of the details of the last show that she had missed out on.

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Tonight was going to be incredible. We were all going out for a few drinks to celebrate how well the tour had been going. Myself and Molly we're going to arrive a little later, so that we weren't swarmed with photographers and suspicions wouldn't raise about myself and Harry.

"Soph I need to get going" Harry calls, poking his head around the bathroom door, "but you're making it so hard when you're just wearing that" he groans, eyeing up my underwear clad body, his bottom lip between his teeth. "Can't I just stay and take you over that sink? Or we could even just strip of and make the most of that shower?" He hums, kissing my shoulder softly.

I shake my head, shooing him out of the door. "No, now go on otherwise you won't see the dress I bought today" I tease, kissing him tenderly on the lips, running my hands over his patterned shirt, admiring the swallows peering through the neckline. He nods, kissing me again before grabbing his wallet and phone and heading out of the door.

I called Molly, telling her I would be ready in about ten minutes and that she should get and call a taxi. I grabbed the dress from the bag, grinning to myself. I knew this was going to drive Harry wild, and I knew maybe it would allow him to think more about moving forward than we had been. I slid into the soft material, feeling a million dollars as it hugged the curves of my hips, adding my black heels to the outfit to top it off.

I felt incredible, with my hair curled and falling down my back with my makeup done to a point of perfection and my black leather jacket covering my shoulders. I sprayed my perfume, ignoring the messages from the people back at the house. I was finally happy and they were not going to ruin this night.

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We arrived at the bar, showing our ID's and being allowed in. We knew that the boys were going to be in a secluded area, so we found Paul and made our way over with him. All I could hear were the words "damn" coming from Calum as he spun Molly around, spinning her red skater dress as he did so. She sat beside him, curling up with him. He instantly put his arm across her shoulders, pressing kisses to her temple, telling her over and over about how beautiful she looked and how lucky he was to have her. His hand holding his larger in his hand as he then continued to talk to Luke, about how well the album was coming along.

That was the difference between our couples. Molly and Calum were very cuddly and romantic. Myself and Harry were a mixture of horny teenagers and having no control over each other. Molly also chatted to and was good friends with Calum's band mates. I knew who Harry's were, but I couldn't tell you that I'd grown a bond with them yet.

I could tell I looked good. This could be told by Harry's reaction to my outfit. His eyes almost needed pushing back into his head and his legs were now crossed for a very obvious reason. I smirked, walking over to him, my hips swaying as I walked. Harry turned his head to see if anyone else was eyeing up 'his' girl, and there was. Niall had his eyes focused on my backside, earning an elbow from Harry and a statement of 'eyes off what's mine' before grabbing me close to him.

"You really shouldn't be wearing that" he growls "everybody's looking at what's mine..." his eyes eyeing up my body as I turned away from him, pulling him towards the dance floor. I hadn't even had a drink but all I wanted to do was dance and that's what I was going to do. My body swayed with his, moving in a perfect sync with his as I turned to face him again, pressing my lips to his gently as my arms laid around his neck.

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After all of us having a few drinks, Molly was scrolling through Twitter with Calum, when she suddenly gasped, throwing her phone at me. There before me was a photo of myself and Harry titles "Harry's found love?". I look up at Harry as his eyes glisten. Had he really found love?

He took a swig of his beer, leaning his lips down to my ear, whispering words into my head of "you look beautiful" before taking another swig of his beer. I giggle softly, looking up at him with a gentle smile, happiness evident over both of our faces. He leans down towards me, nudging my nose with his, uttering what sounded like those three words; I love you.

I smiled, whispering them back before feeling nine pairs of eyes on us on our confessions.

How could I be certain it wasn't the drink talking for him.