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Chapter 6: Party Time

I sighed as I went through some of my boxes that had arrived after Doniya and Perrie had put my room together. Which was basically all my clothes. I had woken up from my nap and remembered that Zayn was basically forcing me to go to a party at his place. I still hadn't found an outfit for Zayn's party and Harry was picking me up in an hour. The box I was looking through ended up being some pictures. The next box I opened was clothes. I started to dig through it and hoped I found something. My mom walked in and sat on my bed as I looked.

"Unpacking already?" she asked.

"No, looking for an outfit. Zayn's having people over at his place and he invited me. Harry's picking me up in," I paused to look at the clock. "45 minutes." She nodded.

"Well I hope you have fun."

"I'm sure I will if I can find an outfit. I can't go if I don't find something to wear." She shook her head and told me I was being over dramatic. She left me alone and I went back to searching. I finally found an outfit and changed. I was wearing a tight black crop top with a sheer black tee shirt on top and highlighter yellow skinny jeans. I put on a pair of heels that looked like black high tops and fixed my make-up. I went downstairs just as there was a knock. I opened the door and smiled. "Hey Harry."

"Hey Ani! You ready to go?" he asked. I nodded and grabbed my purse.

"Mom, Harry's here! I'm leaving!" I called. My mom walked into the foyer and smiled at Harry.

"Just have her home by midnight Harry," she said.

"Mom!" I whined and blushed. "I'm eighteen I can be back when I want! Let's go Harry. Please before she says something else." Harry laughed and nodded. We walked out to his car and he opened the door for me. I was pretty quiet as we drove to Zayn and Perrie's place. I did take the opportunity of Harry's eyes being on the road to check him out. His hair was down and not in a bun which I liked. He was wearing black skinny jeans and a printed shirt with the top few buttons undone.

"Take a picture. It'll last longer love," he teased, smirking. I blushed, embarrassed at being caught, and looked away. "You look great tonight by the way," he added and I blushed more.

"Thanks. So do you," I replied and turned my attention to outside the car window. We got to Zayn's a few minutes later and Harry led me to the door. Perrie answered and pulled me into a hug. She then led me over to meet her bandmates. After talking to them for a bit I found my way to the kitchen to get a drink. I grabbed a beer and leaned against the counter. I noticed a cute guy looking at me from across the room. I shot him a shy smile then looked away. When I looked back he was walking over to me.

"I haven't seen you round before. I'm Adam," he said, introducing himself.

"I'm Anissa and you haven't seen me before because I just moved here. Like literally my plane landed earlier today," I replied, smiling at him. "So how do you know Zayn and Perrie?" I knew they had only invited people that they both knew fairly well and liked.

"I used to live near Zayn before he and Perrie got this place together. We became friends," he explained and I nodded. "What about you?"

"I'm gonna be Zayn's stepsister and we get along really well," I told him, sipping my beer. He nodded.

"I thought Zayn said something about his future sister coming but he never said how beautiful you were," he replied and I blushed, looking at the floor. I spent most of the night at Adam's side as he introduced me to Zayn and Perrie's other friends. A couple times I thought I saw Harry glaring in our direction but I shook it off. Adam had left for a minute to get us both more beers when Zayn came over to me smiling.

"What are you grinning about dork?" I joked as I bumped his shoulder.

"I'm just happy you're having a good time. I was a bit worried you'd feel out of place since you didn't know anyone besides me and Harry."

"Well your friend Adam has certainly helped me feel welcome," I replied.

"Oh you met Adam? He's a really good guy," he said as Adam walked back over to us and handed me my beer. I opened it and took a sip. We both talked to Zayn for a little longer then he left to go mingle with other guests. Shortly after he left Harry came over.

"It's almost midnight. We should get going," he said politely. Adam looked disappointed that I had to leave.

"H, you know my mom was joking when she said that right?"

"I know but you've had a long day. You just flew in today. You should get some rest," he reasoned and I sighed. I looked at Adam sadly.

"I'm sorry but he has a good point. I should get going. But thank you for hanging out with me tonight."

"It's fine. I had a great time hanging out with you. Maybe we could do it again sometime? Without all these people around?" he asked hopefully. I giggled and smiled.

"I'd like that a lot," I replied. We exchanged numbers and he promised to text me later. I kissed his cheek then followed Harry to say goodbye to Zayn and Pez. Harry drove me home in silence. I couldn't tell if he was upset or just tired. "Are you okay H?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"I'm fine," he mumbled and I sighed. "You have fun tonight?"

"Yeah I did. I had a lot of fun. I wish you and I had spent a little more time together though, after all I did go to the party with you." For the first time since we arrived at the party I saw Harry smile. Seeing him smile made me smile as well.

"I'm sorry about that. I kind of got pulled away by some friends I haven't seen in a while. Then it looked like you were having fun with that guy," he replied, mumbling the last part. I shook my head as we pulled up to my house.

"Well thanks for tonight H. I had a great time," I told him. Then I realized I never asked him if he minded me calling him H. All the boys called him Haz or Hazza if they didn't say his name. "You don't mind me calling you H do you?" He chuckled quietly.

"Not at all. You can call me H whenever you want," he said and I smiled.

"Okay well good night H. I'll talk to you soon." I kissed his cheek and went inside. I saw him wait to leave until I was inside then I watched him pull away. I smiled to myself and made my way up to my room. I ran into my my mom on the way.

"You're back already? You know I was joking right?" she asked and I laughed.

"I know Mom. Harry wanted to get me back because I've had a long day," I explained and she nodded.

"Okay well sleep well baby," she replied and went to her and Yaser's room. I went into mine and plugged my phone in. I smiled when I saw I had a text from Adam. (Remember * means text)

* Hey it's Adam from the party. Just wanted to say again that I had a great time. I hope you did too. Good night -Adam *

I sent him a reply then got ready for bed. Maybe London won't be so bad after all.