All Your Little Things

Chapter 12- Bringing Home to You

October

Harry

Ali and I were in the kitchen of her apartment, and she was sitting at a computer at the counter.

"Hey, do you want to meet my brother?" She asked.

"What? Who?"

"My brother, Mark. He's set to skype me in a few minutes."

"Uh, I don't know."

"Okay, it's set, then." She smiled at me and the computer rang with the skype call. She clicked.

"Mark! Hey!"

"Ali! So good to see you!" I heard a man say.

"Same to you!"

"How's school?"

"School is school, but I massively love London!"

"Massively? That's a new word!"

"My boyfriend uses it a lot!"

"Boyfriend?"

"Yea," She giggled. "His name is Harry, and he's in a band,and he's amazing and I'm sure you and Jacob and Dad will love him to pieces."

"He's in a band?"

"Yea. Remember One Direction?"

"Harry? THAT Harry?"

"Yes THAT Harry!"

"He's like four years older than you."

"Irrelevant. It's fine, I'm taking care of myself, and you guys will love him."

"How's the work going?" She asked. Mark had been deployed; he was a marine, just like his older brother, Jacob.

"It's going alright. I'll be, um, I'm being sent home soon."

"Wait, what?" Ali screamed excitedly.

"Yea, coming home. I'll be home right before Thanksgiving, and I'm staying.

"You're kidding. Oh my god, Mark, this is amazing! Have you told Taylor yet?" Taylor, his girlfriend, they had been together for four years.

"No, I want to surprise her at Thanksgiving. Will you help me?"

"Of course! Hey, I want you to meet someone!" She waved me over, and I came in front of the camera.

There was Mark, in his fatigues. He looked huge, bigger than me, and like he could kill me.

"Hey Mark, I'm Harry."

"Hi, Harry, nice to meet you. You're taking care of my baby sister over there in London, aren't you?"

'"Of course, she's safe with me."

"She better be, remember, my brother and I are both trained marines." He said sternly.

"MARK! CALM THE FUCK DOWN." Ali said.

"What? You know dad'll be worse."

"No, you, Jacob AND Dad'll be worse. At Thanksgiving."

"Ali! You're bringing him home?"

"Yes! I want him to meet everyone. Elizabeth's bringing her boyfriend home."

"Wait, Elizabeth has a boyfriend, too?"

"Don't act all shocked! We're both very interesting girls, you know!"

"I know, but Elizabeth's like my baby sister, and you are my baby sister and--"

"It's fine, Mark, both Harry and Niall are great, and you'll love them. It's fine."