green {h.s.}

chapter 3

I wake up to the sound of blaring music coming from the living room. I look up at the clock and it reads 7:13am. There is no way it could be Lily, she has never gotten up before 11. I look for something sharp or hard to use as a weapon. The only thing I could find was my curling iron so I grab it and start making my way towards the door slowly. Right before I step out of my room I hear pots and pans crashing together. What the fuck is going on. I carefully look out the door to see Lily in a towel staring at the oven like she has never seen one before.

"What in god's name are you doing?" I ask her with a puzzled look on my face. She looks over to me with a smile of accomplishment on her face.

"I have finally gotten a job and I am turning a new leaf. No more partying, I am gonna get my life together." She tells me confidently.

"Oh my gosh I am so happy for you Lily, where are you working?" I say eagerly.

"I am working at this small shop in the mall, its nothing crazy but its a start."

"I am so glad that you are doing something good for yourself." I gave her a big hug and I went off into my room to get ready for work. I take a quick shower and throw on some black jeans and a light blue sweater. I make my way over to the door and see that Lily is still struggling to make some eggs.

"Hey Mad , why won't these cook?" she asks and I look at her stirring raw eggs in a pan.

"You might want to turn on the burner." I giggle and walk out the door and head to my car.

Once I get to work I walk in and see Avery at the register. I get my apron on and I head over to the second register.

"How are you girly." she asks me. I haven't told anyone about my encounters with Harry but maybe she could help.

"I have been ok. I have been running into this guy. He's been super weird but he said he wanted to see me again and I dont really know what that means." I explain.

"It means I want to see you again." I hear a low voice from behind me say. I slowly turned around and there he is, standing in front of me staring directly into my eyes. "Hello Princess." I can feel Avery's eyes shooting back and forth between Harry and I.

"H-Hi. I say. W-What can I get for you." I stutter. He stares at me for a moment before raking his eyes up and down my body making me shiver.

"I'll take one black coffee." He says lowly. I write that down and hand it to Jess, who is another girl who works here. She takes it and goes to make it. "Make sure you answer when I call Madelyn.: he tells me.

"I will." I say softly. He gives me a wink and walks down the counter to get his coffee. He picks it up and takes one more look at me before getting into his black car like he did the other day. Avery looks at me with the most shocked face.

"Bitch, you better tell me everything right now." she says slowly. I take a deep breath and explain everything. After I told her about all of my interactions with him. She slapped my arm.

"Ow, what the fuck was that for." I whine.

"How could you keep this from me!" She yells. I shushed her because some of the people in the store started staring at us."You better listen to the man and answer his call because he's hot and rich and you got to get on that." She says all sassy.

"Shut up." I giggle. I don't know how I feel about the whole situation. He is super intimidating and I don't know what he wants from me so I am trying to just be chill about it. I explain to her. She nods and I go to take the next customer's order. At the end of my shift I go to my bag and look at my phone. As I am about to walk out it starts to ring. Unknown Number. I take a sharp breath in and I see Avery notice something was off. I point to my phone. And she gasps. I look down at it one more time before picking up.

"Hey girl what time are you coming home because I am fucking starving." I hear Lily complain. I sigh in relief.

"I'm leaving work now, I'll pick up chinese on the way home." I tell her and she screams in joy. I look over to Avery who still looks very concerned. I shook my head telling her it wasn't him and she relaxed. "Why isn't your caller ID coming up?" I ask her.

"I'm still at work and I am calling from their phone......its so boring here." She whispers that last part and I laugh.

"Well work is not the most fun but we gotta do it." I tell her. Lily comes from a wealthy family who has been graciously paying for our apartment. Her parents love her but they just wanted her out of the house and to go start living her life, so they got her an apartment and she asked me to stay with her and it worked out perfectly. We end the call and I go to pick up the food. Once I get back Lily is sitting at the kitchen table with her head in her arms.

"What's going on with you?" I ask. She picks her head up and looks at me with tired eyes.

"Work is exhausting." She whines. I giggle and sit down to eat our food.

After dinner, I head to my room and change into more comfortable clothes. I sit down on my bed and open my laptop. I decided maybe I should take some interest in the man who seems to be very interested in me. I google Harry Styles. The second I hit enter a whole bunch of articles came up. "Styles Inc. is Set to Be The Biggest Company In The World" was the first one to come up. I read through it and found out that Harry is the youngest billionaire in the world being that he is only twenty-two. My eyes widened. What on earth does he want with me? Just then I saw my phone light up next to my bed.

Unknown Number.