I'm Broken {Harry Styles}

Chapter 26

| Lacey's POV |

The guests all soon arrived. They got here within a five minute span of each other, which I thought was weird but Harry didn't seem to notice. The only person missing was Niall.

We all just sat around the table, waiting. Nobody wanted to start without him because apparently he is a big food enthusiast? I was making lovely conversation with Liam, Danielle, and Eleanor about some television show that I've never seen. I just nodded along and laughed when necessary.

The door suddenly slammed open and loud Irish laughter could be heard from across the house. Niall soon entered the dining room with a beautiful girl walking next to him. His laughter soon died down and he saw everyone staring at him.

"Hey guys!" He exclaimed with a wave and sat down, his guest sitting next to him. We all just kept staring at him. First off why was he late, and who is the girl?

"Oh right, sorry guys. This is Sophia," he introduced. "I met her in the supermarket while I was picking up some whiskey for the meal." Everyone said hello to Sophia.

"Oh shit! I forgot the whiskey in the car!" Niall ran up from his seat and out the door. He was back in just a few moments. I really liked Niall. He seems to always be in a good mood and is quite lively. "You didn't need to wait for me to get here," Niall said.

"Well last time we didn't wait and you got pissed and wouldn't talk to us for a week," Louis joked.

"Damn Niall, you are always late," Harry said while walking in from the kitchen, carrying the big turkey.

"Hey, I'm just a busy lad," Niall laughed. "But I'm just in time for the food!" He hopped back in his seat and anxiously grabbed his fork and knife, getting ready to chow down. Harry set the turkey down on the table and sat down in the vacant seat next to me.

"Alright everybody, dig in," harry exclaimed as he leaned back in the chair.

"Harry, mate, I believe you forgot one key thing," Louis joked.

Harry immediately sat up. "The cranberry? Oh shit! It's in the kitchen I'll be right back," he rushed up from his seat and into the kitchen.

"Alright, he forgot two key things," Louis mumbled. Harry was soon back and placed the cranberry next to the mashed potatoes. "Harry, I meant you forgot to cut the turkey."

Harry groaned. "Can someone else do it?" He whined. "I've been cooking all day." He sounded like a mother.

"It's alright, lad. I got it," Liam volunteered. We all sat around chatting for the few minutes it took Liam to carve the turkey. Once he had finished we all dug in.

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Dinner was delightful. The food was all very good and everyone seemed to be in a good mood. I honestly didn't know that Harry was such a good cook; especially after the whole "burning-brownies incident".

Everyone hung out even after eating. The guys were all watching american football, and all of us girls were in the kitchen talking and drinking wine.

"So are you and Harry, like, a thing?" Eleanor asked. "I've been watching you guys all night and I wanted to ask but I thought it'd be weird with Harry there."

I widened my eyes. A thing? No. I mean, I've been staying here, but we are most definitely not a thing. "No, no. I'm just staying here for a little while," I replied. "There was some... Family drama that I needed a break from and Harry was nice enough to let me stay," I told the partial truth. I couldn't let them know what my own father does to me.

"Well that's very nice of him, don't you think?" Sophia hinted. I just laughed and shook my head.

"No, it's nothing really. I'm going back home in a few days, I just wanted things to settle a little bit," I tried to explain.

"Weren't you with Zayn?" Danielle asked.

"Yeah, we just didn't really work out," I sighed. If only. He would have been perfect. Smart, funny, attractive, a gentleman, or so I thought.

"Well that's too bad," she responded. I only nodded in reply.

"So what about you, Sophia," I quickly changed the subject. "Are you and Niall something?"

She flat out laughed at my question. Laughed. That was a normal thing to say, right? Oh god, what if she's laughing at me? What did I do wrong? I didn't say anything weird, I hope.

"Niall is nice. But we will never be something. I mean, yeah, he's totally fuckable, but not my type," she said over her own laughter. We all laughed at that, my mini-panic attack soon forgotten.

"Do you have some other guy you've got the hots for?" Eleanor questioned, wiggling her eyebrows. This wine has clearly gotten to her head.

"A guy? Nah, I'm not really looking to 'settle down' anytime soon," she said, brushing it off.

"Why not? I love being with Liam," Danielle said.

"I don't know, I just haven't ever found the right guy. And I'm young now, so why not enjoy it?" Sophia joked.

"It's just two different ways of living, I suppose," I chimed in.

The men soon all came in, Harry and Niall grumbling with anger written all over their faces whereas Liam and Louis were laughing, each with money in their hands.

"Babe, guess who won?!" Louis excitedly ran up to Eleanor.

She laughed. "I don't know, who?"

"Me! I won!" Louis yelled, quite loudly I might add. He bounced around the counter and gave Liam a high five and laughed in Harry's face. "I got your money, Styles. How's that feel?" He daunted.

Harry just glared at him, giving him the middle finger. "Fuck off, Tommo." He pushed past Louis to get another beer from the refrigerator.

"Look who's a sour loser," Liam joked. Even though Niall had clearly lost, he was still laughing along with Louis. He is probably the happiest person I know, damn.

"M'lady," Louis bowed down and held his hand out for Eleanor. "Your chariot awaits." She giggled and grabbed his hand. They both left after saying a quick goodbye.

"Sophia, we should probably get going too," Niall spoke.

"Do you think you could give Dani a lift back to her place?" Liam asked. She looked at him confused.

"Why cant you drive me?" Danielle asked.

"I've got to talk to Harry for a bit," he replied. "I'll come over as soon as I'm done, I promise." She nodded and they kissed goodbye, the three of them walked out together leaving me, Harry and Liam.

"My bag is in the car, but I'll be right back so I can take out those stitches," Liam said, walking out.

~

Well here it is.

Sorry it's short and a filler (and that it took so long to update omg) I've just been having a tough time and finals/midterms are coming up so I've been studying like crazy. A ton of assignments have been due this past week too and it's just awful.

Makes me want to shoot my head off, if I'm honest.

I will definitely try to update more, that was just ridiculous I'm sorry.

QOTC: How does the plasma membrane of a cell achieve homeostasis?

-Sincerely, studying.