The Encounter |H.S|

12

I check myself on the mirror for the hundredth time, nervously fixing my silk red dress and my hair. I was finally to go to Harry's party, and even though I was quite excited to mingle with new people and perhaps finally make some friends, I was very nervous as well and I am going to do everything on my power to avoid Harry at all costs.

I make my way downstairs, going over to Louis and Hazel who were downstairs watching The Lion King on the couch. "Are you sure about this Louis? I feel bad leaving you with her while I go to a boring party." I mumble and he looks up at me with furrowed eyebrows.

"Evelyn, shut up and show all of those boring people how fun you are! Go!" He cheers and I sigh while nodding. I lean down and kiss Hazel's forehead as I notice her eyelids closing slowly which makes me smile.

I kiss Louis' cheek as well before going over to the front door, grabbing my purse and throw it over my shoulder before making sure I had everything. "Goodbye guys, I'll try to not take too long!" I say loudly enough for them to hear.

"Don't worry about it! Have fun!" Louis says back and I smile before leaving, locking the door behind me. I get inside my car, mentally preparing myself for tonight before starting to drive.

I arrive at the address that was given, my mouth falling open at the beautiful building in front of me. I am not sure if it is Harry's house, but whatever it is, it's breathtaking. The building is completely lit up with various lights, showing off the marble walls and the big dark wood doors. There is a sea of people outside of the building, some chatting amongst themselves and some others trying to get inside the building.

I exit my car, clutching onto my purse as the nervousness grows within my body. I squeeze through the old and important people outside and try to get inside, successfully getting in after being questioned about who I am.

I widen my eyes at the inside of the building, my eyes travelling through every corner of the place and smiling at the sight. Everything is beautifully decorated, the marble walls a light shade of a creamy colour, the black floor was perfectly clean and loud music flooding through the building.

I take a deep breath, going over to somewhere I wasn't very sure yet, but I am immediately thankful to find Niall. He waves at me with a wide smile and I make my way over to him. "Hi there!" He screams over the loud music and I smile up at him while waving.

"I don't know what I'm supposed to do!" I exclaim while laughing and he laughs as well, waving at someone else who walked over to us.

I smiled at Megan, who has seemed to have arrived just now and she grimaced at the loud music. "I hate these songs!" She says loudly, making me laugh as I nod, Niall rolling his eyes.

"You're just people who don't know how to party, both of you!" He says, playfully crossing his arms and I giggle.

It was true indeed, I am not a party person at all.

"I love your dress." Megan says while pointing to my dress and I loudly thank her with a smile on my lips.

Niall gestures us to follow him and we gladly do, following him through the immense crowd of rich people. We enter a more secluded area where the music wasn't so loud, but still audible. I assumed it was a bar, since there were stools and a table dividing them of the racks of various bottles. The girl working there was talking to some people who were sitting in the stools, and I immediately recognised one of them as Harry, the curls didn't lie.

I try to hide my face as we all sit down in the stools a bit far away from him. "That song was killing me, but these old ass people won't even complain since their hearing sucks." Megan buffs, crossing her arms as Niall calls over the bartender.