Taylor was panicking. The fact that Harry knew she had been there today was a scary thought. “Are you okay?” She knew she firstly should have been making sure Niall didn’t know about this, but she couldn’t help but be a little concerned about Harry. He raised an eyebrow at her question, moving backwards a little away from Taylor.
"Why wouldn’t I be okay?" He was confused as to why Taylor was all of a sudden worried about him.
"Well, you looked hurt…" Taylor’s eyes examined Harry’s body, one particular cut on his shirtless chest drawing her attention. "That looks infected, Harry! What the hell happened?" Taylor moved closer to Harry and he pulled away, wondering if this was part of some plan of hers to figure out what happened earlier, but honestly, Taylor just wanted to make sure he was okay. As much as she disliked him, she hated seeing people hurt.
"I’m fine." He replied sternly. "Good try but you saw enough today as it is, you’re not getting anything from me."
She sighed, now aware that she was walking on thin ice with Harry. She moved closer to Harry again and this time he didn’t pull away. Her hand moved to touch his body close to the wound, her eyes still locked with his. “Let me help you.” She calmly asked, and this time he let her. As she cleaned up the wound after finding the first aid kit, she thought this would be a good time to bring up something that was still on her mind while Harry was still calm and distracted.
"Does Niall know?" Harry knew exactly what Taylor was asking, and he shook his head.
"Nope. Doesn’t mean he won’t find out though…" Taylor dropped bandage she was holding, and once again she was panicking.
"Harry… I think it would be in Niall’s best interest to leave this between us.” She knew as soon as Niall found out they would be done. She couldn’t ruin what they had, even if it was only a friendship. Niall was one of the only people she had here and she cared about him way too much for him to find out about this. “I don’t want to hurt him and it wasn’t my intention. He’s the only person who’s given a damn about me since I got here and I can’t lose him.”
For a second, Harry considered letting Taylor off the hook. She was right; he only ever saw her hanging out with Niall. Selena occasionally, but Niall had really taken her under his wing and he talked so highly of Taylor to Harry. Harry still wasn’t too keen on her, but Niall was his friend. But Harry couldn’t hide the smirk on his face when he realized how much he could benefit from this. "Well I guess it could be our little secret…" The look on Harry’s face was clearly a sign to Taylor that this wasn’t going to be as easy as it looked. She was about to open her mouth when Harry interrupted her. "On one condition…" Taylor didn’t say a word, only looking at Harry for answers. She wasn’t sure if she was ready for what he was about to ask. “You keep a secret for me.”
Without thinking, Harry planted his lips onto Taylor’s. He wasn’t sure why he did it; he saw the opportunity and took it, knowing all too well that Taylor wouldn’t give in. But he was pleasantly surprised when after a little bit of squirming from her, she gave in, kissing him back with as much force as he was kissing her.
It was as if Harry was a magnet; no matter how hard she tried, Taylor just couldn’t keep away from him. She was well aware of what she was doing right now; she was also quite aware that she was practically cheating on Niall. She wanted to stop, she wasn’t usually like this but there was something about Harry that made her want, and crave, more from him. It took a lot of inner convincing to force herself away from Harry, pushing him away as she screwed her face up in disgust.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! I’m trying to save my relationship with Niall, not ruin it you idiot!" She wasn’t only angry at Harry, but she was also angry at herself. But right now it was easier for her to blame Harry for this, she was furious with him that he would do that to not only his friend but his girlfriend. It’s as if every so often he completely forgets that his in a relationship. Taylor wasn’t quite at the relationship stage, but she still felt disgusted in herself that she would do such a thing. It was so easy to get caught up in the moment when Harry is around.
While Taylor was pacing the bathroom worrying about her pending doomed relationship with Niall, Harry was quite pleased with himself. He wasn’t one to care for relationships, so the cheating part didn’t really bother him. But he had been slightly taken aback when Taylor had kissed him back. He knew she cared for Niall, but he really couldn’t see too much of a future for them. “You didn’t have to kiss me back, you know. Besides, what’s another secret between us?” Giving Taylor one last wink, Harry exited the bathroom, leaving a stunned and upset Taylor to drown in her worries. Looking down at her watch, it read 7:30, and that’s when she realized tonight was going to be a long night.
