Alex's POV

I hardly slept a wink last night, my mind was going crazy from thinking about what Harry had said and thinking about Fashion Week. I rolled over and looked at the time, it was 5:45am I had to be at the event no later than 8, so I decided to get up and get ready since there was no way I'd be able to fall asleep.

I got up slowly and quietly and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. I didn't want to wake Harry. I really liked spending time with Harry but I just wanted a few minutes to myself. I was feeling really overwhelmed, I didn't want to feel this way but I was starting to think that my relationship with Harry was more than I wanted. Just think about it, in a span of two weeks my life has completely changed.

1. I ended my abusive relationship. (one that I was in for 2 years! I was dumb, I know.)
2. I excepted my dream job.
3. Moved half way across the world.
4. Said goodbye to my mom. (she's my everything, my rock.)
5. I met an amazing guy. (who happened to be one of the most famous people in the world.)
6. I saw my face all over the place, on the tv, newspapers, magazines.
7. I got into a fight with one of the worlds most famous super model.
8. I told a guy that I only knew for 4 days that I loved him
9. I have spent every single day with him since I moved to London.
10. And lastly I discussed moving in with him.

I got out of the shower, dried off, brushed my teeth, and threw on one of my over sized tee shirts and some underwear. I left my hair in the towel so it could dry and got straight to work on my makeup. I decided to go for a sparkly winged liner, matte skin with a subtle highlight on the tops of my cheek bones, soft pink blush, and a light pink lip. After I finished my makeup I went back to my hair. I unwrapped it and started blow drying it. Shit! I thought, hopefully I don't wake Harry. I turned off my blow dryer and pondered on how I should do my hair. I finally decided on voluminous waves, I teased it a lot to make it big. I wanted to look like a bombshell, I wanted to look as good as possible since I would be spending the whole day around beautiful models... and Cara.

When I finished my hair and makeup I opened the door and peaked out to check on Harry, he was still sleeping soundly. I grabbed my clothes and got dressed. I decided on black leather skinny pants (they look a lot cuter than they sound. haha) a dark grey almost purple shirt, I layered on some necklaces/bracelets, and threw on my favorite blazer. I tried on several pairs of shoes until I decided on a pair of strappy heels.

I looked at the time and it was only 7am, so I decided to go downstairs to make myself a cup of tea before I had to leave. I drank my tea and scrolled through twitter. Since people had learned who I was I went from like 110 followers to 250k followers, weird since I hadn't even tweeted anything in like two weeks. I decided that I should probably tweet First day of Fashion Week :). I had just hit tweet when I already had about a million mentions.

I checked the time again at it read 7:15, I better get going. I contemplated waking up Harry and having him take me, but I decided against it and called my personal driver. He arrived promptly at 7:30 and was waiting for me with the door open.

"Miss. Leon, I'm Joseph, your driver." He said with a hand shake. "I'm pleased to finally meet you."

I shook his hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you too, but please, call me Alex."

"Right, Alex." He said with a smile. "And you can call me Joe."

I smiled at him and got in the car and started thinking about how I felt guilty for not asking Harry to take me. He looked so peaceful though, but I shrugged it off and tried to focus on the day ahead of me.

We pulled up to the back entrance of the venue at 7:55, Joe came around and opened my door for me, I thanked him and made my way to the backstage area so I could start getting the models ready. I walked in and the room was pretty much empty, except for Ana, Marcus, Christopher, and Camilla.

"Oh good you're here!" Camilla all but shouted. "Listen, today is going to be a very busy day for you, Ana is going to start with the girls hair while you go do some interviews, then when you finish your interviews you'll come back and start on the makeup while Ana goes for her interviews. Talk quickly but be poised. Also, when it gets closer to the time when the event begins you, Ana, Marcus, and Christopher will go walk the red carpet. Make sure you stand up straight and smile. Any questions?"

"Interviews?" was all I could manage.

"Yeah, didn't we tell you at the meeting last week?"

"No."

"Oh, well I'm sorry, but you'll do just fine."

I nodded my head so she'd stop talking.

You know, I was getting really sick and tired of people telling me I'll be just fine.

"Ok, well its time for your first interview so go along with Louise and she'll show you where to go, and she'll give you a few pointers on what to say."

I nodded my head once more. "Ok."

Just then Louise came walking in and ushered me down a hallway to where the reporters waited for me at the other end. I stopped walking before we reached the end of the hallway.

"What's wrong?" Louise asked me.

"I don't know about this."

"It's ok, you'll be fin-"

"Don't say it!" that came out harsher than I wanted it to. "I'm sorry Louise, I'm just so overwhelmed, everything is changing so fast and I feel like I can't keep up, I feel like I'm going to let everyone down. I feel like I should just stop, just stop all of this, I should go back to my old life, this is just so stressful, I'm in this relationship that I didn't see coming, I'm working for one of the biggest brands in the world and I just-" I stopped.

I looked at Louise, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to unload all of that on you. You probably think I'm absolutely crazy." I said with a nervous laugh.

"No I don't" she said while taking my hand, "I can't imagine how much pressure is on you, but you'll be great. All you have to do is go out there and answer a few questions. We had to ok the questions they were going to ask you before they were allowed in, so don't worry about any Harry questions."

I let out a big sigh, not realizing I had been holding my breath. "Ok." I said with a nod; turning to walk down the hallway.

"And Alex," I stopped and looked at Louise, "I won't repeat anything you just said, and if you ever need to talk, just know that I'm hear for you."

I couldn't help but smile. "Thank you Louise, you're a great friend."

We walked into the press room, there were probably about 300 reporters stuffed in the fairly small room and a million camera flashes going a mile a minute. I walked up to the podium where there were probably 50 microphones, I didn't know what to do so I just said "Hi."


"Alex! Over here!" I heard. I looked over to see a reporter waving her hand at me.

"Yes?"

"Hi, Nicole Brower from Modern Makeup Magazine, What kind of makeup should we be looking forward to seeing on the runway today?"

I stood up straight, realizing that I had been slouching a little bit. "Well, without giving away too much, you'll be seeing very natural glowy makeup."

"Alex! Alex! How are you liking London?" another reporter called out.

"I'm loving it, London is an amazing city." I smiled.

"And how is working with Burberry?" a different reporter yelled.

"It's a dream, and I'm a very lucky girl."

"Do you have plans on returning to LA after fashion week is over?" someone else yelled.

"No, not at the moment, I plan to stay in London for a while, I'm just getting to know the city so I'd hate to leave so soon."

"Does Harry have anything to do with you staying?"

"Uhhh..."

"How serious are you guys!? Do you live together?"

"What are you going to do once he leaves on tour, are you going with him?"

"uhhhh..."

"What about Cara? How does she feel about you being with her ex boyfriend?"

"Are you just with Harry so that you can further your career? Are you using him?"

Just then Louise stepped up to the podium.

"That's enough questions for today." Louise told the reporters before taking my hand and leading me back to the hallway, letting the doors close behind us.

My eyes started to water.

"I'm so sorry about that Alex, they weren't supposed to ask any questions about him."

"It's ok," I said while wiping the tears away. "It's not your fault."

She sighed. "Stop crying, you're too pretty to cry."

I stifled a laugh.

"Now, come on, you have makeup to do!"

We went back in to the makeup and hair room and things were in full swing, there were models on every chair getting their done by Ana and her hair team, there were clothes all over place with name tags on them, signifying which model would wear what.

I completely composed myself and got to work on a beautiful brunette model, I think she said her name was Laura, but she had an accent that I hadn't heard before so it was hard to understand her.

Harry's POV

I woke up expecting Alex to be there but she wasn't, I checked the time, it was 8:30 so she was probably already at the Burberry fashion show preparing for the events that were to happen later that day. But why hadn't she asked me to take her there?

I got up, showered and got dressed for the show. Burberry sent me some clothes to wear to the show, I decided on an animal print tee shirt, it wasn't something that I would normally wear but there was something about it that I liked. Kinda like Alex, she wasn't the typical girl I would go for, but there was something about her that I liked. When I finished getting dressed I called for a taxi, I thought I'd show up early to surprise Alex. I figured that there was going to be little to no parking, so a taxi was the way to go. I made myself a quick coffee before heading out to the awaiting taxi.


When we pulled up I was greeted with a ton of paparazzi and reporters. I walked the red carpet quickly before heading inside, I walked to a door marked backstage and the guard at the door didn't even hesitate to let me in.

I walked in and saw models and people everywhere. I searched the room looking for Alex, it was pretty hectic in there. Finally I spotted her in the corner talking to a blonde girl.

I walked up to her and wrapped my arms around her waist, kissing her on the cheek.


Alex's POV

I had finished all the models except for Cara, she had some press thing to do so it would be a little later before I'd have to work on her. For the mean time I was standing in a less crowded corner talking to Louise.

"Thank you again for rescuing me. I didn't know what to say to them." referring to the reporters and their questions.

"Don't even mention it, I could tell how overwhelmed you were, and they shouldn't have even asked you those questions."

"I really appreciate it."

Just then I felt someone wrap their arms around my waist and kiss me on the cheek. I knew who it was before I even turned around to look at him.

"Hi Harry."

"Hi love, how are things going here?" He said, unwrapping his hands from my waist to stand next to me.

"Hectic. But Harry this is Louise, Louise this is Harry." I said introducing them.

"Pleasure." Louise said, extending her hand towards Harry.

"The pleasure is mine." He replied.

After a few minutes of small talk I was pulled away so I could go work my magic on Cara. This would be the first time I would see Cara since our tiff in the elevator. I walked over and smiled at her, I really didn't need any more drama for the day.

"Hi Cara"

"Alex"

I got right to work on her, not wanting to talk to her. I applied her foundation and set it with powder, I was working on her eyes when she spoke to me.

"You know, I was just trying to give you some advice the other day. Harry likes to-"

"Please, just drop it. I really don't want to discuss Harry with you. Whatever happened between the two of you is between you guys. He could have hurt you to no end, but I don't really care."

"Alex, that's not it. Just please hear me out."

I sighed/grunted "Fine." while rolling my eyes.

"It's just that I really cared for Harry, he told me that he loved me and that I was "The One"and then two weeks later he ended things with me and started dating Taylor. I see that you guys are moving rather quickly and I don't want what happened to me to happen to you. Just take it easy and be cautious of him. I hate to admit it but he's a serial dater and he'll just hurt you in the end."

Did she really just tell me all of that? Did he really tell her she was the one? This was just too much for me to handle. I couldn't even reply to what she had said.

I quickly finished her makeup and sent her over to Ana to get her hair done. I felt like I was burning up, I needed air. I quickly cleaned up my work station and dashed outside. The air was cool and crisp, but refreshing. I walked along the tree lined drive way, I tried to push everything out of my mind. My mind had been working on overdrive all day I just wanted my brain to be clear of everything, I could really use a restart button right now.

I finally stumbled upon a tree stump and sat there for awhile. The only thing I thought about was my mom and how much I missed her. I just wanted my mom to hug me and tell me everything was going to be ok. I wanted to cry. I wanted to go back to LA. I wanted to go back to my old life (minus TM of course.)

I sat there for a little while longer, I tried to force tears out but they wouldn't fall. I could feel them just behind my eyes but they wouldn't break the surface.

"UGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed out in frustration.

Just then I heard footsteps. I turned to see Louise walking towards me, the only thing I could think was Thank God it wasn't Harry. I cared about him, but he was the last person I wanted to see right now.

"Alex," I turned to her. "Are you ok?" I could see the worry spread across her face.

"I'm fine."

"No you're not, tell me." She grasped my hand. "What's wrong."

Louise sat next to me and I explained everything to her. Everything that I was feeling to everything that Cara had said to me. I just let it all out, and it felt damn good.

"Wow."

"I know."

"Well don't listen to her. That was her relationship. This is your relationship, don't let her get to you."

"I know, but I'm just doubting everything."

"Don't just take it one day at a time."

"You're right."

"I know." she said smirking at me. "Now, you have a red carpet to walk." she said, pulling me up off the tree stump.

"Shit, I forgot."


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We made our way back to the event. Louise told me to go rock the red carpet, but I didn't want to go by myself so I convinced her to walk it with me.

Overall the whole experience of the carpet was fun. I tried really hard to block out the reporters who asked me questions about Harry and Cara. When we we're finished with the red carpet we made our way back inside and took our seats in the front row. (I was supposed to be right off the cat walk back stage to do touch ups, but one of the assistant makeup artist volunteered to do it instead so I could watch the show.)

Louise and I were seated directly across from Harry and his friend Nick. Harry smiled at me before pulling out his phone and sending me a text.

Harry: You look beautiful, can't wait to see the good work you did. xx"

Me: Thanks. Me too.

I put my phone away in just enough time for the show to start. The models looked amazing. Christopher did a really good job with his designs.

It was nearing the end of the show when Cara finally descended down the runway. I had to admit she looked really good. Just as she got near Harry she looked over at him and gave him a look. It was like a I-want-you-look. Not only did she give him that look, but he returned it with a smile, but not a regular smile, it was like an I-agree smile.

You have got to be fucking kidding me. I'm so over this day!

Notes

OH NO! So much drama in this chapter. What are your thoughts? Do you think that Alex should just take time to her self and leave Harry alone for awhile? Or should she tell him how she feels, I got the vibe that she's acting a bit distant. I mean come on, that text message! She didn't even give a smiley face or an x at the end. Do you think Cara is trying to get under her skin? Or does Cara have good intentions!!!!?? Do you think Alex misinterpreted the look between Cara and Harry? Only time will tell...

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