Alex's POV

Louise and I parked her car in a parking garage and made our way to the restaurant we we're going to have dinner at. It was a relatively new restaurant but it was already 'the place to be'. We we're a few blocks away when paparazzi started swarming us. They were yelling questions at me like:

"How are things with you and Harry?"

"Are guys still together?"

"Do you think he's gonna find someone knew while he's away?"

Louise grabbed my arm to reassure me that things were ok. "Just ignore them." She whispered in my ear.

"Did Harry buy you that bag? That's an expensive bag!" another person yelled.

"No my mom did, for graduation." I commented. I didn't want anyone to think that Harry bought me such an expensive bag, I didn't want to be referred to as a gold-digger in the media.

Finally we made it to the restaurant, since we were swarmed my paparazzi everyone turned there attention to us. We made it inside and pretty much everyone was staring at us, I felt my cheeks flush in embarrassment.

The hostess greeted us warmly and led us to our table. Once we were seated I broke my silence.

"Sorry about that, I don't know why they are following me." I apologized to Louise.

"Don't worry about it, it's because you're dating Harry Styles, it's just something you'll have to get used too."

"I don't know if that's possible." I chuckled.

We ordered our drinks and food. We had a pretty good time. It was nice to be able to go out for a few hours and get my mind off of things. I hadn't had a girls night out in a long time and it was exactly what I needed.

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By the time I got home it was about 1am, I figured that Harry should already be awake since it was 11am in Australia.

Ring Ring Ring Ring...I was just getting ready to hang up when finally he answered.

"Hello? Alex?"

"Hi baby."

"Why are you up so late?"

"I just got in from dinner with Louise."

"Oh. How was that?"

"It was fun, but there was paparazzi following me and asking me questions about you."

"How did that go?"

"Not too bad, I mostly just tried to ignore them."

"Good, well listen, I wish I could talk more but we have an interview to do in a few minutes, so I'll call you when I can. Do you work tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I have another photo shoot to do in the morning, and then I have an interview with Modern Makeup Magazine in the afternoon."

"OK, well I'll call you before I go to sleep."

"Ok. Love you."

"Love you too. Dream of me."

"I will." and with that I hung up.

It sucked that I didn't get to talk to him very much but I guess it's just something else I'll have to get used too.

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I woke up early the next morning feeling slightly hungover from the night before, but not too bad. I got dressed in one of Harry's flannel shirts but made sure to bring another outfit for me to wear to my interview later in the day. I only put on a little bit of makeup since I would have time to properly do it later.

I grabbed a muffin and a coffee on my way out the door. Joe helped me in the car and I was off to the photo shoot.

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The photo shoot ran smoothly, I finally got to do some dramatic makeup. I finished with the model and got to work on my own makeup. Once I was finished with that I changed my outfit and I was off to my interview.

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Joe dropped me off where the interview would be taking place, it was at a very posh/up scale, hotel in the ritzy part of London. I went straight to the front desk and asked the man behind the desk where the interview would be held. He told me the room number and I made my way there.

I knock on the door and I recognized the lady who opened the door, it was the lady who had asked me questions at my press conference on the morning of the fashion show.

"Alexandra, so nice to see you."


"You can call me Alex."

"Right, Alex. I doubt you remember me but I'm Nicole Brower. I asked you a few questions at the Burberry show a few weeks ago."

"Yes of course I remember you."

She smiled and brought me into the room, there was a camera set up in the corner as well as a tape recorder. I felt a little anxious, since this would be my first proper interview.

"You can sit there." Nicole pointed to a chair in front of the camera. I took my jacket off and set it with my things that were placed on the table by the door, and sat down.

"I love your shirt."

"Thanks." I smiled. "Its Burberry." I winked.

"Of course." She smiled back. "So, I'm going to tape the interview so we can put it online as well as in the magazine, I have a tape recorder hear so I can type up the interview later."

"Ok, sounds good."

"So I'm just going to be asking you some questions about your favorite makeup and things like that, that way the reader can get to know more about you as a makeup artist."

"Ok." I smiled again.

"Ok, lets begin. First question, What company did you work for before you started with Burberry?"

"I didn't work with one specific company. I mainly worked freelance. I did all sorts of events, from prom to wedding to high budget movies. Basically any job I could get I did. I didn't want to limit myself to one thing, I wanted to be diverse in my craft. I can do simple makeup like foundation and mascara all the way to more advanced makeup like prosthetic."

"Wow, I didn't know that. That sounds fun. You said high budget films, are there any that you worked on that we would be familiar with?"

"Yeah, I did the makeup for Bridesmaids, the special effects makeup for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but my favorite makeup to do was for the movie The Artist. I loved it so much because it was the classic makeup that I fell in love with."

"That's amazing, so you were the one responsible for turning all those men into Apes."

I chuckled. "Yeah that was me." I blushed.

"That's so crazy, the looked scarily real."

"That's the art of makeup, nothing is how it seems."

"So tell us, what are some of your favorite makeup brands."

"Burberry of course." I smiled.

"Of course." She agreed.

"But I also really like Urban Decay, Benefit, and Laura Mercier."

"Any drugstore brands?"

"Yes! Maybelline and Rimmel are my favorite drugstore brands."

"What are some of your favorite products?"

"I love the Urban Decay naked palettes, I think they are really good for when you're just starting out in the makeup world, I love Hoola brozer and Rockateur Blush from Benefit. Laura Mercier does really good foundations, as well as Nars. And as for Maybelline, I love their lip products and mascara, they definitely do the best in the business. Rimmel does really good lip products too, but their concealer is where it's at."

"Sounds like I have some new makeup items to try out."

"They're all so good."

"So tell me, what's one product you could not live with out? Just one."

"That's tough, but definitely a really good chap stick, my favorite is Strawberry Sorbet by eos."

"Oh, that is a good one."

"So you're obviously very knowledgeable when it comes to makeup, and I assume you have a lot of it."

"You assumed correctly." I blushed, just thinking about how much makeup I own, it's pretty ridiculous.

"And you do have a boyfriend, how does he feel about the amount of makeup you own?"

Shit of course Harry had to be brought up some way or another, and I'm by myself, no Louise to help me out of this one.

"Uhhhh..." I really didn't want to bring my relationship into this. "Well, I don't think he really knows how much I own, but if he does, he doesn't seem to have a problem with it."

"But you guys live separately, so it's not like he has to deal with it, right?"

Shit, maybe if I'm truthful about it maybe she'll just leave it alone. Choose your words wisely. I told myself.

"Well actually, we do live together, but he doesn't mind. He's very supportive of my career, just as I am with his career."

"Oh so you guys live together? Since when? Didn't you just meet?"

FUCK. I did not choose my words wisely.

"Well it's recent, but we're happy so that's all that matters."

"How is it going? Harry is across the world and you're here, how do you think your relationship is going to go? Do you think you'll stay strong through the distance?"

Ok, I can't do this anymore.

"I'm sorry, but I think that's all for today." I got up, grabbed my things, and left.

I didn't care that I just walked out on a very important interview. She was asking inappropriate questions, she worked for a makeup magazine, not a gossip mag.

I made it down to the lobby and pulled my phone out just as it had started ringing.

"Eleanor, hey!"

"Hey Alex, I was wondering if you weren't busy if you'd like to go out for dinner and drinks."

"Yes! Where? What time?" I sounded a little desperate, but I needed to get away from here.

"How about 7, we can go to Fifteen for dinner and then drinks at Funky Buddha."

"Sounds good. I'll meet you at Fifteen."

"Ok. See you soon."

I didn't want to bother Joe so I walked outside and hailed a cab.


After a pretty long ride I finally made it to Fifteen. I walked in and saw Eleanor and Perrie sitting towards the back. I made my way over to them, Perrie was first to notice me.

"Alex! Finally, we we're starting to think you bailed!." She said, pulling me into a hug.

"Sorry, there was a lot of traffic." I apologized while hugging Eleanor.

"It's, ok you're here now." Eleanor said with a smile, making me feel better about being late.

"How was your day?" Perrie asked.

"It was pretty good, I had a photo shoot this morning to work on, and then I had an interview with Modern Makeup Magazine."

"Oh, how was that?"

"It's was good in the beginning, but then the lady started asking me questions about Harry and I kinda just got up and left."

"In the middle of the interview?" Eleanor asked.

"Yeah, she just would stop prying, and I was there by myself so I just left, and then you called me and here I am." I said with a nervous smile.

"I don't blame you, I hate it when reporters ask me about Zayn, our relationship isn't any of their business, they shouldn't ask those questions. Especially when the topic of the interview isn't even remotely related." Perrie said, while squeezing my hand to comfort me.

"Thank you! I feel the exact same way."

"I don't even hardly ever do interviews, but I totally agree. It's uncalled for." Eleanor chimed in.

Just then the waiter came over and took my drink order and our food order.

We had a light conversation before I realized that Harry hadn't called me yet.

"What's wrong?" Perrie asked.

"Nothing really, I was just looking forward to Harry calling me before he went to sleep, but I guess he just didn't have time or something."

"Oh yeah, that's hard. But don't let that get you down." Eleanor said. "You know Louis didn't call me tonight either, so they must have been pretty busy."

"Yeah neither did Zayn, but they'll call or text when they can." Perrie stated.

I decided to check my phone at that point. I had a text from Harry.

Sorry I didn't call you, I'm swamped down here. But I'll call you as soon as I can. Love you. xx
-H

It's ok, I love you too. Talk to you soon. xx


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The girls and I finished dinner and decided to skip on Funky Buddha since we were all kinda tired. I made my way back home.

The house was empty and I was really missing Harry. I didn't feel like this was my house too. I felt like I was just watching his house for him until he got back, I hope that feeling would change once he was back.

I walked upstairs and decided to take a bath, I had had a long and stressful day and I just needed to relax. I stripped out of my clothes and put on the John Mayer Pandora station once again.

Once the bath was ready I dipped in and felt the warm water encase my body. I instantly felt my muscles relax and I was at ease. I sat there for a few minutes enjoying the sound of John Mayer's voice when my phone began to ring. I reached for it to see who it was.

A: "Hi." I said shyly.

H: His deep, smooth, soothing voice filled my ears. "What are you doing?"

A: "Taking a bath."

H: "It's not a proper bath unless I'm there."

A: "I'd agree, what are you doing?"

H: "Laying down in my hotel room. We don't have a show tonight, but we had a lot of press today."

A: "How did that go?"

H: "Just the same as any other interviews we've done. I really wish someone would start asking us different questions. How many times do I have to tell people that if I could have one super power it would be to time travel."

A: "Someones a bit sassy."

H: "Maybe it's cause I need to get laid."

A: "That could be it."

H: "Only 4 1/5 more weeks."

A: "I don't think I can wait that long."

H: "So, you're taking a bath..."

A: "Yes."

H: "In the tub we take baths in?"

A: "Yes."

H: "Good memories." I could hear the smirk in his voice.

A: "When you get back they can be a reality."

H: "I'd like that." he paused before changing the subject. "How was your interview today?"

I let out a sigh and explained everything that happened at the interview.

H: "Good, I would have done the same thing." He said, referring to me walking out before the interview was over.

A: "Yeah well, I don't want to think about it any more." The water started to get cold so I told Harry that I'd talk to him later.

H: "Ok, I love you Alex."

A:" I love you Harry." And we hung up.


I got out of the bath and dried off, I slipped on a pair of my underwear and another one of Harry's shirts.

I was laying in bed getting ready to fall asleep when I got a text.

It was from Harry and it had a screen cap picture of me from earlier with the headline "Sexy Without Styles"

How come I've never seen that top before ;) xx -H

It's new, but you can see it when you get back. It looks much better on the floor than it does on me ;)xx -A

I'll be the judge of that. Just wait till I get home. xx -H

I'm waiting. xx -A

Good night love, get some rest. Love you. xx -H

Love you. xx -A

I went to sleep that night with a smile across my face.I couldn't wait till he was home.

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