The Cafe Girl
Teenage Runaway
Jess’s POV
“Jess what the hell,” Emma practically screamed as soon as I entered the café.
“Hi Ems, good morning to you too.”
“Seriously Jessica, were you ever going to tell me?”
“Tell you what?”
“Are you serious? You go out on the cutest most romantic date with Harry Styles and you don’t tell you’re bff ever and now you act like you don’t know what I’m talking about?”
“Oh. That.”
“What do you mean, ‘oh that’?? Jess I had to read it on a gossip website this morning!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. Emma looked genuinely upset that I didn’t tell her about my date with Harry. It was the morning after the date and to be honest, even though I know it’s all fake, I did have quite a magical night.
It took every ounce of me to wake up and get ready for work. I barely got any sleep last night because I kept thinking about how the evening went.
“What do you mean it’s on a gossip website?” I motioned for Emma to tie my apron for me while I put my hair up.
“I read it on CelebrityGossipInsider! There were photos of you leaving a restaurant and then another one leaving the movies. Are you guys dating?”
This was a tricky thing to answer. I mean, I know we’ll be dating eventually but at the moment I had no way to label what we have. I decided the best way to approach this was to say half the truth.
“We went out on a date but that’s it. He’s lovely, though.”
“Oh, Jess” Emma sighed, “it’s all over the internet! Everyone’s dying to find out more about you and Harry!”
I shook my head and smiled. Emma is probably just exaggerating what she’s seen online. I haven’t had the chance to look yet but I doubt that people would be saying stuff about me. It’s Harry that they care about.
“Mosh suggested we do dinner sometime this week. Then you can fill us both in about what’s going on.” Emma said.
“There’s not a lot happening but I’m always down for food. I’ll tell you all about last night soon.” I said as I got ready to grab the tray and bring it over to someone’s table.
“You better!”
Emma and I didn’t have much chance to chat that morning. The café was really busy and while that’s great news for the business, it meant that I was on my feet the whole time or busy making coffee and taking orders.
By the time I got to go on my lunch break, I was completely frazzled. Sweat was threatening to break out in my forehead and armpits (eww) and I was in dire need of a chair to sit on.
I got my phone out of my locker and was surprised to have a few messages and missed calls. I opened the one from Sven first.
“Great work last night! Plan is going where we want it to go but we need more action. H goes on tour in a few weeks and the movie premiere is approaching. Need you to be there officially. Can you please arrange more dates? The outdoor cinema was a genius idea. Cheers, S.”
So Sven must have seen/heard all about last night by now. I wonder what this movie premiere is and why I have to be there. Before I replied to Sven, I opened the next message on my phone this time coming from Harry.
“I think we impressed Sven. He wants us to go out again tonight. Do you want to go get coffee or hang out at Starbucks after you finish work? What time do you finish work?”
I felt butterflies in my stomach after reading that. I know he’s asking me out purely for business but my mind is not grasping that at the moment. I hit reply on my phone and composed a message for him.
“Harry I work in a café, the last thing I want to do after work is get coffee or be near coffee. I finish at 3.”
Seconds later, I heard my phone beep. It was from Harry.
“Haha, fair point. What do you want to do then?”
You.
I mean, what does he want to do?
“What do you wanna do? I’m up for anything. I don’t mind.”
“You decide, Jess. I don’t know.”
“We’ll figure it out later I guess. Gotta get back to work. See ya”
The rest of the day went really fast after my break and I found myself smiling the whole time. I was going on another date with Harry tonight and even though this will never be for real, at least we’re starting to be friendlier to each other.
But perhaps, the biggest surprise of all was seeing Harry show up at my workplace 5 mins before 3. He looked effortlessly cool as usual, in his black jeans and a white shirt. He wore a black fitted jacket on top of it, and as he walked towards the counter he took his sunglasses off and put it in his back pocket.
“Harry!” Emma gushed, “hi!”
“Hey Emma, how are ya?”
“Good, good. What are you doing here? Do you want anything?”
I tried to keep myself busy with frothing the milk before I finished my shift. I was suddenly feeling very self-conscious in my work uniform.
“I’m actually just here to pick Jess up,” he said and looked at me, “do you wanna come shopping with me?”
“Shop? Like right now?” was all I could think of saying.
“Yeah, aren’t you finishing now?”
“Yes she is,” Em gently nudged me away from the coffee machine, “go go!”
“You’re the best, Em.” Harry, ever the charmer, said to her.
I hurriedly grabbed my things from my locker because I didn’t want to keep Harry waiting. I stopped when I looked at myself in the mirror, though. I forgot I was wearing the frumpiest clothes today. Since I didn’t get home until late last night, I didn’t really get much sleep and it was evident in how I look today. I was wearing my fat pants – a loose fit black pair of jeans with a plain black t-shirt. I let my hair down after putting it up for the whole day. I sort of ruffled the mess that was my hair, desperately trying to get it to frame my face and hide my double chin.
I put on clear pink lipgloss because that was all I had. I was not only worried about looking good because Harry was around, but I realised that this trip could potentially be photographed and I was feeling as bad as I looked.
“Are you ready?” Harry asked once I came out of the staff room.
“Yeah.”
We both said goodbye to Emma and she happily waved and gave me a discreet “Call me later with details!” gesture that Harry fortunately didn’t catch. He led the way out of the café and to his car.
Thankfully there wasn’t much people around (like photographers) and only a few handful of fans were there but they didn’t bother us. All they did was smile and wave at Harry and Harry was charming as usual.
We walked in silence to his car and I kept my head down for the most part.
“What’s wrong?” Harry asked.
I looked up at him in surprise. “Nothing really. I just wish I worn something better today instead of my crappy uniform.”
“Do you wanna go get changed first?”
“I live on the other side of town. I don’t really wanna waste time. I’ll be fine.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah.” I said as climbed into his range rover.
We drove in silence for the most part. I was beginning to think that maybe I should have asked him where we were going first. But then again, does it really matter? Sven wants us to get photographed and I bet wherever it is that we’re going the paparazzi would be there.
“So uh,” Harry said awkwardly, “how was your day?”
“It was good. Just worked really. What about yours?”
Neither of us were looking at each other. I wondered why it seemed as though we were back to being strangers again pacing around each other.
“Yeah pretty great actually. I had errands in the morning but other than that I did nothing.”
“That’s good then. So umm, where are we going?”
“Regent St would be good, I think.”
“Okay then.”
The silence continued until Harry parked his car off street. Just as I was about to get out of the car, he stopped me.
“Here,” he said while looking straight at me, “do you wanna wear this?”
He was giving me a sweater that had “Teenage Runaway” on it. It was his sweater and I know this because of the fact that I’ve seen photos of him wearing it on Tumblr.
“You want me to wear your sweater?”
“Umm yeah. I guess,” he shrugged, “I mean you said you didn’t like what you were wearing and I thought maybe you wanted to wear this or something.”
I was touched. Just when I thought we were back to being strangers again, he does something unexpectedly nice like this.
“Thanks, Harry. I really appreciate it.”
I was deeply touched by the gesture, but I was more anxious too. I was a bigger girl, and I was worried that with Harry’s tiny frame the sweater wouldn’t fit me and it would be way too tight. Plus now that he was waiting for me to put it on, it would even be more embarrassing if it didn’t fit.
I held my breath and put the sweater over my head, careful as I didn’t want to ruin it. It fit alright. Yes it was snug and a lot tighter than I would prefer, but it fit and Harry smiled so I figured it looked okay.
I was right about the paparazzi, though, because not even 10 steps from where his car was, I could already hear the clicking of cameras.
“Should we run from them?” Harry blurted out of the blue.
“Like run run?”
“Yeah. Why not?”
“I am the worst runner ever,” I shook my head, “Harry, this is absolutely crazy. Let’s do it.”
He flashed me the cutest smile and his dimples were even cuter up close. “Okay. One. . two. . .”
_
Who is Harry Styles’ new girl?” by CelebrityGossip
“Jess what the hell,” Emma practically screamed as soon as I entered the café.
“Hi Ems, good morning to you too.”
“Seriously Jessica, were you ever going to tell me?”
“Tell you what?”
“Are you serious? You go out on the cutest most romantic date with Harry Styles and you don’t tell you’re bff ever and now you act like you don’t know what I’m talking about?”
“Oh. That.”
“What do you mean, ‘oh that’?? Jess I had to read it on a gossip website this morning!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. Emma looked genuinely upset that I didn’t tell her about my date with Harry. It was the morning after the date and to be honest, even though I know it’s all fake, I did have quite a magical night.
It took every ounce of me to wake up and get ready for work. I barely got any sleep last night because I kept thinking about how the evening went.
“What do you mean it’s on a gossip website?” I motioned for Emma to tie my apron for me while I put my hair up.
“I read it on CelebrityGossipInsider! There were photos of you leaving a restaurant and then another one leaving the movies. Are you guys dating?”
This was a tricky thing to answer. I mean, I know we’ll be dating eventually but at the moment I had no way to label what we have. I decided the best way to approach this was to say half the truth.
“We went out on a date but that’s it. He’s lovely, though.”
“Oh, Jess” Emma sighed, “it’s all over the internet! Everyone’s dying to find out more about you and Harry!”
I shook my head and smiled. Emma is probably just exaggerating what she’s seen online. I haven’t had the chance to look yet but I doubt that people would be saying stuff about me. It’s Harry that they care about.
“Mosh suggested we do dinner sometime this week. Then you can fill us both in about what’s going on.” Emma said.
“There’s not a lot happening but I’m always down for food. I’ll tell you all about last night soon.” I said as I got ready to grab the tray and bring it over to someone’s table.
“You better!”
Emma and I didn’t have much chance to chat that morning. The café was really busy and while that’s great news for the business, it meant that I was on my feet the whole time or busy making coffee and taking orders.
By the time I got to go on my lunch break, I was completely frazzled. Sweat was threatening to break out in my forehead and armpits (eww) and I was in dire need of a chair to sit on.
I got my phone out of my locker and was surprised to have a few messages and missed calls. I opened the one from Sven first.
“Great work last night! Plan is going where we want it to go but we need more action. H goes on tour in a few weeks and the movie premiere is approaching. Need you to be there officially. Can you please arrange more dates? The outdoor cinema was a genius idea. Cheers, S.”
So Sven must have seen/heard all about last night by now. I wonder what this movie premiere is and why I have to be there. Before I replied to Sven, I opened the next message on my phone this time coming from Harry.
“I think we impressed Sven. He wants us to go out again tonight. Do you want to go get coffee or hang out at Starbucks after you finish work? What time do you finish work?”
I felt butterflies in my stomach after reading that. I know he’s asking me out purely for business but my mind is not grasping that at the moment. I hit reply on my phone and composed a message for him.
“Harry I work in a café, the last thing I want to do after work is get coffee or be near coffee. I finish at 3.”
Seconds later, I heard my phone beep. It was from Harry.
“Haha, fair point. What do you want to do then?”
You.
I mean, what does he want to do?
“What do you wanna do? I’m up for anything. I don’t mind.”
“You decide, Jess. I don’t know.”
“We’ll figure it out later I guess. Gotta get back to work. See ya”
The rest of the day went really fast after my break and I found myself smiling the whole time. I was going on another date with Harry tonight and even though this will never be for real, at least we’re starting to be friendlier to each other.
But perhaps, the biggest surprise of all was seeing Harry show up at my workplace 5 mins before 3. He looked effortlessly cool as usual, in his black jeans and a white shirt. He wore a black fitted jacket on top of it, and as he walked towards the counter he took his sunglasses off and put it in his back pocket.
“Harry!” Emma gushed, “hi!”
“Hey Emma, how are ya?”
“Good, good. What are you doing here? Do you want anything?”
I tried to keep myself busy with frothing the milk before I finished my shift. I was suddenly feeling very self-conscious in my work uniform.
“I’m actually just here to pick Jess up,” he said and looked at me, “do you wanna come shopping with me?”
“Shop? Like right now?” was all I could think of saying.
“Yeah, aren’t you finishing now?”
“Yes she is,” Em gently nudged me away from the coffee machine, “go go!”
“You’re the best, Em.” Harry, ever the charmer, said to her.
I hurriedly grabbed my things from my locker because I didn’t want to keep Harry waiting. I stopped when I looked at myself in the mirror, though. I forgot I was wearing the frumpiest clothes today. Since I didn’t get home until late last night, I didn’t really get much sleep and it was evident in how I look today. I was wearing my fat pants – a loose fit black pair of jeans with a plain black t-shirt. I let my hair down after putting it up for the whole day. I sort of ruffled the mess that was my hair, desperately trying to get it to frame my face and hide my double chin.
I put on clear pink lipgloss because that was all I had. I was not only worried about looking good because Harry was around, but I realised that this trip could potentially be photographed and I was feeling as bad as I looked.
“Are you ready?” Harry asked once I came out of the staff room.
“Yeah.”
We both said goodbye to Emma and she happily waved and gave me a discreet “Call me later with details!” gesture that Harry fortunately didn’t catch. He led the way out of the café and to his car.
Thankfully there wasn’t much people around (like photographers) and only a few handful of fans were there but they didn’t bother us. All they did was smile and wave at Harry and Harry was charming as usual.
We walked in silence to his car and I kept my head down for the most part.
“What’s wrong?” Harry asked.
I looked up at him in surprise. “Nothing really. I just wish I worn something better today instead of my crappy uniform.”
“Do you wanna go get changed first?”
“I live on the other side of town. I don’t really wanna waste time. I’ll be fine.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah.” I said as climbed into his range rover.
We drove in silence for the most part. I was beginning to think that maybe I should have asked him where we were going first. But then again, does it really matter? Sven wants us to get photographed and I bet wherever it is that we’re going the paparazzi would be there.
“So uh,” Harry said awkwardly, “how was your day?”
“It was good. Just worked really. What about yours?”
Neither of us were looking at each other. I wondered why it seemed as though we were back to being strangers again pacing around each other.
“Yeah pretty great actually. I had errands in the morning but other than that I did nothing.”
“That’s good then. So umm, where are we going?”
“Regent St would be good, I think.”
“Okay then.”
The silence continued until Harry parked his car off street. Just as I was about to get out of the car, he stopped me.
“Here,” he said while looking straight at me, “do you wanna wear this?”
He was giving me a sweater that had “Teenage Runaway” on it. It was his sweater and I know this because of the fact that I’ve seen photos of him wearing it on Tumblr.
“You want me to wear your sweater?”
“Umm yeah. I guess,” he shrugged, “I mean you said you didn’t like what you were wearing and I thought maybe you wanted to wear this or something.”
I was touched. Just when I thought we were back to being strangers again, he does something unexpectedly nice like this.
“Thanks, Harry. I really appreciate it.”
I was deeply touched by the gesture, but I was more anxious too. I was a bigger girl, and I was worried that with Harry’s tiny frame the sweater wouldn’t fit me and it would be way too tight. Plus now that he was waiting for me to put it on, it would even be more embarrassing if it didn’t fit.
I held my breath and put the sweater over my head, careful as I didn’t want to ruin it. It fit alright. Yes it was snug and a lot tighter than I would prefer, but it fit and Harry smiled so I figured it looked okay.
I was right about the paparazzi, though, because not even 10 steps from where his car was, I could already hear the clicking of cameras.
“Should we run from them?” Harry blurted out of the blue.
“Like run run?”
“Yeah. Why not?”
“I am the worst runner ever,” I shook my head, “Harry, this is absolutely crazy. Let’s do it.”
He flashed me the cutest smile and his dimples were even cuter up close. “Okay. One. . two. . .”
_
Who is Harry Styles’ new girl?” by CelebrityGossip
There seems to be a new girl in Harry’s life judging from the latest photos we have of the 1D member. The first time he was spotted with her was when they left a popular London club together then again tonight having dinner and attending an outdoor cinema screening at Hyde Park.
It seems like things are heating up between the two of them as the pair was spotted again this afternoon running from photographers. A source says that she was even wearing Harry’s “Teenage Runaway” sweater (pictured below).
We here at CelebrityGossip are dying to know who this girl is! Who do you think is this new girl in Harry Styles’ life? Just another fling or is this for real? Comment in the section below.
Notes
YAY! An update! I know we're all a bit disappointed that he didn't kiss her in the previous chapter but I hope this sorta makes up for it. I mean, they're pretending to be bf-gf, they're bound to kiss at some point, right? I don't know when but we'll just see where it goes!Anyway, link to how Harry looked like when he went to pick Jess up from work:http://lovelyandwanderful.tumblr.com/post/69360594850
And this is Jess' outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/unexpected_shopping_trips/set?id=106355784
How is everyone?xxx
I miss this story so much. I hope you can update on this story
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