Bad Memories

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Chapter 2 – A New Friendship

When I got to work the next day my back was still hurting for the fall last night. Harry was in the back talking to June about something. So I put my apron on and wash my hands, “guess what?” I heard Harry say behind me. I turn around to look at him, “what?” I asked back.

“We going to watch your team play tomorrow,” he beamed. I smiled, “but I got work tomorrow,” I tell him. He smiled, “not anymore,” he told me. My smile got bigger, “so were going!” Harry shouted. Then Harry hugs me tight, “ow,” I gasped. Harry lets me go quickly, “still hurts from last night?” he asked as concerned look went crossed his face, “just a little bit,” I replied.

“Take it slow today then,” he smiled. I smiled back at him to reassure him that I was alright, “how did you get tickets, I thought it was sold out?” I asked him. Harry smile got bigger, “well my mate plays for the other team,” he replied. I look at him straight in his green eyes, “who’s your mate?” I questioned.

“Louis Tomlinson,” he replied. I was in shocked that Harry mate was Louis Tomlinson; he was the team star player. He was also a great player, “you ok there Lu?” Harry asked me.

“Louis Tomlinson is your mate?” I asked. Harry smiled, “yep we grew up together,” he boasted. I could tell Harry was proud of his friend in the way he talked about him, “stop talking and get back to work!” June shouted at us.

“Yep were going!” Harry shouted back. Work was fun with Harry, he kept making me laugh. We closed up again and he took me home with no problems from me, “so I’ll pick you up tomorrow?” he asked. I nodded yes, “good, I see you at three and then we can pick up my mates,” he smiled. I smiled as I got out of the car, “I see you tomorrow,” I tell him.

I walk to my door and wave him goodbye, when I went inside my dad was waiting for me, “who is he?” he asked. I could tell he was drunk trying to pick a fight, “just someone I work with,” I replied. I tried to walk passed him, “sure he is you whore,” he said nasty. Then he pushes me into the wall, “just remember he will never love you, murderer,” he added. He lets me go and I run to my room, I laid down on my bed and stare at the ceiling. I don’t know why but I started to cry again and that night I cried myself to sleep.

The next morning I got up and got myself some breakfast. I looked at the time it was ten, Harry was picking me up at three. I sighed at the thought that it was five hours away. I start to clean the house up again from dad and to pass time. When I was done it was only twelve o’clock. I went back into my room to look for my team jersey; I found it hanging up in my wardrobe. I threw it on my bed and pull out some jeans from my chest of draws, along with a pair of knickers and matching bra. Then I find my black converse and threw them next to my bed, I grab a pair of socks. I walk over to my bed after I grabbed my black hoodie and look down at my clothes as I put them down. I smiled at the thought I’m going to see my team play. I looked at the book I was reading and pick it up and start reading it.

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After a while I look at the time and it was two o’clock, so I put the book down and jump in the shower. After I finished getting ready, I deicide to wait out the front for Harry. He was on time, “hey,” I say as I got into the car. I notice Harry was wearing his team jersey, “hey are you ready to watch some football?” he asked with a smile on his face. I nod yes, “good and there has also been a change in plans. The boys meeting us at the game,” he tells me.

“Ok,” I say.

“So we have some time to waste now,” he smiled. I smiled back at him, “so what you got planed?” I asked. Harry starts to drive, “you will see,” he replied. We drove to a small café near town, “I thought we get a drink or two before the game,” he smiled as he parked the car. I get out of the car, “or two?” I questioned. Harry leans on the car, “well we got a lot of time. The games starts at seven,” he smiled, I smiled back, “plus tonight on me,” he added.

“I can pay for myself,” I tell him.

“I know but it still on me,” he smiled. We walk into the café, I look around and most of the people where couples, “what would you like?” Harry asked me. I look up at the menu, “tea please,” I replied.

“Cool, you go pick a seat,” he tells me. I look around, “any were you prefer?” I asked him. He shakes his head no, “you pick,” he replied. I walk over to a table near the front, Harry joined me after he ordered, “what made you choose this place?” I asked.

“I live about three blocks away,” he replied. I smiled at the thought of him walking here every day. Then I thought that could be me coming here on my days off with a book, “Lu back to earth please,” Harry said. I blush, “sorry,” I apologized. Harry starts to laugh, “You’re such a daydreamer,” he says. I smiled at him, “so what were you thinking about?” he added.

“Something,” I teased. Only if you knew why I daydream a lot Harry, because my dreams are better than my real life. I heard Harry laugh, “Tea and banana smoothie,” I heard the waitress say. She put the drinks on the table and leaves, “smoothie?” I questioned him.

“I love bananas,” he beamed. I smiled, “I’ll have to remember that,” I say. Harry looks at me, “why?” he asked.

“I can do a lot with bananas,” I say. Harry raises an eyebrow at me, “I hope it all G rated,” he laughed. I looked at him shocked, “Harry you dirty boy,” I say.

“No you’re the dirty one,” he tells me. I shake my head, “I was talking about cooking,” I explained. Harry starts to laugh harder, “I know beautiful,” he laughed. Did Harry just call me beautiful? He did call me a beautiful rose when he dropped me off the first night I let him drive me home, “you’re doing it again Lu,” Harry says. I smiled at him, “you better not be like this at the game or you are going to miss something,” he added.

“I never miss any part of the game,” I smiled. Harry returned my smile, “good, because I want you to see your team lose,” he told me. I playful hit him on the arm, “I think it going to be a draw,” I tell him. I pick up the sugar and add some to my tea, “So tell me about your mates?” I asked as I stirred my tea.

“Well there Liam, he the mature one out of all of us. Then there Zayn are bad boy, but he is really a nice guy,” he tells me. I notice Harry smile kept getting bigger as he was telling me, “then there Niall, he from Ireland and he eats everything. But lucky for him don’t seem to put on any weight. Then there is Louis star footballer, however he very down to earth,” he added.

“So how did you meet them?” I questioned.

“Louis and I met when we wear young he was my next door neighbor. The rest I met at school,” he explained. I smiled, “what about you?” Harry asked me.

“I have no friends,” I replied. Harry mouth opens wide, “I’m not your friend? I’m offended,” he says. He turns his back on me, “here I buy you a drink, taking you to a football match and I drive you home from work,” he added. I smiled, “you sure you want to be my friend?” I asked him. He turns around, “yep I do want to be your friend,” he smiled. Harry my friend, I hope he ready for crazy. But I have a friend, “we all need a friend,” he added. Harry smiled bigger at me, “the plus side of this you know how work is,” he laughed. I start to laugh, “It nice to have a friend,” I say.

“You never be alone again,” Harry smiled as he grabbed my hand. I smiled back trying to hold tears back. Why does he make me cry? I don’t like crying it shows that I'm weak, “you crying again on me Lu,” he says as he wipes a tear away. I shake my head no, “my eyes are just sweating,” I tell him. Harry starts to laugh, “sure beautiful,” he smiled. I smiled back to show him I was alright, “why do I always make you cry?” Harry questioned.

“I don’t know,” I lied. I knew why he always made me cry, it because he cares. It been a longtime since someone cared, “I know you know Lu, but I’m not going to push it,” Harry tells me. Harry squeezes my hand before letting go, “so now that we are friends can I have your number?” he asked. I get my phone out, unlock it and bring up my contact info, “here,” I say as I give him my phone. Harry takes it off me, “don’t remember your own number?” he smiled.

“Do you?” I questioned. Harry starts to laugh, “No,” he replied. Harry puts my number in his phone, “smile,” he says. I look at him and he takes a picture, “I said smile,” he tells me. I shake my head no, “don’t do photos,” I say.

“Please just one,” he begged. I shook my head no again, however when I looked at him he was doing a puppy dog face. I smiled a little at it, “got it!” Harry yells. I down at the table, “now was that hard?” he asked. I look up at him, “it was very hard,” I say. Harry smiles, and then he puts his number in my phone, “now this is how to smile,” he says. Harry smiles that his dimples stick out and takes a photo, “I get it now,” I sarcastically say. Harry gives me back my phone, “now I can call and txt you when I feel like it,” he smiled. I drink some of my tea, “now you can also call or txt me whenever you like. I’ll talk about anything with you,” he added. I smiled, “anything?” I questioned. He nods yes, “even if you wanted to tell me the sky green and not blue,” he laughed.

The rest of the time at the café was just small talk, “we better be going or we going to be late,” he says. We get up from the table and head to the car, “time for some football!” Harry yelled before getting into the car. As we driving I noticed Harry getting nervous, “Harry are you nervous about something?” I asked.

“Just you meeting my friends,” he admitted. He took a deep breath, “why?” I questioned. He took in another deep breath, “because we are idiots when we together and we might say or do something that we don’t mean to you,” he told me.

“Harry I cry all of sudden in front of you and you don’t know why, but you’re still around. I would love to see the other side of Harry Styles. The one he is with his friends,” I tell him. Harry blushed, “that true,” he says.

We parked the car near the stadium, “I’m so excited!” Harry shouted as he locked up his car. I smiled at his comment, “I can tell,” I say. Harry looked at me, “aren’t you?” he asked.

“I am, but you’re like a kid at Christmas,” I laughed. Harry walks over to me, “well we better go in then,” he says as he wraps an arm around my shoulder. We start to walk to the entrance of the stadium, “Harry!” I heard someone shout. Harry turned around and let go of me, before a blonde guy jumped on him. Harry wraps his arms around him, “Niall!” Harry yelled. I stood back from them and then Niall lets Harry go, “this must be Lucy,” he says as he pulls me in for a hug. Harry pulls him off, “go slow Niall don’t want to scare her off,” Harry tells him. Niall starts to laugh, “True,” he laughed. I notice Niall hair had dark brown roots and blonde tips. I also notice his beautiful blue eyes, “Harry,” I heard another voice call. I turn around to see two men walking up to us. One of them had clean cut brown hair and had deep brown eyes, which must be Liam. Because the other man with black hair and brown eyes was smoking and covered in tattoos, so that must be Zayn. They gave Harry long hug and turned to me, “Harry you never told us that she was this beautiful. The name Liam,” Liam said as he kissed the back my hand. Harry gave him a stern look and Liam started to laugh, “I’m Zayn,” he said as he held out his hand. I took his hand, “I’m Lucy, but you can call me Lu,” I say. All the boys smiled at me, “but I do have one problem with her tho,” Liam said. I look at Harry, “What that?” Harry asked in a stern voice.

“She goes for the other team,” Liam responded. Harry relaxed after hearing his words, “I know right,” Harry smiled at me. I stated to laugh, “I’m glad we got that out of the way. Now can we go in please?” I heard Niall ask. We all look at him and nod yes and started head towards the gates. Harry stayed right by my side when we got in, “now we are in a box,” he tells me.

“A box?” I asked. Harry kept walking, “yes, there are some perks to Louis being star player,” he tells me. I stop walking, Harry notices and turns around, “what wrong beautiful?” he asked as he puts his hands on my shoulders. I look around to see where the others where, but they were gone. I look back at Harry, “am I going to be alright tonight going for the other team?” I questioned. Harry smiled at me, “of course you are, what Liam said was just a bit of fun,” he reassures me as he rubs my shoulders. I made a small smile, “if they say something bad big or small I will punch them,” he smiled. I started to laugh, “It nice to hear you’re laughing,” Harry added. Then he pulls me in for a hug and I hug him back, “thanks,” I say. I felt warm against him, something I haven’t felt for a longtime. Harry pulls away, “we better get to our sits,” he says.

“Yes don’t want to miss kick off,” I smiled. Harry takes my hand and leads me to our sits, “about time you two got here,” Zayn says. I take my sit between Harry and Zayn, “never miss it,” I smiled. Zayn smiled back, “so where did you two go?” Niall asked raising an eyebrow. Harry turns and looks at him, “we just talking,” Harry tells him. Niall gave him the sure you did look, “sure,” he says. I saw Harry tense up, I grab his leg and whispered, “it ok,” Harry smiled at me. Then grabbed my hand, “yeah I’m sure,” Harry tells Niall. Then Liam shouts, “there coming on!” I think it was too distracted Niall and Harry.

The stadium filled with cheers and applause as the teams came on to the field. Harry points out Louis to me, I look at him. He smiles when he notices the boys, then his eyes fixed on me and waves, “I think Louis likes you,” I heard Zayn say. I look at Zayn, “why do you think that?” I asked.

“Because he pin pointed you out even tho you’re wearing the other team’s jersey,” Zayn replied. I look at Harry, “well Zayn might have a point,” Harry smiled. I look back onto the field the team were shaking hands. I notice Louis wearing the captain’s arm band, “why is Louis wearing the captain’s arm band?” I asked Harry

“Because the captain out with injury,” he replied. I look back on the field as the teams getting into a huddle, “so are you ready?” I asked the boys. They smiled at me, “born ready sweetie,” Liam says. I smiled at the boy’s excitement; it was like Harry’s before the match. I notice the teams getting ready on the field, “are you ready?” I heard Harry say. I nod yes; Harry squeezes my hand as the whistle blows.

The first half was scoreless, however eventful. Both teams got about three yellows cards each, Louis was one of them. Louis was a great left back never let a player get past him. I notice the boys talking about the first half of the game, “that yellow card on Louis was shit,” Niall said.

“I know it was,” I say. All the boys look at me in surprise, “what? I could see it was a fake trip,” I explained. They start to laugh, “Nice to see you support your team there Lu,” Liam said.

“Well I don’t like fakers,” I smiled at him. The boys smiled, “or someone likes Louis,” Niall said. All the boys laughed part from Harry, “I think he is a good player, but that just it,” I say. The boys stop laughing, “can you play Lu?” Zayn asked me.

“I used to play in high school,” I replied.

“Cool, so maybe you play a game with us sometime?” Harry questioned. I look at him, “sure, I just feel sorry for the team I’m on,” I say. Was I really making more plans to hang out with Harry and his friends? I guess I was, “nah we just put you in Louis

team,” Zayn said. I started to laugh, “You think that would help,” I asked him. Zayn nods yes, “I do,” he says.

“We will see,” I say. Then Niall gets up, “well I’m hungry, so I’m going to get some food,” Niall announced to all of us. Liam gets up too, “same, do you guys want anything?” he asked us.

“No thank you,” I say. Harry looks at Liam, “get her my usual and I’ll have the same,” he tells him. Harry gets out his wallet and hands Liam some money. Zayn stands up, “I’ll help you,” he says and leaves with them. I turn to Harry, “remember tonight on me,” he smiled.

“But who said I was hungry?” I asked. Harry smiled got bigger, “I did,” he says. I felt angry at him, “I don’t need your pity Harry,” I say angrily at him as I bit my bottom lip. Harry smile disappeared from his face, “I was just only being a friend,” he tells me. I could hear the hurt behind his voice, “why do you think I pity you?” he asked. I look at my hands in my lap, “only if you knew,” I whispered to myself. Harry grabs my hands, “I’m sorry if you think of me like that, but the truth is I see a girl that who has a deep dark secret,” he tells me. He squeezes my hand, “and I hope one day she let me in, but right now I’m just happy that you are hear smiling and having a good time with me,” he added. I let my tears fall on our hands, “don’t cry beautiful,” he says. Then he lifted my chin so I look at him, his eyes looking in to mine, “thank you,” I tell him. Harry smiles a little and pulls me in for a hug, “anytime,” he whispers in my ear. He rubs my back, “I mean it anytime,” he added.

“Thank you,” I tell him again. I move out of the hug and wipe my eyes, “can’t cry in front of the boys,” I laughed. Harry laughed a little as he wipes a tear off my cheek, “true, because they will hit me,” he smiled. I notice he was being serous, “why?” I asked. Harry looks around, “because I told them to,” I looked at him confused. He looks back at me his green eyes filled with worry, “I told them to hit me if I made you cry,” he explained. I placed my hand on his cheek, “Harry you make me cry by saying the nicest thing I have ever heard,” I confessed. Harry smiles into my hand, “you think there the nicest things?” he asked. I smiled as I nod yes, “then you don’t know what coming,” he said.

“Food here!” I heard Niall shout. I quickly take my hand off Harry face and turn around to see the boys. Zayn hands me a hotdog and coke, “this is what Harry eats every time he comes,” he smiled as he handed Harry his. The rest of the boys sat down and started to eat, I look at mine and take a bite of it, “good?” Harry asked me. I nod yes with a mouth full of hotdog, Harry smiled. Then I notice the teams coming back on the field, “get ready for the second half,” Liam said. We ate are food as we watched the second half, “that rubbish,” Niall shouts as the referee gives out a yellow card. I looked at the time and it was only five minutes left, “you might be right about the draw,” Harry tells me.

“Don’t be so sure, we still have extra time,” I say. Harry smiled as he turned to watch the game, “come on Louis!” Zayn shouts. Then Louis goes down, “that a foul!” I shout. The boys look at me, “have we turned you against your own team?” Harry asked. I smiled, “maybe you have,” I say. The boys looked shocked, “my team is playing way to dirty for me,” I added. Then I pointed to the field as Louis was about to kick the ball. The boys look to see Louis kick the ball, however he just misses the goal, “that got to suck for him,” I heard Niall say. Then four minutes of extra time was added on, “told you,” I say as I grabbed Harry hand. I was nervous about the last four minutes; I was hoping Harry team would win. I don’t know why, I just thought it make him happy since I keep upsetting him.

I watched on as our teams played in the last minutes of the game. Then Louis goes down in the box, “penalty!” Harry screams. I was watching the referee give out a red card to the player. Then Louis got back up and puts the ball down in front of the goals, “is he going to take it?” I asked. Zayn turns to me, “it looks like it,” he says. We turn back to the game; it was just Louis and the goalkeeper. I grabbed Harry hand tighter as the referee blew his whistle. Louis kicks the ball right into the goal, “yes!” the boys yelled as they stood up. Harry pulls me up and hugs me, “sorry about that,” he says in my ear.

“Don’t worry about it,” I tell him. Harry runs over to boys and start hugging them. I smiled as I watched the boys celebrate their mate goal. Then I heard the final whistle blow and the game was over. The boys cheered louder, and then Zayn pulls me over to join them. I didn’t move, so Zayn came over to me, “I know your team didn’t win, but Louis scored,” he says as he gave me a hug. I hug him back, “true,” I say. Then Liam comes over and hugs me as well, “group hug!” Niall shouts as he hugs me too. I notice Harry standing back and smiling, “we won and I think we turned Lu,” Liam says. I start to laugh, “I think you might have,” I say as they break the hug. They all smile at me, “let’s get going” Niall says. They boys leave and leave me and Harry alone, “time to go and meet the man of the match,” he tells me.

“What?” I questioned. I froze, “we going down to the changing rooms,” he explained. Harry grabs my hand pulls me and leads the way. I smiled, I was really happy about today. I haven’t felt this way for a longtime, but I wondered how long it was going to last. I made sure my worry didn’t show on my face when Harry turned around to see if I was ok. When we got to the changing room I felt out of place in my team’s jersey, “Harry I’m wearing the wrong team’s jersey,” I tell him. He laughs, “don’t worry,” he smiled.

“Easy for you to say,” I mumble. Harry wraps his arm around me, “you’ll be fine,” he reassures me. Then in walks the team to meet their family and friends. It felt like people were staring at me, “Harry,” I whispered. Harry tightens the grip around me and smiles, “don’t worry,” he whispered back. Then in walked Louis, “Louis!” they all yelled. They all run up to him to hug and congratulate him, leaving me alone. Louis notices me and walks over, “this must be Lucy,” he says as he was holding out his hand. I shake it, “and you’re the famous Louis Tomlinson,” I say. He smiles, “that be me,” he laughed a little.

“Nice goal by the way,” I say and truly mean it. The boys came over, “she a fan of yours Louis,” Zayn tells him as he hit him on the back. Louis smiles at me, “but you go for the other team,” he points out.

“Well I do, but you’re a good player,” I say. Louis takes off his jersey and gives it to me, “then you’ll need this to come to more games,” he smiled. I couldn’t help but look at Louis and his toned body. I don’t think any female would not look, “thanks,” I say. Then management called them, “well see you all later,” he told us. Then he left, “have a good look Lu?” Niall smiled.

“What are you talking about?” I asked stupidly. The boys started to laugh, “Anyway you coming to Harry’s?” Liam asked me. I looked at Harry, “we get together at my place and have some drinks. Louis meets us there after his done,” Harry explained. I thought for a second, “or I can drop you off home,” he added.

“I’ll come and party,” I say. All the boys cheered and hugged me, “Lu parting with the boys,” Zayn says. We leave the stadium and Harry and I head to his car, “you don’t have to come you know,” Harry says before unlocking my car door. I look at him, “I have nowhere to be,” I say. He smiled as he opens my car door, “well we better be going then,” he says as I jump in.

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