*LIZZIE’S POV*

“Okayy c’mon Harry, we’ve got to get up!” I said, trying to squirm out of his grip as he held me against his chest.

“Noo.. let’s just stay here. Zayn won’t care.” He said, his voice raspy as he ran his hands down my bare back.

“As tempting as that is… I think Zayn would care. This is the first time we’ll meet his girlfriend!” I reasoned, finally pulling away from him as I rolled out of bed to get dressed.

“I guess you’ll just have to make it up to me later…” Harry said with a smirk as he stood, pulling his jeans on as I found a dress in my closet to wear over to Zayn’s for tonight.

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*LIZZIE’S POV*

There was already noise coming from the inside of Zayn’s apartment when Harry and I walked down the hall.

“I guess they started the party without us!” Harry said as we opened the door.

“Harry! Lizzie!” Zayn said as he noticed we walked in; turning and reaching for a girl with white blond hair that had a purplish tint before the two turned to meet us.

“Hi! I’m Perrie,” she said with a smile as she reached her hand out.

“I’m Lizzie, nice to finally meet you!” I said, ignoring her hand and pulling her into a very welcome hug.

“And you’re Harry,” she turned to him as he bent down to hug her.

“Sorry we’re late,” Harry began, “we were.. uhm.. busy. But we brought alcohol to make up for it!” He indicated to the bottle of tequila that he was holding in his right hand.

“Ah, Harry, always such a classy lad,” Louis said as he appeared out of relatively no where, snaking the bottle from Harry’s hand. “Cheers!” he said, holding up the bottle in our direction, as he walked back to everyone else who were sitting on the couch.

“Dinner’s gonna be ready in a few minutes, so until then, I guess you can just.. drink..?” Zayn said as he searched the room.

“Sounds good to me!” I joked with a smile as I made my way over to the mini-bar to help myself with Harry close behind me.

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“You know.. we could go back now..” Harry whispered, tickling my neck as he pulled me in closer to him on the couch. We had long since finished dinner and were now drinking again.

“Not yet Harry!” I whispered back, though I wanted to leave as well, “we were the last ones to get here! We can’t be the first to leave!”

“You’re killing meee…” he said before jokingly planting sloppy kisses down my neck, causing me to squirm as it tickled.

“Booooo!” Liam groaned from across the room in my and Harry’s direction, “just try and keep it in your pants for now, Harry.”

“No promises,” Harry said, winking at Liam before going back to my neck, his kisses becoming more and more exaggerated as he tried to make his point.

“All right!” I said, slightly pushing him off of me as I laughed. “I’m going to get another drink. Everyone else good?” I stood up and asked the room, ignoring the mumbled responses that I got back.

Walking back from the mini-bar, I looked out and was surprised to see Niall sitting by himself out on the balcony. I had thought that he was in here with the rest of us.

“What’s up with Niall?” I asked, nudging Harry’s leg with my knee as I stood next to where he was sitting on the couch.

“I dunno,” Harry said, peering out onto the dark balcony. Taking a sip of my drink, I walked over and slid back the massive glass door. Making sure to shut the door tightly behind me, I walked over and sat down next to him, pulling up a chair though he didn’t seem to notice.

“Hi Niall,” I said softly as he looked up at me for the first time. I was shocked to see how red his eyes were before it dawned on me that he was crying. “What’s wrong?”

“Oh, nothing!” He said, faking a cheery grin. “Just a tad homesick.”

“You’re full of shit; you know that?” I said, making him really smile. “What’s really going on Niall? You can tell me.”

“I don’t know...” he said softy after a moment, looking down at how he was swirling his beer in his bottle. “It’s just all couples in there. Then there’s me. Always alone.”

“Niall, how can you say that? There are literally millions of girls DYING to be with you. Have you been on any social networking site lately!?” I tried to joke, but I could see he was being serious. “But really though,” I said softly, “you’ll find a special girl in no time. You’re too good of a guy to be upset over something like this.”

“But Liz, I already found a special girl...” he said, looking up at me for a split second before looking back down. “I don’t think you realize this, but I’ll always have a special place in my heart for you.” Unsure of how to respond, I took a sip of my drink, hoping that he would continue and deviate from the subject.

“It feels so nice out here!” Harry suddenly said behind us as we heard the door slide open. “I was freezing my balls off in there.” He walked over to the ledge, leaning his arms against the railing as he looked out.

“I’m going to go get another beer.” Niall said, standing up from where he was sitting and quickly walking inside before I stood up to join Harry where he was standing.

“What was that all about?” he asked, obviously indicating to Niall.

“Nothing,” I said before I took the final sip of my drink and set the glass down behind me. “He was just homesick.”

“You know what?” Harry said, turning to me and pulling me in by wrapping his arms behind my waist.

“What, Harry?” I asked with a smile as I looked up into his perfect green eyes.

“I’m kind of homesick, too.” He said as his classic smirk started to form, “what do you say we go back to our home now..?” Before I could respond, he bent down, meeting my lips with his as he pulled me impossibly closer. Fighting his tongue with my closed lips, I gave in and allowed him access as his tongue explored my mouth.

“Fine.” I said as I pulled a mere centimeter out of the kiss. “But that was terribly cheesy.”

“It still worked though, so I’m not ashamed!” He said as he eagerly took my hand, pulling me back inside to say our goodbyes.

Notes

Short and simple chapter for tonight! I decided it was way past time that I introduce Perrie.
I'm going to update again tomorrow night, and *fair warning* be prepared for some MAJOR drama!

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