Lana's POV

I drag myself up the stairs to the apartment. I’m actually exhausted. The café was insane today for some reason. I go inside and flop onto the couch, ready for a nap.

“Lana, is that you?”
“Yeah, I’m back!” El comes out of her room and sits on my legs. “By all means, crush me.”

“Oh, shush. Are you doing anything tonight?”

“I think I’m just going to do some school work.”

“That’s boring. Come out with us!”

“I can’t, I need to start this paper. It’s due in a couple days.”
“So what’s one more night?”

I laugh and shake my head. El is probably the best procrastinator I’ve ever met. But somehow she still manages to get good grades. It’s annoying sometimes. “Where are you going?”

“Me and Shelby are going to go check out that new place downtown.”

“Is Lou going with you?”

“No, he’s going to a party with Chase and Niall I think.” She stands and goes into the kitchen. I sit up and watch while she takes out a bag of tortilla chips and the guacamole I made yesterday.

“Is umm..is Harry going with them?”

She smirks and comes back with the chips and dip. “Why?” I shrug and try to look like I don’t really care, but she can clearly tell that I do. She laughs and offers me some chips. “I don’t think so. He hasn’t been going out a lot, actually. They always invite him, but he just stays in.”

“Really? Then what was last night?”

“I think you and I both know that was a reaction to him seeing you with Chase.”

Yeah, I don’t know why I asked that question. “Well, I’m going to take a shower.”

“Okay, do you want to order Chinese for dinner?”

"Sounds good. There's some money in my wallet." I go into the bathroom and take my time, knowing that when I get out I'll actually have to start my paper. When I finally get out El is already digging into the Chinese food. I go into my bedroom to put on some cotton boxer shorts and a crewneck sweater. I make my way to the kitchen and sit at the table with Eleanor, not realizing how hungry I actually am.

"Knock knock!" Louis calls, walking into our place. He takes a plate out and sits down beside El, shovelling food onto it.

"Please, help yourself," I say sarcastically, swatting his hand away when he reaches for the container of chicken. "No, that's mine!"

"Wow," he says, reaching for a different container. "So big plants this evening ladies?"

"Yea, Lana is really going wild tonight with her homework." I roll my eyes and continue eating. "I'm going out with Shelby. Is Harry going with you guys tonight?"

"No I don't think so. Why?"

"Lana was wondering."

"El!" I shout, face turning red.

"What? There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"I think it's cute," Louis says. "You're trying to be all coy about how you still like him. But we all know, so there's no need to try and hide it."

"Okay, are we done embarrassing me now?" I ask, stuffing more food into my mouth. They just laugh and continue to talk about their days. Like a married couple. It's so adorable how close they are. Sometimes I find myself feeling a little jealous; I had that. Harry and I were so close it was insane. I told him everything. Obviously I tell El everything, too, but with Harry it was different. We could sit for hours and talk about anything and everything.

"Hey, are you okay?" Louis asks suddenly, putting his hand on my arm.

"Of course."

"You look a little lost in thought, there."

"Just.." They both give me curious looks and I stand to get myself a bottle of water. "It's nothing. I'm fine."

"You sure?"

I nod and make my way to my room. "You guys have fun tonight!"

Niall's POV

"Are you sure you don't want to come tonight?"

"Yeah, you guys go ahead. I'm just going to hang out here."

"Hang out here slash pray Lana comes to see you."

"Shut up Niall. Aren't you going with that Chase guy?" he asks, clearly annoyed.

"He's not that bad."

"I don't like him."

"That's so surprising. Come on, Harry. If he wasn't interested in Lana you would be friends with him too."

"But he is interested in Lana. I'm not going to be friends with the guy that's trying to get in the pants of the girl I love."

"How evolved." He rolls his eyes. "Harry, just come with us."

"Niall let it go. I'm not going."

"What are you going to do? Just sit around here and wait for Lana to come back to you?"

"Oh my gosh." He gets up and walks to the kitchen to get some chips. "First of all, that's not whatI'm doing. Second, you have no idea what you're talking about."

"Alright, fine. I won't talk about it anymore."

"Thank you."

We continue playing video games but I can tell he's annoyed with me. Oh well, he'll get over it. I really don't understand why he just stays around here all the time. What does he even do? So boring! Harry is hilarious when he's drunk, I love partying with him. We've gone out a few times for drinks, but it's always low-key. We just go to a sports bar to watch a game or something and have a few beers. Last night was the first time he's had more than a few.

"So, nothing happened with you guys last night?"

"Nope. We just slept."

"Mhmm, sure you did," I say suggestively, dudging his arm. He laughs and shakes his head. "Hold on, did you actually sleep in her bed?"

"Yep."

"With her?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

"What?"

"Nothing. Just weird. She was on a date last night and then you sleep in her bed."

"Yeah I guess it was a little odd. But hey, I'm not complaining. I woke up before she did and my arm was around her, so I just kept pretending I was sleeping. Then she woke up and just...let it happen. It was nice."

"You're such a girl."

"Shut up," he says, laughing and hitting my stomach. I laugh and put my controller down.

"Alright, I need to have a shower." He nods and continues play. I get up and go to the bathroom, turning on the water and stripping out of my clothes. When it's warm I get in and just stand there, letting the stream of water hit my back. I feel kind of...I don't even know. Annoyed? Kind of mad? I don't know what it is or why I feel like this, but it is not okay.

Lana's POV

"Last chance! I'm going to Shelby's to get ready now," El calls, coming into my room.

"Have fun," I dismiss, keeping my eyes trained on my book. She groans.

"Fine. Have fun with your books." She leaves and I continue my studying, doing my best to focus on the words in front of me. I really don't like history, I don't know why I chose to take it as an elective.

After about two hours I realize that nothing is sinking in. No matter how hard I try I can't form a coherent sentence. I check the time and see it's just after ten. I wonder what Harry is doing...

Harry's POV

Wow, Niall is right. I am boring. It's a Saturday night and I'm sitting on the couch playing xbox. Alone. I really thought Lana might come by...I guess not. At least I know she isn't with Chase. I get up and get myself a drink and decide to order a pizza. After about twenty minutes there's a knock on the door. I open it and I'm surprised to see it isn't the pizza delivery guy.

"Lana?"

"Hi," she says shyly.

"What's up?" I ask, attempting to hide the smile that's growing on my face.

"Nothing, I was just doing some homework and I started going a little crazy. Thought I'd stop by." I nod and smile at her. She looks nervous. It's cute. "Unless you're busy. I can go.."

"No!" Shit, I probably shouldn't have stayed quiet for some long. "No, I'm not busy. Come on in." She smiles and steps past me. I have to restrain myself from doing a fist pump.

"So what are you up to?"

"Nothing really. I just ordered a pizza. You hungry?"

"Not really, but I can always make room for pizza."

I chuckle and get my drink off the counter. "What do you want to do?"

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"Oh my goodness, you have not changed," she says, laughing and rolling her eyes.

"Surprised?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

"I guess not," she says, looking away from me. She looks kind of weird.

There's a knock on the door before I can ask what that means. She looks relieved. I walk to the door and get the pizza from the guy, paying him and putting the box on the table. Lana takes a slice before I can get plates and walks into the living room. I laugh and just take the box with me, forgetting the plates and putting the box on the coffee table. Despite wanting to tuck her under my arm, I decide to sit on the opposite end of the couch.

"So why is it you're staying in doing homework on a Saturday night?"

"Why is it you're staying in playing video games on a Saturday night?"

"Touche," I counter, laughing. She laughs and nods her head.

"You didn't want to go to the party with the guys tonight?"

"Not really. I don't really want to hang out wi-" I stop short and look at her. She raises an eyebrow. "I didn't want to," I say instead.

"Mhmm," she says, smiling and finishing her slice. "We should play Wii!" she says suddenly, jumping up and turning on the console. "I am going to kick your ass at Mariokart."

"That's what you think."

"You don't even understand how good I am at this game, Styles."

"Lana, I've seen you play video games. It's sad."

"Mean!"

Louis' POV

"That's ridiculous. I could totally beat Harry in a fight."

"Trust me, you couldn't. I've see him in real fights, Lou. It's scary."

"Well I still think I could take him," I say, opening the door to our apartment. I stop short when I see Lana and Harry sitting on the ground in front of the TV, coffee table pushed out of the way to make room. Niall and I exchange a confused glance.

"No! That's not fair!" Harry shouts suddenly, pointing at the screen. "I was in first! Luigi threw a bomb at me!"

"What that's just part of the game. Deal with it. Ha! I'm in first!" Lana yells, leaning forward and putting more effort into her driving. Mariokart? Really?

"Oh, there's still another lap. I'm going to win," Harry says confidently.

"In your dreams."

I look at Niall and he shrugs. I take out my phone and see that it's almost 2:30. What is Lana doing here this late?

"Yes! Ha! I told you I would win," Lana says, throwing her hands up in the air. "I told you I was good at this."

"You've won like three times," Harry says, laughing and shaking his head. She hits his arm with her wheel.

"It was more than that."

"Hey you guys," Niall says loudly as I shut the door. They both jump and spin around to face us.

"Oh, hi guys," Harry says casually, giving us a small wave. Lana bites her lip and smiles a little, at us. I raise an eyebrow at her and she shrugs, then turns back to the TV.

"What are you doing home so early?" she asks, picking another race.

"It's 2:30," I inform her, walking to the living room and sitting on the couch behind them. Lana's eyes go wide and she picks up her phone off the floor beside her to look at the time.

"Well, I'm going to bed," Niall says awkwardly. "See you guys tomorrow."

"Night Ni!" Lana calls, looking confused. "I had no idea it was so late. We've been playing this a long time," she says, looking at Harry.

"Apparently," he says quietly.

"I should probably go then." She starts to stand but Harry is quick to interject.

"One more game," he says, sounding a little desperate. Well that's cute. "Winner takes all?"

"You're on," Lana says, sitting back down and picking up her wheel. Harry looks triumphant.

I sit and observe as they play the next race, teasing and trash talking each other the whole time. It's actually really amusing to watch. They're like little kids. Lana ends up winning and Harry buries his face in his hands.

"Now who's bad at video games," Lana says tauntingly, poking Harry's ribs. He squirms away and laughs.

"Don't get too cocky. I want a rematch."

"Oh, you'll get one," Lana says, standing up with her phone. "If you want to give me another chance to kick your ass that's fine with me."

"Lana, this is the first time I've actually seen you win a game," I say, folding my arms.

"Whatever, I'm not that bad." I laugh and she smacks the back of my head as she walks by. I raise my eyebrows at Harry and he rolls his eyes as he walks past me, following Lana to the door.

"That was fun," he says, leaning against the wall beside the door. She nods and tucks her hair behind her ear.

"It was."

"So I guess i'll umm..I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Sure. Goodnight." She smiles at him and he returns it as she walks out the door.

"Well aren't you two just adorable," I tease, standing and walking to my room.

"Shut up, Lou.

Notes

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