Riley's P.O.V
"You should have seen your face Ri. If you were any redder you would have glowed." El says. We took a break and she won't stop going on about my lunchtime encounter with Harry.

As I am about to yell at her when my phone vibrates. "Saved by the phone Miss Calder." I tell her as I point and narrow my eyes at her. I check my phone and it's a text from Harry.

Curly =P: Hey gorgeous. How about I show you how a real date is supposed to go? Me and you, dinner tonight. Pick you up at 8?

I blush at the text and look up at el. "Uuuuh. El. I think Harry just asked me on a date." I tell her. Eleanor's eyes go wide and she flies off her chair and next to me to read the text.

"Holy hell Riley!" She squeals. "Oh my gosh what are you going to wear?!" She yells.

I laugh at her. "I haven't even told him yes yet."

She looks at me with pure confusion. "And why not?" She asks putting her hands on her hips.

"Because I haven't got the chance." I chuckle. I text him back quickly and abruptly stand up. "What the heck am I going to wear?" I say. El jumps up into action and starts looking in my closet.

She starts flinging clothes at me. "Leave it to me, you're going to look hot. Harry is going to be drooling." She says pushing me into my bathroom.

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"Are you done yet?" I asked El with my eyes closed so she doesn't poke me in the eye with the makeup brush.

"Almost, hold still." She says. After another minute she steps away from my face. "Alright, you are complete." I can hear the smile in her voice. I open my eyes and walk over to the mirror on my door.

I stand there and stare at my reflection. Woah. "El you should be a stylist." I tell her. She picked my entire outfit out and did my hair and makeup. I have to say, she did an amazing job, I really love the way I look right now.

She smiles widely and I can see her blush a little. "Well fashion is my passion you know." She laughs at her rhyming phrase and I chuckle as well.

The doorbell rings and Eleanor and I freeze. This is it. Crap I'm nervous now. El notices my silent freak out and puts both hands on my shoulder. "Breathe. You look great. Tonight is going to be perfect. You're going to have a great time and you both are going to realize how madly in love you both are with one another." She finishes and smiles. I swat her arm when she says the last part. She grabs my bag and hands it to me and pulls me out of my room.

I hear chatter downstairs which means my mum already opened the door for Harry. "You look very handsome Harry." I hear my mum compliment him. Well duh mum, he's Harry. I chuckle at my mental comment and El looks at me questioningly. I shake my head and we walk into the dining room where the noise is coming from.

"Thank you Dawn." I hear Harry say. I walk in and his back is towards me so my mum spots me first

"Riley, you look gorgeous!" She beams walking over to me. I blush and Harry turns to look at me. His eyes go a little wide and he blushes as well. I thank her quietly and Harry walks over to me.

I smile up at him. He smiles back down at me. "Hi." He greets and chuckles.

I giggle "Hi yourself." I blush a little. He looks great as per usual.

"Shall we?" He says offering his hand. I blush, and smile and nod quickly.

As we're walking towards the door I hear my mother run back out and back into the room. "WAIT! I need a picture!" She yells. I roll my eyes and groan a little. Harry laughs and turns toward my mum. "Okay don't move." She says snapping a picture. "SMILE!" She demands. I feel Harry chuckle and it makes me giggle as well which makes for perfect smiles from both of us.

"That was a cute one." Eleanor chimes in smiling.

"Okay a few more!" My mum demands.

"Wait." I say holding up a finger. I turn to Harry's ear and whisper "Make a goofy face when she's about to snap the picture." I chuckle as he nods.

"Alright, ready, and..." As she is snapping the picture we pull weird faces. I look to Harry quickly and we both burst into laughter at our faces. "Nice job guys." My mum says shaking her head trying to hold back her smile. Eleanor is laughing and shaking her head at the two of us. "Alright I get it, get out of here." My mother says hugging us.

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As we're driving I catch Harry stealing glances at me. I swat his arm "Eyes on the road Styles." I say smiling. He blushes but smiles as well.

"Sorry, you just... You look amazing." He compliments and I can't help but blush as well.

"You don't look so bad yourself." I tell him. He smiles wider this time and I poke his dimple making us both laugh.

We pull into a parking lot and Harry jogs to my side and helps me out of the car. Instead of releasing my hand once I'm out of the car he keeps his hand in mine, entwining our fingers. I smile toward the ground as we walk. As we approach the restaurant I look up and notice its a Japanese restaurant. I look to him and he smiles.

"I remember you telling me how much you love lo mein and they make it the best here." I smile at him. How can someone remember such random details?

We are walked to a table and Harry pulls out my chair for me. I smile again and thank him as I take my seat. He takes a seat across from me and smiles back. He orders for both of us and we are left to ourselves.

"You are quite the gentleman I have to say." I tell him still smiling.

He chuckles "My mother taught me well." He explains.

I nod my head. "Your mother is an amazing woman. She raised you right." i compliment.

"Yea. I know I was a handful, but when my dad left I realized I had to be the man of the house. I made sure to take all the little details my mum told me about how a man should act. Granted I did have my obnoxious moments but I like to think I turned out alright." He says smiling a little.

I had never really asked him about his dad leaving, I always just figured it was a touchy subject. I reached over and grabbed his hand "Your dad is an idiot for leaving, he missed out on great times with an amazing person." I tell him as I look into his mesmerizing green eyes. He smiles at me and squeezes my hand gently.

"Thanks Ri." He says.

Conversation flows easily between the two of us smoothly. We laugh a lot and I realize how this is the first date I have ever felt that I can truly be myself. We talk about everything from our times as kids together, our time apart, what we want to do as we get older and things as random as where we would travel to if we had the chance. I learned quite a bit about him that I hadn't known, for one his fear of heights which I chuckled at because he always seems so confident and strong that I didn't really think he was afraid of much.

He pays the bill and convince him to let me leave the tip at least which he reluctantly gave into. We walk out of the restaurant hand in hand once again. We get to the car and we stand by the passenger door. I lean against the car and he stands in front of me still holding my hand. He begins rubbing his thumb on my palm and it sends shivers through my body. He looks into my eyes intently.

"Did you have a good time?" He asks. I nod my head not trusting my voice not to crack if I spoke. He smiles and I can feel my heart flutter "Good, so did I." He says.

We just stand there staring at each other and I feel like I can just stay there forever. He reaches his hand up and tucks a stray hair behind my ear. "Riley..." He starts, keeping his hand by my face. He leans in and I can feel my heart about to burst out of my chest. He closes his eyes and I do the same and our lips finally meet. His lips are soft and the kiss sends electricity down my spine. At first the kiss is slow as we test the waters but then I reach up and put my hand in his soft curls and pull him closer and the kiss becomes more intense. He bites at my bottom lip and I let out a small gasp and give his tongue entrance. I tug at his curls trying to keep myself from falling, my knees have gone weak from the intensity of this moment. I feel Harry smile into the kiss and begin to slow down. Eventually he pulls away from me, keeping his forehead on mine.

We both smile at each other and I chuckle "Why didn't you kiss me like that in the tree fort?" I say chuckling again.

He laughs and plays with the hem of my jacket. There's silence for a minute and he looks me in the eyes again. "Riley, I don't think we can be friends." He says suddenly. Uh? What? He notices the confusion on my face and continues "We can't be friends because I want to be so much more. I can't stand watching other guys flirt with you and not be able to do anything because you aren't mine. Riley I like you too much." I can hear the seriousness in his voice. My heart flutters and I feel my face heat up.

The girls were right all along. I smile at him and pull him into another kiss, he seems surprised but kisses me back. This kiss was softer than before and quicker as well. I pull away from him and look him in the eyes "Well then I guess you're stuck with me, because I like you too." He smiles at my confession and kisses me again. I think I can get used to this.

Notes

WOOOOOOOO!!! FINALLY!

lol I totally got butterflies when I was writing their kissing scene. Man I wish that was me lol.

hope you enjoy. Tell me what you think!