Part of You

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Harry’s POV

‘’Harry, we need to find Hailie!’’ Niall whispered to me.

I nodded and jumped off from the floor, maybe a little too fast. Oh boy, I lost count of how many beers I've drank.

We asked around if someone saw Hailie. I recognized one guy who talked to her earlier in the evening. I walked to him.

‘’Hey, uh… Sorry but do you know where Hailie is?’’ I asked him. That sentence was pretty hard to say, the entire house was blasting music everywhere. I think I should remain on water after finding Hailie. Or not. Beer tastes better.

‘’Yeah, she’s dancing in the living room. Pretty hot piece there, watch out.’’ He said through the lyrics of the song.

‘’What did you just say, Malik?’’ Niall said angrily.

‘’Hailie is a pretty hot piece.’’ The guy repeated, smirking.

Is his name really Malik? It’s… pretty ugly. Who really called their children ‘Malik’? Maybe I did not hear correctly.

‘’Watch you’re fucking mouth!’’ Niall shouted.

‘’Woah, guys. Cool down.’’ Perrie interfered.

The Malik guy put his hand on the small of Perrie’s back and closed the distance between them. Perrie’s lips slowly changed into a beatific smile.

‘’Back off Zayn.’’ Niall barked.

Ah! His name was Zayn! That’s better! But why Niall called him Malik? Oh, it’s his last name. Genius, I know.

‘’Jeez, Niall!’’ Perrie huffed.

While they were arguing about something that I seriously didn’t care, I watched the small crowd in the living room. My eyes scanned the room until I found what I needed: a beautiful red hair girl. She was dancing. She swung her hips from side to side, her arms over her head. She was smiling, but something seemed to lack. And then it clicked in my head: she needed a partner! I smiled at myself. Sometimes, I’m such a smart ass.

While I made my way to Hailie, the music was louder than before. My head was moving at the same rhythm of the beat.

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah
I'll be good.

‘’Hey, wanna dance with me?’’

I turned my head to see who was talking to me. My eyes weren’t able to focus on her face. I tried to say I didn’t want to, but my brain isn’t capable to formulate any kind of sentence. I decided to point Hailie, so maybe that girl could understand I already had my ‘target’.

‘’Oh! I- sorry. I didn’t know you were with someone.’’ She said and left.

I waved at her and returned my attention back to Hailie. When she saw me, she stopped to dance and gestured me to come over. I smiled and obeyed.

‘’Can I have this dance, love?’’ I said flirty. Normally, I wouldn't call her by that sweet nickname, but I've died to call her like that.

She nodded and blushed a little, I think. Her cheeks were already red, surely caused by the amount of alcohol running in her veins. She turned around and I placed my hands around her waist. I must look like a big stupid guy; I couldn’t stop my lips smiling like an idiot. I’m dancing with my crush, is it that bad I’m completely in Heaven? I pressed her against me and rested my chin on her shoulder. Even if the room smelt just like shit, Hailie still managed to smell good. I can’t identify her scent, though. My nose is drunk too.

Hailie rested her hands on my arms and processed slowly to climb them up. It was probably the alcohol who was leading her movements, but it did not stop the goose bumps her touch created over me. Her hands traveled to my hair and she played with it. I closed my eyes: I couldn’t resist anymore; I had to see her face.

I opened my eyes and spun her around. Her hands immediately rested on the back of my neck. I locked my eyes with her brownish ones. Do not look at her lips. Do not look at her lips.

‘’El would pay a fortune to see me dancing with a guy!’’ Hailie chuckled.

‘’Not a dancer, uh? But you make a good one.’’ I said and broke my promise: I looked down at her lips. They were so inviting.

‘’Do it, Styles.’’ Hailie said.

‘’What?’’

Did she really say that? She really wanted me to-

‘’I said thank you, Styles.’’ She laughed.

Now I was hallucinating. Thanks alcohol. Wait, she talked about Eleanor. Oh yeah! We needed to find Hailie because of Eleanor!

‘’Hey, I have something to show you.’’ I said and grabbed her hand. We walked away from the dancing spot. Perrie, Niall and Malik guy where still where I left them. Come on guys, don’t you have anything else to do than arguing about meaningless things? It’s a party; we are all here to have fun, no? Well I’m having fun for sure!

Niall rolled his eyes of something Malik guy had said. His eyes fell on Hailie and his expression suddenly soften. He ignored the other two and joined us.

‘’Puffy! You need to come with Harry and me! It’s getting hot in Perrie’s veranda!’’ Niall hugged her. That broke my contact with Hailie’s hand. I won’t get mad over Niall; he is her best friend. But he could have notice I was holding her hand or something.

Oh god, I’m such a girl when I’m drunk.

When Hailie realized what Niall was talking about, she pushed away Niall and she attempted to run for the veranda, but got stopped by Perrie. She whispered in her ear and that sort of calmed her down. She restarted walking and Niall and I followed her.

They were there, sitting on the floor. Eleanor was surrounded by Louis’ legs and her hands were resting on his chest. Louis was leaned against his arm on the floor.

I looked for Hailie’s reaction. She was smiling, her mouth gaped open. We watched the scene in silence.

‘’Are you alright?’’ Louis asked Eleanor.

‘’Y-yeah… It’s just… This, I just… Louis, I’ve been in love with you since I saw you the first time in middle school… And now, I’m here, with you… It’s just…’’ She stopped and laughed shyly. ‘’I must look like a desperate girl!’’ She hid her face between her hands.

Louis shifted all his weight on one arm so he could use his left one to lift up El’s chin.

‘’Wanna be my desperate girl?’’

Niall chuckled loudly. Alright, this was cheesy. ‘Wanna be my desperate girl?’ Louis, you could have come up with something else… Hailie elbowed Niall in the stomach to keep him quiet. Perrie, Will and Jayden arrived and watched with us. Okay, we were a bunch of stalkers now.

‘’Louis, that was really bad.’’ El said.

‘’OOOOOY! The girl told you!’’ Niall said, pointing Louis.

I couldn’t contain my laughter now. All the boys started laughing with me, except Louis. But he was smiling, and Eleanor was hiding her face in his chest. When we controlled our hysteric laughter, Perrie and Hailie had crossed their arms angrily.

Oh boy, that could be dangerous.

‘’You just DESTROYED a perfect moment!’’ Hailie yelled.

‘’Shame on YOU!’’ Perrie added.

They threw us away from the veranda.

Hailie’s POV

How dare they? It was the perfect moment! Just after Louis’ cheesy reply –it was, we can’t say otherwise-, he could have leaned and kiss her! KISS HER! And they would finally be a couple! But no! Niall had to interfere! As much as I love Niall, he can really drop down the atmosphere, whatever it is. But I still loved him, even if he’s stupid as Hell. I can’t hate my best friend, you know.

‘’We'll let you two lovebirds alone, without those noisy guys!’’ Perrie said and closed the veranda’s door.

‘’Finally…’’ I huffed.

‘’Was about damn time! Hey, I saw you dancing with Styles. It was steamy!’’ Perrie winked.

I blushed when I remembered the dancing part. It was really pleasant to dance with him. I don’t know why I decided to move like that with him, I guess it was the alcohol coordinating my movements. But I liked it. It was funny how Harry was looking at me when he spun me to face him. He was so concentrate, just like in chemistry.

‘’Don’t look at me like that; I saw you with Mr. Malik.’’ I said.

‘’Oh, please! Don’t put the spotlight on me!’’ She laughed.

‘’In the end, everything is under control.’’ I pointed the veranda’s door. ‘’I’m sorry I got mad.’’

‘’Oh, my god! Guys! Hailie is apologizing!’’ Perrie cried out loud.

I punched her arm. ‘’Accept my damn apology!’’ I laughed.

‘’It’s okay Hailie. I should have told you more people would come and thought about it twice before saying yes to Zayn.’’

I hugged her before going to the bathroom. I knocked on the door to make sure it wasn’t occupied. Gratefully, it wasn’t. I push open the door and stopped. On the wall facing me, there were many pictures of Perrie’s family. I approached them slowly. I touched the glass that protected one particular picture: it was a family gathering. There was her father, Alexander, at his right her mother, Debbie. Both of them were hugging their children, Perrie and Jonnie. It was a recent picture.

A family.

Just what I lost 5 years ago.

Notes

Drunk Harry's POV! So much fun writing this part! :D
Ouuuuuh, some Harry and Hailie moments over here ;)
Questions:
-Why Niall and Zayn always have to argue?
-If Niall hadn't interfered, would Louis and Eleanor kissed?
-What happened to Hailie's family five years ago?