Best Friends Forever

Iris’ P.O.V.

“That was perfect and so sweet”, I said as Harry walked up to me. “I love you Iris. I’m serious about this”, Harry said. He paused a second before continuing, “Do you want to be my girl?” Harry grabbed my hand and we looked each other in the eyes. “I want nothing more”, I responded smiling. Harry leaned in to kiss me. I could feel him smiling during our kiss. “I love you too”, I whispered while we were still kissing. At that moment I heard the others whistling and clapping. I started laughing and turned my face towards them. “You crazy fools”, I said. “Niall, did you succeed?”, Harry asked him. “Yeah man, I’m sending it to you now”, Niall responded. “What did he succeed?”, I asked curiously. “You’ll see in a few minutes”, Harry responded mysteriously. I tried to look on his phone, but he turned it away. “Check your Instagram”, he said after a while with a grin. I grabbed my phone, went to his account and saw his last post was a video. I opened the video and started smiling from ear to ear. Niall filmed us when Harry asked me to be his girl. I watched it with so much happiness. It actually looked so cute. When I was done watching it, I read the description Harry wrote. I love this girl so much and I will never stop fighting for her. She’s my everything. Nothing can break us anymore. Quickly I read some reactions from fans and most of them were positive. ‘I’m so happy you guys are back together.’ ‘She’s perfect for you.’ ‘I am so jealous of Iris, but also really happy for you.’ It made me so happy. I looked at Harry smiling and kissed him again. “You’re the best”, I said. He smiled back at me. “Anything for my girl”, he responded and pulled me against his chest. I saw the boys exchanging looks. “Shall we go?”, Zayn asked. The others nodded. I didn’t ask what they meant since we would notice it soon. I saw on the other girls’ faces they thought the same, except for Jennifer. “Where are we going?”, she asked. “Jen, we can’t just keep asking what they’ve planned. You’ll see it soon enough”, Eleanor responded like she was reading my mind. “Sorry, just curious”, Jennifer said blushing. Louis walked up to Eleanor. “Do you still have some time before going back to Manchester?”, he asked her. “I have all night. I have to be back tomorrow”, she answered. “Great”, Louis said smiling. We all went outside where a beautiful limousine was waiting for us. “Ladies first”, Niall said as he held open the door. “Such a gentleman”, I said grinning as I stepped into the limo. Not much later the limousine pulled over and we all stepped out. We were standing in front of one of the most luxurious restaurants of London. It looked gorgeous. I looked ashamed at my clothes. I was wearing jeans, a sweater, sneakers and my hair was tied up in a messy bun. Eleanor, Perrie, Jennifer and Lucie were similarly dressed. Even the boys didn’t look their best. “I’m sorry, but I’m not going in there”, I stated while pointing at my clothes. “We expected that”, Liam responded. “That’s why we brought something with us”, Niall said and walked to the trunk of the limousine. He grabbed several shopping bags out of it. “You guys went shopping for us?”, Jennifer asked amazed. They nodded grinning. Niall walked over to me first and handed me a Gucci bag. I carefully pulled the dress out of it. My mouth dropped. “Did you choose this one for me?”, I asked Harry. He nodded smiling, “I knew how much you loved this dress.” I kept looking amazed at the gown. It was the exact same dress that Blake Lively wore at the Cannes Film Festival. I have loved Blake Lively since she became Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. She is a great actress and has such a great sense of style and fashion. When I saw Blake wearing this dress, I fell in love with her even more. I told Harry once that I adored this dress. He remembered. How sweet. The gown was bordeaux red and had a thigh-high split. It was so chic and sophisticated. I couldn’t wait to try this on. “What about you guys?”, Lucie asked when Niall was done handing us those gorgeous dresses. “You’ll see”, Louis said grinning. Perrie, Eleanor, Lucie, Jennifer and I went to the bathroom in the restaurant. “They are so amazing”, Eleanor said when we pulled the dresses on. “They chose the perfect dresses”, Jennifer responded. When we were done, we looked at each other. We all looked drop dead gorgeous. Lucie was wearing a Gucci strapless mini dress with a beautiful flower pattern. Zayn chose a sparkling black Armani mini dress for Perrie. Eleanor was wearing a dark green dress with a plunging neckline, a belt and a pleated skirt by Calvin Klein and Jennifer was wearing a short, blue Elie Saab decorated with sequins. “Lucie, can you braid my hair?”, I asked her. “Of course”, she answered. “Does anyone have some makeup?”, Perrie asked. “Check my purse. There must be some in it”, I answered. We did each other’s hair and makeup. Half an hour later we were finally done. “Let’s go! We can’t let our boys wait any longer”, I said smirking as I pulled on my high heels. We all looked one more time in the mirror before we left the bathroom. Zayn, Louis, Harry, Niall and Liam were waiting for us while they sat down at a table. When we walked in, all their eyes widened. We grinned. I walked over to Harry and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. “You look absolutely stunning”, Harry whispered in my ear. I smiled. “You’re not bad yourself either”, I responded with a grin. Harry was looking so hot in his beautiful suit. We all sat down and quickly we were chatting and laughing very loud. Luckily we were almost the only ones in the restaurant. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see a cute twelve year old girl behind me. “Hey”, I said gently. “Hi. You’re Iris and Lucie, right?”, she asked shyly while pointing at us. Lucie was sitting on the other side of me. “Yes, what’s your name? How do you know by the way?”, I responded surprised. “I’m Emily. I was there when you were the opening act at the concert in LA. You were so amazing. The two of you should really do something with your talent”, she answered. I looked at Lucie and smiled. “Aw thanks, that’s really sweet of you”, Lucie responded. “Are you a big fan of One Direction?”, I asked her. “Of course, unfortunately I’m too young for them, but I think they have the cutest girlfriends”, Emily answered. I grinned. “We absolutely do”, Harry said with a smirk. “Do you want a picture with us?”, Liam asked her. “With all of you, if that’s okay”, she said shyly. “Of course”, I said while grabbing my phone out of my pocket. We all stood up and I asked the waiter if he wanted to make a picture of us. When the photo was made, I went to my Twitter and tweeted the photo: Just met this cute girl while having dinner with my loves. “I tweeted the photo. Do you have Twitter?”, I asked Emily. She nodded. “Thank you so much. Bye”, she said. “Bye”, we said in unison while I waved. “What a cutie”, Perrie said when she was gone. I nodded smiling. At that moment our food arrived. The boys had ordered for us, so I had no idea what it was but it looked so delicious. I took my first bite. I immediately looked at Harry. “Oh my god, this is soooo good”, I said. “I know”, Harry responded grinning. “I’m glad you like it”, he continued. “I love it. Can’t we get a doggy bag?”, I responded with a smirk. “Anything for my girl”, he said winking. I grinned. “Harry, I’m so happy we’re together. Not just being here in London with you, but being your girl. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world”, I said to him. “And I feel like the luckiest boy in the world. I have never been more happy. The last few months without you were unbearable. I may have looked happy and cheerful when I was out and with the press, but as soon as I got home I would break down. The lads tried everything to cheer me up, but it didn’t work. All I wanted was you around me. When Lucie called me, my world collapsed. I thought I would never see you again. And now I see you every day for more than a month. I know that when you’re back home again we can’t be around each other all the time, but you know I’ll always be there. I will never leave you”, Harry responded smiling and leaned in to kiss me.

At the end of the night we all stepped into the limousine. “Did you enjoy tonight?”, Liam asked us. “It was perfect”, Jennifer responded. “I really had fun”, I answered smiling. “We’re really happy about that”, Louis responded. “When are you going back El?”, Lucie asked Eleanor. “I’m going home with Louis tonight, but I have to leave tomorrow morning”, she answered. “Too bad. I wish we could have seen each other some longer”, Lucie responded. “Me too, me too. But I really gotta get my PhD”, Eleanor said grinning. At that moment the limousine pulled over. “Our stop”, Harry stated. “I don’t wanna leave already”, I said pouting. “Too bad. You’ll have to go with me”, he responded grinning. “No no no Iris, don’t leave me”, Lucie said while fake crying. “You don’t have to leave her”, Niall said. Lucie and I looked puzzled at him. “Niall and I decided that we’ll be living with the four of us for the next two months, so you can see each other every day”, Harry explained. Lucie and I both started smiling. We said goodbye to the others and stepped out of the limousine on the streets. “I hope we’ll see each other soon again”, I said. “Oh definitely. As a band you’re stuck with each other 24/7 and we’ll bring you to some events, so don’t worry”, Niall said with a smirk. “Whose home is this?”, Lucie asked amazed when we stood in front of the house. Correction: when we stood in front of the mansion. “It’s mine”, Harry answered grinning. I looked at him with huge eyes. “You never told me that your house was a palace”, I said indignantly. “Did I have to? I didn’t want to sound spoiled or cocky. I didn’t want you to want me because of my possessions”, Harry responded. “Oh shut up Styles. You’re in the most popular band in the world. Every girl who wants to date you cares about your possessions. Look at me. I’m only with you so I can take advantage of your success”, I said to him jokingly, but he didn’t notice the sarcasm. He looked hurt. Oh god, what did I do? “We’re going inside already”, I heard Niall saying. I looked into Harry’s eyes and grabbed his hand. “Look at me, Harry. You know I didn’t mean that. I was just joking. I couldn’t help but react cheekily. Sometimes I just have my annoying sarcastic moods. You know I don’t give a damn about your money, your car or your house. I only care about you”, I said to him. I saw a tear rolling down from his cheek. Oh my god Iris, you really went too far this time. I wanted to slap myself so hard. “I’m sorry, Harry. I love you. I really do”, I whispered. He looked at me. “I know you didn’t mean it. I know you love me. I love you too”, he responded softly. “Then what’s wrong?”, I asked while hugging him. “There were girls I dated who did only care about my possessions. I fall in love so easily. The lads have warned me so many times, but I was always so naive. I would fall for their tricks every time. They all wanted me because of my money. But I know you don’t. Every time I realize that, I feel so lucky. Lucky to have found the perfect girlfriend. For real this time. The boys warned me again when I fell in love with you. Not particularly because of you, but because of my previous girlfriends. They were afraid I would make the same mistake again, but when I met you and we talked, I knew you were different than all those other girls. I have wanted you since the minute you walked into that room and I have never stopped wanting you”, he explained. Now it was my turn to let a tear escape from my eye. “That’s so sweet”, I whispered with a lump in my throat. “You have no idea how lucky I am to be with you. You used to be an impossible dream to chase, but now you’re my reality. You’re the perfect boyfriend and I’m not going anywhere”, I continued. Harry looked at me smiling. I leaned in to kiss him. “Can we go inside? I’m hungry”, I asked when we pulled apart. Harry started grinning. “What? Dinner was amazing, but they never serve big plates in luxurious restaurants. You know it’s true”, I said teasingly. “I just love how you can never stop eating”, Harry responded, still grinning. I blushed. “I love food just too much”, I said, grinning as well. “At least I don’t have to feel ashamed when I eat three bags of crisps in one night, because I know you will join me”, Harry said. I blushed again. “What do you want to eat, love?”, he asked me when we walked inside. “Who wants to eat?”, Niall asked as he walked past us. “This girl hasn’t eaten enough yet”, Harry said while pointing at me. Niall looked at us with huge eyes. “Harry, you always know how to get the right girls. I like her even more now. Can I have her?”, Niall said with a smirk. “Hey!”, I heard a voice shouting from the living room. “Shame on you, Niall. Apparently you don’t know your girl that well, because she loves food as much as I do”, I said to him. “Can we order pizza?”, I asked Harry. “Of course”, Harry responded while grabbing his phone out of his pocket. I walked to the living room and sat down next to Lucie. “Hey, what happened back out there?”, she asked me. “I thought I had hurt him with my comment, so I apologized, but suddenly a few tears rolled down his cheek. Lucie, I had never seen him so fragile... I was so mad at myself, but it turned out they were happy tears. He told me about his previous girlfriends who did want him for his possessions, but he also said that he was so happy that he found me because I love him for him and not for his possessions”, I explained. Lucie looked relieved. “I’m glad he didn’t take it badly. I was afraid you went too far with your cheeky comment”, Lucie responded. “Me too”, I said slowly. At that moment Harry and Niall walked into the living room. “Pizza is on its way”, Niall said. “Yeah!”, I exclaimed. “You’re the worst, you know that?”, Lucie said to me. “You know me”, I said smirking. “But don’t tell me you’re not hungry”, I continued. “Okay, you got me. I just didn’t want to be rude towards Harry or Niall”, Lucie responded. “Trust me, if it’s about food you’re never rude towards them. Look at your boyfriend. He lives for food. He would never make you go hungry. He’s like this grandma who is shocked when you tell her you haven’t eaten anything yet”, I told her. We all laughed. “You seem to know me so well. Why aren’t we together?”, Niall said to me. “Oh shut up Kitchen Tile. She’s mine”, Harry said. “You know, I’m really offended. Maybe I should go home. I will see you in two months, Iris. Have fun!”, Lucie said, while standing up and walking out of the room. “No no no, wait! I’m sorry babe. I love you more than anything. Don’t leave me”, Niall shouted as he ran after her. Harry and I started laughing even harder. At some point I was laying on the floor, dying of laughter. I seriously couldn’t hold myself anymore. “No, you ruined everything! I don’t wanna be your girlfriend if you can’t appreciate me!”, Lucie shouted to Niall. “All you seem to care about is food, derby and my best friend!”, she continued shouting. “Babe, just wait! I do appreciate you. I appreciate you the most in this world. You’re so important to me. I need you in my life!”, Niall shouted back. “You can never make up for this. This is over. We’re done”, Lucie said seriously. I was still laughing like a hyena. Apparently Niall didn’t hear the sarcasm in her voice which was too funny. Suddenly the doorbell rang. I jumped up from the floor and walked over to the door. “Two pizzas for the pretty lady”, the delivery guy said when I opened the door. “Let me grab my money”, I said and grabbed my purse from the table. In the background Lucie and Niall were still ‘fighting’. If you didn’t know what was going on, it seemed pretty heavy. “Uh, are your friends doing okay?”, the delivery guy asked when I got back at the door. “Not really. They’re in the middle of a life crisis”, I said jokingly. “You can keep the rest”, I said while handing him the money. “Thanks. Have a nice evening”, the delivery guy said and walked off with a puzzled face. I turned around. “Maybe you two should consider becoming actors. You would definitely be nominated for an Oscar”, I said grinning to Niall and Lucie. I saw on Lucie’s face she couldn’t hold it anymore and not even a second later she burst into laughter. Niall looked puzzled. His face made us laugh even more. “What’s so funny?”, he asked. “You really didn’t notice I was joking with you, did you?”, Lucie asked smirking. Niall started blushing. “Don’t worry. It was super cute. I need you in my life too, Niall”, she said and kissed him. “Now let’s eat this pizza!”, I exclaimed as I walked to the living room with the pizzas.

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