All I Want For Christmas Is You

And then I saw a flash in my peripheral vision. And before we knew it, news had spread that I was staying here with a friend, and we were attacked with news reporters, photographers, and random people. I could hardly breathe. All I was focused on was trying to grab Harry’s hand, but the more I tried, the more he was moving away from me. “Harry! … Harry! Harry!” I kept calling out. He kept looking over at me with an angry expression to the mob and then finally pushed through to reach to me. He grabbed my body and picked me up as we rushed past the crowd into the elevator. The doors closed before any stragglers got onto it with us.
Harry and I didn’t speak. I could only hear the echo of my heavy breathing as the elevator ascended. Harry reached to his mouth as he cleared his throat and looked down and then at me. “I’m sorry that happened. I guess you should try to be with someone else,” he mumbled. “It’s fine,” I said between breaths. Harry then giggled out of nowhere. “What?” I asked looking up at him with a half smile. He then looked at me, still giggling. “I just can’t believe what you are getting yourself into,” he answered, and I giggled a confused laugh. “What do you mean?” I asked him as the elevator opened. We walked out of the elevator, Harry letting me go first. The elevator closed behind us to descend back to the ground floor as we stood in place. I rocked back and forth, waiting for his answer. “Love, I just can’t believe that you want anything to deal with me. All I will do for you is ruin your sense of personal privacy,” he said as he looked at me intently. I was a little taken by his reply, and I hesitated to speak. “I was right, I’ll just go, I need to get back to Louis anyway,” Harry said as he reached to press the elevator button again. “No,” I quickly exclaimed as I grabbed his wrist under his black Burberry coat. Harry looked a bit startled by my reaction. I again hesitated before I told him how I really felt. I took a breath in and swallowed before continuing. “Harry,” I said, letting go of the tight grip I had on his wrist, and weaving my fingers in his. His face softened at my actions. “I always want to deal with you. In fact, you make me happier than anyone I know,” I spoke. Harry gave me a smirk, “Even happier than Valerie makes you?” he asked being a little smart ass. I rolled my eyes and kissed his cheek. “Is that all I get for making you happy?” Harry asked me, lifting my chin up to look into his eyes. “You haven’t made me happy yet,” I said with a fake frown and we both giggled. “Here then, let me make you happy,” he said as he dipped his face down to mine and his lips brushed against mine. We giggled as we kissed and then suddenly the elevator door opened up behind us, and low and behold it was Louis.

“Hurry up Harry, I didn’t actually leave,” Louis said tugging on the back of Harry’s coat like a child. Harry broke the kiss by turning to Louis giving him the angry “look”. Louis brought his arms up, acting like a robber holding his arms up to the police. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to ruin the night,” Louis said as he pressed the buttons on the elevator again. Harry quickly glanced at me and sighed. “I guess I’ll text you?” he asked. I shrugged and gave a single laugh. Harry smiled and waved me off as he got onto the elevator with a quite unpleasant Louis. I wonder what has gotten into him.

I skipped down the hallway on an excited high that Harry always gave me. I knocked on the door, calling out my sister’s name. But I heard more than one voice in the room. “Val. Open up,” I calmly said as I tapped the wooden door again, dancing in place with a smile on my face. I heard someone yell and then the door opened. My happiness died.
“Niall?!” I screamed as I saw him and Karla on the bed together. “What the hell is going on?!” I yelled as I heard the scream of my sister who was locked in the bathroom. “CAT GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM,” Karla screamed. What did I miss?...
“Cat! Help me out! Let me out!” Val screamed consistently banging on the glass door. I unlocked the door and helped my little sister calm down as she hugged onto my legs. “Karla, what are you doing?!” I yelled as she got up to grab some clothes. “Niall, why the heck are you here?” I added, making sure Val didn’t look up as Niall got out of the bed, with only boxers on. “I kind of got –“ “Shut the hell up Niall,” Karla jerked to yell at him. Niall then stood up straight and stopped talking. “Seriously guys what is going on?” I asked as I motioned to Niall to put some clothes on because of Val. Niall nodded with a little laugh escaping his lips.
“We are having a serious talk,” Karla said, looking at me with an evil eye. “But I thought you only broke hearts?” I asked reminding her about the bar incident and how broken Niall was, knowing she was going to get pissed by that statement. For a second I swear I saw fire build in her eyes. “Shut the f**k up Catherine,” she said as she pushed me back, making me hit my head on the wall. Val screamed again.
“Get the hell out of here, or I will never let you see your sister again,” Karla said as she came closer to my sister, grabbing both of Val’s arms, and pushing them violently behind her back. Val let out a whimper, not screaming this time. That. Tipped me over the edge. You mess with my sister, you mess with my family, and I don’t have a family, so I don’t take sh*t.
I literally pushed Karla back and she hit her head hard enough on the TV stand to where I think it knocked her out. “Don’t you dare mess with my little sister AGAIN!” I screamed at her unconscious body. Niall looked at me completely stunned at what he just saw. I felt Val breathing heavily into my stomach as she turned away from Karla. I petted her hair and bent down to her level and lifted up her chin like Harry did to me. “Val, its okay. I don’t know what’s going on, but it will be okay, I’ll be here for you,” I softly spoke as she hugged me.
Niall put on a T-shirt and shorts and came up to us. I gave him a dirty look. “What are you doing here in the first place, and what is wrong with her?” I asked pointing at Karla’s knocked out body. Niall sighed and looked at me. “Louis ditched her, so I thought I had a chance since she basically asked me out. All she wanted was, you know, sex, and I said absolutely not, I don’t know you, but she persisted and dragged me here and tried to undress me, but you know, it didn’t work completely,” he answered in ashament. “Nothing happened,” he added, not making eye contact with me. “I believe you Niall, but still, what made Louis ditch her?” Niall scratched the back of his head and glanced around the dark room, looking down at Val and then back at me. “Well, I’m not really suppose to say,” he replied, leaning up against the wall, brushing his hair back. “Tell me,” I begged, taking a step closer to him. Niall sighed and looked down and back at me. “Louis ditched Karla because he was starting to fall for you, and he is really bad at hiding his feelings, so when you and Harry started having a, whatever you guys have, he felt jealous and he didn’t want to tell Harry since they are basically brothers, and he says he doesn’t want to make you feel awkward, and yeah. Fun story,” Niall finished. I stared at him with my lips parted. “So Louis likes me,” I whispered to myself and Niall nodded. “The only people he has told are Liam, Zayn and I. Harry doesn’t know either,” he added. I looked down in shock and rubbed my palms together, because I felt them starting to sweat. “No way,” I said with a giggle. Niall nodded with a half smile. “Everything makes sense,” I added as I hugged him. “Niall! Everything makes sense!” I screamed and Niall shhh’d me to be quiet. “Sorry,” I whispered and we both laughed, but then I noticed Karla began to get back up. “I think I’ll be back later,” I whispered as I waved Niall off. “Val, come with me. I don’t want you around her,” I told her as she grabbed my hand and we quietly closed the door.
When we let go of the handle, I heard Karla moan as she awoke and I heard another scream. She needs to calm down.

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