MIA’S P.O.V

It was the day of my birthday and party and I had woken up to my phone buzzing from numerous happy birthday texts.

The whole week I had been losing sleep thinking about my break up with Connor and my reunion with Harry and the boys, I was hoping this day would take my mine off of everything and I could have a pleasant time.

Before the party this evening my friend Ariana popped by my house instructing me to get ready as she was taking me out for a day of pampering.

The place she took me to was so beautiful and peaceful. We got facials, manicures, pedicures, spa treatments and massages. I wasn’t sure if it was the lack of sleep or the massage or a mixture of both that sent me to sleep on the table but Ariana got some amusement out of it.

By the time we had finished it was time for us to head back to my place to get ready.

We got home and as I grabbed the door handle I expected it to be locked and I had a minor panic attack when it opened straight up.

Ariana’s acting paid off as she pretended to walk behind me scared. “Hello?”

I was about to call out again just incase when a puppy came running down the stairs jumping straight onto me.

Justin came sprinting down the stairs after it looking startled as he saw me. “Damn! He was supposed to be a surprise. I was hoping you’d walk upstairs before you saw him but he got excited when he heard your voice and jumped out of my arms.”

He had bent down to pick the pug up. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen. Normally people hated pugs but I thought they were adorable.

Justin handed me the puppy patting it in my arms. “I remember you always talking about how you wanted one so I thought this would be a good present.” He looked behind me, “Oh and Ariana. Thanks for keeping her away from the house while I got this rascal in here.”

I turned to Ariana who shrugged her shoulders & giggled at my shocked face.

“He’s so cute Justin. Thank you & i’m sorry.” I wrapped my arms around him and he hugged me tight.

“No Mia. I’m sorry. I was an ass.” His phone started ringing and he excused himself. Ariana and I played with the pug and we threw names back and forth.

“What about George? Tom? Fred? Bruce?” I giggled and shook my head at Ariana’s suggestions before thinking.

“I think he’s a Teddy.” Ariana agree’d and we decided Teddy would be his name.

“Hey girls. I have to go do something but i’ll be back in time for the party.” Justin left quickly. A few moments later he reappeared.

“By the way. My family are here upstairs in my room so they’ll be looking after the dog. Bye!”

I stood up with Teddy in my arms and Ariana left to get ready.

I went up to Justin’s room and surely enough Jeremy, Pattie, Jaxon and Jazzy were all sitting on his bed watching a children’s cartoon.

Teddy jumped from my arms and into Jazzy’s lap who squealed in excitement.

“Hi guys. It’s so good to see you all!” Pattie and Jeremy stood up and hugged me and I planted the sloppiest kisses I could on Justin’s younger siblings cheeks who both returned it.

“I’m sorry I didn’t invite you guys tonight. If I had have known you’d be here I would have but..” Pattie placed her hand on my knee.

“It’s okay Mia. We have to look after the kids anyway and we’re really tired. Don’t feel guilty.”

I nodded and Jazzy who was now sitting on my lap grabbed my face between her hands and squeezed my cheeks until I had a fish face. I crossed my eyes to make a funny face sending her and Jaxon into a fit of laughter.

“Hey Jazzy. I have to get ready now.” I picked her up and sat her on the floor next to Jaxon and she pouted her bottom lip and whimpered.

“You can come and watch me get ready if you want.” She clapped her hands and then held them out in a sign to be picked up.

I carried her into the bathroom with me and I sat her on the wide bench that was scattered with my make up and other bits and pieces that she took interest in as she started playing with them.

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After half an hour I had finally finished with my make up and I still had my hair to do. I decided to curl it and I let it all fall over on shoulder as I pinned the back to make sure it stayed on the one side.

I sprayed my hair spray and Jazmyn started coughing and I had to quickly get her out of the bathroom.

“Sorry love.” She payed no attention to my apology as she scanned the room and looked disappointed when she didn’t see what she wanted.

“What is it sweetie?” She looked up at me her brows together confused. “Where’s Harry?”

I looked down and sighed. How was I going to explain this to a 5 year old? “Well. We aren’t together anymore. Not forever though. Hopefully he’ll be my boyfriend again soon.”

She pulled her eyebrows together and scrunched her mouth to the side while placing her thumb and index finger near her chin; a typical Justin action when he was thinking.

“Oh okay.” Her eyes widened as her gaze was on my dress for the party.

“Pretty!” I smiled.

“This is my dress for tonight. I’ll be back sweetie, I need to put it on.” She nodded and I turned the TV on for her as she waited.

I put the dress on letting the navy coloured fabric fall around my legs and hips. I then did the zipper up on the side of the sparkly top that was strapless & I put all of my jewelry on to match it.

As I walked out I did a twirl for Jazmyn who had disappeared. I stopped freaking out when I heard her squeal from Justin’s room. I sighed and laughed to myself, she was a hyper active one that was for sure.

I slipped on my black one strapped heals to match and I did a twirl in the mirror and smiled before quietly walking to Justin’s room.

I was stopped in my tracks as I saw Justin twirl around in a perfectly tailored suit. He stopped and slowly looked at me from head to toe.

He wolf whistled and winked causing me to blush. “Wow. Mia. You look absolutely gorgeous.”

His parents who were behind him on the bed both nodded in agreement and I turned my gaze to the floor to hide my blush when Jazzy latched herself to my leg nearly pulling my dress down.

I picked her up before she caused my dress to reveal too much.

“You look so pretty Mia.” She wrapped her arms around my neck and I kissed her cheek leaving a red mark there.

I looked at the clock on the bed side table before turning to Justin. “Crap. We’re going to be late. We have to go Justin.”

He smiled. “If you’re late to your own party you can make the perfect entrance.” He noticed my anxious expression on my face and coughed. “But we’ll leave now just incase. Bye Mum, Dad. Bye Jazzy, Bye Jaxon!”

We hugged everyone before heading out the door and parked in front of his house was a limo.

“Oh my gosh. This is incredible. Thank you Justin!” I wrapped my arm around his waist in a side hug and we both got in ready for the party.

“I hope this is as good as I planned.” Justin smiled.

“I think it will be even better.”

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The drive took a while causing us to arrive 30 minutes late and as I ran through the door I nearly tripped just catching the door to regain balance.

We stepped inside the venue and the elegantly chandelier lit room was empty. My heart sank and I turned to Justin.

“I thought at least a few people would show up.” I was about to turn around when a loud chorus of “SURPRISE!” was shouted and there were people popping out from all different places.

I looked at Justin who was laughing and I hit his shoulder. “You planned this didn’t you? That was pretty good.” I laughed and hugged him before walking down the stairs towards the sea of mingling people.

I scanned the room and there was no sign of Harry and the boys and my heart dropped. I actually thought they would come after last week.

I reached the end of the staircase and a swarm of people surrounded me wishing me happy birthday and showering me with kisses and it was all becoming a bit overwhelming when a familiar face broke through the crowd pushing them all away.

“Max?!” I threw my arms around his neck almost knocking us both over. “Oops. Sorry. How are you?! I’ve missed you!”

“Great! I’ve missed you too. It’s been too long. How are you Mia? By the way, you look very sexy tonight.” He winked at me and I bit my lip.

“That’s good. I’m really good actually. Oh why thank you.” I winked back. “You’re looking quite handsome yourself. I swear you’re more buff than when I last saw you!”

He flexed his arms and winked. “Thank you. I’ve been going to the gym.” I laughed at his stupid pose and his eyes shot up to the top of the stairs. He smiled and turned back to me.

“I’m going to let you go. I have a feeling you’ll really want to talk to who just arrived. See you soon. We need to catch up okay?” I nodded and he kissed my cheek before walking away.

I turned around and I got the worst case of butterflies in my stomach as the boys walked down, Harry at the front.

He spotted me and smiled before walking faster to get where I was. He stopped directly in front of me and the boys crowded around me and I group hug.

“This is awesome!” Niall shouted over the music. “You look hot Mia.” He said winking and I laughed before they headed off to the food lead by Niall unsurprisingly, Harry stayed behind.

“You look beautiful Mia.” He did a half smile as he handed me my gift.

“Thank you.” I kissed his cheek and lead him to the table of presents so I could put it with the rest.

“You look great Harry.” I always had a thing for guys in a well tailored suit on Harry especially. He looked so sexy but I didn’t want to be too forward with him.

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The night was fun as I wandered around talking to everyone and somehow by the end of the night I had ended up right back with Harry. I wasn’t fussed at all.

“I talked to Scooter about the band i’m touring with! It’s you guys! I get to go on tour with you all! Don’t tell the others though, I want them to be surprised.” His smile turned huge as did mine. I knew he was looking forward to the time we could spend together and I was too.

I had been drinking too much and as I said farewell to the last of my guests I started to feel the alcohol sinking in. I took a few steps up the staircase and if Harry’s hands on my waist hadn’t had been there I would have hit my head on the step.

“Thanks.” I laughed and sat down on a the step until the dizziness went away.

The boys all surrounded me checking to see if I was okay and as I nodded they left except for Harry who made it his mission to make sure I got home okay. Justin had left early as he had work to do in the morning.

Harry picked me up from the step and guided me outside to the other part of the venue that was completely situated outdoors.

There was a wooden dance floor and above it was fairy lights criss crossing above us in all directions.

There was a wooden bench along the side and as Harry tried to guide me to it I resisted.

There was a song by Sixpence None The Richer playing called Kiss Me and this was the first song Harry and I danced to when we started dating.

Harry had borrowed a ute from a friend that night & he had set up a mattress, blankets and pillows in the back of it. He drove to a beautiful field where he parked it and we lay in the back with some drinks and food as we watched the stars. I remembered very clearly that this song was playing when he first asked me to dance and we shared our first kiss and I claimed it as our song.

“This is our song.” I hadn’t intended for that to come out but thankfully it was just a whisper and Harry didn’t hear me.

“Sorry?” I stuttered trying to think of something to say and I pulled him towards me.

“Let’s dance. I don’t want to sit down.” He nodded confused and he placed his hands carefully on my hips and I placed my arms on his shoulders.

We swayed back and forth and I rested my head on his chest, making it seem as a sign of exhaustion from the alcohol wearing off.

He pulled away and I thought he was going to walk off when he let his hand slide down my arm until he grabbed my hand carefully spinning me causing my dress to flow around beautifully.

He then pulled me into him and I hit his chest, our noses almost touching.

He hesitated for a moment and I stretched up to kiss him but before I could he pulled away and coughed awkwardly.

He cleared his throat. “I think I should get you home.” I nodded still stunned that he had pulled away.

The drive home was silent and I let the breeze that floated through the window hit my bare skin soaking in the summer air.

I closed my eyes and leaned into the back of the seat letting out a sigh. I felt Harrys eyes on me but I was too tired to open my eyes.

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I don’t know how I got there but the next morning I woke up in my bed in just my bra and underwear.

I grabbed a pair of tracksuit shorts and a singlet and walked out to the kitchen where Jazzy, Jaxon and Justin were sitting.

“Justin. What happened last night? How did I end up in my bed in just my bra and underwear?”

He laughed and shook his head.

“Harry drove you home last night and you fell asleep in the car. He carried you up to your room where you unzipped your dress and threw it off before getting into your bed.”

“Oh gosh. That’s embarrassing. What did Harry do? Oh gosh. Did I say anything?”

“Well, I was a little fuzzy because I was asleep when you got in but he picked up your dress and hung it on the hanger when you called him over. He sat on the bed and you grabbed his hand and kissed it.” Oh dear.

“But did I say anything?” He smiled.

“You said, ‘I love you so much Harry. Thank you.’ To which he replied, ‘I love you too Mia. Goodnight.’ Then he leaned in and kissed your forehead and you were out of it.”

I looked down, “I guess that isn’t too bad then. Apart from me taking my dress off and throwing it across the room.” I put my face in my hands and jokingly whimpered.

“I should really monitor how much I drink from now on because that’s just embarrassing.” Justin laughed and Jazmyn squealed and it felt like I was being shot in the head.

“I think I need to have a quiet day by the pool today.” Justin nodded and I walked back up stairs to put my bathing suit on.

I still couldn’t believe I took my dress off in front of Harry. At least he was a gentlemen though. Taking me home, carrying me to my room and hanging my dress up after I threw it off. I definitely made a dumb decision breaking up with him.

HARRY’S P.O.V

The boys had left after saying goodbye to Mia but I stayed behind to make sure she got home fine.

I had taken her to the outside dance floor to get her some fresh air and as I guided her towards the bench she resisted.

She looked down as if she was listening very carefully to something and the way her eyes changed I knew she was remembering something but I couldn’t figure out what it was until I heard the song.

This was our song and she still remembered. I heard her say something as she came back to reality and when I questioned her she just panicked and asked me to dance.

I grabbed her waist pulling her into me and she snaked her arms around my neck.

We were slowly swaying when she rested her head on my chest. I figured she was tired from the long night and the alcohol wearing off.

I don’t know why I did it but I spun her out and I watched her dress flow around her like waves in the night time and the top half sparkled in the light. She was stunning.

I pulled her back into me and she slammed into my chest our faces close enough that I could feel the heat of her unsteady breathing.

She leaned her face up towards mine and I wanted so badly to kiss her but I pulled away. The moment I made the decision I felt like kicking myself. I should have kissed her. Right then and there. I knew an opportunity like this wouldn’t present itself for a long time.

Mias whole face had dropped and I was regretting my decision.

“I think I should get you home now.” I coughed awkwardly and she just nodded.

I helped her into the car and she clumsily tripped on her dress onto the seat and had a short fit of giggling straight after.

We didn’t talk on the drive home and I kept looking at her out of the corner of my eye. At one point she just closed her eyes and sighed like she always did when the summer air hit her. I realised after a short while that she had fallen asleep.

We arrived at her house and I didn’t have the heart to wake her up so I carried her in.

I pressed the doorbell and Justin appeared at the door his hair messy and I realised I had woken him up.

“Sorry mate. She fell asleep.” He nodded and smiled before leading me to her room.

Mia stirred in my arms and I put her in a standing position when her eyes opened.

Before I knew it she had unzipped her dress and flung it across the room, I almost thought she was going to make a move on me but she just slid herself under her covers and closed her eyes.

I picked up her dress and placed it onto the hanger that was hanging off of her mirror.

I was about to walk out of the room when I heard her calling my name so I walked back over and sat on the edge of her bed.

She grabbed my hand and looked up at me her eyes looking aqua in the dull light.

“I love you so much Harry. Thank you.” I felt butterflies in my stomach and I smiled to myself as she kissed my hand.

“I love you too Mia. Goodnight.” She let go of my hand I knew she had dozed off so I left her in peace smiling the whole drive home.