Harry arrived exactly an hour later as he had promised and looked as handsome as ever in his black and white buttoned shirt and black jeans. I liked the fact that although he was a guy, he liked to dress up a bit more whenever he got the chance. He looked at me from head to toe for a good while before he came inside.

"You look absolutely stunning. I'm kind of out of breath right now." He gushed as he finally stepped in and closed the front door behind him.

"Oh, thanks babe." I said and looked down to my black bandage dress, feeling happy about my choice of clothing. The neckline, or more like the lack of it, was quite open and something I rarely felt comfortable in, but Harry had definitely given me more confidence to wear something a bit more revealing without me feeling tacky.

"I missed you already. Pretty crazy, huh?" Harry then continued, taking me to his arms.

"Not crazy because I missed you even more." I said and pressed my nose close to his.

"Not possible." Harry said and frowned his eyebrows. "You need help with the pie?"

"Sure. Don't tell me you can actually make it yourself?" I asked and pulled myself a bit further from him.

"But I can! I swear. I'll show you and you'll be surprised." Harry's eyes were wide and I could tell he was telling the truth.

I stepped back closer to him and lifted my hands behind his neck. Harry's lips were gently touching mine, sending shivers of excitement through my body. I just wanted him to kiss me already, although even the slightest touch of his lips was enough to send me to heaven. And then he did kiss me, slowly and sweetly. I was so utterly crazy about this boy.

After watching Harry cooking up a storm in the kitchen, I was able to let him alone with the pie-making for good. He definitely knew what he was doing and I appreciated the help. Plus, it was super hot to see a guy cooking in the first place. I made more space to the living room by arranging the furnitures a bit differently and carried a few bowls of crisps and candy there. Everything was pretty much ready and it was only 5pm.

"Those pies look great. Good job Harry! And thanks." I said after I saw Harry taking two pies out of the oven.

"Thanks babe, turned out pretty good. We still have, what, an hour or so?" Harry asked and turned towards me.

"Yep. Should we open a bottle of wine?" I said and took a bottle of white wine from the cupboard.

"Let me do that." Harry said, took the bottle from me and opened it. He took two wine glasses and poured some to both of them.

"Let's take to us. I'm very happy to call you my boyfriend and... Um..." I was suddenly lost for words. I wanted to say much more but for some reason, I suddenly felt very shy.

"Gracie, I'm happy to be your boyfriend. And um... I'm in love with you." Harry said slightly blushing and looked down to our feet. "I love you." He said again, this time looking straight to my eyes and holding me by the waist.

My heart started to beat faster and I was sure he could hear it too. I felt a huge warm wave taking over me, my cheeks burning and butterflies flying wildly in my stomach. He had the deepest and most beautiful look in his eyes and I tried to collect my thoughts back together.

"I... I love you too." I managed to say, sounding a bit surprised. Sure, I knew I was falling hard for him but I hadn't expected him to feel the same way yet. But after saying it aloud, I knew I meant it and felt it in every cell in my body.

Harry left out a small sigh, kind of relieved, and pulled me in for a kiss. Our tongues tied together and his hand moved to the small of my back, holding me even tighter. My free hand went from his arm to his hair and then cupping his cheek. I was absolutely mad about him.

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It was getting way past 7pm and Naomi and Max still hadn't arrived. People were in good spirits and talking to one another about anything and everything. I looked at Liam talking with Niall and Louis intently, explaining something about a sports team. He noticed my glance a little while later and gave me a quick smile, lifting his index finger telling me he would join me in a second.

"Babe, did I tell you how beautiful you look? How are you?" Liam came up to me and gave me a tight hug.

"Thanks Liam. I'm doing wonderful. I have so much to tell you, you won't believe." I gushed and kept my hands around him.

"You do now? You have a massive glow on your face and if I didn't know you better, I would think you are pregnant. But I think this has something to do with our mutual friend Harry?" Liam joked.

"Pregnant! Oh god no. But good guess with that Harry-thing. I'm so over the moon, you have no idea." I kept teasing him, my voice quiet.

"Toilet break? Let's go." Liam said loudly and dragged me to the nearest bathroom.

"You are crazy! Alright... You know that we have been spending a lot of time together with Harry and he really is quite something." I started to explain to Liam, who kept nodding and smiling. "Well, he came over tonight before everyone else and baked those two pies in the kitchen."

"What? No one else has a chance in this world if he can cook too!" Liam shouted, looked surprised but laughed at the same time.

"Haha, I know he is a keeper. Anyway, we were toasting with wine and bla bla bla... And then he told me he loves me." I said dramatically but feeling pure joy and happiness inside me while saying it aloud.

"You two... You are definitely made for each other. And hey, who wouldn't love you. Come here." Liam said proudly and hugged me.

"Could you stop being so freaking perfect yourself? I love you and I've missed you since we haven't been seeing each other lately. I know it's my fault though." I told Liam and looked into his eyes.

"No worries Gracie. I'm so happy for you two, honestly, I am. But I will always be your big brother, just remember that. So if anything comes up... You know." Liam said and had a poker-face.

"Yeah yeah. Technically, I'm older than you, silly." I responded but felt extremely happy to have someone like him in my life. I knew he would always have my back. I promised to myself that I would not become one of those girls, who stop seeing their friends after they start a relationship.

We walked back to the living room where everyone else was. Harry looked at me and Liam smiling and gave us a silly wave. Liam winked at him and then looked at me saying he would keep this as a secret like before. I walked over to Harry, Zayn and Perrie who were talking about Zayn's new puppy. I could tell that Harry wanted to wrap his arm around me but we managed to keep those feelings to ourselves.

A little while later, the doorbell rang. I glanced at the clock on the wall, it was 8pm. It had to be Naomi and Max. I could feel myself getting excited as I couldn't wait to meet Max and see what they were like together. I rushed out of the living room to open the door. And just as I had thought, they stood behind the front door, looking as much of a couple as possible.

"Hi hun! Sorry, it took us forever to get here." Naomi greeted and gave me a hug as she stepped inside first. "Mom and dad barely let us go, they were so excited about Max the whole time. So, this is him. Max, this is my best friend Grace." Naomi introduced us.

I took Max's hand and shook it ever so politely. He was definitely a good-looking boy, with blue eyes and dirty blond hair. He had high cheekbones and a strong jawline and a very nice smile. After we had greeted each other, he took his long-sleeved shirt off and revealed his massive collection of tattoos. He definitely had more than a few.

"So good to meet you Grace, I've heard a lot about you. Thanks for inviting me too." Max smiled at me.

"I'm glad you could come. You can put those to the fridge in the kitchen over there." I pointed towards our kitchen.

Max went to put their drinks to the fridge as me and Naomi stayed in the hallway.

"He seems like a really nice guy. And your parents, they loved him? I told you everything would go great!" I smiled at Naomi and wrapped my arm around her.

"Yeah, I give you that. I had no reason to panic. They absolutely adore him. And so do I. I'm just so extremely happy with him. And we exchanged 'I love you's' just a few days ago." Naomi smiled back and hugged me excitedly.

I wanted to tell her so bad, that the same thing had happened between me and Harry today and I was crazy about him too and so very happy. But I couldn't. This was not the best possible moment for that. I had to wait for a bit longer. But at least she was in a good place right now and enjoying life. She couldn't take me and Harry dating that bad, could she?

The evening went on as normal and by 10pm, everyone was more or less drunk. People were talking more loudly and the music was blasting with high volume. But everyone was in good spirits and people were having fun. Everyone kept complimenting me on the pies and every time that happened, Harry looked at me with a victorious smile playing on his lips.

"Hey! Eleanor, can you put the music down for a bit?" Louis suddenly yelled so that everyone heard. Eleanor walked over to the stereo and put the volume down. "We have a little surprise prepared for you all. It's a song, if someone didn't guess. So, if we could clear the living room for ten minutes so we can set up our equipment and then you can come back. Deal?" Louis continued and asked.

People approved by cheering and clapping their hands together, including myself. So, this had to be the surprise Harry was talking about. I was so excited to hear the boys sing, maybe this would be a new song from them. As I was busy thinking, Harry walked past me and said 'upstairs' quietly. I checked to see that most of the others were outside smoking and chatting so no one paid attention to us. I went upstairs a little while after Harry.

"It's so hard for me to keep my hands off of you. I just feel like holding you the whole time! Anyway, remember the surprise I told you about?" Harry asked and I nodded. "Well, this is it. A song. Um, I wrote it with Liam. And it's for you. But no one else knows than Liam of course." Harry explained hurriedly and held my hands.

"You... You wrote a song for me? An actual song? Oh Harry..." I freed my other hand from Harry's hold as I had to raise something up to my mouth so I wouldn't burst with joy and scream out loud. He had to be too good to be true. A song for me. I was blown away.

"Yeah babe. Wait until you hear it. I love you." He said smiling happily and kissed me.

I went downstairs first and Harry followed a little bit later and joined the lads. I went to get a new drink from the kitchen and then escaped outside so I would have to force myself to act normal. I just hoped I wasn't going to cry once they started singing. Then again, so what. I could always blame them for writing deep lyrics that always just got me. And me and Naomi had cried several times at their gigs.

Louis tapped to the living room window which was a sign for us that we were welcome back inside. I took a spot next to Perrie and Naomi, Max standing on the other side of her. I had to sit down to the arm of the sofa to calm myself down. An unfamiliar melody started as Niall started to play his guitar.

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