In And Out Of Love

I put on a new pair of black skinny jeans that had slits on both knees and an electric blue top that had a nice and open back. I finished the look with black booties and a big statement necklace, sprayed a bit of perfume I had gotten from Harry a few weeks ago as a surprise present and went to the bathroom. I had already done my make-up and curled my hair so I just brushed my teeth and was ready in time.

I glanced at the clock and noticed I still had five minutes before Harry was supposed to come over. I felt pleased about the fact that I had become more and more punctual after I started dating Harry – he always said he didn’t like tardy people.

As I walked downstairs, the doorbell rang and Harry was right on time, like usual. Mom had been faster than me and was already opening the door for him.

“Hello dear, come on in. Has you hair grown even more since the last time I saw you?” Mom asked a smiling Harry and then ruffled his hair a bit. I rolled my eyes at her funny gesture and question.

“Edith, I saw you what, two days ago. So, probably not very much. You like it?” Harry asked smiling and ran his fingers through his hair and pushed it back. I still got shivers whenever he did that.

“I like it dear, suits you very well. And you should be proud for having hair like that! Does it run in your family, thick hair?” Mom kept talking and I had to roll my eyes even more. Thankfully, Harry was a good sport and loved answering mom’s crazy questions.

“Yes, they all have quite lovely hair mom. And hi.” I interrupted their hair conversation, looked first at mom and then at Harry. I winked at him and he chuckled a bit.

“She is probably embarrassed by my silly questions. So, young couple, you’re going to Zayn’s now?” Mom looked at me and placed her hand on my shoulder.

“Yep. Approve?” I asked and did a little spin to show off my outfit for the night.

“You look lovely dear. I like that top.” Mom answered and nodded. Of course she did, it was from her own store.

“You look beautiful Gracie.” Harry smiled tilting his head and looked at me. I smiled back at him and felt my heart growing a little bigger by just seeing his loving eyes looking at me.

I grabbed a light blazer and put it on. It had been getting warmer and warmer, which was nice. Summer was definitely making its way. We headed out for the bus stop as Zayn lived a little further from us and I didn’t feel like walking for very long in my high-heeled booties.

“Those shoes look sexy on you but I can’t blame you for not wanting to walk in them. You girls go through so much.” Harry said and squeezed my hand, intertwining his fingers with mine.

“But don’t get it wrong, I do this for myself mostly.” I smiled and looked at my pretty shoes. Sure, it was pretty much true but of course it was a bonus to look nice for your guy. Even though I didn’t want to say it out loud.

The bus took us quite near Zayn’s house and it was only a small walk from the bus stop. Everyone from school was there and so were a few of his cousins that used to hang with us from time to time. His mom had even baked some delicious looking muffins for the party. We gave the crisps and dips we had brought with us to Perrie who was in the kitchen. She took a few bowls from the cupboard and filled them with them and took them to the living room.

“Hey lovers, how’s it going?” Liam came over to greet us as soon as we got to the living room.

“Heyyyy! Good, good. Is the party-mode already on?” I hugged him and asked.

“Sure it is! Can’t you see?” Liam laughed and pointed to himself. “I really want you to meet someone tonight.” He suddenly grabbed me by the waist and whispered to my ear.

“Hey, hey. What’s up with the whispering? Are you trying to steal my girl?” Harry leaned in on us whispering and pulled us a little apart. Obviously, he was joking.

“You already know this but I can’t say it out loud because no one else knows. And I’m not sure about it either so I kind of don’t want to say it too loudly if it turns out not to be real. Then I would just end up looking silly to everyone else.” Liam explained hurriedly and took a sip from his beer in between explaining.

“It seems like you two know the topic, but I’m still very out of this whole thing. What’s going on?” I was very confused about what exactly they were referring to.

Liam took my hand, dragged me to the kitchen, opened a bottle of beer and gave it to me. Then he took my hand again and led the way outside to the small backyard. Harry followed us shaking his head and smiling at a little drunken Liam. And I, I was still very confused.

“There is a girl coming here tonight. Or so I hope. I invited her and she said yes and now, well, I’m just waiting. I’m trying not to drink anything more but all this anticipation is not helping with it. Her name is Sophia and she is, she is something else.” Liam explained and his excitement was finally becoming clear to me.

“Oh my god! This is so very exciting! I cannot wait to meet her! Finally you have something real going on. I haven’t seen you this excited since… since never.” I said loudly and raised my bottle of beer to the air.

“Sshh, it’s a secret. What if she doesn’t come?” Liam asked and became a bit more serious.

“She will come. Oh, I love this! Good for you Liam. You deserve all the happiness in the world.”

“Thanks love. Alright, I’m probably going to call her now. Maybe she’s lost and doesn’t find her way here.” Liam said and walked a bit further, playing with his phone.

I turned to look at Harry who was smiling and nodding his head to me.

“And you didn’t say a word to me. How am I supposed to handle this situation? Have you met her?” I smiled and playfully nudged his shoulder.

“I didn’t tell you exactly because of this! I knew you would get so excited for him.” He chuckled and raised his eyebrows. “But yeah, I’ve met her two times.” He continued, more calm but still smiling.

“How could I not get excited? I really have to hand it to you, that you could keep such a big secret from me! So… how is she? Like really?” I was dying to know everything about this Sophia-girl.

“She is great. A little shy at first but very friendly and has a good sense of humour. You’re going to get along great with her.” Harry explained.

“Okay, okay. And is she pretty?” I asked and suddenly felt a little weird asking my boyfriend if some other girl was pretty. On the other hand, it was completely normal to talk about how people looked with your significant other but still, it felt funny. It was also the first time we were talking about something like this. I felt silly for even thinking about the whole thing.

“Yeah, she is pretty. Long brown hair, big eyes.” Harry continued casually but kept looking straight to my eyes. As he said she was pretty, I felt a really weird sting inside me, which was totally unexpected.

I could feel my cheeks turning a little red and my temper raising its head inside me, although I managed to keep my mouth shut and didn’t say anything stupid. Oh great, I was jealous. I was jealous of Liam’s girl because Harry said she was pretty. And I was the one who asked about her looks in the first place. I need to grow up a little, I thought to myself.

“She sounds lovely. I hope she comes here soon.” I said a little too relaxed. Harry noticed immediately I had taken his words a little wrong.

“Is someone a little jealous here? Come here babe.” Harry stepped closer to me and pulled me next to him. “You are the prettiest girl in the whole wide world to me. Inside and out.” He said and looked to my eyes. I felt so stupid for getting jealous even for a little bit.

“I’m sorry. I tried to keep it to myself but I guess I failed. I love you.”

“I love you more.”

Liam came over to us a little later as he finished the phone conversation he had obviously had with Sophia. He explained she had actually got a little lost but was back on the right track now after he gave the directions to her again. She lived on the other side of the town and didn’t usually hang around where we lived.

We went back inside and mingled with the rest of the group. I was surprised to see Theo at the living room once we got in. He was in good-spirits, talking with Eleanor and Niall. He had been a bit more absent from our get-togethers as well as of late. I guess it had something to do with the fact that Harry and me were together. I decided to go over to him and say hi.

“Hello stranger. Haven’t seen you anywhere for a while. How are you?” I walked over to Theo and tapped his shoulder. He turned around, slight smile playing on his lips. Niall and Eleanor decided to move along and went talking with some others.

“Well hello you. You look lovely by the way.” Theo said relaxed and gave me a look from head to toe. I couldn’t deny it felt good to get compliments from guys. “I’ve been to school. Haven’t I?” He continued and looked a bit surprised at my comment.

“Yeah, but we have such different classes that I feel like I barely see you these days.”

“Well, you are always so busy during lunch with Harry. How’s it going with him?” He asked and tilted his head, his eyes fixated on me.

“Oh, good. Very good. He is lovely and I enjoy being with him. So, anything new with you?” I smiled and hoped he would tell me he had a girlfriend or something before our conversation would get weirder.

“I wish. Can’t seem to find anyone that exciting. But hey, I’m not in a hurry or anything and I can always just have fun.” He chuckled and I felt relieved he didn’t continue with that topic any longer. “Have you heard from Naomi?” His face got a bit more serious.

“Um… no. I haven’t. Come to think of it, I didn’t see her at school this week. At all to be exact.” I just realised as I said it out loud that she actually hadn’t been to school during the week.

“I tried to call her, when was it… Wednesday. But she has changed her number or something. Her old number didn’t work anymore.”

“Oh… That’s odd. She’s had the same number always. Weird she would change it.” I said and got a little quiet. No matter how much she hated me or whatever, I still hoped she was doing good and wanted nothing but the best for her.

About half an hour later, the doorbell rang. I looked at Liam, who was currently talking with Louis, as his face got all serious and nervous. I guessed it had to be Sophia this time. And then I got all excited and nervous as well. I looked at Harry, who was standing behind me and resting his left arm over me, squeezing my right shoulder. He smiled at me and shook his head.

“Oh c’mon love, she is just a human being like us. You are just like Liam, you know that?” Harry laughed, still shaking his head at my excitement.

“You just don’t get it, this is such big news and so very exciting. Besides, I haven’t seen her yet so of course I’m a little nervous. Look, there she is!” I turned to look towards the front door and saw a beautiful girl enter the hallway as Liam opened the door for her.

She was tall and had gorgeous hair. Liam gave her a warm hug and took her jacket before showing her the kitchen. Soon after, they came to the living room and it felt like practically everyone was trying to pretend they were doing something else and not wanting to yell “what the hell Liam, why didn’t you say anything”. Liam had his hand protectively behind Sophia’s back as they made their way towards us.

“Gracie, this is Sophia. Sophia, this is Grace.” Liam introduced us and had a proud look on his face. I couldn’t’ blame him because Sophia was definitely a stunner.

“Hi, so nice to finally meet you. Liam talks about you a lot. I know that sounds like a cliché –thing to say but it’s actually true.” Sophia shook my hand and laughed for a bit.

“Hi, you too! Great that you could come here. I hope Liam has been kind towards me…” I smiled and looked at Liam.

“Sophia knows you are like a sister to me, so yeah. “ Liam smiled sweetly.

We talked for a bit how Sophia had difficulties finding her way to the party and how she never visited this side of the city. She seemed like a really nice girl and easy to talk to and I could definitely see us getting along and becoming friends. And I was just over the moon for Liam; he was beaming with joy the whole time.

“Can I borrow my girlfriend for a bit?” Harry asked Eleanor and Perrie, with whom I was talking a few hours later.

“I’m not sure…” Eleanor joked and made Harry laugh.

“I promise he’ll be good to me.” I told the girls who approved by saying they knew that.

Harry took me to the backyard and gave me a small bottle of Coca-Cola after opening the cap. I took the bottle from him, took a sip and looked at him.

“Keeping an eye on my drinking, are we?” I asked a little sarcastic.

“I always do that. Besides, it’s getting quite late. Aren’t you tired? I just wanted to check if you are ready to go home?” Harry asked and placed his hand behind my back.

“It’s what, 2.30? Fine, we can go and I have to admit I’m a little tired.” I gave in and turned to face Harry, wrapping both of my hands around his waist, pressing myself against him.

“I hope you’re not too tired to get more of these tonight?” Harry asked and started kissing my lips slowly but surely. His lip moved away from my lips to touch my cheek, my jaw and then my neck.

“Mmm… never too tired for this babe.” I purred and tilted my head a little back as his hand was touching the nape of my neck lightly.

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