-Emily-

“Hiiii”, said a voice coming from the hallway.

“Maria! Oh my god, how was the date? Get in here,” Sarah said while adjusting in her seat.

As Maria made her way into the living room, there was a huge smile across her face. “Aww, look at her! How was it? Spill!” I said while making room for her at the couch.

“Uhm… it was great!” she said while sitting down on the couch. “We ate, had coffee and talked.”

“What? That’s all you’re giving us?...” Sarah said and we both sat waiting in silence.

“Well, what do you want to know?” she said looking uncomfortable.

“Uhm, well. For instance, what did you guys talk about? How was he? Are you meeting up again?” Sarah said excitingly.

Maria looked down at her hands while continuing, “we talked about everything. The weather. Norway. Our plans for the holiday. The guys in the band, and then he told some stories from their tour last year.” Me and Sarah sat there just making lots of ‘aww’ and ‘oo nice’ noises.

“And how was he?”

“He was so nice! I was surprised at how well the conversation went,” she continued, still looking down at her hands clearly blushing.

“Oh, you’re so lucky! Are you going to meet again?” I said, feeling a bit of jealousy running through me…

“Uhm…yeah, about that.” She said looking up at us like she was scared. “I kind of told him that we would meet up with him tomorrow and maybe go clubbing?” she went on, making it sound like a question.

“Why are you looking at us like we would say no? Of course we would like to go!” we both agreed.

“Well… When he said to meet him, he meant him and the boys. Meaning, all of the boys in One Direction…”

Sarah and I just looked at each other. What? Go out with the guys from One Direction? Is she for real? Wait… How is this a bad thing? That would be awesome! Before I could say anything further, Sarah jumped in and said,

“What? All of them? Including the rude guy who spilled his drink on me?”

“Well, yeah I guess so…” Maria said sadly, looking like she was hoping he wasn’t coming just to get us to go. Because, clearly she wanted to go.

“Of course, we’ll go! You have to see him again. Sarah and I will behave ourselves, right?” I said, looking directly at Sarah.

“Fine… We can go. But I’m staying as far way as possible from that guy Harry”, she went on.

“Deal.”

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-Sarah-

I wasn’t sure if I was excited or if I was dreading what this night had in store. Of course meeting Liam and the guys would be fun, but after our night out in Boujis, meeting Harry would definitely become awkward. The night was still a blur and even though he did throw a drink at me, I did throw one back and I had a full on outburst. I sincerely hope that he was too drunk to remember. I mean, how awkward would that be, if he recognised me as the crazy girl.

The girls and I decided that we wanted to get some shopping done during the day, as we all wanted new outfits for the evening. Problem is though, that I hated more than anything walking around the streets of London, completely packed with people. I needed my space, okay?

“Hey, Em! How about this one? I can totally see you in this!” Maria called from the other side of the store.

“Oh, yeah. That’s cute! Did you find the right size?”

“Uhm, yeah!”

“Great, bring it over! Oh and hey girls, how about this one”, Emily continued, while holding up the ugliest orange and blue striped dress ever. The look one her face gave her away, and once more we all started laughing.

“Oh my god, yeah, that’s perfect Em!” I said as I walked passed her heading for the shoe department.

“Hey, guys! I just got a text from Liam!” Maria said while holding up her iPhone.

“What did he say??” Emily said, as we both walked towards her.

I took the phone and read the text out loud,

Hi there beautiful. Whatcha doin? R U guys still in 4 2night? The boys and I were planning on going out to a place in Soho around 11 ish. Liam x

“Soho’s nice! Tell them we’ll come!” I said smiling at Maria.

“Really? You want to come?”

“Yeah, sure. I want to be with you guys, and besides, it’s not like I’m going to be hanging around Harry all night. I would love to meet the others!” I continued.

“Yaay!” both Maria and Emily said while nearly jumping up and down.

“Okay, what should I reply? Help me!”

We all tried to make contributions to her text,

Hii! :) I’m out shopping with the girls, and we would love to come! 11 sounds good, although we might be a bit late. Hope that’s ok? Text me the address when you can? Maria x

“Great, now we definitely need to find new outfits,” Emily said while looking like she was having a fit.

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-Emily-

“Cheers!” The girls and I had finally figured out what to wear and were having a quick drink before leaving. I had put on the new black dress that I found in Zara, showing a bit of cleavage. With the heels that I had put on, I hoped that there wouldn’t bee too much dancing.

I looked at Maria, who was wearing a stunning open-back dress and said, “Maria, you look amazing!”

“Thanks, so do you!”

“Hey, what about me?” Sarah teased, while pouring herself another glass of white wine.

“Well, you always look stunning, Sarah” we both agreed. She had actually managed to put on a skirt for the evening, showing her long legs of. Something that wasn’t like her at all.

I looked at the time before letting the girls know that it was time to get going. It would take us about twenty minutes to get down to Soho from Camden by tube, and we were already running late as usual…

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As we moved up in line outside of the club, Maria got another text from Liam saying that he would meet us at the entrance once we got there. It was freezing cold outside, and we were hugging each other to keep warm. The heels were already killing me - we really needed to get inside…

After we had gone past the security and made our way into the club, I saw Liam standing up against the wall looking really handsome if I might say so myself. Maria was a lucky girl. They would look cute together as well, I thought to myself as she hugged him.

“Hi, nice to meet you! I’m Liam.” He said to me while holding out his hand.

“Hi! Emily. Nice to meet you too and thanks for inviting us.”

As Sarah and Liam exchanged names and handshakes, I gave up our coats to woman working in the wardrobe. They all stood their waiting for me to come back, before we made our way into the club. Liam in front alongside Maria, with me and Sarah in the back. We walked towards a big table where five people were already seated. I could feel the butterflies in my stomach as I saw him again.

“Guys, this is Maria, the one that I told you about. And this is her friends, Emily and Sarah” Liam said to them before looking at the blond guy sitting at the very end of the table. “Niall, scoot over and make some room for them.”

“Alright, alright! Calm down, man! I want to say hello first!” The guy named Niall said, before holding out his hand towards Sarah and kissed her hand. “Hi there beautiful, come sit next to me?” He said to Sarah who then blushed and took a seat. Then we all started introducing ourselves.

Next to Niall, sat Louis and his girlfriend who I believed he called Eleanor. Then there was Zayn, who spoke with a really heavy northern accent. When Maria and Liam sat down next to Sarah and Niall, I turned to the guy I already knew. Harry. He reached his hand out to me, smiling a cheeky grin before saying, “Hi, I’m Harry! Nice to see you again…”

Before I could answer I was suddenly cut off by Louis who then said, “Wait, you guys know each other?”

I didn’t know what to say… He remembered me! Oh me god, how awkward was this!? I remember seeing him in Boujis and then making a fool out of myself as I was, like now, out of words. I could not let this happen again…

“Hi, Harry. I’m Emily, nice to meet you!” I said taking his hand, ignoring Louis’s comment earlier on.

“She has a voice!” he then said smiling, while making room for me next to him. This was unreal.

After a round of drinks, we had all been talking amongst ourselves. Maria and Liam were as cute as ever, talking like they were the only two people in the world. Sarah, who sat next to Niall, engaged in a heavy conversation with the guys about sports, teaming up with the girl named Eleanor and Louis. Zayn, who hadn’t said much since we got here, was one the phone talking to his fiancée who they told me was called Perrie. Evidently, they had been engaged for about almost two years now, or so Harry told me.

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“So, you live in London?” Harry asked me, while running his hand through his hair.

“Yeah, uhm.. I moved away from Norway about two years ago. Now I live in Camden” I said taking a sip of what must have been my fourth drink.

“Oh, really? Niall lives in Camden as well!” He said while looking over at Niall who again was looking at Sarah. “Looks like Niall likes you friend over there!” he continued while showing his famous cheeky smile. I started to laugh,

“Well yeah, he hasn’t taken his eyes of her all night…” I agreed and then we both laughed.
“How about you? Seeing anyone at the moment?” he said while taking sip from his beer.

“No…” I said too quickly. Oh God, could I be anymore embarrassing?

“Is that so?” he said while looking me straight in the eyes. I felt my heart in my chest. How was he doing this? I hated how he had such an effect on me. I barely knew the guy, but it was like he knew exactly what to say. Maybe people were right about him. Maybe he was a womanizer. He did act like he had experience, so I wouldn’t be so surprised.

I decided to play along… “And how about you? Have you got your eye on a special lady?”

“I haven’t decided yet to be honest,” he said confident. He was too good at this game. So I decided I needed break.

“Uhh, Sarah? Ladies room?” I said a bit louder than usual hoping to catch her attention.

“Yeah, sure! I really need to pee,” she said with a cute look on her face. Not many people could say that and get away with it.

“Such a lady…” Louis said jokingly while shaking his head as Sarah got up from her seat. Maybe I was wrong.

“Hey!” she said back, pretending to be offended and hitting him in the shoulder. As she did so, she fell over and landed in Niall’s lap.

“Babe, if you want to sit on my knee, why didn’t you just say so?” Niall then said, making Sarah jump off quickly looking embarrassed and everyone else laugh.

“Excuse me for a moment, okay?” I said to Harry before getting to my feet.

“Sure, no problem! Can I get you a drink while you’re gone? Mine’s almost empty,” he said holding up his beer bottle.

“Oh, yes please!”

“What do you want?” he said in a low voice while standing up way too close.

For a moment I forgot about his question and could only think about how good he smelled. Oh my god, I think the alcohol is getting to me… “Surprise me!” I said before I ran of the bathroom with Sarah.

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“Well, this is fun don’t you think?” I said as we stood in front of the tall mirrors.

“Yeah! Oh my god, you should have heard Louis’ story about the time when he stole a goose. He’s hilarious!”

“What? Who even does that?” I said while staring at myself in the in disbelief. “Well, I guess if anyone would go head and do something like that, it would be him…”
“Yeah, I think you’re right…” She said before applying some bronzer to her face. “So, you and harry seem cosy?” She then said with a sudden mood change. Uh oh… She didn’t sound too pleased.

“Why? Something wrong with that?” I said a little surmised at myself coming to his defence.

“Well, if you hadn’t forgotten. He was kind of a douchebag the other night…” she said while looking at me. “I don’t know, Em. He sounds like trouble.”

“But he’s being so nice to me! Haven’t you noticed? Just give him a chance, Sarah. It’s not like he’s done anything wrong?!” I said before realising what I just said.

“What? Are you serious? Do I have to tell you again about Friday night? Or do you want me to remind you of what nearly every magazine is saying about him?”

I knew that what he did the other night was wrong, but I’m sure he had a good explanation. There was no way that the guy I’d just talked to for two hours was the same guy that Sarah seemed to remember. “No, I remember… but since when did you start to believe what you read in magazines? You’re always the one telling me how we shouldn’t judge people based on what other people say, especially the media!”

“Yeah, well… I think that they might be right with this one. Just look at how he’s already charmed you with his cheeky smile and smooth talking! He’s a womanizer and he’s getting exactly the reaction that he wants from you! Can’t you see it?”

“You’re being ridiculous!” I said before leaving her behind. I wasn’t going to listen to her telling me what to do. I was perfectly capable of taking care of myself, thank you very much!

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When I got back into the club, I noticed how Harry hadn’t returned with our drinks yet. I really didn’t want to go back to the table without him. Maria was still talking to Liam, and there was no way I was sitting there by myself waiting for Sarah to come back. I hadn’t spoken very much with the others around the table, so I decided that I would go look for Harry in the bar instead. Look at me – being brave and all!

It wasn’t very difficult to spot him with his big messy hair and bandana. He was taller than the others standing at the bar too. When I came up to him I patted my fingers on his shoulders. “Need any help with that?” I said eying the two drinks in front of him.

“Oh, hey Emily! Uhm, sure… This is yours,” he said while handing me a glass of what I had earlier.

“Thanks!” I said smiling up at him.

“Do you want to go back to the other guys? I could really use some fresh air to be honest,” he said as a matter of fact, still being as cute as ever.

“A bit of fresh air does actually sound very nice.”

As we tried our best to stick together while walking through the crowded club he held out his hand for me to hold – which I gladly took.

Once we were outside, I noticed how nice and quite it was. Well, compared to inside of the club at least. The outside area had cubicles like the ones inside and we sat down at one of the empty ones, and I realised how these were made out of leather instead of fabric like the ones inside. ‘In case of rain’, I thought to myself… Or so I thought, before he looked at me amused.

“What did you just say?”

“What?” I didn’t say anything. Or did I? I couldn’t tell anymore.

“…Something about leather?”

“Uh… Oh, right! I just noticed how these seats were made out of leather instead of fabric, probably because in case of rain.” Why did I just say that?

I laughed while looking at me, “You’re very observant, aren’t you? Stating the obvious.”

I felt my cheeks get redder by the minute and looked down at the drink I was holding in my hands.

“No, don’t look down. I want to see your eyes,” he said while pulling my chin up. He left his finger there, lingering on me. I looked into his eyes and felt myself completely lost. He was sitting so close to me that I could feel his breath in my face…against my mouth. He smelled so good it was ridiculous. He had me completely captivated, as I was unable to move, just staring into two big green eyes coming closer and closer. Before I knew it I could feel his soft lips on mine, followed by all the butterflies in my stomach. As we moved our lips in unison, I could taste the beer and a hint of mint. I felt his hand on the back of my neck and reached back to his, my fingers running through his hair. This was the best feeling I had ever had. Just wow, he knew how to kiss a girl. The kisses went from being soft and gentle, to becoming more wanting and forceful. I felt a hand on my thigh moving up and down, stroking. 'This was the best kiss ever' I thought to myself, before being cut of by a voice I knew all too well.

‘I don’t know, Em. He sounds like trouble’ No, go away…‘do you want me to remind you of what nearly every magazine is saying about him’ No, shut up! …‘He’s a womanizer and he’s getting exactly the reaction that he wants from you!’ Shut up!! …‘Can’t you see it?’ No, stop it! Suddenly I felt the hand on my thigh move higher and then I finally got it! This was moving too fast. What was I doing? This was not me. I am not that girl. I’m not that girl he can just hook up with and leave behind. And this was exactly where this was headed. He was trouble.

Once I realised what was happening, I broke the kiss and stared at him in shock. Sarah was right, and here I was making a fool of myself yet again. I wasn’t going to let this happen. I got up from my seat, living my drink and one confused-looking Harry behind.

Notes

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