In a Heartbeat
Short Sexy Hair
Harry's POV
Liam, Louis, Niall, and I were waiting in the living room watching Disney Channel with Ella while we waited for Thing One, Thing Two, Melody, and Zayn to finish getting ready. Louis was answering all the questions that Mickey asked as if he were two.
"Guys! I'm out of product!" Zayn shouted from the hallway bathroom.
"Don't have any!" we shouted back in unison.
Melody came running down the stairs with something blue in her hand. She knocked on the bathroom door. "Are you decent?" she asked through the door.
"Yeah," he answered.
"Like, wearing clothes? Or at least pants?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'm opening the door then," she said, then opened the door. "C'mere."
Zayn walked out of the bathroom, and Melody squirted some of the blue stuff in her hand. She seemed unaffected by the fact that he was shirtless. That wasn't usually wasn't what happened when any of us were shirtless.
"Sit," she said, pointing at the floor.
"Why?" he asked, confused.
"Because I'm not taller than you. Sit," she said, pointing at the floor again.
He sat down and she put the stuff in his hair, spiking it up in distinct points. She laughed and made one spike on the top of his head.
"He's a Zaynicorn!" she shouted.
I pulled out my phone before she could do anything else. "Say cheese!" I said, tapping on the camera button.
Melody squished her cheek against Zayn's and grinned. Zayn frowned at the camera and I took the picture, then put it on Twitter. Melody quickly went back to work on Zayn's hair and soon it was styled in a quiff.
"I thought you had to use a hairdryer to do that, too," Niall said.
"Not with me. Just hair gel," Melody answered, walking into the bathroom and promptly walking back out, making a face. "Too much cologne, Zayn. And I thought this smelled bad!" she said, gesturing to the hair gel.
"But then I smell bad if I don't use it!" Zayn protested.
"I didn't say you can't use it! Just don't use so much! One or two squirts, not the whole fricking bottle!" she said animatedly. "My dad doesn't even own cologne as far as I know, and he doesn't stink."
"I'll keep that in mind," Zayn said, standing up and walking back into the bathroom.
"Turn on the fan!" Melody shouted, walking back up the stairs.
I noticed that she left the hair gel on the floor. "Hey, look!" I said, pointing at the tube of blue gunk.
Niall walked over and grabbed it then brought it back to the couch. We all gathered around him, except for Ella.
"Short Sexy Hair," Niall said, making a face at it. "Why would she have this?"
"Maybe she has a friend with short hair who left it here by accident?" Liam said.
Niall flipped open the cap and held it up to his nose. "It does kind of smell funny," he said, passing it around so everyone could smell it. Zayn came out of the bathroom and joined us.
"I know why she has it," Ella piped up from the other couch. "She used to have short hair."
"How short was it?" Louis asked.
"Short short. Shorter than your hair," she answered. "Then she let it grow out again."
"I can't picture Melody with short hair," I said. Then I had a thought. "Did she cut it After?" I asked, knowing that Ella would know what I meant.
Ella's eyes got huge. "You know?" she asked.
"Yeah. Mel told me," I said. The lads looked at Ella and me funny.
She nodded her head. "Yeah, it was After. He always told her that if her hair was the same length as his, it wouldn't take her as long to get ready in the morning. And After, she never did anything with her hair. She just washed and dried it. So she chopped it off," Ella said, standing up and walking into the kitchen. She came back out with Melody's computer. She opened it and typed in the password.
"How do you know her password?" Niall asked.
"It's onedirection. She left it open one time and the letters where on instead of those dots and I saw it. Don't tell," she said, shrugging. She went on Facebook (Melody was already logged in) and clicked on the pictures button. She scrolled down until she came across a picture.
"This was a while after she got it cut so it was longer when this picture was taken," Ella explained.
"She kinda looks good with short hair," Zayn said.
"'That's hawt'," Niall read a comment posted by someone named Erin. "Who's Erin Bernier?"
"Melody's best friend. She moved to Colorado," Ella said, closing out of the browser window and bringing the computer back to the kitchen.
"Ella!" Melody shouted. "Come upstairs!"
Ella ran from the kitchen to the stairs and climbed them carefully, disappearing from view.
"Well, I guess there's a lot we don't know about Mel," I said, leaning back and putting my hands behind my head.
"But it seems that you know more than the rest of us, Harry," Zayn said. "What did you mean by 'After'?"
"Um...," I said, just as Melody came downstairs. She was wearing nerd glasses and a pink shirt that said 'NERD' on it in bold letters.
"Hi guys!" she said, walking into the kitchen and grabbing her laptop. She came back out and sat where Ella had previously been sitting and logged onto her computer. She laughed then turned serious. "Oh my God! Harry, you Tweeted that picture!"
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"Well, for one, I have friends in this city and Fargo happens to be pretty big one. People know where I live and they'll figure out that you're staying at my house!"
Thing One (Katrina Carr) walked downstairs in a UK flag shirt.
She sat down next to Melody. "Hey! Nice hair, Zayn," she said, commenting on the picture and smirking at him. He frowned at her.
"I don't want any bickering today, okay?!" Melody said harshly. "Harry knows why, and the rest of you won't know for a long time. If I hear any fighting today, I will go outside and find a brick. You do the math."
Everyone looked at their shoes, not daring to make eye contact with Melody.
"Oh! I just remembered what day it is," Katrina said. She looked at Melody sadly. "I'm sorry."
"I don't want that. Sympathy won't help," Melody said coldly as Thing Two (Katrina Varno) came downstairs wearing panda stuff.
She hugged Melody. "Just try to forget about it, okay?"
Ella came downstairs slowly, finally out of her pajamas.
"Ready to go?" Ella asked.
"Yeah. Wait... how are we going to get there?" Thing One asked.
"It's only a few blocks, and it's pretty warm today, so we can walk," Melody said, standing up. "Doug said he'll have some food ready for us, but I don't think he knows how much food we're going to need."
"So... where are we going?" Niall asked.
"The Blue Potato!" Melody said, smiling.
Liam, Louis, Niall, and I were waiting in the living room watching Disney Channel with Ella while we waited for Thing One, Thing Two, Melody, and Zayn to finish getting ready. Louis was answering all the questions that Mickey asked as if he were two.
"Guys! I'm out of product!" Zayn shouted from the hallway bathroom.
"Don't have any!" we shouted back in unison.
Melody came running down the stairs with something blue in her hand. She knocked on the bathroom door. "Are you decent?" she asked through the door.
"Yeah," he answered.
"Like, wearing clothes? Or at least pants?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'm opening the door then," she said, then opened the door. "C'mere."
Zayn walked out of the bathroom, and Melody squirted some of the blue stuff in her hand. She seemed unaffected by the fact that he was shirtless. That wasn't usually wasn't what happened when any of us were shirtless.
"Sit," she said, pointing at the floor.
"Why?" he asked, confused.
"Because I'm not taller than you. Sit," she said, pointing at the floor again.
He sat down and she put the stuff in his hair, spiking it up in distinct points. She laughed and made one spike on the top of his head.
"He's a Zaynicorn!" she shouted.
I pulled out my phone before she could do anything else. "Say cheese!" I said, tapping on the camera button.
Melody squished her cheek against Zayn's and grinned. Zayn frowned at the camera and I took the picture, then put it on Twitter. Melody quickly went back to work on Zayn's hair and soon it was styled in a quiff.
"I thought you had to use a hairdryer to do that, too," Niall said.
"Not with me. Just hair gel," Melody answered, walking into the bathroom and promptly walking back out, making a face. "Too much cologne, Zayn. And I thought this smelled bad!" she said, gesturing to the hair gel.
"But then I smell bad if I don't use it!" Zayn protested.
"I didn't say you can't use it! Just don't use so much! One or two squirts, not the whole fricking bottle!" she said animatedly. "My dad doesn't even own cologne as far as I know, and he doesn't stink."
"I'll keep that in mind," Zayn said, standing up and walking back into the bathroom.
"Turn on the fan!" Melody shouted, walking back up the stairs.
I noticed that she left the hair gel on the floor. "Hey, look!" I said, pointing at the tube of blue gunk.
Niall walked over and grabbed it then brought it back to the couch. We all gathered around him, except for Ella.
"Short Sexy Hair," Niall said, making a face at it. "Why would she have this?"
"Maybe she has a friend with short hair who left it here by accident?" Liam said.
Niall flipped open the cap and held it up to his nose. "It does kind of smell funny," he said, passing it around so everyone could smell it. Zayn came out of the bathroom and joined us.
"I know why she has it," Ella piped up from the other couch. "She used to have short hair."
"How short was it?" Louis asked.
"Short short. Shorter than your hair," she answered. "Then she let it grow out again."
"I can't picture Melody with short hair," I said. Then I had a thought. "Did she cut it After?" I asked, knowing that Ella would know what I meant.
Ella's eyes got huge. "You know?" she asked.
"Yeah. Mel told me," I said. The lads looked at Ella and me funny.
She nodded her head. "Yeah, it was After. He always told her that if her hair was the same length as his, it wouldn't take her as long to get ready in the morning. And After, she never did anything with her hair. She just washed and dried it. So she chopped it off," Ella said, standing up and walking into the kitchen. She came back out with Melody's computer. She opened it and typed in the password.
"How do you know her password?" Niall asked.
"It's onedirection. She left it open one time and the letters where on instead of those dots and I saw it. Don't tell," she said, shrugging. She went on Facebook (Melody was already logged in) and clicked on the pictures button. She scrolled down until she came across a picture.
"This was a while after she got it cut so it was longer when this picture was taken," Ella explained.
"She kinda looks good with short hair," Zayn said.
"'That's hawt'," Niall read a comment posted by someone named Erin. "Who's Erin Bernier?"
"Melody's best friend. She moved to Colorado," Ella said, closing out of the browser window and bringing the computer back to the kitchen.
"Ella!" Melody shouted. "Come upstairs!"
Ella ran from the kitchen to the stairs and climbed them carefully, disappearing from view.
"Well, I guess there's a lot we don't know about Mel," I said, leaning back and putting my hands behind my head.
"But it seems that you know more than the rest of us, Harry," Zayn said. "What did you mean by 'After'?"
"Um...," I said, just as Melody came downstairs. She was wearing nerd glasses and a pink shirt that said 'NERD' on it in bold letters.
"Hi guys!" she said, walking into the kitchen and grabbing her laptop. She came back out and sat where Ella had previously been sitting and logged onto her computer. She laughed then turned serious. "Oh my God! Harry, you Tweeted that picture!"
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"Well, for one, I have friends in this city and Fargo happens to be pretty big one. People know where I live and they'll figure out that you're staying at my house!"
Thing One (Katrina Carr) walked downstairs in a UK flag shirt.
She sat down next to Melody. "Hey! Nice hair, Zayn," she said, commenting on the picture and smirking at him. He frowned at her.
"I don't want any bickering today, okay?!" Melody said harshly. "Harry knows why, and the rest of you won't know for a long time. If I hear any fighting today, I will go outside and find a brick. You do the math."
Everyone looked at their shoes, not daring to make eye contact with Melody.
"Oh! I just remembered what day it is," Katrina said. She looked at Melody sadly. "I'm sorry."
"I don't want that. Sympathy won't help," Melody said coldly as Thing Two (Katrina Varno) came downstairs wearing panda stuff.
She hugged Melody. "Just try to forget about it, okay?"
Ella came downstairs slowly, finally out of her pajamas.
"Ready to go?" Ella asked.
"Yeah. Wait... how are we going to get there?" Thing One asked.
"It's only a few blocks, and it's pretty warm today, so we can walk," Melody said, standing up. "Doug said he'll have some food ready for us, but I don't think he knows how much food we're going to need."
"So... where are we going?" Niall asked.
"The Blue Potato!" Melody said, smiling.
HEY. Your official-unofficial announcements sadden me. No promises or not, I really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY hope you decide to eventually continue. I won't even be mad if you do a rewrite but dude, you gotta do something. I WILL DIE IF THIS STORY DOES NOT CONTINUE.
5/2/16