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Chapter 4
Harry Styles
Smelly Ellie? What the fuck Harry. She didn't try to hide her emotions on her face. Shock, disgust, and I could tell in her mind she was accusing me of being crazy. I was frozen. I didn't know what to say. I never got like this. Ever. Somehow though, the always charming Harry Styles after seeing a girl for the first time in about six years. This wasn't just some girl though. This was my best friend. We grew up together. She was my first kiss. She probably would have been my first for lots of things, possibly even my first love, if I hadn't left for the X-Factor. Mom said she and her family got into a car accident a couple months after I had left. It was like she had gone with her parents, vanishing and never to be heard from again. My mom and her grandmother were still close but all I ever heard was that she had moved to go on to college in the States. I never thought I would actually find her here, in Washington of all places.
"I took a shower this morning so I can't be too smelly," she joked, pulling me out of my train of thoughts. She still looked a little offended. I saw the creases forming in her forehead. She was looking right into my eyes as if she was searching for something, searching for answers. Something about her was different. She wasn't the same Ellie at all.
"Are you going to keep looking at me because to be honest I'm a little uncomfortable. How do you know my name?" She asked, crossing her arms and frowning.
I was was taken aback by her honesty but confused by her question. "I- uhh-mmmm- do you not know who I am?" Surely, she'd have to remember me.
She scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"I don't live under a rock. But don't expect me to be impressed because of who you are."
"Lord, what crawled up up your ass this morning? You know who I am?" I asked again. Why was she acting like this? I know we hadn't talked in a long time but it's not like she tried to contact me either.
"Yes but why does it make a difference?" She said, seemingly annoyed.
"Because I- do you remember me?"
Her eyes darkened and her frown deepened at my choice of words. Her gray eyes cutting through my green ones as she continued to a each for something. Her intensity started to make me feel uncomfortable but I didn't dare to look away.
"How do you know my name?" She asked. Clearly I had hit a nerve with her.
"Ellie, I-"
I was cut off by the lads loudly conversing as they walked out of the elevator and into the lobby toward me.
"Harry damn, you were in a hurry." I heard Liam as they began walking closer to me.
"Oh hi. Who is this?" Liam said gesturing to Ellie.
"This is Ellie. She um- we were just uh-" I stuttered. God damn. What the hell.
"Well I'm Liam. It's nice to meet you Ellie," he snickered and shook her hand. She took it and smiled but her eyes never left mine. Her face still expressing her confusion.
"Oh cool. You guys have met! Ellie, have you been waiting long?" I turned around as I noticed t was the girl working with us on the movie. She was smiling widely as she kept looking between us.
Ellie forced a smile, turning to her overly excited friend. "Hey Kelsey, not really. Ready to go to lunch?"
So her name was Kelsey.
"Yep. Nice meeting you all! Talk to you soon!" Kelsey smiles, happily and waved at us all, following a quite and aggravated Ellie into the rain.
"Who was that mate?" Niall asked as he followed my gaze on her.
"Uh no one."
Smelly Ellie? What the fuck Harry. She didn't try to hide her emotions on her face. Shock, disgust, and I could tell in her mind she was accusing me of being crazy. I was frozen. I didn't know what to say. I never got like this. Ever. Somehow though, the always charming Harry Styles after seeing a girl for the first time in about six years. This wasn't just some girl though. This was my best friend. We grew up together. She was my first kiss. She probably would have been my first for lots of things, possibly even my first love, if I hadn't left for the X-Factor. Mom said she and her family got into a car accident a couple months after I had left. It was like she had gone with her parents, vanishing and never to be heard from again. My mom and her grandmother were still close but all I ever heard was that she had moved to go on to college in the States. I never thought I would actually find her here, in Washington of all places.
"I took a shower this morning so I can't be too smelly," she joked, pulling me out of my train of thoughts. She still looked a little offended. I saw the creases forming in her forehead. She was looking right into my eyes as if she was searching for something, searching for answers. Something about her was different. She wasn't the same Ellie at all.
"Are you going to keep looking at me because to be honest I'm a little uncomfortable. How do you know my name?" She asked, crossing her arms and frowning.
I was was taken aback by her honesty but confused by her question. "I- uhh-mmmm- do you not know who I am?" Surely, she'd have to remember me.
She scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"I don't live under a rock. But don't expect me to be impressed because of who you are."
"Lord, what crawled up up your ass this morning? You know who I am?" I asked again. Why was she acting like this? I know we hadn't talked in a long time but it's not like she tried to contact me either.
"Yes but why does it make a difference?" She said, seemingly annoyed.
"Because I- do you remember me?"
Her eyes darkened and her frown deepened at my choice of words. Her gray eyes cutting through my green ones as she continued to a each for something. Her intensity started to make me feel uncomfortable but I didn't dare to look away.
"How do you know my name?" She asked. Clearly I had hit a nerve with her.
"Ellie, I-"
I was cut off by the lads loudly conversing as they walked out of the elevator and into the lobby toward me.
"Harry damn, you were in a hurry." I heard Liam as they began walking closer to me.
"Oh hi. Who is this?" Liam said gesturing to Ellie.
"This is Ellie. She um- we were just uh-" I stuttered. God damn. What the hell.
"Well I'm Liam. It's nice to meet you Ellie," he snickered and shook her hand. She took it and smiled but her eyes never left mine. Her face still expressing her confusion.
"Oh cool. You guys have met! Ellie, have you been waiting long?" I turned around as I noticed t was the girl working with us on the movie. She was smiling widely as she kept looking between us.
Ellie forced a smile, turning to her overly excited friend. "Hey Kelsey, not really. Ready to go to lunch?"
So her name was Kelsey.
"Yep. Nice meeting you all! Talk to you soon!" Kelsey smiles, happily and waved at us all, following a quite and aggravated Ellie into the rain.
"Who was that mate?" Niall asked as he followed my gaze on her.
"Uh no one."
Notes
Hello:) I might update again tonight. Sorry for any mistakes. I'm writing this on my phone at work. Am I updating too quickly? Again thanks everyone reading! xo.
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2/25/17