The Wedding Planner
Chapter Three
Kennedy’s POV
Lunch went really well actually even if I did have to sit next to Harry. I knew that everyone wanted us to be friends and act like we did before but I just couldn’t forgive Harry like that. He truly hurt me deeply. No one knew about it but I became bulimic for a while because of it. I was never the skinniest kid growing up but as we were growing up Harry never really noticed it and would stick up for me all the time when people made fun of my weight. However when we got into secondary school, Harry stopped sticking up for me and joined in on the bullying. I would cry myself to sleep at night because I was so miserable. I had to be fourteen when I started my bulimia. I lost almost fifty pounds over two years but when I was considered skinny the bullying started about how I wasn’t going to amount to anything. I was a nobody and no one would care about me. I lost the small amount of friends I had and that’s when I decided to get out of Holmes Chapel and become an exchange student my last year of secondary education. I finished school there and then talked my parents into letting me continue to live in the United States. I lived in Boston and fell in love with Massachusetts and I fell in love with New York City. I soon moved out of Boston however to live in New York.
“So how do you like New York City Ken?” my dad asked me as we were all eating dessert.
“I love it actually,” I said, “It’s an American version of London.”
“Really?” he asked.
“Yes but London is way cooler,” Andrea added, “I think we need to move the office headquarters here instead.”
I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
“Wait I thought you haven’t opened your own planning business,” my mum said and I sighed and looked over at Andrea who was giving me a sorry look.
“Well I was going to wait until I found a place but I plan on moving back to London and starting my own wedding planning company,” I said, “I gave my two week notice to Wedding Planners Plus two weeks ago and now I have to start looking for an office building.”
“Oh my god!” Gemma squealed and we all looked at her a bit shocked.
“What?” she asked like we all crazy, “I just realized that I have the perfect spot for her to look at it. It’s in the middle of downtown and it’s in the perfect spot and it’s the perfect size.”
I just smiled at Gemma and then my mum, Harry’s mum, and Gemma all launched into how we needed to call the realtor and I stopped listening.
“So you’re really good at this stuff,” Harry said as everyone were in their own conversation.
“People say so,” I said looking at him, “I don’t think I’m that great at it.”
“Well you must be pretty good to have been booked for an entire year,” Harry pointed out, “So you have to brilliant at it.”
I smiled at my lap and then looked up at Harry.
“So you took my advice then huh,” I said and I saw him smile.
“I did,” he said, “So thanks for the advice.”
“No problem,” I replied, “I take you boys are really good.”
“I don’t think we’re that great that people say we are,” he said, “I mean I know we sound good but I don’t think we’re like the next Backstreet Boys or something. We’re just five best mates hanging out and singing for a living.”
“Well you have to brilliant if you sell out arenas,” I said taking the same approach as Harry.
“Oh they’re great!” Eleanor said, “You have to come to the concert tonight. It will be really fun. It’s a charity concert for Comic Relief.”
I then looked over at Harry you was smiling weakly. He remembered that I always wanted to help charities and the first one I was going to help was Comic Relief when I had enough money and status. I mean I already donated money every year to the organization and I participated in Red Nose Day every year but I was going to help them even more when I had more money.
“You remembered. . .” I said looking at him.
“I looked them up after you mentioned them when we were younger,” Harry said, “When we had to choose a charity I wanted to help them.”
I then smiled a real genuine smile at Harry and he smiled back at me.
“You know about Comic Relief,” Louis and Liam said shocked.
“Of course,” I said, “I had a friend I made that had help from Comic Relief and I went to research them. I fell in love with what their goal was and I’ve been donating money for years now. It’s not much but it helps them a little bit.”
“You definitely have to come then,” Eleanor said, “They have all kinds of musical guests performing.”
“We have to go,” Andrea piped up, “Niall invited me and I accepted we have to go.”
She gave me a smirk knowing that I wouldn’t be able to say no.
“Okay,” I said, “What time is the show?”
“We’ll come pick you up!” Perrie exclaimed, “All of the girls are getting ready at Danielle’s flat. We’ll pick you up and then we’ll get ready together!”
“Okay,” I said warily and everyone then started grinning and talking leaving me and Harry to talk yet again.
“You know you don’t have to come if you really don’t want to,” he said quietly, “I know you really don’t want to go.”
“Nonsense,” I lied, “It’s quiet alright Harry. Besides Andrea is out of control when she drinks and I don’t want to put that on anyone of you.”
“You don’t need to lie Ken,” he said, “I know when you don’t really want to go to something.”
“Do you really want me there?” I asked quietly hoping that he would say no.
“I do but if you don’t want to go I don’t want to force you,” he mumbled quietly.
“Well I’m going whether you want me to or not,” I said, “I have to hear you all together for myself. You know decided if your rubbish or not.”
That got Harry to smile lightly and shook his head. Dessert then soon arrived and we were all talking together and I was actually enjoying my conversation with Harry.
“So whose all singing tonight?” I asked.
“Mumford and Sons, Muse, Oasis, us, The Wanted, Coldplay,” Harry said, “There’s a couple more but I can’t remember.”
“That sounds like it’s going to be lovely,” I said and Harry smiled.
“I hope so,” he said, “it’s a sold out show.”
“Oh wow,” I said, “Are you guys singing a lot of songs?”
“A few,” he said, “Like four or five.”
“That’ll be fun,” I said and he smiled lightly at me.
“Yeah it will,” he said and then we stood up since it was time to go.
“Harry take Kennedy to the flat and we’ll meet you there,” Gemma said and we nodded our heads.
I followed Harry to his car and we drove off towards the flat. However when we pulled up to the building, I knew we were staying with Harry.
“I like the neighborhood,” I replied lightly, “It has a park close by.”
“I walk around there from time to time,” he said as we got out of the Range Rover.
Everyone was behind us and they grabbed my luggage along with Andrea’s. Harry was helping Andrea and James was helping me.
“I don’t know if you’re mad but I’m sorry you have to spend the months with Harry,” he said, “We don’t have enough room in the flat since we’re living with Mum and Dad. They don’t have any extra spare rooms.”
“No it’s fine James,” I said, “It’s life. I can’t control the fact that Mum and Dad bought practically.”
“Okay,” James said as he helped me but my bags in my room, “When we get a chance we’ll go flat shopping okay. We do have to find a flat since you already sent your things over and put them in storage.”
“Okay,” I replied and we walked into the living room to find the boys and the girls sitting on the couches.
“We’ll let you guys hang out and get to know each other,” James said, “We’ll start seriously planning on Monday.”
I nodded my head and hugged my older brother and kissed his cheek.
“Thank you for doing this for us Ken,” he said, “It’s a great present.”
“You think this is your present,” I said shocked, “You’re crazy.”
He just shook his head and said goodbye to everyone and then the door closed and Harry and Andrea came out into the living room.
“Good now we can find outfits!” Eleanor exclaimed and dragged me and Andrea to our rooms.
Perrie and Danielle went with Andrea while Eleanor came with me to help. After what felt like an eternity of looking through all of what I packed Eleanor squealed when she found an outfit that we both liked.
“It’s perfect!” she exclaimed and then opened my door to find Louis and Harry standing outside my door.
I didn’t say anything because one Eleanor was dragging me in the direction towards Andrea’s room and two I had no clue what to say. By the time we got to Andrea’s room, both Danielle and Perrie were squealing like Eleanor was. We then passed Louis and Harry in the hallway and then the girls started grabbing their things.
“Don’t leave yet!” I heard Harry’s voice and I turned around to look at him curiously.
“We’ll meet you in the car,” Andrea said as they all went to go say goodbye to everyone.
Harry then took me into the kitchen and walked over to a cupboard. He grabbed a clear jar and grabbed a key from it. He then handed it to me.
“I figured you and Andrea might need this if we’re not always hanging out,” Harry said, “Don’t know if you’re a partier or not so I wanted you to have this.”
“Thanks Haz,” I said using another nickname.
“No problem,” he smiled lightly.
He looked like he was about to say something but he was interrupted by Eleanor.
“Sorry lovelies but I’m stealing Kennedy,” she grinned, “See you in few hours Hazza.”
I was then dragged yet again into Eleanor’s car and off we drove to her house. Man were Andrea and I in for a new world and we had only been in London for six hours.
Lunch went really well actually even if I did have to sit next to Harry. I knew that everyone wanted us to be friends and act like we did before but I just couldn’t forgive Harry like that. He truly hurt me deeply. No one knew about it but I became bulimic for a while because of it. I was never the skinniest kid growing up but as we were growing up Harry never really noticed it and would stick up for me all the time when people made fun of my weight. However when we got into secondary school, Harry stopped sticking up for me and joined in on the bullying. I would cry myself to sleep at night because I was so miserable. I had to be fourteen when I started my bulimia. I lost almost fifty pounds over two years but when I was considered skinny the bullying started about how I wasn’t going to amount to anything. I was a nobody and no one would care about me. I lost the small amount of friends I had and that’s when I decided to get out of Holmes Chapel and become an exchange student my last year of secondary education. I finished school there and then talked my parents into letting me continue to live in the United States. I lived in Boston and fell in love with Massachusetts and I fell in love with New York City. I soon moved out of Boston however to live in New York.
“So how do you like New York City Ken?” my dad asked me as we were all eating dessert.
“I love it actually,” I said, “It’s an American version of London.”
“Really?” he asked.
“Yes but London is way cooler,” Andrea added, “I think we need to move the office headquarters here instead.”
I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
“Wait I thought you haven’t opened your own planning business,” my mum said and I sighed and looked over at Andrea who was giving me a sorry look.
“Well I was going to wait until I found a place but I plan on moving back to London and starting my own wedding planning company,” I said, “I gave my two week notice to Wedding Planners Plus two weeks ago and now I have to start looking for an office building.”
“Oh my god!” Gemma squealed and we all looked at her a bit shocked.
“What?” she asked like we all crazy, “I just realized that I have the perfect spot for her to look at it. It’s in the middle of downtown and it’s in the perfect spot and it’s the perfect size.”
I just smiled at Gemma and then my mum, Harry’s mum, and Gemma all launched into how we needed to call the realtor and I stopped listening.
“So you’re really good at this stuff,” Harry said as everyone were in their own conversation.
“People say so,” I said looking at him, “I don’t think I’m that great at it.”
“Well you must be pretty good to have been booked for an entire year,” Harry pointed out, “So you have to brilliant at it.”
I smiled at my lap and then looked up at Harry.
“So you took my advice then huh,” I said and I saw him smile.
“I did,” he said, “So thanks for the advice.”
“No problem,” I replied, “I take you boys are really good.”
“I don’t think we’re that great that people say we are,” he said, “I mean I know we sound good but I don’t think we’re like the next Backstreet Boys or something. We’re just five best mates hanging out and singing for a living.”
“Well you have to brilliant if you sell out arenas,” I said taking the same approach as Harry.
“Oh they’re great!” Eleanor said, “You have to come to the concert tonight. It will be really fun. It’s a charity concert for Comic Relief.”
I then looked over at Harry you was smiling weakly. He remembered that I always wanted to help charities and the first one I was going to help was Comic Relief when I had enough money and status. I mean I already donated money every year to the organization and I participated in Red Nose Day every year but I was going to help them even more when I had more money.
“You remembered. . .” I said looking at him.
“I looked them up after you mentioned them when we were younger,” Harry said, “When we had to choose a charity I wanted to help them.”
I then smiled a real genuine smile at Harry and he smiled back at me.
“You know about Comic Relief,” Louis and Liam said shocked.
“Of course,” I said, “I had a friend I made that had help from Comic Relief and I went to research them. I fell in love with what their goal was and I’ve been donating money for years now. It’s not much but it helps them a little bit.”
“You definitely have to come then,” Eleanor said, “They have all kinds of musical guests performing.”
“We have to go,” Andrea piped up, “Niall invited me and I accepted we have to go.”
She gave me a smirk knowing that I wouldn’t be able to say no.
“Okay,” I said, “What time is the show?”
“We’ll come pick you up!” Perrie exclaimed, “All of the girls are getting ready at Danielle’s flat. We’ll pick you up and then we’ll get ready together!”
“Okay,” I said warily and everyone then started grinning and talking leaving me and Harry to talk yet again.
“You know you don’t have to come if you really don’t want to,” he said quietly, “I know you really don’t want to go.”
“Nonsense,” I lied, “It’s quiet alright Harry. Besides Andrea is out of control when she drinks and I don’t want to put that on anyone of you.”
“You don’t need to lie Ken,” he said, “I know when you don’t really want to go to something.”
“Do you really want me there?” I asked quietly hoping that he would say no.
“I do but if you don’t want to go I don’t want to force you,” he mumbled quietly.
“Well I’m going whether you want me to or not,” I said, “I have to hear you all together for myself. You know decided if your rubbish or not.”
That got Harry to smile lightly and shook his head. Dessert then soon arrived and we were all talking together and I was actually enjoying my conversation with Harry.
“So whose all singing tonight?” I asked.
“Mumford and Sons, Muse, Oasis, us, The Wanted, Coldplay,” Harry said, “There’s a couple more but I can’t remember.”
“That sounds like it’s going to be lovely,” I said and Harry smiled.
“I hope so,” he said, “it’s a sold out show.”
“Oh wow,” I said, “Are you guys singing a lot of songs?”
“A few,” he said, “Like four or five.”
“That’ll be fun,” I said and he smiled lightly at me.
“Yeah it will,” he said and then we stood up since it was time to go.
“Harry take Kennedy to the flat and we’ll meet you there,” Gemma said and we nodded our heads.
I followed Harry to his car and we drove off towards the flat. However when we pulled up to the building, I knew we were staying with Harry.
“I like the neighborhood,” I replied lightly, “It has a park close by.”
“I walk around there from time to time,” he said as we got out of the Range Rover.
Everyone was behind us and they grabbed my luggage along with Andrea’s. Harry was helping Andrea and James was helping me.
“I don’t know if you’re mad but I’m sorry you have to spend the months with Harry,” he said, “We don’t have enough room in the flat since we’re living with Mum and Dad. They don’t have any extra spare rooms.”
“No it’s fine James,” I said, “It’s life. I can’t control the fact that Mum and Dad bought practically.”
“Okay,” James said as he helped me but my bags in my room, “When we get a chance we’ll go flat shopping okay. We do have to find a flat since you already sent your things over and put them in storage.”
“Okay,” I replied and we walked into the living room to find the boys and the girls sitting on the couches.
“We’ll let you guys hang out and get to know each other,” James said, “We’ll start seriously planning on Monday.”
I nodded my head and hugged my older brother and kissed his cheek.
“Thank you for doing this for us Ken,” he said, “It’s a great present.”
“You think this is your present,” I said shocked, “You’re crazy.”
He just shook his head and said goodbye to everyone and then the door closed and Harry and Andrea came out into the living room.
“Good now we can find outfits!” Eleanor exclaimed and dragged me and Andrea to our rooms.
Perrie and Danielle went with Andrea while Eleanor came with me to help. After what felt like an eternity of looking through all of what I packed Eleanor squealed when she found an outfit that we both liked.
“It’s perfect!” she exclaimed and then opened my door to find Louis and Harry standing outside my door.
I didn’t say anything because one Eleanor was dragging me in the direction towards Andrea’s room and two I had no clue what to say. By the time we got to Andrea’s room, both Danielle and Perrie were squealing like Eleanor was. We then passed Louis and Harry in the hallway and then the girls started grabbing their things.
“Don’t leave yet!” I heard Harry’s voice and I turned around to look at him curiously.
“We’ll meet you in the car,” Andrea said as they all went to go say goodbye to everyone.
Harry then took me into the kitchen and walked over to a cupboard. He grabbed a clear jar and grabbed a key from it. He then handed it to me.
“I figured you and Andrea might need this if we’re not always hanging out,” Harry said, “Don’t know if you’re a partier or not so I wanted you to have this.”
“Thanks Haz,” I said using another nickname.
“No problem,” he smiled lightly.
He looked like he was about to say something but he was interrupted by Eleanor.
“Sorry lovelies but I’m stealing Kennedy,” she grinned, “See you in few hours Hazza.”
I was then dragged yet again into Eleanor’s car and off we drove to her house. Man were Andrea and I in for a new world and we had only been in London for six hours.
8/19/13