Stephanie's POV
A couple of days have passed and Harry's coming back today. I feel so nervous at the thought of seeing his face, I can feel butterflies fluttering around just thinking about him. I walk into the kitchen to see Niall sat at the breakfast bar eating some cereals. I smile as I walk behind the bar.

"Morning.." I say and as he looks up at me and returns a friendly smile.

"Morning, How did you sleep?" He asks as he knows the past few nights have been a bit rough.

"I slept well, thank you." I grab the cereals and take a bowl.

"Good, I bet you're excited about today?" He asks as he takes a big spoonful of his cereals. I pour the milk on top of my mini chocolate weetabix, -I'm not one to eat healthy cereals, I can't stand granola- I put the milk back in the fridge and I take a seat next to Niall.

"I can't wait. I've missed him so much. But my parents are due back today as well." I've not even had time to think about how my parents are and whether they've had a nice time away.

"Well at least you get some peace from us lot." He smiles as he looks at me. Niall is such a nice and sweet guy, I'd be very surprised if he hasn't got a girlfriend.

"Yeah, I'm really going to miss someone throwing water over me in bed." I roll my eyes. "But at least they dried my sheets and made the bed again." I laugh and Niall does too.

"I did warn them not to do it." He chuckles and I shrug as it doesn't matter now.
"Where are they anyway?" I've only just realised I've not seen or heard Chloe or Lucy yet.

"They've popped out to get some bits, Like milk, bread and basically anything we've used up." Niall smiles. "Aren't you supposed to be at college?" He asks before I can reply.

"Don't really feel like I can face college." I say as I look away. With Amy being in my class it's too hard and raw to see her.

"At least Chloe phoned in for you Saturday when you missed work." Niall says casually. I look at him and raise my eyebrows, I had no idea Chloe did that for me. I have the best friends.
"Thank you for everything Niall." I smile and he looks at me smiling.

"No problem. Come here." He smiles as he opens his arms and I give him a hug. I slowly pull away.

"Can we say we've become friends?" I ask hoping he doesn't reject my offer. He nods and I smile.

"There's a car outside, what time are your parents due back?" He says as he look at the time. Shit, they can't be back already?

I jump up from my seat and I run to the front door, I open it to see Harry's car. I sigh with relief but as soon as he steps out of the car my heart starts to go wild.

"Hey.." He says so smoothly, I don't bother to say anything as I run upto him and throw my arms around his neck. He laughs as he snakes his arms around my waist. I look up at him.

"Hey.." I say as he leans down our lips greet each other. God I've missed his lips, the way they kiss me is indescribable. It's funny how you can forget someone's details so easily, even his smell makes me feel weak.

"How are you doing? You look better than the last time I saw you.." Harry says and I look away slightly embarrassed he saw me in one of the worst states I've ever been in.

"Much better.." I smile and we walk inside. "Niall is here." I say as I pull him into the kitchen.

"Hey!" Niall beams as he sees Harry. They exchange a manly hug and I smile at them.

Harry starts to thank him for staying and I can't help but admire Harry. The way he is so Caring and protective, it makes me fall in love with him all over again.

"If you'll excuse me, I've got to pop out. Chloe's forgot her purse.." Niall rolls his eyes and he picks up Chloe's purse from the kitchen side. "Won't be long." He smiles and leaves.

"I've missed you so much." I say as I look up at Harry. He smirks at me and kisses the top of my head. I just want to grab him and kiss him like I'll never let him go.

"Missed you too." He says and I take his hand pulling him closer to me. I reach up to his neck and I pull his head down towards mine, I smile as I kiss him.

He kisses me back and I gently start to tug at his hair. I feel his hands trace down my back as they land on to my bum. A little moan escapes my lips as I've longed for him to touch me this way. It finally feels right and I'm getting deeper into the mood.

"Steph.." He says as he tries to pull away. I ignore him as he pushes me back on to the counter as our kiss becomes more rough. He gropes my bum and lifts me up allowing me to wrap my legs around his waist. I place both hands on the side of his head as I never want his lips to leave mine.

He sits me on the side counter and his lips are suddenly kissing my neck. I'm so sensitive there I have to close my eyes. He remembers this is my weak spot from before. I lean forward, resting my chin on his shoulder as I reach for his shirt. I start to pull it up towards his chest and I lift it higher. He stops kissing my neck and stretches his arms up, allowing me to remove his shirt over his head.

"Should we be doing this?" He asks a little unsure as he bites his lip. I smile and nod as I kiss him, he groans into the kiss and I feel my body urge towards him, demanding him to connect with me they way he's been wanting too.

"Upstairs.." I mutter inbetween our kisses. He picks me up and I laugh as he guides us towards my bedroom. He doesn't seem too bothered carrying me, although when we reach the last step on the stairs, he starts panting.

He leans up and kisses me again as we enter my room. He kicks my door and it quickly shuts.

"I've wanted you for so long.." He mumbles as he lowers me down on to the bed. He lifts my top up and I do the same actions as him as he pulls my top over my head, he smirks.
"Your so hot Steph.." He leans over me and guides me back to lay down.

"I want you too." I say as I try to sound confident. I know I want this with him, but I feel a little self conscious with the way I look. I know it's my inner issues but I have to ignore them. I'm quickly distracted by Harry as he leaves a trail of kisses down my chest towards my torso. I automatically arch my back at his touch.

I feel his fingers reach my jeans and the button becomes undone. Oh my, this is it. I'm going to have sex with Harry. I quickly sit up and he looks at me a little startled.

"Are you okay?" He asks and I nod. He looks so cute when he's worried. I reach to his jeans and I unbutton them.

"Now we're even.." I smile and he does too. He quickly pushes them down his legs and steps out of them, I pull mine down and kick them off. I can't believe I'm in my underwear, it's not exactly my best set either.

"You sure you wanna do this?" He asks as he grips the waist band of his boxers. I nod as I start to feel impatient, I just want to be as close to him as possible, to just connect with him. I reach up and kiss him, hoping it will urge him to hurry up and give in to me.

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Harry's POV
"Fuck.." I pant as I roll off Steph and I try to regain my breath. I look over to her and I smile as she looks at me. She's so perfect, I don't think she realises how much I love her. I lean over and kiss her forehead.

"That was.." She smirks as I nod knowing what she's trying to say. "Thank god the house was empty." She says as she moves towards me and snuggles her head down onto my chest. I put my arm around her and slowly stroke her back.

"I love you.." I say as I look up to the ceiling, I glance down at her as she lifts her head and looks up at me smiling.

"I love you too." She smiles and lets her head fall back on to my chest.

"Steph? Harry?!" Chloe calls out. Stephanie quickly jumps up and looks at me in horror. I can't help but laugh at Stephanie's face.

"Get up! Get dressed!" Stephanie panics as she quickly pulls her jeans up, I notice she hasn't bothered with her underwear. What's she doing to me?

"Harry!" She snaps as she throws my jeans at me and I finally get up and I grab my boxers. I smile as she throws her t shirt on and quickly flattens her hair in the mirror. I step in to my jeans and I scan the room for my shirt.

"Where's my top?" I ask and Stephanie looks at me and quickly looks around. "Oh , it's in the kitchen. Someone decided to undress me down there.."'I raise my eyebrows.

"Shit.." She says as she bites her lip.

"Oh well, it's only your friends." I smirk as I grab her around her waist she looks at me. I start to kiss her neck again, she tries lean back stopping me.

"Come on!" She smiles as she tries to break away from me.

"One more kiss.." I tease as I tighten my grip. She rolls her eyes. "Pleaseee." I sing and she shakes her head. "Kiss me!!" I demand playfully.

"Steph.." Lucy says as she knocks on her door. She suddenly opens it and we both turn to see Lucy's eyes widening at the sight of us. "Oh sorry.." She says looking away. I let go of Stephanie.

"No need to be sorry.." Steph says as she scratches the back of her head, she must be dying inside. She gets embarrassed way too easily, it's kinda cute. I look to Lucy who holds up my top in her hands.

"I think you may need this as your parents are back," She says as she looks from stephanie to me, "and I don't know what they'd think if they saw your shirt on the kitchen floor." Lucy smirks as she hands it to me.

"Thanks." I smile as I put my shirt on. Stephanie looks at me and rolls her eyes as if it's my fault, she's the one that took it off me. I shake my head as I laugh to myself.

"No worries. We're going to head off.." She adds and Stephanie nods.

"We'll come down and see you off." Steph says and she glances at me. I nod and I follow them down stairs. All three of them look at us with suspicious smiles as they see me with my shirt now on. I smile back to them.

"Thanks for everything guys, I really appreciate it!" Steph says as she hugs them individually, I hug Niall and we tell each other to keep in contact. I'd like to think he's a friend now as he's such a cool guy. I hug the girls and I thank them for what they have done.

"See you two soon!" Chloe smiles and they all say good bye, as they leave they pass Susan and Ryan who are currently saying hello to them. Steph looks up at me and I smirk as I look at her, I touch her back and slowly trail my finger down her top to her tailbone.

"Stop.." She snaps quietly and I ignore her. "Harry!" She nudges me to me leave her alone. I can see the smile slowly appearing on her face, but I stop as Susan and Ryan walk in. I let my hand fall freely to my side.

"Hey you two!" Susan says as she walks in with Ryan as he shuts the door, he looks to us.

"Did you have a good time?" Steph asks as she gives them a hug. I smile as Ryan shakes my hand and Susan gives me a quick hug.

"Was really good thanks, it was the perfect spa weekend." Ryan says as he looks at. Us. "Has everything been okay here?" He asks and I look at Stephanie.

"Yeah, everything's fine. Although I need to tell you about something that happened, it's about Amy." Stephanie says and they both look concerned at us. I follow them into the kitchen as Steph and I take a seat on the bar stool, Susan and Ryan begin to make some drinks.

"She's not in danger or anything is she?" Susan asks as she puts water into the kettle. She places it back on to the base and turns it on.

"Well, sort of. But she's to blame." Steph says as she looks at them. I look away as this isn't going to be fun telling them what has happened. Stephanie starts to explain and they look at her as they listen closely.

"She did what?" Ryan asks as he leans on the counter.

"She liked Harry and she thought she could be with him, but the truth is Harry and I have been seeing each other." Stephanie says and their attention turns to me, Susan smiles and Ryan's eyebrows are raised.

"So how long have you two been seeing each other?" Ryan asks and I look to Stephanie as we try to remember but everything has been so up and down.

"For the majority of my stay so far." I answer and Steph nods. They both look at each other and they share a small smile.
"Okay, that's fine." Susan says. "So Amy tried to make a move on you Harry, when she knew you two were together?" She asks as she looks at me.

"Yeah, but I didn't do anything, I couldn't disrespect Stephanie like that." I answer and they look at me with sincere looks. This is a little awkward. We don't go into detail as we just let them know that Amy isn't welcome here anymore as Steph still hasn't forgiven her.

"It's a shame she had to do that.." Ryan sighs as he looks at Stephanie.

"I know, but she did. So I no longer want her in my life, my true friends who you just saw you remember Chloe and Lucy?" Stephanie asks and they nod. "The guy is Chloe's cousin, they've been really supportive as I sort of accused Harry of liking Amy and we had a small argument. Harry left and went home for a few days and they stayed with me." Steph adds, I was sort of hoping she wouldn't have brought that bit up, but never mind.

"Right okay, so everything is okay with you two now?" Susan asks and Stephanie nods. "Good okay, I'm sorry that happens to you guys but at least everything is ok now" she adds as and we both smile.

"We wanted to talk to you, Jed's birthday is this Thursday and we were going to drive down there and stay in a hotel for the night. Did you both want to come?" Ryan asks, it feels a little odd they invite me to everything as I thought they'd want to do everything as a family.

"Yeah of course!" Stephanie smiles excitedly, she looks to me as her parents do too. "Do you want to come?" She repeats.

"I think I'll go home if that's okay, let you guys have some family time." I smile and I look at Steph, her smile disappears and she frowns at me. I look to Susan and Ryan.

"Harry, you're welcome to come along. You're part of the family too, especially if you're going to start going out with my daughter." Ryan smirks and I look at Stephanie who smiles. I look back to Ryan and I nod.

"Okay, thanks." I appreciate the effort they put in with me, not many girlfriend's dad's are as laid back as Ryan.

"Cool, shall we go watch a film?" Steph asks as she looks at me and jumps up from the stool.

"Yeah okay." I say as I get up and we say bye to Ryan and Susan. Steph takes my hand and it actually feels nice we can be ourselves infront of her parents. We stop outside the kitchen and close the door.

"So, were my parents jumping too far ahead saying you're going out with me?" Stephanie asks with a cheeky smile. I grin as I put my arm around her and we make our way up to the stairs.

"What do you think?" I ask teasingly and she looks at me as we stop outside her room. She bites her lip and looks away. I smirk as I lift her chin up so her eyes meet mine. "Would you like to be officially my girlfriend?" I ask and I can't believe I have just asked her this. I never ask girls out as I never used to bother with the whole -I have to commit now status- but Steph is on obviously different.

"Umm.." Stephanie says in a wondering tone as she looks away pretending to think. She smiles as she looks back at me. "Of course I do Harry." She answers and I smile. I quickly kiss her and I open her bedroom door.

"So what film are we watching?" I raise my eyebrows as I emphasis the film. She looks at me as she closes the door behind us.

"Depends what mood you're in?" She asks in a flirty tone that I've not yet heard from Stephanie. I quickly pick her up and she laughs as I spin her around. I stop as she looks at me and lowers her head, she kisses me softly and her legs start to wrap around my waist again.

Notes

So Harry and Steph are official, at long last!!

I really hope you liked this chapter!

So coming up, Harry and Stephanie have their first trip away to London, where they start to learn a few more things about each other :)

This story will be coming to an end soon! But there's still a few more chapters to go yet :)
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