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London Calling

Birthday (Katy Perry)

Harry

I stood up from my chair and went to the front door to help Niall with the cupcakes. I couldn’t believe Annie had done this much for tonight. It was just a birthday, not a terribly big deal. But There was Niall with his hands full of cupcakes and Niki with a giant amount of balloons tied to strings in her hands.
“Yay! You even got the balloons too! You’re the best ever,” Annie said hugging Niall after I’d taken the cupcakes from him. I put them down in the kitchen as she took Niall and Niki in to where my parents were and quickly introduced Niki to them. She looked to be feeling a lot better at this point than she had a few hours ago. I put the cupcakes down and went to sit next to her in the chair again.
“You feeling better, Sugar?”
“I am. Thanks,” she said snuggling in to me. She leaned over to kiss my cheek. “So dinner reservations are at 7:00. Kim and Nate should be here any minute now. Because Lyla was babysitting but couldn’t until later Frankie and Lizzy are meeting us at Spaniard’s Inn. What did you hear from Louise and the guys?”
“Louise should be here soon. She couldn’t find a sitter so she’s bringing Lux, which is fine by me. We’ve got a big enough space reserved for just us. She’s gonna leave after dinner. The guys said they might stop by, same with a few of my other friends. But not doing dinner.”
“Okay. Do you want to change first?” Annie asked. I’d just been wearing jeans and a t-shirt all day.
“I need to put on a shirt. But not much to do there. Were you gonna change? You brought sequins right?”
“I did but I’m thinking I’m not gonna be enough of a party girl to deserve sequins tonight. I may put heels on with this though.”
“Well let’s go upstairs, we can do that and then we can head to the pub.” I pulled her off of the chair with me and we hurried up to the bedroom. Once we were in there I pulled her to me tightly and kissed her with all of the intensity and passion I’d been craving all day. “You’ve been marvelous, Sugar.”
“I’ve been a hungover piece of shit. Your mother is gonna hate me.”
“She loves you. I can tell.” She quickly sat where her clothes had started to take over a section of the bedroom floor and dug around for heels.
“Well I sure as fuck hope so if not. Nate will be dead and Kim will be widowed before she’s made a wife.”
“You’ve done fine. And I can have a sober night of fun with you if you need to take the night off of drinking.”
“You’re fine. I might have a few drinks. But no shots tonight. If I touch a shot glass you have full permission to carry me to the bedroom and lock me in here.”
“I might want to lock you in here for different reasons.” I found a shirt and pulled it on over my white t-shirt. “So Niall brought Niki. How much influence did you have on that?”
“I may have had a little influence. She said she was going to take a taxi to the pub. So I just told a tiny white lie and said Niall wanted to pick her up. Which he did he just hasn’t admitted it…yet. But I assure you by the end of the night he will be admitting it. They look adorable together! You can’t tell me that they don’t,” she said as she stood up and pulled on these platform stiletto heels that were pretty sexy.
“They do. But we also got a bit involved in his love life last weekend. Maybe we should, I don’t know…take a weekend off.”
“If this doesn’t work out I will swear off of trying to set Niall up. BUT if I’m right you owe me something giant.”
“I can give you something giant right now,” I said pulling her in to me, kissing her again. She giggled a little and it made me want to take her to bed.
“You are such a perv. Now let’s go check on my pet project. I’m nervous for when Kim and Nate show up. It’ll be like the Showdown at the Styles Mansion.”
“My house is not a mansion.”
“It is in comparison to my flat so there.” She stuck her tongue out at me and pulled me down the stairs. We got down there to find that Kim and Nate had arrived and were sitting at the barstools in the kitchen talking because there was only the chair Annie and I had been in all day. They looked cozy and I was hoping it wasn’t awkward that Niall and Niki were sitting close on the loveseat. Maybe Annie should’ve thought this through a little more. “Yay! I’m glad you’re here,” she said hugging Kim and Nate.
“You’ve got a nice house Harry. Do I get a full tour?”
“Sure. Sugar, are you giving it or me?” I asked.
“Your house, not mine. But I’d love to tag along. Nate saw everything yesterday. Why don’t we show Kim and Niki?” Shit. She wants to put the two of them together. Well this will be interesting. Niki stood up from the couch and followed us up the stairs. Annie remained relatively quiet while I gave the tour though she did point out that I’d started to work on framing some of the photos we’d taken together to put in the rooms of the house. I’d had great artwork up but loved putting a personal touch in each room. Something that was a bit her and a bit me. So that she filled the house visually the way her presence filled it for me. We made it up to my bedroom and she started to laugh uncomfortably. “He’s a pretty neat person. I may have taken over the bedroom floor.”
“I need to clean out space for her in the closet,” I said as she tried to kick the silk nightgown she’d slept in the other night under the bed. It instead got stuck on her stiletto heel.
“Shit,” she mumbled. “One should remember not to leave nighties on the floor when boyfriend is having a party. I should probably clean this up before people get here.” She started to pick up her clothes, both of the girls laughing at her.
“I can’t imagine his friends will just find their way to his bedroom during his party,” Niki said. “Are your friends that at home here?”
“Some of them are. You’ll figure out quickly who is,” I said laughing. “Louis will likely just come crawl in bed at some point. Nick tried to take a bath the last time he was here for a party.”
“It’s because you have an amazing bath,” Annie said. “I used it the first night I was here.”
“You have a bathtub?” Kim asked. “So jealous. That’s the only thing our flat is missing. That’s on the list of must haves for the house. Amazing master bath with a tub I can crawl in to and disappear in for a while.” Kim peaked in to the bathroom. “That’s an amazing tub. She’s not lying.” Annie was pushing her suitcase in to my closet while clothes spilled out of the top even with her attempt to flip the lid closed.
“Did you guys look to see if the house was still on the market behind us?” I asked.
“Us?” Kim asked raising her eyebrow at me. I stuck my tongue out at her. “Yeah we did. They are having an open house tomorrow. A few more in this area and Primrose Hill. So we are gonna look at a few. He wants to be close to Lizzy and Frankie.”
“You and Nate are looking at houses? That’s great,” Niki said. “I love looking at houses online. I’m just so lucky I remembered that one day while I was looking I’d seen the post about the flat at O’Brien’s or I’d be homeless right now. I can’t thank Frankie and Lizzy enough for letting me move in so quickly. I was literally carrying all of my belongings with me. I looked like the worst person to be renting to.”
“We all sort of look like that the first time we are at O’Brien’s,” Annie said laughing from my closet. “I think I had two day old, I just moved across an ocean hair and the same makeup I’d put on before I got on a plane and I got a job and a date.”
“Wait? I thought you two had only been dating like a week?” Niki asked.
“She dated Cameron. Which I have no idea what she saw in that,” I said laughing. Cameron and I had gotten a long decently last night and he’d not hit on my sister which was a good thing.
“I saw a giant beard most of the time, so nothing quite as appealing as you Dimples,” she said kissing me.
“Wait. Cameron. Like the mountain man we work with?” Annie nodded as she rocked back and forth holding me against her. “That just seems strange. Oddest couple ever. I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to wrap my brain around that.”
“I still can’t either Niki,” I said laughing. We headed back downstairs after the tour and chatted for a bit more before Louise showed up with Lux. They let themselves in as she usually did and Lux came running for me in the chair and climbed in to my lap.
“Happy Birthday Uncle Harry,” she said hugging me.
“Thank you Lux.” She eyed Annie carefully.
“Who’s that?”
“This is Annie. She’s my girlfriend,” I said. I rarely let Lux meet the women in my life. She’d met Taylor and grown attached. It was hard to explain to a toddler that not all relationships lasted. Even though I was only an ‘uncle’ it still mattered to me the impact I had on her life. Lux moved closer to me and whispered in to my ear.
“She’s pretty.”
“She is pretty. She’s also very nice and has been excited to meet you all day.”
“I have been,” Annie said smiling. I saw a smile spread on Louise’s face watching us. “I even brought you a present. Uncle Harry told me that you loved to read. Well this is my favorite book.” She handed a book covered in wrapping paper to Lux who tore in to it. In her hands she held a copy of ‘Where The Sidewalk Ends’. “I love that book so much that one of the drawings it tattooed on me. Now take good care of it. That’s the copy I bought when I first moved here. Do you promise to take care of it for me?” Lux nodded.
“Mummy can we read some of this tonight?” she asked.
“Of course we can. Thank you Annie, that’s a kind gift.”
“I love spreading the joy of reading to kids. I could recite most of that book from memory. I’ll get another copy when I come upon one at the shop. No worries. I love giving kids a well worn copy of the book. Makes them desire to read it more. My niece is younger than your Lux. She’s got the copy I read as a child.”
“That’s a great gift. She’ll love it someday when she’s older. I’m interested to see this tattoo,” Louise said eyeing Annie.
“I’ll show you later when there’s not a room full of people to watch me pull my dress up,” Annie said laughing.
“Louise, this is Annie. Annie, Louise,” I said realizing that they hadn’t been formally introduced but both knew so much about the other. Louise was my best friend, of course she knew about Annie.
“It’s nice to finally meet you,” Annie said shaking Louise’s hand.
“Likewise. This one didn’t shut up about you for the majority of the last six months. Glad to see things have worked out.” Louise smiled at me.
“Me too,” Annie said snuggling in to me quickly. “So Lux, I know you can’t stay out late tonight so I’m going to package some cupcakes up for you and Mummy to take home so that you can still get some of the sweet stuff. Harry told me that chocolate with white frosting was your favorite.” She nodded. “Mine too! That makes us best friends, right?”
“Yeah!” Lux screamed. Annie stood up and picked her up out of my lap.
“Let’s go pick out the best ones,” she said carrying her to the island. Louise sat on the ottoman shoving my feet off.
“You’ve found a keeper it looks like. Lux already likes her.”
“She’s bribing her with sugar. Any kid would like her. But she is a keeper. She’s fantastic. I can’t wait for you to get to know her better. You’ll love her.”
“I’m sure I will,” she said. “You look happy. That’s good to see. Happy Birthday.” She leaned forward to hug me.
“Thanks. It means a lot to have you here with me today.”
“I wouldn’t miss this for the world. You only get to end your teenager years once in life. Good to see that 20 is bringing a big smile to your face.”
“It is.” I looked over at Annie as she was holding Lux up looking through the cupcakes for the three most perfect ones to take home so Lux, Lou and Tom could have cupcakes before bed. “She’s beautiful.”
“She is and you’re smitten.”
“I might be.” I stood up and went over to Annie and Lux. “Did we find the perfect cupcakes?”
“We did,” Annie said. “Lots of sprinkles. The kid must learn from you.”
“She does,” I said taking Lux from Annie and spinning her in a circle. “Are we ready to head to dinner?”
“I think so,” Annie said. Everyone put their coats on and we walked to the pub and were seated in an area that had been sectioned off for us. It was nice to be with my friends and family like this. And it was especially nice how the people in Annie’s life had decided they loved me enough that they wanted to come along too. I was forced to sit at the head of the table, which I hated. It was awkward and put the focus on me, which even on my birthday I’d pass on. But Annie sat next to me with Niki on her other side. Niall sat down next to Niki as well. Maybe Annie was doing something good.
Dinner was great. Lots of good conversation. Annie’s friends and my friends and family seemed to mix together well. Nick had come along to dinner along with one of Gemma’s friends. I’d gotten a few texts saying people were going to meet us at the house after. Annie and Niki seemed to be getting along well. They talked almost nonstop the whole night, occasionally letting Niall in their conversation. He watched Niki with a smile on his face most of the night. I needed to get him alone to talk to him.
“Thank you everyone for coming out tonight,” I said. “It means a lot to have you all with me today. Family and friends, both new and old. I look forward to the next year of my life and the things that it will bring me. And having each of you there to enjoy it with me. Thank you.”
“Happy Birthday Dimples. Cheers,” Annie said raising her glass to clink with mine before kissing me. You could hear the sounds of people hitting their glasses together. And through all of the people saying ‘cheers’ I heard three voices say ‘slàinte’, two male and one female. And I was positive it wasn’t Lizzy because she’d happily yelled cheers louder than almost anyone else. She’d had a few glasses of wine with dinner.
“Did you just say slàinte?” Niall asked, staring at Niki.
“Yeah, why?”
“You Irish?”
“Yeah, born in Dublin. We moved to England when I was 10. I lost my accent somewhere along the way in school. It’s a bit more noticeable around my family and when I go back home to Dublin. Though I swear after a shift with Patty today I nearly sounded like I do after a week back home,” Niki said smiling.
“That’s awesome. I didn’t realize you were from Ireland,” Niall said. Annie kicked me under the table so I looked at her.
“I win!” she said quietly in my ear.
“I know,” I replied laughing. “I’ll pay up later.”
“Good,” she leaned forward and kissed me softly. I loved that she had no fear showing me affection in front of so many of our friends and family. “I’m gonna go to the loo before we leave.”
“Okay.” She stood up and I saw Niki stand too.
“I’ll come with,” she said smiling.
“Okay. We will be back boys. Don’t miss us too much,” Annie said winking at me.
“You have a pretty stupid grin on your face right now mate,” I said to Niall.
“So do you.”
“Well it’s my birthday and my girlfriend looks beautiful. Hard not to smile like a giant idiot. What has you smiling?” I asked raising an eyebrow at him.
“You know why. I don’t even know why you’re asking me. Your girlfriend has ulterior motives in making me pick her up today.”
“She did. She’s a bit of a meddler that girl.” I laughed quietly.
“Admittedly I thought she was crazy. I don’t need to try and find a girlfriend. We are going to be leaving in a few months and gone for most of the year. Worst time to try and start a new relationship. But at the same time it’s not always the most convenient time when you meet someone new. You met Annie when you were here for about a week on break. And look at you. She’s practically moved in within the first week.”
“She has taken the house over a bit hasn’t she?”
“She has, but she fits there like she was always supposed to be there.”
“So do you still think she’s being crazy?” I asked.
“No, she’s a good meddler. Niki is a lot of fun. And she’s Irish. A gorgeous little Irish girl with skills in the kitchen, who makes me laugh, who seems so easy going. And her little bum doesn’t hurt either. When I went upstairs to pick her up and she opened the door in that dress. I thought I was going to die. I was already excited about it after texting her. She’s like a breath of fresh air. I’m positive your girlfriend waved some magic wand to create her.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I would like to get to know her better. So far what I know I really like.” Listening to him talk like this was nice. He had a giant grin on his face that made me happy. The girls approached the table again, arms linked and giggling. They looked like they’d been good friends nearly all of their life. I caught a glimpse of Kim almost frowning at the two girls. I wasn’t sure what was happening there but Annie came up to me and leaned in close to kiss my cheek.
“Miss me?” she asked.
“I did. You look happy. Feeling better?”
“I am. That vodka cranberry after dinner was just what I needed. I’m ready to go back to the house and party now.” She sat down next to me but held my hand in hers. My phone started to vibrate on the table. I looked down to see it was Louis.
“Ello,” I answered.
“Hey, we are at your house. You are not.”
“We are still at dinner. Should be leaving soon. You know how to get in. Why are you calling?”
“Well I’m inside. El and I have found cupcakes.”
“Annie will kill you if you eat them before her plan. Don’t touch them.” I laughed, he’d probably have already eaten one.
“Annie, huh?”
“Yes,” I said. He knew who she was. He’d stolen my phone a few times on tour when she would text me. I’m not sure she ever figured out that some of the texts came from Louis and not me but he found himself hilarious sometimes.
“Good to know I get to meet her. Now get your ass back here or tell her I’m eating all of the cupcakes.”
“Louis says if we don’t get back he’s eating all of the cupcakes,” I said laughing and shaking my head.
“Don’t even think about it! I will cut your hand off.”
“She’s feisty,” Louis said.
“She is. We will be there in a few minutes.” I ended the call with Louis and we all quickly gathered our things and took off for the house. Thankfully Louis and Eleanor were the only ones that had shown up while we were gone. After hanging up our coats I took Annie to the kitchen to introduce them. “Louis, Eleanor, this is my girlfriend, Annie.”
“It’s nice to finally meet you,” Eleanor said. “I’ve heard so much about you from Louis who evidently hears quite a lot about you from Harry. I’ve been excited to meet you in person.”
“Thanks,” Annie said. The girls hugged pleasantly. Louis raised an eyebrow. Maybe we’d have girlfriends that got along. That could potentially be a first. “And Louis, if you ate any of the cupcakes I’m gonna hurt you. Painfully and slowly.” He laughed and hugged her.
“I think that I’m gonna like you.”
“I do feel like you two would get along frighteningly well,” I said.
“Hey Lou, El,” Niall said as he joined us and hugged them both. When he had walked up to us he had his hand on the small of Niki’s back. “This is Niki, she works with Annie at O’Brien’s in Camden.”
“Nice to meet you,” El said.
“Nice to meet you as well,” Niki said sticking her hand out to shake it. I saw Niall smile at her. Louis shook her hand as well and the six of us stood talking for a little while.
I caught Kim with Nate talking to Lizzy and Frankie. She was watching us, the frown returning again. I’d not seen her frown at all in the last 24 hours. She was so happy having Nate back. She seemed like this completely different version of herself than I’d seen the prior weekend. She was relaxed, happy, she didn’t mind that Nate wanted to keep his arm around her or hold her hand. But there she was looking unhappy as I watched her. I need to talk to her quickly tonight and make sure she is okay. I know how important she is to Annie and don’t want her to feel odd in my house. Maybe it was about being around Niall. Whatever it was I knew we needed to get a moment together.
Annie seemed to enjoy herself all night. Finding new people to talk to and dragging Niki away from Niall to introduce her to people as well. I finally found a moment where Kim had walked away from Nate and was on her phone. I snuck over and smiled at her, waving to let her know that I was standing here until we had a chance to talk. She quickly ended her call when she realized I wasn’t going anywhere.
“Hi. Having fun?” she asked me.
“Better question is are you?” I asked.
“Of course. It’s been a fun night.”
“You don’t look like you’re having fun. You look upset about something.” I stuck my hands in my pockets. “Anything you want to tell me?”
“Nothing is wrong. I’m fine,” Kim said her arms crossing in front of her.
“Your body language says otherwise. Are you upset with Annie or me or is this about Niall?” I asked.
“It’s nothing. Just work. We’re busy. I worked a lot of hours this week. Sorry, I don’t mean to be like that. Don’t worry.” She smiled. I knew she wasn’t telling me the truth but maybe she wasn’t comfortable telling me. I made a mental note to tell Annie my concern so she could talk to Kim. I looked around to find her talking to Nick and laughing away. It was great to see her getting along with my friends so well tonight. I went over to them and wrapped my arms around her waist kissing her cheek.
“Hi Sugar.”
“Hi Dimples.” She turned to kiss me lightly. “Having fun?”
“I am. You and Gemma did great.”
“I need to go find her and make sure she’s coming tomorrow,” Annie said getting excited and running off to find my sister.
“Well mate you look happier than I’ve ever seen you,” Nick said.
“Thanks. She’s a really fantastic person.”
“She is a lot of fun. And she looks as if she’s gonna keep you on your toes.”
“Oh she does,” I laughed. The night continued on until the party dwindled a bit after midnight. I finally sat back down in the chair and as Annie went to walk past me pulled her down in to my lap hugging her close to me. “I want everyone to go so I can properly thank you for my birthday presents.”
“I’d like that a lot but I don’t want to kick people out. It’s been so much fun tonight. I don’t want it to end.” She pouted and me so I kissed her. Niall and Niki walked up to us.
“Hey mate, we’re gonna take off. Happy Birthday, thanks for having us,” Niall said.
“Thank you for coming,” I said as Annie jumped off of my lap hugging Niall. “Drive carefully. You’ve got precious cargo.”
“I know.” She turned to hug Niki as I stood up. “My girlfriend is mental.”
“She is and thankfully she’s all yours.”
“I’m so glad you came,” Annie said to Niki.
“Me too. Thanks for inviting me. This was so fun.”
“Text me when you get home so I know you made it okay and I’ll call in the morning so I can come get you and we can go shopping.”
“Okay.” Niki seemed excited. I noticed Kim with her arms crossed again. She was doing a bad job pretending she was okay but I wasn’t going to push it anymore. She was not the type that enjoyed when someone tried to force her to talk about her feelings, I’d figured that out quickly.
“Good to see you both. I’ll see you tomorrow,” Niall said turning to Kim and Nate. Nate stood shaking his hand and giving Niki a hug and kiss on the cheek. “Have a goodnight Kim.” Niall looked at her and she just waved.
“Bye see you tomorrow,” she replied. Niki waived back at her before grabbing Niall’s hand and they walked out the door.
“I think we are gonna take off too,” Nate said. “Lots of houses to look at tomorrow before the party. We will see you guys at the pub.”
“Thanks for coming,” Annie said hugging them. “I know you’d much rather be home naked but it was nice of you to join.” I poked her at the comment but Nate laughed.
“Oh Belle, you’re quite drunk. This one has a lot to deal with when you’re involved.”
‘Worth it,” I said wrapping my arms around her waist. Kim stood and hugged us both.
“See you tomorrow,” she said.
“If you are done early come to the pub and help Niki and I get everything set up. I think Harry will probably come too so we just have the one car. You should come help.”
“We’ll see how long the houses take,” Kim said. “See you tomorrow.” They were both gone quickly and Annie looked at me funny and then shrugged.
“Not sure what’s wrong. Maybe she’s mad she had to leave bed this morning. She and Nate usually have lengthy reunions. I always worked long shifts when he was in town,” she said laughing.
“We will get to be like that some day. Thankfully we can have my place all to ourselves.”
“We will. Okay, how about we get this place all to ourselves now,” she said kissing me. We quickly cleared out all of my friends and headed up to bed. She’d been slightly tipsy all night but nothing like last night. She went in to the closet and started to undress. “Don’t come in here. I’m gonna be right out.” I quickly undressed and go in bed. She emerged in a black silk nightgown with lace along the top and bottom.
“Where did that come from?” I asked as she walked over to me. “I may have picked it up at the vintage shop when I got your cameras. They have a line of vintage inspired lingerie. Do you like?” She turned around modeling it for me.
“You look beautiful baby. Come here.” She eagerly came towards the bed almost jumping in with me. She leaned down to kiss me.
“Happy Birthday Harry.”
“Thank you for making today perfect,” I said before giving her another sweet, passionate kiss.

Notes

So Annie seemed to impress a few of the important people in Harry's life. That's so good for them that they are falling in to place in each others worlds so seamlessly. Louis, El, Louise and even Nick Grimshaw like her. But best of all Lux even loves her. How sweet was her gift to Lux?

Niall and Niki seem to be making Annie look like a professional matchmaker. They held hands on the way out the door! I can't wait to see what happens with them. We know Annie won't rest on Sunday until she knows details! And in strange news Kim seems to be a bit closed off. Just when things went so perfectly with Nate, what could be happening? Maybe a little girl time will get it out of her.

I hope you loved this chapter. I can't wait to hear from you about what you think. Please comment or message. Subscribe. Vote. Rate. All those wonderful things. And head over to raybansandcoffee.tumblr.com. To see so much more! I've posted a small drabble about Niall and Niki and would love to know what you thought about it. I also post pictures from our characters there and on Instagram. If you have a picture you think fits the story submit it to me here or on tumblr and I just might use it!

Until next time. xx

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@raybansncoffee
sorry I just saw this!!! I was rereading London Calling on my phone (LG Slide life) and I saw you responded but couldn't respond until I had a computer. I will go read your other story now but i can't promise the same insights- I'm happier now and might've lost my artistic edge

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9/23/17

Anyone who is interested in reading the real chapter 28 and finishing out this fic head to read the end posted under my new account since I evidently can't get in to it under my original login. http://www.harrystylesfanfiction.com/Story/88873/London-Calling/

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Okay...so evidently there is no way to contact anyone that has anything to do with moderating this page. My facebook account has started to block me from even being able to log in to post anything. I have a new chapter posted on my Tumblr for this. AND I'm getting ready to post the first two chapters of a whole new story. I'd love to hear what you think of both because your insight to what I was writing was incredible. :) I may have to start posting under this user name since I no longer have access to the original username, which sucks.

So evidently this website now hates my Facebook log in and I can't get in to post the new chapter. :( It's posted on tumblr read it visiting raybansandcoffee.tumblr.com

Love to hear the Niall story this was a great read