Harry

Waking up this morning was amazing. Curled up in my arms was Annie, still asleep. I had told her that I loved her. And she told me she loved me. And it wasn’t just the kneejerk reaction to say it back. She meant it. She loved me. I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite this happy in my lifetime. She looked beautiful and innocent in my bed asleep…no in our bed asleep. I’m sure all of my friends will think I’m absolutely mental for asking her to move in with me but I didn’t like the idea of not having her here every day. She fit so perfectly in my home and I truly did want to make it our home. I’d never felt like this about anyone, especially so quickly. But even that didn’t seem true. I’d been spending the last six months of my life learning every detail about this woman. Every single thing from the dimple in her right cheek to the way she talked faster the more excited she got about something.
I lay watching her for probably fifteen minutes before she started to stir in her sleep. She stretched before she snuggled up closer to me. Her eyes opened and closed slowly. I watched a smile spread across her face before she buried her face in my chest and groaned. I kissed the top of her head.
“Why are we awake?” she mumbled in to my skin.
“Because we have some packing and moving to do.”
“Already? But it’s so early and I’m so tired.” She whined.
“I know and so am I. But I also want to get stuff organized around here so that we can move you in.”
“You were serious about that? It wasn’t a dream.” I nodded and her smile grew so big I thought my heart would burst. “Well we could do that. Start to make space so I’m not living out of a suitcase on your floor.”
“That’s what I was thinking. I was also thinking that we could maybe move some of your stuff today.” I was anxious to get her here. Anxious to start this whole new chapter of living together.
“You promised me a day in bed. Can you make room in the closet and dresser for me while I lay in bed?” she asked.
“Sure. Did you want breakfast?”
“Duh,” she said laughing.
“Let’s go downstairs then.” I kissed her and crawled out of bed pulling on sweatpants. She grabbed my Packers hoodie off the floor and pulled it on before finding a pair of my sweatpants in a drawer and pulling them on. “You look hilarious.”
“Well if you weren’t so tall there wouldn’t be this problem.”
“Maybe if you weren’t so short. Although I sort of like that you’re short. Makes you easy to transport,” I said before picking her up and flinging her over my shoulder and carrying her down the stairs as she screamed and giggled. I kissed her and then went to the refrigerator. “How about eggs and French Toast? Or would you prefer pancakes?”
“Whatever you want, you’re cooking. This was supposed to be my lazy in bed day. Already breaking the one rule I had for today. I’m out of bed.”
“Fine. Pancakes, you had French Toast at the restaurant yesterday. I may have some bacon too.”
“You know I love bacon,” she said giggling. I started cooking as she sat on her iPad that she’d left on the counter the night before. “So how do I tell Kim and Nate I found a new living arrangement?”
“Tell them you’re so desperately in love with me that you cannot fathom living a night where you aren’t in my bed. So you’re moving in with me as soon as humanly possible.”
“I don’t want to just abandon Kim,” Annie said.
“You aren’t abandoning her. Nate will be here. He told me last night that he was just going to start moving things here so that when they get a house there’s less to move. They may have heard about the house already. Why don’t you call,” I said to her. I saw her pick her iPhone up and call on speakerphone.
“Hey, are you as hungover as I am?” Kim asked.
“No, I didn’t drink last night. I did that the previous two.” Annie laughed. “So have you heard about the house yet?”
“Yeah, Nate just got off the phone with the realtor. We got it!”
“Yay!” Annie started yelling and I watched her dance in her chair. “I’m so excited for you guys.”
“The house is empty. The couple wants to get rid of it as quickly as possible because they’ve already relocated. So it’s gonna be a quick closing. We close in 30 days. And the couple is going to actually let us in to get some painting and stuff done before we take possession. I was about to call actually. That way we can talk and give our 30 day notice on the flat.”
“Do it. I’m cool with it,” she said smiling at me.
“Which room do you want Belle?” Nate yelled, Kim must’ve also had the phone on speaker.
“I actually don’t need a room to move in to. Someone decided to ask me to move in last night.” She giggled a bit telling them.
“What? Seriously?” Kim asked excitedly.
“Yeah, we got home and he told me that I shouldn’t worry about the walk between your house and his house. That I should just move in here instead.”
“And you said yes?” Nate asked.
“Yes, he said he loved me and wanted me here. Hard to say no to that when he’s giving puppy dog eyes too.”
“Well, I’m happy for you guys,” Nate said.
“Thanks, we are both happy for you too,” I added. “Congrats on the house. Can’t wait to see it.”
“So when are you moving out?” Kim asked.
“Someone thinks I should start today. I told him that I didn’t want to abandon you,” Annie said laughing.
“I’m basically moving back so we can get stuff set up in the new house while the owners let us. So you aren’t abandoning her,” Nate said.
“That was my exact point,” I said from the background.
“Move in with him when you’re ready to. As long as it’s within the next 30 days,” Kim said.
“Okay.” Annie had seemed to cheer up. “Well we are working on his house today. He is going to make room for me in the house and then tomorrow I’ll start packing things up to move here. I think if he had a magic wand he’d move everything over today. Unfortunately I’m dating Harry Styles, not Harry Potter.” Kim and Nate both started to laugh with Annie. I couldn’t help but laugh at her joke.
“Fuck off!” I said flipping her off and going back to cooking breakfast.
“I better go. Don’t want my new landlord to evict me for being mean before breakfast.”
“Bye,” Nate and Kim both said as she hung up the phone.
“I’m not your landlord,” I grumbled.
“What was that?” she asked.
“I’m not your landlord. I’m your boyfriend. I want you to live with me because I love you not because I want a rent check.”
“Well I didn’t mean it like that, I was joking,” she defended. I looked to see her a bit thrown off by my reaction.
“The house is paid for completely. Utilities aren’t anything that I flinch at for the house. This isn’t financial for either one of us, even though I know it will save you a lot of money. This is me wanting to wake up next to you every morning and go to bed next to you every night. I don’t want anything from you other than your presence.”
“Then I will feel like I’m living off of you. I have to help somehow. Whether it’s food or utilities or something.”
“We will figure it out. But that is not a conversation for today.”
“Fine but it has to be a conversation at some point. Promise me that.”
“I will promise you whatever gets you in to this house living with me,” I said.
“I’m moving in Harry. But I want to feel like I contribute to shit here if I’m living here.”
“I get it. We will figure it out. But for now the only thing we should be figuring out is what you want to drink with breakfast so that we can go upstairs and start making room in this house for your things.” She stood from her spot at the island and came over to me. She stood on her tip toes to kiss me.
“Thank you for inviting me to live in your house.”
“It’s our house now.” I watched a smile spread across her face as she hugged me. I bent down kissing the top of her head. “I mean that, ya know. I want this to be ours. I want to make it look like it’s ours. Put up your artwork. Find a place for your vinyl and your grandpa’s stereo. Let your makeup take over the entire bathroom.”
“We are really gonna live together?” she said still seeming shocked at the possibility. I nodded. She wrapped her arms around my neck and jumped. I quickly reacted, caught her and helped her wrap her legs around my waist laughing. “This is literally the greatest thing next to the day I moved here.” I sat her down on the counter and leaned in to kiss her.
“I’m really glad you’re gonna be here. The house had never felt like home until you were in it.” She looked a bit emotional but the smile that graced her lips was so giant that the tear that snuck out slid down the side of her cheeks. I wiped it away and pulled her in for a kiss. “And now it’s going to be our home.”
“It is.” She leaned forward to kiss me again. “You’re gonna burn the breakfast,” she said against my lips.
“Can’t do that.” I kissed her before going back to our breakfast as she sat on the counter talking to me. We ate breakfast together before we cleaned it up and headed back up to the bedroom. She immediately laid in the bed.
“I am so happy that I get to wake up in this bed every day,” she said laughing.
“Well almost every day. I’m eventually going to have to leave and I fully intend on taking you places with me. When you can at least.”
“Really?” She sounded surprised.
“Yes, really. I leave for the majority of the year in April. Do you really think I’m moving you in here so that I can then just leave you here and never see you?” I asked coming to lay down beside her in bed.
“I don’t know what your plan is with that.” Her hand caressed my cheek.
“Well I’d love to have you travel with me as much as your schedule allows. I know you have commitments here and that with Lizzy being pregnant you’re going to want to be around for that.”
“I am. She’s family.”
“I know and I want you to be here for that if you want to be. But I want to take you on part of it. I mean you’ve barely seen the UK since you moved here. This could be a chance to show you the world.” She leaned forward kissing me and pulling me in to her.
“You are amazing. How did I get this lucky? That I procrastinated the shit out of a first date and when I did a week later I’m head over heels in love.”
“Yeah just think if you hadn’t been so against this.” I rubbed my nose against hers before kissing her softly.
“I wasn’t against it. I think I just knew you had the power to break me. I couldn’t go through that. But I realized that I was being stupid. And I’m glad I realized that. Because I love you.”
“I’m glad you did too because I love you.”
“We need to be productive.” She moved to get out of bed and I pulled her in to me. She started to laugh; I loved the way she laughed when we were alone. Normally her laugh was almost a giggle but if it was just us her laugh could fill a room.
“We can be productive in bed.” I laid her back on the bed and moved between her legs. I pulled my sweatshirt off of her leaving her in my t-shirt and sweatpants. “You are only wearing my clothes.”
“Maybe.” She laughed this time it was the giggle.
“You’re going to steal my clothes aren’t you?”
“Maaaaaaybe.” Her legs moved up around my waist and pulled me down on to her. “They smell like you and are comfy. Plus when you do leave they will make me think of you when I’m stuck here alone.”
“Well then…wear what you want. My clothes are yours. Plus you look cute in them.” I freed myself from her legs and bent down kissing her stomach. “Now back to being productive in bed.” I’d started to kiss up her stomach when her phone started ringing. “Hello,” she answered on speakerphone.
“Hey!” Lizzy said I gave up and laid my head down on her stomach. She started to run her fingers through my hair. “How is your day off so far?”
“Well I got a really awesome breakfast and heard that Kim and Nate got the house. So pretty good so far.”
“Yeah, are you excited to move with them?” Lizzy asked. I could tell she was fishing.
“I’m not moving with them. But still moving.”
“Are you gonna be my neighbor?” Lizzy practically screamed. Annie had informed me that Lizzy and Frankie lived a few streets over from my house.
“I am. We are supposed to be working on cleaning out a closet to make room for me so I don’t have to live out of a suitcase anymore. But he’s laying in bed.”
“So is she,” I yelled.
“Well both of you need to get your butts in gear. You have to come back to work Wednesday. You can’t spend too much time doing this,” Lizzy said. “And if you’re all done on Wednesday I will consider picking you up for work so you don’t have to walk.”
“You’re my hero,” Annie yelled. “Butts in gear. I’ll call you later.” She ended the call and climbed out of bed. I followed her and went in to the closet as she pushed her suitcase out in to the bedroom and tried to organize what was in there.
“It won’t be all that hard. I’ll just smoosh some of my stuff together and get rid of some stuff. Like do I need this anymore?” I held up a red white and blue plaid shirt that had the sleeves ripped off of it.
“Yes! Watch.” She stood up and slipped off my sweatpants and t-shirt. She was standing in front of me in just her panties. I thought I was gonna die as she reached for the black lace bra that I loved so much. She quickly grabbed the shirt pulling it on. “See. Don’t I look adorable?” She spun in a circle.
“You do. So you’re saying I’m not gonna be able to get rid of anything.”
“No you will. Can we get rid of those fedoras you wear?” she asked giggling.
“Uh no. Sit back down.” I grabbed another shirt and was debating on it when she grabbed it front me.
“Don’t even think about it,” she said.
“What?”
“You were gonna get rid of that shirt.” It was a red, black and white plaid shirt. Something I probably had 12 of.
“Yeah, I have a lot in this color.”
“Nope you can’t.” She pulled the other shirt off and shrugged this one on snuggling in to it. She buttoned the shirt up and I saw how it hung off of her.
“Why not?”
“This is the shirt you were wearing the first time I met you.” I smiled looking at her as she smelled the collar of the shirt. “You can’t get rid of this. I’ll get rid of something before this can go away.”
“You remember what I was wearing?” She nodded.
“Yes,” she said blushing. “You looked so cute in this shirt.”
“You had on a black maxi dress, the one with the slits up to your thigh. And that black and grey striped top that hangs off your shoulder when you wear it. You were barefoot. Your hair was in waves. I knew that moment that I’d never meet someone quite so beautiful.”
“You are such a sap.”
“Hey! You remember what I was wearing too.”
“I do and for that very reason we cannot get rid of this shirt. Plus it’s totally a dress on me. Belt it, leggings, boots and I’m ready for a night out.” I laughed as I pulled her by the shirt in to me.
“I love you.”
“I love you,” she replied kissing me. “Now make room for me.” We finally started agreeing on things for me to at least move in to one of the closets in another room. And a few items we both decided were worth giving away. The problem was she looked cute in everything of mine she put on. Some of my blazers from when I was younger looked cute on her, some didn’t fit across her chest which just made the whole closet purge harder because she’d only put a very thin tank top on and I could see her bra completely through it. “You’re trying to entice me back to bed aren’t you?” I asked as she pulled a grey blazer off and put it in the pile that was almost as tall as her that had been labeled keep.
“Why do you say that?” She turned to look at me.
“You’re standing in front of me in those black lace little boy short panties that show your bum, a bra that I feel was created just to make me weak in the knees. And a blazer I wore when I was 17.” I started to laugh.
“I have a tank top on.”
“Yeah it’s white and I can see through it.” She giggled at me. “Can we take a break?” She nodded and I walked out of the closet picking her up and carrying her to the bed. I lifted the tank top up kissing her stomach where I had been earlier when Lizzy called. “If your phone rings I’m going to kill whoever is on the line.”
“Ringer is off.” She pulled the tank top off and started to push my sweatpants down. I quickly unhooked her bra kissing up to her breasts. I massaged her right breast with my hand while licking and sucking on the left.
“You are beautiful,” I mumbled against her skin. I felt her skin cover in goose bumps. I moved to kiss her lips as I slid her panties down and off of her. I felt her hand on my growing erection, stroking me up and down slowly.
“So are you,” she said back, her eyes getting the glassed over look she got in moments like this. I moved back down to kiss her and she positioned me at her entrance. Teasing the tip against her clit before helping to slide me in. She was tight and warm. Shit. I didn’t have a condom on. As if she could read the thought in my head. “It’s okay.”
“What?” I went to pull out and she wrapped her legs around me.
“Birth control. We are fine. I love you. Don’t move.”
“I love you. Are you sure?”
“Positive. We ran out of condoms and I am not delaying this to go get more. I’ve been on birth control since I was 16. I’ve never had sex without a condom. You feel so good. Don’t even think of going anywhere.”
“I don’t think I could if I wanted to.” She was right. It did feel good. I was slow as I kissed her, my hips moving back and forth as I moved in and out of her. Every sensation was different, intensified. I pushed the nervous thoughts out of my head; there was no sense in worrying if she wasn’t worried especially when she looked up at me with those eyes.
“Kiss me,” she breathed out. I bent down to kiss her as our bodies moved together. Her breathing was changing; her hands ran through my hair and her hair. She bit her lip then mine. She looked like she’d been transported to another world. I knew I had. Every time she touched me it was like a million nerve endings lighting up at once. Her fingers running up my back felt like my skin was igniting. “Fuck.”
“You’ve got a dirty mouth sometimes…and I like it.” She started to laugh as I gripped her hips.
“You say the weirdest things sometimes…and I like it.” She sat up to kiss me. “But right now, you should shut up and kiss me.” Our lips stayed locked except to breathe. “I love you.”
“I love you,” I replied as I felt her orgasm start to work its way through her body. “I’m close baby.”
“I know. I can tell.” She started to move faster, urging my movements until I came, her body still reeling from her orgasm. I laid my head down on her chest not moving from between her legs. She started to run her fingers through my hair as we both tried to catch our breath. “That was incredible.”
“Amazing.”
“Sorry for springing that on you.” I glanced up at her and smiled. “I maybe should’ve told you we were out of condoms before that happened.”
“It’s okay. You’re sure it’s safe.”
“Well unless you’re some giant walking STD I’m sure we are fine.” Her thumb ran across my lips. “I was tested after my last partner. I’m clean. And I’ve never done that before. But I am on birth control, so we are still protected.”
“I am also clean. Admittedly I’m almost glad you just did that. I would’ve debated it in my head. Once I felt that I didn’t have an option to change my mind.” I moved out of her and laid beside her, kissing her temple. “You are wonderful.”
“So are you. So…do we need to finish the closet purge?” Her fingertips started to trace my tattoos.
“I don’t want to get out of bed. Except maybe to take a bath.”
“A bath sounds wonderful. We’ve worked hard today, I think we deserve to relax.” I started to laugh loudly at her. “What? We did work hard. We, okay you, made breakfast. We found a few things to donate and move to another closet. And we just had mind blowing sex. A bath is well deserved.”
“Yes, it is,” I said laughing. She got out of bed and I heard the water in the tub kick on and then music float out of the bathroom. I climbed out to find her bent over the tub pouring in the bubble bath. I walked up behind her and bent down to kiss her shoulder. She turned and kissed me before climbing in to the bubbles. I climbed in facing her and turned the water off once we were both sufficiently covered in bubbles.
“So I was thinking we should maybe set some ground rules for living together. Make our relationship still progress and not have any giant disagreements over stupid shit like forgetting to put the seat down,” she said as she took my foot in her hand and started to massage it.
“Great idea, though I put the seat down. I grew up with a mother and sister. I wasn’t much allowed to leave the seat up.” She giggled. “I’m sort of neat.”
“I am sort of not.”
“I’ve discovered that.” I started to laugh.
“I promise to try to be for you. It’s typically just my room because I have to share with Kim. I will promise not to throw clothes around the bedroom and leave them there for days on end…while you’re home.”
“So you’re telling me I’m gonna FaceTime you from the road and there’s going to be stuff all over the bedroom.”
“Probably,” she said laughing.
“You’re lucky you’re cute.”
“I am going to take over the kitchen. I have a lot of baking stuff. And your kitchen is sort of my dream. The marble island is amazing.”
“I’m totally okay with that. I will always be willing to taste test and clean off any beaters that need cleaned.”
“Good. Now I don’t like cooking by myself all the time.”
“I will always share the duties with you, I like the time we spend together in the kitchen,” I said. “And there’s always take away or eating out.”
“Can we get take away tonight?” she asked. “I’m craving Chinese.”
“Sounds good to me. So you have to agree to only take up half the sink with your makeup and stuff. I know you’ve been really good about keeping it in your bag but I want you to put your stuff away once we are out. But there’s two sinks. Pick which half you want. And put your stuff in the shower too.”
“Okay, I promise to not let my girlie things encroach upon your manspace.”
“If you’re going to be working at the pub and not taking one of my cars I would like to come pick you up from work. Sometimes you aren’t out of there until really late and I am nervous about you taking the tube this far and then walking.”
“I’d be fine,” she said.
“I know. But I’d like to do that. And if I’m not here to take you to and from work I’d like you to drive. Have your pick at my cars. I trust you with them. And I would feel safer knowing that you were in a car and not on the tube alone and then walking from the station here.”
“Okay,” she agreed. “I will drive or have you pick me up. Or sometimes I guess Frankie could give me a lift.” She paused. “My grandfather’s stereo is really important to me. I know it doesn’t fit in the house aesthetically…”
“Your grandfather’s stereo will have a place of prominence in this house. Whichever room you’d like it to go in we will put it there. Living room, office, bedroom, you pick.”
“Really?” I nodded. “Well I would love to have it in the living room but I also love the way the living room looks. Maybe the bedroom. We can listen to vinyl in bed. If my records all have to go in to storage I get that. I can find containers like I used to keep them in.”
“I was actually thinking of having shelves added to the living room for them. Or maybe the office. Whichever you’d like.”
“I think shelves would look cool in the office. But I would be happy with them in the living room or anywhere that you would have them. This is still your house, I will be living here and it will be our home but something that structurally different is your decision.”
“Okay well we will talk to a professional, get a few ideas and see which we like best,” I said as she rubbed the arch of my foot. “I’m really excited to have all of your stuff here. I say we make a goal. Everything is moved out before your birthday. You can start your next year in your new house.”
“Good goal.” I finally maneuvered my feet away from her and moved towards her in the tub, laying in my side with my head on her chest. Her fingers ran through my hair massaging my scalp. “You promise this isn’t just because I’d have to find a flat because of Kim and Nate?”
“I promise, Sugar. This is because I love you. I want you here with me. I’ve honestly never felt for a single person on this planet what I feel for you. This isn’t about convenience. This is about love.”
“Okay,” she said looking at me and kissing me. “I’m turning in to a human prune. And I’m hungry.”
“Then let’s get out of the bath,” I said. I kissed her before standing and drying off quickly, hooking the towel on around my waist. She stood and exited the bath as I wrapped a towel around her shoulders. I dried her off before we both headed in to the bedroom. She pulled on one of my t-shirts and a pair of leggings. I found sweatpants and a t-shirt. “So dinner, still hungry for Chinese love?”
“Yes, starving for Chinese food. Are you okay with that?” she asked as she pulled her hair back in to a messy bun.
“Of course I am. We can have a night in tonight. Then maybe tomorrow we will do dinner out. I don’t want us to become hermits and get comfortable at home and never leave. Though I do like being home with you.”
“I like being home with you too but I also like the idea of going out for dinner tomorrow. Maybe see how Niki and Niall’s first date went tonight and go out with them. Kim has an event tomorrow night.”
“Well,” I said as I pulled her closer to me. “Louis actually sent me a text earlier today. He wanted to see if we wanted to grab dinner with he and Eleanor tomorrow night. Is that something you’d like to do?”
“Of course! You’ve spent so much time getting to know the people in my life. I can’t wait to get to know the people in yours. That would be wonderful; we can go wherever you guys decide.” She kissed me. “But now…Chinese, a movie and couch snuggles?”
“Perfect.” We headed down to the kitchen, ordered dinner and snuggled up on the couch. “We should probably tell our families that you’re moving. Right?”
“Probably,” Annie agreed. She took her phone and started to FaceTime home. I saw Dad appearing as the name on the screen. I watched as it connected.
“Hey kid,” he said smiling. She had her Dad’s smile. I loved seeing her glow as she talked to him.
“Hey Daddy. Remember Harry?” she asked. I waived from behind her. We’d met earlier this week when she FaceTimed him from the house.
“Hey Harry, did you have a good birthday?” he asked.
“A wonderful one. Your daughter made it pretty spectacular. Impressed the hell out of my Mum too.”
“She’s good at that,” he said laughing.
“Hey kids,” her step-mother said from the background as she popped her head in view.
“Hey!” we both replied.
“Having a lazy Monday?” she asked.
“Yeah, we did some closet purging for him today.”
“Oh really?” I saw an eyebrow raise on her step-mother and Annie laughed.
“Yes, really. Kim and Nate bought a house. They have a 30 day close on it and we put in our notice on our flat today. They offered to have me move in with them. But someone thought it would be more fun to have me live here.”
“So you’re moving in?” her Dad asked. I saw the fatherly concern spread across his face.
“Yes. I wanted to let you guys know. We made room today and are going to start moving this with the goal of it all being moved before my birthday. Want to start my 30s in a bold way. What better than to scare the crap out of you two and tell you I’m moving in with my boyfriend.” She was laughing as so were her parents.
“Not scared,” Dad said. “You’re a logical girl. You make smart decisions. You moving to London scared the shit out of me. Nothing you’ve done since has. Minus that bearded man you dated.”
“Scared the shit out of me too,” I said laughing. She elbowed me.
“Well I’m glad you’re both okay with it,” she said. The remainder of the conversation went well before we ended it and FaceTimed her mother.
“Hey kids!” she said.
“You still at work?” Annie asked.
“I am,” she said. “Late night. Have an event this week. How are you two?”
“Good, we cleaned out his closet and drawers today. I’m moving in.”
“Really?” Joy asked laughing. “I’m not in the least bit surprised. You two seem to be chugging along at a high rate of speed over there.”
“We are,” I said laughing. “I figure she’s here all the time anyway. I love having her here. I love her. Why not make it more official, more permanent.”
“I’m happy for you. So will I still be allowed to visit in March?” her mother asked.
“I hope you still are planning on it,” Annie said.
“Of course I am.”
“Well then you are welcome to stay here with us. I don’t leave for tour until the end of April so I will be here to help you have some fun as well.”
“Great. I can’t wait to see the house and see what you love so much about London.”
“Me too Mom, me too.” Annie talked to her mother until the food arrived and we ate dinner at the counter in the kitchen. Her legs laid across mine as we talked about what we wanted to do with any changes we had in mind for the décor of the home. Her phone rang with Niki calling to report on her first date with Niall so I took the opportunity to call Mum.
“Hello my little boy. You alright?”
“I am Mum. You?”
“Wonderful. Just winding down for the night.”
“Same here. Annie and I got take away Chinese for dinner because neither of us wanted to cook after a busy weekend.”
“She’s there?”
“She is. She’s on the phone with Niki. She and Niall had their first official date tonight. Gossiping about it right now.”
“That’s good. She’s such a sweet girl. You’ve found a keeper.”
“I know Mum.” I took a deep breath. “I asked her to move in with me.”
“I figured this call was coming soon. Not quite this soon but soon.”
“You did?” I asked surprised.
“Yeah, you’re in love. It was written all over your face Saturday. You complement each other well. And frankly maybe her being older than you is a good thing. She’s not fazed by the things in life that most girls your age are. You have a job and a life and she respects that because she has the same. When there were cameras outside the restaurant she didn’t let it bother her. She even took photos for the few fans you saw. She’s good. I like her. She’s got the Mum stamp of approval.”
“Thanks. I’m really glad you like her. I love her, a lot, Mum. I can’t wait for everything of hers to be here and for this house to really be ours. It finally feels like home to me,” I said.
“I’m glad Harry. That’s all I’ve ever wanted for you.”
“Thanks Mum. She just got off the phone with Niki. I should probably go. I’ll call soon.”
“Okay. Tell her hello for me.”
“I will. Love you Mum.”
“Love you Harry.” I hung up the phone and smiled at Annie across the room.
“Mum said she was expecting this phone call.” Annie laughed as she yawned. “Let’s get you in bed love.”
“Good plan,” she said as she stood up. We headed up to bed and snuggled under the covers facing each other.
“I love you,” she said.
“I love you.” With a sweet kiss we both drifted off to sleep. In our bed. In our home. The future looked like it was going to be wonderful.

Notes

I can't even begin to explain how thankful I am for everyone's patience with me while I have worked on this chapter. I've had a lot going on personally that has prevented me from getting in a zone and getting through a chapter like I normally do. I was finally able to get through this. The support I receive has kept me going. I hope you enjoy the chapter after the long wait.
So much is changing in these characters' worlds. A first date for Niall and Niki. A first house for Kim and Nate. And building a first home together for Annie and Harry. Their lives are moving quickly and taking shape. What do you think of the developments? I'd love to hear from each of you? What makes you love/hate this story or even just this chapter? What makes you love/hate the characters? What are your favorite parts of the story so far? Hearing what you think and what you like/dislike makes the writing process rewarding for me. So please let me know what you think. Comment, message, like, subscribe.
Find me on tumblr there is so much more there including TFLN, instagrams, and so much more that I'd love to do if it helps you enjoy the story more. Message me any suggestions, prompts, ideas, submissions, etc. I'd LOVE to see them. I'd love to make this more interactive for the reader. That's the beauty of fan fiction over traditional fiction and why it has always been my favorite genre to write.
Now as for the song title for this chapter. The Nadas are a local band to Central Iowa, where our main character Annie is from. Feel Like Home is a love song, technically I think for Des Moines. But in this case I feel that for Annie and Harry who have both searched for so long for a place to be happy that they feel like home for each other. No matter where they are, if they are together, they are home. Take a listen to the song on spotify and to ALL of the songs that are used as titles (well at least those that are available on spotify) on the London Calling Playlist.
Please let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you. Until next time...xx