Out of Nowhere

- Harry POV -

I sneak back in through the service entrance of the hotel and quickly rush back to my room. I slip in, shrugging off my coat. It looks like I made it.
“Where have you been, mate”
I stumble back in shock, hitting my head on the wall.
“Shit Liam, what the hell are you doing here?” I respond rubbing the back of my head
“Niall saw you sneak out this morning, kept saying that you were sick, only admitted the truth once I got the key to your room to go see you. what the hell were you thinking mate?!”
“I’m just so sick of being stuck in here all day, Liam! Don’t you get that! I mean, there is a whole city outside that we don’t know anything about and we have sit inside all day, we’re not allowed to do anything at all!”
“Mate, we all feel like that! I hate being stuck up in here too. But what you did was just plain stupid! If you’re going to sneak out at least tell someone where your going and when you’ll be back! We don’t know if you’ve been kidnapped or what! There are some crazy people out there, Harry!”
I immediately start to regret my rash actions, I didn’t really think it would affect the others that much. “Right. Yeah” I mumble, my hand on the back of my neck “sorry, I didn’t really think about it like that” I reply sheepishly
“Its alright, mate. just don’t do that again. You know, management is going to kill you”
“Yeah” I sigh, “especially since I wanted to ask them to do something they are not going to like”
“whats up?” Liam asks, eyebrows furrowed
“There was this girl -“
I hear a crunch and a distinctly Irish voice coming from my door “What girl?” I look over and sure enough I see Niall walking in, a bag of chips in his hands.
I just stare at Niall incredulous “How -? You know what, I’m not even going to ask how you both have keys to my room”
Niall just winks at me as he settles himself on my bed still eating his chips. Great, there is going to be crumbs everywhere tonight. “so, who's this girl?” Niall asks
“Her name’s Lauren." She saved my life today. "I don’t know, there is just something about that I can’t get out of my head.” I smile to myself as I look at her number on the back of my hand “Anyway, I wanted to bring her to meet the band, well just you guys since Louis and Zayn aren’t here until next week. I don’t know, I just wanted to do something to say thank you”
“wow, you got it bad Harry” Liam smirks causing me to blush.
This only results in Niall giggling and shouting in a singsong voice “Harry likes a girl. Harry’s got a crush”
“Oh grow up, Niall” I sigh as I throw my coat at him
“Hey, I’m older than you! Damn it, Harry you made me spill me chips”
“serves you right” I smirk
Niall just ends up throwing the chip packet at me. Despite my best efforts I end up laughing with him as chips end up all over my room.

-

Management organise for her to come along to a question and answer session that we were doing the next day. They call her and everything, so that my phone number doesn’t become public. I was a bit disappointed as I really wanted to do something special for her, but they were right. If we did something just for her than the media would be so interested in what was going on, she would be harassed by them and all sorts of rumours would be started.

The session was held in the function room of our hotel, there were microphones and tables set up for the three of us, I sit on the end of the ro, not really listening to what is going on, my eyes just searching the room trying to find her. A smile spreads on my face as I see, she looks so beautiful wearing a white summer dress and a light blue denim jacket. I almost laugh when I see the partly frightened look on her face as she talks to the girl next to her. The other girl is a massive fan, covered in entirely in 1D merchandise, waving her arms around wildly as she talks.

The event seems to drag on forever; all I can think of is talking to Lauren. I think the fans can tell that I am not completely involved in the session. I hope they forgive me. I really do love my fans. When our spokesperson for the day declares that the session is finally finished I practically jump out of chair. I see Niall and Liam smirking in the corner of my eye having worked out why I am so out of it today, but I ignore them. I already have a plan to get Lauren to come back with me. She is on the edge of the group next to the door that we are going out through.

As we near her I smile at her mouthing ‘hi’. She smiles back at me raising her eyebrows. As we pass her I quickly grab her hand and pull her into the middle of the group so that she is inside all the security guards. I look at her and she is laughing, I smile. Thank god, no one noticed.
As we go through the door one security guard tries to stop her, but I put my hand on her shoulder “she’s with me” I say firmly. He looks confused but just nods.

Once we are out of site of the media I pull her away from the group so that we are by ourselves. “I’m glad you came”
She smiles, looking down at the floor, tucking her brown hair behind her ear “thanks so much for inviting me”
I look at her, I’m kind of nervous to ask her my next question but I force my self to “Um look, do you want to get out of here… I mean can I show you something…I mean you did save my life, and I really want to thank you properly…Its nothing really just a small thank you…” Ugh, I’ve messed this all up, but before I can back out she looks at me and smiles “I would love that”

I quickly text Liam as we leave: taking Lauren out, back in about an hour, taking one security with us, please don’t tell management

My security guard drives, so both of us sit in the back seat. We chat as the sun goes down. I find out that she still lives at home and is currently studying law at uni. I find it so easy to talk to her, and when we are quiet it is just a comfortable silence.

We arrive at the stadium that we are going be performing in next week. She looks at me confused, but I just take her hand and walk her in. Our security guard waits and the entrance, she takes time to thank him and talk to him a bit. I just watch her as she talks, she is so kind and sweet.

We enter the stadium, the stage is under construction, so it is half done and half of the stadium is still covered in grass.
“Wow,” she breathes as she spins around taking it all in, “its so big, and empty and quiet”
“yeah, I like coming to the stadium when there is no one here, it just feels like your own little world when your here by yourself”
she looks at me in a way that I can’t quite understand “I get that it.” she smiles as she spins around again “this is soo cool"

We walk to the center of the grass section and both lay down. I lay in the opposite direction to her so just our heads are next to each other. She looks at me a smile lingering on her lips. I get butterflies in my stomach, god she is driving me crazy. My eyes drift from her deep brown eyes slowly to her lips. She bites her lip and it drives me crazy but I force myself to look away and simply state “look” pointing up to the open air above us.
“wow” she gasps as she takes in the night sky littered with stars. “this is amazing”
a comfortable silence falls between as we gaze at the million of lights in the sky. Without realising it I end up just staring at her again. The way her hair falls to the side of her face, the look of child-like wonder in her eyes, the small smile playing on the corner of her mouth. I take it all in, drinking it all up, trying to capture her exactly at this moment so I can remember it forever. I’m not sure how long this will last. I’m so confused, I’ve just met her, I hardly even know her, but I can’t get enough of her and I don’t want to be without her.
She turns her head looking at me, she searches my face, her eyes darting back and forth, trying to work out what I am thinking “whats the matter?”
“nothing, just its beautiful” I smile
she turns her head back to the sky “yeah, it is” she breathes
I mean you, I add in my head too scared to say it aloud. I just look back at the sky.
“Tell me something about you?” she asks
“Like what?”
“I don’t know anything”
“My first pet was a dog called Max”
She smiles “I like that”
“what about you?”
“My favourite colour is that green colour that the ocean can be when its really clear”
“My hair wasn’t always curly”
“Really? That’s pretty cool. I love cupcakes”
“I’ve dropped two pairs of sunglasses down the toilet”
She laughed lightly “I used to want to be a ballerina until I was 8 years old. I was spinning around the house and fell and broke my arm”
I laugh imagining a small 8 year old girl all dressed in pink. We kept talking for quite a while just stating facts about ourselves. It was so easy to talk to her.
All of a sudden I start to feel a few drops of water on me, but the sky is clear. within a moment of realising that it is the sprinklers, another one turns on and I am drenched within seconds. I jump up in shock and screaming as the cold water continues to soak me. Oh god, that was so un-manly. I really hope Lauren didn’t notice that. I look over at her and see that she on the ground laughing hysterically, clutching her stomach and still perfectly dry.
“Oh no, you’re not getting off that easy” i grab her hand pulling her to her feet and straight into the sprinkler, swapping positions so that I am no longer within range of the water.
She screams and laughs as the water completely soaks the dress she is wearing, but instead of running away, she holds her arms out to her sides spinning in circles, her eyes closed and head tilted back to the sky.
I watch her spin, smiling at the pure joy on her face, which just makes me smile.
She turns and looks at me, cocking her head to the side, smiling devilishly, raising her eyebrows. She walks over to me slowly putting her arms around me, but then suddenly pulls me back under the water.
We both end up laughing as the cold water drenches us both. I suddenly realise how close we are, her arms are wrapped around my neck and mine are around her waist. I move in a bit closer searching her eyes. She is staring at me. I tilt me head down just as she leans up. Our lips meet, hers are so soft and warm, I instantly melt under her touch. The kiss starts to deepen, she tastes like chocolate and mint. All to soon she breaks the kiss. Our foreheads still touching, I look at her lips as she breathes.
She whispers “I’ve just met you, Harry. I just..i don’t know...”
I sigh “Right, yeah, I’m sorry” I close my eyes
We stand there a bit longer not wanting to break the contact. Finally I take a deep breath and step back “we should probably head back anyway”
“Yeah, ok” she seems distracted and confused, biting her lip again. Gosh, she doesn’t know how weak that makes me. I just want to spin her into me and kiss her again. Instead I take a calming breath and slip my hand into hers as we walk back to the entrance

-

We’re both sitting in the backseat of the car as my security drives us back to the PLACE??. She is unusually quiet. I look over to her and see that she is staring in the rearview mirror. Her eyebrows furrowed as her eyes dart back and forward. Her posture is very upright and she seems very tense, as if ready to jump at the drop of the hat.
“What’s wrong?” I whisper. I don’t know why I don’t want the security to hear, but I feel like they shouldn’t be part of this conversation.
“we’re being followed.” She whispers not looking away from the mirror.
“fans?”
“no,” she sates firmly, “not your security either. they all use the same type of car. No this is different”
“papparazzi?”
“I don’t think so”
“I’m sure its nothing”
“yeah” she doesn’t sound convinced and is still very tense.
I reach out and take her hand. I can feel her her relax slightly at my touch.

The ride back was completely silent. As we get out of the car I ask “still there?”
“yeah” she replies “I don’t like it”
“hey, its fine” I reassure her, my hand on her chin gently moving her face so that she is looking into my eyes “I’m fine, we are back and I have my own security and everything. they deal with things like this all the time.”
“Okay” she sighs. I can tell she is not convinced. Instead she looks up into my eyes “I had a great time tonight…thank you”
I look into her eyes searching her face, trying to read her “Will I see you again?” I ask
“I don’t know, up to you," she smirks, "you have my number” She slowly lets go of my hand turning away.
I just stare after her smiling. As she reaches her car she looks back and raises her hand in a wave. I wave back as I watch her drive away. Finally releasing a breath I didn’t realise I was holding.

- Lauren POV -
I was so caught up in replaying the events of the night in my head. I go over everything that I said. Second guessing myself. Did I say the right thing? Did I sound stupid to him? Oh, god what was I thinking by saying 'its up to you'! What if he doesn’t want to see me again? Maybe I shouldn’t have gone to the stadium with him? He probably thinks I’m such a wreck. But I had the best time. Ugh, I am such a mess. God, Why can’t I think straight when he looks at me?

I was so caught up in my thoughts that it took me much longer than it should have to see the shiny, low, black car in my rearview mirror. Carefully making its way through traffic. The driving was too skilled, too smooth to be just anyone. That’s when I realise.
'Oh, God' I whisper to myself. Heart racing. Breath uneven. They’re not following Harry, they’re following me...

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