Harrys POV
When Nikki confessed that she liked me, I wasn’t sure what to say next. The girl who has stolen every ounce of my mind, the girl who is my waking thought, the only girl that’s able to make me blush, likes me back. ME, out of all people. When you hear that the person you like, likes you back, you should be happy, right?

Well, at first I wasn’t happy. I felt ashamed, ashamed that I wasn’t able to realize her feelings. I was so blinded by jealousy and doubt that I couldn’t see that I was hurting her by running off with Taylor. I also felt frustrated and confused. I mean, she wasn’t exactly giving me strong hints and signs that she liked me. She was always with Liam.

So what now? I can’t just go “Oh I like you too, lets go frolic in the flowers and live happily ever after!” We both messed things up and now we have to fix them. Fix things between us and things with Liam. We have to at least build up our friendship more. Nikki and I don’t exactly have the best relationship.

I did the only thing I could do, I walked away. I walked away so I could think about what my next move will be.

Lately I haven’t been making the right decisions and the only way to do it is to think through everything, and Louis yelling at me wasn’t helping. He was lecturing me and I couldn’t take that. I ended up yelling at him out of frustration and ran away from him. I wasn’t surprised that he didn’t run after me. I know that he didn’t want anything more than to throw me over his shoulder and march back to his van. In my opinion, he did the right thing by letting me run away. I needed my space and deep down, I think Louis thought the same thing. But that didn’t change the fact that Louis was probably pissed off at me.

The more I walked, the colder I got, but I still didn’t regret running away. I may be walking in the cold, pouring rain, but it didn’t change the fact that I needed space. At some point, my skin turned numb and I was shivering uncontrollably. I looked around, looking for Simons house, but I was nowhere near it.

I was lost.

I flicked my sloppy hair back and ran. I ran around taking random turns and up hills. The wind picked up and the rain fell down harder, and I was getting tired from all my panicked running. I started losing hope and I slowed down my running to a sluggish jog. I took ragged breaths and my limbs were stiffening. Who ever knew that California could get so cold, especially in the area where it was almost always scorching hot.

“Nikki..” I breathed in relief when I noticed a familiar condo. I mustered all that I left and took one step at a time up to her door. I leaned on the door and flopped my hand to ring the doorbell. I closed my eyes and waited. I waited to hear Nikki’s voice, Nikki’s warmth, to see Nikki’s face. The door opened and I fell through the doorway, landing on whoever opened the door. I don’t remember much after that. I only remember feeling a comforting warmth wrap around me and Nikki’s familiar sweet scent.

“Hmmm...” I heard someone sleepily moan and I slowly felt a light weight in my hand, across my stomach and on my arm. My eyes fluttered open and I blinked multiple times. My curls were in my eyes and I lifted my arm to brush them out of my eyes, but the weight on my arm shifted. I peered down and saw a figure between the spaces in my brown curls.

I lifted up my free arm from under the blanket and pushed my curls to the side with my hand. I blinked a couple times again and focused on Nikki sleeping. Her head was rested on my arm and her right hand was holding mine. Her left arm was resting on my covered stomach and the rest of her body was in an uncomfortable position on the ground “Hmmm...” she sleepily moaned again and nuzzled her nose in the crook of my arm. I smiled down at her angelic, heart shaped face. She’s beautiful. I reached over and rubbed her messy curls.

“So beautiful..” I whispered, twirling one of her curls with my finger. I’ve got it for her, there’s no doubting it now. I’m gonna make my move, but I want to do it the right way. I want to get to know her and build a connection between us. I’m not going to rush things with her like I’ve done with other girls. This time, it’s going to be different. Nikki scrunched up her nose in an irresistible way and her eyes slowly opened.

“Harry..?” she sleepily asked and I squeezed her hand. She smiled sleepily and lifted up her head, but then flopped back down on my arm.

“Nikki?” I asked, sitting up slightly.

“Probably the pain pills” Anjelica said, scaring me. She chuckled from her place by the hallway. “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.”

“Is she okay?” I asked. Nikki rarely took the pain pills she was prescribed, even if she was hurting, so hearing that she took them means that she was really hurt.

“Oh yeah, she’s fine” she said, waving her hand. “Her elbow hurt after you fell on her.”

“I’m sorry” I apologized, a little embarrassed.

“It’s alright. She stayed up for so long and her elbow still hurt. The pain pills make her fall asleep so I took the liberty of putting them in her hot chocolate” She smiled.

“Clever” I complimented and Anjelica cheekily nodded her head. “How long ago was that?” I asked.

“2 hours” she replied and continued, answering the questions that I was about to ask “You fell asleep around 2 in the morning and it’s 11:30 right now.”

“11:30? I was asleep for 10 hours?” I asked in amazement.

“Almost 11” she replied. I looked down at Nikki.

“And she’s only been asleep for 2 out of the 10 hours?” I asked and she hummed in response. “Wow.." I said, never taking my eyes off Nikki.

“Wow is right. She was worried about you despite the fact that you were a dick” Anjelica said and I sighed. “She thought that you had pneumonia or something.”

“Well I’m fine” I said, looking up at her.

“Good because then Nikki would be all sad and shit” she smirked. I wasn’t sure how to reply, so I just sat up, gently moving Nikki. The blanket that covered me slipped off, exposing my partly naked skin.

“And I’m in my boxers?” I puzzled. They were lightly damp, reminding me of swimming trunks.

“Did you want to sleep in wet clothes?” Anjelica asked and I shook my head. I slipped off the couch and carefully lifted Nikki in my arms. I walked past Anjelica and down the hall to Nikki’s room. The feeling of Nikkis hot breath against my neck caused me to shiver and I held her tighter to me. "Don't drop her" Anjelica teased from behind me. "She's pretty heavy" she joked and I smiled at her jokes. She was kind of like Louis in a way, always cracking a joke. But she was definitely like Niall, eats a lot and loves to laugh.

"Liam..." Nikki murmured as I entered her room and I froze. "I'm sorry..." she whimpered in her sleep and I sighed. Her sleep talking scared me for a second. I carefully laid her down on her bed and she reached out. She opened and closed her hand, like she was reaching out to grab me. I desperately wanted to cuddle up with her in bed, but I knew that I had to go back to Simon's.

I looked around and spotted a Teddy bear on the fluffy, purple carpet and picked it up. I placed it in her grabby hands and she instantly hugged it tight to her chest. I muffled my giggles at the adorable sight. She smiled in her sleep and curled up her legs as I draped her blanket over her. I couldn't stop myself from leaning down and planting a kiss on her forehead, letting my lips linger on her smooth skin. I pulled back and stared at her calm, sleeping face.

I bit my lip and once again leaned down. I kissed her nose, cheeks, eyelids, everywhere but her lips. I had to control myself from kissing her lips, that was something I wanted to do while she was awake. Its exciting yet scary, the feelings that I've developed. Now that I am welcoming my feelings with open arms its overwhelming and I'm terrified at the effect its giving me. I also cant help but worry what the future might bring for us. What will happen to us and if we could last or if it will just be another failed relationship.

That, and I want to get to know everything about her as soon as possible, and one way to do that is to get closer to Anjelica. I'm already her friend, but we don't talk much and we never hug. I should befriend the sister of the girl I like.

I quietly closed the door behind me and walked down the hall and into the living room. Anjelica wasn't there, she probably is in the kitchen eating. "Ey!" she called out and I turned around, greeted with clothes thrown in my face. "You can wear Nicks clothes for now. And you can wear these" she said, throwing a new pair of boxers at me.

"Why do you own a pair of boxers?" I asked, catching the undergarment.

"I don't, but Nick does" she smirked and I dropped the boxers. I am not wearing someone else's underwear after they have already worn them. "Calm down, they are new, he hasn't worn them yet" she chuckled

“Are you sure that Nick wouldn’t mind me wearing his clothes?” I asked, looking at the clothes in my hand.

“Dude, Niall has worn Nicks hats and Zayn has worn his shirts, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind” she smiled and walked past me to the kitchen. I would have questioned her more, knowing that she was prankster just like the boys and could be just saying that, but she's not always like that and I've grown to trust her a lot in less than 24 hours. That and Niall and Zayn have worn Nicks things. I trusted her before, but I trust her even more now. I quickly changed in the bathroom and didn't even attempt to tame my curl mane. I held my lightly damped boxers in hand and walked out to the kitchen where Anjelica was eating a celery stick.

"Woah, someone's gone vegan" I joked and she rolled her eyes at me.

"Do you want a bag for that?" she asked, pointing her celery stick at my boxers in hand.

"Um, yeah, that would be great" I replied awkwardly. Anjelica opened the bottom cabinet by the refrigerator and pulled out a plastic bag.

"I would throw it at you, but it wouldn't go anywhere" Anjelica said, handing me the bag.

"Yeah" I choked out an awkward laugh and put my boxers in the bag. "And thanks."

"Oh, yeah, no biggy" she replied, chewing on her celery.

"No, like really. Thank you. You could have kicked my butt back out into the rain for just walking away from your sister like I did. You could have yelled at me or even kick my ars, but you didn't" I said, looking onto her light brown eyes.

"Harry, we all do stupid things. Sure, you were a dick, but hey, I probably would've done the same thing. The good thing is that we finally know the truth and now can properly handle it" she smiled. These girls always seem to amaze me. From Nikki caring so much to Anjelica not being pissed off like a sister would.

"Aren't you gonna teach me a lesson or something?" I asked.

"Nope" she said, popping the "p".

"Why not?" I asked, leaning on the side of the counter.

"Harry, I think you already have. You tortured yourself by hanging out with that blonde bitch. You killed yourself by being so mean to Liam and Nikki. I know that you're confused and frustrated, and I'll leave you with that. No need to add to it" she said.

"I don't know what to do..I mean I do, but at the same time I don't" I said, looking down. "Things are not as easy."

Anjelica sighed and gave me a speech I will never forget. "Life isn't easy, you already know that. Books, fairytales, happily ever afters, those are just lies" Anjelica took a deep breath. "I guess what I'm trying to say is, being with Nikki may not be easy. The life ahead wont be easy. Nothing is going to go like it does in the movies. Stop worrying about what the future might hold for you and Nikki. You need to live now. You just need to think about things and say 'I'm glad that happened because I learned from it" she ended her speech.

I was left amazed yet again. The time that I've known her and the stories I've heard, Anjelica isn't a very serious person, so hearing what I just heard was mind blowing. I stepped forward and hugged her.

"Okay big guy" she said, stiffly patting my back. I hugged her tighter and she hit my back harder "can't breathe" she gasped and I chuckled before letting go.

"Sorry..just..thanks" I gave her a big smile which she returned.

"No problem, now enough with all this" she said, waving her arms in the air "no more sappy crap" she said, making me laugh.

"It wasn't sappy, it was meaningful."

"My point exactly. I need to save that for my Niall" she smirked and pulled out her phone from her back pocket "speaking of Niall, I texted him telling him that you were with us. Simon is coming to pick you up soon" she replied, typing quickly on her phone screen.

"Okay" I replied. I just stood and watched her mess with her phone for a bit.

"Hungry?" she asked, snuggly slipping her phone back into her back pocket. I nodded and watched her rummage through the fridge. "I give up on celery" she said, pulling out a bunch of ingredients. "I know that its lunch time, but I'm craving pancakes, is that okay?" She asked.

"That's cool, I love pancakes" I smiled. She made the pancakes while I fried bacon and eggs. We both ate, cracking stupid jokes and asking about each other.

"So, you're telling me that you love cats just as much as I do?" She asked, shoving a forkful of pancake in her mouth.

"Got that right" I said, sipping from my glass of milk.

"Nope, impossible. That's not possible" she said, shaking her head.

"Anything is possible my dear" I said, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand.

"I'm not your 'dear' bub. I'm older than you so you should address me by Miss and Ma'am" she joked and I smirked.

"You're right, you are older than me." I replied smartly.

"What are you trying to get at?" She asked suspiciously.

"Nothing" I shrugged. I really wasn't getting at anything, but I knew that it bugged her when it seemed like I was applying something.

"You're weird" she said, finishing her last bit of food.

"Look who's talking" I cheekily replied. She playfully glared and got up to put her plate in the sink. I followed suit and the doorbell rang just in time. Anjelica walked me to the door and she answered it with a smile.

"Simon!" She exclaimed.

"Hello love" he smiled and looked over at me. "Lets go mister" he said.

"Alright, I just need my shoes" I said and was about to turn around, but Anjelica was holding up my shoes and socks. I took them from her and thank goodness they were easy to slip on vans. "Bye, and thanks again. You're definitely one of my best friends" I whispered in her ear as I hugged her.

"What did I say about being sappy" she teased and pulled away. Simon sincerely thanked her with a quick hug and next thing I knew, we were in the car on our way back to the house.

"Don't ever worry Louis us and do something so stupid ever again" Simon said, breaking the silence.

"Simon, no disrespect, but I did what I needed to do. I needed my space."

"Walking away from your friends and that girl was stupid" he replied in a calm voice, not looking at me. "If you needed your space, you could have waited until you got home and you could have stayed in one of the spare rooms. Louis may have been mad, but he was pulling out his hair out of worry. And that girl, don’t break her heart.”

“I’m not” I pleaded in my defense.

“Harry, I know that I’m not your dad, but listen. When a girl confesses her feelings, the worst thing you could do is walk away from her. She deserves an answer. It was stupid of you. Not to mention that you almost got at it with Nick” he said. I gasped and slapped my forehead. I totally forgot about Nick. I knew that it looked bad, and I was close to just punching him in the face when he wouldn’t get out of my way.

“Oh goodness” I mumbled and roughly rubbed my face. Simon pulled up in front of his house moments later. I ever so slowly got out of the car and lagged behind Simon. He opened the door, almost hitting Louis who was pacing back and forth.

“Harry!!” He exclaimed, first looking relieved, then flashing into frustration. “You’re stupid” he grumble, then pulled me into a bone crushing hug.

“So I’ve heard” I said, glancing over at Simon. I pulled back arms length from Louis to look into his blue-green mixed eyes. “I’m sorry Lou.”

“You’re lucky that I love you” he sassed and I chuckled.

“You’re okay” Niall said from behind Louis. I didn’t notice him before.

“I’m fine. Nikki and Anjelica were very nice and treated me well” I replied with a smile.

“Proves just how sweet they are” a high pitched voice said. I looked up the stairs and saw Nick and Zayn standing halfway up the steps. I pulled away from Louis completely and took a step up the stairs.

“Nick, I’m sorry.”

“Are you wearing my clothes?” he asked annoyed. I looked down at my appearance then back into his baby blue eyes.

“Yeah..” I replied.

“Normally, I wouldn’t mind, but right now I do. Not after the fact that you walked away from my best friend and almost hit me in the face” Nick frowned.

“I was angry” I said, taking a few more steps.

“I could tell” he said. I frowned and stopped on two steps away front of him.

“And I’m guessing that you’re angry?” I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.

“No, I’m just peachy” he said, giving me a glare and some sarcasm. I was going to take another step forward, but Zayn protectively stepped in front of Nick.

“Is it a bad thing to care about my friend and worry about his safety?” Zayn asked, glaring down at me. I sighed and looked past Zayn to Nick.

“Nick, can you please forgive me? I know that what I did was wrong and I really need to fix things. I really am sorry” I sincerely spoke, meaning every word.

“Ugh, you know that I can’t stay mad at you” Nick pouted and I flashed him my dimpled smile.

“Does that mean that you forgive me?” I asked.

“Yes..” Nick mumbled, but smiled. I smiled back and Nick stepped past Zayn to give me a hug. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped mine over his shoulders. “Damn, do my clothes smell this good?” he joked, his voice muffled. I chuckled and gave him a squeeze. Nicks arms squeezed tighter around my waist and I just tightened my grip even more.

“Harry, you’re killing him” Zayn said, pulling Nick away from me and crushing Nicks side against his.

“Sorry” I apologized. Nick blushed and nodded.

“Hey” Liam said, appearing at the top of the steps. He was surprisingly smiling down at me.

“Hey” I replied back.

“Don’t just stand there, gimme a hug!” he exclaimed, holding out his arms wide. I let out a girly squeal and rushed into his arms. Everyone laughed at my squeal, but I’m just so happy to see Liam like this. Not all sad and forgiving me with open arms.

“I’m-”

“No need to apologize, you’ve been forgiven a long time ago” he said. I let out a content sigh, I’ve got my mate back.

Notes

Sorry for not updating my loves! Just been crazy and all. School starts Monday and I had to get ready and then my laptop gave me the silent treatment and just crazyyyy.
Since school is starting, you know what that means :( not as many updates. But I promise, no, I swear to you that I will at least update 2 times a week, probably even more since I have easy classes. But I will update a soon as possible and write during my free time!
Okay, enough with that, back to the story. Drama is going to simmer down at bit, but never fully go away. So, that means more happy moments!! (hopefully)
Thanks for reading and I deeply apologize for any silly mistakes I may have made xD sowwie
I love you all so much! You are all great and the next chapter I write I dedicated to..................... lexi-haz-ur-heart!! It is specially written for you gurl!!
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