Foreign Exchange

Nicoles POV
“Oh my goodness we are so dead” I said as Harry drove me to my place to change out of my P.E. clothes..

“Relax, I have my permit, it’s not like I can’t drive” he said casually.

“Harry, Louis is going to kill you when he finds out that you stole his uncles van” I almost yelled, looking at the side of his face.

“Well for one, I wouldn’t call it stealing, I would call it borrowing” Harry said, giving me a sideways glance “and two, I already texted Louis telling him that I’m going to use Simons van.”

“But you broke into his locker!” I protested, throwing my arms in the air.

“No, his locker is just easy to open” Harry smirked and I rolled my eyes.

“Are you even sure that Simon would be okay with this?” I asked.

“What Simon doesn’t know won’t kill him” Harry shrugged. Harrys phone rang and he reached into his front pocket.

“You know, talking on the phone while driving is illegal” I said, looking frantically out the window in search for any cops.

“Hi Niall” Harry said rather cheerfully. I couldn’t hear what Niall was saying, all i got were mumbles. “Is that Louis I hear?” Harry asked and I shook my head with a small smile.

“That boy is going to kill you..” I said, and then started freaking out. “Oh my gosh is that the police!” I said, thinking that I saw a cop car. “Harry pay attention to the road!” I practically screamed as I watched Harry laugh and avert his eyes from the road.

“Relax” Harry said and put his phone on speaker before setting it down in his lap.

“I swear if he crashes, he better die because if he doesn’t, then I’ll kill him myself!” Louis yelled through the phone.

“Like I said, we’re dead” I groaned and hit my head back against the headrest.

“Oh relax” Harry said, reaching over and placing his hand on my thigh.

My cheeks immediately changed color and for once in my entire time being with Harry, I moved his hand off of my thigh. Harry and I still aren’t exactly on good terms and to admit it, I felt awkward about this whole thing. I can’t believe I agreed to just bail with him. Someone who I didn’t talk to for a week. I didn’t look at Harry, but I could tell he was a little upset.

“Hey, put me on speaker, yeah?” Harry asked, sounding as if I didn’t just push him away.

“Okay hold on” Niall replied and spoke again seconds later “You’re on.”

“Hey Lou, don’t be mad” Harry smirked, thus making me smile. Whatever he does just..I can’t get enough of him.

“Haz, if Simon finds out not only are you dead, but I am too! And we just got ungrounded!” Louis whined and I nodded in agreement, even though Harry didn’t notice. They just got ungrounded not even seventy hours ago (three days).

“We’ll be back around seven” Harry replied and shrugged. I took my focus off of him and looked around our surroundings. We were close to my place.

“Harry you only have your permit” Louis said.

“It’s not like I can’t drive” and right after Harry said that, he slightly swerved and almost hit the person next to us.

“Guys, tell Anjelica that I love her” I said in all seriousness as I tightly gripped the seat. Harry looked over at me and chuckled with the rest of the boys who could be heard over the phone.

“Not funny” Louis said.

“Agreed” I mumbled under my breath.

“You’re better off just coming back right now” Louis said.

“Oh c’mon Lou. You always love breaking the rules and doing crazy stuff” Harry said and I had to agree with him on this one.

“Yes, I absolutely love it” Louis practically huffed and Harry gave me the ‘I told you so’ look, even though I didn’t disagree with him in the first place. “But not when it comes to Simon. Not when he’s up my arse and now he’s just a phone call away from my parents.”
“He threatened to call your mum?” Harry giggled and I slapped his arm, not hard of course. Being threatened about calling your mom was the scariest thing to me. I knew that my mom wouldn’t take any trouble, so I would do everything in my power to make sure that I was the perfect child. A bit sad right?

I guess I just didn’t want my mom to stress or worry. I also wanted her to be proud and not always sad about my father divorcing her. I guess also because I didn’t want to be mean or disrespectful to people. And then there’s the obvious things such as doing drugs or drinking alcohol. My mom would have died if I ever did that.

Drinking isn’t that bad in my opinion, I mean, as long as you're not always getting drunk. I never have had a drink- actually I take that back. We all remember Nick’s birthday party. Ugh. I preferred not to drink anyways, it doesn’t taste good. Then there’s drugs. We all know that drugs are bad, and I’ve seen what drugs can do to you, so I definitely will never do that. But hey, I don’t want to judge. You do what you do, live your own life.

“Shut up, okay?” Louis snapped. “If he does then that means I can’t do stuff like this.”

“But you’re almost eighteen” Harry replied and I hit him again.

“Don’t be a smart aleck” I whispered. Harry winked at me and turned into the parking lot to my condo.

“Oh just shut up Harry. And why didn’t you pick up your phone?” Louis asked as Harry turned off the van.

“Oh look at that, I got to go” Harry said as he opened his door and I unbuckled my seatbelt.

“Finally, you know that talking on the phone while driving is illegal” I rolled my eyes and opened the door.

“Harry!” Louis shouted, making my flinch. Harry smirked and bit his lip before answering.

“I may have uh..” Harry looked at me. “Blockedyoubye!” Harry spoke fast and tossed me his phone. I scrambled in my seat to catch it.

“Bye Harry” Niall said and the line went dead. Both Harry and I laughed at how adorable Niall sounded. Harry unbuckled his seatbelt and looked straight into my eyes.

“Well, you better get changed” Harry said and hopped out of the van. I blinked stupidly before jumping out of the van and closing the door.

“Don’t steal any of my stuff while like you did with Louis van while I get changed” I cheekily replied and Harry playfully glared at me.

“Borrowed, love. Borrowed” Harry said. I was temporarily stunned because of the fact that he called me love, Sure, he’s called me that before, but this was the first time in such a long time. That, and this point to me it feels like so much more. “C’mon, love” Harry said, taking my hand and dragging me to my condo. There he goes again.

“Oh, hello Nikki, Harry” Cara said as she passed us on the steps; us going up, her going down.

“H-hi” I stuttered and politely smiled at her.

“Hello Cara, have a good day at work” Harry replied with evident charm.

“Why thank you! Have a good day you two!” she said and winked at me, making my cheeks turn into cherries.

“You sure seem happy” I said to Harry as we reached my front door.

“You agreed to come with me, why wouldn’t I be happy?” Harry said, smiling down at me. I looked up at him and cleared my throat to remind me not to melt into him.

“Harry, this is the first time I have ever done something like this” I said, not exactly sure why I was saying what I was saying “To be honest, something was telling me to say no” When I said that, Harry’s smile faltered and almost turned into a frown “But, I followed something much bigger than whatever was saying no and decided to go with you..I guess I..” I stopped and looked down. I almost told him something that I wasn’t completely sure of. I almost told him that I loved him.

Harry took my hand and made me look at him in shock when he pressed his lips to my fingers. “Thank you” he said with so much sincerity. I looked into his gorgeous eyes that were holding so much...adoration? Whatever it was, it was beautiful. “Let’s get ready, yeah?” He said, letting go of my hand. I numbly nodded and pulled my keys from my backpacks side pocket. I struggled to unlock the door, my hand was shaking so much,. When I managed to unlock the door, Harry gently pushed me into the condo and closed the door behind him.

“I ah, I’ll just get changed” I awkwardly replied, not looking at him. I quickly stumbled to my room before Harry could say anything. As soon as I closed my bedroom door, I put my back against it. I took a few deep breaths and placed my hand on my forehead “Why must he be so gorgeous?” I asked myself as I looked up at the ceiling.

“Why must you be so gorgeous?” I heard Harry say from the other side of the door and I gasped. I slowly slid down to the ground and stared wide eyes at my hands.

“Did I just imagine you say that..?” I shakily spoke.

“No” Harry said, and I heard him slide down my bedroom door. I gasped and blushed mad. What is going on? Why did he say that? Is he saying that to make me feel better?

“Well, that was embarrassing” I awkwardly laughed at myself.

“What was?” Harry softly asked.

“It was embarrassing that you heard me call you gorgeous..” I said. Harry didn’t reply, so I sighed and got up. I walked over to my closet and opened it, looking at the clothes inside.

I chose some warm clothes since it would be getting cold later on and took my time changing. I placed my P.E. clothes in my hamper and decided to put on some lotion to make me smell good. I also put on some jewelry and intricately braided my hair. Yeah, I don’t do stuff like that. This is what Harry does to me. I don’t know if Harry left while I was changing or not.

“It’s okay” I whispered to myself. I suddenly was a little antsy when it really hit me that it was just me and Harry. I took one last look at myself and walked to my door. When I opened it, I got my answer. Harry didn’t leave. He was sitting on the floor, his back to me. He looked up when my door wasn’t supporting him anymore and he smiled.

“You look beautiful” Harry said and I blushed.

“Harry, what is with all of the compliments?” I bluntly asked, looking down at him. It wasn’t that I didn’t like it, it was just that I don’t know what Harry is doing. I don’t know if he likes me or what. Harry got off of the ground and got so close to me, I was practically touching him.

“I’m just telling the truth” he said. I leaned away to the right and on the doorway. I couldn’t handle anything right now. My emotions are too high. What is going on with us? Harry leaned on the doorway to my left, not taking his eyes off of me. After a minute of silence, Harry spoke up. “Is it okay to like the fact that you think I’m gorgeous?” Harry said, catching me off guard.

“I mean, who wouldn’t?” I awkwardly laughed and Harry smiled.

“But coming from you makes it even better” Harry shrugged and I narrowed my eyes at him.

“Stop that” I said.

“Stop what?” He asked with a lopsided grin.

“Stop being charming” I grumbled, folding my arms over my chest.

“Why?” He asked, slightly leaning closer to me.

“Because, we haven’t talked in a week, thus making whatever needs to be solved just awkwardly floating around. I shouldn’t be getting along with you and forgiving you so easily. You know that I like you, so please, don’t tease me about it” I said, finally saying what has been lingering in my mind while I was changing.

Harry just stared at me for a second before leaning in and placing his forehead against mine. I groaned and closed my eyes “Stop teasing me” I said almost breathlessly and I heard and felt Harry softly chuckle.

“I should be saying that to you Nikki..” he said and I cautiously opened my eyes. His eyes were so close to mine I could see the different shades of green in his eyes. “Nikki, I’m so so sorry. What I said was completely wrong and I should have talked to you during the week. I was a selfish jerk that just wanted you all to myself for my birthday. I wanted to ask you out on a date..but seeing you with Gage just got me so mad. You could have told me beforehand. We could have worked something out. But instead, I had to wait three hours for you...” Harry licked his lips, his tongue almost touching my lips, thus making me heat up. “I’m sorry..” he whispered, looking into my eyes the whole entire time.

“I’m sorry too..” I said, slowly breathing. “Can I ask you something?” I asked.

“Anything” Harry said, his lips lingering by mine.

“Do you like me?” I asked hesitantly.

“Why wouldn’t I?” Harry said.

“And I mean as in, like...” I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. “As in more than a friend..?”

“Isn’t it obvious that I do?” Harry said, making so many butterflies erupt in my stomach. Harrys lips kissed the side of my mouth, making me so wobbily that I slid down the doorway..

“Ouch!” I squealed when my butt harshly hit the ground.

“Are you okay?” Harry asked and I opened my eyes to see him kneeling down in front of me. I with embarrassment and nodded.

“Just me being awkward” I replied and I noticed Harry leaning in again.

This is finally it.

Notes

Hey Hey! Since last chapter was focused on Zick, this chapter is focused on Nirry :) Like that little cliffhanger? xD Sorry, but I had too!
I also have a message from Nick. He wants to thank those who wished him a Happy Birthday! He thinks you guys are awesome! Or at least I hope he does xD
Thanks for reading and give me your feels! Anyone really feeling Harry and Nikki? Because I am!
I love you all so much my babes! Thanks for sticking with me through long updates and my ridiculous spelling errors :/ I'm gonna have to go back and fix those.

OH! And did you guys like Midnight Memories? There was some serious feels going on! (Narry, and Lilo)
Anddd.....Harry's 20! OH MY GOSH OUR BABY BOY IS GROWING UP!!! *sniff sniff*

And I just died.