Styles -On Hold-

The moment we stepped into the house, I could feel her. I know she wasn’t downstairs as her father excused himself and started climbing the stairs. I had the urge to follow him but that would be rude and for my mother’s sake I really had to be polite. “Harry, I really want to thank you for changing Anna’s mind.” I nodded and smiled at her, whilst keeping an eye on the man of the house because as soon as he came down, I could go look for Anna. “It’s nothing really, she really seems nice.” I had to make small talk after my mother nudged me. I looked over to my sister who was looking at me with narrowed eyes. The things was that she always knew exactly what I was planning and it was a wonder that she did nothing to stop me. It seemed to take forever before mr Lewis came back but when he did, I couldn’t get up quick enough. “Excuse me, where can I find the toilet?” I asked politely and mr Lewis told me the direction but instead of following them, I climbed the stairs.

I checked the first room but this was definitely the master bedroom, as it was rather plain and not at all what Anna would like. I opened the door to the next room and knew I had the right one. This was more like a girl that loved to read, write and watch movies. She wasn’t here though and I already turned around, when I heard a noise coming from the closet, followed by footsteps. “I’m almost ready da..” she stopped when she saw me standing in her door opening. She narrowed her eyes at me, as if I was annoying her. “What are you doing in my room?” she asked whilst putting her hands on her hips. I couldn’t help but pull up my eye brows. “Your dad asked me if I could see if you were ready, but clearly you’re not.” I know I was lying but she wouldn’t know that. She really didn’t by it though and I wasn’t surprised when she showed her sass by telling me off. She actually dismissed me by telling me to tell her dad she was coming. She sounded so rude that I had to count till ten before I did something really stupid.

“Jeez, you could be nice, you know.” I mumbled as I walked out of the room, I wasn’t really baffled by her dismissal but she didn’t need to see the ugly side of me right away. She did look beautiful in her navy dress and it really took some restrain to not touch her but that would definitely set her off, as she was clearly a virgin, you could practically smell it on her. I returned to the table and saw that my sister was missing, this didn’t make me feel better because I could tell where she’d gone. I told Mrs Lewis that I would get the drinks and as I walked into the kitchen I could hear my sister warning Anna about me and if she wasn’t family I would’ve killed her on the spot because no one betrays me not even if it’s to warn a girl off and to be honest it’s not like Anna will have a choice because she will be mine at the end of the road. I returned to the table and didn’t look up until the two ladies sat down. Anna was sitting opposite from me and I couldn’t help but stare at her and I know I was getting under her skin because she was blushing and not looking up from her plate. She was in her own world, probably because of what Gemma had said to her. I sighed and started on the food that was in front of me. “Anna sweetheart?” Mrs. Lewis said but Anna was not listening and so she asked again, which made Anna’ head snap up and focus on her mother.
“I’m sorry mom, did you say something?” she sounded apologetic and that suited with me, so she could be polite and amiable. “Yes dear, we were wondering, if you maybe would play the piano for our guests?” she was startled when her mother asked her to do this and I had to say this made me curious because I did know about her following the music program at Oxford UNI but I didn’t know for what. She was biting her lip. Which did weird things to me and it made me want to kiss her. You could tell that it was a nervous treat but she couldn’t deny her mother this, so she agreed and got up. She got up and took a seat behind a classic black piano and after taking a deep breath, she placed her fingers on the piano keys and started to play.

I couldn’t help it any longer but I just knew in that moment, that without even knowing her, I had fallen in love. I was mesmerized by the way the was taken by the music and I couldn’t look away from her face, which read pure joy. I know how she felt because I loved to play music as well. There was nothing stopping me now, She was going to be mine if she liked it or not, I would make her fall in love with me eventually.

The song had come to an end and I could see that she was feeling insecure, why she looked like I didn’t know because it was beautiful. We gave her a standing ovation and she finally smiled brightly at us, which was amazing, it was like the sun had broke through clouds. She thanked us and excused herself. I decided to follow her and when I spotted her she was standing in the kitchen drinking water. I walked up to her and stopped just a few inches from her and I could see she didn’t like this but I decided to ignore that. She on the other hand did a few steps back, which only made me chuckle and it did make me feel good because this meant she was just as affected as me. The minute she heard me laugh her head snapped back up, as if she had never heard a man laugh, she was really an ego booster but to the looks of it she didn’t know this herself.
“Didn’t mean to startle you again, love.” She was surprised when I used the pet name but she wasn’t fazed by me, she actually told me off, which I had to slide. “Alright you caught me.” I admitted because I indeed wanted to startle her, she wasn’t amused though and she sassed me again, this was the , well quite frankly I lost count on how many times she had already sassed me and now it was beginning to get annoying but I couldn’t let her know this. “I just wanted to tell you, that you are an amazing pianist.” I complimented her and I could see the battle she was having with herself because she didn’t really want to thank me but etiquette said she had to and in the end etiquette won. “Thank you, I need to go back to the dining room.” She said trying to get away from me and it really felt good that I made her this nervous but before she walked passed me, I stopped her. “I just want to let you know, that you will be mine.” I whispered in her ear, leaving goose bumps on her arm and with that I walked passed her back into the dining room.

I was smirking when I took a seat at the table and when Anna finally did return she had brought dessert at her mother’s request. She didn’t look once at me and when the small talk began, I wanted to shoot myself because there was no way I could listen to this for much longer, when I suddenly heard my name fall and that made me pay more attention, as they were talking about college and the moment she looked up at me, I could see her need to run away. She had to force her words out and stay polite whilst doing so and that was apparently really difficult for her and not long after she excused herself but this time I couldn’t follow her right away so I was stuck at the table until my mother and Mrs Lewis decided to have a drink in the living room.

I got up and wanted to go back upstairs when Gemma grabbed my arm. I could easily pull my arm out of her grasp but I know I would pay for it later, if I did that. “Leave her alone Harry, I mean it.” She sounded determined but I couldn’t care less. “Stay out of it Gemma.” She shook her head and stepped even closer. “Don’t ruin her life, she is way to pure for that.” I chuckled at that. “This is really none of your business, so you better stay out of it.” I lowered my voice and she could feel the change, when I narrowed my eyes at her. She knew she had to let go before I would do something that hurt her. She took a step back and was still pleading me with her eyes but I ignored her. I walked up the stairs and wasn’t surprised when her door was closed, I tried the doorknob and was surprised when it was locked, she was smart, good for her, although this wasn’t going to keep me out but for tonight I let it pass. I did call her name and wasn’t surprised when she didn’t respond, Thank god for her fathers office, I took a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down; "Don't forget love." And slipped it under her door. I didn’t wait for her to respond and as we said our goodbyes, I knew that she was going to be a pain in my ass but she was totally worth it.

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