If I Lay Here
Chapter 27
Ally’s POV
I finally began to settle in for the night. The heat from the fire was keeping me warm and the circling of Harry’s hand on my thigh lulled me into a place somewhere between deep sleep and being awake. Suddenly, Niall’s shout brought me back to the surface.
“HARRY!” He yelled. I decided to keep my eyes closed in hopes of falling back to sleep. Harry’s gentle fingers slid to my wrist where he began twirling my bracelets around. The action was so simple yet it caused so many butterflies to erupt within me.
“Sorry…what?” Harry mumbled earning a round of laughter from all of the boys. Sleeping seemed like a lost cause now.
“I said, wouldn’t it be a great idea if we cut off all of your curls and taped them to your forehead instead, but you were too busy staring at Ally to notice.” Louis’ voice appeared from the area he was sitting in before. I could only imagine the look on Harry’s face. His eyes were probably popping out of his head! As if on cue, Harry’s hand left my wrist to most likely check to see if his curls were still intact.
“You look like a lovesick puppy Haz!” Liam’s voice exclaimed. I’m pretty sure my heart stopped beating. What did he mean by lovesick puppy? Just then Harry lifted me from my position and placed my head on his lap. Instantly, his fingers tangled themselves in my hair causing me to slightly smile hoping Harry didn’t notice.
“You think I love her?” He asked them quietly. His voice didn’t seem as if the idea was too far fetched. In fact, it almost seemed as if he was trying to figure out if the boys were in on the way he was thinking..
“It’s rather obvious babe!” Louis insisted. “I’ve never seen you look at another person the way you look at her.” In my head, I was beaming. The fact the other boys think he loves me the way I love him. And it’s obvious too! Harry was quiet. The silence was killing me, but I knew he was just thinking. He tends to get lost in thought quite often. It’s one of the things about him I find so intriguing. The way his eyes focus in on one thing either close to him or off in the distance and his eyebrows furrow together makes me smile more than anything. I know it’s strange, but it only makes me want to get in his head.
“HARRY!” Niall yelled again, pulling me from my thoughts.
“See! You keep zoning out when you look at her!” Louis exclaimed. I tried my best to hold back the blush creeping onto my cheeks knowing that Harry was doing what I love most while looking at me. Do I distract him in the same way he distracts me?
“You’ve got it bad mate.” Zayn’s voice said seeming a mile away for some reason. There was a long pause before Harry said the words I’ve been waiting to hear, but too afraid to say myself. Butterflies erupted in my stomach yet my mind contemplated whether this was all a dream or reality. I wanted it to be a reality.
“I’m in love with her.”
* * * * * * * * *
“RISE AND SHINE SLEEPY HEADS! IT MAY BE SUMMER, BUT WE HAVE AN ALBUM TO MAKE!” Louis’ voice shouted. I reached my hands up to lightly rub my eyes and adjust to my surroundings. Much to my surprise, I was still out by the fire pit. My pillow remained snoring softly beside me. I smiled up at the sleeping boy, admiring how at peace he was. The concentrated crease between his eyes vanished, his pink lips parted, and his curls everywhere imaginable.
“Aa-lly,” Harry mumbled lightly, “I…you…beauti…love…”
“What is he saying?” I questioned aloud.
“He has a tendency to talk in his sleep. Lately, or for the majority of the time, it’s about you.” He explained. “I better wake him up before he says something stupid.” Louis reached down and shook Harry’s shoulder back and forth.
“H, you’re talking again. It’s time to get up buddy.” Harry’s eyes flickered open only to squint shut from the light outside. His arms tightened their grip on my waist, pulling me back down to him so he could bury his face in my hair.
“Boo, if you’re gonna wake me up this early did you at least make me breakfast?” He groaned. Louis laughed, holding onto his stomach like Harry had just told him the funniest thing in the world.
“I don’t cook you twat! We’ll swipe some proper McDonald’s breakfast before recording or something!” Lou cheered, tossing Harry a wink.
“I’m not eating that rubbish. We eat take away enough.” Harry muttered. I looked up from his chest to find him rubbing the bridge of his nose in slight frustration. “If you can at least plug in the toaster I can pop the bagels in.”
“Aye aye captain!” Louis saluted him before scurrying into the house.
“How does he do that?” I asked once Louis was out of earshot. I scooted up from Harry’s chest, so I was positioned on his lap. His dazed eyes watched me carefully before fluttering closed once more.
“Do what sweetheart?” Harry mumbled, reaching out to play with my hair, but keeping his eyes shut. My stomach flipped with butterflies at the sound of the ‘pet name’. He doesn’t use them often, but when he does, they mean so much more than he could imagine.
“How does he bounce back so easily from drinking last night?” Louis had just as much to drink as Zayn, and I know for a fact Zayn is feeling it by now. By the time I fell asleep he was already feeling it.
“Somehow he sneaks it by us that he’s drinking straight water by the end of the night.” Harry explained. “Every one in a while he forgets.”
“Are you going to record me something pretty today?” I asked Harry, my lips curving into a smirk. His eyes slowly opened to gage my expression.
“Something pretty?” He wondered, straining towards me to peck the tip of my nose with his soft lips.
“Yes. I think your voice is very pretty.” I confessed. Harry’s laugh filled the air around us. Beside his voice, his laugh was my favorite sound in the world. I loved the different layers to it and the way his eyes and nose scrunch up in amusement. Love. Love.
“Would you like to come today? Maybe I can sing you something in my pretty voice.” His voice was teasing, but I knew he was harmless. I pursed my lips and narrowed my eyes at him.
“That’s a tough decision. Stay home alone in a country where I know one person apart from you five, or spend the day listening to you sing? Decisions, decisions!” Suddenly, Harry leapt up from underneath me and swallowed me up in his arms. His lips playfully kissed every inch of my face. I squirmed and fought against him, but his arms were too strong and their grip was too tight. “Harry! Stop!”
“That’s a tough decision. Stop harassing my girlfriend or continue to give her kisses? Decisions, decisions!” Harry mimicked with his lips pressed against my cheek.
“OI! STYLES! BAGELS!” Louis shouted from the back door. Harry lifted himself from on top of me with an eye roll.
“After you my princess,” Harry said with an even deeper accent than he already possessed as he extended a slender hand my way. Princess. The word was tossed into my head with all of the other gracious words that tumble from Harry’s mouth. However, one word in particular bounced off every angle: LOVE. Harry loves me.
I finally began to settle in for the night. The heat from the fire was keeping me warm and the circling of Harry’s hand on my thigh lulled me into a place somewhere between deep sleep and being awake. Suddenly, Niall’s shout brought me back to the surface.
“HARRY!” He yelled. I decided to keep my eyes closed in hopes of falling back to sleep. Harry’s gentle fingers slid to my wrist where he began twirling my bracelets around. The action was so simple yet it caused so many butterflies to erupt within me.
“Sorry…what?” Harry mumbled earning a round of laughter from all of the boys. Sleeping seemed like a lost cause now.
“I said, wouldn’t it be a great idea if we cut off all of your curls and taped them to your forehead instead, but you were too busy staring at Ally to notice.” Louis’ voice appeared from the area he was sitting in before. I could only imagine the look on Harry’s face. His eyes were probably popping out of his head! As if on cue, Harry’s hand left my wrist to most likely check to see if his curls were still intact.
“You look like a lovesick puppy Haz!” Liam’s voice exclaimed. I’m pretty sure my heart stopped beating. What did he mean by lovesick puppy? Just then Harry lifted me from my position and placed my head on his lap. Instantly, his fingers tangled themselves in my hair causing me to slightly smile hoping Harry didn’t notice.
“You think I love her?” He asked them quietly. His voice didn’t seem as if the idea was too far fetched. In fact, it almost seemed as if he was trying to figure out if the boys were in on the way he was thinking..
“It’s rather obvious babe!” Louis insisted. “I’ve never seen you look at another person the way you look at her.” In my head, I was beaming. The fact the other boys think he loves me the way I love him. And it’s obvious too! Harry was quiet. The silence was killing me, but I knew he was just thinking. He tends to get lost in thought quite often. It’s one of the things about him I find so intriguing. The way his eyes focus in on one thing either close to him or off in the distance and his eyebrows furrow together makes me smile more than anything. I know it’s strange, but it only makes me want to get in his head.
“HARRY!” Niall yelled again, pulling me from my thoughts.
“See! You keep zoning out when you look at her!” Louis exclaimed. I tried my best to hold back the blush creeping onto my cheeks knowing that Harry was doing what I love most while looking at me. Do I distract him in the same way he distracts me?
“You’ve got it bad mate.” Zayn’s voice said seeming a mile away for some reason. There was a long pause before Harry said the words I’ve been waiting to hear, but too afraid to say myself. Butterflies erupted in my stomach yet my mind contemplated whether this was all a dream or reality. I wanted it to be a reality.
“I’m in love with her.”
* * * * * * * * *
“RISE AND SHINE SLEEPY HEADS! IT MAY BE SUMMER, BUT WE HAVE AN ALBUM TO MAKE!” Louis’ voice shouted. I reached my hands up to lightly rub my eyes and adjust to my surroundings. Much to my surprise, I was still out by the fire pit. My pillow remained snoring softly beside me. I smiled up at the sleeping boy, admiring how at peace he was. The concentrated crease between his eyes vanished, his pink lips parted, and his curls everywhere imaginable.
“Aa-lly,” Harry mumbled lightly, “I…you…beauti…love…”
“What is he saying?” I questioned aloud.
“He has a tendency to talk in his sleep. Lately, or for the majority of the time, it’s about you.” He explained. “I better wake him up before he says something stupid.” Louis reached down and shook Harry’s shoulder back and forth.
“H, you’re talking again. It’s time to get up buddy.” Harry’s eyes flickered open only to squint shut from the light outside. His arms tightened their grip on my waist, pulling me back down to him so he could bury his face in my hair.
“Boo, if you’re gonna wake me up this early did you at least make me breakfast?” He groaned. Louis laughed, holding onto his stomach like Harry had just told him the funniest thing in the world.
“I don’t cook you twat! We’ll swipe some proper McDonald’s breakfast before recording or something!” Lou cheered, tossing Harry a wink.
“I’m not eating that rubbish. We eat take away enough.” Harry muttered. I looked up from his chest to find him rubbing the bridge of his nose in slight frustration. “If you can at least plug in the toaster I can pop the bagels in.”
“Aye aye captain!” Louis saluted him before scurrying into the house.
“How does he do that?” I asked once Louis was out of earshot. I scooted up from Harry’s chest, so I was positioned on his lap. His dazed eyes watched me carefully before fluttering closed once more.
“Do what sweetheart?” Harry mumbled, reaching out to play with my hair, but keeping his eyes shut. My stomach flipped with butterflies at the sound of the ‘pet name’. He doesn’t use them often, but when he does, they mean so much more than he could imagine.
“How does he bounce back so easily from drinking last night?” Louis had just as much to drink as Zayn, and I know for a fact Zayn is feeling it by now. By the time I fell asleep he was already feeling it.
“Somehow he sneaks it by us that he’s drinking straight water by the end of the night.” Harry explained. “Every one in a while he forgets.”
“Are you going to record me something pretty today?” I asked Harry, my lips curving into a smirk. His eyes slowly opened to gage my expression.
“Something pretty?” He wondered, straining towards me to peck the tip of my nose with his soft lips.
“Yes. I think your voice is very pretty.” I confessed. Harry’s laugh filled the air around us. Beside his voice, his laugh was my favorite sound in the world. I loved the different layers to it and the way his eyes and nose scrunch up in amusement. Love. Love.
“Would you like to come today? Maybe I can sing you something in my pretty voice.” His voice was teasing, but I knew he was harmless. I pursed my lips and narrowed my eyes at him.
“That’s a tough decision. Stay home alone in a country where I know one person apart from you five, or spend the day listening to you sing? Decisions, decisions!” Suddenly, Harry leapt up from underneath me and swallowed me up in his arms. His lips playfully kissed every inch of my face. I squirmed and fought against him, but his arms were too strong and their grip was too tight. “Harry! Stop!”
“That’s a tough decision. Stop harassing my girlfriend or continue to give her kisses? Decisions, decisions!” Harry mimicked with his lips pressed against my cheek.
“OI! STYLES! BAGELS!” Louis shouted from the back door. Harry lifted himself from on top of me with an eye roll.
“After you my princess,” Harry said with an even deeper accent than he already possessed as he extended a slender hand my way. Princess. The word was tossed into my head with all of the other gracious words that tumble from Harry’s mouth. However, one word in particular bounced off every angle: LOVE. Harry loves me.
Notes
Sorry for being away for so long! So many complications have been in the way! (Even though we are already a month in) this is a new year. I plan to update every Monday and Friday and if I'm ready to update between those days I will! Hopefully I will be able to get another chapter up tonight. I hope you do like this chapter.-Carlie Xx..
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