Chapter 17:
"Damage control." Ted stated once all the boys and I were situated around the table. I groaned to myself, not looking forward to this meeting. I leaned against Harry who immediately wrapped his arm protectively around me.
"You two don't need to pretend, everyone here knows." Jack, one of the guys in Management, rolled his eyes.
"That's something I wanted to say.." Harry trailed off, locking eyes with me. I nodded slightly while holding my breath. "We're not exactly pretending anymore.."
"Of course." Ted sighed, rubbing his eyes in an annoyed manner. "How long?"
"Since yesterday." Harry responded.
"Congrats on your one day anniversary." Jack said sarcastically, grabbing some papers of the table and scribbling something on it.
"No one thought they would make it this far, but they did. We're immensely proud." Louis added with a giant grin.
"So let me get this straight," Ted started. "You started out fake dating because Harry was dating Caroline and he wanted to protect her from the hate. Correct?" We all nodded. "Then Caroline and Harry broke up?" Again we nodded. "Then Rosie and Harry got together.." He finished off.
"Yup," Harry popped the 'p', nodding at their manager.
"What am I going to do with you?" He rolled his eyes.
"Love me?" Harry grinned cheekily. I smacked his arm while shaking my head slightly.
"Well, what we'll do is just have you two continue dating in the public. No talking about Caroline, but don't over do it in public. Eventually the rumors will die out and you can live happily ever after and yay. " Jack said sarcastically, giving us looks.
"Now Rosie, unless you want to sit around and listen to us discuss tour dates.. You're free to go." Ted stated, motioning towards the door. I stood up and gave a little curtsy.
"Much appreciated!" I replied in a posh accent to which everyone in the room rolled their eyes at me.
"Smart arse." Harry muttered under his breath before giving me a quick kiss. The butterflies formed in my stomach as I smiled back at him. "Paul's out there, ask him to get a car to take you back to the flats."
"Sounds good. Bye everyone!" I waved at everyone, giving Niall and Louis pats on the head as I walked out of the room. That was much calmer than I expected it to be. But apparently the same thing happened with Eleanor. I got out into the open offices where Paul was talking to a few people who were dressed up all nicely. "Hey, Paul, can I have a driver to take me back?"
"Course!" He grinned, reaching into his pocket for his phone.
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"What movie?" Liam inquired, walking over to the movie cabinet in Louis and Harry's flat. I shrugged as I crawled closer into Harry's chest. His arms tightened around my waist while he kissed my forehead, lingering a bit longer than normal. I rested my head in the crook of his neck, enjoying the warmth.
"Finding Nemo!" Louis demanded from his seat on the other side of Harry. I'm pretty sure they were holding hands or something, because that's what they do. It was nice to know that I wasn't ruining Larry Stylinson. Because I ship them. A lot.
"Did you know they called it Finding Nemo because the whole time Marlin is trying to find Nemo? I just figured that out the other day!" I said excitedly, sliding off Harry a bit so I could look at all the boys. Louis, Liam, Harry and Zayn all looked at me like I was stupid before bursting out laughing.
"Woah..... That's true!" Niall seemed as shocked as I did, and I could just see the wheels turning in his head.
"I know! I couldn't believe it when someone told me that. But it's so true! Just like did you know that OK written on a piece of paper is a sideways person doing jumping jacks?" I reveled, completely excited about the things I knew.
"No, it's not." Zayn rolled his eyes from the other couch.
"It is!" I exclaimed, getting up off the couch to find paper and a pen.
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| Alexis Bledel | as Rosemarie Adams |
| Harry Styles | as Himself |
| Dianna Agron | as Mallory |
| Niall Horan | as Himself |
| Louis Tomlinson | as Himself |
| Zayn Malik | as Himself |
| Liam Payne | as Himself |
| Sterling Knight | as Jason |