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Once she was out of the shower, she stared annoyedly in her towel at her options.

She remembered when Harry used to come home from touring and Anne would throw these big but intimate dinner parties and invite all his family and friends. Y/n could just wear jeans to that and they'd all bundle up around a bonfire after dinner and look at the stars. Harry and her would share a wine or two and it was simple. Harry loved how normal he felt with Y/n, even the memory of her was enough to ground him. He was glad she was back in his life, and he felt now he was ready for it and ready for her.

Harry came down the hall to her room and sat down on her bed grabbing one of her teddy bears and cuddling it in his big arms. The sight was rather funny, this big tattooed man and a little pink teddy bear cuddled up in pretty feminine soft-looking bedsheets. "I've got to change and pick some gifts up from back home before we go, is that okay?" He asked watching her dig through her clothes.

She nodded. "Of course! But what should I wear? What do you think?"

She was oddly nervous about tonight even though every Christmas when she went home to Holmes Chapel she went over to Harry's Mums house for a drink and sometimes had the odd text with Gemma. She was still in contact with that side of her life it was just now she was Harry's date to dinner. But she wasn't his girlfriend but they'd think she was and what did that mean? Anne and Y/n's mother had wanted them to get married for years now since they were around 10. Would this be the new talk of the town between all the mothers? She knew it was likely. Gemma was probably bringing her partner Michal, so it felt really official or something.

He watched her, her eyebrows were furrowed in concentration as she stared at her cupboard.

"I'm just wearing a shirt and slacks. Simple." He replied. "Don't think too hard about it, you'll look pretty in anything, Bun."

"Harry, I bet all of your outfit is custom-made Gucci. I can't compete with that!"

He bit his lip to hold back his laugh. "Lovie, calm down. Don't work yourself up. Just wear somethin' you feel nice in. If yeh' worried about mecaring that's silly, I like yeh' in anythin'."

She remained frowning and started to dig through the dresses she had. She found one hidden amongst them, she wore it to her birthday once. It was a long golden slinky dress with lace detail on the hem and neckline. It was very delicate. And even though it was spring she knew it would still be chilly that evening so she grabbed a long brown coloured coat from off the door that she had been wearing most days to Uni. It was warm and woollen and she loved it.

Harry busied himself by scrolling through his phone while she got ready. It didn't take her long, once she was happy with her outfit and had added a light pink scarf, a handbag and some shoes she went to the bathroom to do her makeup and hair.

She had already blow-dried her hair before and it was in a lovely natural state so she didn't bother changing it. For makeup she kept it simple, only enhancing her features. When she was ready and came out Harry looked up upon the clicking of her heels.

His cheeks turned pink at the sight. Jesus. "Beautiful, Bun." He felt no words could do it justice.

She blushed a bit too at those words and that admiring expression of his. "Thanks, Harryyy. Ready? I'll get the cookies and lock up and then we can go, okay?"

He nodded at her standing up and following her lead as she'd put the cookies into a tin.

Once she grabbed everything else she needed they got in Harry's car and headed to his house.

Y/n was browsing Harry's playlists and noticed a new one in there which was unnamed only with a pink heart as the title. He wasn't really paying attention to her on his phone, his hand was carelessly thrown on her thigh and the other the wheel, they were both pretty silent, it was calm. So he didn't notice her scrolling through the songs — it was this soft, romantic, sleepy, soul playlist. Full of a lot of her favourites and it felt like a cosy evening. So she put it on and placed his phone back into her lap.