Midnight Memories | {un-edited}

Chapter 25

(Rachel POV)

I sit down in my chair, looking around my bedroom. I hear someone open the door. I smile and run downstairs. "Mom! Dad!" I say and embrace them in a hug.

"Hey honey! Did you throw any parties while we were gone?"

"No." I laugh. "So where was your surprise trip?"

"Niagara Falls." Mom says, smiling as she takes out her phone. "I have pictures!" she says. She gives me her phone and I look through the pictures, smiling. "That looks so fun, I'm glad you guys had a nice long escape from me."

"It was very relaxing. No cranky attitude!" Dad laughs. I roll my eyes, smiling a little.

"So... How's your pop star?" Mom asks.

"He's great. They've been on sooo many tours. Which is kind of sad... But I'm really proud of them!"

"That's good!" Mom says.

I nod with a smile. "Now, let's unpack!" I say.

Mom kisses my forehead, then starts lugging her bags in. Dad rolls in a couple suitcases. I go out to the car to grab more luggage. I look around, then over at Mercy's house. I laugh, the shade on her room window was pulled, and Louis was over.

Hmmm wonder what they're doing.

I bring the luggage in, heaving it upstairs to their room, where they had already started unpacking.

"Sweetie, thank you. You don't need to help us, we've got it."

"Alright." I say with a smile, going downstairs. I grab my phone off the end table in the living room. There was a text from Harry.

From Harry:

hey love <3 i was wondering if you were free tonight? i wanna take you out to dinner.

I smile and rub my lips together.

To Harry:

yeah im free :) where we going??

From Harry:

secret ;) but i bought you an outfit to wear. check your front steps. :) love you and I'll pick you up at 6.

An outfit? I go to the front door and open it. Sure enough, there was a couple bags. I put my hand over my mouth, taking the bags inside. I sit down in the kitchen and look in the bigger one first.

Oh. My. God. He got me a dress. It was beautiful- a strapless soft pink dress that goes down to the knees, a silver strap under the bra line, with ruffles below it. I smile widely and set the dress aside, then look inside the smaller bag.

He got me a beautiful silver necklace with two hearts interlacing. Oh god this is the cutest thing anyone has ever done for me, and I could burst into tears right now, but fortunately I didn't, because mom walked in. "Whoa! Where'd all this come from?"

"H-Harry," I say with a smile. "He asked me out for dinner then told me that he bought me an outfit, and it was out on the front steps," I smile wider.

"Oh, that is so sweet! I have to tell your father!"

"No mom, it's okay-" I laugh, she was already gone.

Dad, soon enough, walks into the kitchen, and laughs. "He's a keeper!"

I roll my eyes, smiling as I stood up. "I know." I say and put the things that he bought me back in their bags. I couldn't wait for 6:00.

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I check the time, 4:00. Perfect time to start getting ready. I take a quick shower and towel off my hair. I go into my room and put on some music as I carefully comb out the knots in my wet hair, then blow dry it so it's not wet when I straighten my hair.