The Strings Attached

Part 18

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He looked her in the eyes as she walked towards him.
"How can I not fall in love with her." He thought.

So Harrison and I have been sneaking around a lot. And when I say sneaking around I mean going on a bunch of secret dates and having secret make-outs, that kind of stuff. I haven't seen Harrison in a few weeks since Christmas. And he was coming over to help Tom pack for Atlanta.

"Alexa! Help your brother get ready for school!" My mum shouted from upstairs while I was down in the living room.

"Alright." I yell backs and I walk into the kitchen to help Paddy get his stuff. "You good little man?" I ask, hand him his notebook.

Paddy shrugs and sighs. "Yeah I guess." He says in a moody way.

"Hey hey, what's wrong?" I crouch down and look him in the eye.

"Why do you and Tom have to leave again?" Paddy sounded a bit upset but I guess that is normal.

I sigh and look down. "It's part of our jobs. We will be back in a few weeks. Okay? Look, you don't have to worry about is Paddy. Your only twelve. You don't have the whole world on your shoulders." I reassure him. "Let me tell you right now that I'll be back to see you again."

Paddy smiles and I wrap him in a hug. "I love you Alexa." He says in my shoulder.

"I love you too." I smile and stand back up. "Now go kick some school ass!" I pat him on the back and he goes chasing Harry and Sam down the street.

I sigh and look at the counter, resting my head in my hand and scrolling through my phone.

"You look different." I hear s voice say from behind me. I turn around a little surprised to see Harrison standing at the edge of the kitchen taking his coat off. "You cut your hair." He takes a step towards me.

I look down and shrug it off. I only cut a few inches off. Instead of it being down my back to my wait is was just past my collar bone. "Not that much." I smile and it makes Harrison laugh a bit.

"It's only been a few weeks and you've already changed." Harrison scrunches up his nose and puts his hands on my shoulders. He leans forward and kisses my forehead.

"HEY ALEXA!? IS HARRISON HERE?" Tom screams from his room which makes up both laugh.

"Yes Tom he just got here!" I shout back, smiling like an idiot.

Harrison and I both make our way up to Toms room, which is an absolute mess with clothe and stuff all over the floor.

"It looks like a bomb went off in here."
Harrison says as he walks in, trying not to step on anything.

Tom starts pacing around the room, mumbling to himself. "How much stuff will I need?" He keeps saying.

"Tom, calm down. It will be alright." I breath in and Tom looks at me. "Okay?"

Tom fidgets a bit and taps his toes. "How long are we gone for?" He asks, looking at Harrison.

"Filming for about a month then back home then press tour." Harrison says like he has everything memorized.

"Okay." Tom breathes a sigh of relief.

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After helping Tom with some stuff I retreat back to my room to continue packing. There's not much I really need, so it doesn't take me that long.

I didn't hear when Harrison opened the door and snuck into my room. I felt a pair of arms go around my waist and a soft kiss on my neck.

"Your mum and Tom went out to grab some things." Harrison breaths and I put my head back.

I turn around, with Harrison's arms stuff wrapped around me and I wrap line around his neck. "Hm, perfect." I smile.

I lean in and press my lips against Harrison's. They were warm and soft, ready to be kissed. He kisses back and we are in perfect sync.

"Are you sure we can't tell anyone?" He says once we pull apart.

"Not yet at least." I say. "The thing is your Toms best friend. And Tom happens to my only be my brother but my twin brother. And I know for a fact that no matter how disoriented he is, Tom is majorly overprotected."

Harrison twitches his mouth and takes a step back. "Well Sam knows, and he's been fine with it. I don't think Tom will be mad about this. I actually think he'll be a bit happy. I mean, his sister and his best friend." Harrison sits down on my bed and I do to.

"Just give it some time, okay." I say and wrap my arm around his. "It will be fine."

Harrison sighs but then smiles. "How did I get so lucky to end up with you."

"I don't even know." I breath and I push my lips against Harrison's once more.

This kiss was way more powerful and passionate. Harrison put his hand on the back of my head, trying to pull me closer. We kept leaning back until we were both laying down. I sit up a bit and look Harrison in the eye.

"How long did they say they would be?"
I ask, biting my lip.

"Who knows. An hour?" Harrison guesses and shrugs.

He then catches me off guard and flips me over so I'm at the bottom. I laugh so hard but then stop when Harrison starts kissing me again. I wrap my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck. I crave the feeling when he places his hand on my stomach.

My shirt gets lifted up a tiny bit but I don't care. The feeling of his hands on my bare skin feels so damn good. I slowly take off his jacket he's wearing and try to pull his shirt over his head, but I'm interrupted by the door slamming below.

"Alexa, Harrison, can you come help us!?" Tom shouts from down below.

Harrison and I jump up, and ruffle some things around. We look at each other quickly and he puts his sweater back on. I tug my shirt back down and walk downstairs, tying my hair into a pony.

"Yeah, how much stuff did you get?" I ask and unload some stuff.

"Not much. Did you and Harrison finish packed when we were gone?" Tom asks, handing my mum some stuff.

Harrison and I through each other a glance before grabbing some other stuff. "Yeah, we finished most of it." I say.