Emma Winston
I sit up with a jump from my deep slumber when I hear the front door rapidly being knocked. I quickly rush and open the front door revealing an energetic Harry standing with two coffee cups in his hand.
"What took you so long?" He asks swiftly removing a strand of hair from my face making me jumpy from the sudden contact.
What was up with Harry being all touchy?
"We fell asleep and lost track of time." I tell him letting him come in. "What do you mean by uh 'we'-" He stops talking looking over at Zayn still asleep on the left side of the bed.
The pillow wall was broken with the pillows lying all over the floor. I knew what he was thinking, I knew him all too well.
"I thought Zayn was supposed to sleep on the couch?" He asks me and I nod my head, "It felt extremely uncomfortable so I offered to share the bed."
His face drops for a bit but he is quick to hide. To clear the air, I quickly say, "We just slept together."
Both of our eyes widen hearing me say that and I clear my throat from the embarrassment, "Let me say that again: We only.. uh.. you know... just did the sleeping part where people close their eyes and sometimes snore..." I say trying to sound sane.
He doesn't say anything but makes himself comfortable on the couch. I make myself presentable and do my hair.
After quite a few minutes, Zayn wakes up creating the atmosphere much more awkward when he thought I was still asleep beside him.
They both are currently staring at each other with me observing both of them.
Suddenly Zayn gets up, makes way to the washroom and grabs one coffee cup from Harry cheekily, "Thanks for the early morning energy, Styles", making Harry irritated.
"I thought we were going shopping today?" I ask him and instantly he smiles at me, "Yes. I am taking you to shopping. It's like our day out!"
And with that, we both make our way downstairs with the receptionist shooting me daggers making me roll my eyes at her unprofessional behaviour.
What was I even thinking about unprofessional? I was going shopping with the man who kidnapped me.
Classic day.
*Listen to The Joker and The Queen while reading. Important*
We were standing in front of the Manhattan Mall with sunglasses on our face. Several times we've been stopped by Harry's fans asking for autographs and selfies. Not a single time has he rejected even one fan. He is the sweetest person I've ever met.
Soon I was looking over at the different varieties of clothes with Harry trailing behind me, his eyes glued to his phone.
"If you were just gonna be on your phone all day, you could've stayed back." I say to him while eyeing the price tag of a lovely coat.
"You don't need to worry about the price tag, love." He tells me making my eyes widen, "Why not?"
"Because... it's like... think of it as a negotiation? You work for us, you can buy anything for free." He says stringing the sentence with great difficulty.
"I can't do that. No, no way." I frantically say my hands taking in the warmth of the clothes.
"Emma." I look at him and with a serious but soft tone, he says, "Take it."
I try out most of the dresses and I notice him looking at me by the mirror. He doesn't realise that I catch him looking at me. But I keep quiet.
"You look fucking beautiful in these dress." He says out loud making me laugh. Finally after paying for my whole wardrobe with a credit card assigned to me, we make our way to a small cafe.
It was already late in the afternoon making me wonder how time flies so fast. I think about if Zayn had locked the door carefully or maybe it was just an excuse to think about Zayn.
Last night, there was something. It was like something happened but nothing happened at the same time. Unknowingly, when his arms were wrapped around mine, I could feel myself getting warm and smiling.
I didn't mind his soft snores even though I hated people who snored. I liked the way his eyes twitched sometimes while sleeping making me think of what he was dreaming about.
It was around 4 in the morning maybe when I had woken up from the slight noise and I saw him looking up at me,
"What are you doing awake so early?" I ask him sleepily.
"I got thirsty", he mumbles and I shift a bit so that he could slip out of the bed. Almost in an instant he was back scooting me closer towards him and wrapping his arms around my stomach.
"You could've woken me up instead of just standing sitting there not being able to move", I sleepily mumble and he merely says, "I like sitting", and after a beat, he adds, "and staring at you."
I don't complain from his touch instead I close my eyes and just smile to myself.
"Hey!?" Harry asks me shaking my hand making me startled. "Oh hey. I was just lost-"
"In your thoughts? I figured." He completes my sentence. Our food soon comes making us forget everything and just eat. I loved street foods but this cafe food didn't taste that horrible after all.
After a satisfactory lunch with us chatting about unimportant topics, we just sit in silent for a moment.
I stare at Harry and he seemed a bit nervous from the sudden change in his demeanour. "I know you want to say something to me." I tell him making him slightly flushed.
"It's not that important." He mumbles making me shake my head ridiculously.
"Okay, tell me why you were so agitated seeing Zayn on the bed?" I slowly ask him noticing the change in his emotions. His eyes shoot up towards mine and he lets out a low nervous chuckle.
"Uh.. just nothing." He says.
"Stop lying, Harry." I tell him making him sit up straight automatically. I could feel occasional glances of strangers towards us. Some of them could even hear our conversation quite clearly.
"Fine, you want to know what I am try to say? I will tell you that. It's something which I've been trying to tell you since so many weeks." His voice raises making me feel nervous.
People were quite literally staring at me without caring about our privacy.
"Maybe we can go somewhere more private?" I suggest making him shake his head. "I am gonna tell it right now and here."
Harry Styles
I don't know what has come over for me. This is so not how I wanted to tell her but when I saw the look she gave me while explaining it to me this morning, I knew.
I have known for a while now but I just didn't want myself to admit it. I wanted to experience my fairy tale for a little bit longer.
"I love you," I start, "I really do." "
"And I am afraid if you say anything back, it won't be 'I love you too, too.'" I couldn't recognize the emotions flashing through her face.
I sigh, "So, maybe, don't say anything. Just let me leave where I am standing before you, and let me go on with my life."
"Let me", I whisper, "Let me live a life where it's still possible that you may love me the way I love you, and you can go on, loving me back or loving another, without a worry."
She stares at me shocked, her lower lip slowly quivering.
I don't say anything instead I just stare at my food with tears daring to roll down my cheeks. I bite the inside of my cheeks to stop the feeling.
People were watching us and I knew I couldn't cry. I could walk away and not even think about it.
But I don't want to lose her. I still wanted to be her best friend. And suddenly, two strong hands are wrapped around mine. She is burying her head on top of my head and I turn my face towards her chest burying my head.
Her chest rises and falls slowly and I realise that she isn't scared of people looking at us.
I hug her back, this time allowing my tears to fall with her holding me tightly making me sob softly.
I felt like a weight was lifted from my shoulder. Emma swiftly swoops down and softly kisses my forehead and smiles at me.
"I love you, Styles. Best friend always?" She asks me in a childish tone and I play along with her,
"Always."
I smile at her and she collects some napkins to wipe my face and boops my nose making me laugh out.
I don't look around the café afraid, but she tells me to look around and when I do, people are not giving me the pity-eyes of getting rejected.
They were smiling and proud of me speaking my heart.
And that was enough to make my heart warmer and fuzzier.
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I was kinda heartbroken to create this but don't think that Harry and Emma will just be... idk