Like I suspected the car ride home was awkward, the only words exchanged between harry and I, were of me telling him my address. Luckily to drown out the awkward silence harry turned up the music on his radio but not too loud since Hilary is passed out in the backseat. My apartment isn't that far from where the party was but, being in this car made it seem like I lived hours away and it sucks.
After what seemed to be forever we finally reached my apartment. I got out of the car and slowly opened Hillarys' door and tried to wake her up, but I had no luck. There was only one thing I could do to get her out of this car; I needed to ask Harry to help me with her and to take her upstairs. When I asked he looked like he could careless but after 5 minutes of saying please he finally gave in and helped me. He walked over to me and scooped Hilary up and followed me to my building. We rode the elevator up to my place, and it was just as awkward as the car ride.
We got to my apartment and I pulled my keys out of my bag and opened the door then lead him inside and to my spare bedroom. Yes, I know I know you're probably wondering why I have a two bedroom apartment if I'm living on my own, and to be honest I was hoping when I moved here I would be able to find a roommate but that didn't go as I planned it. After Harry set her down he walked out of the room, after he left I walked over to Hilary and took off her heels and pulled the bed comforter over her and went over to the blinds to shut them cause I know in the morning she's going to have a killer headache and the sun wouldn't help her any. After that I slowly made my way out of the room and out to the living to go find Harry, but he wasn't there. I'm guessing he left. I wanted to tell him thanks but I guess that I can't now.
After I noticed that harry left I went over to my door and locked it, then went into my bedroom to grab some pajamas and then I headed back to the bathroom to wash my face and of course as soon as I look in the mirror I wasn't surprised cause sure enough there was a bruise under my eye starting to form. I just hope that It doesn't getting any worse than that. After I was done with that I made my way into the kitchen to make some tea. After I made my tea I headed over to the couch to watch TV. When I reached for the remote that was on the coffee table I found a note laying right beside it. I picked it up and it read:
Don't worry about texting Nathan tonight, I'll tell him you made it home alright. And I hope your eye is okay, put some ice on it.
-Harry
Wow that was nice of him; I thought he could care less.
After I read the note and watched some TV while I finished my tea I decided that it was time for bed. I walked to the kitchen and set my empty mug into the sink and went to bathroom to brush teeth. I didn't find the need to put ice on my eye since I going to bed. After I was done with that I went to my bedroom to lay down. I put my phone on my night stand, I thought about texting Nathan but then I remembered that Harry said he was going to tell him for me, I can trust Harry right? With that thought I decided to go to sleep, well at least that was what I was hoping to do but it didn't really happen. I tossed and turned all night replaying all the events that happened tonight, the parts where I got pushed up against the wall, that creeps hand trying to go up my dress, and his hand connecting with my cheek when I tried to push him off, the only thing that seemed to calm me down was replaying the part when Harry helped me, and of course the feeling I got when I kissed him. Wait stop it Peyton, you only kissed him cause your guard was down, you were at a moment of weakness, But thinking about Harry helped me out of that situation kind of kept me calm enough so I could fall asleep, and I did.
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The next morning I woke up kind of early, it was around 8:30. So I decided that since I know Hilary is going to have a hangover; that I would go get us some breakfast. With that I got out of bed and headed to the bath rom to take a shower, after about 10 minutes I finally get out of the shower and wrap myself in a towel and head back to my room to put some clothes on. When I get to my room I go over to my dresser to put on underwear and a black sports bra and black yoga Capri pants then threw my hair into a messy bun, after that I head over to my closet and get my Victoria's Secret 'PINK' zip up hoodie jacket and slip on my black sandals. I didn't even bother to look at my appearance in the mirror because I'm pretty sure my eye wasn't that bad, I dint look bad when I got home last night and it didn't hurt this morning so let's hope it went away. I get my wallet and keys and head to the door, before I left I wrote a note and left it on the coffee table next to the remote in case she woke up early, but I highly doubt that will happen.
I get to the little café place I like to go to that is down the street from school, I order 2 coffees and 2 breakfast croissants for Hilary and I. After I got my order I started to walk back to my car, but I stopped when I heard someone calling my name.
"Peyton!" it was Nathan
"Hey Nate what's up?"
"You never texted me last night, and you didn't call me this morning." He looked concerned.
"oh yeah sorry I completely forgot to call you this morning, I just woke up and came and got Hilary and I breakfast, and as for last night, Harry told me that he said that he was going to tell you that I made it home." I said confused. Didn't harry say he was going to tell Nathan that I made it home. Did he forget?
"It's okay I was going to text you thin morning anyways, but no Harry never told me anything."
"Wow, well that's the last time I listen to him, I knew I should have texted you, but I was just so tired."
"But hey I promise ill make it up to you." I felt so bad. Why didn't Harry tell him? Damn Harry I'm going to have to talk to him.
"Ha-ha okay and I'm holding you to that promise Peyton." He said with a cute smile
"Okay, but hey sorry but I've got to run, Hilary is at my apartment by herself , I want to get there before she wakes up and freaks out."
"Oh yeah no problem, I'll see you later. Bye Peyton."
"Okay Bye Nate." We both smiled. I guess my bruise was gone, because he didn't say anything.
When I got to my apartment luckily Hilary was still asleep, even though it was only 9:30. I sat down on the couch and started watching TV while I ate and drank my coffee; around 10:00 Hilary came out of the spare bedroom with some crazy bead head.
"Good morning sunshine." I said with a cheesy smile on my face.
"Shut up." She grumbled. Well looks like someone isn't a morning person.
"How's your head?"
"It's killing me." She said putting her palm up to her temple.
"Do you need some aspirin?"
"Yeah please." And with that I got up from the couch and went to the bathroom medicine cabinet and got her two aspirin. I went to the kitchen to get her a glass of water then I walked back over to her.
"Here." I handed them to her along with her water
"Thanks, you're a life saver."
"Wait how did we get home last night?" she asked confused. Oh that's right she was passed out by the time we got into Harrys car.
"Well get got a ride home from Harry." As soon as I said his name her eyes went wide.
"Really, what happened? I though you guys didn't like each other?"
"It's not that we don't like each other it's just. It's a long story."
"Okay I'll let it slide but I expect a story later on." She says pointing her finger at me. I put my hands up in surrender
"Okay, now eat your breakfast I bought you."
While she was eating her breakfast we sat out the couch and watched gossip girl. After she was done with breakfast we decided that we should go shopping since we had no other plans for the rest of the day. Hilary got up and went to take a shower. I wasn't going to change I was comfy in my clothes the only thing I did was add a coat of mascara to my eyelashes. When Hilary was finally done getting ready, which was around 11:30 ish we grabbed our wallets and bags and headed to my car.
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We have been walking around the mall for a couple of hours now, we bought some clothes today but other than that we have just been walking around. Hilary and I finally decide that we should sit down and eat. I'm starving. We decided on this little burger place inside the mall. After we were done ordering and paying for our food we decide to go sit at a table in the food court area. When we sat down Hilary said she wanted to use the restroom before the food got here. So with that Hilary left me sitting alone, which didn't bother me of course but still, I'm new around here, so I'm still kind of awkward when it comes to these situations. Right when I was about to pull my phone out to make it look like I'm doing something someone taps my shoulder.
"Hey is this seat taken?" It was Nathan again. Boy was I glad to see a familiar face.
"Well actually that one is." I say pointing at the seat across from me."
"That's Hilary's seat but you can sit with us, I'd love to company right now since she went to the bathroom." I lightly chuckle. And with that Nathan takes a seat right next to me.
"So what have you been up to? It seems like I haven't seen you in ages."
"I know right it's been what, like 4 hours since the last time we saw each other haha." We both just laughed. Then Hilary came back.
"Hey Nate what did I miss?" she looks confused.
"Oh hey Hilary, and nothing me and Peyton were just talking about this morning when we ran into each other." He smiles.
"Oh? Peyton didn't tell me she ran into you this morning, but then again she hasn't told me other things either." She looks at me. I know she means the whole 'Harry bringing us home last night' situation.
"So Nate what are you up to tonight?" she asks out of nowhere.
Umm, I don't think I have anything planned why?" he turns to me and looks at me with confused eyes, I only know this because I just as confused as he is.
"Well Peyton and I wanted to go to the movies tonight and since we are still new to the area we don't know where the movies are, so what better way than to ask someone who already knows his way around." She states. When did we plan on going to the movies? I was never aware of this. I'm seriously going to have to have a talk with this girl.
"But you would have to bring Niall of course.'' As soon as she said Nialls name I knew that she had already had something planned.
"Um yeah okay I'll call Niall and ask tell him, I'm pretty sure he'll want to come." When he said that, Hilary smiled.
"So it's a date." He says. Wait what?! Did he just say date? But before I could even finish my though Nathan put his statement into different words.
"Uhh I mean it's a plan.. It's a plan." He quickly stated. After Nathan said that our food came. Nathan left shortly after that. He told me that he was going to call Niall and then he'll call me later with his answer.
Hilary and I finish our lunch and when we are we notice that it was almost 3 o'clock, we decided that we should get going so we have enough time to get ready for tonight.
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Hilary and I got back to my apartment to get ready for tonight. Luckily I told her to pack a bag for the weekend when I told her that she can stay with me because of the party from Friday. So we both go into our separate rooms to get changed. I decided upon a pair of black leggings, white V-neck with this oversized stripped sweater, and a pair of UGGS. Hilary walked into my room and she looked cute, she was wearing a pair of dark wash jeans, a vintage type lace shirt with a pick oversized sweater with a taupe colored scarf, along with moccasins and a pair of cute earrings. We walked in to the bathroom to finish getting ready. Luckily the bathroom was big enough to wear we weren't bumping into each other, I have a double vanity in the bathroom which made it a lot easier for Hilary to do her hair and then for me to do my makeup, and then we could easily switch. When we finished getting ready, which was about 5 or so, I got I text from Nathan telling me that he and Niall were on their way. Hilary and I sat down and watched some TV for a little bit till there was a knock on the door, I looked down at my phone to see that the time was 6:30, so it must be Nathan and Niall at the door. I walked over to the door and opened it to find Nathan and Niall, and Harry? What the heck is Harry doing with them? Did Nathan invite him? Wait no he wouldn't do that Nathan doesn't really care for Harry. I stopped my little inner conversation with myself and let the boys in. Naill went straight over to Hilary, who was still sitting on the couch and Harry Followed right behind him. I think now is a good time to have a little talk with Nathan right now.
"Hey Nate, can I talk to you." I say to him. He had the 'oh shit' look in his eye.
"Ye- Yeah." He stuttered
"Privately." With that he nodded his head and we stated to walk to my room.
"Hey where do you think you guy are going?" Niall shouted out.
"I need to talk to Nathan real quick, we'll be back."
"Don't be too long you two we have a dinner reservation to get to!" he shouts.
"Okay Niall!" and with that I closed my bedroom door and looked at Nathan who by the way looks like he's going to pee his pants.
"Okay before you get mad, I didn't know he was coming till last minute, if I would have known earlier I would have told you, and if you're going to yell go yell at Niall he's the one that invited Harry." Nathan blurts out. Wow I have never seen or heard a guy talk so fast.
"I'm not mad Nate I just wanted to know who invited him and why." I laugh.
"Oh okay good, and Niall invited him, because apparently Harry had nothing better to do."
"Oh okay then that's all I needed to know."
"Okay we better get going so we don't miss our reservation."
"Wait we are going out to dinner?"
"Yeah it was my idea; I thought that we could grab something to eat before the movies."
"Oh okay, yeah sounds good to me, I haven't eaten since this morning."
We walked out of my room and back into the living room.
"Okay so you guys ready?" I ask the others.
"Yeah let's go i'm starving." Niall says.
"Okay how are we going to do this guys? I brought my car but it's small so it would be cramped if we all try and fit." Nathan says. we stand there for a good 5 minutes trying to figure out how we are going to do this. Until Niall finally spoke up.
"Well how about Hilary and I go with Nate and Harry goes with Peyton?"
"Yeah I guess that works." I say. Well I had one awkward car ride with Harry last night so what's another one right?
Hilary and I grab out bags and I grab my keys. We all make our way down to the cars and get in. Nathan tells me to just follow him but I made Harry give me the address and told him to give me directions when I needed them.
As we got onto the free way Harry told me that the restaurant was close to movie theater, and the movie theater was about 20 minutes away from where I lived. After about 5 minutes if silence I thought right now would be a good time to ask him why he didn't tell Nathan I made it home last night.
After about 5 minutes of silence I finally decided to ask Harry about the whole Nathan thing.
"Harry..."
"Yeah?"
"Why didn't you tell Nathan I made it home?"
What?"
"You told me that you were going to tell Nathan I made it home safely, and when I saw him this morning he said that you didn't tell him anything."
Harry just stayed quiet.
"Hello Harry... earth to Harry." I say as I wave a hand in front of his face.
"What do you want !"
"Well I'm over here trying to talk to you."
"Have you ever thought that maybe I don't want to talk to you." Really is he going to be an ass to me right now? Oh hell no, that's not going to fly with me.
" That's it !" and with that I jerked the steering wheel and did a very illegal 2 lane change, I didn't care about all the honks I was getting I was just hoping I wasn't going to get pulled over, but at least I made it to the side of the road. Now maybe Harry will talk.
"What the hell is wrong with you!"
"You could've killed us!" Oh so now he has something to say.
"Well you're still alive aren't you?" He just glared at me.
"Now that I have your attention will you now tell me why you didn't tell Nathan I made it home after the party?"
"Why does it matter now? Your 'boyfriend' knows you're safe now." Wow, are you kidding me, seriously if he wants to act this way then so be it.
"You know what? You're right, it doesn't matter." And with that I turned away from Harry and I put the address of the restaurant into my iPhone and got back on the road. Harry and I were obviously done talking. Yay, another awkward silence car ride with Harry, how did I end up so lucky?
We finally got to the restaurant an found the others in a booth in the back when the host lead harry and i to the others.
"Hey there you guys are. Where were you? I thought you were following me?" Nathan asked, standing up from the booth.
"Ooh, um... we got cut off by some idiot." I said while scooting into the booth so I was sitting next to Hilary. Harry went and sat down on the other side of Niall."
"Hey, are you guys ready to order?" says the waitress who looks around our age and who looks like she doesn't want to be here. Nathan, Niall, Hilary, and I ordered our food and no the waitress is talking Harry's order, and i pretty sure she is playing dumb and acting like she doesn't know what he wants to order just so she can talk to him.
"Excuse me. We have a movie to catch after dinner so if you would ever be so kind as to take his order, then you could flirt with him all you want later. Thanks." I say quite rudely. I didn't mean to sound like a bitch but come on. I want to be able to enjoy my dinner, not rush though it in order to see the movie on time.
The waitress and everyone else turn to me with wide eyes. What? I just want my damn food. She just rolled her eyes and walked off.
"What was that about?" Hilary whispered into my ear.
"Nothing, I just don't want to rush while eating to catch the movie." I say back into her ear. She just nods back.
After about 30-45 minutes our food finally comes. To be honest, I was kind of scared to eat y food in fear that the waitress spit in it or something, but my meal looks to well prepared and nothing looks stirred or messed up.
Hilary. Niall, Nathan, and I ate our dinners and talked about our studies at school and told some stupid jokes here and there while Harry just sat there playing on his phone.
We all finished up and paid for our dinners and as much and Hilary and I protested that Nathan and Niall paid for our dinners. After all of that we walked back to our cars to head off to the movies.
As soon as we got into the car and I pulled onto the main road, my phone goes off.
"Harry, can you please check who it's from?"
"Sure." "It's from your mom; she said that she hasn't heard from you so she wants to know how you are doing."
"Okay, just tell her I a fine and that i will call he tomorrow." Harry nodded his head and stared typing the reply.
5 minutes later we reach the theater and lucky enough I find Nathan and the other getting out of his car, and there just so happens to be a parking spot right next to him. Sweet I know that if that spot wasn't open I was going to have to most likely drive around for about 5-10 minutes or so to find another parking spot.
We decided to watch Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and when I mean "we" I mean Hilary and I . After the movie that everyone seemed to enjoy, even harry, we walked back to our cars and drove back to my apartment. We got into the elevator and the boys decided to walk us to the door. Well stepped off the elevator, harry was standing next to it while he waited for Nathan and Niall walked Hilary and I to the door.
Niall told Hilary goodnight and kissed her on the cheek, which I know for a fact she's going to have a mini dance party as soon as they leave. I just laugh at the thought.
"What are you laughing at?" Nathan asked.
"Nothing." I smile.
"Hey Pey, can I have the key to the door." I kind of like the nick name she gave me. I get the key out of my bag and give it to her, she walks though it when she was done saying goodnight to Niall. Niall walks back to the elevator to go stand next to harry while waiting for Nathan.
"I had a good time tonight ." Nathan says.
"Sam here . We should do it again sometime." I look at him and smile.
"Defiantly, maybe next time it's could just be the two of us? Ummm I... I m-mean if you want to?" He asks shyly
I feel my cheeks start to warm up. I look up at him and let out a small laugh. " i would like that a lot." As soon as I said that his face lit up like a kid on the Fourth of July.
" Goodnight Nathan." I smile. When I turned to walk away, he grabs my hand.
"Peyton wait." He turns me around so I am facing him again . Before I could ask what he wanted he kissed me, and to my surprise I kissed back, and when I kissed back I got the chills, but it wasn't the bad kind it was the good kind which made me smile on the inside. Nathan pulls away with a smile on his face while I'm in shock with what just happened.
"Goodnight Peyton." And with that he walks back to the other boys.. Oh Crap! The other boys! I look over and I see Niall and Nathan smile and talking while they get on the elevator along with harry, who is looking at me with this look in his eyes that I have never seen before, hurt. No.. He couldn't be hurt, I mean why would he be? He was kind of being an ass tonight, but then again that is just his personality. The elevator doors close signaling that they have left and I'm still standing outside my door trying to wrap my head around the kiss that Nathan and I had.
I walked into my apartment and close and locked the door. Hilary and I decided we were too tired to talk to each other about how much fun we had tonight so we both decided to talk about it in the morning.
I walked into my bedroom and stripped out of my clothes and changed into my pajamas. I went Into the bathroom and washed off the little makeup that I put on tonight and brushed my teeth.
I crawled into my bed and put my phone on the charger and set it down. I got myself comfy and started to drift off to sleep till I hear my phone go off. I looked at my screen to see who it's from. Nathan. I smiled to myself and opened it bit
*Ding*
From: Nathan :)
Goodnight Peyton :)
I read the massage and smiled again, and I replied
To: Nathan
Goodnight Nate :)
I set my phone down when I was done and before I could get comfy my phone goes of. Again. I open my phone without checking to see who it was , because I'm guessing it's Nathan texting me back.
From: Harry
I bet you his kiss was nothing like ours was. Sweet dreams Peyton.
I looked at the message and read it . My eyes went wide and my jaw dropped. How did he get my number? When did he get my number? All these questions were running through my head, till I remember that I told him to reply to my mom when she texted me while I was driving, so I had harry reply for me, he must have put his number in my phone then . I didn't even reply to harry. I put my phone down and laid back down in my bed. I just stared at my Ceiling replaying Harry's text in my head 'I bet you his kiss was nothing like ours' I just replayed it over and over. After about 10 minutes of me not being able to fall asleep I stated to slowly drift off to sleep. Once I fell asleep all I was dreaming about was the kiss I shared between Harry and I and then the kiss I shared with Nathan tonight. All I could think about was that the kisses both gave me Goosebumps when I replayed them in my head. One things for sure, both those kisses we something that I have never felt before.
All I know is that I have to do is tell Hilary about Harry after I tell her about Nathan, because I don't know what to think. With that final thought, I drift off to sleep and dread the morning to come.