This Feels like Falling in Love [Chapter 7]
Title: This Feels like Falling in Love [Chapter 7]
Author:Jennifer xkissxbangx1
Rating: PG-15/R
Pairings: Harry Styles/Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles/Niall Horan, Liam Payne/Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson/Eleanor Calder
POV:3rd person.
Summary: While Harry’s life is falling apart, Ed’s is falling into place. Will Niall be willing to help her put the pieces back together?
Author Notes:This is an always a girl!Harry fic. I own nothing but the plot idea.
“I’m pretty sure Haz is going to hate me forever,” Liam whined to Louis, dropping his head down onto the counter top, face buried in his folded arms.
Louis raised an eyebrow at him from his spot across the room, where he was wiping down tables. “Well, you’ve been a total dick to her. So, you kind of deserve it dude,” he replied with a shrug. “Just be her friend, not her dad.”
“I know, I know,” Liam grumbled, looking over at Louis. “I just, I have a lot of feelings, okay. I wish she was with Ed, and I don’t think she really wants to be alone. And what about Niall, I’m pretty sure he’s in love with her. What if he doesn’t want to be there for her, like he said he would be.”
“Yeah, and what’s your point?” Louis asked, crossing the room, with his arms crossed over his chest, dish rag over his shoulder.
Liam just sighed and ran his hands over his face. “I just want her to be happy.”
“We all want that,” replied Louis, smiling just a little. He knew he couldn’t stay mad at Liam, so he knew Harry would have to come around soon enough.
-x-
“I don’t think I can be a dad, I don’t know if I can do this,” said Niall with sigh, tugging at his hair. “I mean, I like her, like a lot. But, that’s a lot of baggage. I’m only twenty-one.”
Zayn glanced up from the shelf of rap CDs he was organizing, frowning over the top of it at Niall, who was behind the counter. “Dude, she’s only twenty-one, too,” he reminded his younger friend. He himself had only just turned twenty-two. “You’re a good guy; you’ve liked her for, shit, forever. I think you should give it a shot, that kid needs a father figure either way.”
“Do you know who the dad even is? Did Liam tell you?” Niall asked, picking at faded Green Day sticker that had been stuck to the counter top for longer than he’d worked at the music store.
“No,” Zayn replied with a shrug, looking back down at the shelf. He couldn’t believe how it could go from alphabetical order to a complete mess in just a couple of hours. “I don’t think it matters, I don’t think Haz wants him around whoever he is.”
Niall sighed and ripped a piece of the sticker off, then began running his finger over the sticky spot it left behind. “Do you think I could be that guy then? Because I think I want a relationship with her, I’m just not sure she’s in the right place for one, ya’know?”
Zayn nodded thoughtfully, just staying quiet for a moment. “Just be her friend then, see where it goes.”
-x-
Later that night, Harry and Eleanor were curled up on their couch, a horror movie playing on TV though both girls were more engrossed in their conversation than the movie.
“What if I scared him off?” asked Harry, taking a sip from her tea cup. “He’s barely talked to me all day. He asked me about how the appointment went though, so maybe that’s a good sign?”
Eleanor took a sip of her own tea before answering Harry’s questions, mulling them over in her head. “I think” she started watching Harry take another sip of her own cup “he’ll stick around, I just have a feeling.”
Harry rolled her eyes at her older friend; she was always deciding things off of good feelings. “What if you’re feelings are wrong? Or what if he sticks around for a while, but leaves when the baby comes?”
“Haz, stop with the what ifs right now,” the brunette commanded, knowing that would only get her friend worked up more than necessary. Harry was always good at making something out of nothing, imagining the worst possible thing that could happen in every situation. “If you’re not sure what you want, or if he’ll be around, just stick to being friends for now and see where it goes. Don’t rush into a relationship if you don’t think you can handle it. Or if he can handle it.”
“I never said I didn’t want a relationship,” the younger snapped back, getting defensive. “I just don’t know if he’ll be around for the whole thing.”
“Then just be friends for now,” Eleanor repeated with a heavy sigh, she didn’t want to get annoyed with Haz, but it was really hard when she was getting so defensive. “Just take it one step at a time, okay.”
“I’m trying,” replied Harry as set her now empty mug down on the coffee table. “It’s just hard when I was just sort of with someone, sort of not. What if this just turns into a friends with benefits situation again?”
“You really need to stop freaking out, okay,” Eleanor said softly, reaching out to take Harry’s hand. “Just relax, be friends with Niall and see where it goes. And don’t sleep with him if you’re not dating him yet” Harry gave her a dirty look for that last comment but Eleanor pointedly ignored her “because you’ve been known to do that, more than once, so just don’t do it this time.”
“Right,” Harry nodded, agreeing. Though she knew it wasn’t going to be that easy, because she was prone to freak outs under normal conditions. “I’ll just take it one step at time.”
“Exactly,” Eleanor smiled, squeezing her hand. “Don’t think too much, just go with it. Whatever happens happens.”
Author:Jennifer xkissxbangx1
Rating: PG-15/R
Pairings: Harry Styles/Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles/Niall Horan, Liam Payne/Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson/Eleanor Calder
POV:3rd person.
Summary: While Harry’s life is falling apart, Ed’s is falling into place. Will Niall be willing to help her put the pieces back together?
Author Notes:This is an always a girl!Harry fic. I own nothing but the plot idea.
“I’m pretty sure Haz is going to hate me forever,” Liam whined to Louis, dropping his head down onto the counter top, face buried in his folded arms.
Louis raised an eyebrow at him from his spot across the room, where he was wiping down tables. “Well, you’ve been a total dick to her. So, you kind of deserve it dude,” he replied with a shrug. “Just be her friend, not her dad.”
“I know, I know,” Liam grumbled, looking over at Louis. “I just, I have a lot of feelings, okay. I wish she was with Ed, and I don’t think she really wants to be alone. And what about Niall, I’m pretty sure he’s in love with her. What if he doesn’t want to be there for her, like he said he would be.”
“Yeah, and what’s your point?” Louis asked, crossing the room, with his arms crossed over his chest, dish rag over his shoulder.
Liam just sighed and ran his hands over his face. “I just want her to be happy.”
“We all want that,” replied Louis, smiling just a little. He knew he couldn’t stay mad at Liam, so he knew Harry would have to come around soon enough.
-x-
“I don’t think I can be a dad, I don’t know if I can do this,” said Niall with sigh, tugging at his hair. “I mean, I like her, like a lot. But, that’s a lot of baggage. I’m only twenty-one.”
Zayn glanced up from the shelf of rap CDs he was organizing, frowning over the top of it at Niall, who was behind the counter. “Dude, she’s only twenty-one, too,” he reminded his younger friend. He himself had only just turned twenty-two. “You’re a good guy; you’ve liked her for, shit, forever. I think you should give it a shot, that kid needs a father figure either way.”
“Do you know who the dad even is? Did Liam tell you?” Niall asked, picking at faded Green Day sticker that had been stuck to the counter top for longer than he’d worked at the music store.
“No,” Zayn replied with a shrug, looking back down at the shelf. He couldn’t believe how it could go from alphabetical order to a complete mess in just a couple of hours. “I don’t think it matters, I don’t think Haz wants him around whoever he is.”
Niall sighed and ripped a piece of the sticker off, then began running his finger over the sticky spot it left behind. “Do you think I could be that guy then? Because I think I want a relationship with her, I’m just not sure she’s in the right place for one, ya’know?”
Zayn nodded thoughtfully, just staying quiet for a moment. “Just be her friend then, see where it goes.”
-x-
Later that night, Harry and Eleanor were curled up on their couch, a horror movie playing on TV though both girls were more engrossed in their conversation than the movie.
“What if I scared him off?” asked Harry, taking a sip from her tea cup. “He’s barely talked to me all day. He asked me about how the appointment went though, so maybe that’s a good sign?”
Eleanor took a sip of her own tea before answering Harry’s questions, mulling them over in her head. “I think” she started watching Harry take another sip of her own cup “he’ll stick around, I just have a feeling.”
Harry rolled her eyes at her older friend; she was always deciding things off of good feelings. “What if you’re feelings are wrong? Or what if he sticks around for a while, but leaves when the baby comes?”
“Haz, stop with the what ifs right now,” the brunette commanded, knowing that would only get her friend worked up more than necessary. Harry was always good at making something out of nothing, imagining the worst possible thing that could happen in every situation. “If you’re not sure what you want, or if he’ll be around, just stick to being friends for now and see where it goes. Don’t rush into a relationship if you don’t think you can handle it. Or if he can handle it.”
“I never said I didn’t want a relationship,” the younger snapped back, getting defensive. “I just don’t know if he’ll be around for the whole thing.”
“Then just be friends for now,” Eleanor repeated with a heavy sigh, she didn’t want to get annoyed with Haz, but it was really hard when she was getting so defensive. “Just take it one step at a time, okay.”
“I’m trying,” replied Harry as set her now empty mug down on the coffee table. “It’s just hard when I was just sort of with someone, sort of not. What if this just turns into a friends with benefits situation again?”
“You really need to stop freaking out, okay,” Eleanor said softly, reaching out to take Harry’s hand. “Just relax, be friends with Niall and see where it goes. And don’t sleep with him if you’re not dating him yet” Harry gave her a dirty look for that last comment but Eleanor pointedly ignored her “because you’ve been known to do that, more than once, so just don’t do it this time.”
“Right,” Harry nodded, agreeing. Though she knew it wasn’t going to be that easy, because she was prone to freak outs under normal conditions. “I’ll just take it one step at time.”
“Exactly,” Eleanor smiled, squeezing her hand. “Don’t think too much, just go with it. Whatever happens happens.”