Chapter 29

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"Ready ?" Harry asks behind my back while I finish doing my hair

"Yeah just a minute !"

"You've been saying that for 20 minutes already" he rolls his eyes "why do you girls always take so much time to get ready.

"Stop grumbling, I'm done" I giggle and turn to face him, giving him a small kiss at the same time.

"Thank you" he smiles

"For what ? For the kiss or for hurrying myself" I smirk

"Definitely not for hurrying. You definitely took all your time" he chuckles before taking a serious tone "no, thank you for being such an amazing girlfriend and making me so happy"

"Awwwe you're so adorable Harold. I love you so much. You're amazing" I grin taking his face between my hands. He approaches his face from mine and kisses the tip of my nose making me giggle.

"I love you more"

" I loved you first" I smirk and he whines. We sound so childish doing that but we like it I guess.

" Anyway, let's go now !" He grabs my handbag and his car keys and we leave the house without making any noise in order not to wake up the others.
Harry opens the passenger door for me and I climb into the car.

"Do you have the shopping list ?" I check

"Yes Ma'am"
He turns on the radio and flicks through the stations.

"Oh let this one !" I beg

"That's No Control ! I'm not going to listen to my own songs"

"Why not ? I love this one !"

"I've just heard it too many times" he mumbles looking through the glass. I turn up the volume of my favourite song and he sighs but I know he's kidding because he loves this song as well.

"Powerless, and I don't care it's obvious... I just can't get enough of you..." I hum. He turns his head and stares at me, chuckling.

"Sing with me instead of making fun of me !" I pout.

"Taste on my tongue, I don't wanna wash away the night before" he shouts and we both keep singing at the top of our voice until the song ends.

Ten minutes later, we arrive at the shopping centre and park the car.

"So, we have a lot to buy" He says taking out a long shopping list from his pocket

"All this ? But we're leaving tomorrow !"

"We're seven of us at home and tonight we're having a little party so we need a lot of stuff" he tells me and I have the feeling it won't be just a little one

"How many people ?"

"About thirty" he bites his lips to hide his smile

"Oh so small party then, uh ?" I tease

He chuckles and passes his arm around my shoulder, pulling me against him and kissing my head.

"Ok let's buy the drinks first"

He takes my hand and we head to the alcohol section.

"Charlotte ? Charlotte Butand ?" Someone calls behind me. I turn to face the stranger. It takes me some time to recognise him.

"James ! Oh my god ! It's been a while !" I grin and hug the guy that used to be one of my best friends when I was at school. Actually, we dated for a few weeks but we decided to break up and to remain friends.

"It's incredible to see you again here ! What- oh my god Charlotte, guess who's standing behind you ?" He interrupts himself, whispering and sounding stunned.

"Hmm lemme guess... Harry Styles ?" I smirk

"Yeah ! Are you still a big fan of him ? That's your chance, go and talk to him !" He says, shocked and almost pushes me towards my boyfriend. He looks as astounded as I was the first time I met Harry and I can't help laughing when my boyfriend joins me

"Harry, this is James, an...old friend of mine and James, this is Harry, my boyfriend" I introduce them without mentioning that he's also my ex.

James' face distorts and he remains speechless while Harry and I share an amused look.

"Wahoo this is ... Incredible ! I remember you were such a big fan of him, you even had a picture of him next to your bed so you could see him when you were falling asleep !"

"Yeah I was... " I blush embarrassed and hear Harry chuckle next to me.

"Anyway it's great to see you again ! You look stunning ! I shouldn't have broke up with you after all" he jokes staring at me from top to bottom.

Fuck, he said it. I dare to look at Harry who is now pale. He looks straight in the eyes of James and questions
"You dated ?"

"Yes..." He answers looking at me, realising his mistakes. The atmosphere becomes suddenly very embarrassing. But James always makes blunders so he just pulls me into a hug and says:
"Anyway I have to go, I hope we could have a drink some day, you know to make up for the lost time."

"Yes sure" I grin and take a few steps away seeing that Harry is starting to lose patience.
Finally, James walks away.

"You're not going to have a drink with him, are you ?" He asks but it's more an order than a question.

"Why not ? He's my friend and I like him !" I sigh

"Well he's also your ex and I don't like him. Did you see how he was looking at you ? He just wants to sleep with you." He snaps

"God are you jealous ?" I realise

"No ! No of course not ! I'm just-"

"Jealous" I smirk. He rolls his eyes and starts to walk away. I catch up with him taking him by the wrist.

"Fine, I won't go" I declare and he lets out a relieved breath. "Now admit it, you were jealous" I smirk searching for his eyes but he looks away

"I was, yes" he finally makes eye contact.

"Aw you're cute when you're jealous. You have nothing to be jealous for. See, even when I was dating him I had a picture of you on my bedside table. It's always been you and it always will be" I reassure him

"I know, I'm sorry" he wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me against him to kiss my forehead. I grab him by the collar to stay close to him and whisper "I love you"
He grins before dropping a small kiss on my lips.

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