Everything froze for a moment. It’s like someone had pressed pause and the entire world just stopped. I was literally speechless. There were so many thoughts running through my brain that I didn’t even know which one I should say out loud.
Instead of talking I decided to do what my gut and my heart were telling me to. I leaned in and Harry did the same. Soon enough our lips met. He pulled me closer.
“Harry,” I say. My brain starts working again and I pull away. “I love you too.”
I wasn’t lying. It was the truth.
“Why do you seem so upset?” he asks, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion. I shut my eyes and take a slow deep breath.
“We can’t go out,” I admit.
“Why not?” He clearly did not understand. I sigh.
“There’s a lot of reasons. For starters, it’s against the law.”
“Why? Because you’re a foster child?”
“Yes, because you’re my foster brother. If services find out we both could get in trouble,” I explain.
“Your sister certainly has no problem violating that rule.”
“I’m not my sister,” I state plainly. He smiles.
“I know. I’m glad.”
I smile too. “So am I.”
“Is that the only problem then?” he asks.
“Well…no,” I say hesitantly. He looks at me expectantly. “You probably won’t agree with me on this, but I told Liam I wouldn’t date him because I didn’t want a boyfriend.”
Harry rolls his eyes. “I do care about my best mate, but I’m sure he’ll get over it.”
“Harry,” I reason. He sighs.
“Fine.”
“Also the press,” I point out. He smiles.
“I can protect you from that.”
“Not forever you can’t. You’ve done a decent job so far, but they’re bound to figure things out eventually. Especially if we start dating.”
“We can work around all of those things,” he argues. I could tell he really wanted to make this work. So did I, but thinking realistically I knew Harry and I would never end up right. I look down at the asphalt. “It’s something else, isn’t it?” he asks knowingly.
“When I told Liam I wasn’t ready for a boyfriend I wasn’t lying,” I say shyly. “I’ve been hurt enough, and I know you would never do anything like that on purpose, but pain comes with a relationship no matter who it’s with.”
“Nicole,” he begs. “Please. I care about you more than anyone else. I want to protect you from pain, not inflict it.”
“How would we find a way around everything else anyway?” I ask. “I really like you, but I don’t know how this is going to work.”
“No one else has to know,” he spontaneously exclaims. “What Liam doesn’t know won’t hurt him. The press will never find out and neither will social services. We can keep it to ourselves and it won’t even be that hard since we live together.”
I think this over. It’s actually not a bad idea…
“Please, Nicole. I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time and I’m not going to let you slip away from me.” He bites his lip in anticipation.
What’s the worst that could happen?
“Okay,” I agree, a large smile forming on my face.
“Okay?” he confirms with excitement. I nod and Harry releases a huge grin.
“We can secretly date. But we have to be extra careful around Melissa since she’ll probably be around the most. And we can’t act as anything more than friends when in public or around people.”
He smashes his lips against mine and stands up, jumping around like an animal singing some kind of happy song. I couldn’t help but laugh at my boyfriend.
My boyfriend, Harry Styles.
AUTHORS NOTE
well hello gorgeous :3 short chapter. sorry about that. Next one will be longer so dont worry my little pop tarts there is more to come (: Thanks again to those who helped me with this idea! You know who you are haha THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR READING AND VOTING AND COMMENTING ON THE LAST CHAPTER. It got more votes than any other chapter which i really appreciate and all of you left me wonderful comments that made me smile like a fool. SO THANKS <3 followers get dedicated chapters and votes/comments get my undying love for eternity (: but followers get that too, so you should FOLLOW ME after you VOTE AND COMMENT FEEDBACK ON THIS CHAPTER. I love you so so sooo much and i hope your lives are fabulous :3 byeee xx
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The Foster Girl || Harry Styles
Fanfiction(IN EDITING) Hi. I'm Nicole Miller and I've been in foster care since I was born seventeen years ago. I've moved around a lot to say the least. Over the years I've been used, abused, and sexually harassed by my various foster parents. Now, I'm movin...
