Never See Me Giving In

Skye

I stood there nervously staring at Harry as he glared at me. I was regretting taking his keys now, but I was sick of being dependant on him, I thought by showing him that I could drive his car without anything happening he would be okay.

“Nothing happened to your car,” I said putting the keys down on the counter. I shifted on the spot uncomfortably as he continued to glare at me not saying a thing.

“Would you just say something already,” I said cringing as my voice wavered. I was scared because he wasn’t yelling. He clenched his hand into a fist before taking a big breath; I could see he was trying to relax before he spoke.

“Do you have any idea how worried I was,” He practically hissed at me.

“I didn’t hurt your car!” I protested.

“I wasn’t worried about the bloody car!” He said his voice getting louder. I practically sighed in relief; at least he was showing me some emotion now. “You could have been hurt!”

“I know how to drive Harry!”

“Not very well!” I scoffed at him; he was really going to insult my driving.

“Sorry I don’t match your standards, but I have a license so obviously I’m good enough!” Harry sighed and sat down on the couch running his fingers through his hair roughly.

“Look I’m sorry for taking your car without asking but I hate depending on you so much, I feel bad for constantly asking you for lifts. I’m used to being able to drive around whenever I want to.” I explained softly to him sitting down next to him on the couch. He sighed and reached over grabbing my hand and lacing our fingers together.

“I’m sorry for being overprotective. I’m just not used to feeling so protective over someone, I’ve never felt this much worry over any other girl. The moment you leave my sight I can’t help but worry if you’re okay.” Harry whispered.

“That’s sweet Haz, but you need to back off a bit okay?” I said as kindly as I could, brushing my fingers through his hair.

“I’m sorry,” He said softly turning to face me.

“I’m sorry too,” I said back, pressing my lips to his. He kissed me back eagerly.

“I think we scared our friends off,” I laughed pulling away. Harry chuckled.

“It’s not like they’re not used to it.” He said softly.

Someone cleared their throat near the door and I glanced up to see Paige and Casey standing there watching us hesitantly. I smiled at them letting them know it was okay to come in. They smiled in relief.

“Were going to go out partying tonight for our last night here.” Casey told me. No chance for me to argue against it as she and Paige made their way into my mine and Harry’s room. I laughed at their retreating backs. Suddenly Harry’s lips were on mine urgently as he kissed me hard. I gasped in surprise giving him the chance to push his tongue into my mouth.

“MY EYES!” Louis screamed waltzing through the door. Harry pulled back rolling his eyes at Louis as I sat there trying to regain my breath back. I laughed as Louis ran into the wall from covering his eyes.
“Are you planning on getting ready soon or not?!” Paige called poking her head out the door. I rolled my eyes and got off the couch and made my way into the room.

“Geez you guys are pushy.” I rolled my eyes walking into the room. “HOLY CRAP!” I exclaimed glancing around the room, in a matter of minutes Casey and Paige had turned mine and Harry’s room into a complete mess with clothes, jewellery and makeup strewn across the floor and bed. I heard Harry groan as he walked into the room after me. He headed straight to the closet and grabbed some clothes.

“I’ll be at Liam’s,” He said walking out giving me a kiss on the forehead before shutting the door behind him.

“What were you looking for?” I whined.

“Those coral and gold earrings!” Casey huffed still searching through my jewellery box.

“And I want those black pumps we bought in Sydney.” Paige said from the closet.

“The gold earrings are in that jewellery box,” I told Casey pointing to my white jewellery box on the other side of the room of the black one she was currently looking in, she quickly hurried over to that one.

“The pumps might be in Louis room since Eleanor borrowed them the other day,” I mused heading out of the room and into Louis.

“AHHHH!” I screamed covering my eyes the moment the door was opened. There was a thud the moment I screamed. I had walked in on Louis and Eleanor both half naked. I peeked through my fingers to see Eleanor nowhere in sight and a naked Louis covering his bottom half with a blanket.

“What do you want?” He hissed at me.

“Umm just a black pair of heels Eleanor borrowed off me,” I mumbled my eyes refusing to meet his. I could feel the blush burning on my cheeks. Louis disappeared into his bathroom to ask Eleanor before walking back out and heading to a pile of clothes in a corner, he dug through quickly pulling out the shoes and handed them to me. I smiled at him sheepishly before he slammed the door in my face.

-

“Louis is ready to kill you,” Eleanor mumbled into my ear as we made our way down to Liam’s where everyone was meeting. I smiled at her guiltily before glancing back at Louis to see him leaning against the wall of the elevator glaring at the floor.

“Sexually frustrated Lou?” Casey asked casually slinging her arm around his shoulders. He shot her a glare causing her to laugh and quickly pull her arm back. We walked into Liam’s flat and saw everyone waiting around for us. I headed over to Harry placing a kiss on his cheek.

“What’s wrong with you?” Niall asked Louis. Louis instantly shot me a glare.

“He’s sexually frustrated because Skye walked in on him and Eleanor having sex and then Eleanor refused to continue after it.” Paige explained in a monotone voice as she searched Liam’s cupboard for a drink. I grinned sheepishly before heading over to Tate, Danielle and Casey and threw myself down next to them. I saw Casey and Paige’s suitcases sitting near a door and my mood instantly dropped. They hadn’t been here long and they were already leaving.

Paige sat down next to me throwing an arm around my waist and resting her head on my shoulder I smiled and hugged her back. I was going to forget about that tonight and just enjoy their company.

“Where’s Zayn?” Eleanor asked.

“Waiting at his flat for Perrie,” Danielle explained fixing her hair up in her compact mirror. I grinned largely.

“Perrie’s coming?” I asked excitedly. At that moment Zayn walked in followed by a dressed up Perrie. I jumped up instantly smiling at them both largely. Zayn shot me a look, I quickly dropped my smile to a normal size and headed over.

“Hey,” I greeted brightly. “Ready to go?” I asked after Perrie said a quick hi. Everyone nodded and I linked my arm with Perrie’s and pulled her back out the door.

“I hope you like to dance,” I warned her laughing.

“I do,” she assured me smiling down at me as her heels were just a tad taller than mine. We entered the elevator and Zayn eyed us both warily. I shot him an innocent smile.

“Seriously Zayn it’s not like I’m going to rape her.” I exclaimed. Niall pissed himself laughing as Zayn glared at me. Harry clamped his hand over my mouth shooting me a look. Perrie giggled slightly and I pulled my head away from Harry’s hand to smile at her gratefully.

“She’s not even drunk yet,” I heard Zayn complaining to Harry as we left the elevator. I laughed loudly and jumped into the limo waiting for our large group.

“Ooh wine!” I cried in happiness reaching for the bottle and glasses. I heard Harry groan as he climbed in and sat down next to me.

“You’re planning on getting really drunk aren’t you?” Harry asked me cautiously. I winked at him and leant forward pressing my lips to his.

“Okay everyone else is in the car now!” Louis yelled loudly.

“Jealous much?” I snickered at him.

“If I’m not getting any than neither are you,” He said crossing his arms across his chest and smirking at me. Eleanor leaned over and whispered something into his ear. He instantly smiled largely. I laughed at the gesture.

The limo stopped and we all jumped out eagerly. Harry quickly pulled down my short black dress. I laughed and stood on my toes to reach up and plant a kiss on his lips.

“You’re very loving, tonight,” He muttered against my lips. I went to pull away.

“Not that I’m complaining,” He quickly said wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me closer, planting his lips back onto mine. He smirked into the kiss as I allowed him to push his tongue into my mouth.

“Can we get into the club before you two cause more of a scene,” Liam mumbled from behind us. I glanced over at him and Danielle and that’s when I noticed the amount of paparazzi around.

“Crap,” I muttered, I hadn’t noticed them when we stepped out of the car. I went to rush inside the club but Harry pulled me back whispering something in my ear about public appearances. So he wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closer protectively before we smiled and posed for a couple of photos. I felt extremely awkward but I tried my best to keep my smile as natural as possible. That part was slightly easier as Harry kept making me look at him and I couldn’t help but smile into his eyes.

He pinched my bum however which made me slap him across the chest and I shot him a glare. There were a few laughs from the paparazzi and the flashes quickened. After this Harry quickly directed me inside and we were lead over to the VIP section where the rest of our friends were. I breathed a sigh of relief.

“I need a drink,” I breathed out nervously clutching to Harry still. He looked down at me worriedly, I mustered up the best assuring smile I could before I walked over to the bar and ordered the strongest drink there and a shot. I couldn’t help the fact that the paparazzi made me extremely nervous. Danielle and Eleanor told me that I would get used to it, but I was wondering if it was something that I even wanted to get used to.

“You good now?” Paige asked coming up to stand next to me after I downed my drink and shot. I smiled at her and nodded.

“Good let’s dance,” She said grabbing my hand and making her way over to everyone else.

“Time to dance,” I announced grabbing Perrie’s hand and pulling her away from Zayn. She laughed and followed me happily. I wasn’t sure what to make of her yet but she seemed nice enough.

The night started off innocently enough as we continued to dance and drink more moving from the dance floor to the couches and mingling with everyone around us. I got closer to Perrie as she was very free spirited and fitted in well on the dance floor.

“I am so exhausted,” Paige slurred to me slumping down on the couch next to me. I turned my head to her giggling as the room spinned slightly before pressing a kiss to her cheek. She laughed at me.

“I need to pee,” I whined to Harry. He raised his eyebrow at me.

“Are you asking me to take you?” He asked cautiously. I nodded.

“I don’t think that’s allowed love...” He trailed off. I huffed.

“I’ll take her.” Perrie said walking over and holding her hand out to me. I appreciatively grabbed it and stood up successfully. I felt Harry’s hands tugging on my dress, I slapped his hands away impatiently. Perrie guided me towards the toilets, I noted that she wasn’t nearly as drunk as the rest of us.

There was a short wait before I got a cubicle and quickly did my business. I stumbled back out and washed my hands.

“I told you Harry Styles was here! That’s his girlfriend!” I heard voices say behind me. I spun around to find where the voices were coming from.

“Oh look Perrie from Little Mix too!” Someone squealed. Perrie and I looked over to see a group of girl staring at us intently holding their phones out, obviously taking photos. I groaned.

“I’m too drunk for this,” I moaned to Perrie, she just laughed at me and started to guide me towards the door. By now the whole female population within the toilet had heard the girls and they were all staring at us.

“Could you um maybe introduce me to Harry?” This girl with rather large boobs said stepping in our way. I glared at her boobs for a minute as they blocked my way before I glanced up at her. She was quite taller than me.

“Sorry I don’t know a Harry...” I trailed off pushing past her, miraculously not touching her boobs. We fought our way out of the toilets and back out to the loud music. I stumbled slightly and almost fell over if Perrie and some random person didn’t help steady me. I glanced up to thank the person. I came face to face with one of the girls who were whispering about us in the toilet. I smiled at her gratefully.

“Are you really Harry’s bird?” She asked me wide eyes. I cringed at being called a bird.

“I suppose,” I muttered. She looked at me confused. “I mean yes.”

“Is he an awesome boyfriend?” She asked making me laugh. “You’re so lucky!”

I watched the girl sceptically as I thought for the first time since I started to date Harry how lucky every girl in the world thought I was. I knew I was lucky but the reason I was lucky was a completely different reason for why they thought I was lucky. I was lucky because he was amazing and sweet and he could handle any mood I was in. He always knew how to make me laugh and he loved me. To these girls I was lucky because he was hot and rich and had an amazing voice and a funny and sweet personality to match. I realised how much his fans would kill to be in my shoes and I didn’t even realise how amazing my life had become to theirs. My life had become their fairytale.

“Skye?” Perrie questioned snapping me out of my trance and I glanced at her. She was a celebrity too, maybe not as famous as the boys but she was on her way to becoming that famous. I was surrounded by people in a world where I wasn’t sure I fitted in.

My alcohol buzzed mind pushed these thoughts aside as I smiled at the girl in front of me and gave her what she wanted.

“He’s amazing,” I told her simply. I didn’t tell her how much he pissed me off, how much we fought. How at times I felt like I hated him so much that I couldn’t help but love him. That our relationship was so messed up that it was right. That he left the toilet seat up all the time and insisted on walking around naked which isn’t as great as you think; especially when he encourages the other boys. I knew why management wanted me to connect more with their fans because I was their one hope. I gave them hope that these boys that they had put on a pedestal were willing to date one of them because just a little over a year ago I was one of them.

She smiled at me before leaving us.

“Are you okay?” Perrie asked me.

“Yeah, I think I just had a weird epiphany while I was drunk, which you know is never good.” I told her staring over towards the boys as I watched them goof around. To me they were normal.

“Okay?” She asked wearily.

I quickly offered her a smile before grabbing her hand and dragging her back to the dance floor.

-

“I hate these!” I whined throwing my heels across the room.

“Hey!” Harry yelled as the heels hit the wall. I looked at him apologetically before flopping down on the bed and groaning from the pain in my feet and head.

“You shouldn’t have drunk so much!”

“Yes DAD!” I yelled grumpily. I heard Harry sigh as he paused in the doorway before walking over and sitting down on the end of the bed. My head turned to the side as I stared at his back.

“Alright, what’s wrong?” He asked lying down beside me.

“Don’t know what you’re talking about?” I mumbled looking away.

“Are you upset because Casey and Paige leave tomorrow?” He asked softly, pulling my chin to look back at him. I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest before sitting up.

“Why do you like me?” I whispered to him pulling my knees up to my chin and wrapping my arms around them.

“What?” He asked sitting up.

“Why did you choose me? Out of everyone in the whole world why did you choose to fall in love with me?” I asked.

“Well I didn’t exactly choose to fall in love with you...” He trailed off jokingly, I shot him a glare. He sighed and ran a hand through his already messed up hair.

“What brought this on?”

“These girls in the club, they recognised me in the toilet.” I told him, he growled.

“Maybe I should follow you to the toilet.”

“They weren’t mean to me,” I quickly defended. “They just wanted to know what a great boyfriend you were. So I told them you were amazing but I just realised that they didn’t really care because in their minds you already are amazing. Every girl in the world thinks I’m so amazingly lucky and I feel bad because I don’t see you as a god send. No offence. But I don’t see you as amazing as they do. I see you as Harry the annoying guy I’m in love with. I just wonder why would you choose me if you could get any other girl in the world that thinks of you as the most amazing guy under the sun.”

We sat in silence for a moment; I hoped he hadn’t taken my words harshly. I was drunk and it was making what I was saying a lot blunter than normal.

“It’s because you see me as Harry. You don’t see me as amazing. When I piss you off you don’t just take it, you yell and get angry at me and make me work for your forgiveness. You don’t treat me like a celebrity, you treat me as me. I was rude to you when we first met and instead of just taking it or trying to get me to like you; you yelled at me and accused me of being rude and mean. No girl had ever done that to me since we became famous. It’s why I first started to like you. I mean you were fit don’t get me wrong. But you treated me differently so I took interest in you. You were hurt; I could see that and a part of me wanted to help you. I don’t know why but you needed me and I needed you.”

The silence radiated around the room as I stared at the gold ring sitting on my middle finger.

“Thank you,” I whispered turning my body to throw my arms around his neck.

“For what?” He whispered back wrapping his arms around my waist and falling back against the bed so I was practically laying on him.

“For loving me,” I said simply pressing my lips to his quickly, “faults and all.”

“Anytime babe. And thank you for loving me.” He smiled back showing me his dimples before pulling me in for a deeper kiss.