May POV

I'm in the kitchen with Harry.

He's cooking dinner and I'm helping. Helping meaning handing him what he needs.

"Who was that girl you introduced me to this morning?"

"She manages a lot of corporations and such." His voice stops and he doesn't continue.

"Do you know her?" I ask.

"She's uh the childhood friend I was talking to you about earlier."

Great.

I remain silent and nod. "Is she always a bitch or only to the workers like me?" I ask.

"When you get to know her she's not a totally bad person." I chuckle.

"Uhuh."

"If she does say anything rude to you or anything please just let me know."

"You acting nervous about dinner doesn't help me stay calm." He chuckles.

"She's bringing her boyfriend Jason to dinner as well." I nod.

"I'm going to take a shower." I say while removing myself from the chair I'm seated on. His mouth opens to speak but I talk over him. "No, you may not join me. You have to cook for your friends." A smug smile goes on my lips and I leave the room.

***

I feel like shit today so I decided on jeans and my usual dark green sweater.

I'm sitting at the island scrolling through my phone.

Harry sits beside me and his lips touch my cheek.

"Why are you wearing a sweater? Is it cold in here?" Harry asks me.

"I'm freezing. Like always." I say with a soft smile. "See." My hands touch his and his eyes look at me.

"Usually you get freakishly cold when you start to get a cold." Harry says. "Take some medicine later."

"Thanks Doctor." He chuckles at my comment.

"You look really cute in your sweater by the way." Harry kisses me.

"You're kind." I poke the dimple peeking through his cheek.

"I'm sorry if at work I've been acting cold. I just want everything to settle down after we let some people go. I know you've been getting stares and crap at the office because you're dating me so I'm just waiting for everything to go back to normal before I can talk to you like how I usually do." My head tilts at him. "I hope I haven't made you mad."

"You haven't." I lean in and kiss him. "I love you."

"I love you too."

***

Around 6 the door bell rings and Harry tells me he'll get the door.

"Keep an eye on the pan please." I nod. He leaves the kitchen and I stand in front of the stove to make sure everything doesn't burn.

Soon chatter is made throughout the house and Harry and all of his friends enter. Niall is the first to greet me with a hello and a smile. Next was his wife and last is Jess and her boyfriend Jason.

Harry stands beside me and his hand rests on my lower back. "Jess, you remember May from this morning, yes?"

"Yeah. Nice to see you again." Her hand extends to mine. I shake it to be kind for Harry's sake.

"You as well."

"Uh, Jason this my fia--girlfriend May." Niall and Harry exchange a look and I shake hands with Jess's boyfriend. He's tall and professional looking.

"Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too." I reply. Harry's hand on my lower back becomes tense and I furrow my eyebrows a little then straighten them up.

Harry POV

"Nice slip up." Niall remarks to me as we stand in the living room.

"Don't remind me." I mutter while sipping my water.

"'This is my fia--girlfriend.'" He mocks. "Way to give it away."

"Do you think she caught that?"

"Probably not. She was too busy giving the hate eyes to Jess."

"What about me?" Jess asks while sitting beside her boyfriend on the couch. Charlie and May are in the kitchen still I assume.

"Nothing." Her eyes look to her boyfriend who just sips his beer casually.

"Did someone already make fun of his slip up?" Jess asks me and I sink lower on the couch. Everyone laughs.

"She could say no, you know." Niall reminds me and I flip him off.

"I hate you all." I murmur.

All I need is to be proposing and know that she can say say no to me. Better yet I'll be rambling the whole time when I'm telling her how much I love her and manage to say will you marry me? in a low mumble.

Fuck I can't believe the 24th is in three days.

"I'm going to check on the food." I say while standing up from the couch I was seated on.

I walk into the kitchen and see Charlie and May talking. They both look at me and I take a look at the pan and see the chicken is almost done.

Charlie excuses herself from the kitchen and that leaves May and I alone.

"You okay? You look tense." May says with a small chuckle.

"I'm perfectly fine."

"Okay." She kisses my cheek.

This whole week I've been blanking out. I sometimes don't even know how I am at work. I've been too busy worrying about the 24th and how I just want everything to go right.

I kiss her lips twice. I hug her and my head goes on her shoulder. "I love you." I murmur.

"I love you too." She whispers back to me making me smile.

May POV

We're all seated at the dining room table.

The guys are talking about property tax or some crap. The three girls here listen in at the conversation. I find it amusing that they're talking about this at dinner.

"Harry how much was the house? It's nice." Jess asks.

"Roughly 500,000 thousand. It's worth way more now since we've redone it though."

I still feel like if we bought the cheaper house it would've looked nice as well. Plus I would've had a dog. I always wanted one growing up.

Either way I still want a dog.

Her blue eyes glare at me then to soften while looking at Harry.

I observe how they talk to each other. Harry told me that they haven't seen each other in years. I'd assume that they wouldn't be so comfortable with each other considering they haven't seen each other a long time.

I guess not.

I look to Charlie. She looks at me and smiles gently.

She knows something. I can tell.

~

"Hello." Niall's wife says to me while putting plates in the sink after dinner. Since Harry cooked I told him I'll clean.

It took him a long time to give in and let me.

"Hello." I reply back with a soft grin. "How was dinner?"

"Great. I wish Niall would cook for me like that." I laugh.

"I don't know, kale salad isn't for some." I say making her laugh. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

"Is there something about Jess what I don't know?" I ask.

Her head tilts. "Define what you mean."

"Is there things between Jess and Harry that I don't know about? I don't know. I'm reading too much into it aren't I?"

"Well," Charlie says. "Jess always had a huge crush on Harry. Even before Lily she always liked him. Then when Lily died she came in and in a way took care of him. But it was for her own selfish reasons."

"What do you mean took care of?"

"Sadie helped him move past the fact that Lily died. Jess showed him how to forget." Charlie pauses for a moment. "By that I mean that she uh, slept with him a lot of times. Of course it meant something to her because she liked him. But to Harry it was just a way to numb his feelings. That was the start of him sleeping around."

"A lot of times?" I ask.

"A lot of times." Charlie says. "She had a pregnancy scare by how much they were fucking." My stomach turns. "I don't know if Harry knows that though." She murmurs. "Anyways, that's all about them. Our whole circle is pretty fucked up. Like I dated Liam, our other friend and Jess dated Niall at some point. Don't worry I got him tested." I can't happen but to laugh at her comment.

We look up and see Harry and Jess enter the kitchen. They're both laughing and Charlie glances to me.

I can't tell if she likes Jess or not.

I turn off the sink and dry my hands with the dish towel beside me.

"Is there anymore plates?" I ask Harry.

"No you got all of them, thanks." He kisses the side of my head. He grabs another water bottle and leaves the kitchen when he hears Niall call his name from the patio outside.

"Was dinner good?" I ask Jess.

"Lovely. Harry knows how to cook doesn't he?"

"Yep." I murmur.

"Charlie, do you remember the time he make you cupcakes for your birthday? It was like a huge platter."

"How could I forget? They are my favourite ones that I ate everyday for five months."

Jess's blue eyes burn on me then glance to the patio behind us. All the guys are out there talking.

"Where's the bathroom?" Charlie asks.

"Down the hall to the left." I say while pointing. She thanks me with a smile and walks away.

Sadly I'm left with Jess.

"Sorry about this morning." She says.

"You don't have to be just because you know I'm dating Harry." I say.

"It was still rude of me."

"Uhuh." I say. I rinse the sponge with some water. "You don't have to say sorry to me for Harry's sake."

"This has nothing to do about Harry." My eyes look up at her.

"Okay."

"Okay." She says. "When is you and Harry's anniversary?" Jess asks curiously.

Which one? I want to ask.

"Uh July 25th." I say.

She nods. "Does he go all out for them? I know you guys have been dating a while so I'd imagine every year he surprises you more. Not to bring her up, but Lily used to always tell me how much Harry did for their anniversary. He would spend weeks before planning to make it special for them. Talk about true love huh?"

I don't even know what we do for our anniversary. I think we wake up, go out for breakfast, go to work, go out to dinner together, get home and exchange gifts, have sex, cuddle, then go to bed. I always thought that was fine. I don't mind.

"Yeah." I force a smile. "Were you and Lily close?"

"Oh yeah. Me, Charlie, Sadie, and Lily were all best friends. After her death we kinda all grew apart but we all still remain friends now." I nod.

"I think it's good that Harry has you to keep his mind off of things." My eyebrows furrow.

"Excuse me?"

"You know what I mean. Like a replacement." I bite down and grip onto the towel in my hand. "I hope that wasn't offensive. I thought you knew."

"Yep, he tells me that every morning." I remark. "In stead of I love you he says I love that you're my replacement."

"C'mon May." Her eyes hint something.

"What are you supposed to the saviour that comes to Harry's rescue after Lily? Letting him fuck you to forget his dead girlfriend doesn't count." I spit.

"Woah for someone so short you carry a lot of anger." I roll my eyes.

"Makes sense. The size of a person determines someone's anger amount."

"Maybe not the size of the person rather than something else."

"You make me want to take an STD test." I say.

"You make me want to go to church."

"I think the church won't be considered holy anymore if you went. You might have to dunk your vagina in the holy water."

"At least I know guys wanted me."

"But I guess the one guy didn't want you huh?" The door opens and everyone comes in laughing.

"Do you have any beers left?" Niall asks me. I nod and go to the fridge and give him one. "Thank ya." I nod and clean against the counter.

I listen into the conversation. "That conversation looked heated between you and Jess." Charlie comments beside me.

"She's just a bitch." She chuckles and sips her beer.

***

Everyone left an hour ago. It's currently ten at night and I'm glad I don't have work tomorrow.

"Did you have a good time?" Harry asks me. His arms hook around my waist.

"For the most part." I say with a gentle smile. "What about you?"

"Yeah." Harry grins.

"Are you tired?" I ask.

"No not really, why?" My fingers untuck his shirt and I glance up at him. A smirk on his lips.

I go on my tippy toes and kiss him. "I love you."

"I love you more baby." His fingers unbutton my jeans and his hands pull them down. His lips kiss my neck and I grin.

A://N

Long chapter :p

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