Jessi

I could hear Lori and Niall as they chatted in the back while we drove to the restaurant. I enjoyed watching Harry drive, he always looked so hot when he was concentrating. The drive didn't take too long, he parked behind the restaurant and pretty much jumped out the car so he could open my door, it was pretty sweet. I thought men like him had died out long ago. I got chills when he took my hand, he locked the car and I smiled when I spotted Lori and Niall holding hands too. We walked in through the backdoor, the manager hurried over to greet us. I had spotted a few people turn to look as we were shown to our booth and to be honest it made me feel pretty self conscious.

"So how was the rest of your day?" I asked Harry as we sat down.

"So, so. It's getting better though" he squeezed my thigh. "How was the birthday girl?"

"Oh Sweet Sixteen was unbelievable. She sent Jessi to the coffee shop three times, made me completely redo her makeup twice, had somebody separate her skittles into their colours but her absolute best moment of the day was when she said she was going to have your baby," she pointed at Harry, "Jessi asked her if you knew about this and without skipping a beat she said well it's not really any of his business. She was quite terrifying" Lori laughed.

"Last I checked I'm pretty sure I have to have some sort of involvement in that" Harry replied and we all laughed. The waiter came to take our order and I noticed that as well as people starring there were now people taking pictures with their phones. Harry noticed it too.

"Just try to ignore it" he whispered and put a protective arm around me. I glanced over at Lorena and Niall but they seemed to be oblivious, they were in their own little bubble. They looked so cute together.

Dinner was amazing but I wasn't surprised the food was always great at Zenkichi, it was one of mine and Lori's favourite places to eat. We were just about finished when something suddenly banged off the window at the front of the restaurant. Some people stood up to see what it was and all you could see were hundreds of camera flashes.

"Fuck" Harry growled.

"I told you we shouldn't have come out alone" Niall said. They way he looked at Harry told you this wasn't good.

"What's going on?" Lori asked.

"Jessi," Harry looked me in the eye and handed me the keys to the car, "you and Lorena go and get into the car. Me and Niall will wait and leave a little behind you, if we all get up and walk to the back together they'll know we're leaving and head round the back and that won't be good. Okay?" He said. I nodded. I grabbed Lori's hand and we headed out the back door.

"Get in the front" I said to Lori and climbed into the driver seat.

"What why?" she asked as I started the car, although she did what I asked.

"Because we still have to go past the front of the restaurant to get back to the hotel. They're not going to care about two girls in a car are they?" I said, at least I hoped they wouldn't. I rolled down the window as I spotted Niall coming.

"Get in the back" He did as I asked and I spotted Harry, he followed Niall into the back seat. I drove off as soon as Harry closed the door. I drove out the car park and around the corner. I couldn't believe my eyes. The road was blocked with paparazzi. I felt my body tense up as I imagined what it would be like trying to get through that.

"Just stay down" I yelled to Harry and Niall before I tooted the horn. The mob turned to stare right at me but they didn't move. They were still in the road.

"This is a bad idea" Niall said behind me. I tooted the horn a few more times and they slowly started to move out the way. Suddenly someone started yelling and they all ran to the back of the restaurant.

"Go, Jessi!" Lori yelled as the road cleared. I didn't hesitate and got out of there as fast as I could. I noticed Harry and Niall sit up in the mirror.

"This is probably the wrong time to ask but you do have a driver's license don't you?" Harry laughed and I couldn't help but laugh too.

"Don't worry. She does" Lori smiled when she spotted the panicked expression on Niall's face.

"How did they find us?" Niall said.

"I don't know. Somebody in the restaurant must have tipped them off" Harry sighed.

"Do you guys want to hang out for a bit when we get back?" Niall asked.

"Sure." I smiled, although I had to admit I was looking forward to getting Harry all to myself. He was talking to Niall about something, I couldn't hear what.

"I'm going to stay with Niall tonight. If my Mum asks I stayed at your apartment" Lori whispered.

"Ok. If you're sure" I replied.

"I am" she smiled. I pulled into the parking garage at the hotel and noticed there was somebody that looked like security waiting at the door. He did not look happy.

Harry

Shit! I saw Paul waiting for us but there's no way he could possibly know about the restaurant fiasco yet. Maybe he needed us for something.

"Great. Now we're in trouble" Niall sighed.

"It'll be fine Niall. It's probably not even about the restaurant." I said. Jessi parked the car and I climbed out and held the door open for her. I smiled when she placed her hand in mine and we walked towards the door which Paul was now holding open. I didn't like that he hadn't said anything. We walked through the door and Niall and Lori followed behind us.

"So who wants to start?" Paul said when he pressed the button for the lift.

"Start what?" I asked. How could he know about the restaurant so soon? 

"Explaining how you two managed to block off an entire street and cause a mini riot?" he replied.

"It was Harry's idea" Niall caved and the lift doors pinged open.

"Listen girls, you two go upstairs and they'll be up in a few minutes, okay?" Both Jess and Lori got into the lift and I mouthed 31 as I saw Jessi look at the buttons with a confused look on her face. This was beyond embarrassing, it made me feel like a child being told off infront of everyone. The doors closed and as soon as the lift started moving, Paul started to talk.

"Guys, I get it. You wanted to take your girlfriends to dinner, it should be simple, but for you guys it's not that easy. There's a reason we have plans and security. What if you had gotten stuck in that mob? Somebody could have been hurt and it's my ass on the line if that happens. I also didn't appreciate being made to look like an idiot when Helen came and asked me if you were at Zenkichi and I told her it couldn't be you guys because you were upstairs" Paul sighed.

"Sorry" I said. I wasn't mad at Paul. I didn't want him to get in trouble, I just didn't want modest to control my personal life. Not this time. With Jessi something felt different and I wanted to protect it, I wanted to protect her.

"No more sneaking out?" he said. He did have a point, being surrounded by paparazzi was pretty scary and not something I wanted Jessi to have to experience.

"No more sneaking out" Niall and I agreed.

"I should probably tell you that I don't plan on flying to LA after the show tomorrow night then" I added. Both Niall and Paul turned to look at me.

"What do you mean you don't plan to fly to LA, you have a show there on Monday night. How else are you going to get there?" Paul glared at me.

"I still plan to fly but on Sunday night instead. Also I'd really appreciate it if you didn't tell Modest" I said.

"They have girls in LA you know" Paul smiled.

"Not this girl" I grinned. I knew he was going to agree.

"One condition. Non-negotiable. I leave you Jo and two security guards and they go wherever you go." He sounded serious so I nodded. We all rode in the lift together, Paul got off the floor below me and Niall. The doors pinged open on our floor but when we walked out there was no sign of Jessi or Lorena.

"Where are they?" Niall asked, he looked worried.

"I don't know but they can't be far, maybe they got out on the wrong floor" Before I could say anything else Niall had got back into the lift, the doors closing behind him. I pulled out my phone and dialled Jessi's number.

"Hey, we forgot our backpacks. We're heading back up now" she answered.

"You scared Niall, he ran off to look for you" I laughed.

"Aaw he's so cute" she replied, making me feel jealous.

"Hey!" I whined.

"Well you didn't come looking for us, did you?" she teased.

"No I was smart, I called you so we wouldn't be chasing each other up and down in the lift all night" I smiled.

"NIALL!" she exclaimed. "We found Niall!"

"Just hurry up and get back here. I -" I felt my body freeze as I realised I did genuinely miss her. I was becoming consumed with an overwhelming urge to keep her close to me.

"You what?" I could tell she was smiling, the lift doors pinged open and she walked out with Niall and Lorena. I walked straight up to her and wrapped my arms around her as tightly as I could and whispered, "I missed you" in her ear. She hugged me back and I felt her smile against my neck.

"So did you get grounded?" she mocked when she eventually pulled away from me.

"Very funny" I huffed as I took her hand and walked to open my room door. I pulled her inside and held the door open for Niall and Lorena but after a minute the doorway was still empty. I looked outside and saw them kissing up against the wall. Suddenly Jessi whistled right beside me, which made me jump and caused Niall and Lorena to break apart. I couldn't help but chuckle at their red faces.

"So what do you guys want to do? We could sing?" Niall said, his face returning to it's usual colour. He took Lorena's hand and walked into the room.

"What do you want to sing?" Lorena smiled as Niall walked over and grabbed my guitar from the corner of the room.

"Harry? Any ideas?" he looked at me with a pleading look. I could only think of one song, it had been looping in my head since I saw Jessi walk out of her apartment earlier. I walked over to Niall and sat down beside him, whispering the song in his ear, he smiled and he started to play as I sang Little Black Dress. It took Jessi a lot longer than it should have to realise I was singing it to her. She looked down at her dress and blushed. She pulled her knees up to her chest and hid her face. It was too cute. Niall sang Up by Olly Murs next and Lorena joined in on Demi Lovato's parts. I couldn't wipe the smile from my face as Jessi crawled across the floor to sit beside me, I put my arm around her, my hand resting on her hip as she leaned her head on me.

"Jessi? Do you have a song?" Niall asked and I realised they had stopped singing.

"Oh - I -" she stumbled.

"I know" Lorena smiled and whispered something to Niall. "Nice" he smiled and started playing, I recognised it as Photograph by Ed. I held her tighter as she started singing, she had a pretty little voice but I could tell she wasn't confident. For the first time since I met her she seemed truly vulnerable, it made me want to protect her, I joined in with the chorus and I felt her relax. Happiness washed over me.

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Lorena

We'd all been singing for about an hour and Niall was showing no signs of slowing down. I got the impression he'd play songs forever if he could. I was glad I'd asked him to invite Jessi and Harry, it made it less awkward in the beginning, but I was definitely craving some time alone especially since our kiss in the hallway. I looked over at Jessi, she looked so happy, it was so nice to see. I'd seen too much of sad Jessi over the past year. She got up and walked to the bathroom. I decided to take my chance, I had to talk to Harry about something and she had barely left his side. Once she'd disappeared I stood up and walked over and sat down beside Harry.

"Hi" he smiled, his eyes still watching the bathroom door. Niall was still playing random songs on his guitar.

"Hi, Niall told me You and I is on your set list for tomorrow night." I rushed out, I needed to hurry.

"Yeah" he said, he was still watching the door.

"Can you change it?" I pleaded.

"Not really. Why? Don't you like it?" he glanced at me, tearing his eyes from the door for just a second.

"It's Jessi's favourite or it used to be, she hasn't been able to listen to it in a long time. I can't tell you anymore, it's not my place but if you play it she will cry" I explained as I checked the door myself.

"What? You can't do that. What happened?" he looked so worried I felt terrible but I couldn't say anymore, Jessi would already kill me if she knew I'd said this much.

"I can't. She'd kill me" I shook my head.

"I might kill you if you don't -" he paused mid sentence and I knew Jessi must be behind me.

"Why would you want to kill Lori?" she said.

"She won't tell me all of your secrets" he smiled. I mouthed Thank you before I stood up.

"Niall, are you ready to go?" I asked and smiled as he discarded the guitar and jumped up.

"Yeah" he said, taking my hand. We rushed out the room, mumbling our goodbyes, not bothering to wait for the lift before we started kissing.

Jessi

I wanted to quiz him about what him and Lori had been talking about but his green eyes were piercing mine. I'd been longing to be alone with him all day and now I was, I felt paralysed, rooted to the spot.

"You okay?" he smiled and I nodded, biting my bottom lip. "You look so sexy" his voice sounded even deeper than normal. He stood up and walked towards me, his arms enveloped me as he pressed his lips to mine. Suddenly my body came to life, electricity running through it. I found myself fumbling with the few buttons he'd bothered to do up on his shirt as his hands wandered over my body. He scooped me up in his arms, my heartbeat instantly quickened as he walked to the bedroom. I held onto him tightly, my eyes transfixed by his jawline flexing. 

He placed me down gently on the floor and my legs felt like jelly. My heart started beating even faster as he sat down facing me, on the bed, and smiled. His eyes were boring into my soul again as he placed his hands on my calves and began slowly pulling up my dress, his eyes never leaving mine.

"Harry" I mumbled as he reached the top of my thighs, I felt like I was about to explode.

"What? Do you want me to stop?" He suddenly let go of me.

"Fuck, no!" I practically yelled, I grabbed his hands and placed them back on my thighs. I felt my cheeks flush at my own forcefulness. Harry just grinned as he lay down on the bed and pulled me on top of him. My lips quickly found his, our tongues fighting. I could feel the bulge in his jeans growing and a moan escaped my lips. He held me close to him and sat up and hurriedly pulled off my dress. I smirked as he leaned back, his eyes widening as he stared at my red underwear, clearly I made a good choice. 

I slid his shirt off his shoulders and while he pulled his arms out of his sleeves I took my chance to gaze over his toned body, my fingers lightly tracing over his tattoos, there was a lot of them. I slid back in his lap so I could undo his jeans and he lay back on the bed while I stood up and pulled them off. I threw them behind me and admired the sight infront of me, his strong chest, those chiseled abs and as for the bulge in his black boxers, I felt myself gulp.

"Jessi" he groaned, sitting up and pulling me onto his lap, "I need you now." His hand moving down the front of my body to my pants. I exhaled loudly as he began rubbing my clit.

"Oh Harry. That feels amazing" I panted. He undid my bra and stood me up in front of him before sliding my bra straps off my shoulders and watching it fall to the floor, he barely paused before pulling down my pants and then he stood up and threw me down on the bed. I was so turned on I felt like I might explode with his next touch. I smiled widely as he pulled off his boxers before climbing on top of me. He placed hurried kisses down my neck and along my shoulder, pausing briefly on the scar on my shoulder. I sighed audibly as he disappeared.

"Don't move" he whispered. I looked over and saw him open the drawer on the bedside table and pull out a condom. He ripped it open and put it on before crawling over the bed and climbing on top of me again. "You're so fucking pretty" he exclaimed before crashing his lips onto mine, his hand gently massaging my breasts. I moaned against his lips as he pushed inside me. He thrust slowly at first. "Does that feel good?"

"Mhm..." I nodded unable to speak. I wrapped my legs tightly around him, pulling him deeper inside me as he thrust faster. I pulled his head down towards me, my lips hungrily finding his. "Don't stop" I mumbled into his lips as he shifted his weight, his body glistening with sweat. He quickly found his rhythm again, waves of pleasure coursing through my body, causing me to arch my back off the bed. I grabbed the bedsheets with my hands as pleasure overwhelmed me, my entire body trembling violently.

"That was amazing" Harry panted in my ear, as he collapsed on top of me. My breathing was still too heavy so I kissed his neck in agreement. He rolled off me and went to get rid of the condom. This is usually when I'd take my chance to get dressed, make my excuses and leave but I was shocked to find that I didn't want to leave. I wanted to stay. I didn't even feel the urge to cover up. I frowned as I realised Harry might want me to leave. I sat up on the bed and he immediately spun round to face me.

"Where are you going?" A worried look spread across his face. I didn't understand what he could be worried about. Maybe he was worried I was going to sell a story about him or something. That must be a pretty weird concern to have.

"I don't know" I replied to his question. He jumped back onto the bed and lay down, pulling me down so my head was resting on his chest.

"Don't go anywhere" he whispered. I absentmindedly traced over his butterfly tattoo with my finger.

"That tickles" he laughed. "Would you let me tattoo you?"

"Hell no. I'd maybe go get a tattoo with you but there's no way I'm letting you near me with a tattoo gun" I laughed.

"Would we get matching ones?" he smiled.

"I don't know" I smiled as his hand gently stroked my hip.

"Maybe lyrics. What's your favourite One Direction song?" My body froze.

"Jessi! What's wrong? You don't have to tell me" I could hear the panic in his voice as he pulled me closer. I wanted to tell him but it wasn't as simple as just telling him the name of a song, there was a whole other story that came along with it and that was going to be hard.

"I want to. I don't even think it's your best song but it's special to me" I started.

"I love when you find a song like that, where nobody else knows why you love it so much" his hand stroking my hip again, I liked it, it made me relax. I swallowed hard.

"It's You and I. Me and my Mum used to sing it every Tuesday when we were getting ready to go to The Ace. I don't know why but she heard it on the radio one day and it stuck with her, she used to sing it to me all the time" I felt my eyes fill with tears, I swallowed hard and screwed my eyes shut, trying to keep them in.

"Did you guys fall out?" he asked, tightening his grip on me. I shook my head as I prepared to say the words out loud and then it hit me, I'd never actually said these words before, Frank, my Mum's boyfriend had told everyone, even Lori.

"My Mum died" I said almost in a whisper, tears silently rolled down my cheeks, soaking his chest.

"Jessi. I'm so sorry" he rolled over and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me as close to him as possible. "What happened?" he asked.

"She killed herself" I managed to get out through sobs.

"Fucking hell!" he exclaimed. "It's okay" he soothed while stroking my hair. I don't think he knew what else to say.

Harry

I held Jessi as tight as possible. She'd been crying for at least ten minutes. She'd just told me her Mum had killed herself and I had no idea what to say. I don't even know how she got through that, I'd be devastated if anything happened to my Mum. I wanted to know what happened but at the same time I didn't want her hurting anymore. I felt helpless, I didn't know how to take her pain away, I was just lying here pathetically stroking her hair.

"Jess. Are you okay?" Fuck sake, Harry. Of course she's not okay. "Do you want a drink? A tissue?" I tried. She nodded. I reluctantly let her go and got up and left the room to go get a bottle of water and a box of tissues. I grabbed a water from the mini bar and spotted my phone on the floor while I picked up the box of tissues from the table. I quickly sent my Mum a text telling her I loved her before I headed back to try and make Jessi smile again. She was sitting up in the bed, her eyes were all red but she'd stopped crying.

"I'm sorry" She said as I handed her the water.

"What? You have nothing to be sorry about" I said climbing back into bed and pulling her into my lap.

"Well I have kinda ruined the night" she half smiled. "You have to sing that song tomorrow don't you?" She took a huge gulp of water.

"You haven't ruined anything. I can probably get them to change it or just take it out" At least I assumed I could. I'd never actually had to ask anyone if we could do that before.

"It's okay. I'll be okay. It would be nice to be able to listen to it again. It's a good memory" She patted her eyes with a tissue and then blew her nose.

"I think you are amazing" I tilted her head up to look at me before I gently kissed her lips.

"So are you" She blushed and hid her face in my chest. I held her tight. I never wanted to let her go.

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Hi folks,

So that was my first chapter with smut in. I don't think it was particularly good smut but I promise the smut gets better later on. I did attempt to go back and fix this smut but it didn't really seem to work. Sorry.

So I actually have quite a bit of this book written already and I'm going back and editing the chapters as I post them. I hope you are liking the story and if you have any questions for me then I'd be happy to answer them.

Laura xx