O d e t t e

"Thanks for the pictures lovely, I'll see you tomorrow." My boss May says as I hand her the photos she asked for. Today's article was about education and I had to take a picture of some children doing work; the kids I teach were my little models for the day, all of them working hard as I snapped a few pictures.

'You're welcome!' I sign cheerily as I walk out of her office. I'm a lot happier nowadays, according to Lucy I apparently have a 'spring in my step'. I think everyone is noticing my change in mood, Ben and Lucy especially; they're always suspicious when I'm like this, but now is different. I'm different.

"Why are you so happy?!" Lucy whines as her and Ben walk towards me, my smile never faltering. I roll my eyes at her childish behaviour and continue on past them, grabbing all of my belongings together. Danielle, Perrie, Eleanor, Amy and myself arranged to go shopping after I finish work and then sleep over at Louis' place considering all of the lads are staying at Zayn's tonight.

"Please tell us!" She strops, her arms flailing at my silence. "Oh my gosh!" Her blue eyes widen in shock for some strange reason. "It's Harry isn't it?" She smiles.

My instincts let me down as I fail to hide the blush that creeps onto my cheeks, even the mention of his name makes me happy, I can't contain it. 'He took me on a date last night.' I smile at the remembrance of the evening, it was without doubt the best night of my life so far.

"Oh my gosh!! Ahh!" Lucy squeals happily, jumping up and down on the spot. I laugh at her reaction, even more so at Ben as he rolls his eyes at the over excited woman he lovingly calls his girlfriend.

"How did it go?" Ben asks me protectively, and I don't mind. However, I know that he has nothing to worry about because Harry seems really sweet and genuine. I really like him, he's a gentleman which isn't something you come across nowadays.

'It was incredible Ben,' I tell him with enthusiasm. 'We went for a meal first, then he took me to a little park because neither of us wanted to go home.' I smile at they way he held my hand as I walked along the small brick wall. His hands were so perfectly soft and they warmly encapsulated mine as if they were made for it.

"Aww," Lucy coo's with her hands clasped together under her chin as she watches my hands move. "That's so adorable."

'There was this little bench under a canopy of trees, and fairly lights everywhere. It was truly magical.' A small sigh escapes my lips in awe, I still find it hard to believe that last night actually happened. It sounds like something out of a fairly tale, or a dream that I've dreamt up.

"Nice." Ben nods in acceptance, obviously impressed with Harry's date-making skills.

"Wow. He seems really sweet Odette, and he really likes you too." I roll my eyes at Lucy's words, Harry doesn't like a silly deaf girl like me - he deserves some model that's slim and gorgeous.

"Did he kiss you?" Ben interrupts my thoughts with his blunt question. Out of the two, Ben knows me better than anyone, he knows everything; there are still a few things about myself that I haven't told Lucy, nothing big, but things that I don't like to speak about.

'Yes. He asked me in French.' I blush at my own words, Harry's lips were so soft; I can still feel the butterflies that erupted within my stomach as his plump lips met mine, or the tingles that spread across my skin when he cupped my cheek. The moment was pure bliss, I wish I could experience that all the time.

"I seriously need to get some tips off this guy." Ben mutters under his breath although I still manage to read his lips, laughing alongside him.

'He's really sweet Ben, and I really like him. More than I've liked anyone else before. He just makes me happy, and he doesn't even try to most of the time.' My smile is uncontrollable as Harry's image flashes through my mind.

"Okay," he agrees knowing that I'm right, "but remember I'm always here for you. I'll always be here." My arms wrap around his waist thankfully and I hug him tightly, he knows that he doesn't need to worry anymore, not when I have Harry by my side.

'I have to go, I'll see you guys tomorrow.' I sign and run into the lift, my eyes watching mindlessly at the lit button, before exiting when the metal doors slide open. Then walking to my car and driving straight into town to meet with the girls.

•••

"Ugh, I'm so exhausted after that." Amy remarks as she plonks down on Louis' couch, shopping bags in each of her hands; Perrie and Danielle do the same, all of their heads leaning back tiredly into the couch cushions.

Eleanor walks beside me, an excited smile covers her face as she remains completely unaffected by fatigue, "I'm perfectly fine, I could do it all over again!" She laughs, giving me a sweet side hug.

"What time did the lads say they were getting to Zayn's for?" Danielle asks, her head looking around the room awaiting an answer for her question.

"Zayn said they'll be there by four." Perrie announces. After reading the sentence from her lips, I glance at the time on my phone finding that it is now half five.

My eyes then flicker around the four girls to see which one will speak next. Amy takes the role and glances at her watch, "well it's half five so they will definitely be there. Should we go and say hello?"

"Yeah, come on then." They all keep their shopping bags grasped tightly within their hands as do I, although I don't really know why I am.

We journey the small walk across the hall that resides between the two apartments, the hall that's currently separating the genders. Perrie uses her key and opens the door with Danielle, Eleanor and Amy following closely behind, whilst I trail at the back.

The girls go to their boyfriends and give them small kisses, Amy sits herself comfortably next to Niall and the both of them share sweet glances, blushing straight after each one. They're so adorable.

A familiar hand grabs mine softly and my entire body warms at the contact, my heart fluttering at the heavenly touch - I already know who it is, and I can't prevent the smile that involuntarily creeps onto my face.

He pulls me so gently that it feels like I'm floating, his touch so soft that it's almost like a gentle tickle; I love what he does to me, I love how he can do anything and it will make me happy.

I turn to find Harry staring up at me with a small and enticing smirk, his eyes dancing as they connect with mine.

His other hand taps his lap gently, signalling that he wants me to sit there; although even after my protests, I still find myself sat comfortably on his lap, him taking my weight as if it were nothing; strong hands wrap around my waist and hold me tightly to his chest so I don't fall.

"We just wanted to pop in and say hello, oh and show you what we got today!" My eyes wide at Eleanor's words and I keep a firm grasp onto my bag not wanting Harry to see it whatsoever! Oh my gosh imagine if he did! That would be so embarrassing, I wouldn't be able to look at him again!

The girls all take out their purchases, showing their boyfriends the different things they bought and explaining what shoes they would go with; Niall politely asked to see Amy's which I find cute, although all emotion drains from my body as Harry's long fingers give my bag a small tug.

I look at him with desperate eyes but he doesn't seem to notice, his lips move perfectly as he asks me that dreaded question, "what did you get?"

He gives the bag another small tug but I squirm on his lap, making sure that he realises how reluctant I am to let him see. Harry's eyes bore into mine and his actions pause for a moment, examining my facial expression before a smirk overcomes his face. "Okay." He speaks, finally giving into to my plea.

I really hope he isn't teasing me, I'd be so embarrassed if he found out what is in this bag. If I'd had known we would be coming here afterwards I wouldn't have bought it. Although, due to the smirk on his face I feel like he already knows what it is, which makes me incredibly nervous. He'd just tease me if he actually found out.

'We're going.' I watch Amy sign out of the corner of my eye, knowing that the girls have already decided this as my back has been turned and my gaze focused entirely on Harry.

I gently nod and stand up from Harry's lap, making sure my weight doesn't hurt him further; the girls give their boyfriends cute kisses whilst Amy and I stand awkwardly waiting for them to finish. Although, within seconds I feel a warm presence beside me and Harry's hand clasps mine, my ocean blue eyes glance up at the muscular beauty - that same smirk dancing across his lips as he looks down at me.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He smiles warmly and I nod. We don't even have anything planned for tomorrow but I know that I'm going to see him, I love seeing him; he has this talent for making me happy without even trying.

His peppermint breath fans across my face and I smile involuntarily after realising that he is leaning in, his lips linger on my cheek for a few seconds whilst his hand squeezes mine. Everything about moments like these just makes me fall even harder for him, he's simply, perfect.

"Come on girls!" Danielle calls tapping my arm and dragging me out of Harry's grasp, straight into Louis' apartment - the girls close the door abruptly and all turn to face me expectantly.

'What?' I sign, not really knowing what they're all thinking; however I do think it's to do with Harry's gesture only moments ago, it's something these girls want to hear abou-.

My internal thoughts are cut off by Amy lips, the girls staring at me and wincing at Amy's shrill voice I presume. "What do you mean 'what?' He just kissed you!" She smiles, Eleanor next to her clasping her hands under her chin and cooing as well as the others.

'So?' I attempt to shrug nonchalantly making sure that they don't jump to any conclusions.

"Oh my gosh!" Perrie gasps, her hand flying up to her mouth and her eyebrows raising. "You've already kissed!"

My cheeks let me down as they begin to blush furiously at her words, am I that obvious? They all squeal and drag me to the couch, pulling me down as they crowd around me. "Come on! Tell us everything!" They smile at my flustered cheeks and in return I chuckle breathlessly at their reactions.

'It was during our date last night. We went out for dinner and then he took me to this amazing park-' I sign but am interrupted by an excited Eleanor.

"So how did it happen?" She smiles at me, the four girls all engrossed with my hands as I begin to sign the most perfect part of the evening.

'We sat down on this little bench, staring up at the stars, and then he asked if he could kiss me,' I pause, knowing that the next bit will send them squealing, 'in French.'

As expected the four girls gasp and stand up immediately, jumping up and down on the spot happily as I tell them the events of last night. "That is the cutest thing ever!" They squeal with each other, each one getting louder than the last.

"And so you just kissed?" Perrie smiles excitedly, all four of them calming down a little bit to know my answer.

'Yeah.'

"And how was it?" Amy smiles widely.

'It was truly magical.' I blush at the remembrance, the way his lips melted with mine, and how feathery his hand felt as it lay respectively on my waist.

Within seconds the apartment door bursts open and there stands Harry with flushed cheeks, the other four lads stumbling in behind him with the same expression on their faces. "Is everything okay? Are you hurt? We heard screaming." Harry runs over to me, inspecting every inch of my body and making sure that I'm okay.

"We're fine. We just got carried away." The girls rolled their eyes as the lads backed away after their similar inspection to Harry's.

His forest green eyes stare back at me with a smile, "I'm glad you're okay," his teeth biting teasingly on his bottom lip and making me blush. I really want to kiss him again. My thoughts are given away as my eyes deceive me and glance down to his perfect lips, wanting their touch once more.

Although much to my dismay, Harry stands and exits the room with the other lads. A disappointed sigh escapes my lips and the girls catch on immediately, leaving my cheeks to blush once again as they squeal and coo in excitement; although, throughout the entire night my mind can't help but drift back to Harry. I wonder what he has planned for us tomorrow?

"You really like him don't you?" Eleanor asks with a knowing smile, not teasing me at all, she just wants my honest answer now.

'I really do, I just don't know how to act around him. I've never done any of this before.' I shrug nervously.

"You'll be amazing together Odette. I mean, you already are now." She encourages me and I reply with a shy smile.

'I'm glad I've found him, I truly am.'

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Update as promised, what do you think was in Odette's bag?
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- Pianogirl56