An hour later and Lauren and Harry finish unpacking Lauren's stuff and move on to tidy the rest of the house now. Niall texts Harry to ask if we want anything from town while he and Shannon are still out there exploring.

Harry looks up from his phone. "Do u want anything from town Lauren?"

Lauren shakes her head.  "Nope, I'm good" She flops onto the sofa. "Finally finished tidying this place up. Only been here a day and it was in a right state. Let's see how long it will stay tidy for."

Harry smirks. "Probably not long once Niall is back. He is the king of messes." He texts Niall back saying, "We don't need anything. See you in a bit mate."

Lauren chuckles. "Calling your own best mate the king of messes isn't nice, Hazza!" She jokes with a smile on her face.

Harry throws his hands up in the air in a joking manner. "I'm just being honest." He crashes onto the sofa next to her. "What do you wanna do now then, Lauren?"

Lauren shrugs nonchalantly. "I dunno know you choose."

Harry sighs. "It's kinda strange being on our own init?"

Lauren nods in response. "Yeah especially when you have a..." She trails off and covers her mouth to stop herself from speaking.

Harry turns to face her. "Have a what?"

Lauren looks around the room, trying to avoid his gaze. "Ummm... it," she begins and then stops talking. She takes a deep breath and faces Harry, looking into his shimmering emerald green eyes. "It doesn't matter."

Harry shakes his head. "You're hiding something from me? I thought we told each other everything."

Low blow Harry. He knew that would make me feel bad about keeping my feelings a secret. Great. Now what do I say to him?

Lauren sighs heavily. "I... Well, I.... Okay, I don't know how to say this. It's going to sound weird."

Harry stared at her thoughtfully. "Do you have a crush on me?" He finally asks.

Lauren debates lying to him, but she wasn't sure that would be the best thing to do.

"If you're trying to hide it you're not doing very well right now. You're giving me all the signals that say you do," Harry says carefully.

Lauren releases a breath she didn't know she was holding. "I'm an open book aren't I? I just can't hide things at all. It sucks. Sorry if I've made things weird."

Harry looks at her in confusion. "Why would things be weird? I've had a massive crush on you for ages."

Lauren's eyes widen. "No way! You're lying to me."

Harry shook his head from side to side. "I swear to you, Lauren. I have had one. I just wasn't sure if you liked me or not. You kept giving me mixed signals so I was afraid you wouldn't respond well to me telling you.

Lauren sighs heavily.  "I should have told you that I liked you. It's just that I didn't want to ruin our friendship."

Harry looks at her in confusion again. "By telling me, you fancy me? Why would that ruin our friendship?"

Lauren shrugs. I don't know. I just thought you wouldn't feel the same."

Harry shakes his head. "Well, you thought wrong then didn't you?"

Lauren nodded. "I sure did."

Harry's point of view

She likes me. She actually likes me. I've hidden my crush on her for so long because I thought she was confused about her feelings and she felt the same way the whole time. I'm so glad she knows about my feelings now so it doesn't feel like I'm lying to her.  I want to kiss her but I don't know if I should.  I don't want to ruin things by moving too fast.

Lauren's point of view

Oh, sweet chicken pot pie! He feels the same way! I was scared he wouldn't and that my feelings would ruin our friendship. I'm so glad he feels the same way I do. I don't feel like I'm lying to him anymore. I would do anything to kiss him right now, but I don't want to move too fast and ruin things.

Both point of views

Harry looks around the room shiftily, not wanting to make things awkward. "So what happens now?" He asks, nervously running his fingers through his hair.

Lauren shrugs. "What do you want to happen?" She asks, hoping he would say something along the lines of... I want to kiss you, Lauren. Her answer would obviously be yes.

Harry's gaze falls on her lips. "I don't know," he says as he leans in and looks into Lauren's eyes. "What do you want to happen?"

"I don't know," Lauren replies while looking into Harry's emerald eyes. "You have beautiful eyes," she blurts out and then covers her mouth.

Harry laughs. "So do you, love," he says as slowly pulls her hand away from her lips. Harry stares deep into her eyes, cups her cheeks that were slowly turning red. He smiles at her before slowly leaning into her. Finally, his lips touch Lauren's. Sparks fly in every direction, and the world slowly disappears around us. It is a small yet warm kiss. Harry never knew a kiss so innocent could be so intimate and electrifying. Her lips move in perfect sync, his hands feeling her waist; he pulls her closer, the kiss deeper, more passionate. He felt her hands on the back of his neck play with his hair