"Harry, wake up." He heard Julie say and then felt her jump on him.

"I'm awake. I'm awake." He rolled onto his back which made her sit on his stomach. "Hi." He said as he put his hands on her hips.

"Hi, get up. I made Niall and Amanda breakfast in bed for his birthday, and I want to take it to them." She said as she tried to get off him.

He held her in place. "You made them breakfast? In a hotel?"

"Yes, well in the kitchen. You have very convincing people. They talked them into letting me use the kitchen. If you get up now, there might even be some for you." She leaned down and kissed him. She climbed off him and off the bed.

He pushed himself up. This was quite a different mood from the past couple days. He didn't know if it was a good thing. "When did you sleep?"

"I didn't. Not really. I don't want to get into it now, ok? I want to celebrate Niall's 21st birthday. Let's go."

"Yeah, since we didn't get to celebrate yours since someone forgot to tell me." He got up and pulled his t-shirt over his head.

"Yeah, yeah; I'm horrible sorry. Dunno why you put up with me." She said as she walked to the cart with the food on it.

"No, wait. Don't say that." He took her arm gently and turned her around so she was facing him. "Please that's not...."

"Harry, I was joking. Do you want to come with me to Niall's room or not?" She said to him.

"Julie it's just..." He started.

"No Harry, I don't want to discuss it. Let it go or don't come with me." She stated firmly.

"I'm coming." Avoiding, great, he thought. This was going to be difficult. Not now though. "Let's go." He opened the door for her.

Julie knocked on the door and waited. She knocked again when no one answered. When Amanda finally answered the door, Julie smiled at her. "Good morning. I made the birthday boy and you breakfast in bed. Can I deliver it please?"

"You made it? Yum. Yeah, c'mon in." Amanda stepped aside and let her through. She looked up at Harry like what's going on?

Harry shrugged and whispered. "I don't know. She's been acting like this. Won't discuss any of last night at all. She says she didn't really sleep, but won't talk about it."

"Oh, good." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then opened them and looked at him. "And you? How are you doing?"

He shrugged. "To be determined, I suppose. And you?"

"Niall probably thinks I've lost my mind. I just wish she'd tell me what the hell is going on." She sighed.

He put his arm around her shoulder and walked towards the bedroom with her. "You and me both."

Julie parked the cart and jumped on the bed next to Niall. "Hey birthday boy, wake up!"

Niall heard JJ's voice and slowly opened his eyes. "Um, hi. What are you doing in my bed?"

"I'm not in your bed. I'm on your bed. Big difference!" She kissed his cheek. "Happy Birthday! I made you and Amanda a big birthday breakfast. I've heard you love food, so thought it would be a good start." She got down and brought a tray over with food on it for him. She pulled off the covers of the food. There was an omelet and French toast, home fries and fruit, bacon and toast.

"Holy shit JJ, you made this?" He asked. "Here? In a hotel?"

She laughed. "Same thing Harry asked. Yes, in their kitchen. You have convincing people."

"She's a great cook, Niall. You will love it." Amanda said appearing in the doorway with Harry's arm still around her shoulder.

"I'm ok, not great. Come on Panda. I made you some, too." She went and grabbed Amanda's arm and put her back in bed next to Niall. She then went back to the cart to get Amanda's tray.

Niall looked from Amanda to Harry, and both just shrugged at him. He was as dumbfounded as they were. JJ was way too happy.

"Here you go." JJ put the tray on Amanda's lap. "Hope you enjoy. I will leave you to it. Hope it's a great start to a great 21st birthday, my friend." She kissed them both on their cheeks.

"Thanks, JJ." Niall said. It didn't seem like enough, but he was confused.

"Any time! Enjoy your morning. I will see you later; and then after the show, we can really celebrate." She smiled and then walked up to Harry who was leaning against the door frame. "I left yours in your room. You should go eat."

He just sort of nodded. "Happy Birthday, Niall. Love ya, man. See ya later." He turned to walk out with Julie.

"Thanks Harry." He looked at Amanda. "Um, who was that?"

"Yeah, I don't know. I'm just as surprised as you. She can cook though; so let's enjoy. Oh, and by the way. Happy Birthday, handsome." She leaned over and kissed him.

"This birthday can't get any better. I have you, which is the best gift of all; and now I have food." He laughed.

"Well eat, 'cause you're gonna need the strength." She giggled.

"Oh hell, yes. I'm eating." He smiled at her.

Harry watched Julie as he ate. She was all over the place tidying up things that didn't need to be tidied. She sure seemed to be trying really hard to keep herself busy. Amanda was right though; she could cook. Everything was great. "Will you come here and sit down? You're making me tired by just watching you." He said to her.

"I'm good. Enjoy your breakfast." She said.

"I'd enjoy it more if you'd come eat with me." He tried.

"Thanks, but I'm not hungry." She restacked the magazines for the third time.

"Julie, please." He practically begged.

"Babe, I'm fine. Really." She leaned down and kissed him when she walked by.

He grabbed her and pulled her onto his lap. "Just, please. I will respect you don't want to talk right now. I promise; just please stop."

"Ok, sorry. How was your breakfast? Do you want anything else? I could..." Julie rambled.

"I'm good. You've done plenty. It was wonderful." He said.

"Are you sure? It wasn't too cold or..." she started.

He put his hand behind her neck. "It was perfectly fine. It wasn't necessary, but it was very much appreciated." He stood up and sat her in the chair he was just in. "Now I will clean this all up and make sure it all gets back to the kitchen. You sit right there."

She stood up. "I can do it."

He set her back in the chair. "I said I was going to. You sit right there. Ok?"

"Ok." She said.

He cleaned up the cart and took it down the hallway.

Later that day, they went to the venue for that nights show. When Niall saw Julie, he immediately went up and hugged her. "Thanks so much for breakfast! It was amazing. Why haven't you cooked for us before?" He hugged her tighter.

"No problem, Niall, I hope it was a good start to your birthday. I haven't really had the chance to cook for you before. It wasn't a big deal. I'm not the greatest, but I like someone who appreciates food." She stepped back and looked at him and Amanda. "Although I'm sure it wasn't the best present you got this morning." She smiled that innocent smile.

He and Amanda both blushed. "Oh, innocent doesn't work on any of us." Niall said. "Not from you. How are you doing?" He kept his hands on her arms.

"I'm good we're not talking about me today. It's all about you today, and if you try to argue with me, just trust you won't win. My mind is made up." She crossed her arms.

"Ok, ok. Don't get all scary on me." He kissed her cheek. "Thanks again."

The show started, and of course, the crowd was loud and incredible. A lot of signs went up for Niall's birthday. It was a sight to see. The girls were watching from backstage. There was always a sense of pride when the guys put on a show; they were all so good at it.

"Alright Amanda, I'm going to excuse myself now, go back to the hotel, and make sure the decorations and everything are good for Niall's surprise party. I want to make sure he has a great time." Julie said and squeezed Amanda's arm and turned away.

"Do you want me to go with you? And what do I tell Harry when you just disappear." Amanda asked.

"Harry knows. I told him earlier. He's gonna say he knew I might leave 'cause I wasn't feeling the greatest. No worries. I can handle it. I've got some help. Stay and enjoy." Julie said.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Amanda asked.

"I said it's not about me today. I'm kind of tired of the attention. See you soon." She walked away.

Amanda would never stop wondering, but she would honor JJ's wishes today and celebrate Niall's birthday. You only turn 21 once. She beamed with pride when the show went on without a hitch. The guys got the whole stadium to sing "Happy Birthday" to Niall. It was brilliant.

Julie went back to the hotel. Now that she was alone, she had a moment to breathe. She was ok when she was with everyone, she could put on an act. She really was losing her mind though when she was alone. So much going on and so many things she'd tried so hard to avoid. She wasn't doing a very good job of it. Especially with Harry. He was becoming everything she tried to avoid. But she couldn't worry about it right now. She had to make sure this was a great night for Niall.

She was grateful to the hotel staff and everyone else who was free when the guys were performing. They helped so much getting everything set up. She looked at the cake Amanda had helped pick out. It was perfect, and the decorations were amazing. There were foods she'd helped make earlier which was so much fun to prepare. There were drinks and a pretty decent sound system. She was pretty proud how she and Amanda had pulled it off.

After the show was over, Niall came back to Amanda and hugged her tight, picked her up off her feet and spun her around. "Hi, beautiful! What a night. Let's go party."

"Sounds good, but we have to stop at hotel first. I forgot my ID." She had her ID with her; she just needed to get Niall back to the hotel for his surprise party. She probably should have gone and helped JJ, but Niall would have been really suspicious.

"Alright, if you insist." He said.

"Guys, Amanda needs to stop at hotel to get her ID first. So we'll meet you at the club." He told everyone. They walked hand and hand to the car.

"He really has no clue, does he?" Liam asked.

"Not even a small one." Louis laughed. "What else is new?"

"We need to get back there before he does." Zayn said.

"Amanda's got it covered. Remind me never to get into a battle with Amanda and Julie. They are smart and sneaky and plan down to every detail. I would lose for sure." Harry said.

"Well, they are women, Harry." Eleanor said. "You wouldn't stand a chance."

Everyone laughed.

"Very true." Harry said. "You all are an evil bunch."

"No, just a lot smarter." Sophia said.

Harry walked into the room they always used as a gathering place at the hotel. It looked spectacular. He was impressed. Every detail was perfect and fit Niall. How Julie and Amanda pulled it off was amazing. They didn't seem to have enough time to do it. Everyone else walked in and were equally impressed. Harry looked around for Julie. It took him a minute, but he spotted her on the balcony on the other side of the room. He watched her as he walked towards her. She looked so beautiful in the moonlight and the wind blowing her hair. She looked calm and peaceful. He knew there was a storm inside her, and he wanted to know why; but he knew it wouldn't be tonight. He walked onto the balcony and wrapped his arms around her from behind. "This place looks amazing. I don't know how the two of you pulled this off." He kissed her neck.

"We wanted to. Wasn't too hard." She said holding his hands in front of her. She closed her eyes for a second and regathered herself. Happy, she thought. Just be happy. She turned to face him and pushed him back inside before she kissed him. "Back inside before the fans spot you out there. Don't need that."

"You think it would bother me if they knew about us?" He asked.

"Yes? No? I dunno. I think it's fine to keep it private. Whatever it is." She kissed him again. "I'm good without putting it out there. Long as I have you, no one else needs to know. You've always been pretty private with that, right?"

"I've never really hidden it. Just haven't discussed it in detail." He said.

"Well let's just take our time. Enjoy the quietness while we can." She wanted off the subject. "Niall should be here soon. Hope he likes it."

"He will love it. It's great." He said walking behind her and putting his arms around her again. He could never get enough of having her in his arms.

Amanda pretended to go through the whole room trying to find her ID. She had to stall Niall for a bit so everyone could get ready for the surprise. After about 20 minutes of looking, she said to Niall. "I can't seem to find it anywhere."

"You won't need it. Let's just go." He said.

"Oh, you know what? I could have left it in the banquet hall. We were all sitting in there, and I pulled out my wallet. I could've dropped it. Let's just go take a quick look. Please?" She asked.

"Ok, fine; it's on the way out anyway." Niall said.

He took her hand and walked down to the room. He pulled open the doors and walked in with Amanda. He was completely shocked and caught off guard when everyone yelled "surprise!" He had no idea. How did they pull it off? He looked at Amanda. "Did you know?" He was tearing up. It was such a great surprise.

"Yes, babe. JJ and I planned it with some help of course." She kissed him. "Happy Birthday, Niall." She wrapped her arms around his waist.

"You? And JJ? How? You weren't even away from me much. This is so much! You guys are incredible." He kissed her deeply.

"Ok, ok, break it up." Julie said as her and Harry walked up to them. "There's plenty of time for that later."

Niall smiled and kissed Amanda one more time. "Yes there will be; but I'm overwhelmed at all of this. I wasn't expecting it. I'm amazed."

"You deserve it, friend. Happy Birthday, Niall." Julie kissed him on the cheek and hugged him. "You're finally legal in this country. Go, enjoy. There's food and cake too."

"Sweet!" He hugged her back. "Thank you."

"What I don't get a thank you like you gave Amanda? I feel under appreciated." Julie pouted.

"Oh I appreciate it very much." He walked up to her grabbed her and pretended like he was going to kiss her.

"Whoa! Hey man, I know it's your birthday, but back off the girl." Harry said separating Julie and Niall.

"Yeah, hold on there. I share a lot of things but I won't share this ." Amanda said.

"Oh c'mon. He's only trying to thank me." Julie said smiling at Niall.

"Oh hell, no." Harry said. "Happy Birthday, brother!" He gave Niall a big hug. "I'm not sharing at all though." He picked Julie up and carried her to the other side of the room.

Julie laughed at him. "Spoil sport."

"Damn right. No one gets those lips but me." He kissed her.

"There's plenty to go around. He was just appreciating me." She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I can appreciate you enough for everyone. Stop messing with me now." He practically growled at her.

"Never." But she stood on her tip toes and kissed him. She pulled back and smiled at him.

"You can be such a brat." He crinkled his eyebrows at her.

"Yes, I can." She said.

"Stop teasing about that now. For real. Niall or not, I don't want to think about you kissing some other guy." He pursed his lips at her.

"Jealous?" She asked.

"Insanely." He stated.

She rolled her eyes at him. "Oh, stop."

She thought he was kidding. He wasn't. He knew it was just a joke between her and Niall, but he seriously did not want to think about her and any other guy. "Just stop teasing."

"Ok, fine. One guy is more than enough trouble anyway. I wouldn't want to add anyone else. Geez." She said.

"Julie, I swear." He said to her.

"I just want you Harry. Is that better?"

"Loads. Now will you shut up and kiss me?" He said.

"No, maybe I will go see if Louis will appreciate me." She stepped away.

"Woman, I swear to you..." He started.

"Don't sass me." She said to him, but practically jumped up in his arms and kissed him deeply.

When they broke apart, he closed his eyes and rested his forehead against hers. "You're killing me here. You're going to cause me to drink."

"No one will tell. Go for it." She said.

"You miss my point. But let's go get a drink." He said and walked her to the area set up like a bar.

Everyone was having a great time. Letting lose and not having to worry about what anyone else saw. Since it was just the people in the circle, there was no one to share events on social media or with anyone for that matter. A little too much alcohol may have been provided, but it did make for some comical entertainment. The guys were always funny and entertaining when they were together, but throw in some alcohol and there were no boundaries.

After hours of partying, Amanda and Julie seemed to be the only mostly sober ones there. It was too funny watching everyone else; they didn't seem to drink as much. Everyone else was slowly scattering to their rooms. Niall and Amanda and Harry and Julie were one of the few left sitting at the bar. The girls were sitting on the laps of their respective guys.

"Ya know. On your birthday JJ, Amanda put it in my head that you guys made out." Niall said. He was pretty drunk at this point.

"Oh she did, did she?" Julie asked.

"Yes, I asked if you guys kissed and made up, and she said 'oh yeah, a full on make out session'." He said.

"Niall, really?" Amanda asked laughing.

"Wait, what?" An equally drunk Harry said. "What?"

Julie gave Amanda a mischievous look.

Amanda knew she was in for something. She was sometimes scared of that look.

"She should have never shared our secret." Julie said.

It was Niall's turn. "Wait, what?"

Julie hopped down off Harry's lap and grabbed Amanda's hand pulling her down off Niall's. "Yeah, she wasn't supposed to say anything." She stepped closer to Amanda.

"Oh god." Amanda said as she tried not to laugh. She couldn't see Niall because her back was to him, but if his face looked anything like Harry's, it was hilarious.

"Too late now, Panda. They already know. There's no reason to hide it anymore." She took one more step closer to Amanda and tried not to laugh at the look on Niall's face. She wanted to see Harry's face, and she was sure Amanda wanted to see Niall's, so she kind of placed them so they could both look between the two boys. They were just sitting there, mouths agape, staring at the girls. She put her hand on Amanda's cheek and still tried not to laugh.

Amanda could barely contain her laughter. The looks on the guys' faces were priceless. She put her hand on Julie's waist. "Yeah guess, no need, huh?" She played along.

Julie licked her lips and leaned in towards Amanda. She looked into Amanda's eyes and had to purse her lips tight to not bust out laughing.

Amanda followed suit and leaned in as well. The boys practically fell off their chairs.

Right before their lips touched, they couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing. They hugged each other and kissed each other's cheeks.

"Oh shit! That was so not funny." Niall said steadying himself in his chair.

"Oh yes, it was." Julie said to him still laughing.

"No, it really wasn't." Harry said shaking his head for clarity.

"Oh Harry, it was." Amanda said. "Seriously, you two?"

"You want us to kiss? Cuz I'm not opposed to it." Julie said.

Amanda stared at Julie. "Seriously?" she laughed.

Julie shrugged. "Why not?" she stepped up to Amanda and very quickly kissed her lips.

Both Niall and Harry stood up quickly and knocked their chairs over.

Amanda burst out laughing. "A little friendly kiss and you guys lose your minds. So yeah, you are typical guys after all."

"They all are, Panda. Maybe we should spend the night in our room together while they sleep it off?" Julie said.

"Enough." Both Harry and Niall said at the same time, which caused the girls to laugh even harder. It was so easy to get to them.

Harry and Niall both grabbed their respective girl.

"Aww, they are jealous of us, Panda." Julie said.

"A shame; don't they know they will never split us apart?" Amanda said.

"Shut up now." Harry said as he kissed Julie roughly and aggressively. She was killing him. He needed her to just shut up. His head was spinning from the alcohol, and he couldn't even process what had just happened.

Niall took the opportunity to kiss Amanda as well. He pulled her tightly too him and kissed her deeply. He didn't want to stop. Clarity was not something he had at the moment.

Amanda pulled back. "Ok lover boy, think it's time to get you to bed." She touched his lips and looked into his eyes. He was drunk; she could see it. She wrapped her arms around his waist. "Good night, JJ. Good night, Harry."

Julie looked over at Amanda. "Good night, Panda. Meet me in our room after they're asleep?" She just couldn't help herself. It was so funny to her. She felt Harry's hands tighten on her ass. She probably should let it go, but it was just too much fun.

"Will you just stop, please?" Harry said to her. He looked at her with passion in his eyes.

Oh, this is going to be a fun night, Julie thought. If he doesn't pass out first. "Ok, let's get you to bed too, there drunky."

Amanda laughed at Niall's reaction to Julie's last statement. "Oh honey, if you weren't so wasted, you would see right through her shenanigans." She walked him to the room. She let them in and shut the door behind them. "Did you have a good birthday, babe?" She asked him.

"Yes. Best one yet." He somewhat stumbled up to her. "I want you though. It's not over yet." He put his hand behind her neck and pulled her to him quickly. He kissed her harder than he ever did before.

Maybe JJ knew what she was doing with her little experiment, Amanda thought. Niall had never seemed so aggressive in his approach. It was like he couldn't wait to devour her. Like he needed to prove he was more for her than JJ, which was ridiculous because she and JJ were never going to be with each other, or any other girl; but it didn't seem to matter to a drunk Niall. When he pulled up her shirt and unsnapped her jeans without breaking the kiss and ran his hands down the back of her jeans and over her ass, she was all in. She unbuckled his belt and undid his button and zipper; then she ran her hands under his shirt and over his stomach. She moved her mouth from his lips to his neck and pulled his shirt over his head. She kissed down his neck and over his shoulders. He pulled her back up to him roughly and kissed her like he couldn't get enough. They didn't even make it to the bed; it didn't even matter. It was as intense and as incredible as it could be.

Julie got Harry back to his room, and before she could properly shut the door, Harry grabbed her and pushed her against the wall. One hand over her head steadying himself on the wall. She reached out beside him and shut and bolted the door. He ran his free hand over her body which made her shiver. He kissed her face and neck and couldn't seem to get enough. He took her shirt off over her head and ran his hands over her chest and stomach. When she undid his pants, he couldn't wait anymore. He took her right there; there was no waiting. When they got into bed after, he had to have her again. He couldn't think of anything else besides her. This girl was cemented in his brain, and he didn't even care.

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