Emma's POV
"Come on Harry, please!" I begged my best friend, widening my big brown eyes in a puppy dog stare.
"Come on, Em! Don't give me that look!" he shielded his eyes with his hand, blocking out my begging stare. I forced his hands away from his eyes and pleaded with my eyes.
"Ugh fine!" Harry sighed. I did a victory dance and jumped up from the sofa. I popped in the first Harry Potter movie, straightened my vintage flowered dress, and sat back down next to Harry, his arm automatically winding around my shoulder.
So here's what you need to know about me. Harry Styles is my absolute best friend in the world. He has been for about two years. Ever since One Direction was formed on X-Factor, my mom had gotten the job as their manager of some sorts. I wasn't really sure exactly what her official title was, all I knew, was she handled the paperwork, approved of their wardrobe, made sure they were all on schedule, that kind of stuff. We even travelled around with them. So once she started the job, me, my little sister, and my dad were forced to follow 1D wherever they went. I didn't mind. I started getting home schooled, but I recently graduated, early, because of the advantage of homeschooling. I've grown extremely close to all the boys, but I am SUPER close with Harry. We hit it off as soon as we met at an X-Factor after party, and we've been best friends ever since.
The opening music of Harry Potter, my absolute favorite movie series in the world, started tinkling out of the surround sound.
"I don't get why you love this movie so much." Harry said.
"I don't get why you don't love this movie. It's the best. And, the main character has the same name as you!" I joked, poking him in the sides.
He smiled down at me, his deep dimples popping out. "Come on Hermione, to the Chamber of Secrets!" he shouted in a poor imitation of Daniel Radcliffe's voice, jumping off the sofa. He yanked me up, throwing me over his shoulder, and running around the room.
"Harry stop!" I yelled between giggles, pounding him on the back.
"Come on! We'll hop on my broomstick and be off to Hogwarts before nightfall!" he continued prancing around the room, me bouncing on his shoulder. I laughed until my stomach hurt, and then he dropped me lightly back on the couch. He sat down next to me and I curled into him.
"Now shush!" I demanded. "Hagrid's about to tell Harry that he's a wizard!"
He laughed, but kept quiet for the rest of the movie. As the end credits started rolling, and the signature song started played I got up and stretched, yawning loudly.
"Hungry?" Harry asked as I cracked my back.
"Starving." He grabbed my hand and towed me into the kitchen. Niall and his best friend, Catherine, were standing on the table, battling with cardboard swords.
"Hey Niall, hey Cat." I said with a grin, their craziness not fazing me. Niall had been best friends with Cat for practically his whole life. Niall's dad worked with Cat's. When they were little, they hated each other, cause they were too alike, but once they got older they got really close. Then, Cat moved to Australia with her family when she was 13, leaving Niall. They always kept in touch. Cat moved here for college last year and they reconnected. They were practically inseparable.
"Hey Emma," they synchronized, not looking away from their epic battle. Cat took a second to brush her long brown hair out of her eyes, and Niall took advantage of it, poking her in the stomach with his sword. She faked dying, tumbling off the table onto the cushions and blankets they had on the floor. Niall collapsed on the table in hysterics. For two 18, almost 19 year olds, they were extremely immature.
Harry was standing in the fridge, examining its' contents.
"There's nothing in here!" he complained, slamming the fridge full of food shut. "Let's go get some Chinese!"
"Yeah!" I cheered, pumping my fist in the air.
"Can we come?" Catherine asked in her mixed accent. She stood next to me and looped an arm through mine. Next to Harry, she was my closest friend.
"Of course, darling." I answered immediately.
"Should we ask Zayn, Liam and Louis?" Niall asked, sliding off the table.
"Nah," Harry said. "Zayn is busy with Sophie, I don't want to interrupt that. Louis is out with Rose. And Liam always says he feels like a third wheel whenever he comes with us." Sophie was Zayn's gorgeous blonde girlfriend, Rose was Louis' new girlfriend, whom he absolutely adored, and Liam was single. Harry was single as well, but he always had me around so it wasn't much of a comfort to him. And Niall had his girlfriend of almost six months, Athena.
"Well then, off to Chinese!" Niall whooped, leading the way out of the door. We piled into my car, an adorable yellow Volkswagen bug.
Two hours later we exited the Chinese buffet through the back exit. We were crowded by fans in the restaurant, and wanted to avoid as much attention as possible.
"You guys coming back to our house?" Harry asking, throwing in arm around my shoulder.
"Sure." I agreed. One Direction shared a house, and mine was right down the street. Most nights I just crashed with the boys. My mom didn't care because she knew every details about them, and she was so close by.
"I can't." Cat said sadly, pulling a stray string off her flowered tube top. "I need to be up early tomorrow. My new roommate's coming, then I have Liam's party with you guys." Tomorrow was Liam's 19th birthday, and we were throwing him a HUGE surprise party. We'd told him we were just going out to dinner somewhere with a bunch of friends.
"Oh," Niall looked disappointed.
"Well we can drive you back." I offered.
"Nah, it's not that far, I'll walk."
"I'll walk with you." Niall said immediately.
"You sure? It's a pretty far walk from campus back to your house." Cat worried.
Niall waved away her worries with his hand. "I'll be fine."
"Okay. See you guys later!" Cat hugged Harry and I before heading off with Niall.
"They're so cute together." I sighed, watching them walk off hand in hand down the street.
"I know. I don't understand why Niall doesn't date the Wicked Bitch of the West and go out with Cat." Harry agreed as we got into the car.
We drove back to the house, cranking the music as loud as possible, and singing at the top of our lungs. The one thing I loved most about mine and Harry's friendship was the fact we could be completely crazy together.
We raced to the door, I won, by the way, and then headed into the living room for an epic Wii battle. We watched another Harry Potter movie after much of my begging, and then crashed together on the couch. I never wanted to lose Harry, he was the best, best friend anyone could ever ask for.
Cat's POV
My and Niall's interlocked hands swung forward and back in time with our steps.
"So how's Athena?" I asked casually. Athena and I hated each other. From the second her and Niall started dating we had a problem. She didn't like me stealing her boyfriend all the time, and I didn't like her stealing my best friend all the time. As much as I hated Athena, I had to admit she was extremely gorgeous. She was a tiny little thing, with long brown hair and bright blue eyes. But her nice looks did nothing to hide her ugly personality. She was so nasty. I couldn't understand why my sweet best friend was still with her.
"She's good." He shrugged his shoulders. Niall was more than aware of mine and Athena's hatred for one another.
We walked in silence for a little, basking in the warm late summer air.
"So you're getting your new roommate tomorrow?"
"Yeah. The semester doesn't start for another two weeks, but she decided to come early."
"Do you know who she is?"
"Nope. I asked the lady in the office, but she refused to tell me. I don't know why, you're allowed to know who you're roommate is." I grumbled. I swear, between screwing up my schedule three times and this, the office lady hated me. Maybe it was because I didn't know her name.
We reached the gates to campus, and stopped walking. Niall knew better than to enter campus by now. There were tons of students that stayed for summer classes. He would be mobbed.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow at six right?" he asked.
"Yup!" I confirmed.
"I'll see you then," he grinned cheekily at me, hugged me briefly, and walked away with a small wave and smile over his shoulder.
"Bye Niall." I called after him as my heart fluttered crazily. No one but Harry and Emma knew it, but I was in love with my best friend.
