Chapter Seven
"Sophie?" a man with an Irish accent called out and I looked up with hope it was Niall.
I knew it wasn't Niall there was no screaming or flashing lights, instead it was a big man with a security jacket on.
"Yes?" I questioned my voice shaky.
"Come with me" the security man put his arm around me, helping me to walk.
My knees were trembling and my legs were like jelly, he took me towards the back exit to an empty corridor. Louis and Harry were stood in the middle of it.
"Sophie!" Harry cried out and sprinted towards me, the force in which his body hit mine would have knocked me over if he hadn't lifted me off the ground.
Harry set me down again and looked at me, I must have looked a state "Your hands are shaking"
"I was so scared" I bit my lip to stop it from wobbling.
"I promise I won't ever let something like that happen to you again!" Harry wrapped his arms around me again.
Harry's eyes were red and his cheeks were blotchy from where he had been crying. I didn't even want to look at my reflection.
"We were all so worried about you" Louis hugged me once Harry had released me.
"I want to go back to the hotel" I told them hoping that one of them would come back with me, I didn't want to be alone.
"Of course, Louis I'll go back with her, tell the boys" Harry's hand held tightly onto mine and Louis nodded running off to pass on the message.
The security man led us out to the car and Harry didn't let go of my hand until we were safely locked inside.
Harry stayed close to me putting his arm around my body pulling me closer to him.
"Harry..." I spoke, my voice trembling along with my hands, I held out my arms to reveal deep scratches and bite marks on them, so deep there was blood.
"What the fuck?" Harry grabbed my arm and pulled it towards him to get a better look "Who did this to you?"
"A fan, she knew who I was" I explained "I was trying to catch up with you, but she grabbed me and did this"
"Are you hurt anywhere else?" Harry asked his voice thick with worry.
"No" I shook my head.
"This is all my fault, you should be number one always, no matter how much I love my fans or the boys, I love you more" Harry gently kissed my arms avoiding the sore bits.
There were only a couple of paparazzi left outside the hotel and Harry took my hand and made me walk in front of him so he knew where I was.
In the room I changed into one of Harry's one pieces, it was too big for me, but it was warm and smelt like him.
From the bathroom I could hear Harry on the phone to someone, I sat down on the edge of the bath and listened.
"I don't care how much it fucking costs, I want extra protection for Sophie!" Harry shouted angrily at the person on the phone "She was physically hurt by a fan tonight! And you tell me there's not a reason to give her security!"
I opened the door and Harry caught my eye contact, he knew it scared me seeing him angry and tonight enough had happened to scare me, so he ended his conversation and pulled me into a hug kissing the top of my head.
"I'm sorry" Harry whispered into my hair.
"Stop saying sorry" I mumbled against his chest.
The door opened and Hannah burst in followed by the boys.
"Sophie!" Hannah grabbed me away from Harry and pulled me into a hug "Don't ever do something like that again!"
"Yeah, when Zayn said you'd gone missing it scared the shit out of us" Niall added.
"Anything could have happened to you" Liam spoke.
"I'm sorry" I apologized.
"No! You don't have anything to be sorry for" Zayn shook his head "We should be sorry, being boys we should all be protecting you and Hannah"
"Yeah, it's not down to Harry, it's down to all of us" Liam nodded.
"Thank you guys and I'm sorry to have worried all of you" I again apologised feeling bad for putting a dampener on their night.
"I think Sophie needs some sleep" Harry put his hand on my shoulder pulling me back to him.
"Right we're going to leave and lock the door so you can't get out!" Niall joked.
"Good night everyone!" I hugged them all as they left our room.
"Next on the list is Harry Styles" the pub owner announced and we all burst into fits of laughter.
A family friend of Niall's had invited us all to their pub in Mullingar and the boys decided it would be nice to have a low key evening after last night's events.
It was relatively quiet with only a few other tables of older people and everyone respected that the boys just wanted a quiet night out.
"You're doing karaoke?" I asked raising my eyebrow.
"It's not karaoke, it's open mic night" Harry winked "Niall"
Niall stood up and followed Harry up onto the stage, Niall grabbed the guitar and strummed the strings before adjusting it, he looked to Harry.
"This song is for Sophie" Harry spoke and nodded to Niall.
My heart stopped along with my laughter and I turned to the stage with my mouth wide open. Niall played the first chords of 'Amazed' by Lonestar and Harry's tapped his foot in time.
Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I'm amazed by you
The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me
Baby you surround me
You touch every place in my heart
Oh, it feels like the first time, every time
I want to spend the whole night in your eyes
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I'm amazed by you
Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I'm amazed by you
"WOOOOO!" Louis jumped up screaming and clapping over enthusiastically making the other boys laugh and join in.
"Thank you" Harry spoke into the microphone and gave Niall a 'manly hug' thanking him for his playing.
I was so shocked by Harry's surprise that I hadn't applauded him for his performance, when he got back to the table and the conversation had returned back to normal, he turned to me.
"You've gone quiet" Harry spoke quietly to me and sitting at the end of the table, it was easy to have a private conversation.
"I was just thinking" I answered and smiled.
"About?" Harry questioned leaning closer in.
"Everything" I looked at him "Thank you for the song"
"You liked it?" Harry asked looking excited.
"No" I shook my head and his grin disappeared "I loved it"
"Do you want to go for a walk?" Harry asked nodding to the back door, I stood up pulling on my coat and followed him towards the door I looked over at Hannah who gave me a wink before I walked out the door.
"Wow this place is beautiful" I looked around the garden area of the pub, after the typical bit with patio benches, there was a pond and beyond that a garden full of flowers all lit up by tiny fairy lights.
Harry sat down on a bench in the middle of the garden, it was so peaceful with the only noise the relaxing sound of water from the fountain falling into the pond and you could faintly here the noise from inside the pub.
"It is a bit special, Niall told me about this place" Harry agreed, putting his arm around me as I sat down next to him on the bench, I leant backwards resting my head on his chest.
"You didn't have to do that for me, you know sing?" I spoke.
"What is there something wrong with my singing?" Hardy asked pretending to be offended.
"Yeah you sound like a strangled cat" I commented sarcastically.
"That's what I like to hear" Harry chuckled.
"Harry...?" I questioned.
"Yes?" Harry answered.
"What do you make of our relationship?" I asked, fiddling with his fingers.
"I think that you are a beautiful young woman and you mean more to me than Louis" Harry laughed.
"I should hope so!" I joked.
"As for our relationship, I don't think I can ever see you as just a friend again" Harry shrugged.
"If we do this whole relationship thing what happens when it all goes back to normal?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked confused.
"You're going to be off busy with your career and I can't put my life on hold forever, maybe now it's okay because I don't have any important decisions to make" I explained "We'll just drift apart"
"There's 17 years of friendship between me and you, I will never let us just drift apart" Harry entwined his entwined with mine.
"What about when you become world famous and a millionaire with screaming girls willing to do anything you ask?" I smirked.
"I will turn around and tell them that I only have room for one girl in my life" Harry leant down and kissed my head "If you don't count mummy"
"Mummy? Seriously, how old are you?" I sat up and looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"What?" Harry shrugged.
"Nothing" I shook my head and giggled.
"Children!" Louis' voice called out ruining the moment.
"Would you be mad if I punched him?" I looked up to Harry.
"I'd hold him down" Harry winked and stood up causing me to sit up, he took my hand and we walked back over to the pub.
"You two have been gone a long time" Liam eyed us suspiciously.
"We were just talking" Harry answered.
"Course you were! Now I've heard that one before" Hannah rolled her eyes and laughed.