"Hi, I'm Nora."
"Dinner is ready!" Anne yelled from the kitchen. "Sorry I haven't told you mum, but Nora and I are eating at Niall's today," Harry answered from his room. I was in the bathroom, but it wasn't hard to hear their loud conversation through the walls. "Okay, I'll put what's left of dinner in the fridge for you to eat later if you want." My mum would be really mad at me for something like this, but Anne seemed to take it pretty cool. I washed my hands and got out of the bathroom, where I met Harry. "Who's Niall?" I asked. "Didn't I tell you that earlier today? Anyway, he's my band mate as well as Louis, Zayn and Liam," Harry told me. "You haven't told me you're in a band." I knew Harry could sing, so I'd got no reason to be surprised, but I was. "I thought your mum told you about me and the rest of the guys coming third on The X-factor?" Harry asked. "She didn't, and oh my god, how come nobody at home told me you entered The X-factor?" Then I suddenly remembered what Sophie said the last day of school. "Actually, my best friend told me, kind of."
Harry filled me in on everything I needed to know about his friends in the car. I was a little nervous meeting them for the first time, and that Harry probably noticed. "Calm down, Nora, they're almost as cool as me." I laughed. "Yeah, I just hope they're not as cheeky as you," I joked. "Hey! I've got two cheeks, it would be nearly impossible not to be cheeky." He was really proud of that comment; therefore I decided not to say anything.
Niall's flat were huge. Harry had told me they were saving up to buy a house to share in London and that this just vas a temporary solution. If this were nothing but a temporary flat, I started wondering how huge their house would be. I shook hands with all the boys when we got out of the car. Things were a little tensed. I don't know why, but they all stared at me with some weird faces. "Do you wonder how the walrus escaped the zoo?" I said in a low voice to myself. I obviously spoke too loud, because all the boys laughed. "No, you're beautiful, Nora," Niall said when he was done laughing. "Thanks, I guess," I said blushing.
I'm scared
The boys ordered some pizza, and I went out to rent a film. They would only allow me to pick the film if I were the one to rent it. I'd chosen horror. I didn't really like horror films, but I had my reasons to pick one. When I came back to the house, the boys were thrilled that I hadn't chosen The Notebook. I'm not going to lie, I love The Notebook, but horror seemed more like the genre for tonight. Niall had a big telly, I almost felt like I were at the cinemas. I sat between Harry and Liam in the couch. Harry had his arm around my neck, probably thinking I'd be scared to death. The truth is I was scared, but not because of the film. I was scared of the butterflies I'd gotten when the sweet scent of my cousin hit me.
We hadn't planned to, but slept over anyway. Harry said he was too tired to drive, and I didn't want to argue because he'd win. Niall had brought all the pillows and blankets in the flat into the living room, where we were planning on sleeping. Zayn and Niall were the first ones to fall asleep. Not more than half an hour later, both Liam and Louis were asleep. I could feel someone looking at me. I knew it was Harry as he was the only one awake except form me. "What are you looking at?" I asked, turning towards him. "You." He blushed, but spoke with confidence. "Why?" I regretted saying that. Now there was more awkwardness to come. Harry didn't answer before I repeated the question. Knowing he'd heard it the first time forced me to continue what I'd started. "You're the prettiest girl I've ever seen," he said after a while. It was my turn to blush now. "Thanks, Harry. You don't look that bad yourself," I answered, trying to say it like it was no big deal. His smile faded when he picked up the lack of flirting in my voice. I really wanted to kiss him. Now I also knew he wanted to kiss me. You may ask why I didn't. The only reason, the only thing keeping me away from him, was the fact that he was my cousin. I could see in his eyes that he wanted me as much as I wanted him, but he didn't have the guts to do it either. It all happened so fast. I don't think I meant to, but at the same time I did. We kissed. It was the best kiss I'd ever had, and all I wanted was for it to last forever. After not more than a few seconds, Harry pulled out of the kiss. "We can't do this," he said leaving the room.