#we got yearly planners in high school and it was actually very helpful for me. maybe i need another one 😭

[cozylittleartblog]

... oh, that? that's just a fun picture book i get to change every month. i don't know what the bottom pages mean. anyway, i wish someone would invent a solution to this problem

[lovelyharrystories]

Falling is the easy part (single!mom) - Chapter one

AN: I am not from the UK and I vaguely know how the school system works but there may be mistakes in the accuracy of the whole history. Please excuse me for it! And I hope you enjoy!

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Harry walked out of his car and sighed. He’s really here. He hadn’t been inside this building since he left for the X Factor 8 years ago. Hadn’t seen a lot of these people in those 8 years and to be honest he didn’t miss them.

Harry had always kept in touch with his closest friends. Inviting them to see his show or just hanging out if he was in town.

But now he is here, outside his old school building for the yearly class reunion. He had never been to the class reunion because he was always busy. But with a just finished world tour and some time on his hands his friend Jake had literally begged him to show up.

“C’mon mate, don’t you want to know what became of the rest of us?” Jake had asked over the phone two weeks ago.

“I do but I know what became of my friends. I kept in touch with the people I care about.” Harry said.

“I would really like you to come. The reunion is really nice. And free alcohol, who doesn’t like that?”

Harry had rolled his eyes at that comment. Free alcohol, it was like they were still 17/18 years old. But he knew Jake wasn’t about to let this reunion go. So, for his own sake he said, “Okay, I’ll be there.”

Jake was about to protest but then realised his friend had agreed. “Wait? It was that simple? I was expecting to give you a whole speech.”

“Honestly that is why I agreed. Wasn’t about to listen to a hundred reasons you came up with for me to go.” Harry had said and that’s how he is now here.

Jake had just texted him saying he will be there in five minutes so Harry decided to wait for him. He was kind of nervous to walk into the doors of his old school. This may seem weird to people that he can perform for thousands of people without worrying but walking inside his old school is making him sweat.

Maybe he was just nervous about how people are going to react when they see him. When he normally visits Holmes Chapel, he stays at his moms and goes to his friends houses but never really just walks around. He likes staying at his mom’s, the house familiar and always smelling like home.

He hears another car pull up on the parking lot and Harry looks up from his phone. He sees that it is indeed Jake’s car and he walks over to where Jake parked.

“Hey mate, you waited for me?” Jake asked when he walked out.

“I just got here too.” Harry said and he have Jake a hug.

“Great, let’s go have a fun night.” Jake said and leaded the way towards the school’s entrance.

He opened the school doors and Harry immediately notices that the walls have been repainted. They are no longer a dusty grey but are now a clean white with different coloured classroom doors. There were little flags hanging on the ceiling with a banner that said, ‘WELCOME CLASS OF 2010!” He had to hold back an eye roll. He thought of the whole decoration as childish in comparison to the parties he is used to going to.

Jake seemed to notice Harry’s distaste of the decoration and gave his friend a pat on the shoulder. “Cheer up, mate! This is a school reunion, not an Oscar after party.”

Harry gave Jake a warning glare. Jake knew how much Harry hated his fame thrown in his face. He knows he is privileged and gets to do things and go to places most people never get to do/go but that doesn’t mean it gives them the right to judge him for it.

“I was only joking. What is wrong with you?” Jake asked, not understanding why his friend is being so negative towards the whole idea.

“Nothing, just not in the mood to answer questions.” Harry said. It was true, he wasn’t excited to have people come up to him and be interested in him when they never were before he was famous. It has happened to many times to count that people only befriend him for his fame and money.

Jake gave Harry a pat on the back and they arrived at the gym where the whole reunion would take place. When they rounded the corner, he could see a familiar face and he couldn’t help the groan from leaving his lips. Harry’s reaction made Jake laugh.

At the entrance of the gym there was standing Kelly. Kelly was president of the student council, she loved organising events during the school year and always seemed so happy and cheerful to be in school. This was something that used to annoy Harry, she just seemed fake and not to forget she loved to gossip. But, she was also the ‘hottest’ girl in school, being her boyfriend was a privilege. Harry had to say that he did have a moment with her during one of the many events she planned. He was considered a king when he told his friends he had just snogged Kelly around the corner of the school building. They were never an item, Harry didn’t like Kelly and Kelly never seemed to really show interest in Harry either, except for that one night.

“Oh, did I forget to mention that it is Kelly who organises this evening every year.” Jake said with humor in his voice, knowing how much Harry ‘loved’ Kelly.

“Yeah, it did seem to have slipped your mind.” Harry said, trying to find an easy way out of this but it was already too late. Kelly had spotted the two man walking into her direction.

“Jake!” She said with too much enthusiasm.

“Hi, Kelly. How are you?” Jake said and kissed her on both cheeks.

“Oh, you know, busy but very happy.” She said and Harry rolled his eyes, can this woman be any faker?

“And my god Harry, look at you.” She said and wrapped her small arms around him. Harry awkwardly wrapped his arms around her.

“You must be very excited to see everybody back.” Kelly said. Harry forced a fake smile on his face and nodded his head.

“Well, please have a drink and join the rest. I hope you will both have a lovely evening.” Kelly said when she spotted other guests arriving.

When Kelly left it seemed like Harry could breathe again.

“Well as you can see Kelly is still Kelly. She’s now an event planner.” Jake said.

“What a shock.” Harry said sarcastically which made Jake laugh. They had spotted some of his old friends and Harry seemed to relax knowing that they were here too. After greeting everybody, they all started talking about work and their partners. Harry had joined for a while but seemed to lose interest in the conversation fast. He looked around the room and saw different people he remembered vaguely and some he has never seen before.

His eyes were roaming the room when they landed on the back of a girl. She wasn’t as dressed up as most of the woman here with dresses and high heels. No, she was wearing a blouse with flowers on and a skirt, some boots and her hair pulled up in a ponytail. She standing with a group of girls which he remembered to be Kelly’s group, but doesn’t seem to remember her.

Jake had noticed his friend was looking at the woman with confusion clear in his face. He walked towards Harry and said, “You don’t remember YN?”

YN, the name did ring a bell. And it was then that he remembered. You were a friend of Kelly’s but you were always a bit the odd one out of that group. That was not something negative, not at all. Kelly and her friends were always dressed up, make-up, hair done and you just kept it simple and natural. Harry had always thought you were a pretty girl, but he had never really talked to you. You always seemed to be more reserved than the rest.

“Yes, I do now. Just didn’t realise it was her from the back.” Harry said and took another sip from his drink.

“Why don’t you go say hi?” Jake asked and Harry tensed.

“Sure, let me go up to her like ‘Hi, we never talked in school but how are you?’ Yeah, that seems like a good idea.” Harry said.

“Are you scared? Is The Harry Styles scared to go up to a girl?” Jake teased and Harry rolled his eyes at his friend. It wasn’t that he was scared, he really just didn’t know how to start a conversation with you.

Harry saw a group of girls leaving you and Kelly to grab something to eat and Jake saw this as an invitation to introduce you. He almost literally dragged Harry over to you and Kelly.

“Kelly, I just saw that we are out of bears. You want me to help you carry them?” Jake asked. Smooth Harry thought.

“Oh, Hi YN. How are you?” Jake asked and you smiled at him. Harry wondered since when you and Jake knew each other and he felt a little bit jealous. Jake was an amazing flirt and could make almost every girl fall for him with his boyish smile and his charms. Jake may be a bit of a lady’s man but was never disrespectful.

“I am great. How are you?” You asked him and your voice was the sweetest sound Harry had ever heard. It was soft yet not to quiet and you had a small genuine smile on your face.

“Good too, but I am going to help Kelly. But my friend Harry here will keep you company ‘till we are back.” Jake said before running off after Kelly but not before giving Harry a wink.

If it wasn’t for you standing there, he would have yelled ‘Asshole!’ at Jake but he didn’t want to make the situation more awkward than it was.

“Hi Harry, I didn’t know you were coming tonight.” You said now looking at him, the small smile still on your face. Your smile seemed to be contagious because Harry felt his own mouth turn into a smile.

“Yeah, I have some time of and Jake asked me if I wanted to come.” Harry said.

“How are you? I know we never really talked during school, but you made quite the name for yourself. Congratulations by the way.” You said and Harry felt his heart warm at your comment. You didn’t ask him what it was like being famous or who he knew in the business. No, you congratulated him and it felt amazing to have somebody say it so genuinely.

“I am fine. And thank you. I know, I don’t know why we never talked really.” Harry Said.

“Well, I am not really the most social person around so I may be at fault here for that.” You said with a small laugh. Harry smiled wider at your comment.

“Oh well, the past is in the past anyway. How are you actually? What do you do?”

“I am great. I am actually an English teacher here.” You said and it didn’t really surprise Harry. You looked like you would be a good teacher. The type of teacher who tells her subject with passion and enthusiasm.

“Oh wow, that’s great. English always was one of my favorite subjects.” Harry said and he flinched a bit at his poor attempt to flirt with you. Either you didn’t notice this or were just too kind to not mention it, because you didn’t address the comment and started talking about something else.

You talked about your job and some funny stories about what had happened in class before. He talked about his tour and his favorite places in the world. You seemed to be very excited to hear about these places, you told him you would love to travel but just didn’t have the time to do so.

You both had been talking for a while now because all of a sudden Harry felt a hand on his back.

“I am heading home. I’ll see you tomorrow?” Jake asked and Harry looked at his phone to see the time. He must have been talking with you for about two hours now.

“Um, yeah sure.” Harry said still a bit confused at how fast the time went. Jake had noticed his friends state and couldn’t help but smile at it. Jake left with a wink and a typical Jake comment, “Be safe kids!”

“Wow, time all of a sudden went fast didn’t it.” You said and Harry noticed you were about to say goodbye at your tone.

“Yeah, it did. Do you have to leave?” He asked because he saw you didn’t want to say it. You seemed like the type of person who wouldn’t want to be the first one to stop a conversation.

you gave him a guilty smile and said, “I do, I am really sorry but maybe I’ll see you around.” You said.

Harry felt disappointed that he didn’t get to talk to you anymore but he understood. It was now 12pm on a Thursday night, you probably had work tomorrow. Or maybe you just didn’t like his company and finally found a way out of talking to him. He swiftly got rid of that thought because you seemed to genuine to hold a conversation with someone that long that you don’t like.

“I hope so.” Harry said and you gave him a hug goodbye. Harry could feel a funny feeling in his belly when he felt your arms wrap around him.

“See you around.” You said and walked off. You turned around once more to give him a wave and Harry couldn’t help the smile on his face. He waved back and made a promise to himself that he would make sure they saw each other again.