Harry:
Liam and Niall were waiting on the other side of the badminton net.
“Harry I didn’t know we where playing doubles. I thought it was just going to be the two of us,” you yell.
“Yeah, well, I bet them that I could beat them alone and I did, so they bet me that I couldn’t beat them with you on my team,” Harry explained.
“Rude,” you said slightly insulted, “I’m not that bad.”
They all just stared back at me with confused looks.
“Ok, ok I’m not great, but I’ll have you know that I’ve been practicing and you’re all in for a surprise,” I explained.
“Doesn’t matter you’re both going down,” Niall shouted, “And we’re going to eat your sandwich Harry.”
“You guys are weird. Most people just bet with money,” you say.
“But we’re not like most people,” Liam adds then quickly states the score and serves the birdie into your forehead.
“Hey, I wasn’t ready,” you say annoyed.
“I wait for no one,” Liam says holding back a smile then puts his hand up for you to throw him the birdie. He counts it then serves it to you again and you miss it completely. You keep missing it until the set is over.
Harry comes over and whispers into you ear, “Just remember watch the birdie not your racket.” You listen to his advice, but just hit it way out of bounds. The rallies continue to end with you until the last set. It’s impossible for you two to win, but Harry says he wants to keep going as a formality. You feel bad that you ruined the game for him so when you see the birdie fly above your head you hit it as hard as you can and hope for the best. It whizzes past the net and hits Niall in the eye.
“Gez,” he says grabbing his eye. Apparently he wasn’t expecting that from you. You apologize nervous that you actually hurt him while Harry cracks up behind you. Liam serves the game point behind you before you two could get back into position.
“We win,” he says as he grabs the back of Niall’s shirt to drag him into your kitchen.
“Yeah buddy,” Niall says as he lets go of his eye obviously faking the pain the whole time. You just stand there dazed and confused about what just happened.
“That was the best game ever,” Harry says as he picks you up by your torso and twirls you around.
“But we lost,” you remind him while you’re still in his arms.
“But you won your first point and hit your first victim. That’s a step in the right direction,” Harry tells you as he puts you down.
“So you don’t mind being my doubles partner,” you ask.
“No, you’re the best partner I ever had,” he says, “I’ll be your doubles partner for life whenever you let me.”
”Deal,” you reply as you wrap your arms around his neck and lean in to kiss him.
Niall:
Niall seemed bummed as he plopped down on the couch next to you and sighed.
“No golf today,” he told you.
“Oh, what happened,” you ask.
“Harry’s girlfriend wants him to stay at her place longer while he’s home, so he can’t leave.”
“That’s too bad,” you say.
“Yeah I was really looking forward to playing again it’s been so long,” he says defeated.
