"Oh look, it's you again." Harvey rolled his eyes teasingly as he passed the front door where his sister was just walking in.
"Shut up, I just forgot my makeup." She reached out and scruffed the top of his hair.
After spending a week at home due to her morning sickness, Ellie had returned back to her apartment with James earlier today. Although it had felt good to stay home for a while and be looked after by her mum and dad, she was also happy to be back with James. She had missed getting to wake up to him every morning and knew that he had likely felt the same way.
"Aren't you supposed to be seeing Lottie this week?" Ellie went onto ask as she watched her brother casually head to the kitchen while pulling down a box of cereals.
Taking a seat up the kitchen island, he poured an overwhelmingly amount of cereal inside his bowl before topping it up with double the amount of milk Ellie would even consider putting in her own.
"Yeah, I'm leaving in a minute." He replied simply as Ellie couldn't help but laugh at how laid back this 18 year old boy was.
Once a month he would set off 'early-ish' in the morning to Oxford where Lottie was studying. He would then spend a whole week with her just catching up and doing everything they could to make their relationship work.
It was crazy that they had still managed to stay together. They had survived her first semester of being over 2 hours away and were now onto the second.
Even his own friends and family were in awe at how maturely they had managed it. People Lottie knew at uni who had previously been in relationships had broken down in the first few weeks as the distance became too much for their immature minds to handle.
Either someone would find other interests or they would realise that what they thought was love, really wasn't that at all.
However, these two had remained strong and were doing everything they could to not let that happen to them. Alongside Harvey spending a week in Oxford, Lottie came home every other weekend to see him and her family which meant the distance didn't seem all that bad after all.
"Are things good with you both then? You're still alright?" Ellie asked curiously, as she had been most amazed by their relationship.
She knew what her brother was like and if he took any tips from Kian, he would have been with a number of different girlfriends in the past few months. However, he surprised her.
"Yeah, we're good. We're still so fucking different but she's amazing."
"They always say opposites attract right?"
"Just like you and James then." Harvey smirked causing Ellie to reach out and playfully shove his side.
"I love him."
"I know, I never said you didn't."
"But you make stupid comments all the time!" Ellie stressed and it wasn't a lie.
Harvey had nothing against Ellie and James being together but he had just been shocked when it happened. He had never got to know James all that well before but had always seen his as quiet and reserved. In comparison, his sister was the biggest loud mouth he knew and he would have never matched the unusual pair together.
"Let's hope your baby turns out more like him. I'll get a headache if it's anything like you." Harvey teased while Ellie just stuck her middle finger up at him in return.
Bursting into laughter at his own comment, Harvey couldn't help but annoy his sister whenever he got the chance. The pair were so similar that it was much easier to push her buttons.
"I'm kidding!" Harvey grinned as he took a large mouthful of the now soggy cereal in front of him. "When are you going to find out the gender?"
"Next week." Ellie's face lit up at the thought of it. "...and I'm desperately hoping it's a little girl."
"Or a boy and then you can name it Harvey Junior."
"God, you love yourself way too much!"
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"You got here so quick!" Lottie exasperated as soon as she opened her door to Harvey standing there with a grin on his face. "I really hope you didn't drive too fast!"
"I didn't." Harvey remarked however, the lie was evident on his face. "Come here, I missed you."
Although she wanted to lecture him on his driving, like she was sure his mum did constantly, she refrained. Instead, Lottie allowed herself to be enveloped into her boyfriends embrace and soaked up the comfort she got from being reunited with him.
Lottie absolutely loved Uni and Oxford too however, she couldn't help but intensely miss being at home in Brighton. She had cried every single day of her first few months being alone in this strange city and away from her family, friends and Harvey.
When she had imagined leaving home, she had just envisioned so much excitement due to experiencing newly adult life. That hadn't quite been the case and instead she had felt nothing but loneliness for the first few weeks.
Although Lottie had settled in much more now, she still got so excited leading up to the first week of every month when she knew Harvey would be arriving at her door.
"I missed you too." Lottie muttered as they pulled apart before she leaned up and pressed her lips to his.
As her hand trailed up and around his neck, Harvey's found her waist as he urged her closer. There was always something about the way he held her that made Lottie go so weak. It made her mind feel at ease from any previous worries she may have been feeling and be replaced with a calmness that only he could bring her.
"I have something to show you." Lottie beamed as they eventually pulled apart. Taking his hand, she then began guiding him back into her room.
Following after her, Harvey watched on as Lottie stirred about in her drawer and took out a carrier bag and passed it his way.
"What is it?" He asked while pulling open the bag and taking out something that caused him to suddenly freeze.
"It's for your sister!" Lottie instantly jumped in when she noticed his face pale.
"Thank fuck for that." He laughed as he felt composed once again and continued to take the few baby grows out fully.
"I just saw them when I was out and couldn't resist!"
Harvey couldn't help but smile as he watched the excitement fall over Lottie's face. Although he was looking forward to being an uncle, he wasn't as enthusiastic as she was to start buying gifts.
Lottie on the other hand was the complete opposite and it was definitely appreciated by Ellie.
"You're crazy, do you know that?" Harvey laughed as he looked across at his girlfriend standing there with her eyes set on him.
"Yeah, I guess I know that." She shrugged teasingly.
"I'm just glad you're buying this for my sister and this isn't us last year."
Although Lottie's pregnancy scare had been a touchy subject at the time, it was something they could now easily joke about. It was insane to them to think that it was one mistaken night that had been the thing to bring them together.
It may have been the most stressful experience at the time but they were both incredibly grateful for it now.
"Oh gosh, me too!" Lottie grinned as she watched as Harvey dropped the bag onto the bed and made his way over to her.
Running his hand across her cheek, his lips soon made contact with hers once again as he appreciated the girl he had stood in front of him. Harvey was so glad that he had never listened to his friends and just gone with what felt right. He didn't speak to half of them now and had only kept in touch with the ones that really mattered.
As a result, he was still with the girl that had changed his mind set for the best and made him see that there was so much more to life than your reputation.
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