Coexist

Sophia's POV

"I will miss you" Said mom. We were at the airport in Melbourne, in Australia. It's where I am from. I was going to go to school in the UK. London, here I come.

"I'll miss you too, mom" I said and I hugged her. "You too, dad" I hugged my dad as well. My little sister was holding my dad's hand.

"What about me, Sophie?" Said, Grace.

"How can I not miss you, Grace?" I asked her, as I got on my knees. She just turned five. Her hair was chocolate brown, her eyes were these happy blue oceans and she had full cheeks. She was the sweetest little girl alive.

We said our goodbyes for the millionth time, and I got on my plane. It was a long ride, I slept through most of it. It was my fresh start. Nothing new ever happened in my life. Nothing exciting, at least. No adventures, nothing. I wanted an adventure. I wanted experience. That was the main reason why I applied for the scholarship in London. It was too great of an opportunity to miss it. I didn't really think I would win. Out of 30 000 kids who applied, only 20 could get scholarships. It was an honor. Truly.

When we landed, waiting for me was my parent's friend, Chris. I wasn't staying with him though, but he had the right to check up on me. So, while school is lasting, I had to live with a family. The Stones household was made out of Tina and Kyle, who were the adults, and Mia and Stella. They were both going to the school I was. So, my parents made arrangements to stay with them. It was a week before school starts. Chris took me to their house.

"Hello, you must be Sophia?" Said misses Stone. "I am Tina Stone, but you can call me Tina."

"Nice to meet you. I am Sophia." I said, and shook her hand. She let us in. She was home alone, and Chris and her knew each other, so that's how my parents arranged for me to stay with them.

She showed me to the guest room. It was nice. I unpacked my stuff, and got downstairs.

"Mia and Stella will be back soon. They are out to get some food." She said. She was really nice, and talkative. We talked about half an hour, when Chris had to leave. She was asking about Australia, because she has never been there. Short while after Chris left, Mia and Stella came.

"I hope you like spaghetti!" Said one of the girls as she walked in and saw me. "I'm Stella, hi" She said and shook my hand. Mia did the same when she introduced herself. Then, Tina went to make the food, and the three of us went upstairs.

"Did you unpack?" Asked Mia.

"Yeah." I said. We went into one room. It was this girly pink and green room. It was nice.

"This is my room, make yourself at home" Said Stella. She then threw herself on the bed, and opened her laptop.

"Any replies?" Mia asked her.

"Silly question Mia. Why would they reply?" said Stella, disappointed.

"Who are you waiting to reply?" I asked, as I laid next to her.

"Ugh, you know One Direction, right?" She asked me. I nodded "Well, I drew a picture of the guys, and took a picture with Mia's camera and post it to twitter, tagging all of them…Mia though they would reply." She explained.

"And they will! It's an amazing picture !" She said, as she went through the drawings on the desk. And after, she took one and showed it to me. It was amazing.

"Oh my, you are really talented!" I said to Stella. She really was.

"Thank you. Do you draw?" She asked me.

"Not like you. The only thing I can draw professionally is a stick-man." I said. We laughed.

There was a piano in the corner.

"And you play the piano?!" I asked. I always wanted to know how to play a piano. But when I was little, I didn't know the difference between piano and guitar. So I told my parents I wanted to play guitar. When I saw that it wasn't a piano, I cried. But after the first lesson mu dad gave me, I fell in love with it.

"No, it's Mia's. Her room doesn't have as much space as mine does. So she practice here."

Mia smiled and started to play. Her fingers did magic. She was playing Fur Elise by Beethoven. We spent the next half an hour playing the piano. She taught me how to play Fur Elise and some basic excursuses. It was really fun.

After that, we went downstairs to eat, and their dad, mister Stone came home. He introduced himself and we talked. After the dinner, I was exhausted, and we went to bed. That was my first day. I loved these people who I was living with.

***

The next morning, I woke really early. Like 6am early. Jet-leg was a bitch. I got downstairs and made myself a sandwich. I got my coat on, and went outside. I wanted to see where I was living. It was a nice neighborhood. I went to the nearest Starbuck to buy myself a coffee. Silly me, It wasn't open. Nothing was at 6:23am. I sent my parents a message to let them know how it was going. I texted my best friend Hex. His name was Holden, but everyone called him Hex since he was little. I don't know why. He was my boyfriend when I was 13. It was a child love, but after we broke up we decided to be friends. No one thought our friendship would work, but we became best friends. He was like a brother to me now.

I then went back to the house, since there was no point to wander around. I put on my headphones and turned the music on. The first song that played on my iPhone was 'At the bottom' by Brand New. It was one of my favorite songs. I started to sing, as I was walking on the street. I didn't know exactly where I was going, though.

I felt like in a music video. I was walking and singing. I started to dance. I figured, I am alone and everyone is sleeping, so nobody would see me. I felt famous. It was so much fun. When I felt a poke on my back. I took my headphones out, ashamed

"What song is that?" Someone said, as I was turning around. It was THE Harry Styles. I just froze.

Harry's POV

I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk outside. I was so jet-legged. As I was walking I heard a girl sing. First I thought I was hearing voices, but then I saw her. She had straight dark brown hair. She was listening to music with headphones on. She was dancing. Who does that at 6 am ?! After a while I approached her. I poked her on the back so she would turn.

"What song is that?" I asked, as she was getting her headphones off and turning around.

She just stared at me. I raised my eyebrows, and she started to speak.

"Hi…hey…hello…" She said, confused. She was blushing. I was amused and smiled widely.

"What song was that?" I repeated my question.

"'At the bottom' by Brand New." She said quickly. She had an australian accent.

"I don't know that song, but you made it sound good" I said. She really had an amazing voice. "Are you a singer?" I asked. How can she not be.

"Yeah…I mean no. I mean…" She couldn't find her words "No, I am not" She finally said, and smiled nervously.

"Well you should be" I said, and smiled cheeky. "I'm Harry by the way" I said. It was obvious she recognized me, but I wanted to be polite.

"I am…." She stopped talking. I laughed a little, and she blushed."I am Sophia. My name is Sophia" She finally said.

"Well Sophia it is nice to meet you" I said, and kissed her hand.

"A gentleman, huh?" She said. She seemed more relaxed.

"I try" I said and smiled. "You from Australia?" I asked. I just wanted to make sure.

"Oh yeah, all the time" She answered. I raised my eyebrows. It wasn't the appropriate answer for my question.

"What?" I asked, and laughed.

"I thought you were going to ask me what time it is" She said quickly. It still wasn't the answer for that question ether. I started laughing, and she laughed nervously.

"What are you doing out so early?" I asked her. She was really gorgeous. She had pale skin and very light blue eyes.

"umm……jet-legged. I just got here from Australia." She said

"Oh, so you are australian! " I said, because she didn't answer my question earlier.

"Yeah…" She said, still being nervous.

I asked her few more questions, she was answering weirdly, because she was nervous. It was really amusing when I asked her "Do you want to go to Starbucks." And she said "No ones home." very quickly.

"So" I said after that "Where are you going now?" I asked.

"Well I wanted to go home, but I don't know where I am now…" She said

"So you decided to imagine you are in a music video?" I asked. She laughed. She had the cutest laugh in the world.

"It wasn't something I planned. It just happened" She said, defending herself. I laughed. She was trying so hard to control herself, so she kept on saying random answers, and things. She was really funny when she was like that.

Sophia's POV

I tried so hard not to say something stupid. But stupid things just came out of my mouth. One after another. I couldn't control my brain. He was just smiling, and laughing at everything. I felt really foolish. I wanted to bang my head against a wall.

"What's the address where you are staying?" He asked. He was so chill. And I just kept on saying the first things that came to my mind.

"I don't know. But if I see the house, I will recognize it for sure" I said. I probably just said the stupidest thing in the world. How can I not know the address?! He was sweet, which made me even more nervous. He stopped walking all of a sudden.

"You dropped something?" I turned around and asked him.

"No" He said, and he smiled

"Well then, ok. Bye" I said. What was wrong with me?!

"No, no wait" He said. He was laughing.

"What?" I asked confused.

"This is where I live." He said. I looked at his house, it was really nice.

"OK..?" I was still confused. So what if this was his house?

"So I can drive you to your house" He said. "It will be a faster way to find it…" He said and then chuckled.

"Oh, no" I said "I don't get in cars with strangers" I said. My brain was disappointed of my mouth. I think it wanted to turn it off. He started to laugh. I blushed even more, if that's possible.

"Fine" He said, and walked towards me "We walk then." He said and smiled at me.

We walked down the street. We walked for more than half an hour. We talked about a lot of things. I started to take control of my mouth and brain. It felt good. As we were in a discussion about what's the difference between an australian and a british accent, I recognize the house.

"THIS ONE!" I shouted in the middle of his sentence. "Sorry" I apologized. Work, brain, WORK!

"What time it is?" He asked me. I just looked at him confused. I didn't know what to answer. He just started laughing "Is it all the time…or?" He said, and continued to laugh. I laughed too.

"Thank you for reminding me, I'm going to go bury myself now" I said, and walked towards the door, sinking in shame. I was a fool

"Wait, wait" He said, still laughing "Can you give me your number?"

"Give you your number?" I repeated. I got too nervous to think what I said.

"No, I have my number. I want yours." He said, still laughing. I now got what I said. Stupid brain, stupid brain. I definitely need a new one.

"Oh yeah, sure." I said and told him my number. He rang me up immediately.

"Now you have mine. So, if you get lost, just give me a ring." He said, and smiled. I blushed. I felt like a tomato.

"Why did you need mine, then? So you know who's calling you?" Anarchy controlled my brain. My to-do list: get a new brain.

"Yeah, or" He said, smiling "I can call you later, we can…umm…maybe go to Starbucks? Of course, if someones home" He said and laughed. I was an idiot early, thank god that was past.

"They close at 10pm" I said quickly. I felt like I was studying the timetable of Starbucks. He laughed.

"Well, before 10, then?" What is he doing?

"Are you asking me out?" I asked. Wow, how direct. When I get inside, I will burn my tongue with a blow torch.

"I am trying. You are making it difficult." He said, and smiled.

"K, then. Before 10." I said. He kissed me on the cheek. I was over the moon. It was a nice start to my life here. I could live with this.

I got in, and after, I saw him leave from the window. It was around 7:15am. Nobody was up yet. I went up in my room, and fell asleep.

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