Coexist

Sophia's POV

These few days have been ok, I guess. The only people that know about me and Harry are Stella and Mia. They always want the details after I come home from his house. School started and it was really weird. Mia and Stella knew all these people, where as me, I knew no one. I mostly hung out with Mia and her friends, but I didn't find them as easy going as Mia was. They were snobs, and Mia wasn't herself when she was with them. I mean, I don't know Mia that long, hell, I've only known her for a week, but she was always bursting with ideas, and was always funny. And now, with these girls she was different. I think she was trying to impress them for some reason. And, the dislike was going both ways. Her friends didn't like me ether. They laughed and mocked when I told them that I was on scholarship here. They were like the mean girls. And their 'leader' was Minerva. When I firs met her, she was talking about One Direction. She was talking to Ally, another 'mean girl." She said 'Are the rumors true?'. I couldn't help but say 'I'm afraid so, Professor. The good, and the bad' completely imitating Dumbledore. It's like…When you hear Minerva, you hear McGonagall. It's fixed. I laughed of course, saying it as a joke. She, on the other hand, took it rather hard. She told me I was childish and the joke wasn't funny. Mia barely kept it together, and afterwards she told me I was a genius. I don't get why she took that to heart. I mean, it's a typical Harry Potter joke. And from that day I am on Minerva's bad side. And if I'm on Minerva's, then I am on everyone else's too. But, I found it rather silly. I couldn't bring myself to ask Mia why is she friends with these awful people, but I amused myself with every stupid thing they said. And they weren't bright.

After school I was mostly with Harry. I found a job in this pet shop. I loved animals, and I wanted the extra money, so I applied, and they really needed help. Occasionally Harry would drop by when it's my shift, and today was just like any other.

"Hello" He said as he walked through the door making the little bell ring.

"Harry, the point of being a secret is-" He cut me off. I must have said this sentence about a thousand times, so he imitated me

"'people not knowing about us'" He tried to imitate my voice too. Very high-pitched I might add, and mine isn't like that.

"OH! I don't talk like that!" I said, acting offended.

"I don't know what you are referring to." He said, badly imitating my accent. I joined the game.

"Hey, look at me!" I said, trying to pull off a deep voice, with a more british accent and puckering my lips a lot, like he does "I'm Harry Styles, THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL!" I imitated his singing too but couldn't continue because of the priceless expression on his face, so I started laughing hysterically. I had the stupidest laugh ever. I was too loud and it was this weird Ha-Ha sound. Harry for some reason, found it cute. And every time I laughed he would too, saying it's addictive.

"I don't speak like that" He said, smiling and blushing.

"You totally do. Like you are kissing the air. Your one true love." I said making a heart with both of my hands. He just pulled his tongue out. I smiled proudly. I won!

"How was school? Still fighting with professor McGonagall?" He said. I told him about the time I met Minerva.

"We are not fighting!" I said "I am just constructively criticizing her with sarcasm. That's all" I said. She was too dense to realize it.

"I would love to see that bitch-fight." He said, quietly, but loud enough for me to hear.

"I will let you know that I can take her to the ground!" I said, proudly.

"I'm sure you can" He said, but he was mocking me.

"Oh, you don't believe me?!" I said with attitude.

"Come on. You are like a little fluffy teddy bear. You wouldn't hurt a fly." He said. He was sweet, but I am not letting this go.

"More like a vicious samurai! And let me tell you, I have been hanging out with boys since I was two, and have been working in a garage from age 10 until I moved, so yeah. I can take her" I bragged. I felt like I needed to prove that I wasn't this girl who can't defend herself.

"Remind me not to get on your bad side" He said, but I don't think he takes me seriously.

"Fine. I challenge you to a wrestle mach." I said.

"What?" He said, smiling, but I had a very serious expression on my face. "For real?" He said in disbelieve.

"Oh yeah! What, you too scared? You should be" I still talked with attitude.

"Come on, I wouldn't want to hurt you" He said, and played with my hear.

"Backing down, are we? What? The famous Harry Styles can't take me? The ordinary Sophia…Finch " Harry started to laugh.

"Were you about to say your middle name?" He said. I wanted, but i didn't

"No" I said, but started laughing.

"What's your middle name?" He asked, being all cute and irresistible. To top it of, he put his hands under his chin, like a little boy.

"It's italian and it sounds funny when my name is fully pronounced." I said, blushing. He laughed, still intrigued. "Fine. But this stays between us." I said and he nodded. "My name is Sophia Viviana Finch." I said, pronouncing Viviana in an Italian accent. He smiled widely, looking all happy. I just blushed and looked down.

"It's pretty" He said, still smiling widely.

"And that's not just Viviana in there. It's like a double name, my middle name. But I don't say the other part, because it makes it too long and weird" I said. His eyes opened up and agains smiled widely.

"Come on. Please. My name is Harold Edward Styles." He said. I laughed, because he was trying to pull off that 'show me yours, I'll show you mine' and he 'showed' me his, so I had to tell him mine.

"Fine. It's Sophia Viviana Sabrina Finch. There!" I said. I never liked my long name. But when I was a baby, my mom insisted I have a part-italian thing in my name. So there. I hope she's happy. He started to laugh.

"Any other names in there?" He said jokingly.

"Quite a few, actually" I said, joking too. We laughed for few minutes.

"Can I call you Sabrina?" He asked with a cute puppy face. I smiled sweetly.

"No" I said, and laughed.

"Fine, you can't call me Harry then!" He said. I raised my eyebrows.

"Well how do I call you then. Eddy? Edward? CULLEN?!" I said excited! He laughed.

"No, I'm not a sparkling vampire." He said and laughed. "You can't call me anything." He said.

"Come on, don't be stubborn!" I said, and he folded his arms against his chest."FIne. Well then….you" I didn't know how to call him "You can leave now if you aren't buying anything." I said, acting professional "You are stiffing the whole line!" I said. He looked over his shoulder.

"There are no costumers!" He said, being obvious.

"Well.." I said "I have a lot to do!" I said, and went to one of the fish tanks, and started feeding the fish.

"What's your favorite animal?" He asked, ignoring what I said, and following me.

"Snakes and pandas…And koalas." I started to count. "Oh, I also love dolphins! They are so lovable"

"Ok, koalas, pandas, dolphins, I get it. But…snakes? Really?" He asked surprised.

"Yeah. I love them. They are so patient and sneaky. Although they are cold blooded, I love snakes. I want like a tree snake. It will curl up on my arm, and I would carry it everywhere. I will name her Petunia." I started to talk. When I get started on snakes, it's hard to stop.

"Really?!" He asked surprised again.

"Yeah" I said, happily.

"Wow, who knew" He said, and smiled.

"What's yours?" I asked, moving on to the next tank.

"Well…um…I like cats." He said.

"Going for the ordinary? Shallow are we?" I said, joking.

"Oh, and snakes are deep and sophisticated?" He defended himself. I took the fishnet on a stick, and pointed at him.

"Never…insult…the snakes…in front of me." I said, in a playfully-serious voice.

"Ok, Hagrid." He said, and laughed.

I also laughed, and as I was laughing I heard the bell on the door ring.

"Now if you excuse me, I have costumers." I said, professionally. He just stayed by the fishtanks.

Harry's POV

She walked towards the door, and I watched her walk away. Her hair was swinging as she left. It was very dark, and very long. I just stood there by the tanks, as I watched her in amazement. She was pretty, no doubt, but she…listened. She understood. We haven't went on our second date yet, but we see each other all the time. I know we have to be careful, but I can't help it. Ed took a liking in her, and so did Zayn. They adore her, and want me to talk about her. I do, but I don't know why, they love hearing about her. What she does, what she says. She was this awkward 16 year old. But it didn't matter to me that she was 16. She could be so serious and real about some things. But the child in her never dies. She was talking to the costumer, explaining the different types of dog food. It was cute how she understood and memorized everything.

"Thank you, and come again" She said sweetly to the costumer. After they left, I approached her.

"You are still here?" She turned and asked me acting surprised.

"You are so sweet" I said, acting sarcastic and imitating her accent again.

"Bite me" She said.

"Soph, don't forget. The costumer is always right!" I said, sounding proudly.

"That's terrific and all, but you are not a costumer. There for, you are not right. Simple logic." She said, trying to out-smart me. I just laughed, because I liked seeing her happy. And she seemed very happy, so I didn't ruin it, just laughed.

The bell of the door rang again.

"Soph, your shift is done." Said the woman that came in.

"So early? Why?" She asked. It was around 6-ish.

"Well it's friday, and I'm sure you have plans. i don't want to ruin them. Besides, you have been working every day for the past week, I'm sure you could use the break." The lady said.

"Oh, no worries. I love working here. I love being around animals." She said with a wide smile on her face. She then packed her things, and turned to me.

"You coming?" She asked. I nodded and smiled.

We went outside, and I opened my door for her to enter.

"After you" I said.

"I'll walk, thanks" She said.

"Come on…" I said "We are not strangers anymore" I said smiling.

"I just like to walk." She said. I wanted to walk with her, but my car….So I chose her anyway.

"Fine, I am coming with. You have plans for tonight?" I asked her as I walked next to her.

"But, your car…?" She said confused.

"I'll take care of it" I said, and smiled "So tonight? Plans? You want to…um…go out somewhere?" I asked a little nervous. I don't know why I was nervous, but I was.

"Kind of short notice, don't you think?" She said. It was, but I wanted to go out with her.

"Please…are you going to make me beg?" I asked, using my puppy eyes. But for some reason, they weren't working on her.

"Mmmmm, let me thing no." She said quickly.

"Why? What do you have planned for tonight?" I asked.

"I have plans with Hex." She said quickly.

"Who's Hex?" I asked. I little jealousy flew threw my body. Why?

"His name is Holden" She said, acting like in those chick-flick movies when a girl talks about a guy she likes. She used her high-pitch voice. "And his amazing. I think I'm in love!" She said.

"Wh…what? " I was confused. And a little…A LOT, jealous.

"Yeah. And you really don't need to walk me home. Because the point of this being a secret is-" I cut her off, but wasn't really in the mood to laugh.

"yeah, yeah, for no one to know. I got it." I said. I was looking at the ground for the whole time. "Well ok then. You need a taxi, or?" I offered.

"No.I told you, I like walking" She said, and smiled. I just nodded, and said a quick bye, then turned away. I walked towards my car. I was jealous. So what?! Why would she do this? I mean we are not dating, well , we were. But we aren't apparently, so ok. That's cool I guess. I took my phone out, as I was driving and called Louis.

"Hello, Louis's phone" Answered El.

"Oh, hey El. Is Lou there?" I asked.

"Yeah, but he's showering. Do you want me to give him a message?" She said.

"No no, that's ok. Just tell him to call me. OK?" I said, and she confirmed. I went home. I took out some wine and started drinking.

Sophia's POV

I felt kind of bad, but I was joking. Well not really. I mean, I do have plans to Skype with Hex and I do love him and he is amazing, but not in that way. I mean come on. Anyway, I think Harry didn't take it seriously so everything is cool.

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