Half A Heart

I slipped in a hoop earring.

Harry told me to dress nice. Yesterday he said we would go out and celebrate for what Sadny offered, but somehow I feel as if this is more than that.

I had butterflies erupting in my stomach as I slipped on some black flats.

I took one last look at myself in the mirror.

I was proud of who I had become, and even though I feel like I've been through a lot lately, everything was happy now. Everything was how it was supposed to be.

Harry snapped me from my train of thought when he came into our room.

" You ready?" He half smiled, looking me up and down.

I nodded.

" Yeah," I sighed. I looked Harry over until a piece of shiney jewlrey on his wrist caught my eye. I nearly choked on my own spit.

" What?" He asked, clueless. I pointed to his wrist. He laughed.

" Yeah. I found it when we moved here. It's my favorite watch. I wear it on special ocasions." He lifted his arm, admiring the old watch.

I gave him that watch nearly five years ago. Something is up.

" I didn't know you still had it." I said calmly, finding my voice.

Tonight was going to be special I guess.

" Where else would it be?" He question, his rosey cheekbonesBecoming more defined as he smiled.

He stepped towards me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into him.

" Let's go." He said. I nodded.

" Good idea."

-

Harry and I sat in his car driving through the dark.

" So where are we going?" I asked. He chuckled.

" You know I never reveal my destinations."

I leaned back in defeat.

" I was hoping you would this time."

Even though I had a feeling I knew exactly where we were going.

We pulled up and got out and yes, I was right. Harry walked around back and pulled a navy blue blanket and picnic basket from the trunk.

" I guess were taking a walk down memory lane, huh?" I asked as we began walking up the hill.

He laced our fingers together as he guided me through the night.

" You could say that." He smirked. I bit my lip. I was growing nervous and anxious all in one to find out what Harry had in store.

We got to our spot and he laid down the blanket and put down the picnic basket. I marveled at the glistening pond in veiw under the moon as we sat down.

" Wow." I said, this spot let alone giving me so many memories.

" That's what I was thinking." He chuckled.

Harry opened the picnic basket and pulled out fresh Kelly's. He threw my bag at me, making it hit me in the face.

He began to laugh.

" Harry!" I gasped. His loud laugh filled my ears and I couldn't help but laugh with him. His happiness was my happiness.

" Sorry, I just had a spasm." He shrugged. I could tell he was joking.

" Whatever." I playfully took out my bagel and bit into it.

" You're quite beautiful, you know that?" He asked, biting into his muffin. I shrugged.

" I've been told that a couple times."

he threw his head back with a light chuckle.

" I can never make anything romantic anymore." He pouted, curling his bottom lip out.

I scooted closer and and put my head on his shoulder.

" Oh, poor baby." I fake pitied.

" I know." He went along with it. I laughed, but kept my head on his shoulder.

" Look, there's Maria." He pointed up into the night sky at a bright star.

" I know. I remember," I Admired my star, " We were actually... In this same exact spot." I said he nodded.

" Yep."

I sighed. He did this on purpose.

" I miss those days, Harry."

" What days?"

I sat up to face him.

" The days when we were young and stupid. how reckless we were."

He looked at me with confusion.

" Why reckless?"

I sighed and looked at the pond before responding.

" Our whole relationship was reckless. Hiding from everyone. Having sex in your... Classroom." I giggled. He smiled and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into his chest.

" Having sex on my desk at school wasn't reckless, that was kinky, baby." He whispered slowly into my ear.

If his deep raspy voice wasn't enough to turn me on then I don't know what is.

I Looked up at him and surprised him by crashing my lips to his. His mouth was made for mine. They fit perfectly together.

My hands traveled up his torso to his collar and unbuttoned the first button. He pulled back.

" Later." He winked, kissing my lips once more. I giggled and left his shirt unbuttoned at the top, revealing his sparrows. They were one of my favorite tattoos of his.

As if he was thinking about tattoos too, he spoke up.

" We should get matching tattoos someday." He smiled. I nodded.

" I can get an 'H' right on my ass." I smiled. He laughed.

" I'll get an 'M' right on my-" he stopped to think, " wait nevermind that'd hurt." He laughed. I rolled my eyes and playfully slapped his chest, but laying back into it.

" You really are beautiful though." He got serious, looking down at me and running his fingers through my hair. I smiled.

" Thanks, so are you."

He groaned and laid back.

" I thought we've been over this! I'm manly, not beautiful!" He excalaimed. I laughed and laid on him again.

" Right. Sorry. You're manly, definently not beautiful."

He smiled.

" Good."

-

As for the rest of the night we laid there admiring eachother and reminiscing. Harry would make a dumb or perverted joke every once in a while, making me laugh. We talked about our future and baby names and other things we've never spoken about before.

It was late. Really late. The sound of crickets played through both my ears because it was in the middle of the night.

I looked at Harry's watch. It read 3:18.

" Oh my God! Harry it's 3:00 in the morning!" I exclaimed sitting up. We had spent the whole night talking away. He chuckled.

" I know."

" We need to go home." I raised my eyebrows. He shook his head.

" No way. It's the perfect time." He said. My eyebrows furrowed.

" Perfect time for what?"

He sighed, taking my hands in his and standing up.

" It's the perfect time to do, what I've dreamt of doing since You introduced yourself to my class, on the first day of school." He smiled. My eyes widened as I knew what was coming next.

He took both my hands in his.

" Maria, you are it," he chuckled, looking to the ground, "You're her. You are the person I was meant to be with. And I cannot wait to spend every day with you, for the rest of my life. You know, even though you promised me on your 18th birthday that after everything blew over, after college, that you come back to me, I was always scared you had forgotten."

My eyes burned.

" I could never forget you." I smiled through the tears. He grinned.

" I was scared when you left that you would never come back... But you did."

I nodded. " Of course I did."

" Thank God. After your first year in college away, I was a wreck. Total mess. With the thought, ' What if she never comes back? ' engraved to the back of my mind. Until two years later, I decided to give love another shot. Do you remember that woman that came into my class after school one day, telling me the offfice needed me? Mrs. Riley?" Harry asked.

I nodded. I remember her clearly. I thought she was one of the most beautiful people I had ever seen. And I also suspected she knew about us because she walked in on me and Harry talking after school.

" Well that was Julyssa. I had run into her at the store and she asked me out to dinner, considering I was an old co worker. I said yes to get my mind off you."

It was all clear now. Julyssa wasn't some random girl. She had been a co worker, that I had even met before!

" Wow." I breathed. He nodded.

" Yeah. But anyways, the day I saw you at Kelly's again. Man, I thought I was in a dream. Right before I saw you actually, I left my coffee on the counter to go chase after a girl I thought was you. After I embarrassed myself and realized it wasn't you, I came back to get my coffee, and then you were. sitting there as clueless as ever. I had been waiting for that moment for four whole years Maria! " he grinned.

I was at loss for words. All these confessions. To find out the reason he left his coffee on the counter was to chase after a girl he thought was me?

" Then the night I ran into you at the club, talking to that Owen kid... God I was so angry. But thankfully, you took me home. And If you hadn't have taken me home, we might not be together right now." He smiled. I laughed through my tears.

" I just want you to know how much I love you Maria. I love you more than life itself. Which is why I'm about to do this."

Harry knelt down on one knee and I began to cry even harder.

" Will you make me the happiest human being to ever live, and be my wife?" He asked, snapping a beautiful ring open.

The ring was beautiful, but it wasn't too much. It was perfect.

I don't think I've ever seen Harry cry, but his eyes were glossy.

Here we are, 3:30 in the middle of the night, and the love of my life proposes to me.

Only Harry. Oh God how I loved him.

Never in a million years had I thought my teacher would propose to me.

True love really does exist. I feel déjà vu from when he did this exact thing almost five years ago, but with a promise ring.

I told him I'd come back to him. I promised that night for a reason. Because he is my soul mate, as I am his.

I looked down at my favorite pair of emerald eyes and dimples to match looking down at me.



















" Of course I'll be your wife Harry."

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