Goodnight Moon.
You're not like the rest of them.
Harry's POV.
Ashlynn and I sat across from each other on my bed facing each other trying to figure out what to do.
"We can watch TV..A movie...Clean your house.." I laughed at all her ideas and said. "No.No.AND HELL NO." She laughed at my 'Hell No'. I'm glad I could make her smile she deserved to!
I had an idea," How about we play the get to know each other game?!" She looked at me with a confused face, "What in the world is that?" She asked.
"It's a game where we ask each other questions and talk about who we are and what not." i told her. "Interesting, I am surely intrigued so I suppose we can do that" , she said unsure of where this was going. "You go first Styles" she demanded.
I needed a normal question something that wasn't going to scare her away first thing. "Do you have any siblings?" I asked.
"Yes, I have a sister; Marie. She's my favorite person in the world. She's 26 and everyone thinks we are twins." She told me lighting up talking about her sister who she seemed to adore and already I liked her more than I did 5 minutes ago.
"Tell me about your Mom." she told me " I know it's not a question but whatever" she winked.
"My Mom is my go to person about everything. She raised me to be the man I am today; she's always been my consistent person in everything I do. She's the reason I like singing so much. When my parents got divorced when I was 10 I would hear her cry in her room at night cause my dad left us and I would go lay in bed with her and we would sing till we fell asleep. She's my best friend." I told her sharing a very personal story with her that I hadn't really ever told anyone. She looked sad and concerned.
Ashlynn's POV.
Listening to Harry tell me about his Mom and Dad's split makes me realize that we are more alike than I thought causing me to feel guilty for jumping to conclusions about this boy. I looked up at him and grabbed his hand "I'm so sorry that you had to face that at such a young age." his face softened when he heard my words.
"Do you have any pets?" he asked me next.
"I have a dog named Shelly, I found her in the parking lot at a shell gas station when she was 3 weeks old in a box sitting next to the trash. She's 2 and I miss her so much." I slightly smiled thinking about how much I really did miss my dog and how she would lay with me at night and tackle me with love when I would get home. "Why didn't you bring her with you when you moved here?" He asked me. "My best friend Jayci and I shared an apartment before I left the states and Shell lived with us, I just didn't want to leave Jayci alone when I left, she loves that dog. So we always joke about having shared custody. Although she is my dog we split everything and she takes care of her when I'm not their." He nodded his head understanding what I was saying.
"So tell me about Jayci" he encouraged me to talk more.
"Jayci is my best friend from home. She moved to Fort Worth when we were 11 and everyone made fun of her when we were kids and I was her friend. We got to high school and she grew out of her awkward phase and I turned into the ugly duckling of the two of us. I was for sure that she was going to not be friends with me after everyone made fun of me, but it only strengthened our friendship. She's been there for me through everything. Sometimes I wonder if I would still be alive if we would of stopped being friends." I stopped myself noticing that I was getting to deep with everything.
He looked up at me reassuring me with a half smile and the words came out next brought a single tear to my eye, "I'm sure your best friend is beautiful" yeah everyone thinks that I thought to myself.."But I can assure as long as we are in each others lives...you will never be an ugly duckling to me. You'll be the most beautiful one. You're like a swan"
Harry had this odd control over me. His words brought me back from the dead it felt like. Harry felt like my missing piece and I didn't even know him that well. "Your turn" he said.
I looked up at him saying aloud the first words that came to my mind, "Why are you so nice to me?" He looked up at me quickly taken back by my words. His soft large hands met with my chin pulling it up to look at him. I think he finally figured out that I did not like making eye contact.
"Ashlynn. I don't know what you have been through but I can tell it's a good bit. We don't have to get into it now but you deserve to be treated like the wonderful girl you are. You're kind and motivated and talented and you take some damn good pictures. You deserve to be reminded of how amazing you are every day. " He then leaned into me about to touch my lips when I pulled away.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." he apologized making me now feel guilty for pulling away.
"No, I want to. I really do. I just don't know where this is going yet and I wanna figure that and my feelings out for you before any of that happens. I just don't wanna confuse myself." I told him. He looked at me and smiled widely and said " This is why I like you, you're not like the rest of them."
Ashlynn and I sat across from each other on my bed facing each other trying to figure out what to do.
"We can watch TV..A movie...Clean your house.." I laughed at all her ideas and said. "No.No.AND HELL NO." She laughed at my 'Hell No'. I'm glad I could make her smile she deserved to!
I had an idea," How about we play the get to know each other game?!" She looked at me with a confused face, "What in the world is that?" She asked.
"It's a game where we ask each other questions and talk about who we are and what not." i told her. "Interesting, I am surely intrigued so I suppose we can do that" , she said unsure of where this was going. "You go first Styles" she demanded.
I needed a normal question something that wasn't going to scare her away first thing. "Do you have any siblings?" I asked.
"Yes, I have a sister; Marie. She's my favorite person in the world. She's 26 and everyone thinks we are twins." She told me lighting up talking about her sister who she seemed to adore and already I liked her more than I did 5 minutes ago.
"Tell me about your Mom." she told me " I know it's not a question but whatever" she winked.
"My Mom is my go to person about everything. She raised me to be the man I am today; she's always been my consistent person in everything I do. She's the reason I like singing so much. When my parents got divorced when I was 10 I would hear her cry in her room at night cause my dad left us and I would go lay in bed with her and we would sing till we fell asleep. She's my best friend." I told her sharing a very personal story with her that I hadn't really ever told anyone. She looked sad and concerned.
Ashlynn's POV.
Listening to Harry tell me about his Mom and Dad's split makes me realize that we are more alike than I thought causing me to feel guilty for jumping to conclusions about this boy. I looked up at him and grabbed his hand "I'm so sorry that you had to face that at such a young age." his face softened when he heard my words.
"Do you have any pets?" he asked me next.
"I have a dog named Shelly, I found her in the parking lot at a shell gas station when she was 3 weeks old in a box sitting next to the trash. She's 2 and I miss her so much." I slightly smiled thinking about how much I really did miss my dog and how she would lay with me at night and tackle me with love when I would get home. "Why didn't you bring her with you when you moved here?" He asked me. "My best friend Jayci and I shared an apartment before I left the states and Shell lived with us, I just didn't want to leave Jayci alone when I left, she loves that dog. So we always joke about having shared custody. Although she is my dog we split everything and she takes care of her when I'm not their." He nodded his head understanding what I was saying.
"So tell me about Jayci" he encouraged me to talk more.
"Jayci is my best friend from home. She moved to Fort Worth when we were 11 and everyone made fun of her when we were kids and I was her friend. We got to high school and she grew out of her awkward phase and I turned into the ugly duckling of the two of us. I was for sure that she was going to not be friends with me after everyone made fun of me, but it only strengthened our friendship. She's been there for me through everything. Sometimes I wonder if I would still be alive if we would of stopped being friends." I stopped myself noticing that I was getting to deep with everything.
He looked up at me reassuring me with a half smile and the words came out next brought a single tear to my eye, "I'm sure your best friend is beautiful" yeah everyone thinks that I thought to myself.."But I can assure as long as we are in each others lives...you will never be an ugly duckling to me. You'll be the most beautiful one. You're like a swan"
Harry had this odd control over me. His words brought me back from the dead it felt like. Harry felt like my missing piece and I didn't even know him that well. "Your turn" he said.
I looked up at him saying aloud the first words that came to my mind, "Why are you so nice to me?" He looked up at me quickly taken back by my words. His soft large hands met with my chin pulling it up to look at him. I think he finally figured out that I did not like making eye contact.
"Ashlynn. I don't know what you have been through but I can tell it's a good bit. We don't have to get into it now but you deserve to be treated like the wonderful girl you are. You're kind and motivated and talented and you take some damn good pictures. You deserve to be reminded of how amazing you are every day. " He then leaned into me about to touch my lips when I pulled away.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." he apologized making me now feel guilty for pulling away.
"No, I want to. I really do. I just don't know where this is going yet and I wanna figure that and my feelings out for you before any of that happens. I just don't wanna confuse myself." I told him. He looked at me and smiled widely and said " This is why I like you, you're not like the rest of them."
Notes
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