12:15 pm, you read off the fluorescent light on your phone as you sat down in the suburban coffee shop.
You’ve never been to this coffee shop before, it was one of Harry’s ’marvelous’ recommendations for you guys to meet up at. However that was the question, where was he?
It’s not like him to be late, you thought to yourself as you peered out the bay window to see if you could spot him. You were startled by the abrupt vibration of your phone, and you answered it to hear Harry’s husky voice.
"Hey Cat, sorry but i’m running a bit late. Feel free to order what you want. I’ll be there soon" he said, and before you could even respond you heard the buzzing noise of the dial tone.
Not thinking much of it, you went to order what you wanted. You were greeted by the chipper man at the register, and you began to place your order.
"And the name for your cup?" the man said to you, as he held the strongly scented sharpie to the bare white cup. "Catorina" you said with a smile. "Catorina?" he said with a pause, "Wait here," he said to you, holding up a finger at you. You were puzzled, but you stood there as the man ordered.
He came back with an envelope that had ‘Catorina’ printed on the front. “This is for you,” he said as he passed you the letter. Confused as can be, you opened it and read it from top to bottom:
"Catorina,
I’m surprised you couldn’t tell that I was lying on the phone. To think we were such good friends, I would’ve expected you figured something out by now ;)
You smiled to yourself,
I’m actually not going to meet you at the coffee shop. Where am I going to meet you?
Follow your heart
-Harry xx”
"Uh, excuse me sir?" you said to the male who gave you the letter, "Did he tell you where I should go?" you said confused. Follow your heart?, you repeated to yourself, what’s that supposed to mean?
"Walk outside, i’m sure you’ll be able to figure it out from there" he said smiling. You quickly exited the coffee shop to find little hearts taped to the side of the buildings.
What is going on? you thought as you followed all the tiny pink hearts. You were doing just fine following the small hearts until they stopped. Fantastic, you said to yourself scoffing. This boy is sending me on a wild goose chase, the least he can do is finish off this trail.
"You must be Catorina" you heard from the voice around you, you turned around to see a hot dog vendor holding up a humongous balloon, handing for you. "Thank you," you said. Very confused, you took the string of the balloon and tied it around your wrist. You looked at the writing on the balloon, and it read "WILL".
You saw a letter plastered on the balloon. You pried it off and read it within an instant:
"Cat,
Yay! You found it! Keep on going.
The hearts are to your left
-Harry xx"
You immediately turned your head to the left to find the trail of hearts. You smiled and felt a rush of excitement as you followed the hearts once again.
What is he planning, you thought to yourself. You looked back on how much thought and effort he put into this and you smiled at his sweetness.
The trail stopped once again, and it left you in anger.
"Hey Cat!" you heard two voices exclaim. You spun around to the familiar voices of Niall and Zayn.
"Guys, thank God you’re here. Harry is sending me on this trial to ‘find the hearts’ and I guess-"
"Cat-" Zayn said, but you ignored him.
"Everytime the trail of hearts ends I get a balloon with a message on it and-"
"Cat!" Niall shouted, making you become silent. "We know already, He wanted us to give you these" Niall said, and they both held out a box of chocolate. One of them said "YOU" and the other read "BE".
"Ok what is going on?" you asked them, and you were starting to get a bit irritated. "Walk straight, the trail starts up again" Zayn said with a smile. "Thanks," you said smiling blatantly as you walked away in a huff.
"She’s got no idea, does she?" Niall muttered, loud enough for you to hear. "Not a clue" Zayn said agreeing.
*******
Will you be? Will I be what? You said shaking your head, as you kept following the hearts. However at this point you just wanted to rip them off the bricks.
Not surprising you, the trail ended. “Figures,” you said out loud. You decided that would be a good place to try and figure out what all of this meant.
"Will you be?" you said to yourself. You looked around and you saw no one, so you decided to speak a little bit louder, on the verge of yelling almost.
"Will I be what, Harry?" you said screaming. You felt a hand on your shoulder, and this person spun you around to face them.
"Mine," Harry said finishing the sentence as he crashed his lips to yours.
His smooth lips glided across yours, making it almost effortless to kiss him back. You ran your fingers through is soft, crisp, curls and you could feel him smiling against your lips. You lifted your head up, and Harry’s smile was from ear to ear due to your shocked expression.
"Harry, I just- I don’t even know what to say" you said smiling, still with your bodies pressed firmly against each others and your arms laced around his neck. "Say yes" he said whispering closely to your lips. You smiled and nodded your head, which lead to a quick peck on your lips.
"I’ve been waiting so long to do that" he said smiling, as he linked his fingers with yours.

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