The silence between them felt suffocating like if the walls of the hallway were falling on top of Alison. She didn't know what to say so she glanced at Harry's naked upper body once before turning back to her room. But before she had time to close the door Harry spoke.

"Look Alison, I really want us to talk."

She had always loved the way Harry said her name. Every syllable coming out of his mouth clearly and slowly like it was something very important. But now she couldn't ler herself to dwell on that. Instead she turned her cold expression and looked him in the eyes.

"Didn't I say it clear enough earlier? There's nothing to talk about."

"That's not true and you know it," he stated. Alison crossed her arms and opened her mouth to say something but her mind was blank. The man infront of her was making her feel so many feelings at the same time and she didn't know what to believe. She felt angry and hurt but what she didn't want to admit herself was that she actually missed him. And now when he was infront of her in nothing but his boxer briefs she couldn't help but want to feel his skin flush against hers.

"If you aren't gonna say anything I am. Just please hear me out," he started and she blushed because she realized she had been staring at him.

"I don't know what Katy's been telling you but it's not like that," his words made her roll her eyes.

"Okay, okay I admit I didn't handle the situation the way I should have. I should've told her I didn't have feelings for her when she was clearly feeling something for me. But I told her today as gently as I could that we're not meant to be. Me and Katy. I just-"

"Yeah I believe you," Alison cut Harry's stammering, leaving him confused. Subconsciously she had known Harry didn't intend to hurt Katy but she just wanted a reason to hate him. But she could never really hate him so now she just let the subject drop.

"W-what? So first you get all worked up and then you just let it go? I can't keep up with your fucking emotions," he said while pulling his hair frustrated.

"Whatever," she muttered. She felt like someone was dragging her towards the ground. She was so tired. So she ignored Harry and got back inside her hotel room. Before closing the door she heard Harry huffing loudly and slamming his door shut. She slumped on her bed and fell asleep almost immediately.

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The next morning went by slowly as Alison spend time in the hotel. Feeling too tired to actually do anything she watched TV under the big pile of white sheets. She tried her best not to think about Harry but she failed miserably. There was a show on TV about surfers in Australia and it just reminded her of the time she visited Melbourne with him. And when she switched the channel a man with dark curly hair appeared on the screen and it reminded her of him.

When there was light raps on the door Alison jumped out of the bed immediately. She really hoped it'd be Harry so she'd have an opportunity to apology for him because she was too much of a coward to walk to his door by herself. So she quickly pulled her sweatpants on and hurried her way on the door.

"Oh," was all she said when she was greeted by the fresh looking Josh with a bright smile on his face. Alison noted that his skin was still a little bit red from his work out and his hair was wet from the shower when she gave him a look over.

"Is that all you're gonna say? You were waiting for someone else?" Josh smirked and Alison blushed because she hadn't realized she had been so obvious. She shook her head and motioned awkwardly for him to come in with her hand.

"Sorry it's bit of a mess," she said when he looked around the small room. Her clothes were lying on the floor and the blankets had dropped from the bed when she had gotten up so quickly. Not to mention the bathroom where she had all her cosmetics lying around. Usually she liked to keep everything in order but today she just didn't feel like it.

"No it's okay. I was just coming to get you out of here when it's such a nice weather outside," Josh explained while casually hopping on her bed. Alison had spend the whole morning inside so she didn't know about the weather. She went to open the curtains and had to admit Josh was right. The sun was out and the street was full of people just in t-shirts even though it was still May.

"What'd you think? Fancy a tour around town?" she turned her head to look at Josh and caught him openly staring at her. She nodded her head and quickly gathered her stuff to get ready.

The day went quick by and Alison's stomach hurt just from so much laughing. They had been just walking around Helsinki with out a direction Alison snapping pictures of everything. After finding out Alison hadn't eaten breakfast Josh had taken her in a cafe and basically forced her to eat two croissants even though she had tried to tell him she was just fine. She didn't really have her appetite after the incident between her and Harry last night. But ice cream was something she could always eat. So Josh had bought them a box and they had sat on a bench and happily eaten it.

"I can't feel my legs," Alison said, stopping to lean against a railing.

"Oh come on! We hadn't walked that much," Josh said but came to stand next to her nonetheless. They stood there in a comfortable silence for a while just looking at the boats in the harbour.

"Hey I got an idea!" Josh said loudly out of the blue making Alison jolt. He grabbed the camera out of her hands and she watched him as he was looking around like trying to find something.

"Excuse me!" his face lit up when he spotted a trusty looking woman in her thirties. She turned to look at him and walked closer.

"Could you take a picture of us please?" Josh asked and the woman nodded mumbling an 'ofcourse'. He handed her the camera and came to stand next to Alison putting his hand around her shoulder. Alison swiped her hair out of her face and got ready to smile at the camera but Josh had an other idea.

"Alison," he called out softly and she turned her head to look at him. Just as the camera went off he placed his lips softly to hers and she was too surprised to pull away.

"You are a really cute couple," the woman said with a funny accent and handed the camera back to Josh. He thanked her and wished her a good day before turning to look at the photo.

Alison tried to make sense of what he had just done. She stared at him with a frown on her face while he acted like nothing had happened.

"Why'd you do that?" she finally asked after minutes of silence.

"I just thought it'd make a good picture and it did. See," he said showing her the pic. She didn't look at the picture instead she studied his face trying to find the real answer but his face wasn't showing anything. He simply smiled at her and handed her her camera.

"Better head back to the hotel. We need to get ready for tonight's show," he said and started to walk. She looked at his back for a while before shaking her head and following him.

Notes

I promise there'll be more of Harry in the next chapter!