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HALF A HEART

Chapter 17

Annie’s POV

I bounced my legs impatiently as I waited for the plane to take off. I stared blankly at the food tray on the seat in front of me.

“Annie calm down. We’ll be taking off shortly. Why don’t you text Harry.” My mom told me as she tried to get me to stop acting like a child.

I rolled my eyes and fished my phone out of my pocket and saw that there was already a text from Harry.

From Harry:
Have you left yetttttt?

To Harry: No we’re sitting on the plane but they haven’t taken off yet.

From Harry: The anticipation is actually killing me.

My smiled, To Harry: You’re not even on the plane! Imagine how I feel!

If everyone could please fasten their seatbelts and turn off all electronics, we will be taking off in the next five minutes. Thank you.” The flight attendant said over the intercom.

To Harry: Heyyyy we’re taking off ahhhhh! Remember, my flight gets in at 7:00 your time. I have to turn my phone off though.

From Harry: FINALLY! Okay have a safe flight love.

I turned my phone off and shoved it back into my pocket. Finally we were going home. Yes I enjoyed seeing my family; I actually really missed them but I couldn’t argue with the feeling I had grown for Harry. They were stronger than I ever thought they would be. Every time I even think about him I get butterflies let alone when I’m standing wrapped protectively in his arms.

“Annie? Annie?” My mom shook my shoulder lightly to wake me up.

I groaned as I lifted my facemask and was overcome by sunlight from the sunset out the window. “Whaaaat?”

“Oh I’m sorry majesty, I just thought you would like to know we’re landing in five minutes.”

I threw my facemask off and shoved it into my carryon. Five minutes…five minutes and I would be with Harry. He promised he would come to the airport to greet us and said he wouldn’t miss it for anything. I took my phone out and turned it on.

To Harry: Five minutes babe <3

From Harry: I’ve been here for an hour just incase. Gah finally. I can’t wait to hold you again.

The corners of my mouth turned upward into a smile and I stretched the stiffness out of my limbs from the sleep on the plane. I turned my phone back off and gathered my carryon. I felt my stomach flip as the plane began to make its decent. I watched as the trees, the buildings, and the people became larger and larger in my window. I stared at the airport building counting down the seconds until I would see him again. I felt the planes wheels connect with the runway and everyone jerked around as the pilot tried to steady the aircraft. We inched our way to the gate and my leg started bouncing again in anticipation of our reunion.

“Annie calm down. You’ll see him in a few minutes.” My mom nudged me and chuckled.

I stared helplessly at the seatbelt sign that would allow me to finally leave the airplane. It blinked off after a couple minutes and I shot out of my seat. My mom grabbed a bag from the overhead compartment as one of the flight attendants thanked us for choosing this airline. We stood in the aisle and waited for the people in front of us to walk. My impatience was getting the better of me but I tried desperately not to show it in front of all these people. The line began to inch its way forward and I suddenly felt like I was back in the hallways of my school trying to creep around them but I couldn’t. After what felt like an eternity we finally made it outside of the plane and into the tunnel that lead to the airport. We got to the entrance and my heart skipped and my stomach exploded with butterflies when I saw Harry standing in the middle of the people holding a dozen red roses in his right hand. He was leaning all of his weight on his left leg and he was grinning a dimpled grin at me; the grin that I have come to love so so much. I started walking faster and saw his breath catch when he saw me fully and I felt my lungs expand when I saw him too.

My mom cut in front of me and embraced him in a hug. Seriously? Oh she is soooo doing that on purpose… Harry looked at me over my mom’s shoulder and winked at me.

“Oh well I suppose you want to see Annie!” My mom laughed clearly amused at her success of increasing my impatience. My mom stepped away and started walking towards the luggage claim, “Meet me there!” she called.

I skipped over to Harry and threw my arms around his neck and felt his left hand snake around my waist and the rose petals brush my back. I buried my face into his neck and let his sweet scent engulf me. He buried his face in my curls and let out a deep sigh. He held me forever and I didn’t care. I was just so happy to finally be with him again. He stepped away and handed me the bouquet of roses. I felt my cheeks turn pink and I looked into his emerald eyes.

“You’re so beautiful Annie. These past two weeks have been so hard without being able to hold you.” He whispered and stared longingly at my lips. I smelled the roses and then set them on the bench next to us. I wrapped my arms around his neck again and felt his hands snake around my waist and pull me against him. He crashed his lips into mine and I was greeted with the familiar artificial cherry flavor of his tender lips. I smiled against his mouth as he pulled me even closer to him. I weaved my fingers through his soft chocolate curls while his tongue parted my lips. I granted him access and his tongue began to explore my mouth. I smiled against his mouth again and pulled away to make sure strangers in the airport weren’t staring too much. I glanced around and felt my cheeks turn pink again. A few people were looking in our direction but they were all smiling at us. I grabbed the roses off the bench and looked up into his emerald eyes again.

“Gosh I missed you.” I breathed.

“Uh ditto.” He laughed and he poked his index finger on my nose. I chuckled and let his accent warm me.

“C’mon let’s go find my mom.”

“Alright love.” He kissed my forehead and we started walking in the direction of the luggage claim.

I held the flowers in my right hand and wrapped my left arm around his ribcage. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and I buried my face in his shoulder, breathing in more of his cologne. He kissed the top of my head and sighed. “That was way too long. Please don’t ever go on vacation again.” He chuckled.

I hugged the roses to my chest and glanced around for my mom, “Gladly.”

I found her easily and we made our way over to her. She already had our bags and she was just waiting for us. She smiled at us and Harry detached himself from me so he could grab the handles of our suitcases.

“Such a gentlemen!” My mom squealed. Yep she’s enjoying this…

He looked at me as he grabbed the handles and I smiled widely. He looked down and chuckled as his curls shaded his face.

We walked to our car and Harry helped us put the bags in the trunk. “Can you come over?” I asked him.

He started to answer but my mom cut in, “Annie honey you have school in the morning. You need to rest tonight. Harry why don’t you come over tomorrow for dinner?”

“Sounds wonderful Mrs. Richards.” He chuckled.

He looked back at me and shrugged. He cupped my face with his warm hands and tickled my lips with his. I bawled his coat collar in my hand and pulled him harder against me. He smiled against my mouth before stepping away and walking toward his car. I got in the passenger seat of my mom’s car.

“Well that whole fiasco was utterly adorable.” My mom laughed as she started the car.

I felt my cheeks turn pink and I looked at her, “I really really like him mom.”

“For good reason too. I really like him too.” She smiled back at me.

The rest of the drive was pretty quiet; I think we were both just tired from traveling all day. We got to our house and I dragged my suitcase up the stairs to my room. I walked in and saw Harry’s Jack Wills pullover folded neatly at the foot of my bed. There was a note on it and I picked it up to read it.

My Love,
I took this home and cleaned it and then I sprayed more of my cologne on it for you. You look so damn good in this thing. I’m so glad you’re home love. I’ll see you tomorrow.

-Haz
.xx

I picked up the pullover and pressed it to my nose and felt Harry’s scent flood my nose. I took a deep breath and set it back down. I kissed the letter and put it on my nightstand. I took out a clean pain of pajama pants and a baggy t-shirt and got in bed. I was more tired than I thought I was.

My alarm beeped at me and I punched the off button. I stretched and groaned not wanting to go to school. I threw my covers off and went to my dresser. I pulled out a pair of light colored skinny jeans and inched them on. I took out a black V-neck with ¾ length sleeves and pulled it over my head. I walked into my bathroom and combed through my curls with my fingers. I flipped my head over and ran my fingers through them again before flipped my head back up. I parted my hair on the side and let it fall naturally from there. I applied some powder, blush, mascara and a tiny bit of eyeliner before grabbing my toothbrush. I brushed vigorously and then wiped my mouth on a near by towel. I slipped on a pair of black Keds and walked down the stairs with my backpack. The smell of pancakes invaded my nose. I skipped the last few steps and threw my backpack next to a stool before greeting Harry at the stove.

“Why are you so good to me?” I asked wrapping my arms around his waist.

I kissed his shoulder blade as he flipped the pancake in the pan. He turned around to face me and he cupped my face and pressed his lips against his.

“Because I love you.” He whispered into my ear and I felt my breath catch and my heart skip. He’s said it before but I haven’t heard him say it in person for two weeks so it was like he was saying it for the first time again.

I answered by bringing his lips to meet mine again and felt his fingers weaved through my hair.

“Shit.” He cursed and whirled back around to the stove. He flipped the pancake and I saw that it was only slightly darker than his usual golden brown ones. “Nooooo.” He laughed.

“It’s fine babe. I’m pretty sure I’d burn the shit out of them so props to you!” I laughed.

He set them down on a plate and poured syrup over them. He set it down at a place setting and gestured for me to sit down and eat. I obeyed willingly and shoved a bite into my mouth. I sighed, “Wow I missed these.”

He sat down next to me with his own plate and smiled, “I’m glad you like my baking so much.”

I nodded around my fork and continued devouring them. I glanced at the clock and my eyes grew wide. “Whoa! We’re gonna be late!”

He hopped up from his stool and grabbed my plate and walked over to the sink. He rinsed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher before coming and standing next to me.

“Ready?” He asked.

“Yessir!” I bent down and grabbed my backpack off the floor and inched my winter coat on. He grabbed his bag from the entryway and we walked to school hand in hand. I don’t particularly like school, but I missed the routine of Harry coming over every morning and walking to school together. He dropped me off at my first class, which was now art because the semester ended before break and our classes changed. He kissed me quickly before turning to walk to his own class. I felt my eyebrows knit into a frown. That wasn’t like him. He always stays until the one-minute bell at least. I watched him disappear down the music hall and figured he had choir first hour now. I walked into my class and found a seat.

“Annie!” I heard a voice say behind me.

I turned toward the voice, “Oh my gosh El!” I jumped up from my seat.

She squealed and threw her arms around my neck and embraced me in a hug. “Ugh you’re back FINALLY!”

“I know. I can’t believe I was gone for the entire two weeks. That was SO hard.”

“Uh yeah it was! What have you guys been up to?”

“Mmm not a ton. I mean Lou and I went to a Christmas Party and a New Years Party which was soooo amazing.” She said her cheeks turning pink as we took a seat next to each other.

“Ohhhh.” I said raising my eyebrows up and down at her. “Like amazing…or amaaaaazing?” I winked.

“Annie! You have such a dirty mind no!” She laughed and pushed my shoulder playfully.

I put my hands up in surrender and leaned back. “You said it not me muh dear.”

“What about you how was your holiday?”

The teacher passed out sketchbooks that would be our workbook for the whole semester. I scribbled my name on the cover and started doodling on it as the teacher started to give us instructions.

“I’m so conflicted. Like obviously I’m really glad I got to see my family again, I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy it. But I really missed London and everyone here.”

“Aw that’s sweet Annie but I know you just missed Harry,” She laughed, “Yeah don’t deny it. I know it’s true,” She said as I started to cut her off, “Don’t worry I’d be the same way about Lou.”

“I still missed you El!” I laughed.

“Oh I know but I know Harry occupied your mind the most and don’t try to say otherwise.”

“Alright alright.” I sighed.

“Annie.” My teacher said and I looked up from my sketchbook cover.

“Yes Mr. Carlton?”

“Can you please go to the supply closet in the music wing and grab some more paintbrushes? The class is bigger than I had expected.”

“Sure no problem.” I shrugged.

I got up from my desk and flung the door of the classroom open and made a right. The music wing wasn’t very far but I’m always happy to have an excuse to be out in the halls by myself. There’s something about an empty school hallway that always gave me the chills. So many memories are formed and when the sound of chattering people is absent they all flood back. I turned down the music hall. The supply closet was just past a hallway that leads to the Performing Arts Center. I walked past the hallway and glanced down it as the wall blocked my vision again. I stopped short. My breath caught. My heart began to pound against my chest. I could feel perspiration gathering on my upper lip. No…No…No it can’t be…No. I had to make sure. I took a step backward and saw Celine with her arms wrapped around a boy’s neck, one of the boy’s hands wrapped protectively around her waist, one hand twirling through her light blonde hair as their lips remained locked. I felt like my stomach was going to explode and I almost threw up on the spot. I stepped further away from the wall that had blocked the view that shattered my heart.

“H-Harry?” I choked.

Notes

Hey guys!! I'm so so soooo sorry for taking this long to update. My mom took the laptop with her when she went to Cali last week and this story was on it so I wasn't able to write all last week AHH!

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Comments

Chapter 22 is my fav chapter!!

@NiallerBabezxx
Please don't steal my name's but u can have Snowflake since everyone calls him that

Omg I love all there parts but I enjoy Zayn,Niall,and Lousi Part the most.
I have a soft spot for Niall he's my drug as u can see in my username
I have my own special name's for him
1. Smexy Leprechaun
2.Irish Cutie
3.My Special Lil' snowflake
4.Lil' Leprechaun
5.My Prince

I loveeeeeeeeeeee ur story and The Half a Heart Song is Perf!! U are a great author

I have read this story four times and I cried three times honestly. I absolutely love this story and I will surely read it all over again. My favourite part is when Annie caughts Harry with Celine.