HALF A HEART
Chapter 44
Annie's POV
I walked into the school Friday morning and stopped at me locker to grab my chemistry book. Harry had told me that he needed to talk to his teachers this morning though I didn't really believe him. I'd seen him talk to this Cameron girl a couple other times in hushed voices and every time I walked up to them they stopped talking and Cameron would disappear into the crowd, as Harry's cheeks would turn pink.
When I glanced around this morning I saw him talking to her again only instead of being cautious he looked at her sternly as she nodded vigorously. What in the world do they talk about?
I trust Harry. He's done enough to show me that he loves me and that there is no question of his faithfulness and his unconditional love. So I wasn't worried about him cheating or anything, but it was a little frustrating and unnerving when he tells me he has to talk to teachers and then he talks to Cameron....
Harry caught sight of me and nodded to Cameron as he stepped around her and started walking towards me. His sudden disinterest in her definitely made me feel better and I could feel my heart skip a beat when his emerald eyes never lost my stare as he walked over to me.
“Hey babe.” He smiled at me as he wrapped his hands around my waist and embraced me in a hug. “How are you my love?”
“I’m doing okay.” I said and wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
“You seem tense. What’s the matter?” He looked at me, his eyebrows knitting into a frown.
“I know you’re going to stay faithful because I trust you. It’s just kind of strange when you say you can’t come over in the morning because you’re going to talk to teachers and then I see you talking to Cameron,” I paused, “Again…”
“Annie, trust me.” He smiled weakly.
I pulled him toward me and pecked his lips. “I know babe. You asked so I answered.” I shrugged.
He lifted one of his hands from my waist and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, “I love you.”
“I love you too.” I said and he pulled me to him and kissed me again. “So do I have to wear something nice?” I raised an eyebrow at him.
“Something decent.” He shrugged. I nodded and pecked his lips again.
I stumbled out the front door of my house as I tripped into my combat boots. I ran directly into Harry who half hugged me and half stood me back up.
“Hey!” He chirped enthusiastically but he sounded nervous. Odd… He wrapped his arms around my waist and buried his face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around his neck and welcomed the smell of his cologne as it wafted into my nose. He moved his hands to cup my face and pulled my lips to his. He pulled me harder against him before he released me. He searched my face with his beautiful emerald eyes as he said, “How are you my love?”
A small smile perked the corners of my mouth and I leaned in to kiss him again. “I’m wonderful.” I said. He detached from me and walked over to the passenger side of his car and opened the door for me. I hopped in and buckled my seatbelt as he scurried over to the driver’s side. “So where are we going?” I asked eagerly when we had been driving for a few minutes.
“Annie, when are you going to get that I am never going to tell you anything about dates I plan?” He smirked at me and I rolled my eyes. I laced my fingers with the hand that was rested on the armrest and stroked his knuckles with my thumb.
I leaned into him and gave his hand a playful squeeze. “Pleaseeeeee?” I asked.
He turned his head quickly and pecked his lips on mine before he turned to look at the road again. “No.” He chuckled and I leaned back in my seat with a sigh though I kept my hand intertwined with his.
He removed his hand from mine for a second to turn the radio on and then instantly laced his fingers with mine again. “Happy” by Pharrell was on and Harry started tapping his hand on the steering wheel and he checked his rearview mirror. “It might sound crazy what I’m bout to say.” He mumbled in an angelic voice making my heart melt. Damn it Haz… Do you understand what your damn voice does to me?
The song continued and he started singing with the chorus, “Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” And he bopped his head to the rest of the words. I just watched him as he sung, my cheeks were probably turning pink…
He glanced over at me and saw me smiling shyly at him. He turned the radio down a little and glanced at me again as he said, “What?” He chuckled.
“Your voice destroys my insides I hope you realize that.” I laughed and turned my gaze back on the road.
“Oh it does huh?” He smirked and turned the radio up again and “Everybody Talks” by Neon Trees was on. He started BELTING the lyrics completely off key, “IT STARTED WITH THE WHISPER AND THAT WAS WHEN I KISSED HERRRR!!!”
“Harry!” I giggled as he pounded his hands on the steering wheel with the accented beats of the song.
“AND THAT WAS WHEN I KISSED HERRRR!!! AND THEN SHE MADE MY LIPS HURTTTT!!!”
“Okay! I take it back! I take it back!” I laughed.
“I NEVER THOUGHT ID LIVE TO SEE THE DAAAAY WHEN EVERYBODIES WORDS GOT IN THE WAAAA-AAAAAY!!!”
I rolled my eyes and rested my head on the window. “What have I started?” I laughed.
“You said my voice destroys your insides!!” He wailed with laughter over the blaring radio.
“Remind me to never complement you again Styles!” I laughed and he turned the radio down and glanced at me as he continued driving. He snaked his right hand under my hair so he could stroke his thumb on the back of my neck.
“I couldn’t resist the temptation.” He chuckled not taking his eyes off the road.
I leaned over the center counsel and kissed his cheek. I tried to lean back but the hand that was on my shoulder wrapped around me and crushed me against him. “Harry!” I laughed and he kissed the top of my head before he let me go again.
We parked in the parking lot of a restaurant. It wasn’t super fancy but I liked it this way. The waiter showed us to our seats and I sat across from him, the candle on the center of the table casting a dim romantic glow on his face.
“So,” I said leaning into the table more and raising an eyebrow at him, “What are you going to do after high school?”
He gave a small sigh, “Haven’t we talked about this before?”
“Refresh my memory.” I laughed.
“Well I’m probably going to go to university and become a lawyer or something.” He said almost glumly.
“Really?” I said.
“What?” He chuckled.
“C’mon Haz, you can be honest with me.” I reasoned.
He leaned back in his chair in confusion. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He mumbled.
“Harry, I KNOW that you AND the rest of the guys really want to pursue your music.”
He looked down at the ivory tablecloth in deep thought. “Well yeah.” He shrugged as he looked at me. “But, that’s an incredibly difficult and competitive career to pursue.”
“You can do it Harry. I know you guys can. Maybe audition for something or find some talent scouts.” I raised my eyebrows as a thought popped into my head, “Maybe have a talent scout come to one of your gigs!”
He stretched his hand across the table and rested it over mine. “Annie.” He breathed. I just looked at him with an eyebrow raised. “Yes, of COURSE music is what I would chose to do in a heart beat, but I have to be realistic about our chances.” He whispered. Clearly this was a touchy subject for him.
“You’ll never know unless you try.” I smiled at him and he returned the expression with a half grin that disappeared in seconds.
After dinner concluded we went to the park where we had our first kiss. We sat on the bench and stared at the glass like pond as he held me in his arms. The sun was beginning to set, casting the park in a warm orange glow.
“I love that you believe in me more than anybody else does.” He said suddenly keeping his eyes on the pond for another second before turning his gaze on me.
“Of course I believe in you,” I kissed his cheek, “I’m your biggest fan. I know that you can do anything you set your mind to. Don’t let anybody, including yourself, tell you that you can’t do something.”
He brought his left hand up to cup my face and pulled me against his lips. His other hand went to the back of my neck as the hand that was cupping my face slithered to my lower back and pushed me against him.
He pulled away suddenly and said, “I’ll be right back.” He stood up from the stool and started walking down the path that we had come.
Well that was strange…
I glanced around and noticed the other people walking around the part aimlessly. Some admired a tree, others admired the melting snow, and others were looking in the pond.
I looked behind me and saw someone just walking down a path that crossed the one that Harry had taken. All of a sudden the person started dancing though there was no music. I felt my eyebrows knit into a frown as the man continued with a series of strange dance steps. A person walked by him and started at him as he passed him. My eyes widened as that person started to mimic the other man’s every move. I looked around me and four or five other people had begun to dance the same dance moves.
Someone set down a stereo and blasted music and started to dance with the rest of the people. I stood up from my stool as I realized that there were at least fifty people now dancing to the music with the same moves.
“This is a flash mob…” I breathed and whirled around.
I saw that the flash mob surrounding me in a perfect circle with me in the middle. Now there were at least 100 people dancing around me, all moving at the same time with impressive precision. How did I not notice that there were 100 people in this park? Gah! Where is Harry!? He would LOVE this! I turned back around as the numbers of dancers continued to grow.
All of a sudden I saw Cameron Little among the dancers. My eyebrows kitted into a frown as I recognized more and more faces. I turned back toward the pond and my breath caught. Harry was standing there with a single white rose, the setting sun aglow behind his silhouette. The dancing became more dramatic and the flash mob’s dance moves became more elaborate and intense. I could feel my cheeks growing warm as I looked back at Harry still standing at the edge of the pond with a single white rose. Suddenly, the music ceased and all of the dancers fell into a crouching position. Harry walked up to me slowly with a nervous smile painted across his face.
“Harry?” I asked in disbelief.
“Annie,” He breathed as he came to stand centimeters away from me, “I have to ask you something.”
“Uh huh.” I said, my voice wavering with anticipation as my heart began to pound against my chest and butterflies erupted in my stomach.
“Will you go to Prom with me?” He asked shyly, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink.
I felt the corners of my mouth explode into a massive grin. “Oh Harry!” I squealed and threw my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist and accepted the hug that I had literally thrown on him. “Yes! Yes! Yes!” I said and pulled away to look into his soft emerald eyes. His face relaxed and he leaned in to kiss me. He pulled away quickly and handed me the single white rose. I pressed it to my nose and welcomed the familiar scent. “Did you organize this flash mob for me?” I asked my voice cracking.
He nodded shyly. He all of a sudden became aware of the hundreds of people that were still crouched on the ground. “Yeah! She said yes! You guys can move again!” He exclaimed and all of the got up and cheered. I leaned into Harry as he wrapped his arm around my waist. I rested my head on his shoulder as I felt my cheeks warm from embarrassment.
The dancers began to walk around, collecting things they may have dropped and started to file out of the park. All of a sudden Cameron appeared in the mass of people and skipped up to us.
“Annie!” She squealed and pulled me into a hug.
“H—Hi” I said still unsure of why she was there.
“Oh Annie!” Harry said suddenly. “Now I can FINALLY explain. Cameron is the Flash Mob Coordinator at the school. She also has connections all over London and I contacted her for this.” He gestured around him.
“Flash Mob Coordinator.” I asked. Uh… “I didn’t even know that that was a thing.” I laughed.
“Good! You’re not supposed to be able to predict anything!” She said. “I’m so sorry that I created a bit of tension between the two of you. The last thing I wanted to do was make you feel uneasy.” She nodded at me.
“I appreciate that.” I smiled.
“Well I’ll leave you two alone.” She winked and turned around to leave.
I turned to look at Harry and smiled at him knowingly. “What love?” He asked me as he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.
I lifted my hand to the collar of his coat and began to fiddle with it like I always do whenever I’m trying to be serious or intimate with him. “Why are you so good to me?” I asked looking up to see his mouth twitch into a smile.
He leaned his forehead against mine. “So you liked it?” He whispered.
“That’s an understatement.” I laughed.
He tilted his head and pressed his lips against mine and I felt my heart flutter with the passion in which he kissed me with.
“I love you.” He whispered.
I walked into the school Friday morning and stopped at me locker to grab my chemistry book. Harry had told me that he needed to talk to his teachers this morning though I didn't really believe him. I'd seen him talk to this Cameron girl a couple other times in hushed voices and every time I walked up to them they stopped talking and Cameron would disappear into the crowd, as Harry's cheeks would turn pink.
When I glanced around this morning I saw him talking to her again only instead of being cautious he looked at her sternly as she nodded vigorously. What in the world do they talk about?
I trust Harry. He's done enough to show me that he loves me and that there is no question of his faithfulness and his unconditional love. So I wasn't worried about him cheating or anything, but it was a little frustrating and unnerving when he tells me he has to talk to teachers and then he talks to Cameron....
Harry caught sight of me and nodded to Cameron as he stepped around her and started walking towards me. His sudden disinterest in her definitely made me feel better and I could feel my heart skip a beat when his emerald eyes never lost my stare as he walked over to me.
“Hey babe.” He smiled at me as he wrapped his hands around my waist and embraced me in a hug. “How are you my love?”
“I’m doing okay.” I said and wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
“You seem tense. What’s the matter?” He looked at me, his eyebrows knitting into a frown.
“I know you’re going to stay faithful because I trust you. It’s just kind of strange when you say you can’t come over in the morning because you’re going to talk to teachers and then I see you talking to Cameron,” I paused, “Again…”
“Annie, trust me.” He smiled weakly.
I pulled him toward me and pecked his lips. “I know babe. You asked so I answered.” I shrugged.
He lifted one of his hands from my waist and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, “I love you.”
“I love you too.” I said and he pulled me to him and kissed me again. “So do I have to wear something nice?” I raised an eyebrow at him.
“Something decent.” He shrugged. I nodded and pecked his lips again.
I stumbled out the front door of my house as I tripped into my combat boots. I ran directly into Harry who half hugged me and half stood me back up.
“Hey!” He chirped enthusiastically but he sounded nervous. Odd… He wrapped his arms around my waist and buried his face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around his neck and welcomed the smell of his cologne as it wafted into my nose. He moved his hands to cup my face and pulled my lips to his. He pulled me harder against him before he released me. He searched my face with his beautiful emerald eyes as he said, “How are you my love?”
A small smile perked the corners of my mouth and I leaned in to kiss him again. “I’m wonderful.” I said. He detached from me and walked over to the passenger side of his car and opened the door for me. I hopped in and buckled my seatbelt as he scurried over to the driver’s side. “So where are we going?” I asked eagerly when we had been driving for a few minutes.
“Annie, when are you going to get that I am never going to tell you anything about dates I plan?” He smirked at me and I rolled my eyes. I laced my fingers with the hand that was rested on the armrest and stroked his knuckles with my thumb.
I leaned into him and gave his hand a playful squeeze. “Pleaseeeeee?” I asked.
He turned his head quickly and pecked his lips on mine before he turned to look at the road again. “No.” He chuckled and I leaned back in my seat with a sigh though I kept my hand intertwined with his.
He removed his hand from mine for a second to turn the radio on and then instantly laced his fingers with mine again. “Happy” by Pharrell was on and Harry started tapping his hand on the steering wheel and he checked his rearview mirror. “It might sound crazy what I’m bout to say.” He mumbled in an angelic voice making my heart melt. Damn it Haz… Do you understand what your damn voice does to me?
The song continued and he started singing with the chorus, “Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” And he bopped his head to the rest of the words. I just watched him as he sung, my cheeks were probably turning pink…
He glanced over at me and saw me smiling shyly at him. He turned the radio down a little and glanced at me again as he said, “What?” He chuckled.
“Your voice destroys my insides I hope you realize that.” I laughed and turned my gaze back on the road.
“Oh it does huh?” He smirked and turned the radio up again and “Everybody Talks” by Neon Trees was on. He started BELTING the lyrics completely off key, “IT STARTED WITH THE WHISPER AND THAT WAS WHEN I KISSED HERRRR!!!”
“Harry!” I giggled as he pounded his hands on the steering wheel with the accented beats of the song.
“AND THAT WAS WHEN I KISSED HERRRR!!! AND THEN SHE MADE MY LIPS HURTTTT!!!”
“Okay! I take it back! I take it back!” I laughed.
“I NEVER THOUGHT ID LIVE TO SEE THE DAAAAY WHEN EVERYBODIES WORDS GOT IN THE WAAAA-AAAAAY!!!”
I rolled my eyes and rested my head on the window. “What have I started?” I laughed.
“You said my voice destroys your insides!!” He wailed with laughter over the blaring radio.
“Remind me to never complement you again Styles!” I laughed and he turned the radio down and glanced at me as he continued driving. He snaked his right hand under my hair so he could stroke his thumb on the back of my neck.
“I couldn’t resist the temptation.” He chuckled not taking his eyes off the road.
I leaned over the center counsel and kissed his cheek. I tried to lean back but the hand that was on my shoulder wrapped around me and crushed me against him. “Harry!” I laughed and he kissed the top of my head before he let me go again.
We parked in the parking lot of a restaurant. It wasn’t super fancy but I liked it this way. The waiter showed us to our seats and I sat across from him, the candle on the center of the table casting a dim romantic glow on his face.
“So,” I said leaning into the table more and raising an eyebrow at him, “What are you going to do after high school?”
He gave a small sigh, “Haven’t we talked about this before?”
“Refresh my memory.” I laughed.
“Well I’m probably going to go to university and become a lawyer or something.” He said almost glumly.
“Really?” I said.
“What?” He chuckled.
“C’mon Haz, you can be honest with me.” I reasoned.
He leaned back in his chair in confusion. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He mumbled.
“Harry, I KNOW that you AND the rest of the guys really want to pursue your music.”
He looked down at the ivory tablecloth in deep thought. “Well yeah.” He shrugged as he looked at me. “But, that’s an incredibly difficult and competitive career to pursue.”
“You can do it Harry. I know you guys can. Maybe audition for something or find some talent scouts.” I raised my eyebrows as a thought popped into my head, “Maybe have a talent scout come to one of your gigs!”
He stretched his hand across the table and rested it over mine. “Annie.” He breathed. I just looked at him with an eyebrow raised. “Yes, of COURSE music is what I would chose to do in a heart beat, but I have to be realistic about our chances.” He whispered. Clearly this was a touchy subject for him.
“You’ll never know unless you try.” I smiled at him and he returned the expression with a half grin that disappeared in seconds.
After dinner concluded we went to the park where we had our first kiss. We sat on the bench and stared at the glass like pond as he held me in his arms. The sun was beginning to set, casting the park in a warm orange glow.
“I love that you believe in me more than anybody else does.” He said suddenly keeping his eyes on the pond for another second before turning his gaze on me.
“Of course I believe in you,” I kissed his cheek, “I’m your biggest fan. I know that you can do anything you set your mind to. Don’t let anybody, including yourself, tell you that you can’t do something.”
He brought his left hand up to cup my face and pulled me against his lips. His other hand went to the back of my neck as the hand that was cupping my face slithered to my lower back and pushed me against him.
He pulled away suddenly and said, “I’ll be right back.” He stood up from the stool and started walking down the path that we had come.
Well that was strange…
I glanced around and noticed the other people walking around the part aimlessly. Some admired a tree, others admired the melting snow, and others were looking in the pond.
I looked behind me and saw someone just walking down a path that crossed the one that Harry had taken. All of a sudden the person started dancing though there was no music. I felt my eyebrows knit into a frown as the man continued with a series of strange dance steps. A person walked by him and started at him as he passed him. My eyes widened as that person started to mimic the other man’s every move. I looked around me and four or five other people had begun to dance the same dance moves.
Someone set down a stereo and blasted music and started to dance with the rest of the people. I stood up from my stool as I realized that there were at least fifty people now dancing to the music with the same moves.
“This is a flash mob…” I breathed and whirled around.
I saw that the flash mob surrounding me in a perfect circle with me in the middle. Now there were at least 100 people dancing around me, all moving at the same time with impressive precision. How did I not notice that there were 100 people in this park? Gah! Where is Harry!? He would LOVE this! I turned back around as the numbers of dancers continued to grow.
All of a sudden I saw Cameron Little among the dancers. My eyebrows kitted into a frown as I recognized more and more faces. I turned back toward the pond and my breath caught. Harry was standing there with a single white rose, the setting sun aglow behind his silhouette. The dancing became more dramatic and the flash mob’s dance moves became more elaborate and intense. I could feel my cheeks growing warm as I looked back at Harry still standing at the edge of the pond with a single white rose. Suddenly, the music ceased and all of the dancers fell into a crouching position. Harry walked up to me slowly with a nervous smile painted across his face.
“Harry?” I asked in disbelief.
“Annie,” He breathed as he came to stand centimeters away from me, “I have to ask you something.”
“Uh huh.” I said, my voice wavering with anticipation as my heart began to pound against my chest and butterflies erupted in my stomach.
“Will you go to Prom with me?” He asked shyly, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink.
I felt the corners of my mouth explode into a massive grin. “Oh Harry!” I squealed and threw my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist and accepted the hug that I had literally thrown on him. “Yes! Yes! Yes!” I said and pulled away to look into his soft emerald eyes. His face relaxed and he leaned in to kiss me. He pulled away quickly and handed me the single white rose. I pressed it to my nose and welcomed the familiar scent. “Did you organize this flash mob for me?” I asked my voice cracking.
He nodded shyly. He all of a sudden became aware of the hundreds of people that were still crouched on the ground. “Yeah! She said yes! You guys can move again!” He exclaimed and all of the got up and cheered. I leaned into Harry as he wrapped his arm around my waist. I rested my head on his shoulder as I felt my cheeks warm from embarrassment.
The dancers began to walk around, collecting things they may have dropped and started to file out of the park. All of a sudden Cameron appeared in the mass of people and skipped up to us.
“Annie!” She squealed and pulled me into a hug.
“H—Hi” I said still unsure of why she was there.
“Oh Annie!” Harry said suddenly. “Now I can FINALLY explain. Cameron is the Flash Mob Coordinator at the school. She also has connections all over London and I contacted her for this.” He gestured around him.
“Flash Mob Coordinator.” I asked. Uh… “I didn’t even know that that was a thing.” I laughed.
“Good! You’re not supposed to be able to predict anything!” She said. “I’m so sorry that I created a bit of tension between the two of you. The last thing I wanted to do was make you feel uneasy.” She nodded at me.
“I appreciate that.” I smiled.
“Well I’ll leave you two alone.” She winked and turned around to leave.
I turned to look at Harry and smiled at him knowingly. “What love?” He asked me as he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.
I lifted my hand to the collar of his coat and began to fiddle with it like I always do whenever I’m trying to be serious or intimate with him. “Why are you so good to me?” I asked looking up to see his mouth twitch into a smile.
He leaned his forehead against mine. “So you liked it?” He whispered.
“That’s an understatement.” I laughed.
He tilted his head and pressed his lips against mine and I felt my heart flutter with the passion in which he kissed me with.
“I love you.” He whispered.
Notes
Hey guys!! I'm SO sorry I didn't update yesterday. I don't know about you but the website wasn't loading? Idk it was WEIRD! Anyway thank you so much for still reading this(: It's kind of a bummer that it keeps moving down but It's amazing that I can say that this story was on the 1st page of the popular section for almost a week(: You guys are AWESOMEEE
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