HALF A HEART
Chapter 50
Harry's POV
Later That Night...
I glanced away from Liam who was talking to some random man. I shrugged it off. It was typical for strangers to come up and talk to us after a performance. I glanced down at my fingers laced with Annie's as our knotted hands rested on my thigh, her thumbs caressing my knuckles. She glanced over at me and flashed me a small smile.
"How are you my love?" I asked before I kissed her temple.
"Wonderful." She breathed as she rested her chin in the hand that I wasn't holding. She looked at me with the most tender and caring gaze in the world.
"And why are you wonderful?" I whispered as I moved a strand of her golden curls away from her face. Her eyes fluttered shut and she inhaled with relaxation.
She opened her eyes again and her ocean gaze became soft and loving. "Because I'm so lucky." She whispered.
"Why are you lucky my love?" I whispered.
She moved her hand away from her chin and cupped my cheek with it. She repeatedly rubbed my cheek bone with her thumb as she stared into my eyes. "Because you're so amazing to me and you're all mine." She moved her other hand out of mine and placed it on my other cheek as she finished her sentence.
I felt my eyes flutter shut for a second and then opened my eyes again to meet her gorgeous ocean blue ones. She pulled me closer to her and tickled my lips with her. I snaked my hand around her waist and pulled her as close to me as I could without pulling her off the chair.
Annie's POV
"Yeah, I'm not entirely sure WHERE I'll go to school next year but I know I'll be studying art history and painting." I told Dani who sat next to me. "What about you?" I asked as I glanced over at Harry to see him watching Liam talking to some man. I gave Harry's hand a light squeeze to let him know I was still perfectly aware of his presence and then I started to rub his knuckles with my thumb.
"Dance!" Dani replied delightfully. "I'd love to be a backup dancer for a performer or something." She smiled.
"Hm. I've never seen you dance! You'll have to show me soon girl!" I laughed. Liam walked back over to the table and sat next to Danielle, pulling her attention away from me. I glanced at Harry and smiled at him.
"How are you my love?" He asked before he kissed my temple with his soft lips.
I rested my chin in my hand and admired Harry's gentle emerald gaze with a sigh as I breathed, "Wonderful."
He moved his hand and grazed my cheek as he moved a strand of my golden curls away from my face. "And why are you wonderful?" He whispered and my eyes fluttered shut from his tender raspy voice.
I opened my eyes again and my heart skipped a beat like it always did when I met Harry's fierce emerald gaze.
"Because I'm so lucky." I breathed.
"And why are you lucky my love?" He whispered.
I gave into my temptation and cupped his cheek with my hand as I started to caress his cheekbone with my thumb. I stared into his eyes as I said, "Because you're so amazing to me," I moved my other hand out of his and rested it on his other cheek, "and you're all mine."
His eyes fluttered shut and then opened just as quickly to stare into my eyes with a passionate emerald stare. I pulled him closer to me and lightly rested my lips on his, making him beg for more. He snaked his hand around my waist and pulled me closer to him and stopped so I wouldn't fall off my stool. I slid my hands down to his chest and rested them over his racing heart as his tongue parted my lips. I latched onto the hood of his sweater and crushed his lips onto mine until they began to throb.
"They're in love can you tell?" Niall chuckled from across the table.
"I think it's precious." Lizzie chuckled and I heard Niall's distinct laughter.
"Yeah." He laughed.
I felt Harry's chest vibrate as he groaned against my mouth. He detached his lips from mine but didn't remove his hand from my waist as he looked at Niall.
"You suck mate." He chuckled sarcastically. I glanced at Lizzie and blushed from the admirable smile she was shining at me.
"The guys are just jealous love." Dani nudged me and gave me a quick smile before pressing her mug to her lips. I smiled back at her and felt my cheeks turn even more rosy.
Harry snaked his hand under my hair and stroked the back of my neck with his thumb, instantly sending chills down my spine making me shiver. He leaned closer to me and whispered, "Do you want to go hang out at my place?" The warmth of his breath billowed around my ear. I looked at him and his hand stayed on my neck and he didn't lean away from me so our noses were almost touching.
"Sure." I breathed and a small smile spread at the corners of his mouth. He pulled me closer to him and pecked my lips. I fisted the front of his sweatshirt and pulled him harder against me. I felt him smile against my mouth before I pulled away.
"Damn, I love you." He breathed and stood up from his stool. I felt myself blush and stood up as well. "We're going to get going mates, ladies. We'll see you guys later?" Harry said as I put my arms through the sleeves of my spring jacket. He helped me with the other one as there was a chorus of "okays," "yeahs," and "losers" coming from our friends at the table.
Harry punched Louis's arm playfully and fist pounded with Niall as we walked away from the table. He immediately laced his fingers with mine and gave my hand a light squeeze.
"Honestly Harry, thank you for the song," I said as he sat down in the car next to me. "Whenever you write me songs it just," I paused trying to find the correct words for how I felt though none portrayed the feeling with justice.
"I love you Annie." He said simply without taking his eyes off of the road. I leaned over the center counsel and kissed his cheek before grabbing one of his hands off the steering wheel so I could hold it again.
"I love you too Harry." I breathed and he squeezed my hand as a dimpled grin spread across his face.
"Okay make me some real, authentic, British tea." I smiled from my island stool with my chin propped on both of my hands as Harry dug through his pantry for something to make.
He lifted his head from the shelf he was digging through and pushed his gorgeous curls away from his eyes with a smooth sweep of his hand.
"You want TEA?" He asked slightly surprised. "I thought you said you were hungry." He chuckled as he walked over to the tea kettle.
"Yeah, but you said yourself that you don't really have anything and plus I've lived here for 8 months and you've never made me tea the way the Brits do."
"'The way the Brits do.'" He imitated with a chuckle as he placed the kettle on the stove.
He sat at an island stool across from me and mimicked the position of my chin in m hands.
"You guys are so weird." Gemma half mumbled and half chuckled as she walked past us to grab something put of the fridge.
"Leave us alone." Harry chuckled as the kettle began to whistle. He poured hot liquid into two tea cups. He started adding different ingredients to it and then placed the two cups on saucers and placed one in front of me. I glanced down at the liquid and was surprised to see that it was a light brown color. If I hadn't known it was tea I would've misinterpreted it as coffee with too much cream. I pressed the cup to my lips and welcomed the burning feeling and the almost sweet taste of the tea.
"Hm. This is really good." I said and took another sip.
"Of course it is. We Brits know how to make our tea." He chuckled sarcastically. "C'mon, I want to show you something." He said. Was he nervous? His voice definitely just wavered a little.
He walked over to my side of the island and waited for me to collect my tea cup and saucer before he lead me to his room.
"Ooh you're bedroom," I chuckled sarcastically and overdramatized. "I've never seen this before."
"Shut up." He laughed. "Sit here." He motioned for me to sit on one side of his bed. I obeyed and crawled onto the bed before I crisscrossed my legs. I placed the saucer next to me and held the tea cup in both hands as I tried to collect its warmth. I pressed the rim of the cup to my lips and took another sip as Harry disappeared into his closet. I felt my eyebrows knit into a frown as I pulled the tea cup away from my mouth.
"What are you doing Styles?" I laughed.
He came back with.... a guitar. The smile I had on my face immediately vanished and my heart skipped a beat as I looked at Harry. He gave me a weak, nervous smile before coming and sitting on the bed next to me. He sat down and propped the guitar on his lap.
"I didn't think you could play guitar." I said simply. What the hell Annie? Really... THAT'S what you decide to say when you realize your man is about to play music for you.
"I only play a little bit. I'm not nearly as good as Niall but," he paused looking down. He glanced back up at me with passion in his emerald gaze as he said, "but I wrote you another song. I don't want there to be an audience though. Normally the guys would sing this with me and Niall would play guitar so bear with me." He said and he cleared his throat.
I thought my heart was going to burst as Harry tilted is head down so his curls cast a wavy shadow on his face. He positioned his fingers on the neck of the guitar and took a deep breath before he started playing. He started to strum a simple melody and looked up at me before he started singing.
"Am I asleep, am I awake or somewhere in between? I can't believe that you are here and lying next to me." He looked back down at the guitar for a second and then continued, my heart immediately racing as the song continued. "Or did I dream that we were perfectly in twine. Like branches on a tree or twigs caught on a vine." I closed my eyes and let the deep timbre of Harry's voice occupy my being. I inhaled a large breath and let my mouth perk into a grin. I opened my eyes again and leaned back on my hand to enjoy the rest of the song.
"Like all those days and weeks and months I tried to steal a kiss." I smiled even larger as I remembered how persistent he was when I first met him and how much that made me want him more. "And all those sleepless nights and daydreams where I pictured this." He looked at me with a guilty expression as his cheeks became pink. The only thing stopping me from kissing him was the fact that he wasn't done with this beautiful song yet. "I'm just the underdog who finally got the girl," His face became more serious as his emerald eyes searched my face. "And I am not ashamed to tell it to the world." I could hear the sincerity and honesty threaded into his voice and I again resisted the temptation to pull his lips onto mine. I remembered sitting in the limo on our way to prom as Harry told everyone that he couldn't help but to kiss me and that he loves me so much. I smiled even larger as he continued the song.
He started to sing the chorus and I thought my heart would burst again as the words washed over me and I tried to smile through the tears of joy that rimmed my eyes. "Truly, Madly, Deeply I am, foolishly completely falling. And somehow you kicked all my walls in so baby say you'll always keep me Truly, Madly, Crazy Deeply in love with you. In love with you." His passionate emerald gaze made my heart flutter and my stomach erupt with butterflies. Why is he so good to me?
He continued, "Should I put coffee and granola on a tray in bed and wake you up with all the words that I still haven't said. And tender touches just to show you how I feel, or should I act so cool like it was no big deal." Oh Harry.... I felt a tear stream down my cheek and his voice began to crack as he continued to sing.
"Wish I could freeze this moment in a frame and stay like this. I'd put this day back on replay and keep reliving it. Cause here's the tragic truth if you don't feel the same my heart would fall apart if someone said your name." More tears escaped my eyes as I stopped trying to hold them in. Oh Harry.... Oh Harry... My heart continued to flutter and I thought I would explode with how much I love him. He continued into the chorus though I could tell it was getting harder for him to sing as tears rimmed his eyes as well. "Truly, Madly, Deeply I am foolishly, completely falling. And somehow you kicked all my walls in so baby say you'll always keep me Truly, Madly, Crazy Deeply in love with you." Harryyyyy
His voice began to crack more frequently as he sang the next verse, "I hope I'm not a casualty. I hope you won't get up and leave. May not mean that much to you, but to me it's everything, everything." More tears spilled down my cheeks. The amount of love I was feeling for him in this moment is indescribable. He continued, "Truly, Madly, Deeply I am foolishly completely falling and somehow you kicked all my walls in so baby say you'll always keep me Truly, Madly, Crazy Deeply in love with you. In love with you. In love with you. With you oh." He concluded the song and took a deep breath before he looked at me for a reaction. He wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand as I gently took the guitar from his grasp. I laid it on the floor by his bed and then crawled across the bed so I was closer to him. He watched my every move. I opened my arms and he met my hug immediately. He pulled me into his arms and laid back so we rested against the wall. He locked me in an embrace as he rested his cheek on the top of my head and I nuzzled into his toned chest. I could feel his heart beating rapidly against his shirt. I felt his body jerk as he began to cry even harder. I sat up so that I could look at him. He instantly began to wipe the tears that poured down his cheeks. Seeing him cry like this made me cry even harder, but I didn't worry about wiping them away.
"Harry." I breathed with a small smile and he stopped what he was doing to look at me. His eyes were an even more intense shade of green because of his tears. "I love you." I whispered around the knot choking me.
His face immediately relaxed and he inhaled a large breath. "Come here." He croaked.
I leaned into him again and his hands immediately rested just below my jaw. He crashed his lips into mine with a fiery passion. He whispered my name between kisses and pulled me down so that I was now laying on top of him. He slid his hands down my back giving me chills and rested his hands on my lower back. He hugged me against him with impressive force so that a small groan escaped my lips. I sat up and straddled his hips and he sat up to meet me. He hugged me against him again so there was no space between our bodies. I ran my fingers through his soft, amazing curls as his tongue traced my lips before he parted them. He groaned into my mouth as I lightly scratched down his chest. He slid his hands down lower so that they rested on my rear. He pushed me up for a second before he returned his hands to my lower back to crush me against them again. All of a sudden he grasped my waist and lifted me off of him before throwing me back onto the bed. He pinned my arms above my head with one of his hands and the index finger of his other hand traced my cheekbone, jawline, neck, and then my collarbone giving me chills and a burning desire to kiss him again. He hovered over me as he ticked my skin with the gentleness of his finger.
He dragged his finger back up my neck and rested on the point of my chin. "You're so beautiful Annie." He whispered as he looked from one of my eyes to the other. I replied by breaking my wrists free of his grasp so that I could lock them behind his neck and pull his lips onto mine again. I ran my fingers over his scalp as he laid down next to me. I turned on my side so that our lips would stay connected. He snaked his hand around to my lower back and pulled me against him as I cupped his cheek with my hand. His hand slid down my torso to my leg. With one swift motion, he latched onto the back of my knee and pulled my leg on top of his hip. His hand slid back up my body and rested just below my jaw so that he could tilt my head to meet his lips better.
I pulled my lips off of his and he looked at me with a twinge of disappointment. "I don't know what I would do without you Harry." I whispered as I caressed his cheekbone with my thumb. I watched his emerald eyes soften into a look of pure passion and admiration. "Why are you so good to me?" I said even quieter and watched his emerald eyes close as he inhaled a large breath. His hand came up to rest on my cheek as he opened his eyes again.
"You're everything to me Annie. I don't ever want to lose you. I don't ever want there to be another man in your life. I want to be it for you. I wish there were better words to describe how much I care about you and how much I need you." His words tumbled over each other but I didn't care. His declaration of love was easily enough to bring tears to my eyes and make my cheeks wet.
"You're never going to lose me." I whispered. I saw tears rim his eyes but I lightly pressed my lips to his before they could fall. His hand returned to my lower back and pushed me harder against him.
"Oh." He breathed and took his lips off of mine so that he could bury his face in my neck. His head was laying on his pillow and my cheek rested on Harry's cheek. I folded my arms against his chest and nuzzled my nose into his neck as well. The smell and warmth of the skin on his neck was soothing and familiar to me. It was the smell that I now associated with pure happiness, comfort, and bliss. I associated it with home. Harry is my everything just like I am his, just like how I wanted it to be. All I wanted was for someone to love me as much as I love them; to love me so much that it brings tears to their eyes and tears to my own. All I wanted was to be able to feel protected with someone's arms around me as a shield from danger and a rock that I can lean on.
"Harry." Gemma called from downstairs. Harry groaned into my neck, but didn't get up from where he lay. "Harry!" Gemma yelled louder. "There's a phone call for you! It's important. Get your ass down here!"
"Ugh. I'll be right back my love." He said and pecked my lips before he got off of his bed. As he walked toward the door I sat up and watched him run his fingers through his hair and then push his curls away from his eyes.
A smile pulled at the corner of my lips as I looked at the section of Harry's desk dedicated to things relating to us. There was the picture I painted him, an identical copy of the picture of us from prom that also sat in my room, his boutonniere, and a couple random pictures of us either smiling or making really dorky faces at the camera. Gosh I love this boy...
I heard the door shuffle across the carpet and looked up to see Harry walking back through the doorway. His eyes were large and his cheeks were a light shade of pink.
"That must've been important. It took twenty minutes." I laughed as I walked over to where he stood in the middle of his room. He looked at me wide eyed. "Geez Harry what happened?" I laughed.
"Annie, you're never going to believe what just happened."
Later That Night...
I glanced away from Liam who was talking to some random man. I shrugged it off. It was typical for strangers to come up and talk to us after a performance. I glanced down at my fingers laced with Annie's as our knotted hands rested on my thigh, her thumbs caressing my knuckles. She glanced over at me and flashed me a small smile.
"How are you my love?" I asked before I kissed her temple.
"Wonderful." She breathed as she rested her chin in the hand that I wasn't holding. She looked at me with the most tender and caring gaze in the world.
"And why are you wonderful?" I whispered as I moved a strand of her golden curls away from her face. Her eyes fluttered shut and she inhaled with relaxation.
She opened her eyes again and her ocean gaze became soft and loving. "Because I'm so lucky." She whispered.
"Why are you lucky my love?" I whispered.
She moved her hand away from her chin and cupped my cheek with it. She repeatedly rubbed my cheek bone with her thumb as she stared into my eyes. "Because you're so amazing to me and you're all mine." She moved her other hand out of mine and placed it on my other cheek as she finished her sentence.
I felt my eyes flutter shut for a second and then opened my eyes again to meet her gorgeous ocean blue ones. She pulled me closer to her and tickled my lips with her. I snaked my hand around her waist and pulled her as close to me as I could without pulling her off the chair.
Annie's POV
"Yeah, I'm not entirely sure WHERE I'll go to school next year but I know I'll be studying art history and painting." I told Dani who sat next to me. "What about you?" I asked as I glanced over at Harry to see him watching Liam talking to some man. I gave Harry's hand a light squeeze to let him know I was still perfectly aware of his presence and then I started to rub his knuckles with my thumb.
"Dance!" Dani replied delightfully. "I'd love to be a backup dancer for a performer or something." She smiled.
"Hm. I've never seen you dance! You'll have to show me soon girl!" I laughed. Liam walked back over to the table and sat next to Danielle, pulling her attention away from me. I glanced at Harry and smiled at him.
"How are you my love?" He asked before he kissed my temple with his soft lips.
I rested my chin in my hand and admired Harry's gentle emerald gaze with a sigh as I breathed, "Wonderful."
He moved his hand and grazed my cheek as he moved a strand of my golden curls away from my face. "And why are you wonderful?" He whispered and my eyes fluttered shut from his tender raspy voice.
I opened my eyes again and my heart skipped a beat like it always did when I met Harry's fierce emerald gaze.
"Because I'm so lucky." I breathed.
"And why are you lucky my love?" He whispered.
I gave into my temptation and cupped his cheek with my hand as I started to caress his cheekbone with my thumb. I stared into his eyes as I said, "Because you're so amazing to me," I moved my other hand out of his and rested it on his other cheek, "and you're all mine."
His eyes fluttered shut and then opened just as quickly to stare into my eyes with a passionate emerald stare. I pulled him closer to me and lightly rested my lips on his, making him beg for more. He snaked his hand around my waist and pulled me closer to him and stopped so I wouldn't fall off my stool. I slid my hands down to his chest and rested them over his racing heart as his tongue parted my lips. I latched onto the hood of his sweater and crushed his lips onto mine until they began to throb.
"They're in love can you tell?" Niall chuckled from across the table.
"I think it's precious." Lizzie chuckled and I heard Niall's distinct laughter.
"Yeah." He laughed.
I felt Harry's chest vibrate as he groaned against my mouth. He detached his lips from mine but didn't remove his hand from my waist as he looked at Niall.
"You suck mate." He chuckled sarcastically. I glanced at Lizzie and blushed from the admirable smile she was shining at me.
"The guys are just jealous love." Dani nudged me and gave me a quick smile before pressing her mug to her lips. I smiled back at her and felt my cheeks turn even more rosy.
Harry snaked his hand under my hair and stroked the back of my neck with his thumb, instantly sending chills down my spine making me shiver. He leaned closer to me and whispered, "Do you want to go hang out at my place?" The warmth of his breath billowed around my ear. I looked at him and his hand stayed on my neck and he didn't lean away from me so our noses were almost touching.
"Sure." I breathed and a small smile spread at the corners of his mouth. He pulled me closer to him and pecked my lips. I fisted the front of his sweatshirt and pulled him harder against me. I felt him smile against my mouth before I pulled away.
"Damn, I love you." He breathed and stood up from his stool. I felt myself blush and stood up as well. "We're going to get going mates, ladies. We'll see you guys later?" Harry said as I put my arms through the sleeves of my spring jacket. He helped me with the other one as there was a chorus of "okays," "yeahs," and "losers" coming from our friends at the table.
Harry punched Louis's arm playfully and fist pounded with Niall as we walked away from the table. He immediately laced his fingers with mine and gave my hand a light squeeze.
"Honestly Harry, thank you for the song," I said as he sat down in the car next to me. "Whenever you write me songs it just," I paused trying to find the correct words for how I felt though none portrayed the feeling with justice.
"I love you Annie." He said simply without taking his eyes off of the road. I leaned over the center counsel and kissed his cheek before grabbing one of his hands off the steering wheel so I could hold it again.
"I love you too Harry." I breathed and he squeezed my hand as a dimpled grin spread across his face.
"Okay make me some real, authentic, British tea." I smiled from my island stool with my chin propped on both of my hands as Harry dug through his pantry for something to make.
He lifted his head from the shelf he was digging through and pushed his gorgeous curls away from his eyes with a smooth sweep of his hand.
"You want TEA?" He asked slightly surprised. "I thought you said you were hungry." He chuckled as he walked over to the tea kettle.
"Yeah, but you said yourself that you don't really have anything and plus I've lived here for 8 months and you've never made me tea the way the Brits do."
"'The way the Brits do.'" He imitated with a chuckle as he placed the kettle on the stove.
He sat at an island stool across from me and mimicked the position of my chin in m hands.
"You guys are so weird." Gemma half mumbled and half chuckled as she walked past us to grab something put of the fridge.
"Leave us alone." Harry chuckled as the kettle began to whistle. He poured hot liquid into two tea cups. He started adding different ingredients to it and then placed the two cups on saucers and placed one in front of me. I glanced down at the liquid and was surprised to see that it was a light brown color. If I hadn't known it was tea I would've misinterpreted it as coffee with too much cream. I pressed the cup to my lips and welcomed the burning feeling and the almost sweet taste of the tea.
"Hm. This is really good." I said and took another sip.
"Of course it is. We Brits know how to make our tea." He chuckled sarcastically. "C'mon, I want to show you something." He said. Was he nervous? His voice definitely just wavered a little.
He walked over to my side of the island and waited for me to collect my tea cup and saucer before he lead me to his room.
"Ooh you're bedroom," I chuckled sarcastically and overdramatized. "I've never seen this before."
"Shut up." He laughed. "Sit here." He motioned for me to sit on one side of his bed. I obeyed and crawled onto the bed before I crisscrossed my legs. I placed the saucer next to me and held the tea cup in both hands as I tried to collect its warmth. I pressed the rim of the cup to my lips and took another sip as Harry disappeared into his closet. I felt my eyebrows knit into a frown as I pulled the tea cup away from my mouth.
"What are you doing Styles?" I laughed.
He came back with.... a guitar. The smile I had on my face immediately vanished and my heart skipped a beat as I looked at Harry. He gave me a weak, nervous smile before coming and sitting on the bed next to me. He sat down and propped the guitar on his lap.
"I didn't think you could play guitar." I said simply. What the hell Annie? Really... THAT'S what you decide to say when you realize your man is about to play music for you.
"I only play a little bit. I'm not nearly as good as Niall but," he paused looking down. He glanced back up at me with passion in his emerald gaze as he said, "but I wrote you another song. I don't want there to be an audience though. Normally the guys would sing this with me and Niall would play guitar so bear with me." He said and he cleared his throat.
I thought my heart was going to burst as Harry tilted is head down so his curls cast a wavy shadow on his face. He positioned his fingers on the neck of the guitar and took a deep breath before he started playing. He started to strum a simple melody and looked up at me before he started singing.
"Am I asleep, am I awake or somewhere in between? I can't believe that you are here and lying next to me." He looked back down at the guitar for a second and then continued, my heart immediately racing as the song continued. "Or did I dream that we were perfectly in twine. Like branches on a tree or twigs caught on a vine." I closed my eyes and let the deep timbre of Harry's voice occupy my being. I inhaled a large breath and let my mouth perk into a grin. I opened my eyes again and leaned back on my hand to enjoy the rest of the song.
"Like all those days and weeks and months I tried to steal a kiss." I smiled even larger as I remembered how persistent he was when I first met him and how much that made me want him more. "And all those sleepless nights and daydreams where I pictured this." He looked at me with a guilty expression as his cheeks became pink. The only thing stopping me from kissing him was the fact that he wasn't done with this beautiful song yet. "I'm just the underdog who finally got the girl," His face became more serious as his emerald eyes searched my face. "And I am not ashamed to tell it to the world." I could hear the sincerity and honesty threaded into his voice and I again resisted the temptation to pull his lips onto mine. I remembered sitting in the limo on our way to prom as Harry told everyone that he couldn't help but to kiss me and that he loves me so much. I smiled even larger as he continued the song.
He started to sing the chorus and I thought my heart would burst again as the words washed over me and I tried to smile through the tears of joy that rimmed my eyes. "Truly, Madly, Deeply I am, foolishly completely falling. And somehow you kicked all my walls in so baby say you'll always keep me Truly, Madly, Crazy Deeply in love with you. In love with you." His passionate emerald gaze made my heart flutter and my stomach erupt with butterflies. Why is he so good to me?
He continued, "Should I put coffee and granola on a tray in bed and wake you up with all the words that I still haven't said. And tender touches just to show you how I feel, or should I act so cool like it was no big deal." Oh Harry.... I felt a tear stream down my cheek and his voice began to crack as he continued to sing.
"Wish I could freeze this moment in a frame and stay like this. I'd put this day back on replay and keep reliving it. Cause here's the tragic truth if you don't feel the same my heart would fall apart if someone said your name." More tears escaped my eyes as I stopped trying to hold them in. Oh Harry.... Oh Harry... My heart continued to flutter and I thought I would explode with how much I love him. He continued into the chorus though I could tell it was getting harder for him to sing as tears rimmed his eyes as well. "Truly, Madly, Deeply I am foolishly, completely falling. And somehow you kicked all my walls in so baby say you'll always keep me Truly, Madly, Crazy Deeply in love with you." Harryyyyy
His voice began to crack more frequently as he sang the next verse, "I hope I'm not a casualty. I hope you won't get up and leave. May not mean that much to you, but to me it's everything, everything." More tears spilled down my cheeks. The amount of love I was feeling for him in this moment is indescribable. He continued, "Truly, Madly, Deeply I am foolishly completely falling and somehow you kicked all my walls in so baby say you'll always keep me Truly, Madly, Crazy Deeply in love with you. In love with you. In love with you. With you oh." He concluded the song and took a deep breath before he looked at me for a reaction. He wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand as I gently took the guitar from his grasp. I laid it on the floor by his bed and then crawled across the bed so I was closer to him. He watched my every move. I opened my arms and he met my hug immediately. He pulled me into his arms and laid back so we rested against the wall. He locked me in an embrace as he rested his cheek on the top of my head and I nuzzled into his toned chest. I could feel his heart beating rapidly against his shirt. I felt his body jerk as he began to cry even harder. I sat up so that I could look at him. He instantly began to wipe the tears that poured down his cheeks. Seeing him cry like this made me cry even harder, but I didn't worry about wiping them away.
"Harry." I breathed with a small smile and he stopped what he was doing to look at me. His eyes were an even more intense shade of green because of his tears. "I love you." I whispered around the knot choking me.
His face immediately relaxed and he inhaled a large breath. "Come here." He croaked.
I leaned into him again and his hands immediately rested just below my jaw. He crashed his lips into mine with a fiery passion. He whispered my name between kisses and pulled me down so that I was now laying on top of him. He slid his hands down my back giving me chills and rested his hands on my lower back. He hugged me against him with impressive force so that a small groan escaped my lips. I sat up and straddled his hips and he sat up to meet me. He hugged me against him again so there was no space between our bodies. I ran my fingers through his soft, amazing curls as his tongue traced my lips before he parted them. He groaned into my mouth as I lightly scratched down his chest. He slid his hands down lower so that they rested on my rear. He pushed me up for a second before he returned his hands to my lower back to crush me against them again. All of a sudden he grasped my waist and lifted me off of him before throwing me back onto the bed. He pinned my arms above my head with one of his hands and the index finger of his other hand traced my cheekbone, jawline, neck, and then my collarbone giving me chills and a burning desire to kiss him again. He hovered over me as he ticked my skin with the gentleness of his finger.
He dragged his finger back up my neck and rested on the point of my chin. "You're so beautiful Annie." He whispered as he looked from one of my eyes to the other. I replied by breaking my wrists free of his grasp so that I could lock them behind his neck and pull his lips onto mine again. I ran my fingers over his scalp as he laid down next to me. I turned on my side so that our lips would stay connected. He snaked his hand around to my lower back and pulled me against him as I cupped his cheek with my hand. His hand slid down my torso to my leg. With one swift motion, he latched onto the back of my knee and pulled my leg on top of his hip. His hand slid back up my body and rested just below my jaw so that he could tilt my head to meet his lips better.
I pulled my lips off of his and he looked at me with a twinge of disappointment. "I don't know what I would do without you Harry." I whispered as I caressed his cheekbone with my thumb. I watched his emerald eyes soften into a look of pure passion and admiration. "Why are you so good to me?" I said even quieter and watched his emerald eyes close as he inhaled a large breath. His hand came up to rest on my cheek as he opened his eyes again.
"You're everything to me Annie. I don't ever want to lose you. I don't ever want there to be another man in your life. I want to be it for you. I wish there were better words to describe how much I care about you and how much I need you." His words tumbled over each other but I didn't care. His declaration of love was easily enough to bring tears to my eyes and make my cheeks wet.
"You're never going to lose me." I whispered. I saw tears rim his eyes but I lightly pressed my lips to his before they could fall. His hand returned to my lower back and pushed me harder against him.
"Oh." He breathed and took his lips off of mine so that he could bury his face in my neck. His head was laying on his pillow and my cheek rested on Harry's cheek. I folded my arms against his chest and nuzzled my nose into his neck as well. The smell and warmth of the skin on his neck was soothing and familiar to me. It was the smell that I now associated with pure happiness, comfort, and bliss. I associated it with home. Harry is my everything just like I am his, just like how I wanted it to be. All I wanted was for someone to love me as much as I love them; to love me so much that it brings tears to their eyes and tears to my own. All I wanted was to be able to feel protected with someone's arms around me as a shield from danger and a rock that I can lean on.
"Harry." Gemma called from downstairs. Harry groaned into my neck, but didn't get up from where he lay. "Harry!" Gemma yelled louder. "There's a phone call for you! It's important. Get your ass down here!"
"Ugh. I'll be right back my love." He said and pecked my lips before he got off of his bed. As he walked toward the door I sat up and watched him run his fingers through his hair and then push his curls away from his eyes.
A smile pulled at the corner of my lips as I looked at the section of Harry's desk dedicated to things relating to us. There was the picture I painted him, an identical copy of the picture of us from prom that also sat in my room, his boutonniere, and a couple random pictures of us either smiling or making really dorky faces at the camera. Gosh I love this boy...
I heard the door shuffle across the carpet and looked up to see Harry walking back through the doorway. His eyes were large and his cheeks were a light shade of pink.
"That must've been important. It took twenty minutes." I laughed as I walked over to where he stood in the middle of his room. He looked at me wide eyed. "Geez Harry what happened?" I laughed.
"Annie, you're never going to believe what just happened."
Notes
LAST CHAPTER!!!! This is one of the weirdest feelings ever.... I can't believe that I'm publishing the last chapter of this story and am about to go click the "completed" button O.o I have to apologize, however, for not updating this story sooner. It's my school's Spring Break week. My mom, sister, and I went to Florida so for a Northern State local it's been really nice to enjoy the heat and soak in the warm sun. So I really appreciate your guys' patience with me. I love you guys so incredibly much!!
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