Something Great

Chapter 22

I looked back at the clock once more and the time didn’t change at all, it was still 5:35 am. I woke up an hour ago and couldn’t go back to bed no matter how hard I tried. Even Harry’s body wasn’t comforting enough to fall back into a deep slumber. Switching from side to side, I finally made enough noise to wake up Harry. He mumbled something and then his green eyes fluttered open. “It’s so early, go back to bed.”

“But I can’t,” I whined into the pillow. Harry was desperate for sleep and I was desperate for time to go faster. His arm that was already around me, pulled me in closer to his body. The heat from his body radiated into me and I smiled, kissing his nose. His lips surprisingly landed on mine and trailed down my jaw and to my shoulder, then back to my lips. “It’s not working Harry,” I sighed. “I’m just gonna go get some coffee. You can sleep,” I allowed.

“Noooo, stay with me.” Harry whined, pulling me into him more and not letting me go. “Just stay here,” he breathed into my neck. His idea sounded better but there was no way I could sit here in silence. I needed to move. He put his hand up the back of my shirt and started to draw circles, my favorite thing in the world.

“What are you trying to do here?” I asked, giggling into his curls.

“I’m trying to make you stay,” he said squeezing me once more. Continuing the circles on my back, I decided to stay in bed with him. Although, once he drifted back off to sleep, I was gonna go get some coffee.


Later in the afternoon, a women came by to do my hair and makeup but I didn’t want anything too much. Light makeup and a casual hairstyle. Which she did perfectly. Time was still going slow and it was only aggravating me more. Harry walked in against my will and showed up behind me, I looked up at him in the mirror. “Stop stressing out,” he said rubbing my shoulders. I relaxed in his touch and realized I really did need to calm down. I was only stressing myself out more and that wouldn’t be any help for tonight. “You look beautiful,” Harry smiled. He smirked and leaned down to my neck, leaving kisses down my skin.

“Harry don’t you dare!” I said jolting my body away from his lips. I knew his plan and I wasn’t going to let that happen. “You’re such an ass!” I shook my head as he laughed.

“I’m sorry, I just couldn’t help myself.” He defended himself. I stood up and stared at him, taking him in. 4 hours to just sit here and wait. Waiting wasn’t something I enjoyed and Harry started to laugh again. “Em! Would you please just stop worrying and thinking so much! Just stop. Relax your shoulders,” he said pushing on my shoulders. I did as I was told and made a pouty face.

“What am I supposed to do for the next four hours?” I whined.

“Well we could-“

“No,” I stated.

“Why not?” Now Harry was whining.

“Maybe you should have thought about that before I got my makeup and hair done,” I said raising my eyebrow at him. “Sorry,” I said apologizing for my rude comment. I walked closer to him and kissed him and then leaned into him, breathing in his scent.

“Don’t apologize,” he rubbed my back. “Come on, let’s do something to take your mind off tonight.”


Harry made the 3 hours fly by quickly and even at one point I forget what was going on tonight. We watched a movie and talked basically about anything. He wouldn’t let a minute go by without saying a word which was perfect. He was always a good distraction.


Now I was in the room putting my dress on, happy that it fit perfectly and I didn’t have to starve myself. Everything fell seamlessly into place and I couldn’t be happier. The smile on my face wasn’t going anywhere and I wouldn’t let anything get in the way of it. Harry was waiting in the hotel lobby for me, this was the moment. I wanted to make an entrance, I wanted Harry to fall in love with me all over again. The stairs to the main lobby were a couple of feet away when someone bumped into me. The smile was still on my face when I looked up to see who it was. Immediately, my face fell blank and I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Emma,” Riley spoke first. The sickening smile on his face almost made me throw up just from the thoughts of when I last saw him. “Wow, you look amazing!” he said looking me up and down. “Well it was good seeing you, such a coincidence. We should definitely get together soon,” he said winking at me and then walked away. He walked away as if nothing had ever happened between us. As if he didn’t even remember what he did to me. My breath started to run short and the next thing I knew I was falling back.



“Emma? Em? Emma!” I could hear Harry’s voice in the distance but when I opened my eyes, he was right there. When I looked at him, he sighed probably with relief. His arms wrapped around me and helped me to my feet. But when I got there, everything was spinning. I probably hit my head on my way down. That’s when Riley’s face popped into my mind, making me fall into Harry. “Em, what’s going on?” His eyes filled with worry. “You’ve been eating right?” he whispered.

“Riley…” I breathed.

“What? What about him?” Harry asked, walking me over to the railing of the balcony so I could lean on it. He closed me in and put an arm on either side of me. “What about Riley?” he asked once more.

“He’s here…He just…I saw him.” I managed to get out.

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