Doubts

Thursday Night

After work today, over dinner I told Gemma and Mum that Annabelle and Avery will be joining us at the beach this weekend.

"We'll need to go shopping for beach stuff tomorrow then. And I need a new swimsuit." Gemma says to me.

"Ugh! Fine, but we won't be spending longer than half an hour to shop." I groan.

"Sure thing, Haz." She giggles.

We finish dinner and the girls want to watch some new chick flick so I decide to go to our back shed, which we turned into a workout room, since I haven't done so in a while. I start stretching after going over to the radio and cranking the volume of the music up. When I finish stretching, I put some boxing gloves on and take out all my pent up emotions on the punching bag. After about ten minutes of that, I start getting warm so I take off my zip-up hoodie leaving me in a muscle tank and shorts. I make my way to the bench press and start lifting weights. Fifteen minutes of that and I stop for a water break. I pause he music and put my hoodie back on when I hear faint screaming. I drop the water bottle and jog out of the shed, trying to follow where the screaming is coming from. I suddenly hear my name being said from where the screams are coming from as I get closer.

"Harry, no! Please STOP!" That has to be Avery.

I run to Annabelle and Avery's house and onto the back porch. I see a sleeping, thrashing, screaming Avery in shorts and a tank top. She must be freezing! I crouch in front of her and attempt to wake her from her slumber, which I eventually succeed in doing. I pull her into me and try to calm her down. Doing so takes a really long time. But soon Avery finally speaks.

"I'm so cold." She tells me with a shaky voice.

"Here." I say, taking off my hoodie and putting it on her, "Better?" I ask.

"Yeah, thank you, Harry." She quietly says.

"How about we go inside?" I suggest.

"Okay." We head into her house and upstairs to her bedroom. She gets into bed and I tuck her in like a child, which I find adorable in her state.

"Do you want me to stay?" I ask her. She nods her head 'yes' in response, too tired to speak. I crawl in beside her, after taking my shoes off, and pull her closer to me. We both eventually drift off into dormancy.

Notes

Another short chapter, the next one will hopefully be longer :)