His Bandmate

As I step out of my bed a shiver goes through me, making my teeth rattle. Wow, it's cold! Maybe the heat has broken again, it did that last winter and that was a horrible couple of weeks. I hope it doesn't take as long to fix it as last time. I put on a pair of sweatpants and a warm hoodie before walking into the living room. I stop dead in my tracks as I look out the window. I see a white fluff cover the ground. Snow? In october? Sure it's late october, but still. I haven't prepared myself for this yet. The tree outside my window is white for now, but I know that as the day go, it will melt and fade away. London doesn't get that white coat of snow. I don't like the cold, but I do love the sight of snow, it's beautiful when it's white and all fairytale, it makes me miss home a little. We've had some pretty beautiful winters when I grew up. My dad used to take me to a lake a couple of miles away from our house and it's the most amazing place I've even been. We'd skate and make a little fire beside the frozen lake. I sigh, holding myself to creating some heat and walk into the kitchen to put on a kettle to make some tea. I only have myself to blame for renting such an old, rundown place. Of course the heat won't work when it gets cold. As the tea simmers I hear my phone ring from the bedroom.

“Hello?” I say into the phone as I pick it up from my nightstand.

“Hey, love!” Harry answers on the other side, giving me a smile on my face.

“Hey, you! What's going on?” I ask, walking back into the kitchen to take the kettle away from the stove and pouring it into the cup I've prepared.

“You don't work until one right?” He ask, sounding very secretive. I frown. What has he gotten up his sleeve now?

“That's right. Why?” I ask, superstitious. Taking my cup with me and sitting down on the couch, pulling a blanket over my legs.

“I want to bring you some place. I'll be there in an hour, alright?” He say and I can hear the smile in his voice.

“Where are we going?” I ask, it's eight in the morning.

“That's a secret. Dress warm though.” He say and hang up. I look shocked at my phone. What is this? Where is he taking me? I drink my tea while pondering what's going to happen. Then I walk into my closet to try to find something that will keep me warm though still look nice. I decide on a pair of jeans and a big knitted cardigan, what will keep me warm. I put my messy hair up in a ponytail and a light layer of makeup. I put a white scarf around my neck and my black jacket on as I hear the doorbell ring at exactly nine o clock. He's prompt, I'll give him that. I go over to open the door and see a very joyous boy in jeans, a grey jacket and a black beanie.

“Hi.” He greets with a smile.

“Hey, I'll just get my shoes on and then I'm ready.” I say and go over to the shoe rack to pick my boots up and pull them on. Then I stand up straight and walk over to the door and the waiting Harry.

“Let's go!” I say and lock the door before we head out to his car. “So will you tell me now where we're going?” I ask, looking over at a smiling Harry as he pulls out the car on the street.

“Nope!” He say, popping the p. I just shake my head and watch the road as he drives, listening to the music on the radio. We drive through areas where I haven't been, so I look at the houses, shops and streets. Seeing people walking to work, freezing in the cold air. It's warm here inside the car, so I pull my scarf off and open my jacket up. After a while the houses seems to reduce and there are more and more trees. After about forty five minutes Harry stops the car beside the road and turn off the ignition. I look around us and see nothing but forest. I look over at Harry with a wondering expression, what are we doing here?

“And where are we?” I ask when he doesn't say anything.

“Just come on.” He roll his eyes and opens his door. He walk around the car to get a bag from the back and then over to my door. I put my scarf back on and get out into the cold air. The snow is more prominent here where the heat from the city doesn't melt it away. Harry holds his hand out for me to take it, his hand covered by a black glove. I take it and smile as we start to walk into the woods, following a narrow path. I don't know why I don't pester Harry to tell me what we're doing here, I guess I just trust him. We've been doing this friends thing for a little over two weeks and it's going great. We've spent a lot of time together, which I didn't think would happen, but I love it. He's so easy to talk to and I really feel like I can tell him anything. We haven't been hanging out with the other guys and that I'm grateful for, but I know that I have to deal with that soon enough anyway. Or just accept it and try to live with it.

“So here we are.” Harry announces after a couple of minutes of walking. I realize that I've been looking down on the path, trying not to fall on the roots. So I turn my head up and look around me. We're at a little tarn in the middle of the forest, the water hard of ice and the trees around it white with crystals. It's amazing. It's like a fairytale in the middle of nowhere. “Because of the humidity from the water the ground and trees freeze with these amazing crystals and make it all glittering.” Harry say and I look over at him. He's looking around himself at the beautiful view with an amazed smile. That makes me grin big.

“How did you ever find this place?” I ask, looking back over the little pond of frozen water.

“I had a bad day a couple of years ago, I drove out of rage from the city and stopped by the road when I couldn't drive anymore.” He say and the sound of his voice is low. There was something that happened that really hurt him, I can tell that, but I don't want to press on him telling me. I just squeeze his hand that I'm still holding for some reason. “I got out of the car and walked into the woods trying to get some distance to everything. I ended up here and was mesmerized. It was in the summer and we have to come back here when it's green out, it's even more amazing. I sat there at that tree for hours and finally felt better and even relieved. I knew what I had to do with my problems. And after that I've always come back here when I need to be alone and just think.” He say and smile over at me. “I realized last year how gorgeous it is during winter and wanted to share it with you now.” He say and pull me forward.

“It really is gorgeous.” I say as he puts down a little blanket by the tree that he had pointed at before. The tree is laying down, so it makes a perfect support for the back as I sit down. Harry sits down beside me and starts to pull out a thermos and sandwiches. “You really did think of everything.” I say and snicker. He hands me a cup.

“Of course. You want some hot chocolate?” He ask with a smile.

“Yes please!” I hold my cup out and watch the smoking hot liquid run down into my cup, warming my hands. I take a small sip, but the drink is too hot. I look out over the little lake and take a deep breath. It's so quiet and peaceful.

“I wish I had a car so I could take myself to these kind of places all the time.” I say, dreaming a little as I look at the amazing view.

“Why? When you have me.” He say and I smile over at him. “Just call and I will drive you.” He say and take a sip from his cup.

“What would I do without you?” I snicker.

“I don't know, you wouldn't survive.” He say sarcastically and laughs.

We sit close together to stay warm as we eat the sandwiches that Harry has made. It's a wonderful time we have together and the view makes it so much more lovely. We talk a lot too and I forget the time as we sit there in our own little world.

“We should go if you're going to make it to work.” Harry say after what feels like ten minutes or four hours, I don't know anymore. I look at my watch and see that it's twelve o clock already.

“I don't want to go.” I whine and pout at Harry, making him chuckle.

“I promise that we'll come back soon.” He say and he puts down our now empty cups in his bag.

“Fine!” I say and stand up to fold the blanket and he puts it in the bag too. Then I take a last look at the wonderful place we've been for the past couple of hours and then we start to walk back into the forest. I feel pretty freezing as we get back to the car and long for the heat inside. Harry turns the warmth on high and I sit on my hands to warm them up. I hadn't noticed how cold I had gotten. He starts to drive back to the city and I feel all filled with new energy from this mornings adventures.

“Hey, will you do something for me?” Harry asks after a while. I've gotten a bit warmer and can relax my whole body against the seat.

“That depends on what it is.” I say with a smile, looking at the profile of his face.

“Will you please, please come with me to a party tomorrow?” Harry asks, looking a little worried, which makes me frown.

“And why do you want me there?” I ask, a little confused.

“First of all, to make the night fun.” He say and smile over at me. “And second to be my wing man, Niall's bringing some girl he thinks I will fit perfect with and I'm scared that it's going to be awful.” He confesses. That makes me feel a little confused. Why would he need my help? He's obvious more experienced at dating than I am. He looks over at me with a fearful expression as I think about it.

“Please!” He begs, looking back at the road.

“Why would you need my help? You don't have a problem with girls.” I say, feeling... I don't know. Hurt? Sure we're nothing more than friends, but that doesn't mean that I want to watch him flirt with another girl. How weird that even sounds.

“Because it's Niall, he have no clue on what I like in a girl. She could be horrible and you know me, I'm too nice to blow her off if she is.” He say and pout. That makes me laugh though. Because it's true. He's really bad at it. It was even me who had broke our dating up. Besides, doesn't this mean that we really truly are friends? That he would want my help with this, not one of the guys.

“Fine, I'll come with you.” I mumble, still not really feeling it. Mostly because I know that Louis is going to be there. But now is the time to deal with that I guess. It had to happen sooner or later, guess it's time now. Learn to deal with it Juli!

Notes

Sorry for taking so long with this update, I had some inspiration blockage. I started to focus too much on the reason why this story hasn't gotten more readers, votes and subscribers. But thanks to some wonderful people, I realized that it's not about that. I write because I love it and that's why I'm continuing.

Besides, you who still reads and comments make me so happy, so I'm writing for you! So please don't stop. Your comments make me smile every time!

Hope you'll have a wonderful weekend!
xx.