Harry's POV

I watch Steph as she tries to force herself to eat, there's no ecitement in her eyes to confirm she is happy to start this journey together. She looks more distant than ever, something is bothering her and I think I know who it is.

"Steph.." I sigh as I place my cutlery down on to my plate. She slowly looks back up at me and I sit back in my seat. "What's going on?" I ask as I watch her.

"Nothing." She forces a smile and I shake my head. "I'm alright Harry."

"Are you sure?" I ask once more, she looks away from me as she nods. "Nothing to do with Niall?" I add and she quickly looks at me in shock.

"What do you mean?" She looks worried and I look away from her as I gently shake my head.

"I'm not mad at you Steph" I start as I look back towards her. "But I know in interrupted something, I felt the tension."

"Why didn't you say something?"

"So I did interrupt something then?" I ask as I raise my eyebrows. I need her to be completely honest with me, if we want to move forward together that's all we have to do - no secrets.

"He told me he still felt something between us.." Stephanie looks scared - I've seen this look before. "But he didn't say it to stop me going with you, he told me to carry on and to be with my family. He just didn't want to live a lie" She explains and I get it. I'm not jealous or paranoid that she's going to run off with him - I know their feelings towards each other were strong and I have to accept that.

"Okay. What did you tell him?" I ask and she is unable to look at me. "Steph I'm not going to have a go, I just want to know how you feel."

"I told him I still had those emotions and feelings towards him. You know I can't just switch off how I-"

"It's fine." I cut her off as I hear the panic rise in her voice. She suddenly stops and looks at me - I've confused her. "I trust you Stephanie and I know if you wanted Niall you would have gone with him, right?" I say confidently and she nods.

"Of course. I want to be with you Harry, it's always been you!" Stephanie's voice cracks as she says this. "We've got too much history to throw away" She adds and I nod in agreement.

"You're the only one I want and as long as you feel the same, we can be happy." I look away from her as I'm really putting everything into us now, my heart is on my sleeve and my trust is fully in her. I hope she doesn't break any of into - I don't think she will.

"You're the only one I want too." Her answer makes me smile, it's like we are finally back at long last.

"Good, maybe we can forget about the negative stuff and just concentrate on us and Amelia." I suggest and she looks pleased with me, I know she's wanted this for a long time but we haven't been in the right minds to do so. Now we are are little older and wiser, we've played the games and tested our hearts - now it's time for the real thing.

"I can explain how lucky I am to be given this chance." Steph says a rend she reaches over and takes my hand. "I've been useless in the past and made stupid mistakes that I wish I could have changed. But it's made me who I am today, I'm stronger, I'm wiser and I know that I am just a girl in love with her childhood sweetheart." She giggles as she looks at me, I laugh today at her beautiful words. "Harry, I've been so up and down, I didn't mean today ever lose you. My biggest fear became real and I don't want to experience that again." She looks sad as she let's go of my hand.

"Steph.." I say as I lean forward. She looks back at me and nods for me to continue. "My biggest fear was losing you. When I first walked into your house and saw your beautiful face I told myself I'd stay away because I knew I'd break you. I was trouble and I fucked you up. There was many we did wrong, it takes two make a relationship fail - we were to blame."

"I was just as messed up as you were."

"I know." I stop and I smile. "You came across as you were happy and fine, but you were mentally stuck in the same place as me. That's why we saved each other so much." I smirk and she softly smiles.

"It felt like we were made to build it up for it just fall apart.." Stephanie mumbles and I shake my head.

"We were made to create a journey together, we just got distracted along the way." I say and I bite my bottom lip. "None of the past matters now. I want to make this work" I look at her and focus my eyes directly into hers.

"And me." She agrees and sighs happily.


I decided to cut the food short - paying for the bill and taking Stephanie was the best thing I could have done. She needed to be near me, to feel me with her - she didn't get that by sitting opposite me in a restaurant.
I put my arms around her as we step inside. I kick the door closed and I feel her wrap her arms around me. I've wanted her for too long, I've missed her.
I heavily place my lips down on to hers which she happily accepts. Her hands roam through my hair as I lift her up and she snakes her legs around my waist. I place my hands under her bum as I carry her upstairs, our lips continue to touch.

"Harry." Steph mutters in between kisses. "Are you sure we should do this?" She asks and I lower her down on to my bed - her soft hair falls around her face. I climb on top of her and smile.

"If you're going to live with me then you'll have to get used to this." I smirk flirtatiously and she blushes as she smiles. "Do you want to do this?"

"That's a silly question Mr.Styles." She grins. The way she says my name makes it harder to control myself - I need her. Our lips meet forcefully and this time she is tugging and me woth a tight grip. I let my hand fall down to her thigh, a small moan escapes her lips sending me crazy inside. I couldn't wait any longer, I had to feel her at long last.

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Stephanie's POV

I smile as I wrap Harry's dressing gown around me as he makes us a cup of tea. I feel like I've got myself back - the passion we shared was beyond incredible. I can't stop thinking about him, the way he touched me, his trails of kisses that fell upon my body, his hot breath tickling my lips..

"Here.." Harry says as he leans down and kisses me as he fter placing my cup of tea down infront of me.

"Thanks." I grin as I look back at him as he stands leaning backwards on the counter. "To the new us" I hold my cup up and smile.

"And to the old us" He grins as he holds his tea up. "I love you" He adds before sipping his hot drink. Those words make me feel giddy inside - I can't control my happiness.

"I love you too!" I say with the biggest smile on my face. I've finally got what I've always wanted, my Harry. He's back with me.

Notes

Ahh this is basically the end.
But I have one more chapter to post very soon.
I'll be so sad to say goodbye to Steph and Harry - they were the first characters for me to write. I have loved them from the beginning and I'll be sad to stop writing.

I hope you all have enjoyed this as much as I have - thank you for all the support ♡♡♡