Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart (Prince Harry)

Charlie’s POV

I woke up late the next morning due to tossing and turning caused by nightmares. It sucked because Dylan was my best friend and he was the one I always went to when I needed a break from the stresses of college or life in general, but now I wasn’t sure if I could even be around him without panicking.

My attention turned to Harry who was sleeping on the bed across from me with his face buried into the pillow. I had to admit that he looked absolutely adorable and so peaceful as he slept. After carefully getting out of bed I walked over and gently brushed some hair from his face, smiling softly at him. I didn’t realize that I was playing with his hair until he hummed softly and made me jump.

“Feels nice.” He mumbled as a sleepy smile formed on his lips.

I quickly pulled back and blushed deeply.

“Sorry. I don't know why I did that. I mean I do know. Your hair is so soft and nice. Oh my god. I'm gonna shut up now.” I said, stopping myself from saying anything else embarrassing.

Harry chuckled and opened his eyes to look at me. Before I could say anything else he grabbed my hand and placed a soft kiss on my knuckles.

“Don't apologize, love. I liked it.” he murmured, making my cheeks turn even more red than they already were.

Butterflies fluttered around in my stomach as I looked into his bright green eyes. We stared at each other for a moment until I finally snapped out of it and got up.

“I um… I have to get to class. You can go or stay. I don’t care.” I said as I grabbed my clothes from the closet.

As I came out I paused, seeing Harry standing shirtless in the middle of the room with his hair a mess. Fuck me. He had a great body.

“You have tattoos.” I said as my gaze focused on the black ink that was on his skin.

“I do. I have to keep them hidden for um… for my job back home. And my family doesn’t exactly approve either so…” He trailed off then shook his head and pulled his shirt on.

“I have a couple as well. One on my side that was a bitch to get done and another on my ribs. I’ve been wanting to get a butterfly across my back, but I haven’t had the time. Not to mention the fact that I can’t exactly wear certain clothes with a bigass tattoo covering my back.” I laughed and shook my head.

“Really? Can I see?” He asked curiously before quickly shaking his head. “Wait. Sorry that came out kinda perverted.”

“Sure.” I shrugged, smiling at his shocked expression as I lifted my shirt up to show him the angel wings formed into an infinity symbol with the name of my grandpa and the date he died. I pushed my pajama shorts down a bit to show him the two red roses on my lower left side as well, more towards the front of my body than the back.

Harry’s POV

I watched in shock as she full on lifted her shirt up to her bra to show me the rib tattoo as well as her side one which she had to push her shorts down a little so I could see the whole thing. I definitely didn't expect her to do that, but I was glad she did. She was a little fearless when it came to things like this which I loved.

“Is this a memorial tattoo?” I asked her as I reached out to trace the one on her ribs gently.

“Yeah. My grandpa. He practically raised me because my parents are both doctors and super busy. I hung out with him as a kid and through high school. He taught me how to work on cars and we worked on one together which he left me in his will after he died.” she smiled sadly.

“I'm sorry.” I said softly as I looked up into her eyes, deciding not to comment on how sexy I thought her other tattoo was. Another time…

“Thanks… Anyway I really do have to go now or I'll be late.”

I dropped my hand so she could go get ready and when she returned to grab her things she grabbed my phone and put her number in.

“In case you get lost again.” she teased with a smirk before heading out the door.

What the hell am I getting myself into?

Charlie’s POV

“Care to explain why there was a guy you just met yesterday in our room this morning?” Jenna asked me as we walked to the campus cafe for lunch.

“He was just keeping me company… Dylan.. he um… He kinda came onto me last night and freaked me out so Harry walked me home and you were gone so he stayed so I wouldn’t be freaked out.” I said quietly as I messed with the strap of my book bag.

“Dylan did what?” She stopped me and turned me to look at her before pulling me into a tight hug. “That asshole. I'm sorry, Charls.”

I sighed softly and let her hug me.

“It’s fine. He was frustrated because I told him I didn’t have feelings for him, but it's still no excuse for what he did.” I said.

“You're damn right it's not. If he tries talking to you today I'm going to kick his ass.” She mumbled as we started walking again, her arm linking with mine.

Jenna was a pretty good friend and I've known her since high school, but since she met Jason things have been different. She’s always with him and when I try to tag along they usually end up leaving me out anyway so I quit trying. That's why I got so close to Dylan. We met when I first got here last fall because he was in my photography class and we instantly hit it off. It used to be my favorite class, but now I was seriously considering ditching and faking being sick to avoid him.

“Charlie!”

I broke from my thoughts as I heard his voice, immediately feeling a sense of panic wash over my body. Jenna pulled me a little faster and I fell right into step with her, silently praying for him to leave me alone but my prayers went unanswered as I felt him grab onto my arm.

“Would you just stop and let me talk to yo-”

Dylan was cut off when my hand came in contact with his cheek and I yanked my arm away.

“Don't touch me.” I choked out, feeling myself beginning to lose control of my emotions again.

I looked behind him and saw Harry standing there watching with his friends, waiting for my signal to allow him to step in. They must have just walked out of the cafe and were heading home when they heard everything.

“Jenna go ahead. I'm not feeling very hungry.” I said quietly as I walked past Dylan to go to Harry.

Harry’s POV

I immediately wrapped her up in a hug, hearing her sniffle which made my heart break.
“Come on. You can come back to my room. I just got a bunch of snacks from the vending machines and we can watch movies.” I said to her.

She nodded slightly and allowed me to walk her back to my dorm. Liam and Louis made sure Dylan didn’t follow us as we made our way to my room, thankfully not having any more issues.

I'll deal with that asshole later…

“You gave him quite the smack back there. I could hear it from where I stood.” I joked, hoping to get a smile out of her.

She laughed a little and gave me a weak one which I accepted because I knew it was all she could give at the moment.

“My hand still stings. I thought about punching him but I probably would have broken something.” She said.

“Probably.” I chuckled a bit and looked over at her. “Anyway so what do you want? I got crisps, chocolates, gummy worms…”

“What are crisps?” she asked as she raised a brow.

“These.” I said as I held up the bag which made her giggle for some odd reason. “What?”

“We call those chips here.” she said.

“Chips? Well what do you call my chips then? The little sticks made from potatoes that are fried.”

“French fries.” She smiled.

“Well that makes no sense. They’re not french
“ I said with furrowed brows.

“Neither does calling them chips. I personally would have called them potato fingers or sticks but that's just me.” She shrugged.

I chuckled and shook my head, smiling as I tossed her a bag of everything since she never answered me. She immediately dug into each one while I grabbed my laptop so we could watch movies on it. Once everything was settled we got comfortable sitting on the bed together watching our favorite Hugh Grant movies. Of course we ended up making it into a game where we muted the movie and we each took a role to do voice overs for. It was so hilarious and both of us were crying from laughing so hard, barely able to make it through a few minutes of it.

Before either of us realized it the sky had turned dark and we were both too tired to move. I felt Charlie lay her head on my shoulder, completely asleep as she breathed softly. A soft smile made its way onto my lips and I carefully moved her to lay down with me on my bed, keeping my arms around her as I drifted off to sleep myself.

Notes

Sorry it took so long. My new puppy sprained his paw and my laptop broke so I've been having to do it on my phone. I'll try to write some more this week but no guarantees. Life is just rough right now and I'm exhausted.