"How exactly did you guys meet?"
This question brings a smile to your face.
It's been almost a year now since 'The Breakup."
You can finally talk about him without braking into sobs of tears. You're still waiting for the day he comes back to you... It does put a lot of strain on your heart to think back still...
"Well," you begin. "There really isn't an exact meeting point that I remember. We actually grew up together. Our moms were best friends since they were in middle school. My earliest memory of him and I is at our treehouse our dads had put together for us kids. We climbed the tree, to get to our favorite branch to sit. We were both 9. He's actually one month older than I. Anyways, as we were climbing, I got a splinter in my hand. I couldn't climb any further because I kept complaining it hurts. I was in tears, but I couldn't do anything, if I let go to pull it out, I'd fall, and we were too far up to go back down. That was the lesson Charlie taught me that day: to keep going, no matter what falls in your path. Charlie was such a gentlemen and good friend even at an early age. He kept encouraging me to keep climbing. I didn't want to, but with the help of him, we made it to our branch. Once there, we sat down. "Let me see your hand." He said. He was talking to me about just random things, just holding my splintered hand. I didn't know it at the time, but he was distracting me with conversation so he can pull the splinter out without me realizing it. He succeeded. I didn't even know it was out until he showed it to me. He then kissed my hand and said, "From this day forward, I promise to always take care of whatever pain you are in, and try to ease it." He was so grown up... And ever since then, we've been together, through thick and thin. Through middle school we were on again off again. We never really fighted. We just liked breaks once in a while I guess. Some people say we've been 'dating' our whole lives through. We didn't 'officially' start dating until homecoming. We were always together though..."
Harry was at a loss for words I can tell.
"Wow. That's incredible.." he manages to say.
"Yeah...he's changed a lot lately...he's not the sweet gentlemen I've always known him as..."
It's been about 2 years now since the day 1D showed up at your door, and you and the boys still keep in contact. Especially Harry. He vowed to never leave your side (unless he HAS to) since the day of The Breakup.
You two are lying on the floor of your room, looking up at the celing. The only contact between the two of you are your interlocked pinky's.
The relationship you and Harry have would probably confuze the nuts out of anybody else. You two understand it perfectly well though.
He understands you are in no hurry to get back in a relation ship, well, not a REAL one anyways. You guys arn't really dating, you're just a tiny step back from boyfriend and girlfriend. It's like being a couple, but without the kissing and other complications. (It's not like you wouldn't have loved to have been making out with Harry though. haha)
You thank your lucky stars every single day that you have Harry. You've never been on your own. You've always had somebody to share your thoughts, emotions, and days with. Having Harry be there for you every chance he gets is the best thing for your step to 'recovery' your mom calls it.
Just then your mom barges in. "Harry dear! Would you like a cup of tea? I seen on the internet you prefer tea over coffee! I bought some crumpets too, you Britians eat those right? I'm not sure how good they are, I only got them at the local-"
"Mom, you can't believe everything that's on the internet! Try getting to know someone, gosh. And as for the crumpets...wait! How's come you never got ME crumpets?"
Harry does his famous laugh that makes you smile every time. You're mom still hasn't gotten used to the fact that a famous guy like Harry is in her house.
"Thanks mum, (your mom has INSISTED he calls her this.) I wouldn't mind having a crumpet or two." Harry says as he winks at me.
You're mom was at first not very happy with you being in contact with the boys. But you explained to her everything that happened on the trip you all took, even the part with Harry consoling you. And of course your parents were at the hospital and seen how Harry cared for you.
Your mom leaves the room. Harry sits up. "Come on love, let's eat some crumpets and tea haha."
"But I don't wanna get up. blehhh."
He grabs your hands and lifts you up so a sitting position. With your hands in his, he kisses them.
"I have to fly back to meet up with the boys for a photo shoot tomorrow..." he says
You look away frightened of just thinking of being alone again. Of course you should have seen this coming, Harry even warned you earlier. (Even after all this time, you still can't get used to being alone when Harry's gone.) You quickly look back and put on your best smile. You don't want to let Harry leave feeling bad.
He looks down. Something has been bothering him lately...you just can't put your finger on it.
He looks back to you and brushes the hair out of your face.
"Listen babe, I'm not gonna lie and tell you this is gonna be easy. It's been a year, and you still havn't gotten over the guy, which I don't expect considering you're guys' relationship you had. And I'm terribly sorry I can't be there for you every step of the way, but I'm trying I really am."
Why are his eyes so glossy looking? Is Harry...crying...?
He instantly falls into you, and for first time in months, you're giving him the big hug.
"Harry? Harry, what's wrong? Don't cry Harry! I'll be fine! I promise! Just please don't cry!"
Why is he crying? You know he cares about you, but to cry over this? You should be the one crying not him. You suddenly get a crazy idea. No. 'Don't do it' you tell yourself. Don't do it...
But before you think twice, you're throwing yourself onto Harry's lips. With both of you crying now it just makes the kiss that much more sweet. You're going to kick yourself so hard for this later...oh but those soft, delicate lips you've been longing for. He kisses you back, the most passionate kiss you've ever got. You pull back a little and Harry pulls you back to him just as quick. You really kiss him now. He clearly is totally okay with this. Even though every muscle and bone in your body is telling you to stop..before you mess this relationship up too. You guys should just be friends, you can't afford to lose Harry. But Harry's hurting, and you need to distract him a little...just long enough to pull the splinter...
"Oh, babe, I think I forgot one more bag in your room. It's on your nightstand I believe."
"I'll go get it!" You reply.
Time for Harry to depart. It's taken all you can to be cheery today for Harry. But man, that kiss really blew you away, so you have some cheeryness left over from that. Okay, a LOT of cheeryness. So much cheeryness in fact that you just made up the word cheeryness.
Yep! Here's the bag Harry was talking about. It's awfully small. It must be his lunch your mom made for his trip back.
You get back downstairs to the door. There's the dang paparazzi looking in through the window. (You would choose a different word to describe the pap, but your brother is right there.) You're surprised that Harry is okay with being seen with you. He's been afraid to be seen with a girl for fear of hurting his fans. The way you see it, if their really his fans, they should be happy with whoever he is with.
"Thanks. Say, could you open the bag up for me?"
"Uhh, sure!" you reply.
"Why does he want me to open his lunch?" you think to yourself "Wait, what's this? A smaller box inside the bag. Wow. Mom is great at packaging things. Okay, Harry is looking at me now with a smirk on his face. What's this all about? Is something going to pop out at me? You open the box. ! There's a cute little charm! It's a Japanese symbol! I don't know what it means, but's it's Japanese, I already love it!"
"It means 'protected'." Harry said as if he read your mind. He lifted his arm to show a bracelet with another Japanese symbol. "This one means 'protector'. I wanted you to have something that made you a little more safe and a little less lonely. Just remember that I will always protect you, and keep you safe, and be there for you weather I'm right beside you, or on the other side of the world."