The One That Will Always Be Chapter 3.
The short walk to Lulu's Diner seemed like an eternity in my head. When I walked through the glass doors, Harry was no where in sight. I decided to sit at the counter and order a small chocolatye milkshake.
"Excuse me. Can I have one chocolate milkshake to go?" I asked the young waitress.
"Sure, coming right up!"
A few moments later I was sipping on my thick milkshake that tasted so delicious. I was starting to doubt that Harry would show up which made me very disappointed. My mind was racing and coming up with reasons why he had not yet shown up.
Before I knew it my milkshake was all gone and my head hurt from the start of a brain freeze. I stuck my index finger to the roof of my mouth hoping to stop the brain freeze before it worsened. No such luck...my head was now throbbing and I couldn't even hear my self think. The waitress walked by to retrieve my now empty glass and gave me a puzzling look.
"You alright hun?" She asked me with a smirk. I managed to nod my head in reply while she handed me the small check.
My brain freeze now passed and I pulled out one of the bills shoved in my wrist-let and handed it to the woman.
"Thank you. Have a nice day and try not to get any more brain freezes!" She said with a laugh.
"I'll try." I said laughing at myself thinking what had just happened. I've been in Holmes Chapel a whole two days and I have already made a lasting impression at the local diner.
I took out my white iPhone and checked the time. Harry was now twenty minutes late and I was sure he wasn't going to show. I sighed and put my phone away as I turned to the direction of my house. I had made it only about five meters when I saw him running full speed down the sidewalk waving his arms like a maniac. Letting out a small giggle and letting my face turn the bright red of a tomato was a feeling I would never forget.
"Taylor! Taylor!" Harry screamed while he was approaching me, "I am so sorry I am late! My mom made me clean my room before I could leave the house." He ran up to me and hunched over with his hands on his knees, huffing and puffing. I couldn't help but laugh at the sight I was witnessing.
"Hey missy. No laughing. I just sprinted all the way over here." Harry said trying to be serious but completely failing.
"You would laugh to if you just saw what you were doing." I said reinacting his flailing run. He just stared and when I was done started busting out laughing. This made me blush considering what I just did in the middle of the street.
"So love. You ready to see where you now live?"
"I was born ready!" I said giggling.
We walked for a while. Side by Side. Every once and a while I would just breathe in his scent. I know this sounds weird but if you were next to him, you would understand. We passed Jadrel Bank Observatory in which Harry explained housed the a seventy-six meter telescope. He made it sound really cool, but it's not something that I am interested in. I seemed interested since he was going through all this trouble to show me around. Next we passed a the Croco Brook Farm, The Yellow Broom Restaurant and The Fortune City Restaurant. I was going to have to stop into those to try out the food, I thought to myself.
He showed me a few more places that I did not really remember because I was staring at him. In the middle of the tour we some how started holding hands which was fine by me. The last stop on our tour was to the park where we first met. We sat on a park bench at the center of the park and just started chatting. We exchanged phone numbers, played twenty questions and told each other our child hood stories. He was so easy to talk to and I told him a lot considering I just met him earlier in the day.
I looked down at my phone and noticed that it was already 9 o'clock. The sun went down and the park lights filled the air with forced light that we didn't seem to notice.
"So I guess I should be getting you home now?" Harry asked in a disappointed tone.
"Yes..my dad is probably freaking out." I replied with a smile.
"Well..." He said standing up and reaching his hand out for mind, "Show me the way love."
We walked in silence until we stopped at the end of my driveway. He didn't let go of my hand and I didn't let go of his.
He looked right into my eyes and said, "Taylor. I know we just met this morning but this is the happiest I have been in a long time. It is so easy to talk to you and it makes me feel amazing."
"Same here Harry. I have a feeling this is going to be an amazing summer."
Suddenly, his face face was inches from mine and my stomach filled with butterflies. His lips pressed against mine with just enough pressure to make my whole body tingle. It felt like the world stopped spinning in the instance we became one. We released and all that was left on both of our faces were huge smiles.
"Babe..." Harry said to knock me out of my daydream. "I love you."
"I love you too, Harry" I said pushing a small strand of his curly hair out of his eyes. He leaned in and kissed me gently on the lips. His lips felt different than the first time they were pressed against mine. Now when I kissed him I could still taste the reminence of my cherry lip gloss which was now ever present on his soft lips. I still feel butterflies when Harry kisses me, even a year and a half later.