Nightingale

twenty-two

I'm in the middle of the ocean. The sky is dark and stormy with lighting crackling in the thick clouds.

Struggling to keep my freezing body above the crashing waves.

With each wave that hits a small amount of my strength leaves with it.

I thrash around in the water and look for anything that can help me. I see a boat coming towards me. I try to wave my arms around to get the boat's attention. As it comes closer I see it's Harry on the boat.

"Harry help me!" I scream and cough out as salty water flows into my mouth.

"Why would I help you!" He shouts back.

"Because you're all I have, everyone else leaves me! Harry please!"

"No wonder they left, who could love you?" He angrily shouts.

My body is becoming tired but I keep fighting to stay above water.

"You love me!" I scream.

"I never loved you!"

With that a huge wave comes and topples over me sending deep under the water. I try to fight my way back to the surface but the pressure of everything around me makes it almost impossible. It's dark and I'm alone. I don't want to be alone.

I squeeze my eyes shut and scream under the water.

I jolt up from my sleep screaming and covered in a layer of sweat. I look around the room and Harry isn't in here. I throw the covers off of my sweat drenched body; wipe off the tears streaming down my face and run into the bathroom. He's not in there. Where the hell is he?

I run out of my room and towards the room where all of his things are.

"Harry?" I called out once in the room. I walk in and look around and see the bed untouched. I push into his bathroom and again empty.

"Harry!" I shout as I rush back into the hallway. I ran down the staircase almost tripping and falling down with the rate I was going at. I stop once I'm in the living room and look into the glass wall of the gym but he's not in there either.

"Harry!" I shout again and head into the kitchen area. Where the fuck did he go. He wouldn't have just leave me here right? He's told me every time he's left the hotel so, where did he go?

I drop down onto the kitchen floor to try and ground myself before going into a full blown panic attack. I'm alone. I hug my knees and rest my forehead on the top of them. I'm sitting like that for god knows how long before I hear the elevator ding. I hurriedly stand up from the kitchen floor and rush into the living room.

"Hey Caro-"

"Fuck you!" I hit Harry's chest repeatedly while cursing him out. Tears spilling out of my eyes again.

"Woah woah woah, what's going on?" Harry asks with concern laced in his voice. His large hands wrap around my wrists to stop my assault.

"Don't ever do that again! Don't leave me alone like that!" I shout at him in between sobs.

"I was just checking us out of the hotel. I was gone for 10 minutes." Harry says softly, obviously trying to calm me down.

I break my wrists away from his hold on them and pace around with one hand running over my face and another through my long red hair. It was just a dream. You're fine Parker stop being dramatic.

"You wanna tell me what's going on?" Harry asks as I continue to pace around.

"I woke up and I was alone." I rush out due to my panicked state.