Hero

Epilogue

6AM, some day after.

The ever annoying alarm clock wakes Javier from her not-yet-blissful sleep, she was still constantly dreaming of Harry, but it was getting better. She has recently taken up jogging in the morning, after eating all those junk food and takeout after Harry’s death. To be honest, she has grown quite a stomach and since she has recovered (or so she says) from the tragedy, she was determined to get her body back in shape.

She was ready to start again.

Javier notices that one of her neighbours is up jogging at this ungodly hour too, and boy, was he cute.

10AM, some day after that.

The shop’s been doing great, mostly because of all those hot new boybands that are popping up all over the place. Javier thanks the lord for all these handsome boys with big dreams. On this Tuesday, in the queue behind a group of teenage girls was the insanely cute neighbour from the other day. His beach-blond hair was in an up-do, his blue eyes like the colour of the sky.

“Hi, I’m Niall.”

6PM, someday even later.

“So, what movie did you get?” Niall asks Javier as she goes to the kitchen to get food and drinks.

“The Maze Runner, and I’m really excited for this one, heard that it’s awesome.”

They were currently at Javier’s for movie night, as they do every Friday. She grabs the pizza from the oven and with her penguin-covered oven mitts, carries it over to Niall in the living room. Coming back into the kitchen for drinks, Jav opens the fridge and glimpses at the two juice cartons, side by side, apple and grape, before grabbing them both. She walks towards Niall a second time as she sets down the drinks. By the time Javier settles down on the sofa, snuggling next to her boyfriend, the opening scenes of her soon-to-be favourite movie are already playing.

11PM, quite a while later.

The view was simply breathtaking, but Javier thought that her companion was even better than the world around her. They were sitting at the top of a cliff, facing the gushing oceans below. Niall had attempted to make a picnic for the two of them, but in the end he just ordered pizza, not that Jav minded, she wasn’t one of those romantic types. And now… what is he doing?

Niall was getting down on one knee.

A mob of curly hair poked out from a surrounding tree. Harry stepped out from his hiding spot and watched as the happy couple embraced and kissed each other passionately.

He smiles, and, not wanting to intrude on their special night, he prepares to leave.

Oh, right, he’s a ghost and no one can see him now.

Maybe he’ll stay for a little while.

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