Darling // h.s

chapter ➪ 12

harry

i woke up this morning to magnolia still cuddled into my chest. i still don't know how this happened last night but i'm very happy it did.

you see it's not that i kidnapped her to be with me but if that did end up happening i'd be okay with it. i don't want to force her to do anything she doesn't want to because i know what it feels like.
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flashback

"harry, i don't see what the big deal is, your 16 most and most people have lost their virginity by now."

"baby i just don't want to," i tell her.

"come on don't be such a prude, you know how bad it looks for me to be dating a virgin. live a little and get out of that sad little bubble of yours," she tells me in a snarle.

"i said i don't want to. i want to wait till i know what i want to do with my life," i tell her.

"what do you don't think you're gonna stay with me? is that what you're trying to tell me," she says while she moves on top of me to straddle my waist.
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i feel magnolia move a little bit in my arms and see her eyes flutter open.

"good morning maggie," i say.

"good morning harry," she tells me.

she looks up into my eyes and smiles. she sits up from my arms and turns her body towards me.

"look harry i don't know if we should be doing all the cuddling and stuff. it just decent seem right because you kidnapped me not even 72 hours ago. and i'm not really into relationships. i'm sorry but i know you kidnapped me and i'm kind of forced to stay here but maybe it's best if we keep a little distance," she tells me.

"okay... i guess. i don't want you to do anything you wouldn't want to," i say back.

she gets up and walks out of my room in my clothes and wow she is very pretty.

i get up and walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth. i brush them and tame my hair that is always messy in the mornings.

i walk downstairs to see magnolia in the kitchen and see lillie, liam, niall, and louis sitting at the large counter.

"are you guys making maggie cook for you," i ask them.

"hey she offered, i'll never turn down food being cooked for me," liam says.

"i can make you some to if you'd like harry, it's nothing special just eggs, bacon, and toast," she says to me.

"no it's okay, i'll make something myself."

"are you sure, it's really no big deal," she tells me.

"yeah it's okay," i say back.

i grab the milk and cereal and make me a bowl of cereal.

magnolia stares me down then rolls her eyes.

"what," i ask her.

"harry i literally just offered to make you a healthy meal and you decided to eat cereal instead."

"well i'm keeping my distance," i tell her and turn away while rolling my eyes.

"real mature harry," she says back.

i walk out the back door and sit on one of the chairs that's on the back patio.

i began eating my bowl of cereal when i hear the door open behind me. it's maggie.

i turn my head away from her and she rolls her eyes as i do so.

"harry can you stop!"

"i'm keeping my distance."

"god dammit harry," she says slamming her hand down on the table.

it causes me to flinch a little and i look up at her with wide eyes. "what the hell is your problem? you are the one who said you wanted to keep a distance so i'm keeping my distance. if it's so hard for yourself to do what you said then don't say it."

"harry i'm trying, you make it so god damn difficult."

"i'm not even do anything, i'm doing what you said."

"you are so naïve," she yells while storming inside.

i look back and see lillie looking at magnolia then back to me. she gets up from her chair and turns towards me.

as she slams the back door open i see the anger on her face.

"i don't know who the hell you think you are but you are not aloud to make magnolia cry and yell like that. i haven't heard or seen her like this since noah and if you are anything like him you will not see the light of tomorrow. she deserves so much and it is so hard for her to see that. so if you show or tell her anything in that matter that she doesn't deserve so much then we will find a way to leave," lillie says while yelling it very close to my face.

"maggie said she wanted to keep a distance so i am giving her a distance. i am trying to make her feel safe because i don't want her to be scared but everything i do just ends up making her yell or cry."

"i don't care how god damn hard you're trying but it's not hard enough. so try harder or just fücking leave her alone because if i see maggie cry one more time i will kick your ass. do you understand?"

"i would like to see you try" i say.

she looks at me with wide eyes and lifts her hand up to hit me in the face but before she does, liam grabs her by her waist and picks her up.

"put me down," she screams.

she starts flailing her arms and kicking her legs while liam brings her inside and upstairs.

"crazy i tell you, crazy," niall says as i walk inside to go put my bowl in the dishwasher.

"tell me about it."

"hey i have an idea," he says

"what."

"what if later tonight after everyone is cooled down and doesn't have steam coming out their ears or tears falling  down their face, we play a nice game of spin the bottle..."

"niall if it some how lands on lillie and i have to kiss her she will end up biting off my lip," i tell him.

okay yeah maybe but what if it lands on magnolia and you get to kiss her.."

"niall i don't think magnolia wants to kiss me so i don't think it's gonna happen and i will not make her kiss me if she doesn't want too because that stands against everything i believe in. also how would it work when there is only two girls and four of us?"

" i could go in to town and invite a couple more girls," niall says with a smirk.

"oh shut up, you aren't doing that."

"well then we'll have to find a way to make it work with just the 6 of us then."

i guess a game of spin the bottle wouldn't be that bad right?