Winter girlfriend. h.s.

Part Eighteen.

h.s.

I look up to see my favorite doctor and smile. "Hi." I simply said. "Now, can somebody tell me what's happened?" He said looking towards Beth. "Yes, today we painted my bedroom, across the corridor, and once we finished he went ahead to clean the rolls while I placed back the lid on the gallons of paint and take off the plastics on the floor when I noticed that he forgot the brushes and I walked out to the kitchen and went to touch his arms and he jumped because I scared him out of his thoughts, I think, and he looked pale. More than usual and then he fainted, my first instinct was to hold him or at least his head for it not to get hurt with the fall." Beth said looking between me and the floor. The doctor nodded and direct himself to me. "Harry, how are your sleeping circles going since you came back from tour?"
"Same old; you know. Insomnia and nightmares, deadly combination." I answered. "Indeed it is." He said placing his bag on my bed. "Now let's do the basics and then I'm off." The doctor said and I nodded.
"Excuse me doctor, but off? What do you mean by that?" Beth asked. "Yes, you see; this is not the first time Harry does this to me, he knows that he needs to rest during and specially after tours. Give me your hand, Harry. But this devil never does and on top of that he doesn't talk to me about it. Open your mouth. And at the end of the day he scares the life out of people, specially the close ones. Tilt you head, Harry. But this is the first time he did it with a girl, usually it happens on tour or when Louis is around." The doctor said.

"Yes, I think my call came at a good time." Louis said putting his arm around Beth, giving her some support. "Scaring the life out of me, you've got that right." She said and none of us could hold in our laughter. With the environment lightened up and the doctor writing a prescription for the headache and big amounts of sleep; all of us walk back to the kitchen. "Well I'm off, my wife must be hungry. Good night boys, Beth." And when he was about to open the door we heard a knock on it. He opened the door and it was Cho, our take out delivery man. I knew then that good food was coming to me. "Excuse me." the doctor said walking away. "Hey Cho!" I say a bit down compared to every other time I've welcomed him. "Hello Harry, you look dead, are you okay?" "Hello Cho" Louis interrupts. "Sir Louis, long time no see." he says bowing his head and then high fiving Lou. "He's alright, just tired." Louis said taking the food of his hands and placing it on the table. "Cho, I want you to meet Beth, she's my newest girlfriend and a great friend." "Nice to meet you Beth." Cho said holding his hand to shake. Beth shakes his and says "A pleasure."

"She's not a fake, Harry." Cho says looking at me directly to my face, I nod in agreement. "I must be going, I have to deliver other orders." "Thank you Cho, say hello to your father, and thank you again for being a friend." I say appreciating his attention torwards me. "No problem, you can always call me." Cho says bowing his head, as I bow mine in respect. "Sir Louis" he says high fiving him "Beth" he says bowing his head to her and taking her hand before kissing the back of it. "Nice to meet you, Cho." Beth says, with a tint of blush on her cheeks. Once Cho leaves my flat Louis closes the door and says "I'm starving Styles." "I know Louis, I know." I say turning my eyes, he's always hungry. "Are we going to need plates?" Beth asks. "Not, really. I think its best to eat it from the containers, we'll be saving planet Earth." Louis answes her question, rather politely.

"The chopsticks are on the cabinet on the right side of the sink." I tell her as I sit down. Beth nods and walks torwards the cabinet taking 3 pairs of chopsticks as Louis starts taking the food out of the bag. Once Beth comes back and sits with us, silence filled the apartment as we ate peacefully. "This is really good!" Beth says with a full mouth. "Wait, here have this, you'll love it!" Louis says giving her a dumpling, she finishes what she was chewing and took the dumpling and bite it and all we heard was "Hmmmm!" as Louis and I high five each other in agreement. And continue eating. After all the containers are empty and our stomachs full. We put away the trash and washed the chopsticks.

"I'll be back, if anything happens tell me if I'm of any help, after that I'll be heading home and leave you both to rest." I heard Louis say to Beth as I started walking to my bedroom, followed by the sound of the keys and the door closing. Once I reach my room I notice that there's a chair in a wrong place and I take it where it belongs, even though Louis lived with me he never got really used to my furniture arrangement. Once I place it where it goes, I walk back towards my bed and sat on the end of it. "How are you feeling?" Beth says, leaning against the door frame. "Tired." I answer. "That's good, but you can't go to bed just yet. Louis is looking for the pills." She says. "Thank you." I tell her feeling she really deserved a sorry. "No, Harry; there's no need to say thank you," she says walking to me and standing in front of me. "You're a person, and I know I've known you for less than 48 hours but if I'm living with someone I will look after them. You're a person and I care less if you're the big pop star phenomenon from the world wide known boyband One Direction." The look in her eyes made me want to cry. Her words leave me wordless and unresponsive. All I'm able to do is nod my head. "Good, now I'm going to the kitchen and get you a glass of water. I'll be right back." She walks away and out of the room. I let my body fall onto the bed. I stare at the ceiling and I see the lights of the night reflected on every wall and the Reds more vibrant than ever and I see the blinking lights of decoration for the holiday.
And once I blink my eyes I start to notice shadows of something going up. I get up from my bed and look outside and notice the 1st snow of Winter.