Forced to move, Ember Evergreen has to say goodbye to her best friend. She never thought she would see him again and it broke her heart.
10 years later, winning a raffle in New York she finds herself in a peculiar situation. She had won concert tic...
"I don't know what I want to be... but I know I want to figure it out as we go."
"Okay, I'm good with that" Harry responded, squeezing my thighs. I smiled and nodded, kissing the tip of his nose making him smile. I look around the party, meeting eyes with Alicia. Shit, I should've minded my business. "Uh- your girlfriends coming over here" I said, the room starting to spin, the alcohol still flowing through my blood.
"Not my girlfriend" Harry smiled under his breath, turning around to face her but still standing between my legs as I sat on the kitchen counter. My head suddenly felt heavy, so I laid on Harrys shoulder, nuzzling into his neck.
It was definitely not on purpose.
The smile on her face faltered and I felt Harrys head look down as he tried to hide his own. "Hey Hare Bear!" Alicia yelled over the music, squeezing his bicep with her small hand. Harry moved his arm out of her grasp, "Did you need something Alicia? You having a good time?" Damn him and his manners, tell her to fuck off already!
If looks could kill I'd be a dead woman, I swear Alicia was like sooo beautiful, but a real snake. Wait a minute, she is really hot. Fuck, I shook my head to get the thoughts out of my mind. Drunk Ember does not have boundaries. Which was quickly proven as I wrapped my arms around Harrys neck, hugging him from behind as his hands found my knees, resting on them. "Thanks for the tequila Alicia!" I slurred, sending her a big thumbs up.
She rolled her shoulders, ignoring me and looking back at Harry. "Wanna get out of here?" She made sure to flutter her eyes like a fucking bitch, glancing at me for a second as she did.
Okay, I had enough of this. I moved Harry to the side by his shoulders, his brows shot up in surprise as I stumbled off the counter, somehow being able to stand on my own. To be fair I wobbled a bit to catch my balance as they watched, but I made it. I took a step towards Alicia, her eyes growing wide and her mouth dropping as if I was some disgusting bug in front of her.
She was taller than me but I was in no way intimidated as I stood high on my heels shoving my finger in her face. "Listen here bl- blondie. Harry has made it pretty clear he doesn't want to sleep with you okay? Do you know what no means? It means no. So go run along and 'do a lap' or leave." I said, her eyes growing even bigger as I talked.
She shook her head slightly and looked at Harry for help, who only shrugged, looking immensely proud. She whined and walked away, going to the group of friends she came with, pointing at me as they talked. I ignored them and stumbled towards Harry, almost falling in his arms as the heels I was wearing made it pretty difficult to walk. "That was- pretty amazing" He laughed as he held me up, I laid my head on his chest and laughed myself, not believing I did that.
Looking up and resting my chin on his chest I poked his dimple, his eyes lighting up at the action. "Can I get changed now? I'm tired" He nodded and walked with me upstairs into his room where he threw me a pair of boxers and an old sweatshirt. "Thank you" I smiled, sitting on his bed as I stumbled with the straps on my heels, listening to the muffled music from downstairs.
I groaned out loud and crashed on the bed as I couldn't get my heels off, my coordination being way off. I heard a breathy laugh from Harry as he pulled me to sit up and knelt down in front of me, taking my shoes off for me. "Thanks" I blushed as he gently placed them on the dresser next to his bed. He stood up and looked at me, awkwardly clearing his throat. "Are you gonna be okay taking that off?" He said, pointing to the dress.
I looked down, pouting when I couldn't even untie the string in the front of it. I looked up at him shaking my head as he nodded and pulled me up to stand, it being easier now that my feet were on the flat floor. He turned me around, me back facing him as it got quiet.
He cleared his throat again and untied the string in front of me, the dress feeling looser already. He moved his hands to my shoulders and paused, "This is okay?" I took a breath and nodded, the air suddenly feeling thicker than before. He let out a shaky breath and pulled down the left sleeve, then the right, and instead of pulling the dress down he grabbed the sweater from his bed.
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"Hands up" I followed his order and held them up as he pulled the sweater over my head, making sure it covered my bum as he pulled the dress out from under it. He then turned me around to face him, seeing my flushed cheeks and grabbing the boxers pulling each of my legs through it. When I was all dressed he gently pressed his lips to my forehead, "There we go, you comfortable?" I nodded sheepishly as he smiled, "You tired?"
"A bit"
"Here, I'll walk you to your room" As he placed his hand on my waist to escort me to the guest bedroom I paused, "Uhm- would it be okay if... If I stayed here?" I asked, twiddling my fingers as the sleeves of the sweater hung from my arm, it being too large for me. He looked caught off guard from the question but nodded, walking to his bed and pulling the covers back for me as I got it.
"There you go, I'm gonna go let everyone know the party's over alright?" I nodded as I could already feel the sleep taking over my body. "Goodnight Ember" He said, closing the door behind him.
