Parallels Intertwined

Chapter7

She got up early just as soon as her alarm rang... got ready in black wide-leg denim jeans, a brown and white striped shirt with the front half-tucked in, her hair in a bun fixed in place by chopsticks and brown suede ballet flats. Mascara and winged eyeliner followed by sprays of rose water to keep her face fresh.

She took her essentials and went down for a quick grab of coffee and breakfast to go, then went on to pick up the yellow nail polish a shade between bright yellow and mustard yellow.

Reaching the set she started checking on all the materials if they were ready or needed any last-minute touches. Sam joined in shortly after, then the rest followed in one by one. The director called Bri and started to explain how the shots would be taken and how the scenery would fall into place.

Twenty minutes before the shooting began, a random set crew tapped Bri on her shoulder to get her attention and informed her 'Mr. Styles is asking for you!', "where is he sitting though?" 'He is sitting at your extreme right corner next to the bright red car!' "Alright thank you"

She excused herself and went to him, "Hey!", 'Hey, Could you paint my nails please?'Yeah, she pulled a chair closer to Harry and sat in it, removing the bumblebee colours out, started painting them on alternate fingers. She was trying so hard to concentrate so she would paint within the boundaries when he interrupted her by saying.

"So I really need something! I really can't start without it!" he expressed in urgency... without looking up she answered 'okay tell your manager or your assistant to get it '. "I can't imagine asking them for it, It's not something they can get and I really don't want it from them." ' well, can't you just go get it yourself?' "I don't think she would like that especially since it's too new, to begin with." she looked up and arched her eyebrows 'You're being weird, weirder than usual, what do you want?' He raised his index finger, tapped his dimpled cheek, and squinted his eyes. She snorted and began to cough which encouraged Harry, even more, so keeps alternating his cheek tapping 'Nope, not a chance! We are in public, I'm not gonna do that.'

He began to giggle and crunch his nose at how adorably self-conscious and red her cheeks got. 'Jeez, man! Are you trying to give me a heart attack, just give me your hand!' she snatched his hand back and continued to quickly paint the rest of them.

Closing the bottle, blowing on his finger to dry them off quickly, jumped out of her seat, and jogged away, "You're just gonna leave me hanging here?" With a mischievous shrug 'Maybe' she giggled and skipped backward, quickly turned around and jogged away and heard "oh! come on" she heard in the distance.

Moments later Harry's phone buzzed, opening the chat a text read "see this every now and then" followed by a gif of Bri pulling a funny face and a flying kiss at the end.

This time he was the blushing apple, he surfaced the crowd to find her admiring him and, smirking away, wearing her shades she bit her tongue, and went back to her work.

Harry didn't step out of his Dreamland for a while, then the shoot began and it went out in a blur by the time they were done Bri was exhausted from all the running around...she went to her room order a margarita pizza on Uber eats followed by a quick shower, coming out in black shorts and an anchor T-back top.

She went down a bit earlier than the delivery of her pizza to buy a bottle of coke. Once she was holding both in each hand she made her way to the rooftop. Sat right in the center of the floor, played her favourite classical playlist on Spotify, the fizz of the coke settled down and the pure bliss of cheese oozing away as she took the first bite.

The sky was filled with stars, some shining bright and strong like the extrovert of my world while the others a bit shy twinkling once in a while, all admiring her from afar. She away her head along the symphony playing around her. Little alone all did good and what more could she ask for pizza, a bottle of coke, music, and the stars. The happy ending to an eventful day she thought to herself.

Once the last bite left her mouth and went down her throat, she dusted her palm over the open box closing it and she stood up from her previously crossed leg position, walking the same way backdropping the box in the trash.

Walking down her corridor, she saw him knocking at her door, Yo! she calls to him, what are you up to? "I wanted to ask you if you wanna have dinner together!", he says placing his hands in his pocket. "Umm, I can give you company? I just finished eating dinner", she explained.

'Come on, let's go in and you can order here!', she swiped her card and walked in and Harry followed after, she placed the half-full coke bottle on the table and passed him the menu. She sat on her bed and patted the empty space next to her wanting him to sit by her He glanced through the menu and placed his order for cheese garlic beard, chicken Caesar salad, and a hot chocolate... Bri passed a judgemental look for the drink.

He thanked the person on the other end of the line and kept the phone down. It will take around twenty minutes to arrive, he informed her as he wrapped his arm around her. "Long day ha!", Yeah I finished a whole pizza, not like it was difficult or anything but it felt so good! She moaned and rubbed her tummy, which looked toned as before.

"That's good you should eat till your heart content, you can have the garlic bread too if you want!", "Nah I'm full hun, you can have the leftover coke though", "So I was thinking about how...and the doorbell rang followed 'room serve', Harry got up and opened the door for the server to place the tray on her bed, Thanked him as he left"

Rubbing his palm against each other he mumbled 'let's eat', he placed the hot chocolate next to the coke bottle and began to eat his salad and Bri played a romantic comedy movie on Netflix. As the movie played along they would steal a glance at each and he fed her the last piece of the cheesy garlic bread. The movie lasted for two hours, he got up and placed the empty tray outside her room and by then the hot chocolate was just chocolate milk now as cold as the room was, he picked up the glass and passed it to Bri.

She squinted her eyes at him wondering why? "You like your hot chocolate cold, so I ordered it for you beforehand", she went on her knees and wrapped her arms around his slick back and squeezed him out of happiness... "if you keep doing this, I'm never gonna let you go", "yes! The plans working" he wrapped his open arm around her squeezed her back.

"Okay, okay now give me my chocolate milk!" She giggled as she let him go. She took it from his hand, sipped it, and sighed in satisfaction, he kissed the top of her head. 'I'll get going now, goodnight!", "Aaaaayyy, don't go! Stay for five minutes please! Pleaseeee! She gave him a puppy dog face. "Yeah I'll stay," he sat himself down and this time she wrapped herself around him making sure he couldn't move.

He adored his little monkey and loved how open and free she was with him away from the public eye, they would act like teenagers, saying one thing but meaning the exact opposite just to get the exact reaction they wanted in the first place.

Happiness was radiating from them, because she had her chocolate milk and her guy, as for him, he was right where he belonged in the arms of someone who didn't judge him but held his hand in his journey to wherever it led.

She slurped on her milk, rested his head on her shoulder, slowly shutting his eyes he let sleep take over. She sat in the same position for as long as she could do that he wouldn't wake up but that didn't last too long, so she supported him and made him lie down, took off his shoes, switched off the lights, she threw her leg over his and she too fell asleep.