Secret Admirers //one direction//

Chapter 5

I wait for Harry in the college parking lot as directed by him during lunchtime when he joined me and Zayn in the canteen. After about 5-10 minutes, I see him walking towards me. I take the passenger seat in his car. None has spoken a single word till now. I look out of the car window, it's not raining now, but the sky is cloudy.

I noticed that we have been driving towards the outskirts of the town. The air here is refreshing. Harry stops the car near a small hilly area. We get down from the car and he climbs up a few rocks. Then he turns around and stretches one of his hands towards me. I take his hand and he pulls me up.

Once we reach a surface I find the hill has seven old trees and wild flowers. There were no insects due to the Monsoon season.

Harry walks towards an edge and sits down on a rocky surface. I settle down beside him. I can literally get the view of the entire town from here. I look up at the sky of mackerel clouds, crimson and amber-tainted.

"This is just perfect! Thank you so much for bringing me here!" I say, looking at him.

"This place is very special..."

"It's so beautiful! How did you find this hill?" I ask

"When you cannot find a reason to live, your destiny provides you with one. My destiny brought me up here. You can say this place has been my saviour several times and also my reason to live"

I go numb hearing what he just said. He needed a reason to live that means he wanted to die! But why?

"Hey you should complete your painting before it starts raining again!" He says.

He gets up and starts to roam around the place. I take my painting stuffs and start to paint. It took about half an hour to complete the painting. Once done I gather all the stuffs in my bag and get up to find where Harry might be. I find him standing near a very old tree.

"I'm done" I say, standing beside him.

"This is a maple tree." He sits under the tree. "Come sit!" he says. I sit beside him.

"Do you often come here?" I ask.

He nods.

There were flowers, many kinds, white, yellow, purple and blue. It was nobody's place. Nobody owned that hill, but it was beautiful and peaceful. I never thought Harry could have taken me to such a blissful place!

"I think that, these kind of places are meaningful to people because they are natural and people can be there alone, away from their everyday life. I come here to be alone or to dream with my eyes open admiring the blue sky or the clouds. I like to lay down on the grass, listen to the wind, kiss the flowers and watch the leaves moving." Harry says.

I can't believe my ears! Did I really hear all of that? Whatever Harry said felt so personal...and he seems to be so calm, soothing, nature-loving and romantic, just as I expected him to be, the first day I met him in the psychology class.

I brought the Polaroid camera which the unknown person had gifted me weeks ago. I take it and get up to click some pictures of this place.

"Photographer, huh?" Harry says, I see the corner of his lips turn up.

"Just a hobby..!" I smile.

We roam around clicking pictures and appreciating the beauty of nature. Suddenly we notice the sky getting dark again followed by the sound and flicker of lightning.

"I think it's going to pour heavily! We should return" I speak up. Harry nods and we get down the hill.

We were almost at my place when it started raining heavily accompanied by thunderstorms. I sensed it was being very difficult for him to drive. Luckily we reach my house soon.