TREPIDATION // h.s

CHAPTER 38 //

Delilah Allen

"Harry..." I ask while my head is nuzzled into his neck, and his arm is still around my waist.

"Yeah?" 

"Why don't you show anyone this side of you?"

"What side?" He asks looking down at me.

"You know this soft and sweet and cuddly side." I pout at him, but he just shakes his head, dismissing me.

"I'm not one of those things Li, that's why." 

I wish he could see himself through my eyes, to realize just how brilliant he is. 

I sigh. "I hope that one day you'll see it." He looks a little uncomfortable so I decide to just leave it at that. The last thing I want is for him to pull away again. 

"Come watch us play tonight?" He asks after a couple seconds of silence.

"Of course." I nod and I kiss his cheek. 

After sitting there on the beach, in each other's arms for a little more, we decided to head home. We both took showers and got dressed before we met up with everyone else to go to the club where they'll be playing at tonight.

Harry Styles

On our way to the club, I couldn't even take my eyes off her. Watching her laugh and make jokes with Niall, whispering with Harley, and just seeing her happy like this, made me realize how much I really care about her, and how much the thought of hurting her scares me

Somehow the one person who should have stayed away from me the most crawled into my heart the quickest.

"Hey..." She almost whispers as she places her soft hand on top of mine. 

"Hmm?" I snap out of my thoughts.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just thinking."

"About what?" She smiles up at me.

"Important things." 

"What important things?" She pushes in a playful manner.

I bring my hand up to her face and I lightly pinch her nose with my thumb and my index finger. "Nosy are we?" 

I laugh and then she pushes me away and rolls her eyes. I quickly grab her waist to pull her to me and then I throw it over her shoulder. We sit like that, with her under my arm the remainder of the way to the club.

When we arrive at the familiar place, we say our hello's and then we head over to the bar. We all ordered our drinks, but when I asked Li if she wanted anything, she declined, which was weird considering she usually likes a drink. I didn't want to make a big deal about it so I just let it go. 

"So, you like her?" Niall asks me when Li and Quinn are too distracted by each other to listen.

"Bugger off Niall." I take a sip of my whiskey, giving him a side-eye.

"I'm just asking ya know, I see the way you look at her." Both of us look over at her. She's so effortlessly beautiful. She's not even trying and yet she's the most beautiful girl in here. "I don't blame you though." He adds, alarming me a little.

He keeps his gaze on her, as he subtly wets his bottom lip. "I mean with an ass that." He sucks air through his teeth. His words making my jaw clench, hard.

"And I'm sure that mouth does wonders." Yeah, that's just about enough to send me into a rage of anger.

I lean forward and I harshly grab the collar of his shirt, yanking him. "Niall," I warn.