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Chapter 16

"Okay ready?" Harry asks and I nod, smiling.

"Rock...paper...scissors...shoot!"

"Oh that's not fair!" Harry wails, leaning back in his chair and I smirk."You have got to be cheating." he comes to a conclusion and I scoff.

"How in the world would I possibly cheat at rock paper scissors?" I question, shaking my head and we both laugh before I lie down as well. One arm is wrapped around my shoulder while the other intertwines our fingers.

"Are you excited to be going to Italy?" he quietly asks and I nod.

"Why would I not be?" I ask and he shrugs.

"I don't know, I'm just...worried." he confesses, eyebrows knitting together.

"Worried? About what?"

"Well...you and me." he says and I frown. "No, no, no! Not like that." he rushes, noticing my expression. "I mean it's more the paparazzi and the tabloids. Not that I care what they think but..." he hesitates.

"But what?"

"But I just don't want them to run you away from me." he says, looking up into my eyes. "Now that the world knows that you and I are together, they aren't going to give it a rest. You'll be everywhere." he explains. 

"Be ready for the hate, for the rumours, for the ridiculously twisted and demented stories..." he trails off, kissing our intwined fingers. "But none of that matters because I'll be right here. Every single day." 

"You promise?" He holds up the hand that was previously holding mine.

"Scouts honor." he says before smiling and rejoining our hands. I rest my head on his shoulder, sighing in contentment.

"Is this okay?" he asks. "I mean the plane ride. I know you were a little nervous about it before."

"Ugh don't remind me." I groan, snuggling in further into his chest. "I hate flying."

"Why?" he asks out of pure curiousity.

"I don't know it's just...the fact that we could possibly crash at any second is scary. And then there's the other fact that we're thousands of feet above the ground." I shake my head.

"Well don't think of it like that." he says. "Think of it as looking at the world from a different perspective." he says, pausing before continuing.

"Everything's so beautiful up here. It's kind of like life. Sometimes we need to look at it from a different point of view to really appreciate the beauty of it." He presses his lips to mine in a lingering kiss before we both look out the window, appreciating the beauty of this world together.

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 "Where are we staying?" I ask once we're all inside the van.

 "I can't tell you. You know, Alli Cat, you're really bad at wanting to keep surprises a surprise." Harry answers with a smile.

 "Okay, okay fine. I won't ask where we're going anymore. I promise." I say.

 "Promise?" Harry asks, sneaking a sideways glance towards me. I pretend to zip my lips, lock them, and then throw away the key and he laughs.

"Look out the window." he instructs. "We're gonna go more sightseeing later. We never really got to look around Italy because whenever we came we were on tour and we were so busy.

"We've been wanting to come back for the longest." Liam says. The beauty of Italy literally takes my breath away and I'm stunned for a moment before I use common sense and pull out my camera, taking numerous photos of the stunningness of this country around me.