| When We Were in Love | |H.S|

| 18 | What a Time |

"I feel a little nauseous and my hands are shaking

I guess that means you're close by"

-What a Time, Julia Michaels (Feat. Niall Horan) 2019.

| Lily |

| Four Months Later |

"Okay, okay, okay, hear me out, hear me out. Let's just try it," Jared said quickly as he held my hands down with one of his hands while the other was trying to grab my face.

"Oh my god, leave me alone!" I said shaking my head, while laughing.

"Stop moving!" he said also laughing while now moving a bit closer to me.

"Settle down!" his British accent said with a struggle.

"Jared!" I continued to shake my head as I started to slowly fall back onto the couch. As I slowly fell onto my back on the couch, Jared followed forward. His legs were on each side of me while his hand was reaching for my face and the other hand kept my hands down.

"Come on, we won't know if it's a myth until we've tried it!" he argued.

"I don't want to try it!" I argued back. Jared was trying to stick a piece of string in my nose to see if it would make me sneeze. He was pretty confident it would work but I wasn't as confident in it, also I didn't need my nose to be tickled right now, or at any time really.

"Come on, don't be so difficult. Take one for the team," he laughed.

"You do it!"

"I don't want my nose to be tickled!"

"What makes you think I want to do it?!"

"Cause you're stronger than I am," While we continued to struggle and laugh with each other, suddenly the front door flew open. Our heads shot to the door and soon we both seen Lucy and Harry walking in the door quickly. Lucy had Harry's hand wrapped in a cloth as she dragged him along.

"Come on, there's a first aid kit in the bathroom," Lucy explained as she closed the door behind her. Harry looked at us a bit uncomfortable as I laid there with Jared on top of me. It wasn't the best look right now, but Harry and I are not together. I shouldn't feel weird about it... Right? Even if I did, it's my house.

"Uh, what happened?" I questioned as I plopped myself up a bit with my elbows.

"After we were closing up the shop, some guy on a motorcycle drove by and swiped Harry with his mirror. Left him with a huge cut on his arm," Lucy explained as she held a cloth tightly on his arm. His eyebrows were frowned like he was in pain and his nose was scrunched a bit.

"You alright, mate?" Jared said now getting off of me and standing up and walking a bit closer to Harry. You could tell he was a bit worried about Harry, despite not really knowing him besides the few stories he's heard and only meeting him once, very awkwardly, months ago.

"I'll be fine," Harry said very monotone.

"Come on hun, let's get you cleaned up," Lucy said dragging him to the hallway and to the bathroom, I was assuming. Jared then turned to me a bit awkwardly, confused on what to do next. I then sat up and hung my feet off the couch and to the floor. I then put a strand of hair behind my ear and looked down while I began to fidget with my fingers. Jared then slowly walked over to me and knelt down in front of me, placing his hands on my knees.

"Hey... You okay?" he questioned softly. Without a word, I slightly and slowly nodded, keeping my head down. I avoided eye contact because to be honest, I didn't know how to feel right now. I felt a bit uneasy around Harry. It was almost like I was scared. I don't know why. He had never laid a finger on me, nor did he ever threaten to do so, yet it still felt scary to be around him.