Apocalypse [h.s.]

Chapter twenty four

The 'getting ready' part went smoothly without any embarassing, traumatising moments thankfully. I happily went downstairs to meet Harry in the lobby. Today I really felt like dressing up nicely just because we were doing a lot. Most of the time I just wore sweatpants and cozy hoodies, but there was not a chance that I was going out like that in public. No way.

Harry smirked at me as I jogged down the stairs. He was standing in the corner of the lobby with his arms crossed.

Shocker.

"Well, you're looking fancy," he said as I approached him.

I curtsied jokingly and smiled. "Why, thank you."

He chuckled and shook his head. Suddenly my phone vibrated, and I picked it up from my pocket to see who it was. Zayn. I pressed the answer button on my iphone and put it to my ear.

"Zayn, hi! I was just about to call you!" I said happily.

He breathed heavily in the other line. "Yeah, uhm, you guys should probably come to the mall. Like, right now. Hurry."

And like that he hung up. I furrowed my eyebrows, looking down at my phone and then up at Harry.

"What did he say?" He asked dully.

I shrugged. "He said that we should come to the mall right now. He sounded kind of worried or something. Do you think something has happened?"

He sighed loudly and span his car keys around his index finger. "I have no idea. In these times anything could happen, really."

I nodded and put my phone down in my pocket again, feeling a bit worried as we went outside to Harry's car. There was something about Zayn's tone that had me all shook up. I couldn't exactly put my finger on it.

"You okay?" Harry asked after a while of silence in the car.

I sighed and nodded. "Yeah, just a tad concerned, but I'm sure it's nothing."

He nodded and smiled, looking out of the window and tapping the steer wheel along with some song playing on the radio. His car was quite the expensive-looking one, on the inside and the outside. It had 5 leather seats and dvd-screens in the front and the back. Also, I was amazed by the safety features. It came with an impressive array of airbags, including dual front, front knee, front side, rear side and full-length side curtain units, traction and stability control systems. Once when I was little, I was really, and I mean really, bored so I read this book from my father about cars. I found it awfully interesting to read about all the abilities of all the different cars, from expensive to inexpensive cars.

"So, uhm.. Are we gonna talk about it?" he suddenly asked out of nowhere.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Talk about what?"

He turned his head to look at me and smiled. "You know what I'm talking about, Violet."

I realized what he was referring to and blushed. A small, unwanted smile crept it's way onto my lips. I couldn't help but smile whenever I thought about it. Although it was horrendous to talk about it with Harry. I had no idea how he felt about the kiss. Maybe he hated it. Maybe he didn't want to kiss me at all. Maybe I was being to pushy and maybe I was the one who was leaning forward instead of him. There were so many 'mabyes' that I couldn't even think clearly.

"Well, what is there to say?" I asked.

He chuckled. "I don't know. I mean, what did you think of it? Did you like it?"

This was definetely the most awkward conversation we had ever had, that I was sure of. Why did he ask all these questions? He knew I was kind of awkward when it came to these things. Did he only do it to tease me? Did he fancy my face turning violently red or something? Apparently.