Iniquity [HS]

Chapter III.

Her fingertips were clenched on the steering wheel. The redness of her long hair matched with the stars perfectly. Traces of moonlight were dancing along with the freckles on her nose. Her chest was raising up every time she inhaled the ghostly breeze that was following her everywhere. She could hear the sound of the stars, even if the road was deadly silent. Celestria always enjoyed late night drives. But she haven't had one in such a long time. She felt relieved. She felt many things at once, but mostly relief. Celestria was focused on the road, yet her eyes still managed to look at the dark blue sky, with nothing but stars on it. Her hair was down, and it gave her the feeling of freedom she was craving for since thirteen.

She was lost in her thoughts, in the sound of the stars. She was lost in life. Celestria was lost somewhere between happiness and sadness. She was never happy enough to reach the good side. However not sad enough to reach the other one. She just felt numb every time. Every inch of her body was in between the darkness of hell fire and the lights of heaven.

Celestria's palms were pressed on the steering wheel when her car stopped suddenly. She was confused at first, and after a long time, she was still confused, but she kind of figured what happened.
"Shit." She whispered under her breath. She was trying so hard to stay calm. Celestria's lungs were on fire, so was her brain. She was in the middle of the unknown neighborhood next to hers, in the middle of the night. Everyone was alseep. She probably should have been asleep too. Her hand hurriedly opened the door of her car. She ran to the back to check what the problem was.

But what did she know about cars? It occurred to her to go and knock at someone's door, with the hope they can help her, or at least give her the number of someone who can help her. And she did it. She knocked at the first door in her way. She hesitated a little, but then her knuckles touched the door. Celestria waited. A little too much, and she lost a lot of hopes. Her back turned and faced the door.

In that exact moment, the clicking sound of the door being unlocked catched her attention. "Oh, I am truly sorry for bothering-" Celestria turned rapidly, now facing the man that she probably just woke up. Of course it was Harry. The man she just woken up was the young priest. "Cel?" He opened his lips, frowning. "What happened? It's almost two in the morning." Asked the priest, adjusting his black robe.

"Long story, but my car broke. That is why I knocked on your door this late." She mumbled hurriedly. His gaze was all over her. "I wasn't alseep," Harry tried to spoke. "I am so sorry, I really didn't know you live here. I will leave." She blurted out. "Hey," his hands clenched firmly around her shoulders. "It is okay. Let's call someone to help you with your car. Okay?" He slowly moved his lips.

Harry invited her to come inside, but she decided to stay a little bit longer outside, on the stairs of his house, smoking her lungs out next to a person who worships God. A great idea. He just nodded, letting her know that he doesn't care, probably. Her palms were pressed on her cheeks. Her knees were supporting her elbows. He came back quicker than she expected, but it didn't bother her. At all.

Harry followed her, sitting down on the stairs. A deadly silence formed between them immediately. But it wasn't strange. It was a peaceful deadly silence. She moved her hand inside her pocket and searched for her cigarettes. "Do you want one?" Celestria asked him, holding a cigarette with her lips. "No, I'm good." He smiled warmly. She looked at him, a foreign desire forming in her eyes. "You respect your job, don't you?." Celestria took the first smoke from her cigarette.

Harry rolled his eyes. The corners of his mouth were visibly going up. "Yes I do, and I love doing that," he stopped a bit, collecting his thoughts. His gaze was moved on Celestria's lips. "But sometimes I like to have fun. A rough kind of fun." He brushed his tongue on the inner part of his cheek. Celestria's jaw was on the floor. Almost touching her shoes. Harry burst out laughing. "I'm kidding." Harry stopped, only the beats of their hearts were echoing in that empty front yard. "I like to have that kind of fun very often." He whispered, his head reaching for her ear slowly. Celestria's cheeks were burning. Her palms were sweating and her fingertips were clenched on the material of her pants. She opened her mouth to say something, but as she tried to spoke, Harry's phone rang. "It's the car repair shop." Harry placed his phone against his ear. He nodded a few times and mumbled a few words but Celestria didn't understand a thing. Harry greeted politely and pressed the red button to end the call.