crescent [h.s]

24

Aurora Adler

In the car on the way to Harry's mums house, my leg is bouncing wildly, my head turned to look out the window.

A heavy hand on my knee has my leg coming to a forced halt, my head whipping round to see him, "Beautiful you need to relax. She loves you already."

I talk so fast I'm stumbling over my words, "But what if she sees me and hates me and then you hate me and then–"

With the red light stopping us, Harry grasps my face in his hands, his eyes staring into mine as he speaks, "She's not going to hate you. I'm never going to hate you. Beautiful, she genuinely is in love with you at this point. Calls me asking about you, not me. Asks how the little one is doing," he laughs, "even asks about Marsh... the point is she loves you."

The light turns green so he pecks my lips quickly and keeps our hands interlocked on his lap, calming me down with the connection at the same time as he drives us to his mums. He brings my hand up to his lips and presses a kiss to my skin, rubbing his thumb back and forth over the back of my hand as he continues driving.

My anxious mind is full of what if scenarios, but every time I go quiet, Harry is quick to talk to me, making me tell him what's on my mind.

He's so good to me.

With the parking of the car, I suddenly look at Harry, my heart increasing by the second. Honestly, I'm surprised I'm not going into cardiac arrest right now. "Harry–"

I'm cut off with lips suddenly on mine, Harry leading this kiss, successfully distracting my nervous mind. The kiss is not at one point innocent, very clearly meaning to have my mind running empty– which is more than working.

Fuck him for being such a good kisser.

When he feels the tension leave my body he pulls back, smiling as his eyes dart all over my face. "Aurora, she loves you. You don't need to impress her... she's already impressed. I've never bought someone home before, so she already knows you're the one for me. Beautiful, I promise tonight is going to go amazingly and tomorrow is going to be just as easy."

Did I mention we're staying overnight?

For some reason, out of all he just said, there's only one thing on my mind, "Why didn't she meet Natalia?"

Harry shrugs and undoes his belt, following by doing the same to mine, making us more comfortable in this parked car, "Natalia never wanted to. She had me convinced it wasn't a big deal and so it just never happened."

I nod as he talks, relating to what he's saying. With my nervous ramble that lasted the first hour of the car ride, Harry is now fully aware I've never been introduced to someone's parents. Leo never even mentioned it and my high school boyfriend was never serious enough for that. We never stayed overnight at each other's and typically just went to a private spot and had car sex... not one of my finer moments.

With me staying quiet, he carries on talking, "I bet you $1000 we will walk through that door and she will pull you straight into a hug, and proceed to ask you a million questions about how you're doing, as well as ask about baby, before she even notices I'm there. Beautiful, I promise you have nothing to be worried about."

Again, for some reason, only part of what he says sticks in my brain, "I'm not paying you $1000."

He laughs loudly, the sound instantly making me smile as he leans over the centre console to hug me to him. Before pulling back he presses a kiss to my neck, "I love you so much beautiful girl. And my mum is going to love you just as much."

He lifts his head and I see his eyes dart over my shoulder, his smile turning a lot cuter. I physically have to hold myself back from letting out an 'aww'. With my mind in realisation, my body freezes and I grit out, "Is that your mum."