High Hopes // h.s [COMPLETED]

XVII. I LOVE YOU.

Author's note:

First of all, I know I am not the type of author who does these author's notes. There are just some things I'd like to clarify.

(1) I'm moving my updates to every Monday, since Saturday isn't working out for me and I always have the obligation to be online every Monday for school activities so yeah.

(2) I hope you guys are still reading this, I know I'm a lousy updater but I have lost focus since school started and everyone is still in hangover over the summer vacation so please bare with me.

(3) I'm planning new future stories that I hope will have the time to write. I hope you guys will still be there for my wilder ideas XD

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CHAPTER 17

My morning wake-up call the next day was the smell of cappuccino and French bagels. As I blink my eyes open, still urging to see something and fail, I sit up in bed and stretch.

"Good Morning sleeping beauty."

Wait, is that...?

I immediately put my hands down and whisk my attention to the voice. "Wait, Henry?"

His booming laugh and another small giggle followed. "Hello sunshine. I hope we didn't wake you up." My smile grew towards my eyes at the sound of their morning gesture. "Oh my gosh! No, it's great. H-how are you?"

"We're good actually." I hear the sound of shifting and the familiar dragging of two chairs towards the bed. "Gemma told us about the crash and your blindness." Someone's hand -I'm guessing Angelica's-appeared on mine and I take it keenly, squeezing it in comfort. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm doing good. Blind, but I'm pretty much healthy. How about you two?"

Angelica starts giggling as her other hand takes mine and places it on top of the on I'm holding. My hands brush over them slowly until my touch landed something that didn't feel like an ordinary ring. "Oh my gosh! Are you two...? Congratulations!" My eyes turned towards them and I open my arms wide, receiving a hug immediately from the two. "I'm so happy for you two! When is the wedding? And where? I love weddings!" I must have sounded like a cliché book mother who can't wait for their daughter's wedding but Angelica has been one of my first and closest friends when we were in Amsterdam, and Henry, he's just amazing and they're both artists. I wish I could see how happy they are right now.

Angelica's hand appeared in mine again with a gentle squeeze. "Okay, okay. We haven't even talked about the wedding. We were just too madly in love to plan right away. But enough with the lovey-dovey!" She sounded so bashful; I'm guessing she was blushing like a tomato. "We flew down here for you, care to tell us what happened?" And sassy and inquisitive Angelica has returned in a matter of seconds.

"What there is to tell? I was heartbroken, and I ran out into the pouring rain and got hit by a car. I was in a coma for two weeks and now I'm in healing for the next six months." I summed it up for them because I know Gemma had already given them some detail besides the whole 'I saw my mega-superstar ex-boyfriend fucking with his publicity stunt Victorian Secret model girlfriend.' I wasn't ready to tell them my story yet, it's already pressure for me telling Emmett and Emily, what more to the three people who are so much closer to the media in terms of visual arts?

"Oh my. So I'm guessing you and your boyfriend didn't work out because of this. Have you seen each other lately?" Her comforting soft hands brushed over my knuckles it was hard to stay angry with Harry. I slowly nod my head and earned an uncomfortable shift between the two. "I saw him yesterday. Practically shouted in his face and left him bewildered in the park outside."