Marigold and Daisies (H.S.)

Thirty

Marigold's POV

"I still think he's bluffing." Harry grumbled beside me on the couch.

Daisy was with Jacob for their first day alone as father and daughter. To say I was nervous, anxious and scared was an understatement. I almost didn't allow it but after the conversation we had at breakfast, I didn't want to risk anything.

We agreed on unsupervised visits. The first time is always the scariest, right? It wasn't scary when it was Harry though. I trusted Harry with Daisy as if he was her father and had been her whole life.

"How could you possibly know that, H?" I snapped at him, raised an eyebrow, not really wanting to talk about this anymore today. Harry was just trying to make me feel better about the whole situation. I didn't mean to be so snippy with him but I'm tired and beyond irritated with Jacob.

"Do you think he's honestly dumb enough to think he could win if he took you to court?" Harry asked. "Think about it. Not even just solely based on the way he's been absent till now and the previous verbal abuse, does he think he could afford a lawyer that'll beat us?" Harry scoffed.

"Okay, stop. Stop right there." I groaned. My eyes shut and I brought my fingers to my temples, applying pressure to either side of my head.

One thing I've appreciated from Harry since he's come back in my life is that he's never thrown his money my way. He's never flaunted it or even made it sound like he was a millionaire. I know that Harry has money, I know he has a lot of it. But he never made it a thing with us. I didn't want him to start now.

"I appreciate you, H. I really do. But I really just don't want to talk about this right now, okay? I don't want to talk about lawyers or custody battles or even Jacob himself." I begged, my eyes still shut.

I was met with silence, Harry didn't say anything back. We sat in silence for a good five minutes. I took deep breaths, clearing my mind of all the drama that is my life right now. For five minutes I let myself sit in nothingness. I didn't think about Jacob, or Harry and his tour, I didn't think about how my life has been completely flipped upside down for the past 4 months.

The cushions underneath me shifted and I was instantly engulfed in warmth. Harry's arms wrapped around my body, pulling me into him as he laid down onto the couch. My head rested on his and I sighed deeply, letting myself relax into him completely.

His fingers grazed up and down my back, something he knew would calm me down. Something he's always done since we were teenagers.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so.. Snippy." I mumbled into his chest. Harry shushed me, clinging onto my body.

"I get it, Marigold. You don't have to apologize." He said.

Then silence again.

Neither one of us said anything. We laid together on the couch, bodies pressed against one another, in complete silence.

"Come on, let's go." He mumbled, lifting his upper body and propping himself up on his arms. I groaned, pulling away from his warmth.

"Go where? I don't want to go anywhere." I sighed. Harry shook his head no, lips straight and eyes staring directly into mine. I knew that we were going to go wherever it is he wanted to go.

"We're going to buy flowers." He said, standing from the couch and leaving his hand out for me to grab onto.

"Harry, what?" I squinted my eyes. If I wanted flowers I'd just go to work.

"You need to clear your mind. Let me help you do that. We won't be gone for more than 2 hours. We'll be home before the time we need to pick up Daisy. Please just trust me." He pleaded. I nodded my head, placing my hand in his and letting him pull me up from the couch.