A Step Away From Falling ➸ h.s. [Needs Editing]

Chapter 11: "Do-Nothing Day"

Helen's POV

Once we were out of the apartment building, I started walking towards Harry's Range Rover that was parked at the front, but I halted as he called me back.

"Helen stop being so lazy, let's walk" he said.

"You're the one used to being fit, not me. We're taking the car" I insisted. At this, he didn't even put up a fight. Instead, he put his hands up in mock surrender and opened up the car door for me.

After I thanked him, he gifted me a cheeky smile, closed my door and went around the car to get in through the driver's seat.

The way he kept smiling at me today was making my heart melt and I needed to avoid letting myself fall deeper into this mess of a hole I was stuck in, without having to be rude to him.

"So where are we going?" I asked once he closed his car door and turned on the ignition.

"I don't know" he said simply, without a care.

"So you're just going to drive around until you decide where you want to go?" I asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Pretty much" he answered, smiling at me before pulling out of his garage.

We navigated around town, while Harry kept pointing at the people, telling me what cartoon character's they looked like while I just laughed at how ridiculously silly his brain was.

At noon Harry was already complaining about being hungry so we decided to stop at McDonald's, where I practically live –I'm definitely loving it. 

"Alright so you can have anything you desire?" Harry said to me.

"C'mon Harry, not even you can't give me everything I desire" I saw his eyes darkened for a moment, he looked away and then he looked back at me with a smile.

"I can when it comes to food, now ask away".

Once we had our food, we sat down at the far end of the place. 

I started dipping my Mc.Nuggets in barbecue sauce, while Harry took an enormous bite of his triple burger.

He could barely chew what he had on his mouth so a chuckle escaped me.

He gave me an annoyed look and said something that I didn't understand because his mouth was full, but it sounded like this: "mom mamim mum mo me" which I'm guessing meant "stop making fun of me". 

Nonetheless I started cracking up and Harry glared at me which resulted on another fit of giggles hitting me until I choked on my nuggets.

I started coughing uncontrollably and Harry quickly got up from his seat in front of me, sat down next to me and started patting my back while handing me my soda.

My eyes got watery and I tried to regain composure and I could still feel Harry rubbing my back in a soothing manner. 

Once I had calmed down, I looked at Harry's concerned face.

"Better?" he asked.

My heart fluttered at his worry but I ignored it and nodded as a response.

"Next time don't make fun of me. Karma is always on my side" I chuckled at his words and stuck my tongue out at him.

"Do that again and I'll bite it" an involuntary shudder took over my body but thankfully Harry was too busy with his food to notice.

"You going back to your seat?" I asked, pointing at the seat across the table from me.

"Naw, I like being next to you better" he smiled warmly at me while he pulled his food towards him and dug in again.