Marigold and Daisies (H.S.)

Thirty Four

Marigold's POV

Harry's House release day.

The highly anticipated Harry's House is releasing tomorrow. I've yet to listen to the entirety of the album. Harry's played snippets of some of the songs, he sang random spits of lyrics but he still hasn't let me listen to the whole album. But today was the day that I could finally hear it in it's full glory.

"Alright. Here it is." Harry smiled, handing me a flash drive. "My whole album."

I looked down at the black flash drive, flipping it in my palm.

"A flash drive?" I said. "Couldn't have uploaded it to my phone or something?" I laughed, looking up at him. He shook his head disapprovingly.

"No excitement in that." He tsked. "Alright.." He bent down to pick up Daisy off the floor, grunting in the process. "Well, we will be back in 2 hours.. You sit here, have a glass of wine. Enjoy yourself. When we get back, you can tell me your brutally honest opinion." Harry scrunched his nose.

He stooped down, pecking my lips and giving me access to kiss Daisy.

"I love you, be safe, have fun!" I called out to him as he walked away towards the door.

He waved his hand in the air, not bothering to turn around as Daisy called back an "I love you too," before they were out the door.

I stared at the drive, suddenly nervous to listen to the album. Harry insisted that I listen to it alone. Completely alone. Without him or Daisy. I sighed, closing my hand shut around the drive. I opened up my laptop on the coffee table and plugged in the drive. Doing as Harry said, I grabbed a wine glass and a bottle of wine before settling back onto the couch.

I poured a glass, taking a small sip before putting my headphones in and opening up the folder.

13 songs.

Music For a Sushi Restaurant

Late Night TalkingGrapejuiceAs It WasDaylightLittle FreakMatildaCinemaDaydreamingKeep DrivingSatelliteBoyfriendsLove of My Life

I pressed play, closed my eyes, and leaned back into the couch.

***

I pulled the airpods from my ear, glancing down at the pages of notebook paper that I'd scribbled all over. The title of each song is underlined followed by a paragraph of my initial thoughts and emotions from each song.

Then at the bottom of the last page was in all caps and bolded.

Grammy Award Winning Album FOR SURE

2 hours is not nearly long enough to listen to the whole album again but I feel like I needed to listen another 5 times before making any final thoughts. The sound of Harry's keys jingling against the front door caught my attention.

My eyes widened when they emerged into the apartment, Harry carrying a handful of bags in each hand. Make it armfuls.

"Harry!" I gasped, standing from my spot on the couch. His laugh rang through the entryway as Daisy sauntered towards me with a new outfit on.

"Look." She said sassily as she stopped in front of me, holding her hands out for me to see her nails. Her nails were painted perfectly, alternating in pink and purple on each nail. "Picked it out myself." She smiled at me.

"Well aren't you just a spoiled little girl." I laughed, my eyes meeting Harry's to scold him for spending so much money on her today. There are maybe 10 bags surrounding Daisy and I could tell she absolutely loved her day out with Harry.