Always and Forever // H.S.

33| facade of love

Danielle Scott

Hazel and I came to a nearby cafe to eat. We're making small talk when Elijah arrives with his best friend carrying their food.

"What's up, gorgeous ladies?" Elijah compliments us. "Got room for two more?"

Hazel rolls her eyes and let's them sit. I don't say anything. He had the audacity to show up unannounced and talking to me as if I was his friend.

Suddenly, my phone dings loudly and I ignore him and his friend. Instead, I check my phone and everyone looks at me as I pick it up from the table.

I check and see it's from Harry.

My heart skips a beat and my stomach flips with a strange flutter. I stare at his text on the screen of my phone for a few seconds before being interrupted by Hazel.

"Ooh who's that?"

"It's uh- my best friend."

"You have a best friend and didn't think to tell me about her?! What?! Tell me everything!" She grins excitedly for some odd out of this world reason.

"It's a he actually." Elijah butts in, rolling his eyes while dabbing his fork around in his recently purchased food.

"What's your problem dude?! Who even invited you??" I slam my fork aggressively onto my plate and turn to him.

"My problem-" He had begun but Hazel interrupted him mid-sentence.

"A he? So tell me all about him then. Ignore Elijah." She rolls her eyes and then continues grinning but Elijah visibly sighs and plays with his food, seeming annoyed with the sudden mention of Harry within our conversation. His friend laughs under his breath because he knows how much Elijah despises him.

I decide to ignore them, taking a deep breath and then I tell Hazel about Harry.

"He's amazing. He's the most wonderful, sweetest, most humble and most down to earth human being you'll ever meet." I say with a small smile meaning every single word. But then, Elijah swiftly gets up and walks off with his food. His friend follows him of course with no words said.

"Woah? Someone's got an issue with your best friend, don't they?" She says and I roll my eyes.

"Elijah met him once before.. yeah it didn't go well at all.."

"Who cares? That's your best friend. He comes before any other man."

"Yeah, he does. But Elijah doesn't understand that." I press my lips together and shrug.

"So tell me, what's his name? Where's he from? How does he look and where is he right now?" She asks me all at once running out of breath. You can say she's a bit nosy but I begin to answer her anyway.

"Well.. his name's Harry.. and he's pretty charming. He's from England and he's supposed to be attending NYU with me. Unfortunately, he can't be here at the moment though.."

"How come?" She frowns.

"Uh, because he's currently a contestant on the British X-Factor.."

Her mouth drops open and she gasps. Her mouth wasn't the only thing she dropped though. She ended up dropping her fork on the floor.

"Wait a minute.. your Harry is the Harry from One Direction?!"She asks very shocked. I laugh at her reaction and give her a description to see if he's a match.

"If you mean curly-haired, green-eyed, dimple-smiled Harry then yes, that's him." I grin and continue eating my pasta. She reacts even more shocked if possible and starts hyperventilating.