Butterfly ✿ h.s.

Chapter ✿ 18

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Holly's POV

Pain seared through my head. It felt like twenty thousand hammers were trying to through crack my skull. With great difficulty I cracked one eye open. I was lying on a king bed in a hotel room much like my own, except the furnishings were much nicer. The light seemed dim, but that could've just been me. Why am I here? Then everything flooded back to me. Dinner. Almost kissing Zayn. Fight. Wall. Then.... Fainting? I groan outwardly as a sharp jab echoes through my head. Pushing down on the mattress, I am able to slide myself up the headboard a bit to get a better view of my surroundings. I open the other eye and raise a hand to my head. I stop when I realise a bandage is all around it. Probing further, I find an ice pack covering where most of the pain is coming from. Dropping my hand to the bed, I crane my neck to see if there is anyone else in the room. The light from the bathroom is on, and the faint noise of water is barely audible.

"Hello?" I croak out. The bathroom door cracks open and a figure comes out. It's hard to see in the dimness, but I make out curly hair. Is that who I think it is? Worried, I push myself up further. The figure walks towards me and I can see that he's only wearing half a shirt. He seems to be holding something to his face but what? After watching for a few more seconds I realise it's a washcloth. He sits down on the end of the bed and looks at me. Harry. His right eye is swollen, and there is a gouge underneath his left eye with dried blood dripped all the way down to his jaw. His lip is severely busted, and I wouldn't have been surprised if he needed stitches. His hands are the same as I remember cut, bruised and now blistering. His stomach has a huge welt on it from where Zayn kneed him. Slowly, I inch towards him, and he inches towards me. We continue this game until we are within arm's reach of each other. My breathing becomes heavy, and wordlessly I take the washcloth off Harry and begin to clean his hands. I remove all his rings and lay them out on the bed and begin to pick out the pieces of glass. Harry winces slightly, but composes himself each time I pull out a shard. I finish on his hands and move to his face. I sit up off my heels but the sudden movement causes spots to dance before my eyes. Harry instantly reaches up to steady me, placing his hands on my hips. As I clean his face and neck, the rest of his shirt slips off, allowing me to clean his lower neck. After finishing all the cleaning, I drop the washcloth and place my elbows on his shoulders. I lean into him, so much so that our chests are pressed together. Our eyes connect, and his eyes are sober and a sad, watery green. He sighs and moves his hands up my hips to my waist where they rest there.

"What am I going to do with you," He whispers, pressing his forehead against mine. He pulls me gently down into his lap and I wrap my legs around his back and place my hands on his chest.

"You're impossible." I mumble. His expression becomes confused. "You're so complex." I explain. "Whenever I think I've got you figured out you go and do something to change my mind again." The corners of his mouth turn up.

"Really?" He smirks.

"Yup." I answer, gaining some more confidence around him.

"Look, Holly... I am so sorry for what happened before. I was intoxicated and I don't even know what I said, but it must've been horrible. Words can't express how guilty I feel and I will never be able to" I cut him off by placing a finger to his lips.

"Shhh." I whisper. "Can we just stay like this? And not have to talk about what happened?" I mentally shiver over the nights events.

"Of course." I rest my head on his shoulder, and he wraps his arms around the small of my back. I inhale his scent. Musky, but clean and oriental. We stay in each other's arms for the whole night, eventually lying down so we can sleep.

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Okay I am pretty good. 3 times in one week? Yay! I have so much going on this week but there is one person who was one of the inspirations for this book and she always leaves awesome comments and always votes! She makes the outfits and is my style guru, so thanks Steph! She posts outfits over on @butterfl-y on polyvore so if you're on polyvore go give her a like and a follow! (Her personal is @kalifornian-kiss) mine is @nothingvogue (Just as a FYI) Anyway that's about it for me!

All my love,

Em xx