The Wires Case [ h.s ]

chapter 40

I need an aaron warner in my life.

Harry Styles

"And..." She says unsure, trying to find the exact words.

"And..." I make a gesture with my head to encourage her to keep going.

Brooke darts her eyes around the room, trying to find what comes next on her part. I'm looking down at the paper I have on my hand where is all she needs to say.

She lets out an exasperated sigh and crunches down, her hands cupping her face. "Fuck." She says, overwhelmed.

I put the papers aside, "It's fine, you were doing great." I say to her.

She gets up and walks besides me, grabbing the papers I left on the bed, reading what she needed to say.

"I hate this part. I can't ever seem to memorize it." She says.

I place my hand on her waist, from where I'm sitting on the bed she's towered over me.

"You almost said ten pages without missing a word darling, you should be proud of yourself." I squeeze her side.

"Harry, we have the presentation in less than two months. We still need to finish the last part of the project and hand it in before the next month ends. And also next week I should probably start to study for the exam week we have at the beginning of December so no, I'm not proud of myself." She lists out, frustrated and I smile at her.

I nudge my head on her shoulder as she sits besides me. "Okay, I give you five minutes to study the shit out of this paper and then I'll ask you again."

She nods, turning her head to look at me, "Okay."

I peck her lips twice. She gets up from the bed and grabs the papers. I slap her ass as she walks away from me to go study in another room before I go get her and I just let myself fall on my bed.

After what feels like ten minutes, I go find her. She's on the first floor, walking around the open kitchen. I stare at her from upstairs, and like some sort of invisible connection she looks up at me.

"Times up, love. You ready?" I ask.

She smiles, "yeah, I think so."

She starts walking upstairs, and once she reaches me I put my hand on her neck and give her a soft kiss on the lips. She smiles, letting out an unstable sigh.

"All right, let's see."

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"...and that's why." She finishes up, inhaling a long breath.

I move my eyes from her to the paper. She's expecting me to tell her something.

I look back at her, a subtle smile on my face, "That was impressive."

She widens her eyes, "Did I say it right?" She asks.

I nod.

"All of it?"

"All of it. Ten pages." I smile widely.

"No!" She exclaims.

"Yes!" I say back.

She lets out the cutest scream of happiness, jumping up and then and literally launches herself on top of me.

I hug her and laugh as she wraps her arms around my neck and shakes us.

"My smart girl. I told you you could do it." I kiss her cheek.

She laughs and shakes her head. She moves to be eye to eye. "God, I feel so relieved. I mean I know I'll have to study it again if I want to have it for the presentation and I'm sure I'll have even more pages  once we finish the project completely but oh, I'm so happy right now."