Rose ~ (hs)

9

*Rose's POV*

Days come and go without seeing Harry again. He's been busy finishing up some new edition of Vogue which is completely fine. I don't need his attention every second of every day and I think that he's finally starting to understand that.

Our conversation has been light and he calls periodically but I'm usually asleep by the time he has a free second lately. When I'm free he has meetings or business trips for the magazine. We talked about starting slow and this most definitely qualifies, it's like the speed of a turtle. He's been in Paris for a little while for work and he must have a free moment because he's video chatting with me.

"Hi." I say while I wave through the phone. He looks absolutely delectable in a lowly unbuttoned shirt.

"Hello Rose. I had a moment before the first meeting today and wanted to see you. It's uh, been awhile." Harry smiles and takes a sip of his coffee. I can see the Parisian architecture behind him, it all looks so nice.

"That sounds like fun. Can you flip the camera so I can see the sights?" He laughs lightly and struggles for a minute to flip the camera to the back. But once he succeeds I think that I stop breathing for a minute. I know what people say about Paris but it's just something about the old world style of buildings and the Eiffel Tower that make me so excited.

"Harry it's so beautiful!" He gets up from where he was sitting and goes to show me some other views that he has from his balcony.

"It's nothing compared to you." My smile couldn't get any wider as he flips the camera back to his face. The blush must be flushing to my cheeks because he is just staring at me.

"What?" I ask him like I don't already know what he's thinking.

"You are simply stunning." I nervously scratch the back of my neck. I will never get used to his compliments. Why would a man like him ever be interested in someone like me?

"Well Harry you're quite beautiful too." He laughs at my comment but it is so true. I have never seen a man look as good as he does.

"What are you doing this weekend?" That's kind of a weird question, I didn't think he was flying home until next Monday but maybe his plans changed.

"Nothing! I have some time off now before my next rotations start up. It's not much but they gave us a little bit of a break." He smiles through the phone at me.

"Pack your bags for three days beautiful. Dominic will be by in an hour to pick you up. Park somewhat warm clothes." I raise my eyebrows but he clicks end call before I can question him. I have no idea what he has planned for this weekend but I shrug and throw my phone on the charger before finding a duffel bag.

"Where the hell is it?" I groan in annoyance and Penny opens my door.

"Need any help in here?" My eyes close for a second so I can regain my composure.

"Just looking for my duffle. I can't find it anywhere." She laughs and leaves but comes back in a second with hers.

"Here, take mine. Going somewhere?" I nod my head before responding.

"Yeah just a little weekend getaway before my classes resume." Penny doesn't press me with many other questions and she also doesn't seem to believe me that I'm going alone. I thought I was pretty convincing but she's respecting my privacy.

Penny helps me pack a few things to make sure that I don't forget any essentials. An hour must go because my phone buzzes signaling my ride is here. A quick hug from my best friend and I'm on my way to my getaway with Harry.

"Hi Dom." Dominic laughs at my more casual nickname for him. I feel weird calling him but his full name since I see him so often. He pretty much takes me anywhere when I'm meeting Harry. Harry has even extended the invitation to have him take me wherever I need since my car is still out of commission.