Have A Little Faith (Harry Styles FanFic)

3-Next To Nothing

SONG: Next To Nothing ARTIST: Breaking Benjamin

..."You know I'll always be around...So now I wait...I know you'll love another day...Come and take my breath away...Look me straight in the face"...

"Does it work?"

"I don't know but I like to pretend it does." Her tone is more casual than her previous serious tone.

"Then why aren't you wearing your mask today?"

"Mask? You make me sound so mysterious Landon." She chuckles.

"You are mysterious. Are you going to answer my question or should we change the subject?"

"I don't feel like I need to hide from you. I know I told you I feel weird around you but I promise that weird feeling isn't a bad thing. I guess I feel like when I talk to you I am talking to a real person; real people are so rare anymore."

"Jake's a real person."

"Not around me he isn't."

"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to sound so harsh it's just I feel weird having you here right now without him knowing about it."

"I can leave; I don't want to make you uncomfortable."

"The thing is, I might feel weird about the whole Jake thing but I really don't want you to leave. I want you to stay. I want to get to know you. I mean it's only fair; Jake told you all kind of shit about me but I don't know anything about you."

"What do you want to know?"

"Uh...shit, you just put me on the spot like that...I guess something little; like what is your favorite color?"

"Lame."

"Yeah, yeah but I got to start somewhere." I chuckle.

"That's true...okay sorry...don't laugh...pink is my favorite color."

"Why would I laugh about that?"

"Look at me, I wear as much black clothes as I can, I dye my hair black, and with the exception of today, I usually wear black make-up...you probably thought my favorite color would be black."

"What color is your hair supposed to be?"

She lets out a small laugh and rolls her eyes before saying:

"Dark brown...a little darker than yours actually...but mine is flat and boring brown...I dye it black because then it looks shiny."

"Not to mention; if you didn't dye it black then it would clash with the rest of your...um...well black stuff."

"Right! I'm all about matching!" She says through her laughter and I end up laughing with her.

"If your favorite color is pink then why don't you wear pink shit? Hell, you could even dye your hair pink so you can match."

"Pink shit? You make me laugh, you know that Landon...seriously though, I guess all the black is part of the so-called mask that I wear...helps me hide better when I wear all black. Pink would draw too much attention to myself...wow...this simple conversation about colors is making me feel things. I'm not sure I like that."

"Feel things? What do you mean?"

"I guess I never really analyzed my reasoning for hiding behind my mask before and now you have me analyzing those reasons...now I feel shit...shit that I don't want to feel I guess..." She trails of as her eyes grow distant.

"What are you hiding from?" I ask softly in an attempt to pull her attention back towards me.

"Can we talk about something else?" She says and bites into her bottom lip...shit...I made her nervous.