Settle down

Chapter 35

The time is exactly 9 in 3..2..1.. Now! My day is over and it's time for me to go home. Before I leave I'm just going to say goodbye to Tim. He's closing today and I find him doing the last bits of cleaning.

"Okay then. I've officially ended so I'm gonna get going now. When are you planning on closing?" I ask this because I know that he's sometimes closed way later than what's said.

"There's a dude in the changing rooms now, so when he's left I'll. Clean up his mess and then I'm out." He smiles and looks on his watch.

"Sounds good. See you at school. Bye Tim!" I say and leave the room. As I'm exiting the sport center I once again bump into Niall.

"Hello again!" He says and jogs up to me.

"Hey Niall. Did the swimming go well?"

"I didn't swim actually. I'm not the best swimmer, but the gym went very well thank you."

"Oh... So everything worked out for you?" I say with a grin. He just rolls his eyes, waves at me and walks to his car.
I wonder how it is between Sally and Niall now. Have they seen each other since last saturday? I'm gonna have to ask Sally tonight.

I unlock my car and get in. It's not summer anymore and it's rather cold outside. To be fair, the summers here in England isn't much warmer. The drive from the center to my house is not far which many people would say is great for me. However, I personally love driving and wish I had longer to drive. I especially like it when I'm alone, because then I can listen to loud music and think about.....stuff......I guess.

After two songs have played, I'm home. As I drive up on the driveway I think I see something moving in the bushes and I feel a shiver down my spine. Our frontyard is quite large so the walk from the car to the house is about 45 meters. I'm an expert at scaring myself by thinking the creepiest things will happen to me, so when it's dark, I'm alone, it's far to the house and I saw something or someone moving in the bushes I'm almost pooping my pants.
Come on Lola, you're being silly. There's no one in the bushes and even if it was, you are just a few meters from safety. Just walk rapidly to the door.
I get out the car and walk/jog towards the door when I hear steps behind me and get a major heart attack.

"Hey. You in a hurry?" I feel my heart skipping a few beats and I turn around to see where the voice came from. When my eyes find the person behind me I feel a wave of releaf washing over me.

"What the actual fuck Harry?! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" I say in a loud whisper. It's rather late and I don't want my family or neighboors to hear us.

"You know I would never hurt you." He says with a smirk playing on his lips as he walks closer to me.

"What do you want?" I ask and take a step towards him. Normally I would go inside and leave him standing here, but I'm intrested to see where this might go, plus I need to put my words in action. The faster I can make him fall for me, the faster I can end this. And that's what I want....... Or that's what he needs.

"Nothing special. I was just in the neighboorhood and thought I'd come by and say hi." He reaches out and touches my arm. "Well that was two hours ago and you weren't here so I thought I'd wait for you." If he didn't blush when saying that last part I would have assumed that he was lying.

"Really....?" Is all I manage to say. What am I doing? I should run inside and hide from this guy. I'm not the type of girl who hangs out with guys like him. Players. Cheaters. No, not me.
I can't do this tonight.

"Well since you've said hi now, I should be getting inside. See you Harry." I say and turn around and walk towards the door again. A part of me want him to grab my arm and spin me around and then kiss me like it the movies, but he doesn't. I walk up the small set of stairs that lead to the door and I start digging in my bag for my keys. Just as I find them and pull them out of my bag I drop them when my stalker comes from nowhere and gently grabs my face and press it against his.