As You Are // H.S

Five.

Harry Styles.

After Alexis agreed to come with me, we headed outside where it had started to rain and jogged to my car. Once in the dry comfortable confines of my car I turned the heater up full blast to warm the two of us up. 

Alexis turned to me and asked curiously. "So where is it that you're taking me?" I finished putting my seat belt on, started my car and pulled out of my parking space before answering her. "Well, you know how the woods is like a kind-of place for you where you find peace? And you just relax? A place you want to go when you want to be alone?" I questioned, and then teasingly added. "Before I showed up and ruined the alone part, of course." 

She laughed at me and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "You know I don't care that you showed up Harold! But yes, I know what you mean." I shook my head at her. "Okay, Niall is the only one to call me that, don't you start." I said jokingly. "Anyway, I'm going to show you my place." She simply nodded and we fell into a comfortable silence. 

I drove for another 45 minutes or so, small talk shared between Alexis and I. I decided that I'd help her move, even though she insisted that she'd be fine. Once we drove along the road that's along side the beach Alexis gave me a curious look and I just grinned at her. I parked my car in the parking lot, and we got out. "So, the beach is your place?" Alexis asked me. I just shook my head at her. "Not here exactly, Alexis. Be patient." 

We walked for 10 minutes along the beach until we reached the uphill path I was looking for. Alexis looked around confusingly before speaking up. "I had no idea that this path was here..?"

"Not a lot of people do, people only come here for the beach, which doesn't even happen that often considering it's never really that hot, and they never walk this far along, except I did one day because I'm curious, and I found this." We'd reached the top by now and I waved my arms around to emphasize my point. It's a small flat grass area, with a view of the beach, surrounded by shrub and small trees covering the outside of it, with an opening to the view.

Alexis inhaled a small gasp whilst she looked around, she smiled widely. "This place is so nice, Harry. It's honestly beautiful." She exclaimed as she sat down, cross-legged, on the grass. I took a seat next to her. 

"I know." I said proudly with a grin, she nudged my shoulder playfully. "So how do you know Samantha and Louis?" I asked curiously. 

"Samantha is my best-friend, we've known each other since seventh grade, she's one of those friends where we don't see each other as much as we'd like to, because she has classes when I don't and vice versa, but no matter what we'll always be best friends. I met Louis when they started dating two years ago, and we quickly became good friends." She tells me. "I know you just met Sammy, but you obviously know of them to know Louis is her boyfriend, whys that?" She asked me back.

"Niall knows Louis, and introduced us once, and Samantha is in my English class. Though it's a pretty busy class, I can see why she didn't recognize me when you introduced the two of us." She simply just nods. 

I laid down on the grass and looked up at the night sky, barely any stars out, but a beautiful sight nonetheless. Alexis must see comfort in what I'm doing because she decides to lay down too. "So, tell me about yourself Harry." She suddenly says, I'm taken back by the request because I have no idea what to tell her. 

"There's not much to tell, but what would you like to know?" I question. Alexis hums in thought. "When is your birthday?" She asks. "February 1st, yourself?" She tells me hers is March 23rd. This continued for what felt like forever, just getting to know one another, I found out that she loves the colder weather, as do I. That she's very independent and doesn't like to rely on other people. She has a big space in her heart for animals, coffee, and reading, and that she can be very sarcastic at times (in which I've picked up on).