As You Are // H.S

Twelve.

Alexis Cooper.

It was Wednesday, also known as the day of Harry and I's date, I was nervous to say the least, he hadn't talked to me since I saw him two days ago apart from a few texts here and there. I didn't know what he was up to, the only text I received from him today was to be ready by seven, and I was. 

It was now six forty-five, and I was sitting at the kitchen bench, cup of coffee in hand practically watching the next fifteen minutes tick by on the clock above the bench.

Ten minutes passed by and there was a knock on the door, Harry clearly early as usual. I placed my mug in the sink, and shoved my phone in my pocket, not needing anything else as Harry told me I didn't need to bring a thing. I was wearing my black skinny jeans, black converse, and an over-sized grey jumper.

I jogged to the front door of my apartment, opening it to reveal Harry, clad in black jeans, a black open jacket with a black jumper underneath. All black suited him well. Except for the green head scarf he had wrapped around his mess of curls. 

"Hi, love." Harry was first to speak. I walked out of my front door, locking it behind me before turning around to face him. 

"Hey, Styles." He let out a low chuckle, and proceeded to walk with me to the elevator, leading us down to the lobby, and out the front door to his car.

We made small talk whilst we walked, once the car came to a halt, I realized we were outside of the woods. I turned around giving him a skeptical look. He just shrugged, getting out of the car, walking around to my side to open the door for me.

"Such a gentleman." I teased.

"What can I say? Turn around." I gave him yet another skeptical look, but turned around nonetheless. He slipped something over my eyes, completely blocking my vision. 

"Oh great, I can already see the headlines, girl murdered in the woods." 

"Shut up Lexi, it's a surprise. I hope you'll like it." He took my hand, and walked me into the woods, I could hear the crunching of the ground beneath our feet, and whenever I'd stumble he'd grab me by the waist before I could completely fall. We walked for what felt like forever, when Harry finally spoke. 

"So, I had originally planned to do this on the bridge, but I got myself lost again, because I'm hopeless, but thanks to that I found this." He slowly slid off which I'd figured out to be his head scarf from my eyes. 

My breath hitched at the sight in front of me. Such a beautiful sight, I could have turned around and jumped on Harry right then and there if I'm honest. It was another bridge, smaller than the other once, that lead up to a small, run down yet beautiful tree house.

I turned around and looked at Harry, he was watching my reaction, and he looked nervous, yet had no reason to be, this was so, so perfect. 

"Harry - I-I don't know what to say." I said honestly.

"Oh god, it's too much isn't it? I blew it.. I knew it was too mu-" before he could continue I tackled him into a hug. 

"Shut-up, it's perfect, I love it." I reassured him. He smiled at me, giving me an unsure chuckle and returned the hug.

"Well what are you waiting for? Go inside." He ushered me over the small bridge, and make shift front porch, to the inside of the tree house. Which was just as beautiful as the outside. 

Harry had a small picnic blanket laid out on the ground, with a small blanket bunched up at the end of it, pillows surrounding it all. Harry dropped the backpack on the ground, I hadn't even noticed he'd been holding. He knelt next to it, pulling out Chinese take-out boxes, and his laptop.