As You Are // H.S

Twenty One. *

Alexis Cooper.

When I woke up, I instantly knew it was very early in the morning for one of two reasons, the first being Harry was still asleep, and over sleeping is quite normal for him, the second being it was quiet. No cars to be heard outside, and no kids to be heard playing about outside.

I checked my phone to find I was right, and it was only seven in the morning. I somehow managed to get out of Harry's grip he had around me and slipped out of bed. I instantly went and turned the heating on, so I could warm up and so Harry would feel the warmth instead of the cold when he finally decided to wake up, which wouldn't be for some time, that much was obvious.

I grabbed a change of clothes from my room, silently tip toeing around, and went to the bathroom to have a shower and start the day, I had a fair bit to do today. I needed to call my boss at the clinic and get an exact date to go back, I needed to go food shopping because I was definitely running low in that department. I had to call Samantha or go see her, I wasn't sure yet but we definitely had to talk that was for sure.

I was definitely over the moon and overly happily about the past few days with Harry, we'd had sex which wasn't planned at all; it just happened, but it was amazing nonetheless, which led to us actually having a proper conversations about our feelings. We were now both on the same page with everything.

Things were running smoothly in general, maybe not with my mum but really, that's not exactly relevant considering she's quite stubborn. My dad was smart enough to not let himself get fucked over again, that was for sure. So I'd decided with myself to stay out of it, and to not worry until either personally call me for help. It was time to put my own life first.

I was looking forward to taking the next step with Harry, whether it's just seeing each other I wasn't sure, but I'm sure I'll know with time, and patience.

Once I'd showered, changed into some simple dark blue jeans and a white shirt, put makeup on, brushed my hair out and had some coffee, it was close to eight thirty, I'd figured I'd call Samantha, but I wasn't sure she'd be awake so I had sent her a text first.

Alexis: Morning sunshine, are you awake?

Whilst I waited for a text back, I cleaned my apartment spotless, and settled to sit down and watch the morning news, I hated the silence around me, and I hoped Harry would wake up soon.

At ten, I got a reply back from Samantha, showing me that she was awake so I called her.

"Hello?" She answered, groggy morning voice. I laughed quietly at her.

"Hey, Sammy. Can we catch up today?" I asked her.

She paused for a moment and cleared her throat before talking. "Yeah, sure we can. I'll text you when I'm ready and we'll organise something?"

I agreed, and we said goodbye, keeping the phone call short so she could go and get ready. Just as I put my phone down I heard soft padding of feet down the hallway. Harry was awake.

Once I he appeared in the doorway of the living room, I couldn't help but smile. He was still wearing his white shirt and boxers that he'd slept in, black socks on his feet, and his hair was sticking up all over the place. He let out a yawn, lifting his arms up and over his head, squeezing his eyes shut as he did so. He let out a small squeak at the end of his yawn, I almost let out a sound of adoration. It was adorable.

Once he'd relaxed his arms back down, he came and sat next to me, bringing his knees to his chest, wrapping his arms around them and relaxing his cheek on his knees, facing me.

"Morning." He mumbled.

"Good morning, lazy." I said, getting up walking to the kitchen and making him a cup of coffee. I came back and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.