Always and Almost Forever. {Harry Styles}

Chapter Thirteen

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“Do you remember the last time we were here?” I heard Harry ask beside me, hope dipping in his voice, as I stared off at the ceiling of the stage.

After the concert, the boys headed off to some club, along with Isabel, while Harry decided to stay in the arena for a couple of minutes more. The management disagreed at first, but since Harry wouldn’t take no for answer, they finally gave in and left us alone inside the now-empty arena.

We were now lying on our backs at the center of the stage; the only light was coming from Harry’s iPhone flashlight app which was lying in between us.

I tore my gaze from the ceiling and looked at Harry who has his eyes closed. I watch as his chest rise up slowly with every breath he took. His arms were folded beneath his head. I felt a smile crept up on my lips as I stared at his beautiful face.

When I didn’t answer, I saw Harry open one of his eyes, revealing his bright, green pupil. He returned a dimpled smile before he closed his eyes again, taking a deep breath.

“The band had a concert here” Harry started “And it was our first anniversary”

I felt my smile grow bigger as I recalled the memory; how Harry serenaded me on stage, how he gave me a bouquet of white flowers; how his green eyes lit up so much I thought I was going to go blind just by staring at them.

“I sang to you on stage” he said, a smile was obvious in his tone “You didn’t want to go at first and Niall and Zayn had to drag you out from backstage”

I laughed slightly at the memory; how I pushed Zayn’s and Niall’s arms away from me as they tried to carry me on stage. Let’s just say they received a couple of punches, and Niall even received some hair pulling, but they didn’t give up. I had to glare at the two of them as I stood on the very center of the stage, while the other three boys were just laughing at us.

“I sang When You Look Me In the Eyes by the Jonas Brothers because you were so in love with them back then” He said with a low chuckle. “Do you remember what I told you after singing?”

Of course I do. “Your cover of the song sucks?” I joked.

Harry laughed beside me and I saw him open his eyes. Despite the darkness, I saw them twinkling. “It was the very first time I told you I love you”

And I said it back, Harry, because I really loved you. Not knowing what to say, I removed my gaze from his eyes and back to the dark ceiling in front of us.

“I started to love you even before that concert” He said after clearing his throat “But I only got to say it then because it was in that exact time when the two of us were standing in this very same stage in front of the fans, that time when you were crying because it was the first time someone sang to you, that time when you were looking at me while I was singing and I had to make sure I knew the lyrics right. It was that time I knew that I was completely in love with you. I knew then that I would never stop loving you no matter what happens. It was the time when I thought to myself, this is the girl I’ve been waiting for and now that she’s here, I’ll make sure she’s here to stay”

I was too lost in his words that I didn’t even realize that I was almost crying. I blinked the tears off but they kept coming back. Before I could even take another breath, a tear slid from the corner of my eyes, but thankfully, Harry was on my other side so he didn’t notice.