outcasts. | harry styles au

twenty one.

"are you coming yet?" harry called after her.

lennon was standing behind the jeep  adjusting her swimsuit top. she was nervous to walk out in just her   dark navy blue high waisted two piece swimsuit in front of harry. as if she wasn't self conscious enough. she took a deep breath opening the passenger door sending her bundle of clothes in the passenger seat before walking around the jeep in harry's view.

lennon nervously fiddled with her fingers looking down at the ground with crimson cheeks. she didn't want to see harry's face when he saw how she looked.

"hey princess," harry whispered now only a mere couple inches away. lennon looked up surprised at how close he was in such little time.

"you don't have to be shy around me." harry told her his thumb grazing her cheek.

"okay." she said to him with a small smile but even so her stomach was a jumble of nerves.

harry wrapped his arms around her pulling her in for a hug lennon hugging back.

"by the way you look lovely." harry whispered in her ear. lennon blushed muttering a thank you. harry's large hand found her small when and he led her to the pond. lennon's bare feet walked beside harry' until she stopped at the edge of the bank.

harry let go of her hand and jumped in the impact splashing water everywhere and all over lennon. she shrieked and jumped back because the water was cold. harry resurfaced and chuckled at lennons reaction a big grin on his face.

"come on, get in." harry coaxed trying to get lennon to move from her spot on the bank. 

she was hesitant at how cold the water was. biting her bottom lip she stuck out her big toe dipping it in instantly taking it back out.

"it's cold!" she exclaimed.

"come on, lennon. live a little." harry persuaded.

harry's words seem to get to lennon. most of her life she wasn't allowed to live a little and now that she can she wasn't going to because the water might be a little too cold. screw the water being a little cold.

"i can't swim." lennon confessed to harry.

"that's okay, i'll catch you." harry reassured her. 

 lennon took a couple steps back  taking a deep breath for pushing off the bank and into the water. the water shocked her at how cold it was but harry's  hands could be found on lennon's waist keeping her from drowning. his touch sent warmth throughout her body though even at the little contact.

what was he doing to her?

.-.-.-.-.-.-

"do we have to go?" lennon asked after hours of them enjoying themselves in the pond.

harry nodded down at her with an outstretched hand. lennon was still in the water not wanting to get out and face reality as childish as it sounded. letting out a sigh she accepted his hand getting out. immediately the hot air made her want to climb back in.

holding hands they walked back to the jeep in silence and climbed in. lennon moved her clothes on the floor though so they didn't get all wet from sitting on them in her wet swimsuit. lennon leaned back in her seat resting her feet on the dashboard.

her fingers laced with harry's on the center console her other resting on her lap. harry's other was on the steering wheel guiding them back to harry's house. his thumb rubbed circles into the back of lennon's hand as she looked out the rolled down window her hair flying around.

lennon glanced over at harry noticing how his frizzy his curls were because they were wet, it kind of reminded her a little bit of tarzan. his eyes were trained on the road but her eyes were trained on his bare ab chest with his tattoos littered all over it.

 she wondered what the butterfly and the birds meant, but didn't dare to ask at the moment. looking away. she watched the trees in the window past but resting her head against the sill shifting so it was possible. lennon's eyelids began to get heavy and eventually closed drifting off to sleep.

"lennon love, wake up." harry's soft voice making lennon wake up. 

lennon opened up her eyes letting out a yawn before rolling over in her seat stretching. she looked over to see harry watching her with a amused smile. she bent down and grabbed her pile of clothes on the floor holding them against her chest as she slipped out her door, harry following suit.

lennon's bare feet padded across the ground her converse being left in the car, yet she could care less because she needed a shower anyways. harry walked beside her to the house harry fishing his keys out of his back pocket of his jeans. 

unlocking the door the two stumbled inside harry kicking his boots off while lennon stared down at her bare feet. not wanting to get dirt and grass all over the floors lennon lifted her head up.

"mind if shower?" she asked harry as he finished taking off his worn brown boots that he wore all the time. harry shook his head.

"not at all." he said to her. lennon nodded her head, "cool." 

she was glad he said yes because as much fun she had at the pond she didn't want to smell like the pond any longer. lennon started to go up the stairs when she realized that her backpack of clothes was still in the jeep.

turning around she went back down the stairs setting her clothes on the couch.

"i'm going to go get my backpack out of the jeep!" she yelled to harry over her shoulder.

without waiting for a response she went out went out the frond door back tracking to the jeep. lennon silently scolded herself for having to come back out her because she forgot to grab them in the first place. she opened the passenger door of the jeep grabbing her backpack and her converse. slipping the backpack on her converse in hand she shut the jeep door.

she glanced up to see a black suv driving slowly past harry's house, lennon began suddenly very aware at how little clothes she had on. her heart beat fast in her chest at a unhealthy rate at the sight of the suv. the sub suddenly drove away quickly down the street. although she couldn't see who the person was because of tinted windows she knew that whoever it was wasn't good.

lennon ran back to the house closing the door behind her quickly, maybe she was overreacting but after everything that's been going on these last few days she was scared as hell.

"lennon?" harry called from the kitchen. lennon let her converse fall to the floor and shrugged her backpack off her shoulders. she was in shock of what just happened, at what could happen.

"lennon?"  harry questioned worriedly stepping into the living room. lennon couldn't move maybe it was from the shock of this all happening but she just couldn't do it.

she could hear harry walking toward her and could smell his musky scent that she had grown to love. lennon felt harry's hands on her cheeks cupping them gently tilting her head up so she would look at him. 

she looked at him for less than ten seconds before she could feel herself to start to cry. hot tears ran down her cheeks as harry removed his hands from her cheeks and wrapped his arms around her waist hugging her tight for the second time today.

"princess what happened?" he asked her.

"their was a b-black suv d-driving slowly infr-ront of the house." lennon hiccuped into harry's bare chest. she could feel harry tense at her words.

"it's okay, i'll get this sorted out."harry reassured her, rubbing her back. lennon decided she needed to pull herself together. lennon pulled away a little bit wiping her eyes with her hands. 

"i'll get this sorted out." harry repeated quietly under his breath, so quiet lennon almost didn't hear him.

(I AM SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO UPDATE AND I KNOW ITS SHORT BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS WAY PAST DUE. ALSO THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR OVER 700 READS ON THIS BOOK THATS AMAZING. THANK YOU BUNCHES.)