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five

I looked up at the voice and recognized Harry. He drove me home that night at the club and now that he was here he was making an effort to talk to me in public. I was shocked that he would do that especially seeing a group of friends. I didn't know any guys who were like that.

"Wow, small world",  I said and began scooting my things over so I could offer him a seat. He picked up on the message and sat down.

"I was hoping I would see you again", he said making the most intense eye contact in the world. I was nervous because on top of the eye contact, Pearl was staring at the two of us with a hopeful gaze.

"So was I", i broke the eye contact and took a sip of my water.

"You didn't even tell me your name or give me your number", he said and I smiled.

"You never asked", I said," but my name is Ocean."

"Like the pacific?", he said and I rolled my eyes. I had gotten that so many times through out my life and it eventually got old.

"No actually, more like the north Atlantic because my mom was obsessed with Titanic history. She named my younger brother Jack because of the movie."

"Okay but that's cute", he said and I blushed," I really, really like that. I'm just Harry there is nothing special at all about being Harry."

"I like it", I told him and he smiled. He then looked back to his group of friends and back at me. I'm sure he was eager to go back to them. A few of them were looking back at us which made me nervous.

"I should probably get back to them", he said and I nodded. I pulled a pen out of my purse and wrote my number down for him on one of the cheap napkins.

"Thank you", he said and I nodded," Hopefully we could go out sometime."

"I'd like that", and with that he walked away. I looked back over to Pearl and she had the biggest smile on her face. My face turned bright red so immediately covered it so that no one could tell how nervous and blushy I was.

"Okay he is the cutest thing ever and I can tell he really likes you",  Pearl whispered so that he or his friends wouldn't be able to hear us.

"I told you", I said, " and I forgot this last night we kissed."Her eyes practically flew out of her head when I told her that. 

"Okay, I know you aren't fully over Ben and that's okay but if he likes you and wants to try dating you have to try. He is too good to not try with", she said I nodded.

"I know, that's what I was planning", I said and after that the conversation kind of stopped. The two of us actually started to eat our food and barely talked about anything. This is what happens when you don't hang out with your best friend a lot and you see them again out of nowhere. In no time though, we finished our food and we're ready to leave. When we left Harry and I waved at each other but that was it. 

Pearl and I arrived home rather quickly from the restaurant. Traffic was light and we were practically racing the movers to her house since they were suppose to be there any second. We were scrambling to put purses and things she didn't need in boxes so that they could be sent to her storage unit. Once the room was empty and the moving was done it was late and Pearl decided to go to sleep. The next day we were going to be shopping for things to put in my new room and she hated being tired while shopping.

For the night I was going to be on the couch. I didn't mind it at all though because being on this couch was better than not having anywhere to go or being at my parents house. Today had been such a great day and now I was just thinking it all over. I was so lucky today it seemed like things were starting to turn around for me. I was luckily enough to have a friend like Pearl who would take me in when I needed a hope and even more lucky to have met Harry again. I felt like it was fate that had brought us together for the second time in the span of two days. 

Him: Ocean......

Him: I am in SHOCK right now please respond.

Ocean: Stalker, how do you know my name.

Him: It's Harry. YOU FOUND MY NUMBER ON A WALL AND WE MET THE SAME NIGHT YOU FOUND IT AND TEXTED ME.

Harry: You send that text, I ignored it and then minutes later I met you.

Ocean: Shut the fuck up you're kidding.

Harry: No. This is no joke, Ocean. 

Ocean: You are serious.

Harry: If you don't believe me I'll call you to prove it.

And within seconds of receiving that text my phone began to ring. At first I did not want to answer. I did not want to believe that the mysterious boy I was texting was the same one who had given me a ride home after the club. How was that even possible. I finally answered the call and nervously held it up to my ear.

"Hello", I said nervously.

"Can you believe it, Ocean", Harry said, his accent thick and excited. Hearing his voice put into perspective and I state of shock for me. How was this even possible?

"This is crazy", I almost whispered into the phone. I was under the impression that these were two different guys and the one I was texting I would never know and as for Harry, I thought I would never see him again. All of this was so surreal.

"Almost like its fate", he said and I smiled through the phone. That was the exact same thing I was thinking. Hearing his voice over the phone and realize what magic must've taken place for this to happen I couldn't stop smiling. 

Waves// Kanye West
The Sound// The 1975
Vison II // M83