Hearts on strings(H.S)

*I love you*

Allie woke up the next day on a strange couch. Her vision blurred and eyes swollen from crying. The moment she raised her head, she felt as if someone had hit her with a brick. She looked around only to find Sam's body still wearing his t-shirt and a blanket covering him, snuggling him in. she stood up slowly carful not to wake him up as his left leg with intertwined with hers and her arm across his chest. She rubbed her head once she stood up searching for a bathroom. Once she finally spotted one in the spacey flat, she almost flew there. Taking yet another aspirin for the second morning in row, she felt like an alcohol addict. She never drinks two nights on row.

She opened the door only to see Sam missing from the couch and standing next to the door frame.

"Trying to sneak out?" he asked with a boyish grin.

"Not really" she giggled.

"well, thank god I am not a heavy drinker or else I would've slept more and missed seeing your lovely face" he said raising her hand to touch her face but she flinched and stepped back.

He took his hand back immediately.

She awkwardly coughed and walked forward.

"So you brought me back here last night?" she asked.

"Yeah, you kinda of got lost and would've passed out if I didn't take that last drink from your drunken hands." He said after a moment of silence recovering from the awkward incidence.

"You've a nice place. Well, I should get going but thanks for everything." She smiled despite the headache lingering in the back of her head.

"Yeah, no problem. But you don't even want a breakfast?" he suggested hoping she would stay some more time. He enjoyed her company. She was pretty and kind and really funny and she made him laugh genuinely when she was sober although he has seen dozens of drunken people trying to make him laugh. And they were really funny. But her never did.

"I don't think we should" she said breaking his heart a bit.

"Oh, Okay" he said rubbing the back of his head.

"Listen Sam, you're the cutest guy ever and you are funny and understanding but I've already told you everything and I don't think anything should happen between us. I am sorry." She said and looked at him apologetically.

"Yeah I get it. But you forgot I am the second cutest guy you've met" he smiled at her hoping she would get his hint.

She laughed but then stopped and looked at him deeply with her grey eyes. She walked towards him and wrapped her arms around his muscled chest and back, hugging him as if she was a little girl and he was the cutest teddy bear she'd ever met.

"Thank you" she whispered. She had just met Sam but he was the type of person she had always wanted to come across at least once in her life

He smiled and then wrapped his own arms around her shorter frame.

"Goodbye, handsome stranger" she said after she pulled away.

"Goodbye, miss I just feel like getting drunk" he said back.

Allie knew as she walked out of that door that she had more chances with Sam than harry but she just couldn't go back and kiss Sam like in movies and live happily ever after. Things don't go that way. She couldn't betray harry. But harry and herself weren't in a relationship, if anything they are already cracking. It was more like, she couldn't betray her heart. She had always believed that one self should stay sincere to his own feelings. She couldn't just fool around with someone while having her heart secretly tied to someone else's existence

She knew she had to make things right with harry.

M-e-e-t m-e a-t g-r-a-n-d t-e-t-o-n p-a-r-k

She texted harry as she went for the keys of her own car keys and opened her car, her new station was Grand Teton Park.

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45 minutes of waiting at the park was quite enough for anyone to stop waiting for someone but not Allie and not when it's harry that she was waiting for. She also quite enjoyed the fresh air and lovely view of the trees.

WHEN harry finally showed up with his black jeans and dark sweater, Allie cursed herself for ever forgetting how awesome harry always looked.

"so you are here, finally deciding to answer my undying attempts of calling you after that little stunt you pulled yesterday, very nice, Allie, really nice and smooth" he said not showing his angry eyes as he wore sunglasses but showing his very angry mode in the tone he spoke with.

"I am sorry about that" she said looking at the ground.

"What was up with you? Like did you really have to do that? "he asked in his still angry mode but softening once he looked at Allie who stood timidly " was something upsetting you? You seemed fine when you were singing"

"Listen, I am sorry to embarrass you in front of your girlfriend but harry I am not a show. I sing for you harry, just you. And although I don't like that this is what our friendship has turned into, I am sorry for what I did. I just couldn't stand being your little show monkey but you should've asked me first though" she said looking at him again.

Harry stood silent for a bit before he started to speak again

"A) SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFREINDS, SHE IS JUST YET ANOTHER ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO LIKE GOOD MUSIC AND YOU BEING SUCH AN AMZAING SINGER I THOUGHT I CAN JUST SHOW HER THAT YOU ARE MY VERY TALNTED FRIEND.

B) You aren't a show monkey; I should've asked you first. That's my fault and I'm sorry.

C) Allie, you're my person and you'll always be. How can ever forget about you?"

He finished declaring his list then asked.

"Now we are finally over this, right?"

"Kind of, you need to make it up for me" she said. Harry has once more won her heart over with his smooth talk over the obstacles.

"You're the one that embarrassed me" he said chuckling.

"Well, you are the one that forced me to" she said folding her arms challenging him.

"Alright, alright. I know what you want" he said grinning.

"Ask politely" she said a smile playing over her lips.

"Allie Hammond Edwards, would you, my lady, like to accompany me for some strawberry ice cream?" he asked in formal tone bending over and offering his hand.

"Yes" she answered finally letting that smile take over her face.

"Love ya" he said putting his arm over her shoulder as he walked beside her and placed a sloppy kiss on her forehead. And although those words will never mean the same way as Allie would've wanted them, she still replied.

"Love you, too"