Anxiety At Its Best | wroetoshaw

the mall

"Oh my god, these shoes are so cool!" Harry squealed, picking up the box with his size.

"Let me see those," Josh says, opening up the box, Jacob also looked too.

Autumn peeked over looking at the box. Seeing a pair of high tops. She knew her size in mens, and she also knew uk sizes were pretty much the same. Besides the .5 difference.

She grabbed the pair they were looking at and walked to the counter.

She paid with her credit card, when the cashier gave her the bag she left the store.

"I'm gonna go find food!" She says, yelling to them while walking out of the store.

Harry watched Autumn leave, until someone tugged on his arm.

He looked back and it was Josh.

"I know." He says, letting go of Harry's arm and crossing his arms.

"Know what?" Harry questions.

"You like Autumn." He says poking Harry's chest and smiling.

He looked at Josh and raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah?"

Harry turns around and with the shoe box in his hands, going to the counter. He sucked at lying, so he wasn't even going to try.

Josh's jaw dropped.

"No way," Josh says to himself.

"What?" Jacob says turning around.

"Nothing." Josh says putting his hand on his mouth.

**back to where Autumn was going**

Autumn walked around to find the food court, but she came across a music store. Inside of the store she saw an acoustic guitar. At that moment, she didn't feel the hungry or tired. She wanted to play that.

She walked in to the store.

"Excuse me?"

"Yes?" The cashier notices her American accent.

"Do you mind if I- play?" She says, picking up the guitar.

"Go ahead, love!" He says smiling, and folding his hand.

Autumn sits on the ground, crosses her legs and puts the guitar in playing position.

She thought of one of the first, actual well-known songs she learned.

Hallelujah.

Autumn starts to strum her guitar to the song, hallelujah.

When Harry was walking around looking for her, he started to hear music. In the corner of his eye, he saw Autumn. He looked into the music store, and it was Autumn. He walked into the store and listened.

Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music do you?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you need proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory mark
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah.

"Autumn, that was really good." Harry said, still in a state of shock.
Autumn looks up, not knowing he was there, then blushes while putting the guitar back on the shelf.

"Thanks, Harry." She said smiling, Harry smiled back at her. They headed back to where the boys were.

"You guys found food?" Josh asked, staring at Harry and smiling.

"Uh, no." Autumn said, whilst giggling.

"Nandos?" Jacob added.

"Yeah sure," Josh said, looking at Harry for reassurance.

"Fine by me." He said. Autumn shrugged and they went off.

**After Nandos**

"So, I didn't know you sang." Harry said, trying to start up conversation. Autumn shrugged, then spoke.

"Pass time hobby, I guess?" She said looking out the window. Autumn wasn't quite comfortable in Harry's car, after what happened earlier.

"Guitar too?" Harry asked. Autumn didn't know why, but he was really getting on her nerves. She just abruptly nodded her head, still glaring at the broken moon. Harry was silent after.