Honey (Harry Styles fanfic)

Chapter 8- Beach bitches

Harry's point of view;

I woke up to Lissie sleeping peacefully on my chest. I breathed as slowly as possible,trying not to move her head too much. Her hair was splayed out across my bare chest,starting brown and then blending into blonde half way through. It was so soft against my skin,so I gently twirled the ends of her hair in my fingertips whilst I admired her features.

After a few minutes,I noticed her eyebrows suddenly pull together. I watched her curiously,and then remembered her waking up last night,saying something about a nightmare or something..I wasn't really listening. Don't judge me,I was half asleep,and it's not fun being woken up in the middle of the night.

She started to twitch her lips slightly,whimpering and clenching her fists. I instinctively reached for her hand and uncurled it,linking my fingers with hers. I realised that this was a bad idea when she started to squeeze my hand tightly,too tight. I winced and ripped my hand away from hers,rubbing it where her fingertips and left red marks.

I watched her intently,her little episode seemingly over. She untensed and relaxed,slumping against my stomach. I smiled,reaching to run my fingertips through her hair,but I was scared shitless by Lissie shooting up and screaming. As she sat up,she'd pushed against me so I screamed -a manly scream of course- and was rolled off of the bed,just as I heard a thud from the other side of the bed.

Rubbing my elbow,I peered over the bed. She wasn't there. I guessed she'd fallen aswell,so I climbed onto the bed,army crawling across the mattress and peeking over the edge. I saw Lissie,curled into a ball on the floor,with her arms covering her face.

"Hey..Lis?" I whispered cautiously,watching and noticing that she was shaking. When she heard my voice,her head snapped up and she looked at me with tears in her doe-like eyes,and tear stains down her freckled cheeks.

"What..what happened? Come on.." I said quietly,moving so that I was sat next to her on the floor. I gently pulled her so that she was sat on my lap and wrapped my arms around her as she placed her head in the crook of my neck,sobbing silently. I rubbed her back soothingly. "Shh,it's okay,it'll be okay," I kept whispering. After a while,she leaned back and breathed out.

"What happened,love?" I said calmly,looking her straight in her greeny-brown eyes. She chewed on her lip but finally spoke up.

"I was on a boat..and everything went black..and it went light again..and everyone was there..and I made one little movement..and..they just..started screaming and shouting at me..saying horrible things.." She broke off and quickly wiped a tear that was rolling down her cheek.

"..but you were there.." She glanced up at me and then back down to where she was twirling her hair. I started listening more intently,trying to make sense of what she was saying. "..I was telling you to move,but you wouldn't,you just stayed there..and I gave up and tried to run but..you grabbed me and you wouldn't let me go and they were rocking the boat and it was on it's side but you dropped me into the people and they were clawing at me and I couldn't breathe-" she broke off again,and held her fingers under her eyes,trying to catch the tears that were spilling.

I couldn't believe my ears. She'd had a nightmare. About me. And it had caused her this grief.

"Is this the nightmare you had last night,aswell?" I whispered,studying her expression. She looked up at me and nodded,her bottom lip trembling. I breathed out deeply and pulled her in for a tight hug.

"Lissie..I..you just need to know that I will never do anything to hurt you,and I will keep you safe..I won't let anyone hurt you,got that?" I said,kindly but sternly. She smiled a wide smile and kissed me on the lips,before snuggling into me again.