elysian - hariana

0.4 - hugs

Recap:

"No thanks, Rick already tried to do that.", I heard Gemma say as I shut my eyes again. I wished today had just been a dream.

harry

"A young, 16 year old, male had committed murder after seeing Merideth White, his supposed love interest with another man. There is to be a court case on the 9th of May, 2016 to put John McKinley in an amount of 7 years in jail. Merideth White and lover, Alistair Smith were found dead in their apartment. The investigation is still going on."

I read the newspaper on a busy morning at the coffee shop, waiting for Bee to grab my orders. I read another article about a rape victim, man harassing a man, and I didn't quite know where I stood at any of this. It seemed weirdly related to the encounter I had yesterday with Rick.

"Hey Styles.", Bee said, pulling her notepad and pen out as she approached my table. I dropped the newspaper from my hands to look at her. "Um, hey Bee, thanks for getting me out of the... situation... yesterday."

"No problem. It was a pleasure getting to see your penis.", Bee stated with a smile making me eyes grow wide. Bee just rolled her eyes.

"I was just kidding, Horton. What do you want?", Bee questioned making me breathe a sigh of relief.

While waiting for my order, I decided to read more onto the murder case.

The parents of the 16 year old were disappointed and savaged by the newspapers. How could they raise a child to murder? I mean, if Ariana would end up with bloody Lance, I wouldn't murder both of them. Probably just Lance, but still. I can't bring myself to kill another human being. John had lived with this heartache for a whole year. Surely, he was too young to make a decision, but I guess because of his youth, it brought him to think of a much different solution to whatever he was dealing with.

That's when I heard the scratch of a chair against the floor. I glanced up to find Ariana, who was now placing a cup of coffee in front of me. At first, I had thought she had mistakenly brought someone else's coffee on my table, but I had realized, this was my usual coffee. Ariana, bloody Ariana, was actually serving me my cup of coffee. My heart began to race at the sight of her. Rick couldn't have told her I fancied her, right?

"Hi.", Ariana greeted me, a small smile on her face. I didn't reply, embarrassingly, I just gave a little wave. How idiotic of me.

"So about yesterday, with Rick and all, I'm really sorry that happened to you, Harry. That was quite, unexpected and I apologize for not staying with you like Bee, I was just, very upset. Really, trul-", I cut Ariana off in mere panic as I blurt out my apologies.

"I'm so sorry that Rick pulled on your hair and pushed you to the ground and harassed you and hurt you because you didn't deserve any of that and Rick was a dick, an ass, and I didn't expect that to happen, but also, thank you. For rescuing me, and not coming with Bee to the room so you wouldn't have seen my visible penis because of Rick and-"

"Woah, hold your horses, Harry!"

"I'm sorry." My voice was tiny like a child. A frightened child.

A smirk formed on Ariana's face before she continued to speak. "I just wanted to give you my best wishes before I was interrupted.", Ariana joked, giving me a 'look'. "I really hope nothing else had happens to you anytime soon."

This time, a small smile formed across my face. She cared about me. At least... I think she did? "So..", Ariana was about to speak again when the door of the coffee shop opened to reveal Lance. He was in his usual clothing: a plain white t-shirt with a leather jacket and some skinny jeans. He must think he looks like one of the characters from "The Outsiders". He whistled obnoxiously as he strutted his way in. I turned back to Lance to find Ariana making her way towards him. I pursed my lips in annoyance as I watched Ariana direct Lance towards his table.