Wide Eyed (A Harry Styles Fanfic)

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

 

Well it’s officially the first day of class. I am a freshman in college and my name is Lily Valentine. Luckily, I applied and was accepted into the college early enough to have gotten my own dorm. There is a second bed in my room, but my roommate is a no show. Maybe she dropped out last minute, who knows. The only thing I know about her is that her name is Erin Calabs.  

I got read for the day, pulling on some jeans and a sweatshirt. I looked over my schedule and I saw that the first class I have is math.

 

“Lily Valentine, back row. Harry Styles, you’re her partner.” My math teacher gave us our seats.

“Hi, my name is Harry.”

“Hi, I’m Lily.”

 

After the professor gave us our seats, he told us the assignment. Harry and I started working together.

 

“Wait, does the x go over the y?” Harry asked.

“Yeah, I think so”, I replied.

The bell rang, but our assignment wasn’t complete. We had to finish it by the end of class tomorrow, so Harry and I needed to meet up.

“Harry, what time do you want to meet so we can finish this/”

“Umm, I’m busy for the rest of the day, so just call me to make arrangements.”

 

He pulled out a piece of paper, scribbled his number down, and left quickly.

After math, I went to my seven other classes. When the day was nearly over, I went back to my dorm. I took off my jacket and I saw a note fall out of my pocket. When I picked it up, I realized it was Harry’s number. Remembering that he was busy, I decided not to call him the door to my dorm swung open.

 

“Do you know where Erin Calabs is?” the stranger asked.

“She didn’t show up, but may I ask who you are in case she does come?" I told the guy, knowing that Erin pulled out and was never coming.

“I’m, Jake”

“Hi I’m Lily.”

 

Jake shut the door and left.

 

It took a few hours to set up my dorm. Everything had a specific place. I decided not to move the unused bed. It could be used sometime in the future. The clock read 5:30 when I realized I didn’t eat yet. I put on my shoes and headed for the nearest McDonalds.

I walked through the doors of the restaurant. To my surprise, there happened to be no line.

“Can I take your order?” the woman behind the counter asked.

“Um, I’ll have a cheeseburger and a large fry.”

 

She put in my order, went to the back of the kitchen, and put the food in the bag.

I was looking for a seat when I saw a familiar face.

 

“Harry? I thought you were busy?’

“Oh, hi Lily. I was, but a guy has to eat.”

 

I smiled, and he smiled back. I couldn’t help but notice there was something wrong, like he

was hiding something. I just brushed it off, and finished talking.

 

“Why are you wearing long sleeves when it’s like 70 degrees?” I asked him.

“Because I’m too cool for short sleeves.”

“Alright, that had to be the most terrible pun I have ever heard. Where did you get that form? A back of a laffy taffy wrapper?”

“Actually, I did.”

 

We both were laughing when Harry’s face grew solemn.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“Lily, why are you sitting with this lame. Billy, Sam, look at him. Wimp has finally got a girlfriend.”

 

The guy who was teasing Harry was Jake from earlier. I wouldn't have been so nice to him if i had known he was a bully.

“I’m not his girlfriend. You need to stop being a dick to him, Jake."

“Oh it looks like this wimp needs a girl to protect him. Just like Sophomore year when his sister defended him. That’s all you’ll ever be, Harry, a wimp."

Jake and his crew of friends left. It was a shame that he was in college, still bullying people. By the look on Harr's face, I could tell bullying still affected him.

“Harry, don’t’ listen to them, you’re better th-“

"You don’t know me. I just met you today so don’t tell me who or what I’m better than.”

With that he walked out the door.

 His harsh tone caught me off guard. It seemed like everyone was having an off day today.