Taking Risks

F O U R T E E N : CIGARETTES

AVERY'S P.O.V.

I managed to get out of the room, and the museum. It was almost wiped out clean. I don't know how they managed to do this. I almost got surprised when there was a bunch of guards seating quietly near the entrance of the museum. I thought they were alive so they made me jump at first; but I slowly figured out that it was actually Niall who did this. hahaha.

I was greeted by other guests in the area going down the stairs. I can still Zayn hanging out with a blonde girl on the bar. He needs to get out of here, quick. I found my way towards Harry's side and we exited as fast, and as not so weirdly as we could. We just caught on to what we did while he drives the car in top-down back to headquarters.

"She looks so pretty. She looks so happy. I wish I could be with her until the end."

HARRY'S P.O.V.

"To be quite honest, Harry...I feel so great right now. I don't feel ashamed for what my life took part in so far and I've never felt so liberated in a long time. This is something that I won't forget." She told me. I can feel happiness radiating through her. I just realized that this could be our last night of meeting each other. I don't want to say goodbye. I really don't.

The light of the moon is breaking through her hair. Her eyes are twinkling like the stars. Even though I'm in this situation, I don't care anymore. As long as I'm with her.

"I'll miss you. You know that, right?" I told her. She looked at me. "Why are you like that all of a sudden?" I silently laughed. "Don't talk to me as if it's our last night together." She joked. The stop light turned red. I looked at her intently.

I'm searching into her eyes for her to finally get what I'm saying. Her expression gets sadder and sadder by the second. A tear started rolling down her cheeks. Then another... and another.

I touched her face and smiled at her.

"I never said this but,-

She started to search my eyes.

I do love you, Avery."

I kissed her as the light turned green.

She kissed me back. It was one of the episodes wherein she kisses me back. It rarely happens and I'm thankful for this for the last time.

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She was silent the whole ride. I didn't know what to do, so I just drove all the way to the headquarters. Before we come into the gate, I noticed that there were tons of people waiting in the parking lot. I saw our managers waiting near a van and there were lots of cars that belonged to people I rarely know.

But there was one car that caught my eye. It was a Porsche. It was parked far away from the others and the only thing I see is the shadow of a man leaning on to it behind a lamp post.

I parked the car near the entrance and got Avery out of the passenger side.

"What took you guys so long?" Dan asked me. "Just taking in everything, you know." I answered. Dan smiled and said, "Congratulations, everyone. You've finally graduated. You five will be taken care of by your management after a little conversation with the boss. Head on up to your space and you'll recieve further instructions when you go in. Good job, boys. You're officially criminals. But hey, no charges. They didn't know it was you. They can't call a police, too. So just chill, alright? No need to be tense." Matt patted us on the back and gestured for us to come inside headquarters. I looked over to find Avery, walking towards the man near the Porsche.