Complicated

Chapter 13

I feel a shaking on my shoulder and bring myself back to consciousness. I open my eyes to a palette of greens and blues and grays swirled together to create Harry's eyes. He smiles.

"Good morning, beautiful." I smile as he sets a warm gentle kiss on my cheek.

"Good morning, handsome." I throw a laugh into the air before returning him a kiss on his cheek. He reflects my smile and I lift myself off the bed to sit up straight and rub my eyes.

"What time is it?" I can't tell if it's early or late. I am still tired but the light seeking its way through the navy curtains is telling me otherwise.

"It's 10:40, so we have more than an hour to get you to campus." He says. I wish I would have gotten up earlier to spend more time with him but I desperately needed the rest after the night I had.

"Ok, thank you for waking me up." I give him a convincing smile. I almost wish he would have forgotten to wake me up so I would have an excuse to not go to school. I slide off the bed to realize I'm wearing Harry's boxers. I turn my head away from him to hide my smile.

"Oh wait! What am I going to wear!" I look down and then up at him.

"You can wear what you wo-" he comes to realization mid sentence that I came in a cat costume that I am on the verge of throwing in the nearest garbage.

"Well you can wear my sweats and a t-shirt...or maybe Niall's girlfriend has an extra pair of clothes here that you can borrow." He gets up and goes into his drawer to pull out a white shirt and dark blue jeans for himself.

"No, I would feel so uncomfortable in someone else's clothes without them knowing, especially since I don't know her."

"I'm pretty sure she owns comfortable clothes." He laughs and mocks me and I roll my eyes at his dry humor.

"Ha-ha but I'm serious. I don't think we have time to drive to my dorm and me to get changed and-"

"Why don't you just spend the day with me then?" The words make my heart race because I wanted to hear them from him. I don't want to leave him after every messed up things that happened last night.

"I don't know.." I let out but the words do not sound convincing.

"Come on. Then you don't have to stress about time and everything. I can drive you to your dorm to change and then we can go to breakfast." I smile at the idea.

"Besides, it's Halloween. I know we're in College but who wants to be learning on a holiday." He holds a convincing argument and I cave in.

"Okay fine." He hops once and claps his hands together, resembling a child.

"Perfect." His accent wraps around the word perfectly.

"Maybe we can even go somewhere.. like a Halloween place!" His words and the happiness that is let through each word excites me.

"Like where?"

"Like this haunted mansion about 20 minutes away! I think Niall's going with his girlfriend." The way he put emphasis on the word 'his' makes it sound like Harry wants to take 'his' girlfriend as well. But I'm not sure if I am exactly that. I want to be but he hasn't asked me or mentioned it. I would love the idea of a double date with Niall and his date.

"That would be awesome!" The excitement is still conspicuous in my voice.

"Cool! I'll ask him if he's still laying where he was on the couch. I'm guessing he is if he's not here." He points to the other bed on the other side of the room.

"Yeah I saw him last night." Moments before my eyes locked with Harry's and my heart momentarily stopped beating.

"Once he is dressed and Harry's baggy sweats are covering my legs loosely, we head downstairs. Harry walks in front of me with the clear bottle containing the horrid orange liquid as the two empty cups are held in mine. I hadn't realized we both downed the drinks he poured. I guess that's the explanation for our intoxicated actions last night. Though I don't really know if the drink was responsible.

We enter the first level and my eyes adjust to the sudden light. I am shocked at how different everything looks. The place would look normal if there wasn't red solos and empty beer cans littering the room. The kitchen counter space is consumed with half-filled bottles of alcohol. My eye catches the familiar blonde snuggled by himself on the now visibly beige couch.

I walk with Harry towards the kitchen to set down the vodka and throw out the cups me and Harry used.

"Want something to drink?" Harry looks back at me as he opens the fridge.

"Can I have a water?"

"Sure." He hands me a water bottle from the side of the fridge. The coolness is absorbed by my hand as I twist off the cap and bring it to my mouth. The chilled water is refreshing as I swoosh it around in my mouth and swallow it, feeling it wash away the warmth in my throat. I set down the bottle on the bit of space i find on the counter.

I walk towards the living room, picking up solos as I walk and piling them into each other in my hand. I'm startled by a girl with her head facing the seat of the couch, her blonde hair sloppily gathered on top of the back of her head. I remain frozen at the sight of her, almost dropping the cups towering in my hand. They feel like they're leaning and swaying, along with my body and vision. Why is she still laying here drunk?

Harry walks towards me looking concerned.

"Vicky, are you alright?" He looks down at the drunken girl and I feel a layer of water beginning to coat my eyes.

"Th..thi-this is the.." I fumble over my words and he looks up at me.

"Toni." Is the words that's stings my mouth as it is said through my teeth. His expression changes and he looks as confused as I am. His hand goes through his hair, an action I've caught him doing a number of times.

"Why is she here?" He looks down at her and then his eyes beam to the piled beers that lie at her feet.

"I-I don't know." Would Erich really abandon her? After what happened between them? He is low. I am stunned at his acts- his pathetic acts.

"Well let's go back upstairs so we can get ready." He attempts at luring me away from my passed out frie- ex friend. He cautiously wraps his fingers around my thin wrist and I am brought away from staring at her body.

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We enter the bathroom and I hear the tub turn on behind me. My hair is dirty and I want to brush my teeth. Harry places a large and medium towel by the bath before converting the pounding sound of running bathwater to a thinner sound coming out of the shower head. As I look in the mirror, my eyes are dragged to the corner, when I see Harry stepping out of his sweats and boxers. I blush as he looks up at my through the mirror.

"You know you can take a shower here too." He smiles and I curl my lips under my teeth to hide mine.

"I don't have clean clothes to change into."

"Well I can give you clean sweats and a shirt before we head to your dorm. And then when we get there, you can change out of them..?" His offer pulls me in.

"Ok fine." I act like I'm not happy of his offer.

"You can jump in here with me if you want..?" What? Take a shower with him? I would feel embarrassed but then again, why should I? He's seen me naked and I am tempted to have the experience.

"Alright" I try to stay neutral even though my mind is racing.

I take off the pants and then the boxers that I never removed, follow by my panties. I am turned away from Harry until I feel his hand on my waist turn me to face him. Before I can look at him or protest, his lips meet mine. We kiss sweet and kindly, our tongues barely brushing each other. It was an innocent kiss before we made our way to the shower.

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