Glitch || s.m.

10.0

I sigh as I fiddle with the end of my dress while sitting in my assigned chair. Our team was invited to some dinner party, and we have to go. Of course it had to be formal.

The food isn't out yet, and everybody is just talking to one another, while I'm awkwardly sat staring off into space.

I hate things like this.

"Alex, I'm going to go outside for a second," I mutter to our goalie, who's seat is next to mine. She looks at me worriedly, and nods.

"Are you okay?" she asks glancing down at my knee.

"Yeah, I just need fresh air," I answer before standing up carefully and making my way towards the door. Once I finally escape the event, I don't really know where to go. There's no benches around, so I decide to just stand by the door.

I notice a guy walking backgrounds coming towards me, so I try to get out of his way, but he bumps into me.

"I'm so sorry," the guy says while turning around to look at me. I wince at the fact that he stepped on my toe, but other than that, I'm fine. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay," I mutter and the guy looks at me worriedly. He's about to say something else when a voice cuts him off.

"Jay, the foods coming. Are you coming inside?" Alex asks from the door causing me to look at her and nod. She disappears back inside, so I look back to the guy who bumped into me to see he looks really confused or shocked.

"Um, I, sorry, but what's your name?" he asks and I furrow my eyebrows, confused as to why he's asking this.

"Jayden, why?" I ask cautiously, and the guy smiles before wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into a tight hug. It's so uncomfortable that I just stay stiff.

"I'm sorry, but I'm Harry," he says pulling back and looking at me expectantly. Is he? Is he the Harry? My Harry? I narrow my eyes at him. "You know me right?"

"I think so, yeah. You're a sideman, right?" I ask, pretty sure that this is the Harry who texts me goodnight every night. If not, then this guy is completely crazy.

"Yeah, I keep forgetting you know about that," Harry smiles before pulling me into another hug. Despite how much I dislike hugs, Harry's were actually comforting, once I know he's not a creeper. "I didn't take you for a dress person though."

"I'm not. It's a formal event, I had too," I pout and Harry chuckles. His eyes are also blue, but they're a lighter shade than Simon's. Simon's reminded me of the ocean, but Harry's reminded me of the sky on a slightly stormy day. He has light brown hair, and it's more carefree. It isn't really styled, but doesn't look like a complete mess either. He's wearing a black shirt with a blue SDMN logo across the front, paired with some black sweatpants.

"I'm not complaining, you look good," Harry says clearly looking at the dress instead of my face, so I roll my eyes jokingly. "Especially with the blue shoes," Harry admits smiling. He must like the colour blue.

"You should ditch this place and hang out with me," Harry suggests and I furrow my eyebrows. The girls would kill me if I ditched them.

"Jay, what's taking so long?" Alex asks coming back out, so I turn to look at her and notice she's focused on Harry. Oh great, I can only imagine what she's thinking. "Is he your secret boyfriend?"

"What? No, I don't ha-" I start but get cut off by her talking again.

"Here, I'll help you," Alex says before going back inside. I sigh before looking back at Harry.

"I would love to, but I should probably get back in there before Alex loses her mind," I say and Harry nods.

"Here, I brought extra clothes. You can borrow them, just remember to bring them back," Alex says coming back outside and handing the clothes to me. I look at her confused before she hands me my Nike bag that I had to bring since I didn't have pockets and I don't own a purse. She looks up and noticed my confused expression. "I'm not going to stop you from hanging out with your boyfriend," she says and I go to argue, but she continues. "I'll tell the others your knee was hurting, and you had to go home. Now, go have fun."