Harry Styles Imagines

#62 Bursts of Color

Happy 4th!

BURSTS OF COLOR

In Harry's eyes I could see the reflection of the colorful bursts illuminating the night sky. They almost resembled the growth of flower petals, they fanned out in bursts of color. Tonight couldn't possibly get any better. Not only was he here with me, but everyone was. His mom, my mom, and some of our closes friends.

Earlier this afternoon we had decided to eat at the Cheesecake Factory for an early dinner, that way, nobody had any major cooking to do. The only things we ended up cooking were small hotdogs and burgers. Along with that, of course, we had chips, fruit, and drinks to tie us over.

We're currently on Destiny and Daniel's, back deck; they were hosting this year since they live on a lake that does annual firework shows for the surrounding neighborhoods. Harry, Liam, Cheryl, and I happened to be sharing an outdoor circular day bed. Everyone else was sitting on either the couch or chairs.

"Why were you looking at me, baby?" Harry's deep voice summons me from my thoughts.

The loud, gun like sounds continue, but due to our closeness I know he'll be able to hear me. "Nothing. I just love you." I squeeze his thigh. "A lot." I softly kiss his neck.

"Love you a more," he insists.

I smile and turn my attention to the fireworks. Each one was a different color of the rainbow. Some were even in shapes. Watching them made me feel like a kid again.

"Oi Liam, that one looked like you," Louis says soon after a deformed smiley face one fades into thin wisps of smoke. "Man, I wish I'd gotten a picture." Everyone laughs, including myself.

"Hey, you all need to be nice," Anne lightly scolds with a smile on her face. My mom agrees with her.

"Louis, you don't have room to be talking," Lottie speaks up.

"Yeah, and Louis, at least I'm a unique one. You're one of the basic ones because your little jokes are so basic," Liam fires back at. He earns a couple of "ohs." "What are you gonna say now, huh?"

Louis shakes his head. "Hey, you better be glad you're girlfriend's laying next to you, mate. I'd roast you, but it'd be so hot that she'd end up feeling it. I can't do that to her." Everyone burst into laughter yet again, even Cheryl leans into Liam and chuckles.

It's always the funniest thing when the two of them start bickering. Luckily it's all in good fun. They never mean it. The two of them were best friends, but like brothers at the same time.

Harry leans closer to me. "They don't even want me to get on them. They'd be two burnt Brits," he whispers in my ear. At first I'm surprised those words left his mouth, but I only end up laughing harder. "Then—"

"Wait, shut up!" I lightly hit his leg stomach as I steady my breaths. "You're gonna make my sides start hurting."

"But you have such an adorable laugh, baby," Harry murmurs for only me to hear. "I like listening to it." After saying that he kisses my forehead.

"Too bad," I tell him with smirk.

"You guys are so damn childish," Niall groans in annoyance, taking a swig from his beer.

"I fail to remember when we asked for your opinion, lad," Louis retorts. The beer he'd been drinking was definitely starting to kick in. He was getting even sassier.

"The finale is about to start. All of you shut up and look at the sky," Daniel orders in a semi-serious manner.

We listen. The fire seems to light up the sky even brighter than before with color after color, shape after shape. It sounded like a war zone even though it was far from it. I could feel the faint vibrations in my chest. When it ends, leaving behind nothing but a thin cloud of smoke, we start clapping. We can even hear the faint echo of Destiny and Daniel's neighbors clapping and cheering as well.

"Ok, I don't know about you guys, but I think it's time for some music and dancing." Destiny stands up from her chair and walks over to the speakers. "Better enjoy this moment since we have to go to work in the morning, right?" A few people groan in realization. I'm glad I took off.

Wicked tunes, you know what I'm sayin'?
Wassup
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
Hold up, wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked

"This is my shit," Lottie says excitedly.

"Same," Destiny agrees. "You know the dance?"

"Yes, girl."

All eyes are on them as they break into the hand motions that are all over social media. I know them too, but I definitely don't want to do them with everyone watching. Daniel whips out his phone and starts recording them for his Snapchat story. Cheryl quickly hops up and joins them, leaving Liam behind.

"What the heck is this?" Harry asks aloud. Our moms were probably thinking the same thing.

He doesn't listen to this genre of music much, so his obvious confusion is understandable. One of the only rap songs he likes and knows the lyrics to is Gas Pedal. Long story short, he saw me dancing to it with a friend at my birthday party last year.

"I have no idea, but I'm enjoying it," Liam answers, his eyes focused on Cheryl and her moves.

"Yo, change the song. Nobody actually knows the lyrics past the beginning," Louis, who now has a cigarette between his fingers, calls out. That's true.

I'm so far out of sight
Sounds about right

As soon as I hear that Lottie and I scream, Harry jumps a little beside me. This is the song we fell in love with a few weeks ago. Without second thought, I get up and hurry over to where she and the girls were standing. Right when the beat drops we dab.

I'm so far out of sight
Yeah that sounds about right
Sounds about right
K-kill this cup, not my vibe
Be the highlight of my night
Look alive, look alive
We can start with something light

I glance at Harry and see that he is shamelessly taking in my movements. When our eyes meet he smirks and winks. This isn't how I thought tonight would turn out, but I surely wasn't complaining. I was still having a bomb ass time.

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Currently in DC at the Pentagon to watch the fireworks on the Mall. My dad works here.

I was highkey feeling myself while writing the end of this imagine. No regrets. 😝

-N i c 🌸