Linger (h.s)

Unforgettable Mistakes

We had both tried sleeping for a bit but we woke up within an hour. Sleep just wasn't working at the moment for either of us. I just wanted to go to sleep though, I had admitted to Harry that I had wanted him and now I just felt awkward. Plus us kissing probably didn't help the situation.

 I had moved away from Harry a little while ago when he was still asleep, curling up into a ball at the side of the bed. Just thinking to myself 'what had I done'. I was in major dilemma with my thoughts. I was happy Harry and I had kissed, but wasn't at the same time.  I didn't regret it, I just felt weird about it. Either way, there was no way I could take it back. I knew Harry was awake behind me but I wasn't game enough to turn around, I wasn't going to be able to face him when I was in this dilemma.

I readjusted myself still trying to make it seem as though I was asleep – when I wasn't -. "Kelsey? You awake?" I heard Harry whisper from behind me. My breathing hitched slightly as I felt Harry move closer to me checking to see if I was actually asleep. He hovered over me for a second, taking one last glance then returning to his position on the other side of the bed. I felt as Harry positioned himself away from me on the other side curling up as I was.

"I've never done this before. I've never had someone sleep in my bed, I've never slept in someone else's bed and it been for more then just a thing. I don't know what any of this means Kelsey, but I'm not going to do anything that you don't want to do. And I know none of this even matters because you're asleep, but I need you to know. I'm not going to use you, I'm not going to hurt you, I will do everything my power to protect you, because I've never felt anything like this before, and I want to find out what these things I am feeling mean."

I listened to Harry finish his words, he cleared my thoughts of doubt. I felt good now. In my still pretend sleep state, I rolled over, eyes closed. I snuggled into Harry, resting my head against his chest. In some way, I felt like he knew that I wasn't asleep.

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"Harry. Come on you lazy ass! Get up!" I screamed to him nudging him to wake up.

We had school today and I wasn't going to be late, and just because Harry was sleeping over mine didn't mean he could miss school. If I was going, he was going to go to school too.

"Mmmhh." Harry groaned, rolling over to face away from me.

"Fine, be late then." I moved back from Harry walking over to my drawers and pulling out the clothes I was going to wear. I grabbed my school bag, retrieving my phone from its charger placing it in my pocket as I slowly tiptoed out of the room. I grabbed a few things from the kitchen –apple, sandwich and a bottle of water from the fridge – then headed to the front door.

I pulled my headphones out of my bag and plugged them into my phone, placing the buds into my ears. I unlocked the screen pressing in my code, then opening the music app, scrolling through the music then picking a song I liked as I headed down the front pathway. I placed my phone back in my pocket as I bobbed down the pathway to 'Teenage Dirtbag', humming the tune as I skipped along the pathway.

I felt happy, for once in ages I actually felt happy, like nothing could get me down at the moment, not even seeing the schools bitches could get me down right now. I felt on top of the world, and nothing was changing my mood.

It was an around about 30 minute walk to school from my house, we didn't live far but in the morning it still seemed like a fairly long walk when you did it by yourself. I was beginning to listen to the 9th song when the front entrance to the school was visible just down the road. I was almost there, the place I liked to call 'prison'. I actually hated school, it was the one place I just wish I could disappear from.

As I walked through the school gates, everyone was standing around girls talking with girls, couples kissing. The normal shit you saw when you went to school, the only thing that I actually wanted to see was Lexi, but unfortunately she wasn't here.

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*Harry's POV*

I wasn't going to be late to school, especially not today. I walked out of the house locking the door behind me, I had to make sure I locked the door it was Kelsey's house and she would probably kill me if I left it unlocked.

I walked to the car, opening the driver's door and jumping in. I turned the stereo on, blasting music as I pulled out of the driveway.  In a car it was merely a 10 minute drive to get to school, I had left bad that I had left Kelsey to walk. She was letting me stay at hers and I didn't even wake up to take her to school. So not only did I forget her, I had kissed her too. 

I pulled the key from the ignition, jumping from the vehicle locking it and walking away. I slung my bag over my shoulder as I walked through the gates, saying 'hey' to a few people who were waving to me. I had just walked through the front glass door, looking down to brush my curly hair out of my as I saw her. Kelsey.

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