They sprinted across the yard and down the streets, enjoying the burn in their muscles. Aubrey let out a giggle at the free feeling. In that moment she could care less where they were going, all that mattered was that she was with Harry. She felt light and airy in his presence. He made her feel alive.
Pine trees enveloped the pair as they ran further. Harry halted abruptly and pulled Aubrey back to his side when she ran ahead of him. He turned her to face a small pond encircled by the forest around them. The now risen moon shone beautifully on the water. Aubrey looked at Harry to find him already watching her. Her heart fluttered and she smiled shyly. Harry ran his fingers through a lock of her hair and grinned to himself.
“Let’s go for a swim,” Harry spoke after a short pause.
“What? It’s freezing outside,” She wasn’t sure if he was serious.
“Doesn’t matter. Come on, let’s go.” Aubrey couldn’t refuse him. It dawned on her that she’d have to undress in order to go with him. She couldn’t do that. Insecurities flooded her mind. “Please pretty please.” He spoke cheekily.
“I can’t.”
“Why’s that? I’ll get in first, if you’d like?” She just nodded, for her throat felt constricted. Harry removed his coat and tugged his shirt over his head. Aubrey held her breath. His toned inked skin was alluring. She blinked rapidly, in an attempt to clear her head. He continued on and unbuttoned his trousers and yanked them down his legs. He was left in just his boxers. Her heart hurt, he was so sexy. “Ogling isn’t very polite.” He smirked at her and she flushed furiously.
She unzipped her jacket and threw it on the ground. She pushed herself to continue, despite the racing of her heart and the knots in her stomach. Aubrey pulled her pants down her legs. She felt Harry’s eyes on her but she didn’t look up at him, for fear of losing her nerve. She pulled shirt off and immediately crossed her arms over her stomach. Finally she met Harry’s gaze.
“You have no idea how beautiful you are.” Aubrey mutely shook her head. “You are beautiful, the kind of beautiful that deserves to be noticed.” She padded towards him, stood on her tippy toes to reach his ear, and whispered, “I love you.”
He filled the gaps in her heart. He completed her. He gently pulled Aubrey to the edge of the water. "Come on." He encouraged as he walked far enough that the water lapped over his feet. She scrunched her nose when she ventured to Harry's side and felt the cold water greet her.
They enlaced their fingers as they moved deeper into the pond. Aubrey turned towards Harry and he did the same. He reached out and brushed aside a strand of hair that had fallen in her eyes.
"Aubrey I can see it within the way you're standing now: covering yourself and avoiding eye contact with me. You, out of all people, don’t need to be insecure. You're flawless and it pains me that you can't see that."
Aubrey mind immediately went to Brooke. At the end of what he was saying he was describing exactly how she had felt about Brooke. Aubrey couldn’t let him go through anything remotely similar to what she did with Brooke. She resented the fact that she was harming Harry in anyway. She could change, she would, for Harry.
She needed him to see how much she loved him. Words weren't enough to express this, so she kissed him. They were dependent on one another for happiness and life. Harry's tongue moved with her own. Goosebumps covered Aubrey, despite the fire that burned within her.
They relished in the closeness between them that night. That nearness consumed them. It held the power to ruin them.
*Author's Note: Hiya guys! Sorry I haven't updated for a couple days- I really missed having time to work on the update every day. I should be able to update more often because I’m on a two week break and can write from the phone I got as an early Christmas present. I couldn't find the song for this chapter on YouTube so I couldn't put it on the side, but this is the link to 'Let's Get Lost' by Beck and Bat for Lashes:
http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=326318
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