Tell Me It's Love

Tell Me It's Love - Part 18

Bailey slowly opened her eyes and blinked at the light from the sun shining in on her room. She moved her eyes over to her bedside table to see her phone flashing with an un-read message.

Reaching her arm out from underneath the duvet and over to the table, Bailey picked up her phone and pressed down on the ‘unlock’ button. Once the phone was unlocked her eyes squinted from the bright light of the screen, blinking again to familiarise herself with the change of light.

Seeing she had a new message, Bailey clicked to open it up, automatically smiling as she read Harry’s name as the sender.

Without wanting to sound like a creepy pervert, you look cute when you sleep :) H xx

Bailey’s smile grew wider, her heart beating heavy against her chest. She lifted up her head and looked over at the window in front of her, realising she hadn’t closed her curtains before she had got into bed the night before.

She looked back down at the message and read the time it was sent to be 9:03am. Her eyes then travelled to the time on her phone and read it as 10:22am. She still had a smile stitched onto her face as she clicked ‘reply’ and began to type out a message to send back.

Thank you, mr creepy pervert :) isn’t 9 in the morning too early for you? I didn’t have you down as an early riser! B xx

Putting her phone back down on the table, Bailey pulled back the duvet and swung her legs over the side of the bed. She then stood up and walked over to the door to make her way to the bathroom.

The house was silent as Bailey stepped out onto the landing. She looked over at her mum and Rich’s bedroom to see the door still shut. She looked away and carried on walking to the bathroom, closing the door once she was inside.

After she had finished, she pulled open the door and walked forward to see Rich coming out of their bedroom. Bailey felt her heart beat in a panic against her chest, remembering their conversation. Rich had a cheery grin on his face as he walked closer to Bailey.

“Good morning, Bailey!”

Bailey just managed a small ‘morning’ as her reply before she turned away and walked back into her bedroom, closing the door quickly and leaning against it feeling her heart beat slow down.

The sound of a small vibration noise coming from the bedside table caused Bailey to look over towards her bed. She looked at her phone and saw the light flash, confirming another message and she instantly smiled again.

Walking towards the table she leant forward to pick up her phone. She unlocked it once again and opened up the new message

Early bird catches the worm! Now I’m curious to know what you did have me down as.. H xx

Bailey grinned and again she looked up at the window in front of her but still couldn’t see anything of Harry. She looked back down at the message and rushed to send her reply.

Only nice things, I promise! :) B xx

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Bailey walked out of the door of the local shop and pulled out her headphones and put them into her ears. She brought her iPod out of her pocket to find a song, smiling once she was satisfied. She put her iPod back into her pocket and started to slowly walk along the stoned path.

As she was walking her mind got lost in the song, her thoughts had disappeared and she felt relaxed, almost in another world. She continued to walk as she felt a hand reach out to touch her shoulder. Fearing the worst, Bailey quickly spun around with her heart beating fast, about to speak but stopping as Harry stood in front of her with a wide smile on his face.

Bailey quickly took out her headphones and stopped the music, feeling her heart settle in her chest.

“Hey, sorry if I scared you” Harry said, not shifting his smile.

Bailey felt her cheeks flush slightly, then smiled back, “No you didn’t, it’s fine”

Harry grinned back, then looked forward then back to Bailey, “You going home? I can walk with you, if you like?”

“Yeah, yeah that’d be nice” Bailey replied with a small smile.

They began to walk forward beside one another, a pleasant silence floating around them. Bailey put her hands into her pockets and thought back to their text conversation they had that morning.

“So, did you catch many worms?” Bailey asked, turning her head to look over at Harry with an eyebrow raised.

Harry laughs looking down at the ground as he walked. He lifted his head to look up at Bailey, “None actually, there is one worm I have my eye on but I’m waiting for the right time to catch it”

“Wow, must be some worm” Bailey said, smiling back at Harry.

Harry nods his head and smiles down at the ground, feeling butterflies in his stomach.

As they reach the end of the path Harry looks back up at Bailey, his hands suddenly sweating with nerves, “Do you wanna come back to mine for a bit? We can watch a film, or something”

Bailey shot her head up to look at Harry, slightly shocked at the sudden invitation. She thought about Rich and what he had said to her, she knew that if he knew she was with Harry again after what he said he wouldn’t like it.

Harry’s smile faded at the corners as he waited for Bailey to respond, her face deep in thought.

“It’s fine if not, I understand” Harry quickly said, not wanting Bailey to feel pushed into saying yes.

“No, I want to, why not” Bailey replied, giving Harry a reassuring smile.

They turned a corner and walked along another path leading to their houses. Once they had approached Harry’s house they began to walk down the long driveway. Bailey looked over at her own house hoping she wouldn’t be seen by Rich. Harry looked over at Bailey and sensed her mood had changed, now she seemed on edge as if something bad would happen.

2 hours later

Bailey looked at the small plasma screen TV that was sat on a glass stand in the corner of Harry’s room. She tried to focus as the film played out but her mind didn’t want to. She was sat beside Harry on his head, their backs rested against the headboard with pillows for cushion.

Bailey’s eyes slowly moved away from the screen and landed on her knee that was pressed against Harry’s leg. She felt her heart beat speed up slightly as she quickly looked back at the TV trying to get back into the film they were watching.

Out the corner of her eye Bailey could see Harry’s hand reach out to grab a handful of popcorn from the bowl that was close to her. Their eyes met briefly and they shared a smile, both of them looking back to the TV without saying a word.

Bailey, once again, tried to focus on the film but she couldn’t help but drift her mind away, thinking about how close she was sat to Harry. The scent of his aftershave wafted up to her nostrils, making her heart childishly skip a beat.

She mentally shook herself, moving her hand down to the bowl of popcorn as a distraction to her thoughts. She looked down to the bowl, her hand joined by Harry’s as he leaned forward at the same time.

Bailey looked up at Harry, letting their hands touch slightly as their eyes met again. Butterflies flew all around inside Bailey’s stomach as she stared into Harry’s eyes, those eyes she had fallen in love with from the moment she saw him.

Harry lifted up his other hand to Bailey’s forehead where he slowly moved away a piece of her brown hair, tucking it behind her ear and not once moving his eyes away from her own. He slowly leant forward, bringing his head closer to Bailey’s.

Their lips almost touched, seconds apart, when a shout from downstairs interrupted their actions.

“Harry, is Bailey staying for tea?”