☠Trepidation // Harry Styles [on hold until after summer]☠

☠ Prologue - Two Years Prior ☠

☠ Prologue ☠

**2 Years Prior**

**Roslyn's POV**

There was a sudden pounding on the front door. Me and my mother both looking at it wide eyed. Who would be here so late? Especially on Christmas Eve? My mother got up from sitting on the carpet next to the fireplace, placing her mug full of tea down before making her way to the front door. She fixed her pyjama shirt before slowly opening the front door, allowing the cool winter air to let itself inside our warm home. 

"May I help you?" my mother asked. Her voice sounded innocent and weak. Something was obviously wrong.

"Yes, ma'am. Are you Mrs. Bates?" a deep voice asked from the other side of the door. The side of which I couldn't see behind.

"Yes, sir," my mother asked her eyes widening when he asked this question. I stood up from in front of the Christmas tree, making my way over to where my mother and the mysterious person stood. When I noticed it was a police officer, my heart immediately picked up it's pace.

"What's going on here?" I asked, confusion laced in my tone. The officer looked from me to my mother, and back to me before sighing and looking down. That's when I knew something was definitely wrong, and so did my mother.

"I am very sorry to inform you but, you're husband and father Jonathan Bates was found and pronounced dead earlier this afternoon. They say that it was some sort of motorcycle accident on the highway. He fell and died instantly," the officer informed us. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. This couldn't be.

"That's impossible. My father has never ridden a motorcycle in his life. He's deathly afraid of them," I spoke up. I heard my mother's soft sobs erupt around the room. Except I stayed silent. I didn't cry, I didn't tear, I didn't feel anything. I felt numb. I didn't know what to feel. This has got to be a mistake. But deep down inside my heart, I knew it wasn't. I know tat the officer's information wasn't in fact false, it was purely true. 

"I'm afraid it is possible, Miss. And I'm afraid it's certain," the officer said before backing away slowly. My mother's sobs continued as I comforted her. I have never seen my mother so sad. I couldn't believe this was happening. Especially not on Christmas Eve. I didn't even realize that the officer was gone until the door was shut, and my mother's cries were much louder and harder. All I could do was hold onto my mother, afraid to let go. Afraid that she'd disappear, too. I knew she'd never be the same now. And I also knew one other thing. I was never going to love, because I never wanted to go through something so terrible, so tragic as something like this.

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So this is my new story, and here is the prologue I don't think this will be a very long story, the most twenty chapters but yeah. Tell me what you think. Vote and comment. Harry's coming soon. Remember, this is JUST the beginning! :) X

  ღ ~ jade ~ ღ