Midnight doesn't last forever. [slow updates]

• Chapter 19.

-Harry-

Last night after the kiss, I kept thinking of how her lips had perfectly fit mine. The sweet taste of her breath and her body pressed against mine. I wasn’t able to sleep with these thoughts in my mind; I kept tossing and turning on the bed. After the kiss, Mrinal and I had awkwardly gone downstairs to the kitchen. Mom was snickering but when she saw both of us she turned away with a smile on her face. Dude, that was embarrassing. The dinner went by quietly with tensed air hanging above our heads. Mom had tried to engage us in small talks but it didn’t help us loosen up. When Mrinal was about to leave, I walked her to the car and surprisingly mom didn’t object.

“So, see you in school?” I said as we reached the car.

“Sure.” She nodded with a faint blush on her cheeks. When she opened the door to her car, I grabbed her wrist, turning her around to face me.

“What are you doing Harry?” She snapped. “What do you think?” I whispered, our faces were inches away.

“Let me go.” She grumbled. “What if I don’t?” I smirked but she didn’t give up squirming in my hold.

“Harry, I know you very well so stop pretending that what happened before meant anything to you. It was nothing.” She hissed, trying to remove my hands from her wrists.

“If it was nothing, then tell me what this is.” I said making her eye me in confusion. She opened her mouth to speak, but before anything could leave her lips, I placed my lips on her. She didn’t hesitate even for a second and began kissing back. Smiling against her lips, I let go of her wrists, tangling my fingers in her dark hair while she wrapped her arms around my neck. Just like before, we had to break the kiss when I heard the front door of my house open but the smile from my lips didn’t slip. I could see Mrinal’s cheeks grow a dark shade of red when I left a chaste kiss on her lips before whispering, “Don’t say it means nothing.” Biting her bottom lip, she smiled “It does.”

Before climbing the car, she kissed my cheek for one last time and then drove away. 

-Erica-

“Dad, I think I should take Tyler home now. It’s been a day and he has a huge amount of homework to be done.” I unwillingly got up and took the half asleep Tyler in my arms. It was a little after four in the evening and we hadn’t left dad’s side since the previous night. “Harry would be here any minute, please rest until then.” I smiled at my dad and he nodded.

“Isn’t Harry grounded?” Zayn questioned.

“Oh gosh, how could I forget?” I laughed a little, remembering the whole ordeal. Zayn took Tyler from me while I messaged all my friends to see if anyone was free. Before I could get any response, Eleanor called me up.

“Hey.” I chimed hoping that she would be free, until I heard a cry leave her lips. “El, what happened babe? Why are you crying?” I asked, moving out of the room.

“Louis, he’s with Ashley at her house.” She sobbed. 

“Stop crying, I’ll be there.” I said before hanging up.

-Louis-

“Eleanor, I can’t come over today.” I groaned into the phone.

“But why Lou?” She whined.

“Because I have a thing.” I sighed. I had to figure out who was Ashton and where I had seen him before. With Joseph getting better, I couldn’t shake the fear out of my mind about the plan Ashton and Frank wanted to ensue, neither did I want anyone, certainly not Eleanor to get involved in this until I was completely sure of my suspisions.