To Reach

Chapter Eleven: You're Mine

           Harry was sitting on the bed watching Sabella sleep peacefully. It had been three hours since Zayn had shut the door on Niall telling him to back the hell off. Harry was torn as to what to do about Sabella, how would he tell her about Niall? He couldn’t hide this from her because he knew Niall and Niall was going to show up every opportunity he could in order to make his mark.

 Harry was so lost in his thoughts that he didn’t realize Sabella had woken up. She sat up slowly and crawled over to him. Touching his cheek, she kissed the corner of his mouth to break him out of his thoughts. She watched as his lips curled into a lazy smiled before he kissed her, pressing her back into the mattress as he took control.

“Hello, my gorgeous love.” Harry chuckled, placing kisses all over her face.

“Hello, Ace, are you going to tell me what’s on your mind?” Sabella responded with a giggle.

“I have been mulling over how exactly to tell you something. I would suppose the only way is to come out and say it. Niall is back, he rang the bell about two hours ago. He’s back and he wants you, Sabella.” Harry sighed, watching her face contort in pain.

“Why does he think I’m some item to be won?” Sabella snapped, hazel eyes narrowing.

“Sabella, if Niall does not change anything between us we’ll just have to make sure he understands your choice.” Harry answered, caging her in with his body.

Sabella nodded and said nothing. She felt it in her bones that something was off. Harry was withholding something and she wanted to press on what exactly that something was. She realized she would have to wait and see for herself since Harry thought he was protecting her. Nothing about the last four months had been easy so why would it start now? Sabella laughed bitterly to herself before looking back into Harry’s adoring, darkened green eyes.

“Can we go for a run? I need to get rid of some of this energy in order to sleep some more so we can adjust to the time shift.” Sabella asked, pushing herself up on her elbows so that her lips were just shy of touching Harry’s.

Harry just nodded in response as he leaned up and slid off of the bed. Sabella followed suit and headed in the direction of her suitcase. She stripped out of her clothes to pull on a sports bra, underarmor workout pants, top, and jacket, and slipped on a fresh pair of socks. She looked over her shoulder to see Harry in a similar outfit holding his Nike sneakers in his hands while he looked at her. Sabella winked and pulled out her Adidas.

“Pink and grey workout gear which means your workout taste hasn’t changed since forever.” Harry laughed, sauntering towards the door after Sabella.

Zayn and Liam heard Harry and Sabella laughing as the front door slammed shut. Liam was on the loveseat texting Mary who couldn’t seem to fall asleep. Zayn was on the couch with his eyes trained on the television where an episode of The Big Bang Theory was currently playing. Zayn’s phone was on his lap vibrating as incoming messages from Harry, Sabella, and Eliza were being announced. Zayn rolled his eyes and took his attention away from the television screen to look at his phone.

From Harry:

Sabella and I went for a run so if you can’t find us that’s what we are doing. We’ll be back in an hour or so.

From Sabella:

Went for a run with Harry, do not fret. I know Niall’s back, as well. Will chat with you laters. Sx

From Eliza:

Can we talk?

            Zayn couldn’t help the eye roll that occurred when he read Eliza’s message. He knew it was coming, the dreading talking about what they were. He was not an idiot and realized she wanted things clear and labeled. Zayn just didn’t think he could give her what she wanted, what she deserved. How could he when he didn’t really want someone like Eliza? Groaning slightly the raven haired boy responded with sure.