Brave || Zerrie AU

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Credit to whoever made that photo above! I just got it off Tumblr.

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The blue sky was empty today. Not a single cloud in it. That made the sky seem bluer than ever. The birds chirp all around me as they move from tree to tree. The park is filled with kids today. They run around playing tag and enjoying life. Somehow seeing them brings an explainable peace to me. I take a deep breathe and enjoy the warm sun on my skin.

"Enjoying the day?" Daniel asks next to me and I snap out of my little daze.

I smile. "I am actually."

"You seem a lot happier Perrie. Are you finally over Zayn?"

That same question keeps crossing my mind and as hard as I try; I know the answer.

"I still love him. I still miss him." A little kid falls to the ground and cries as his hands catch his fall. "So no. But I feel a a lot better. The pain is still there but I'm better."

The little kid picks himself up and wipes his tears away before joining his friends again. His smile returns once he's with them again.

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"You need to go out." Harry announces as he burst into my room. The door slams into the wall and knocks a photo frame from my dresser. I poke my head up to see what photo fell. When I realize it's the one from my high school graduation I go under my sheets.

I decide to ignore it and instead reach for my pillow next to me and use it to over my face.

"Harry, I just want to be alone." I say into the pillow and close my eyes. Sleep is the only thing I need right now.

"Stop being so depressing and get up."

My warm blanket is ripped from me and I shiver when the cold of the room touches my skin. Gosh, why in the world is my apartment so dang cold. I open my eyes and see him standing over me.

He's wearing a simple white shirt and black skinny jeans but dang, he looks so nice. His tattoos are visible through his shirt and seeing them brings flashbacks of Paris.

The feeling of his skin on mine.

His arms surrounding me. In that moment I felt safe and at peace.

"Pez, get up." Harry repeats me and offers his hand. I hesitate but knowing how persistent he is I decide to take it.

He pulls me up too fast and I crash into his chest. We are so close that I can see my own reflection in his eyes. But for some stupid reason I wish those green eyes staring at me were hazel.

Idiot.

"I want to be alone Harry." I whispered and walk over to my closet. I run a hand through my hair and put on my blue poke-a-dots robe on.

Even though my back is facing away from him I can still feel his eyes on me. When I turn around I find him smiling at me. His dimples appear and he looks so young in that moment.

"I'm just trying to help you." His smile stays on his face when he walks to me. He takes my hand in his and the back of his hand wipes away the tears that I didn't know were falling.

Harry stares deeply into my eyes and my stomach suddenly beings to feel like I have butterflies in them. I can't help but look back at the boy I had turned down. I loved him. But not in the way he wanted me to.

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"You are not serious right now, Harry." I grab my stomach as I laugh at him and his ridiculous stories.