Criminal

Chapter 6

I woke up laying in the back seat of Harry's car. I was startled because I had forgotten where we were.

"Harry?" I asked an I sat up a bit. He turned around and smiled.

"Good morning," he said and turned the radio down some. It was raining outside, wherever we were.

"What time is it?" I asked sitting all the way up and I noticed we were on a highway.

"Nearly noon," he said and I slowly nodded. I was really hungry that I just realized.

"Where are we headed?" I asked and he turned back to look at me again.

"I'll tell you once I figure it out," he said and I just smiled a bit and nodded.

"Thank you for," I said and paused for a moment. "Thank you for doing this for me."

"I know what it's like to be in your place," he said and I listened carefully. "You were close on getting away," he said and I leaned forward in between the seats.

"Who found out?" I asked. I immediately knew he heard the whole story.

"Well first of all," he said turning and grinning, "we need to introduce each other the way we really are," he said and I smiled.

"Okay," I said and he nodded. "My name is Caroline," I said sticking my hand out and he reached over and shook it firmly.

"Harry Styles," he said and winked.

I froze for a second. "Why are you familiar to me?" I asked and his smile loosened.

"Because your father has been working on my case for months," he said and I shook my head.

"What do you mean? I don't get it."

He took a deep breath. "Well you see, I used to be famous. Literally. I was in a band, one direction," he started and it came to me immediately. The younger girls in my house always talked about him, I remembered. "Anyways, I didn't like the paparazzi through the years and it eventually pushed me," he said and I felt the air tighten up around us. "One night I was out with my band mate Liam and.. He went inside and I stayed out to take a phone call, when all these cameras came from no where." He looked over at me and I nodded slightly. I knew what was going to happen. "I went inside and when I came out a while back, there were 3 men left," he said and I saw his knuckles turn white from clenching the wheel. "They kept calling me names, telling me to go back to the UK, making fun of my music," Harry said and shook his head dramatically. "I killed them." He said a minute later and my heart sank a bit.

"You killed them?" I half asked and half stated.

He nodded slowly and shook his head quickly. "I didn't want to hurt them," he said and somehow I believed him.

"I understand," I said and I moved in my seat a bit to get comfortable again.

"Anyways, I hid their bodies in the bushes and I headed off. That was the end of me, I called Harold and told him the story and he didn't hesitate to take me in. I drove from LA to North Carolina so fast it was.. Breathtaking," he said and he looked over at me.

I was speechless.

"I'm not a killer," he said and tears sprung his eyes. "I ruined my life," he said and I shook my head.

"Harry, you did what you thought you had to do," I said and it was true. No one deserves to be stalked like that.

"I miss my music, I miss my friends," he said and I rubbed his shoulder a bit.

"It's all going to be okay," I said and he just nodded.

I guess we were both runaways after all.

We had been driving non stop since last night. Harry suggested we stop for food so we pulled into a Taco Bell parking lot. He decided where a possible destination was, so he stayed in the car looking over the map while I ran in.

I ordered 2 mountain dews and then 10 soft tacos. I paid the man and then I headed back to the car. Harry had a if smile on his face when I came in with the tacos.

"Thanks," he said and I smiled.

"Thank you for paying," I said and he made a pff noise with his mouth. "Really!" I said and he laughed a little.

"I can buy you the world if you want," he said and I smiled. We ate in silence, we were both so hungry.

After eating, he said he knew where we needed to go.

"So I used to vacation in this place in Michigan," he said and my face brightened up.

"I've always wanted to go there!" I Shrieked and he smiled.

"Well Caroline, I think I found the perfect place," he said and my day was made.

He said he wasn't tired at all and he had been drinking energy drinks. He pulled over on the side of the road and made me literally a bed in the back seat. He had his blankets and pillow from his bed, and they smelt like him. I curled up just fine and I kissed him on the cheek before he closed the door.

He headed back up front and I fell asleep to him singing softly, driving us to the new place I will call home.