Vulnerable (Harry Styles Fanfic)

Ch.10

The clock continued ringing for a bit and I was reaching my hand out slowly still in a haze from sleep until an arm came from behind me and turned it off. Confused and freaked out I sit up and turn over to see Harry opening his eyes and looking up. His curly hair is messed up and covers part of his forehead.

"Thank you for giving me a slight heart attack, I almost forgot you were here." I confess.

He sits up himself, "Sorry, it's just, it's been a while since I've woken up to a clock like that. I usually sleep in a bit more."

"Well maybe you should get a job," I insist and yawn as I get up.

"I do have one." He replies. "It's part time though and I only go when they need extra help."

"Where"?"

"Clinton Farm, I use to work there once when I came down here four years ago with my brother. That's where I met Keith and a few other people."

I wanted to know more but I just had to get ready and also help Harry get back. I stepped out slowly from my room and went to one of the windows that show our driveway to see Julia's car gone, which means she's already left for work. I go to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready and leave Harry in the room. Since it's Saturday, I work until four thirty, and Riley's birthday party at Keith's is also tonight.

I brought my clothes to the bathroom so I didn't have to go out with just a towel while Harry was in my room. When I'm done changing and drying my hair I get out to find him not in the room. I step out to the hallway and go downstairs to find him in the living room. "What are you doing?" I ask as he holds a picture frame of Julia, my parents and I.

"Sorry, I just thought you'd want to change in your room so I came down here."

"I changed in the bathroom, so you didn't have to."

"Is this your family?"

"It was." I say slowly walking to the picture.

It's awkward at first and then he sets the picture down and that's when I notice the tattoos scattered on his arms. Before I can ask about any of them he interrupts my thoughts " May I use your bathroom?" I nod and he goes back upstairs and I do too to finish getting ready, then we go back out to the car.

"Where do you work?" He asked

"Dairy Queen. Why?"

"I can drive you." He says smiling. Surprisingly he does know where it is saying he's come here with Max and Keith a couple of times and also knows his way back to their house from here. He drops me off and offers to pick me up at four and I say yes.

Through the whole day at work there's usually the whole same schedule and routine that's followed. I only think about how there's one week left until I go back to school. It's my last year of high school and I'd have to start thinking more if I want to go to college or not. My grades have always been fairly good and decent. To me school was okay, except how teachers usually pressured you, but outside of class was better on some days.

My shift finally ends soon, and I get my stuff from the back and when I go back to the front, Harry's waiting already at one of the tables by the door. "Just in time." I say. We go out to the car and he asks me me if I was going to Riley's party later. "Obviously. Even if I didn't want to go Veronica would still come to my house and drag me over there." As we continue talking I give him instructions and directions on how to get back to my house. When we finally get to my house, he drives in to the driveway since Julia isn't home and I thank him, telling him I'll see him later at the party. I go inside the house up to my room trying to busy myself for anything until it's finally time to get ready.