Hide and Seek (not continuing)

Chapter 2 - Meeting

*edited*

[Camille.]

Ok, maybe I shouldn’t have asked that. Maybe I should’ve let him believe just a little bit longer that I didn’t recognize him as soon as I heard his voice. But I was just too curious. Popstars like him don’t usually come to Belgium, and he doesn’t even have family here – I knew that.

I was still looking at him and he seemed pretty shocked by my direct question. After a few seconds his look changed to an angry one.

“Fine. You recognized me. Congratulations. Go ahead and scream it through the train!” He whispered angrily.

Wait, what?

“No, even better. Just put it on twitter! You probably can’t wait to tell your twitter friends about how you met the one and only Harry Styles! Oh, and don’t forget to tell the paps where I am. I can’t wait to see them again!” he rambled on in an angry, loud, but still whispering tone.

Now it was my time to be shocked. That thought didn’t even appear in my mind for one second. I wanted to shout back at him, but that probably wouldn’t be a good idea since the train was stuffed with people. “Harry, please. Calm down.” I whispered calmly.

He still gazed at me with anger. “I’m not that kind of a person. Really, I wasn’t thinking about telling anyone. It’s pretty obvious that you don’t want to be found. I mean, you’re in Belgium for god’s sake!”

With those words he finally seemed to calm down. But I was kind of angry with him as well. “And why would you judge me so quickly? You don’t even know me. Out of all people at least you should know not to judge so easily.” What I said was true, though. Stars hated it when the media spreaded rumours and made judgements about them, based on false facts. 

He leaned his head against the seat, “Ok”, he said with a much calmer voice, “I’m sorry."

I grinned as he apologized to me for the second time in less than 30 minutes.

“You’re right. I shouldn’t have judged you. But since you recognized me so quickly, I just thought… well… you were one of those crazy, obsessed fans.” He ran one of his hands through his hair. “I don’t know why I did that. Normally I can deal with situations like this, but now…” He seemed pretty stressed out, I wished I knew why so I could help him. Having that much pressure on your shoulders couldn't be a good thing.

His anger made place for regret. This poor kid. He was so used to people obsessing over him that he didn’t even think that I would be a normal fan. Yeah, I was a fan. How could I not be one with a sister like mine? Abby was what you call a 'superfan', a true Directioner. She introduced me to One Direction and I’ve been in love with them ever since. Never in a million years I would’ve thought I’d be sitting next to Harry Styles on a train one day. But I wasn't not going to scream it through the whole train, like he thought I would. Nor was I going to post it on twitter. But I did want to find out why he was here. Yeah, I was a bit nosy. I liked knowing things, so what?

“It’s ok.”, I smiled at him. “I’m a fan, but not that kind of a fan. Although I completely understand how you could’ve thought that.” And I did actually. I wasn't sure why, but I always studied people. Ok, that may have sounded a bit weird. But I didn’t know how else to say it. I liked analyzing them. Yes, I did that with One Direction too. No, that does not make me obsessed, I’m not Abby. But I knew those boys enough to understand what they were going through and how they must feel about it. Therefore I wouldn't judge Harry for his fast judgement about me.

He smiled apologetically at me. “So, let’s forget I ran you over and that I thought you were an obsessive fan, shall we?” he proposed in his husky voice.

I chuckled. “Sure.”

“Let’s start over then?” he said and reached out his hand. “I’m Harry.”

I doubted for a second, mentally preparing myself for our hands to touch. I took his hand and it felt quite nice actually. See, you shouldn't be so scared of touching. I ignored my subconscious and told Harry my name. “I’m Camille.”

His smile was wider now. “Nice to meet you, Camille.”

“And nice to meet you too, Harry.”

[A/N.]

I know this is a rather short chapter, but I felt like I had to stop after they 'officially met' each other.

Please comment and let me know what you think of it so far! 

xo K.