Miss Trouble

Chapter 23: Frightened

HARRY'S P.O.V.

"No." I hear her answer. I start laughing.

"Haha nice joke Carter." I mumble, hoping that she was joking. When I see the straight look on her face, my smile immediately falls. "Wait....what?" I asked, as the corners of my lips fall to the floor. Did she not just kiss me or did she? I'm pretty sure that she did because I have that tingling feeling left on my lips after I kissed her. Sadness and confusion rushed through my body.

"Harry-" She starts to mumble, voice barely audible. "I just don't think we should do this right now." She finishes, confusion written on my face.

"What do you mean by that?" I ask, hoping that she still did in fact like me. Or was this just all a game for her?

"What I mean is that I do still like you, a lot in fact, but I just don't want to do this around my parents right now. At least not start a relationship. Things can still be the same, we just not do it around my parents." She explains, myself relieved that she wasn't playing a cruel trick on me.

"Okay, if that's what you want." I replied, nodding my head. Gazing back at her, her eyes are soft.

"Thanks for understanding." She answered, cuddling back up to me. I nod, and put my arm around her once more. Even if we aren't together together, we can still be like this at least. "Harry?" She asks, looking up at me.

"Yes princess?" I answer, looking down at her.

"Thank you for everything." She mutters, drifting off to sleep after a very long day. Seeing her snuggled against my chest, and knowing that I can't have her exactly just yet, it makes my heart ache.

"Anything for you, princess." I whisper to her, planting a kiss on her hairline, knowing that I would have to wake her up soon so she could go back home. "Anything for you."

CARTER'S P.O.V.

'Waking up to the soft beeps of the hospital monitor, I notice Harry not in the bed laying next to me. I sit up quickly, looking around the room for him.

"Harry?" I call out, seeing it pitch black in the room and outside. I see a light click on to the left of me, and I turn my body to see Harry sitting in the chair. Relief washes over me, as I see him. "I thought you left, Popstar." I giggled, walking over to him.

"Now, why would I do that?" He chuckles, but it doesn't sound quite like him. He pats his lap for me to sit on him, but I hesitate. I look into his eyes and I thought I saw blue for a second. "Babe, come on." He eggs on, once again not sounding like himself. I step back slightly, squinting my eyes at him. He doesn't call me Babe. He calls me princess.

"Carter, come here." He commanded, standing up and walking towards me. Something isn't right, I hear myself think. With the next step that he took, his eyes WERE blue this time. Soon, his image starts to distort, and I don't see brown hair anymore, I see blonde. Soon Harry's gentle and loving face turns into a vile, wicked one. I soon feel my hands shaking, and can feel the blood rushing in my head.

"Carter, I said to COME!" He demands, his form flickering once more before turning into Austin. Eyes filled with hatred, he looks at me with dark squinted eyes. Soon, I can't even hear myself think. I am immobilized with fear, something that doesn't happen often. With every step he takes towards me, the more real it is. Right when he is about to lay his hand on me, the world distorts and flips itself around, creating a new scene before me:

I open my eyes to see that I am sitting back at Claire and Johnny's house. I hear the sound of rain hitting the roof throughout the house. Looking around, the house seems gray, not having it's usual color. Standing up from the rocking chair, I start to walk around the house once more. Walking into the kitchen, I see Claire sitting at the table, not moving a muscle. Seeing her fills me with joy.

"Claire!" I beamed, running over to her, but being frozen in my spot right before I reach her. Scared and confused, I look around. "Claire! What is happening?" I ask, frightened. This time, she moves and stands up, walking around the kitchen doing her business as if the world isn't frozen before her. I hear the doorbell ring, and Johnny shuffling towards the door. I hear a younger girl at the door asking if she could use the phone. Johnny says no and slams the door in her face. Claire walks right pass me towards Johnny asking who was at the door. It finally hits me that I am in the past, when Harry and I first came here.

Frightened, and not knowing what to do, I try to move, but with no luck. Claire comes back after ten minutes when she took Harry and I upstairs to get changed. This time, when walking past me, she stops and stares at me.

"Carter?" She calls out to me, but it's not her voice. "Carter. CARTER!" She shouts, and before I know it, I am sucked out.'

I bolt up in the bed, shaking. Looking around, I see Harry next to me worried. I look directly into his eyes, and this time, they don't change. They stay green. Relief floods through me as I quickly grasp onto him. I can feel myself start to sob, as he pulls me into his lap completely while he holds onto me tight.

"Shhh. It's okay Carter. I'm here." Harry soothes. Not knowing what the heck I just experienced, I hold onto him tight. I can feel tear after tear slip from my eyes and fall down my face. My breath becomes rugged as I feel myself shaking. "It's okay princess. I'm here. Your Harry is here." He soothes, kissing my face gently.

"Harry?" I sobbed, pulling apart from him. He drys my tears from my face, nodding at me.

"Yes?" He answers, eyes full of care.

"Don't leave me alone tonight." I can feel myself sob once more. He pulls me back into his tight embrace once again, resting his chin on my head.

"I wouldn't even think about doing that," He whispers, pulling apart and placing a soft kiss on my nose. "Never in a million years."

A/N

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