Love Trap (Slow Updates)

Fourteen.

Aria's pov;

I get out of the gallery, merely confused, owing to Harry. What did he want to say? I know he wanted to say something, but he regretted it last minute. I'm really curious to know what he was about to tell me, but I guess I will never know.

I am completely weirded out by the fact that him and Niall were there. They never seemed like too into these kinds of things, even if Harry studies architecture, I never had him for the person to be super fancy and attend galleries. But to be honest, he didn't look out of place at all.

He was dressed in a black tuxedo, one button open, paired with an untied bow tie or tie, I didn't know what exactly it was, but it fit with the tuxedo perfectly. His hair was styled as per usual, but a little more taken care of. He looked pretty attractive, if I'm being honest and if I put my selfishness away.

I walk down the stairs outside the gallery and see a black Bentley, the window rolling down in front of me. I see Jordan from inside, smiling at me. "Hop in"

"Hey" I said when I got inside, putting my seat belt.

"You look absolutely phenomenal" He said.

"Thank you" I smiled.

"So, you were here for a project? I thought you didn't hang around these places" He smirked.

"It was a good chance for a good grade" I said.

"You don't like the luxury, do you?" He asked.

"Not at all. I'm a girl with no demands" I said.

"Careful not to let people toy you around then. Having demands is not bad" He said.

"I just don't like being bossy and demanding. I like to settle with what I have and what I think will be good for me. Anything more than average is over the top for me. I could settle for a vintage apartment than a mansion and that's exactly what I did when I came here" I said.

"Really?" 

"Yeah. You know, Jayleen offered me to stay with her, but she's too fancy for me sometimes and she would spoil me" I said.

"Would your decision change if you knew I was coming back?" He smirked.

"Hmm... Good point. Maybe it would, maybe it wouldn't. Let that be a mystery" I flirted with him.

"I think it's better we're apart. Makes it more exciting, I can fight for what I want and not have it ready on the plate for me" He said.

"I agree" I said. That was adorable.

We didn't talk much after, and in general, our date went really good. We joked, he told me more stories about his job and we got to know each other a little better. He hugged me when he left me at my apartment and for a moment, I thought he was going to kiss me but he just smiled lightly. It's like something held me back.

Was it me? Was it something I did? I felt really discouraged after that. What did I do wrong to make him regret it? My confidence has gone from pretty standard, to low as hell within the duration of five seconds. I wouldn't mind him kissing me. I felt really good all night, pretty confident for someone like me, yet after that, I was completely desperate.

When I woke up the next morning, the whole city was white, covered with snow. Harry was nowhere to be seen in his apartment, he didn't join me to watch the beautiful view, and that continued for the following Christmas week...

Harry's pov;

"Welcome back!" 

I wrap my arms around my second favorite person in the world, and hug her tight.