All Eyes On You [h.s]

Chapter 24

Everything was black. I sat there, against a cold surface, not knowing where I was. I could hear water dripping down from somewhere in the room. I wanted to move, I wanted to find out where I was, but my body refused. I felt exhausted and I didn't know why. I don't know how long I was sitting there until I heard that dreadful noise.

"Cling"

Metal hitting the floor.

My heart began to race and it was getting harder to breathe. I had heard that noise before. My eyes frantically scanned the dark room hoping to see anything that would help me understand what was going on. Nothing. I got my arms to move to feel what was around me. It was a solid surface and it sloped down. The dripping of the water was becoming louder.

A bathtube.

Finally a single ray of light appeared. A crack under the door revealed that someone was in the next room. Someone who was going to do horrible things.

My mind was screaming for me to get up and run, but my body felt like lead. I heard him yell my name. He was going to come in here. He was going to see me hiding from him. He was going to kill me.

My breathing had stopped all together and it felt like the room was closing in around me. My mind was spiraling out of control and I wanted to cry but nothing would come out. There was nothing that could save me.

The door opened slowly, allowing the light to flood in. He was standing in the doorway. In his right hand was the knife.

"You disobeyed me." he said.

He didn't hesitate. He ran right towards me and all I could was scream...

—

My body shot up from the bed and I sucked in as much air as I could. I was sweating and there were tears in my eyes. My throat felt sore and dry which made me wonder if I was breathing as rapidly in real life as I was in my dream.

Everything was so real and vivid. He sounded the same and looked the same. I felt so helpless. My body was weak and all I wanted was to lay back down, but I couldn't risk falling back asleep, allowing the dream to continue. I looked at my phone. It was 4am.

I must have had the dream because I had to recall all the memories to tell Harry what happened.

Harry.

My eyes widened as I remembered that he asked me to be his girlfriend. And I said yes.

Fuck.

I laid my head in my hands and tried not to look up because the room was spinning. Why did I say yes? This was a mistake. I can't date him. I can't risk having all that attention on myself. Imagine what everyone is going to say when they find out. What kind of horrible things are they going to think of me?

I could feel my body start trembling and my heart was beating faster.

I had to call him. I had to tell him that I can't do this anymore. I had to tell him that it was for the best.

I brought up his number and pressed call. I waited until I got his voicemail. He was obviously asleep.

What was I doing? I threw the phone down without leaving a message. I would have to explain the random phone call later.

I sat there, in the dark, allowing myself to clear my mind. I seriously needed to calm down. I had just waken up from an awful dream so of course I wasn't going to feel good. I can't take it out on Harry. I really like him.

I sat there allowing the good memories from last night flood in. The way he held me. The way he cared for me. The way he confessed his feelings. The way he kissed me.

Our kiss. Thinking about it brought butterflies to my stomach all over again.

I could feel myself beginning to relax. The emotions from my dream were fading away and I could think clearly again. I'm glad he didn't answer the call. I didn't want to end things. He made me happy.

—

"RILEY GARDELL!"

My eyes shot open in time to see Maggie practically breaking down my door. I don't know how or when, but I must have drifted off to sleep after my mini breakdown earlier that morning.

I sat up groggily, rubbing my eyes.

"What?" I asked annoyed that she would wake me up so suddenly.

"What do you mean what!? How could you not tell me!?" She asked, just as loud, with her hands on her hips.

I was still half asleep and incredibly confused as to what she was talking about. I gave her a confused look and watched as she sighed and pulled out her phone. She scrolled until she found what she was looking for and held out the phone in front of my face.

My eyes widened and I immediately became fully awake.

Before me, on her screen, was a picture of me and Harry, on the balcony last night, mid-kiss. The picture was a little blurry and dark, but you could still see that it was Harry. I grabbed the phone out of her hands. It was some article someone posted on Twitter titled "Harry Styles Secret Hawaiian Affair". I became sick to my stomach and handed the phone back before I could read anymore.

"Was this last night!?" Maggie asked scrolling through the article.

"Yeah." I said.

"Damn these people work fast."

"We were out there for a while and the entire time we didn't see anyone? How does this even happen!?" I asked. My head was spinning.

"Well it's not too hard when you have some bushes and a quality camera." She said taking a seat next to me on the bed. "What even happened last night?" She asked.

I hesitated before answering.

"Just the kiss." I lied, but I sounded unbelievable.

"Just a kiss?" She said obviously not buying it.

"He may or may not have asked me to be his girlfriend." I said quietly figuring it was best to just tell her the truth. She was going to find out anyway.

"HE WHAT!?" She said shooting straight back up. She put her hands on my shoulders and stared me in the eyes. "What did you say!?" She asked.

"Yes..."

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT TITS RILEY" She was pacing the room at this point. "Do you know what this means!? You're dating thee Harry Styles. Harry Styles is your boyfriend. Harry Styles likes you!"

I couldn't help but laugh a little at how much she was freaking out.

"I promise I was going to tell you first thing today, but it looks like the media got to you first." I said.

"Well how do you feel!?" She asked excitedly.

Well if you really want to know I had a mini breakdown at 4am because of it and almost broke up with him over a phone call because I'm mentally and emotionally unstable for a relationship with someone as famous as Harry.

"Well, fine I guess. I mean he makes me happy." I said. I was still way too tired for this.

"Not exactly what I was looking for, but I'll take it." She said with a shrug. "Do you love bugs have any plans for today?" She said with a smirk.

"I don't know actually, I haven't talked to him since last night." I said.

I reached over and grabbed my phone to see that I had a message from Harry. My stomach jumped a little at the sight of his name, but was quickly filled with disappointment when I read the message.

"Meet me in my room as soon as you can. We need to talk."