New Beginnings

3

*I See Fire - Ed Sheeran
June 24th, 2017

"So have you gotten a tour of the house?" I asked Harry to which he shook his head 'no.'
"Well, follow me!"

I walked us through every room in the house, Harry smiling as I talked about some of the stories behind the photos that hung on the wall.

"Who is this?" Harry asked, pointing to the woman holding me when I was child on her lap.

"That's my mom...she passed away when I was one from cancer."

Instead of getting ready to hear the 'I'm so sorry,' all I heard him say was, "Cancer is a bitch."

"Yeah, it is."

I briefly showed him my sisters room and then I directed him towards mine. As he walked in, you could tell he was taking everything in. From the fairy lights that hung about my room to the posters and photos that clung to the wall with tape.

"You play?" He asked, pointing to my guitar.

"Yeah, I'm not very good but I enjoy doing it."

He scuffed before saying, "I doubt that, love. Play me something."

I knew he wouldn't let this rest until I did so I went over and took my guitar off of its stand. I took a seat on my bed and I patted the area next to me for Harry to sit. I saw his cheeks go red as he walked over to me and sat down.

I placed the guitar in my lap and lightly started strumming to Ed Sheeran's song 'I see Fire.' I couldn't help but sing along. I found myself getting lost in the guitar. Completely forgetting my surroundings and who I was with and it was a great feeling.

After I had finished, Harry looked at me with his beautiful green eyes in shock.

"I knew you were going to be good but that was breathtaking. Absolutely amazing, wow," I blushed at his words, "What made you want to start picking up the guitar and learning it?"

"This is going to sound completely cliché but honestly, you boys did. You put so much passion into your music and your lyrics and it's just incredible." Harry smiled widely at my words, letting his dimple show. "If you don't mind me asking, what made you actually want to come out to the middle of nowhere to a graduation party?"

"Well, it's only a three hour drive from the Big Apple and I like being in the middle of nowhere. When you get 'famous,' as they say, you don't really have that freedom. It's like having a written right being taken away from you. So when you have the opportunity to be somewhere no one could ever find you, it's relaxing. You don't have to worry about the paps or fans or any of that kind of stuff. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my job and I wouldn't take what I've been given for granted ever, but it's just nice to have a getaway place."

"Yeah, I can see where you are coming from. I'm the opposite, though. I want to get away from this small town that hardly has anything and go and explore. Life wasn't made to live in one spot. I know that's cheesy," Harry interrupted, "That's not cheesy at all, love. That was me when I was your age, wanting nothing more than to experience life to the fullest."

"Exactly," at this moment, my phone started ringing and Kass' name popped up on the screen, "Do you mind if I take this?"

"Not at all," Harry said.

I answered the phone, "Hey, what's up?" I could hear sniffling from the other side of the phone and I already knew what had happened.

"He blew me off. Our date wasn't even until next weekend and he already blew me off. He already has some other girl with him," she said, her words panned out longingly as she suffered through her sobs.

"Kass, it'll be okay. I promise you that because want to know why?" Even though I can't see her, I know she shakes her head 'yes.' "You are strong and you are beautiful and you don't take anybody's shit. You set them in their place and it's that kind of courage I wish I had. You deserve the world, Kass, and if you don't find that right now, it's okay. I'm going to be here with you through this. Through all of it. Through everything. You're my best friend and I am not leaving your side."

"This is why you're my favorite. I'm going to go take a nap but thank you for everything. Love you, Carter."

"Love you more," and with that I hung up the phone. I hear clapping and I look over to Harry.

"You should've won an award with that speech, damn, what can't you do?" I laughed as I playfully punched him in the arm and he pretended that it hurt him. He flung himself to the ground, putting on a completely dramatic scene.

"Your floor is very comfy, Carter," he says as his body does some kind of snow angel movement.

"I get that a lot weirdly enough," I say laughing.

"So, I'm assuming that phone call with, Kass, was about a boy?"

I shake my head 'yes' as I started laying on the ground next to him. "He's a total dickhead. He just wants to use her and it makes me sick to my stomach seeing my best friend so upset."

"We should match her up with Niall," he says casually.

"Are you insane?!"

"No, not at all. Niall thinks she's cute."

"How does Niall even know what she looks like?"

"May or may not thought about her and Niall being together when I first met her, so when she asked for a picture together yesterday, I sent it to Niall," he said cheekily.

"You are actually crazy." The more I pictured the two together in my head, the more and more I could see it happening, "but I've got to say, I think you may actually be right about this."

"When am I ever wrong?" Flipping his nonexistent long hair over his shoulder.

"When you wore those boots that were inspired by the dallas cowboys," I said with a smirk.

He takes a huge gasp, obviously playing along, "Excuse me but you would not be saying that when you saw the price on those babies."

"Yeah, exactly. Save your money for something better," I said jokingly.

"Mhm, and what kinds of things should I be saving my money for?"

"I don't know. Maybe save it so you could provide miniature versions of your cowboy boots for your kids one day." Harry let out a loud laugh.

"I could think of something a little better," he says, turning his head towards me on the floor.

"And what exactly do you have in mind?"

He hesitated before he answered, "Baking supplies."

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Authors note

HA y'all thought he was gonna be cutesy nah