Only You- A Harry Styles Fanfic

Chapter 19: You Are My Everything

"You make my heart race."

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Chapter 19

“Shit,” I said, eyes wide. Every single eye in the room flew between Harry and the direction of the door, where an indignant Avery could be heard.

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“Can we talk?” he asked. I could practically see Avery yanking her hair in ten different directions in frustration. I didn’t exactly blame her. Shit, I thought, seriously regretting my decision to send Harry after Austin. Avery’s gonna kill me.

“Um.”

“Please? I really want you to hear me out.”

“Um…”

“Avery,” he said again, insistently. A slow footstep could be heard, stepping hesitantly down upon the floorboards. “Avery, listen to me. Please.”

After a second, another footstep came down, and then the door shut softly. Avery’s labored breathing echoed through the silent house, and then their footsteps came towards us.

“Shit!” I whisper yelled. I jumped off the sofa and pointed frantically at them. The boys dove off of the couch and sprinted quietly for their bedrooms, Harry and I included. I slammed the door behind me and leaned against it breathlessly. “Whew.”

A second later, the couch creaked as Austin and Avery sat down. Someone took a deep breath, and then there was nothing but silence. I could hear the fridge running in the other room, and the hiss of Harry’s breath in my ear behind me as I listened, ear pressed against the door. It seemed like the silence was going to swallow up the entire house, and then he spoke.

“How have you been?” Austin asked quietly. Avery was silent for a moment.

“I’ve been… good. I guess. I mean, morning sickness and stuff kind of sucks, and my entire body aches sometimes, but…”

“I’m sorry,” he said sincerely.

“It’s fine. I mean, I am pregnant after all.” The silence stretched again.

“Avery, I can’t believe I did this to you.”

“It’s not really your fault. I was all too willing, and we were totally drunk…”

“That’s no excuse. Now we have a child for the rest of our lives here.”

“And at first I was really upset about that too. But now… Now I love this baby.” Austin was silent. And then Avery’s voice grew throaty. “So much.”

“Please let me be a part of that,” he said, and his voice was equally as raspy. We all knew they were both crying.

“I want you to. I want you to be an active participant in our baby’s life. But I don’t know if… if I can trust you.”

“Trust me. Please. Let me have a chance with this baby, Aves. Let me… Let me have a chance with you.”

Avery gasped lightly, and then the noise cut off completely. Avery gasped again, and I knew she was crying even harder.

“Avery, please. I need you in my life.”

“Yes,” she said at last. “Yes, Austin, yes.”

Tears stung my eyes, and I turned to Harry. His eyes were wide with joy and success, and I looked up at him with total admiration. This amazing human being, who was so kind and thoughtful and funny and sweet, was mine. Completely, totally, irreversibly mine. And that was perhaps the most perfect thing ever.

He wrapped me in his arms and kissed me tenderly, sweet and gentle. I let him pull me towards our bed, and we sank next to each other, wrapped around each other like our lives depended on it. He pulled away, ever so slowly, and looked into my eyes. My throat was thick with emotion.

“Lexi,” he said urgently. “Baby, I need you in my life.”

“I know. And you have me forever.”

“You mean that?” He sounded so hopeful, so childishly enthusiastic, that I couldn’t help but grin.

“Of course.”

“Good,” he said. His expression grew serious once more. “Lexi, I can’t live without you. If I didn’t have you I’d be so lost.”

“You don’t have to worry about that, ever,” I said sincerely. This boy was my life.

“You are my everything, Lexi. My life, my heart, my soul. I need you.”

Tears streamed down my cheeks, but not from sadness. I was so overwhelmingly happy, so entranced by this boy. There were no words for what I felt for him, and that was almost scary. But my fear was quelled by his lips, once more taking possession of mine. There was no fear, nothing but my joy. And that was perfect.