Promising Memoirs | soft h.s.

Chapter 54. Part II.

Song for the chapter:

You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

Aubrey's POV*

"What are you thinking about?" He whispered asked against my ear, after he pulled me closer to him again.

"Someone I love so much." I softly spoke.

"Oh really? Who might that person be?" He asked and I pushed back slightly to see his eyes.

"Take a guess. You'll figure it out." I smirked and he thought a bit. All I could do was shake my head lightly at his silly action.

"That blonde guy over there?" He grinned and flicked his head towards a blonde a little distance away.

"Harry!" I laughed. "You idiot, it's you."

"Oh! Thank goodness, I never would have known if you didn't tell me." He seriously said.

"You're such —" I giggled.

"An idiot, I know. I guess though, this idiot here is hopelessly in love with a brunette, who's holding onto me right now."

"You're such a sweet talker." I hummed.

"It's part of my charm." He said and I laughed as those words came out of his mouth. "What?"

"You said the same thing the first time you took me to the bakery, before we started dating. Well, the day we started dating." I smiled.

"Did I now?" He smirked and I nodded. "I love that you remember little things like that." He leaned in to kiss me and I closed the gap between us. As we parted we realised we were dancing to another song entirely.

"You know, it's the first time we've danced together in public." I spoke.

"It is, isn't it? We should do more of it." He spoke and brushed his nose against mine.

"But why do I feel weird about it. It shouldn't be weird, right?" I said and he chuckled.

"Why would it be weird? It's a wedding. Other than that, a couple dancing together in public should never be weird."

"You know, the one time when we're in public, I'll dance with you. If you think it's weird, then too bad for you. Just know, I won't let go, until I choose to stop."

"You know, you can't force that." I laughed.

"But I can."

"I'll scream and say you're a —" I stopped before I could finish what I was going to say. I immediately got tense as memories rushed back to me. I knew that Harry felt it, since his grip on me was soft, and started to caress my back. He held me, even though we were already close to one another.

"Oh baby, I'm sorry."

"N-no, it's okay." I tried to pull myself together and fight back the memories, with the tears that could potentially fall. "I'm fine."

"It won't happen again." He pulled me closer to his chest as we slowly swayed together. I took in his scent and after one single tear, I was able to move past my thoughts. This was something that I never knew I'd have the strength to move on from so quickly. As much as I know Harry puts the blame on him, it was never his fault. I pulled back as two pairs of watery eyes looked deeply into one another, just before I placed my lips on his, kissing him tenderly. As we parted, I moved my hand to cup his cheek, this kissed it. Suddenly we were interrupted by Eleanor's voice through the speakers.

"Ladies, you know what time of the night it is!" She squealed, a little too loudly. All of the girls who were single or dating crowded in front of where El was standing. I was surprised when Natalie tugged on my arm out of Harry's hold, and tugged into the crowd. I was about to trip over my own feet, from how quick she was walking. I did everything I could to stay vertical, as we made our way to the swarming group of girls. I didn't know whether to be happy or not about this. I looked back towards Harry who shrugged with a chuckle. We stopped once Nattie pushed us centring the group. For some odd reason, I wasn't as excited as the rest of the girls and I didn't know why I wasn't. El turned around and counted to three until she threw her beautiful bouquet towards us. I raised my hand to mimic the rest of the ladies. The bouquet bounced off of my hand and straight into Natalie's. She screamed as soon as she held onto them for dear life. Some of the girls weren't pleased, others were bouncing in joy with happiness for her. As the girls scattered, Harry and Liam walked up to us and Natalie could help by jump into her boyfriends arms. He had a happy, yet surprised, look on his face.