Equal Ice // Harry Styles AU

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Gabrielle’s POV

“Well, here we are,” Harry said as he pulled up in his usual spot across the street.

“Yep,” I said, not wanting to get out of the car, but knowing I had to.

“I’d offer to walk you up but…” he trailed off as we both looked at my dad’s car that was now parked in the driveway.

“Um, I can walk you halfway across the street, if you’d like,” he offered.

I looked over a smiled at him, and he told me to stay where I was as he got out of the car. I saw him quickly run around the front of us car to get over to my side and he opened my door once he was over here. I gave him a small laugh as I stepped out of the car and onto the ground as he shut the door behind me.

After he shut the door, he doesn’t move and I’m stuck with him in front of me and my back to his car. I’m a bit intimidated by how close he is to me right now, and I’m even more taken back when I feel his lips settle upon mine. His lips are gentle with mine, slow even as he takes my top lip between his own. My arms are still at my side, but his have moved to my waist, and I feel his fingers squeezing there and my heartbeat fastens in my chest.

After a few more moments, I hesitantly pulled away.

“What’s wrong?” he asked me, obviously upset that I ended the moment.

“My dad,” I whispered, “I got to get inside the house,”

He frowned, but nodded understandingly as he stepped back to let me walk back around his truck. I gave him a quick wave as I ran across the street. He returned the gesture with just a small move of his hand as he walked back to the driver’s side of the car. I had to calm myself from the giddy state I was in when I walked inside my house.

“You home Gabi?” my dad called out once I opened the door and closed it behind me.

“Yeah dad,” I said as I made my way to the kitchen where I guess he probably was.

“Been out all day?” he asked me, “You’re usually home when I get home,”

“Yeah, no point in just sitting at home today,” I told him.

“So did you not buy anything?” he asked me, and I looked down and completely forgot that I had told him I was shopping with Bella.

“I mean you’ve been shopping almost all day,” he added.

“Oh, no, I bought a shirt. We, um came back here to drop it off and then headed back out,” I tried to explain in a lie that didn’t sound very believable to me, but obviously not to my dad.

“Okay well, there is still some lasagna left if you want that,” he told me.

“No it’s fine, Bella and I actually went out to eat after we dropped off our bags, we went to Banderas so that’s why I’m home late,” I said since he knows that Banderas is a somewhat far drive from here.

“Banderas? You two could afford that on your own?” he asked, somewhat shocked.

“We put our money together, I just got my allowance remember?” I was cursing myself out in my head though for forgetting how expensive Banderas could end up being.

I feel even more bad for not protesting about harry paying for it all. At the time I was so mesmerized by him that I didn’t think to help pay at all, since he was so set on this being a date. Then again by that time of the night, so was I. I was happy I didn’t get my regular meal though because the salmon is much more expensive then the pasta I decided to get tonight.