Shattered H.S

T W E N T Y O N E • P A R T 2

M A R C I E

Mary had already left and told us that she would meet Jonathan down the road. I was thankful for her kindness towards helping me get ready for my date with Harry.

I was worried and excited and nervous and happy. The emotions were jumbled up altogether so I didn't know what to exactly feel but I knew that being with Harry made me feel warmth, which was nice after being surrounded by the cold all my life.

After sneaking out of the hospital, exactly like we did before, Harry lead me to the car that was sat outside waiting for us. The driver smiled and opened the door for me and Harry to get into the back.

I sat down, looking around at the interior of the car. It was so clean I didn't dare bother to touch anything. I felt a warm body slide in next to me and my head turn to look into Harry's beautiful green eyes. He smiles at me and wraps his big hand around my small one, pressing a kiss into the back of it.

"You look absolutely beautiful." He whispers making me blush instantly at the sound of his quiet, raspy voice.

"So do you." I whisper and a smile grows on his face.

The driver starts to leave the hospital and I want to ask Harry where we're going but I didn't want to talk in front of the driver. So I squeezed Harry's hand, causing him to look down at me and smile a little. "Where are we going to?" I say as quiet as possible.

"If I'd tell you I'd have to kill you." He grins and my heart rate picks up. Harry wants to kill me? Is this what a date is? I fee my head start to pound a little.

"You're going to kill me?" I question, slightly frightened now.

His eyes widen, "No, no Marcie. It's a saying, basically I was trying to say I can't tell you because it's a secret."

My body relaxes and all thoughts of Harry wanting to murder me disappear. "You're too pretty for me to do that Marcie." He whispers in my ear and my cheeks heat.

As we carry on driving, the big city of London slowly begins to turn into many trees and less buildings. I furrow my eyebrows and wonder where we are going. I've never been outside of London in my entire life, in fact the only places I've ever been are: Mary and Jonathan's house, the hospital and the places Harry has taken me.

I don't really like to go out much.

Suddenly the car stops and the engine cuts off. The driver get out of the car and opens the door for me and Harry. Harry slides out first and the puts his hand out for me to hold on to as I scramble out the car.

The driver goes to the back of the car and opens it up, grabbing a basket and a blanket for Harry. "Thank you." Harry smiles and hands him some money.

"Pick you up at ten, correct?" The driver asks with an accent and Harry nods.

We start to walk as the car slowly leaves. "Harry, why did you give that man money?" I ask.

"We were in an Uber Marcie. You have to pay the driver for taking time to drive us here." He explains and I nod.

"Where are we going?" I look around and see nothing but the darkness and trees.

"Just wait." He smirks and wraps his arm around me as we begin to walk.

We start to walk up a big hill, both of us talking non stop. My focus is on Harry but in the back of my mind I'm praying the voices don't show up.

"Well this is it." Harry says and I gasp at the sight in front of me.

The whole of London was lit up in front of my very eyes. You could see every aspect of it from the building to the small trees in the parks. It was amazing and I couldn't get over the big wheel glowing in the distance.

"Where are we?" I ask, standing and gaping at the view in front of me.

"Primrose Hill. I use to come here to study when I went to university." I look to Harry and see him setting down the blanket and opening up the basket, taking out food and plates.

I walk over to him and he stands up. I instantly wrap my arms around him and he chuckles before wrapping his arms around me. "It's so beautiful."

"Yeah it is." He says. I look up and see his eyes on me, I nudge him and he laughs.

"Now, shall we begin this lovely meal I slaved over for you Miss Jones?" He says in a posh accent. I giggle and nod, sitting down opposite him on the blanket.

He puts a bit of everything on my plate and hands it over to me. "Thank you." I smile and we start to eat.

We sit in a comfortable silence for a while. I munch on my food and look out at the beautiful skyline. "So what do you normally do on first dates?" I ask and am completely surprised when I initiate the conversation.

"Well usually we get to know each other." Harry smiles.

I gulp down a grape and feel slightly on edge. I'm not ready to tell Harry anything. I don't think I'll ever be ready, I'm too scared he'll run away and leave me.

"Marcie," Harry puts his hand on top of mine, snapping me out of my daze. "We don't have to talk about anything you don't want to." He tells me and my eyes soften at the caring look on his face.

So, we end up talking about the most random things.  He tells me about his childhood and his parents and I tell him about Mary and Jonathan but I never go past that.

We sit for what feels like hours and hours, just talking and laughing together. Harry starts to tell me funny stories about his first kiss by a stream. I blush when I tell him that he was my first kiss.

"I'm surprised. You're beautiful." He says.

"Harry, stop." I mumble and hid my face in his chest. 

"But you are!" I giggle and he stands up. "Marcie Scott you are the most beautiful person I have ever met." He yells and I laugh even harder.

He laughs along with me and sits down next to me again. We look at each other and our laughing starts to fade as we stare into each other's eyes.

I gulp as Harry leans his head forward. I start to lean in slowly and suddenly feel Harry's lips against mine. My eyes close instantly and a warming feeling overcomes me as our lips move against each other.

I pull away and Harry has the biggest grin on his face. "The highlight of my night." He whispers. "We should probably start to heading back down to the car."

I agree and we pack away the stuff. We head back down to the road where the car is waiting, our hands locked together and with the feeling of each other's lips still lingering on our own.

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"Harry, this isn't the way to the hospital."

"Oh I know, I'm taking you back to mine." He grins.

We pull up to Harry's apartment complex. Harry grabs the things from the back of the car and we head up to his apartment. "Is Louis here?" I ask once we get inside.

"No, he's  out somewhere I'm guessing." Harry puts the stuff away and we both sit on the couch. "Marcie, I have something to ask you but I don't want to scare you."

I kiss his lips and his eyes widen. "Just tell me." I whisper, my forehead resting on his.

"I don't want you to run baby." My heart fluttering at the pet name.

"Keep me safe Harry and I won't."

"Marcie... I-I want you to be my girlfriend."

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This chapter was so rushed but it was because I wanted to update and get the date chapter over with. As you can tell from my lack of updates that I've being putting off writing this chapter because I don't like writing dates but I'm excited for the next chapter.

Sorry if this chapter wasn't great. I wrote it on my phone because my laptop was at the end of my bed on my desk and I couldn't be bothered to reach for it.

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-Chloe xx