Waiting (Harry Styles)

2.

Adeline

I woke up when I heard my mom and dad's laugh. I looked at my phone and saw that it's only 6:30 pm. They're home early.

I fixed my hair and went downstairs to greet them.

"Hey mom, dad. Why are you guys home early." I asked while I hugged them.

"We decided to go home because we want to spend time with you and we're not doing anything at the hospital." My mom answered. She also told me that our new maid and cook is in the kitchen. The last one quit her job because she's going to have a baby again. From what I've read from her personal information, she have 8 children including the baby.

I walked to the kitchen and saw a pretty woman, I think she's in her forties, preparing a meal.

"Hey, I'm Addy." I said, she looked at me and introduced herself. "My name is Anne, Ms. Addy." she smiled.

I think she looks very familiar. I just don't know where I saw her face. I'm very bad at remembering someone's face, especially when I only saw them on pictures. I smiled at her and said that she can call me Addy because I think Ms. Addy is formal.

I excused myself and went to my dad's office. I knock on the door and came in.

"Hey dad, do you have Anne's personal information?" I asked, my dad looks at me and nodded.

"You can ask her anything if you want to know her," he laughed "besides, you really get along with every maid we had." my dad said. He has a point, I'm going to talk to Anne today.

I talked to my dad for an hour and learned that Anne is not staying here, she's going home after her job is finished.

Someone knocked on my dad's office door and said that dinner is ready. That must be Anne, for sure.

Me and my dad walked out and head to the kitchen and sat down on our chairs.

While eating, mom started to talk about how hectic her previous days were, and told us that she's very thankful that she and dad gets to have a day off from work.

"How was first day of school sweetheart?" my mom asked.

"It was fine mom, I met someone new today." I told them.

"Invite her here sometimes." my mom said. She always want to meet my friends and cook for them. I smiled and told her that it's a boy. She just laughed at me and said, "I'm sorry, then invite him here sometimes." I laughed with her for a while.

After we finished eating, mom and dad told me that they're going to bed to take some rest and we're going to spend the day tomorrow as a family. I hugged them goodnight and helped Anne in cleaning the tables.

"Addy, you don't have to help me with cleaning the table. It's my job to do this." Anne said, nervousness clear in her voice. Maybe she thought that my mom would get angry if I helped her.

"No it's fine Anne, I always help in cleaning the table. My mom won't get angry, I promise." I said. She's still very hesitant but just agreed with me helping her put the used plates, spoons, forks, knives and glasses at the dishwasher.

Silence filled the air, so I decided to ask her.

"How do you like working here so far Anne?" I asked.

"It's good, actually I expect my new boss to be rude because the previous one I had was. But I'm glad that you and your parents are the one that I'm working for." she said looking at me and smiled.

"Do you have any children?" I asked, she replied yes.

"I have four sons and three daughters." she said, looking down at the counter, shame is seen on her body language.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of if you have that many children. They are a gift from above."I said, holding her hand. She looked at me and thanked me for the 'wonderful words' as she called them.

After the plates and utensils are washed, she placed it back at the drawers and shelves.

I told her to stay for an a hour so that we can talk to each other for a while.

"Can I meet your children someday, Anne?" I asked.

"Of course dear, I'll tell you if my older son and daughter are free." she said. I looked at her, studying her face, trying to remember where I saw her. Suddenly, I remember the picture from Harry's locker.

"Oh my, are you Harry's mother?" I asked, trying to process if she really is Harry's mother.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" she asked.

"Harry is my new friend at school today. He bumped into me earlier. He's a  good person so I decided to be friends with him. Earlier, when we walked to his locker, I saw a picture of you with your other children. When I saw you earlier I knew I saw your face before, but I just couldn't remember until now." After I told her how I knew, she smiled at said, "I didn't knew Harry kept a picture of us in his locker. He's a very closed person."

After a few couple of hours, Anne needs to go home. I decided to walk her to the door and said five words that I knew I won't forget for a long time.

"Don't give up on Harry."

How are you guys? Sorry for the short chapter, I just finished my exams in Pre-calculus and physical science yesterday and decided to take a rest. Tell me what you think (:

Also, I'm deciding on whether to change the story's name or not.

Have a good day and I love you all ❤️❤️❤️