fire | harry styles

f o u r

>>haven't i fallen far enough yet?<<

[ANGEL]

"They danced the rest of the night with love and happiness in their minds. The end."

"Read it again daddy!" I excitedly pointed my small finger to the book in his hands.

He laughed closing the book and getting up from the bed. "No sweetheart, I've already read it three times tonight. You have to get some sleep."

I pouted and slugged back in my bed. He walked over, across my bedroom, and put the book back onto the bookshelf.

He turned around wearing a big, warm smile across his face. He made it back to my small bed and pulled the covers over me and kissed my forehead. But before he could say anything else I stepped in.

"Daddy, do you think I'll find a prince like in the story?"  I asked hopefully.

Without hesitation he answered back, "Of course sweetie, everyone princess deserves a prince..."

Almost like on cue, my mother peeked through the bedroom door. She smiled at us in awe. She's gorgeous, her beautiful blue eyes glimmered like the ocean in the light. Her warm beige skin was flawless as she looked young as ever.

Dad looked up at mommy and his dark brown eyes lit up. They were the perfect couple, hopelessly in love and forever happy.

Mommy walked over to us and kissed me goodnight as her and daddy walked out my room hand in hand.

Soon the lights were out and I drifted off to sleep with a smile on my face.

My lovely dreams were interrupted when mommy was shaking me. I slowly opened my eyes, confused as to what could be going on. It was almost pitch black expect for a faint, yellow light coming the hallway outside my bedroom.

I felt mom wrap her arms around me and without wasting a second she pulled me out of the bed and rushed out the bedroom door. As we entered the hallway I now saw what the light was. Fire.

I screamed and buried my face in my mother's neck. I couldn't fully process what was happening, it was all too much.

The smoke, causing the two of us to cough like crazy and making it hard to see. The heat was brutal against us when we got too close. Mom kept her arms tightly wrapped around me as I desperately held my hands behind her neck.

I looked up as I noticed we were now going down the stairs and looked around to see everything was on fire. Suddenly a thought came to mind, dad. Where is he?!

Mom rushes the both of us safely out the door and far out onto the front lawn. Mom sets me down on the ground as she pulls out her phone and dials a number.

Panicked, I look around in hopes to find my father out here. I felt tears form in my eyes as I couldn't  find him. Mommy puts her phone away and kneels down to my level.

She gently puts a strand of hair behind my ear and caresses my cheek, calming me down.

"Princess, I want you stay right here, don't move. I'm going back inside to look for your father and We'll be right back okay? Everything will be fine."

I hesitantly nod my head as she kissed my cheek and gets up. Her silhouette getting smaller and smaller as she ran inside the house.

I was shaking with fear as I tightly tugged at the blanket wrapped around my small body.

I stood alone watching my house get engulfed in flames for about five minutes before sirens were heard in the distance. I turned around to see fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances pass the front gates and into the driveway.

Within seconds hoses were being taken out and firemen ran inside and around the burning house. I must've been spotted as a paramedic came over.

"Come here sweetie." his smile was genuine as he grabbed my hand and I followed him towards an ambulance. The back doors were already opened and a stretcher was pulled out onto the pavement.

He gently lifted me up onto the stretcher for me to sit. Tears were freely rolling down my cheeks. The paramedic noticed as he handed me some tissues and I took them into my small hand and wiped some tears away.

"Now sweetie, does anything hurt?" he asked me as he took out some tools I had only seen at a doctors office.

I shook my head no. He nodded and wrapped another blanket around me. A cop approached us as the paramedic continued to check me.

I was given another smile from the cop but I didn't return it. I had my mind set on my parents.

"Where are my parents?" I asked about a whisper.

Her smiled faded. "I'm not sure, sweetie. They haven't found them yet. But I'm sure we'll be able to in no time." she reassured me.

I looked down at my lap as I let out sobs and started trembling.

I heard whispering and looked to find a fireman talking with the cop. They made sure to be quiet so I couldn't hear what they were discussing.

The look on the cops face turned into one with pity and sadness. She looked at me then back at the fireman.

"She's only a child."

***

I sat up in my chair as my breathing was heavy. My body was shaking and there was a thin layer of sweat above my forehead.

I hadn't had that nightmare in a longtime.

I looked around me, on the jet, and couldn't see Harry. The seat in front of me was empty. I looked to the seats on the other side of the aisle to find Josh and Grayson sitting there, sleeping. I sighed thankful I wasn't completely alone and they hadn't noticed.

On the small coffee table in front of me is a water bottle and I thankfully reach out my hand, still shaking, to grab the bottle. I drink about half of it as it helps calm my body down.

I sigh, leaning back into my chair taking deep breathes. Though, when I hear a sniff I shoot my head up. It came from further down the jet. I peer my head out into the aisle and look down to one of the seats towards the back and find Harry sitting there.

He's alone with his laptop on a table and a glass filled with liquor. His face is stern as he stares intently out the window besides him, looking into the sky.

I stayed in place just letting my eyes examine his features. Who knows how long I had been staring and I'm positive he notices when he looks up and meets my eyes. I shamefully move back into my seat and feel my cheeks heat up.

He has this weird effect on me and I don't know what it is.

A/N :

heyy guys! hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's kinda a filler chapter but at the same time it's actually very important.

all the love. :))

ig : @astonishingharry

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