Beneath the willow (H.S)

Chapter two

I've never been so scared yet excited in my life.
Harry took me out of my town to a city called Port Clinton near the Great Lake Erie. He went way above the speed limit, riding between cars and hitting corners sharp. I was sure several times we were gonna tip over but we never did.

Eventually he pulled up to a light house, it looked abandoned but there were people in it. Taking pictures, having fun. Families all gathered around as they each took turns near the water.

"This place is beautiful." I say pulling the helmet off. My hair blowing all different ways because of the wind.

"Right? My family use to bring me here when I was younger. Me and my sister Gemma." He says grabbing my hand and pulling me along as he walked towards a small trail. It lead to a large open field and my original thoughts of him murdering me came back. But I thought of what Crystal said and shut the thought out.

We walked for a good minute before we ended up near a pond, large fish swam around snatching any bug that dare land on the water.

Harry let go of my hand and sat down on the grass near the pond. I followed him and sat down too. Stretching my legs out in front of me I stared at the water for a minute. Until I felt Harry's eyes on the side of my head.

"What?" I ask quietly. Running my hand through my hair Incase there was something in it. He laughed and shook his head.

"I can't help but stare at you klarissa." He answers. My body immediately gets goosebumps and I look away. Returning my gaze to the water.
What in the hell was going on? Is he just messing with me or something? I'm not like other girls who have the perfect face hair or body. I'm average, if even that.

"I'd really like to get to know you Klarissa, if you don't mind." Harry speaks again, this time a small smile on his lips. I look at him and smile as well.

"Are you sure?" I ask, and he stared at me confused for a moment.

"I mean, I'm not like psycho or anything I just don't really understand why you chose me. Out of all the girls around here." I explain shrugging my shoulders. He continues to stare at me but this time a frown replaces his smile.

"Because I find you attractive, just because you don't see it in yourself doesn't mean I don't. I've seen you around, with friends. I've always wanted to talk to you but never really got around to doing it. So when I seen you at Speedway today I finally took the opportunity and asked you to go on a bike ride with me." He picks at the grass around him and suddenly instead of looking intimidating like he did before he looked calm and kinda innocent.

"I'd like to get to know you too." I say quietly, pulling my knees up and resting my chin on them. His smile returns and he turns his body towards me.

"Why don't we start now then? I'll start, my name Harry Edward Styles and I'm twenty-three years old."

"I'm Klarissa Michelle Johnson and I'm nineteen years old." I introduce myself,

"I was born in Toledo but was raised in Atlanta, Georgia before returning to Ohio." I add, waiting for him to continue.

"I was born in England, but move to America when I was three. And have lived in Ohio since." My eyes go wide,

"You're British?" I ask excited, meeting anyone who wasn't originally from America made me happy.

"Yeah I guess so, but I don't have the accent or anything." He says nonchalant.

Eventually we learned all about each other from our favorite song to our favorite food to our biggest fear. By the time we finally decided to leave the sun had started setting.

"Wait, before we go, let's just watch the sun set over the pond." He says, his cheeks turning red. I nod and stay seated beside him. The sky turns to different colors, pink at the top and a dark beautiful orange at the bottom. As I stare in awe of the beauty of nature I hear the sound of a picture. I look over at Harry and see him staring at his phone thinking he simply took a picture of the sky.

He turns the screen to me and I see the picture is of me, the sun hitting my skin to where it looks almost photoshopped.

"Wow, you're really good at taking pictures." I stare at it for a moment before looking up at him. His green eyes popping from the sun, causing me to lose focus of everything else for a minute.

"Thank you." He says, standing up and snapping me out of the crazy ass trance he had me in. He holds his hand out and I take it, allowing him to help me stand up.
We walk back to his bike in silence.

"Thank you, for bringing me here." I say, before I pull the helmet over my head again.
He gets on the bike and waits for me to hop on before he starts it.

On the ride home I stare at the sun as it finally sets for the night I can't help but think of how happy I am I actually stepped out of my comfort zone for once.