Euphonious Memories {H.S}

43.

The next day was a blur. That day all I remember doing is sitting around with the Styles siblings and just trying to take in everything.

And by everything, I mean literally everything.

How did all of this even begin and why me? Why did all of these horrible things seem to include me?

First I was kidnapped by my first boyfriend in the city, then I found out that he was also the reason for this random cousin of my roommate's sister's death. Then I get shot,and my best friend/roommate/Harry's cousin dies in the same shooting which was caused by my co-worker who said he had a crush on me. Then my dead roommate's cousin's supposedly dead sister shows up at my door and she is magically alive. And on top of all that, Harry thought he got a girl pregnant.

That day I sat around just wondering what would come next and when would it come?

My whole life growing up, I had heard stories of how New York was "The City Of Dreams" or "The fun city" " The city that never sleeps".

If this city was all of those things, then why did it seem like it was actually Gotham City?

I realized something that day. I realized that I couldn't remember the last time that I could go to bed, and not have to worry about what would come the next day.

Harry and Gemma both sat on the sofa staring blankly at the tv screen just like I was. I was sure that they were doing the same as me, just thinking.

After a while, Harry came over and sat closer to me on the couch. I looked up at his flawless face and tried to smile, but I didn't have it in me.

He took my hand in his and gently smiled. I leaned up and kissed him softly.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" He whispered in my ear. I honestly didn't really want to just because I was scared of what might happen if I left the apartment. The fear of never coming back was in the back of my mind, but I had to convince myself that everything was going to be fine. Niall was in jail, Ethan was in jail, and Harry was with me. I felt safe wherever Harry was. I knew he would protect me, so I agreed.

I grabbed my coat,and Harry  grabbed his. We walked down to the lobby of my apartment building, then out the doors to the outside.

The outside world that I felt was mysterious and dangerous. The outside that I was afraid of.

"Hey, Townes. What's wrong?" Harry asked in a concerned tone. And before I could even realize that I had been crying, a tear rolled off of my cheek.

Harry wiped the tears off of my face with his thumbs and pulled me into his chest. And that's when it all came out. The tears, the whimpers, the sobs. I let out all of my feelings and emotions out right there on the sidewalk with my head buried in Harry's chest.

He didn't say anything for a while, he just rubbed my back and pulled me in for an even tighter hug.

"It's just a too much Harry!" I eventually said. "I don't know how much more that I can take."

"Townes, I want you to listen to me, okay?" He said putting both of his hands on my face and making sure that I was looking at his. "Nothing, and I mean nothing is going to happen to you, I promise I will not let that happen. All the bad guys are gone now, so you are safe."

"But you don't know that Harry, what if there are more. What if everyone I know is against me, just like Niall and Ethan?"

"Quit being a drama queen, babe you'll be fine." I sighed as Harry put his arm around my shoulder and I snuggled into his built chest as we walked down the sidewalk of the big city.

At that moment I realized something, something so much important that everything else I had realized that day. I realized that as long as I had Harry by my side, that big city wasn't so scary anymore. So that's what I did, I stayed with Harry at all times.

I didn't leave his side at all. He even got a semi job at the limestone that day. He kind of took Ethan's slot, but the only reason he worked there was because I wouldn't let him leave.

"Townes you're okay, Gemma is here with you. I don't have to be with you 24/7."

"Harry please. I'm scared." I said as he was about to leave me alone.

He turned around and took my hand in his.

"Alright, but eventually you have to go places alone again."

"Thank you." I smiled and kissed him before putting my apron on."

By the time work was over we were all exhausted. We were flooded with customers that day and didn't have a break at all.

"Alright guys I'm catching a cab I don't know if I could stand for another minute, let alone walk all the way home." Gemma said to me and Harry with tired eyes.

"Okay. Sky and I are just going to walk." Harry said without notifying me.

"What? But I'm tired too." I said.

"Yeah, so am I, but we need to chat." He said looking down at me into my eyes. And I could tell that he wasn't playing games. I simply nodded my head as Gemma called a cab and we started walking.

The first few minutes, he didn't say anything as we walked in comfortable silence. Then I broke the silence.

"Harry?" I said in a quiet voice.

"Hm?" He hummed.

"What did you want to chat about?" I asked confused.

"Oh I didn't have any specific thing, I just wanted to be alone with you."

"Oh, well then this is nice." I said and hugged his arm. He grabbed my hand in his as we walked home.

When we got to the apartment, Gemma was already asleep in her room and all the lights were off in the place.

"Well I guess I better go to bed." Harry said after a few seconds.

"Yeah me too." I said walking into my room after kissing his cheek. He watched me as I walked into my room, and I could tell that he was thinking the same thing I was.

I pulled back my sheets and slid underneath the covers, but even though I was tired, I still couldn't get my mind off of everything that had happened to me in the city.

I fell asleep after a few minutes.

I woke up in the dark to see Niall standing above me with a knife and Ethan on the other side of me with a gun. And like they planned it, they both charged at me at the same time. Niall was forcing the knife towards me and at that time I heard a gun shot.

I screamed as loud as I could.

"Please stop! Stop! Help me! Harry!!!" I was yelling and before I knew it, the lights were on and someone was beside me. I opened my eyes and realized it was just a nightmare, and now Harry was looking at me like he thought someone was murdering me. Which they kind of were, but it just wasn't real.

His eyes were wide and he looked scared until he realized I was asleep.

"Townes! It's alright, it's okay it was just a bad dream." He said, sitting down on the edge of my bed.

I sat up and hugged him as tight as I could.

"But it was real." I sobbed into his chest.

"Hey. Shh it's okay I promise it will not happen again." He said rubbing my back for comfort.

"Can, can you stay with me?" I asked, still crying. "Just for tonight."

"Yeah, yeah of course." He said and got up to turn the lights out. He came back and got on the other side of the bed. I snuggled up next to him and he wrapped his arms around my waist.

I let out a breath of relief and I felt safe again.

"Promise me you'll never leave me." I whispered into his chest.

"Never." He said, and then I drifted off to sleep.