Passion // punk harry styles a.u.

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  "An arcade?" I said looking out the window at the neon sign, "Really, Ash? This is your idea of fun?" "Yep," Ashton said popping the 'p'. "Ash, I'm too tired from that restaurant you just took me to," I whined as I rubbed my eyes. "You just sat there, Flo! You can't be that tired. Besides, it'll be loads of fun." "But how? This is where snotty 10-year-olds go to get playground cred," I said folding my arms. Ashton laughed at my statement and said,"No it's not! It's fun. Trust me." "I'm not going,"I protested. "Yes you are, because you need to have some fun and stop worrying so much!" Ashton said as he tickled me.

  I started to laugh and swat away his hands as I screamed with laughter. "Stop!" I yelled. Ashton drew away and smiled at me like the little dork he was expecting me to go with him inside of the building. "Fine, I'll go.. but just this once," I said getting out of the car. I heard a small 'yay' escape his lips as we got out of the car making me laugh a little. 

  Once we got inside, the annoying noises began and filled my eardrums making me cringe. Ashton took my hand and went to the counter paying for some tokens. Once he paid for them, he went straight to the Guitar Hero game,(Ashton's personal favorite, because he loved to play the drums). "Come on, Flora. You play the guitar and I'll play the drums," Ashton begged. "No, I said that I will go inside of the building.. not play anything."

  He pouted slightly and I finally gave in. As we began to play, I saw young kids and adults stare at us; Mostly because Ashton sung at the top of his lungs as he banged the drums like a young child. It wasn't like he was bad at singing or playing. In fact, he was pretty good in my opinion. I looked around and saw that the adults were whispering something to each other and I laughed at their disapproval. 

  Once we finished, Ashton gave me a high-five and we both broke down in laughter. "We were drawing lots of attention, weren't we?" Ashton said. I nodded and we both began to laugh even harder. "Sorry Folks! Just tryin' to teach a girl how to have a good time!" Ashton yelled. I put my hand over his mouth and he pulled it away kissing it. He held my hand and we made our way over to another game.

  As we did, I saw two guys that looked fairly familiar with two girls I haven't seen before in my life. "Hey Ash, I'll be right back," I said making my way to the group. One of the girls pointed at me and the two boys turned around. "Hey you," Zayn said engulfing me in a hug. I happily returned it and saw Louis smiling at me. "Hello, Love. Are you alright?" I nodded and he hugged me also. 

  "What are you guys doing here?" I asked looking at the two of them. I mentally laughed in my head at the fact that the two college boys with tattoos and piercings were in a family-friendly arcade. Being in an arcade would be the last place I would expect for them to be. "Oh we're just here with our girlfriends. Having a date,"Louis said putting his arms around a girl and kissing her on the cheek. The girl blushed and smiled at me.

  "Hey I'm Eleanor," the girl said in a English accent much like Louis's. To me, it seemed like Eleanor resembled Louis in many ways. She had a few piercings in her ears and one nose piercing as well as a couple of tattoos on her hands. She also had aquamarine tips on the ends of her hair which I highly admired. Eleanor had a nice smile like Louis's and seemed like a very nice person. "It's nice to meet you," I smiled. 

  "And this is Perrie," Zayn said as he held her hand. Perrie smiled sweetly and waved shyly. Perrie seemed like she belonged perfectly with Zayn. She didn't have any tattoos as I could see, but she did have a nose piercing like Eleanor and lavender hair that reminded me of Niall. She looked up at Zayn and smiled as Zayn looked at her lovingly. He pecked her on the lips and returned his attention towards me.

  "It's a pleasure." I smiled,"I'm Florence by the way." They both grinned at me and said in unison,"Nice to meet you." They looked at each other and giggled as I looked for Ashton. He leaned against the claw machine as he looked at me trying to process what was going on. I motioned for him to come toward our group and he obeyed. He shyly walked over and held his arm around me protectively.

  "And this is Ashton," I smiled looking up at him. He nodded toward them and Louis smirked. "I'm not going to steal your girl, Mate. Don't worry, I have my own,"Louis said squeezing Eleanor's shoulders a bit. "So you two are dating?" Perrie asked. "No," Ashton and I said together. "We're just friends,"Ashton said. "That's right. She's saving herself for Harry,"Zayn chuckled. "Am not!" I protested rolling my eyes. "Sure.." Louis and Zayn drifted off.

  "Have you seen Harry lately?" Perrie said joining in on the conversation. "Yeah, I saw him at noonish," I replied. "Oh.. Well, Zayn and I have seen him at four maybe? Anyway, he's been super angry," Perrie returned. "Where was he?" "At his place. He kept saying,'screw him' and 'damn it'.. And other things, but I wish not to repeat them because well, they aren't the best things to say,"She said innocently.

  "Do you know why?" Zayn asked. "Yeah.. My father met him last night and let's just say that he didn't like him a lot and he told him to never see me again," I said blatantly. "Doesn't surprise me. Harry was never a parent's favorite," Eleanor said. "He's met other parents in the past?" I said raising an eyebrow. I was very confused at that moment, because according to all of the people I know, Harry has never settled down with just one girl before. Not to mention meet her parents.

  "Once,"Zayn said,"But that was with one girl who he loved dearly." Let's say at this point, shock was an understatement for me. "He loved somebody before?" I said. Zayn nodded and said,"Valerie Lloyd. Somebody back in Holmes Chapel. They dated for two years?" Zayn looked at Louis and he nodded. "Well anyway, she was his first love. Dated back in high school and they were inseparable.. Valerie's parents said the same thing to Harry when he first met them, but they still saw each other. One day, Harry found Valerie kissing another guy, so he packed up and moved to America."

  "That's terrible.. So he moved just because of a girl?" I asked. "Not necessarily.. I mean, he had to move for college, 'cause he had a partial scholarship for music, but he wanted to move because of her too.. and other reasons. Long story short, Harry broke up with Valerie, got some tatts and piercings and started to.. you know." I was at a loss for words at Harry's story. There was so much I didn't know about him. Like how he had a partial scholarship for music and that he had actually loved somebody.

  "That's sad," Ashton said. Zayn and Louis nodded solemnly. "Sad for us too."Louis said,"He would not shut up about Valerie. Unfortunately, I was his roommate for our first year of college so I got an ear full about her. Luckily I transferred colleges and moved closer to Eleanor, but I felt bad for the guy. Still do.. But I never hear him talk about it. I never even hear him talk about love anymore." I sighed and shook my head sadly thinking about Harry and all that he has been through.

  "Hey Flo, is Aaron doing okay?" "Of course why?" I asked Ashton. "Because it's six fourty five. We need to start heading home,"Ashton said. "Okay,"I replied,"It was nice seeing you all." "You too. I'll talk to you later yeah?"Zayn asked as he wrote down a couple of numbers on a piece of paper he pulled out of his pocket. "Yeah," I said taking the slip of paper from him.

  We all said our last goodbye's and Ashton and I made our way to the front door. "Hey we have a couple more tokens,"I said as I noticed Ashton playing with them in the palm of his hand. "Yeah, but we need to get home," Ashton said. "Oh c'mon, let's play one more thing," I said dragging him back into the building. "I thought you hated the arcade,"Ashton said raising an eyebrow. "Well since I'm with you, everything is fun."

  He smiled and took my hand in his and took me over to a dancing game that he and I were both terrible at. We both knew we were terrible at the game, but somehow it was our favorite. Ashton put the coins in the machine and we both stepped on the panel. As the arrows began to show up on the screen, we both pathetically tried to step on the arrows on the floor in sync with the ones on the screen. At one point, Ashton spun into me and I laughed shoving him off of me.

  At the end of the game, Ashton won. How? I don't know. All I do know is that he wouldn't shut up about his win. "Shut up, Ashton,"I giggled as we both got into his truck. "Hey.. that's not nice,"Ashton chuckled as he started the car. "You won't be quiet about your win and it's getting on my nerves,"I teased. "Yeah right! You're just jealous,"Ashton said as he turned onto the road.

  "Whatever." "Denial," Ashton said loudly in his best American accent. "Nuh-uh!" I giggled. "Yuh-huh," Ashton returned. "You are acting like a little kid," I huffed looking out the window and smiled. "What do you think you're acting like?" Ashton said looking over at me. I giggled and looked straight ahead. My heart stopped for a minute and I screamed. "Ashton look out!"

  And then all I heard was the deafening sound of silence and the sight of a blinding pitch black.