Apex- AU HS FANFIC

Chapter 29

We were at my house ordering pizza. I sat on the counter with Harry between my legs, his back to my front as he leaned backwards against the counter. My arms were wrapped around his neck and I would occasionally kiss his head. 

"So, what's the real deal? Have you two had sex?" Josh asked, leaning against the counter across from us. Harry tensed since our parents were literally on the bar stool talking with eachother. 

"No, I want to wait until she's ready." 

"I am ready. You're not." 

"You aren't." Harry looked up at me and I rolled my eyes. "Yes I am." "No. You're not. I don't want to do it too early and ruin everything." 

"So cut the shit, Harry. You're obviously the one not ready. What's up man." Josh asked, crossing his arms and Harry's tense muscles relaxed as he let out a long sigh.

"I don't want to treat her how I treated other girls. I don't want to hurt her. I don't want to make her feel that I'm only in it for the sex. Your sister is so much more to me than that. I mean fuck, we're Apex. It's so much more than that. I guess I'm just scared to loose her if we start doing it. I'd rather have her and not have sex than have sex and loose her." Harry admitted and I froze. 

"There was so many things wrong with that Harry. That wasn't how you used the word Apex at all." His mom began and we turned noticing they had stopped their conversation. 

"Completely different Apex, mom. It means something a little different." 

"How the fuck are you going to tell us? I'm an english major dummy." Gemma said and Harry sighed deeply. 

"Apex is a medical term. It means top. We are the highest point, in our case we are the highest point of love. It's not even exaggerating the least. I think Alice can explain it better than we can since she's a nurse." Harry said and my mom explained to them and they widened their eyes. 

"So, when he said he couldn't hurt me if he tried he actually meant it. He can't hurt me because he'll only hurt himself in the process." I said after my mom explained to them. 

"Holy shit. Is it genetic?" 

"No, it's by chance." I said and Harry looked up at me. "I really do love her, mom. I'm not stupid. I know you raised me to treat her well. Going back to your question, Josh. I don't feel like it's totally necessary to rush into having sex with her for the hype around it." 

"We're going to talk about your underlying issues later." I warned Harry who laughed at me. 

"What issues might those be?" 

"Heart disease obviously." I giggled and he bursted out laughing. "Have you guys even kissed?" Josh asked casually and Harry smirked at he looked up at me. 

"Yeah but out of respect for you and your mother we don't kiss infront of you." 

"Yeah, plus, Harry's a bad kisser." I whispered and everyone laughed, including Harry who licked his lips as he grinned up at me. 

"Really now?" 

"Yeah. The absolute worst kiss I've ever had." 

"And you've had how many?" 

"I don't know. How many pizzas have I had in my lifetime?" "You're telling me, that a pizza has better kissing abilities than me?" He challenged and I struggled to keep a straight face. 

"Yes. By far the best kiss was by sausage, pepperoni and bacon pizza. Talented kisser." I lost it when he started laughing at me. 

"I'm joking. He is a really good kisser." 

"Yeah, your sister's the bad one." Harry joked, wrapping his arm around my waist as he moved beside me to lean on the counter there. 

"Hey! I'm not as experienced as you. You've kissed half the human population." 

"Best kisser I've kissed so far is this little annoying dweeb at school. She's in like 7 out of my 8 classes. Ugh I can't stand her. Fuck her, her crop tops and vans. She is so entitled. Never sits still in my car. Steals all my clothes and eats nothing but fruit." He scoffed playfully and my jaw dropped. 

"You can hate on me but not my vans or crop tops! They're my prized possessions. Plus you love me because I'm annoying." I pouted and he laughed at me. 

"You're not annoying. You're a brat but definitely not annoying and you're completely right. I do love you." Harry rubbed his eye and I giggled blushed and hid in his neck. 

"Awe, you guys are so cute I want to throw up." Josh said in a fake happy tone which made us laugh. 

"Grace go pick out a movie." My mom said and I squealed happily running up the stairs but tripped. 

"What?" I heard Josh ask and turned to see Harry was looking up at me. "She tripped." "No I didn't. I'm fine." I scoffed running up the rest of the stairs to my room. I began looking through the selection of movies and chose a few for debate. 

"Alright so I have-" I walked downstairs, not paying attention to my surroundings since I was looking at the movies. I was interrupted by a pair of lips on mine when I walked into the kitchen. I pulled away immediately to see Harry smirking. 

"Your brother bet me 20 you'll kiss back. I bet 20 you'll pull away. You pulled away." He said and I gave him a weird stare. 

"You guys are the most awkward couple on the planet. Harry's gay, I'm his beard." I announced making him burst out laughing, taking the movies in his hands and showed Josh who groaned loudly. 

"Goddamnit!" Josh said handing him 40 dollars. 

"What?" 

"I bet him you would choose the Conjuring/ Annabelle movies." 

"You probably discussed it with her earlier!" He groaned and Harry laughed. "No, I just know my girlfriend." Harry handed him his money back.

I grabbed my box of pizza and we went to the couch after I put the movie on. I put my legs over his lap, his hand went around them to ensure I didn't move. The pizza was on my legs, over his lap. 

"Scary movie?" My mom asked and I nodded with a mouth full of pizza. 

"You missed Rick today. He wanted to say hi but he got pulled into surgery. He said he liked Harry very much." My mom said and I widened my eyes. 

"How come Harry met him before I did?" 

"Because we like him more than we like you." Josh joked and my mom smacked him. 

"No we don't we love you and only like Harry." My mom said which made Anne and Gemma laugh.