Crimson Idol

Five

Song: Heal - Tom Odell

I grabbed my car keys first thing and ran out into the street. It was already dark out, the light barely touches the sky still, I had an hour before Mark closed up. To say I have never drove faster in my life was an understatement, but the roads were generally empty, I passed house after house after house until I was finally on the actual road. It usually takes me half an hour to get to The Hallway, but not today, because the street came to a halt three blocks away

And I don't think that much as I back up my car and park it on the side of the road. I can run three blocks.

As I make my way through the honking cars I begin to pick up my pace, and then I kick my heels of and sway them in my hands and run like my life depends on it. I pass the mall after ten minutes of running, leaving me breathless and one block away from possibly, Harry. And then I pick up my pace again, and think about how this could mean I never get to see him again, he might not show up to The Hallway again because he'll think I stood him up, he might never even want to see me again because I never showed up, or he thinks I never showed up

And then I see it, the yellow roofed hut at the corner of the dimly lit street, the wind starts to pick up and I am at this point breathless, so I walk the rest of the way, if he was to leave now I would see him

The door is in front of my face, I am too afraid to look inside as I push the door open and hear the bells chirp above my head, Mark looks up at me, a worried expression instantly touching his face "Why in the world are you bare foot? And why are you panting" He asks in a worried tone.

"Wher-" I try to let out, and take a deep breath "Where is – he?" I ask in between pants at Mark's worried face

"I'm afraid you missed him, love. He was here all day" Mark says to me "He just left" my head shoots up at him

"JUST left? How long ago" I'm frantic as I ask him "Which direction?" I look out at the street and try to find his car "What car did he drive" I ask and Mark's expression is focused

"He left five minutes ago, love. He walked out no car" he said "That way" Mark gestured to the left and nodded his head at me as I immediately turned around and started walking outside

"And put your shoes on aye" I could hear him shout out, but I'd already started running. If he was walking he couldn't have gotten too far, at least I hope he hadn't. I run and run down the never ending street, my eyes searching for him everywhere, but I couldn't see him anywhere.

I lose my breath again when I see two guys standing at the corner of the street, their eyes both on me, and I see one of them smirk to the other as they begin to walk my way, so I run again, but this time, twice as fast. The street comes to an end and splits down the middle, and I have no idea if he went left or right, and that's when my eyes find the back of his head, his soft brown hair unmistakable. He was in a white shirt, his yellow pullover wrapped around his neck. His back was to me but I could tell the yellow made his eyes pop

"Harry" I call out, and take a few steps towards him, at this point too tired to move an in. His head snaps in the direction of my voice, eyebrows furrowed, his eyes searching the street and landing on me. He doesn't move for a minute before he makes out who it is

"Leia?" His voice is a whisper in the wind, and I can hardly hear him as my heart slams against my chest. I need to tell him I didn't stand him up, and that I tried my best to make it on time, I need him to believe me

And then his green eyes meet mine, and its like getting the wind knocked out of you

"What are you doing here? Why are you barefoot?" he looks at me expectantly, but I can't muster up two words to reply, because his lips look like a rose garden with the light hitting him like that

"I-" I drift off "I'm looking for you" I say "I'm barefoot because I ran, which reminds me my car is parked by the side of the road"

"What" his eyes search me "Are you okay? Where were you?" he asks. His face is filled with disappointment, and so is my heart, because I've just made him frown for the first time

"I'm fine, I got held up in work in this-" I pause "meeting. I couldn't leave, I tried to make it on time but they just went on and on" I tell him "I'm so sorry if I'd known you'd be here all day I would have never been this late"

He doesn't say anything, instead, he tilts his head to his side and looks around, and to his left is a bar that looks fairly calm

"Harry?" I push, silence. His face is beautiful even when he's mad "Wanna get something to drink?" my eyes are hopeful, and it baffles me how I still need to look up to him regardless of how tall I am

Then he nods, and I swear my heart almost explodes "Okay" he says, and cracks a smile "I can't believe you ran here" He exclaims "Are you crazy?"

"Only for you my love" I tease, but he has no idea how true it is

And neither did i.

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