Absolution ➺ H.S. AU

Chapter 18 ➺ Paisley

"So, what she gets stuck out in space? That's the main thing in the movie, right?" Harry asked me as we scooped vanilla ice cream into our bowls.

"I think so. She like gets away from the spaceship or whatever it is." I said, grabbing the whipped cream and spraying it on top of the ice cream.

"Okay, cool." Harry said, smothering his in chocolate syrup.

"Wow, do you want some ice cream with your hot fudge?" I joked.

"What? That's the best part!" He fired back.

"No, caramel is way better than fudge."

"You're wrong." Harry blatantly said.

"Ditto." We both grabbed our bowls and spoons and headed downstairs to start the movie.

Harry put the DVD in and I sat down on the couch, digging into my bowl of ice cream.

"Do you want a blanket? It's kind of chilly down here." Harry asked.

"Sure." I said. He went back further into the basement and came back a couple minutes later, carrying a couple blankets in his arm.

"Here." He said, tossing me the blanket.

"Thanks."

"Okay, let's get this started." Harry took a seat beside me and pressed play as I cuddled up into my blanket and continued to eat my ice cream.

The movie went by really fast, both Harry and I making jokes out of serious scenes.

"I didn't like the ending." I said, watching as the credits rolled.

"No?" Harry questioned.

"No. You never find out what happens to her." I said. "I don't like all this wondering."

"Huh. Well, Paisley, that's real life. You'll always be wondering." Harry said. His voice was much quieter when he said this than it usually was.

"I guess."

"I mean, we never know where we are going to end up or what's going to happen to us." Harry said.

"You're right. But that doesn't mean I have to like not knowing what's going to happen."

"True." Harry said, staring off to space. He was acting way weird.

"Well, I better get going. I'm meeting a study group for AP psychology tomorrow at the library." I said, getting up and folding my blanket.

"Ew." Harry said.

"Yeah. We're meeting at 8:30. We have a test next week, so Will asked a small group of us if we all wanted to study together." I explained. Harry stood next to me, his expression taking a weird change.

"Will set this up?" Harry scoffed.

"Yeah. Is that a problem?" I asked, wondering why he was so concerned about this.

"No." Harry said quickly, straightening up.

"Are you sure? Because you kind of freaked out on me there."

"No. Actually, I'm quite happy for you. You get to go study with your crush." Harry was now teasing. That was a total 360. His mood changes seriously gave me whiplash.

"He is not a crush, Harry. I've only known him for like a week."

"Then why do you get all happy and giddy when you talk about him, huh?" Harry was now smirking to himself.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied.

"Alright, Pay. Keep telling yourself that, but we both know you have a soft spot for him."