in the night- h.s

chapter 14

March 2017

Harry stood outside waterloo station with a pair of sunglasses and a baker boy hat covering his curls so he wouldn't get recognised. He leant against a pillar on his phone, praying a fuss wouldn't be caused if he did get recognised because the date would be over before it even started.

"Hey handsome." A voice made him look up from his phone. His eyes were directed to the girl next to him that brought a smile to his face. "Almost didn't recognise you." She laughed as he took off his sunglasses.

"Sorry." He breathed out a laugh before dragging his eyes up and down. She was wearing ripped blue jeans, held up with a black belt. He couldn't see what top she was wearing because she had an oversized black coat that looked like sheep fur. "You look wonderful" he held out his hands as if to point to her.

"Thank you. Probably the most clothes you've seen on me." She joked. "I like your hat." She pointed to it. He took it off his head to reveal his head of curls that he hadn't done anything to. Then he placed his hat on her perfectly curled head of hair.

"It goes with your coat." He pointed out. Rosalie fixed it onto her head and gave him a wide smile. Then he put his sunglasses back on and matched her smile. "Shall we?" He offered.

They walked along the busy streets, Rosalie could tell Harry was nervous that people might see him as he kept his head down as much as humanly possible.

"I just want to say sorry for the other day." She started a conversation as they walked towards the thames. Harry laughed and shook his head.

"Don't worry. Sarah said you didn't mean to stand me up." He dismissed it, hoping if he didn't make a big deal out of it she would be comfortable telling him why she stood him up.

"Yeah. I just had a pretty traumatic day at work and it took me a few days to get over it." She explained vaguely. Harry nodded but he wanted to know why. If she had an office job, he would assume her boss had been mean to her or she had made a mistake. With her job, he assumed the worst and wouldn't stop until proven wrong.

"This way." He put his arm around her and directed her to his left. Then he raised his arm as if to show her. "Welcome to one of my favourite places ever." She looked to where he was pointing and couldn't help but grin. It was the aquarium.

"This is our date?" She asked. Harry directed his eyes to her in fear that she wouldn't enjoy it. Maybe she was afraid of fish or water. He hadn't thought this through.

"Is that okay?" At the sound of nerves in his voice, Rosalie looked at him and showed the wide grin on his face which calmed him down. He couldn't help but notice how good she looked in his hat.

"Yes." She breathed, squeezing her lips together to try and contain her smile. He really was breathtaking, even with the sunglasses on his face. "Aren't people going to recognise you?" She wondered. Harry worried about that but prayed people would be respectful if they saw he was with a girl.

"Maybe." He mumbled as they walked to the ticket booth. Harry took off his glasses and Rosalie watched as the woman's eyes widened. It was mildly amusingly but also worrying that he was very recognisable and they were about to into a busy place. "Two adults please." He requested.

"Hope your card doesn't get declined." Rosalie joked, earning a laugh from Harry as he paid for them both. "Thank you." She prodded his side as they walked away from the ticket booth.

"S'alright" he brushed it off. They walked in and Harry reached for her hand, dragging her in an odd direction. "Ever been here before?" He asked. Rosalie tried not to look at their hands together but inside she was freaking out about how much she was enjoying it.