in the night- h.s

chapter 21

April 2017

Harry hummed a tune in his head as the microphone stood in front of him. His mind had been full of words for past couple of days, it terrified and excited him all at once. It was almost lunch and he could sense the hunger in everyone. They had stopped chatting so friendly in breaks and now muttered an 'I'm hungry' instead.

"Okay, lets go for lunch." He said into the microphone, causing the whole room to let out a relieved sigh. Harry didn't move however, he just got out of his phone and hummed into his voice notes for a while.

"Harry" Sarah's voice called. His head lifted to see her bright face smiling at him. "There's someone here to see you" she mentioned.

Then she came into his eye line, Rosalie was in the rehearsal room. He licked his lips into a smile as she stood next to Sarah, who couldn't believe how smitten he had gotten over her in such a small period of time.

It had been a few days since the worst forty eight hours of Rosalie's life. Things had calmed down at home and she had only had one nightmare after the one at Harry's. Sarah was going to help her find someone to talk to so that she could start to heal. She may be a walking disaster but she wasn't stupid, she knew she couldn't bottle up all her feelings.

Harry made his way over to the girls which acted as a cue for Sarah to suddenly remember that she had to ask Mitch something. Rosalie watched him approach her and pushed everything he made her feel away immediately, not allowing it to burst from her face.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, the wide smile on his face softening his words. Even though they hadn't left on the best note, her being here was a good sign to him.

"Sarah invited me." She answered, crossing her arms slightly. Harry watched her body language carefully, knowing her words meant nothing in comparison to what her body was doing.

"Will you stay and watch for a bit?" He asked. Rosalie allowed herself to smile at the way he asked and nodded. "Great, are you hungry? We have so much food." He started to walk towards the table where everyone was picking up food and she followed.

Sarah watched, seeing the softer side to Rosalie as she allowed Harry to do all the talking in their conversations while she watched him with soft eyes. It was endearing to see and she could tell the look in her eyes was hope and not just lust.

She only said short sentences while they ate, commenting on how the food was nice or answering any questions Harry had about her day or what she was doing this afternoon. Sarah prayed that she gave him a chance, that she explained everything to him because Harry would understand.

"I was actually wondering whether we could talk?" Rosalie said quietly into his ear. He was chewing his food but nodded with a serious look on her face.

"Wanna go for a walk?" He asked, she nodded and they both stood up. No one questioned it, Sarah nudged Mitch under the table who just wiggled his eyebrows.

Harry was nervous, he didn't know where the conversation was going to go but he was hopeful. She looked tired but he wasn't going to comment on that, if anything he was going to try and convince her otherwise.

"You look great today" he smiled as she walked past him to get through the door. Rosalie gave him a small smile and took a deep breath of fresh air as he closed the door behind her.

"I have to tell you some things about me that aren't great." She started as they walked down the road. Harry knew a park around the corner so decided they were going to sit there for the night.

"Okay." He nodded, willing to listen.

"A few weeks ago, the night before what was supposed to be our first date, I was at the club and a man asked me for a private room. He then proceeded to get a bit too friendly with me without my approval and it rattled me to say the least." She explained. Harry's eyes widened and he stopped walking, she copied him and watched his face process what she had told him.