A Ray of Sunlight (On Hold)

Hooks and Icing

3rd Person POV:

After the momentary incident with Ali, Harry immediately ran to catch up with her again.

"Lass! Wait up! I'm sorry about just now. I had no idea that ye didn't like to be touched. Can ye give me another chance, lass?" Harry asked, his voice was laced with sincerity.

Ali hesitated but nodded in response to Harry's plea. They continued walking together side by side the entire way to Evie's place. At first, Harry was the only one asking questions, while Ali would give short answers. But there was something about Harry that made Ali warm up to him after a short time.

Jay was the first one to notice how quickly Ali seemed to warm up to Harry. When he and the other three VKs had first come to Auradon, Ali hadn't been interested in getting to know them. It had taken Carlos and Evie two weeks to get her to warm up to them. She had warmed up to Jay after about three weeks, but it took a full month for her to start warming up to Mal (no one was really sure why it took so long for her to warm up to Ben's new girlfriend).

After Ali had finally started warming up to Harry, she started asking him about his life on the Isle and the other pirates. Harry told her about his dad and sisters, Uma's mom's fish and chips shop, and their crew. Ali seemed very interested in everything that Harry was telling her, and that made him happy.

Hary told Ali about his sisters, Harriet and CJ, and about Gil's brothers, Gaston Jr. and Gaston the Third. The fact that Gil's twin older brothers were both named Gaston amused Ali.

"Who would do give a pair of twins the same name? That's so cruel," Ali giggled.

"Yeah, I know. Gil was lucky that he didn't get named 'Gaston the fourth,'" Harry chuckled. "Speaking of siblings, Jay mentioned you and Ben being siblings, but I've never heard about you before. Why is that?"

"Well, we're not actually siblings. My mom died when I was four, and my dad is the sun god, Apollo. Gods aren't supposed to be directly involved in their children's lives because it's against Zeus made it a rule. After my mom's death, dad asked Ben's parents to take care of me, and I've been with them ever since," Ali explained. There was something about Harry that made her feel comfortable opening up to him.

Harry and Ali continued to get to know each other the rest of the way to Evie's castle. When they got there, Evie, Mal, and the others ran outside to greet them. Ali noticed one person in the group that she wasn't familiar with.

'This must be Uma, Harry's captain that he was telling me about,' Ali thought to herself. Harry, of course, had spoken highly of his captain, and Ali could tell that Uma was important to him and that he trusted her with his life.

"Oh! Uma, this is Ali, Ben's sister and Jane, Fairy Godmother's daughter," Mal had suddenly realized that she hadn't introduced the two girls that Uma hadn't met yet.

"Huh. Didn't know the king had a sister," Uma said, raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms.

"Adopted sister. It's a long story that can probably wait for another time," Ali replied with slight irritation in her voice. It annoyed her that she constantly had to explain why most people didn't know about her existence. "I didn't know Ben had a sister" was a statement that she heard all too often, and it was a reminder that she wasn't really apart of a family. She was basically an add-on in her mind; she was just the girl that was taken in when she had nowhere else to go, and that hurt her to think about sometimes.

The group went inside and started discussing what they needed to do now. During the discussion, Ali realized that she was kind of hungry. She slipped away and went to the kitchen, but she didn't get away completely unseen. Harry saw her leaving the room and followed her; Uma and Mal were the only two who noticed the pair leave.

Harry walked into the kitchen and saw Ali with a knife and some plates; she was cutting Jane's birthday cake. He walked up behind her and peered over her shoulder to watch.

Ali knew he had followed her, and that didn't bother her at all. However, as Harry peered over her shoulder, she could feel his breath on the back of her neck. The close proximity and the warmth of his breath made her blush slightly; she hated it when someone made her blush. It was time for a little bit of revenge for making her blush. Ali smirked to herself; this was going to be fun.

Ali suddenly turned around so that her back was to the cake; she had her arms behind her as she leaned slightly against the counter and looked up at Harry, who was less than a foot from her face.

"What are you doing?" she asked innocently. Behind her back, Ali ran one of her fingers across the side of the cake so that it was now covered in icing.

"I wanted to see what you were doing," Harry answered, clearly not realizing that Ali was up to something.

"I see. Well, I just thought maybe you were up to something considering how close you were standing to me," Ali was trying to bait him into coming a little bit closer.

"Oh?" Harry smirked. "Is that your way of saying that you were hoping I was up to something?" He said suggestively, as he leaned in so that their faces were only inches apart.

'Got ya,' Ali thought to herself. She grinned at Harry before suddenly poking his nose with her icing covered finger, ducking under his arm and running outside through the back kitchen door.

It took Harry a few seconds to realize what just happened. As soon as Ali's actions sunk in, Harry dipped his hook in icing and ran after her.

Ali was hiding behind a large tree and was trying to hold in her laughter. But, Harry had caught a glimpse of her just as she hid behind the tree. He snuck up and grabbed her by the waist before she could run away again. Her back was against his chest, and then she felt Harry's cold hook run along her cheek, depositing icing on her face in the process.

Ali was giggling uncontrollably at this point. She never did stuff like this. EVER. She didn't know what had gotten into herself, but she didn't care right now because she was having fun for the first time in years.

"That's payback for puttin' icing on my nose, lassie," Harry grinned. He loved hearing her laugh; she was so cute when she laughed.

Ali calmed herself down for a minute before turning around in his arms. She looked up at him and was trying not to laugh as she saw that he still had icing on his nose. Then she did something that was even more out of character for her than the icing stunt: she licked the icing off his nose.

Harry stood there, frozen in surprise for a few seconds. 'Did she just lick me?' he thought to himself. There was no way Harry was going to let that go without payback. Harry grinned at Ali mischievously, and Ali's eyes widened in realization of what she just did and what Harry was about to do. Harry leaned forward and licked the icing off of Ali's cheek, causing her to blush deeply.

"What are you two doing?" Uma asked from behind them. Harry quickly let go of Ali and spun around. Uma, Mal, and Evie were standing in the doorway, watching them. All three girls were grinning at what they had just witnessed.

"This night just got a lot more interesting," Mal smirked.

YAY! I finally got around to finishing this chapter for you guys! I hope you all like it! Like I said in the endnote for the last chapter: This fun little scene between Ali and Harry was the idea that I had that started this whole story! It'll be fun to try and figure out where to take it from here!